Irish Sagas.
Author: DILLON, Myles (Editor).
Dublin: Mercier Press, no date. 175 pages. Paperback.
These essays were originally broadcast as a series of Thomas Davis lectures. The editor, Myles Dillon, and ten other leading Celtic scholars - D. A. Binchy, R. A. Breatnach, James Carney, Nora K. Chadwick, David Greene, Gerard Murphy, M. A. O’Brien, Brian O Cuiv, Mairin O’Daly and E. G. Quin - provide an introduction to the prose tales of ancient Ireland. Through their translations of these heroic sagas a vivid picture emerges of the worlds of the mythological cycle, with stories of the pre-Christian gods; the Ulster cycle of tales of great warriors; the Fenian cycle of inspiring noble youth; and the kingly cycle in which some historical figures have been vested with the immortality of legend.
CONTENTS
Introduction
I Tochmarc Etaine
by Myles Dillon
II Cath Maige Tuired
by Brian O Cuiv
III Echtra Fergusa Maic Leti
by D. A. Binchy
IV Longas Macc n-Uisnig
by E. G. Quin
V Fled Bricrenn
by M. A. O’Brien
VI Scela Muicce Meicc Da Tho
by Nora K. Chadwick
VII Tain Bo Cuailnge
by David Greene
VIII Togail Bruidne Da Derga
by Mairin O Daly
IX Acallam na Senorach
by Gerard Murphy
X Toraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghrainne
by R. A. Breatnach
XI Cath Maige Muccrime
by James Carney
XII Fingal Ronain
by David Greene
ISBN: 1856351742
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