Excerpt from Ireland and Wales: Their Historical and Literary Relations I have incorporated in the present work an essay on The Relations between Ireland and Wales from 1055 to 1200 A, D, for which I was awarded first prize at the National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Barry, August 1920. I wish to thank the trustees of the Thomas Ellis Memorial Fund, University of Wales, for a grant awarded to me to assist in the publication of this work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Patrick Sims-Williams provides an approach to some of the issues surrounding Irish literary influence on Wales, situating them in the context of the rest of medieval literature and international folklore.