The Tain (from the Irish epic Táin Bó Cuailnge) by Anonymous

The Tain (from the Irish epic Táin Bó Cuailnge)

Anonymous with Thomas Kinsella (Translator), Louis Le Brocquy (Illustrator)

310 pages first pub 900 (editions)

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The T�in B� Cuailnge, centre-piece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's nearest approach to a great epic. It tells the story of a giant cattle-raid, the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb and Ailill, queen and kin...

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