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The Táin / translated from the Irish epic Táin bó Cúailnge by Thomas Kinsella ; with brush drawings by Louis Le Brocquy.

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Oxford University Press, 2002.

398.209415 T587k

Folklore -- Ireland.

Tales -- Ireland.

Legends -- Ireland.

Mythology, Celtic -- Ireland.

Cuchulain (Legendary character)

9780192803733 (trade pbk.)

0192803735 (trade pbk.)

Táin bó Cúailnge. English

xxvii, 282 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxiv]).

Machine generated contents note: Map I Ireland of the Tain -- Map II Route of the Tain -- Map III Conaille and Cuailnge -- Before the Tain -- How the Tain Bo Cuailnge was found again -- Conchobor: How Conchobor was Begotten and how he took the Kingship of Ulster -- Conchobor: The Pangs of Ulster -- Conchobor: Exile of the Sons of Uisliu -- Cuchulainn: How Cuchulainn was Begotten -- Cuchulainn: Cuchulainn's Courtship of Emer and his Training in Arms with Scathach -- Cuchulainn: The Death of Aife's One Son -- Cuchulainn: The Quarrel of the Two Pig-keepers and how the Bulls were Begotten -- Tain -- Pillow Talk -- Tain Bo Cuailnge begins -- Army Encounters Cuchulainn -- Cuchulainn's Boyhood Deeds -- 'death death!' -- From Finnabair Chuailnge to Conaille -- Single Combat -- Bull is Found. Further Single Combats. Cuchulainn and the Morrigan -- Pact is Broken. The Great Carnage -- Combat with Fergus and others -- Combat of Ferdia and Cuchulainn -- Ulster Rises from its Pangs -- Companies Advance -- Last Battle.

"The Tain Bo Cuailnge is the centre-piece of the eight-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales. In this great epic tale Cuchulainn, the Hound of Ulster single-handedly resists the invading armies of the king and queen of Connacht, Ailill and Medb, who seek to carry off the great Brown Bull of Cuailnge." "Thomas Kinsella's translation is based on the partial texts in two medieval manuscripts, with elements from other versions, added to which is a group of related stories which prepare for the action of the Tain. With beautiful brush drawing by Louis le Brocquy, this edition is a combination of medieval epic and modern art." --Book Jacket.

Kinsella, Thomas.

Le Brocquy, Louis, 1916-2012.

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