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Gerrards Cross, Smythe, 1970.
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Enthralling accounts of the legendary Cuchulain, the greatest of ancient Ireland's Knights of the Red Branch, tell of his birth and boyhood deeds, exploits in love and war, and premature death, all in the same beautifully simple style Lady Gregory first heard them as a child. Preface by W. B. Yeats.
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LibraryThing member ocianain
When arguably the greatest poet in the Irlish language says he couldn't have done better (himself wrote the introduction) that pretty much says it all/
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LibraryThing member ex_ottoyuhr
This is Lady Gregory's retelling of, for the most part, the /Tain bo Cuailgne/ itself, rewritten in a more chronological order than the Tain proper with its long flashback sequences. It also includes some of the supplementary materials which follow the Tain, and are related in the Dover Books
In general, this is a very accessible and very interesting form of the Tain and the Ulster cycle; I recommend it strongly, although the Forgotten Books reprint apparently has some problems with its OCR.
And as for the Ulster Cycle itself, I know no words to do it justice... I can only say that if you don't know it, you owe it to yourself to learn, and this is a good starting point for that learning.
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condensation (which I strongly suspect drew on this work).In general, this is a very accessible and very interesting form of the Tain and the Ulster cycle; I recommend it strongly, although the Forgotten Books reprint apparently has some problems with its OCR.
And as for the Ulster Cycle itself, I know no words to do it justice... I can only say that if you don't know it, you owe it to yourself to learn, and this is a good starting point for that learning.
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1902
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272 p.; 23 cm
ISBN
0900675268 / 9780900675263
Other editions
Cuchulain of Muirthemne by Lady Gregory (Paperback)
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