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The Táin
Ciaran (Ed) Carson
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Description for The Táin
Paperback. Tells the story of a great cattle-raid, the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb and Ailill, Queen and King of Connacht, and their allies, seeking to carry off the great Brown Bull of Cualige. Translator(s): Carson, Ciaran. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194 Early Ireland/Celtic Ireland. 226pp. Translated from the old Irish epic 'Táin bó cúailinge'
The Tain Bo Cualinge, centrepiece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's great epic. It tells the story of a great cattle-raid, the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb and Ailill, Queen and King of Connacht, and their allies, seeking to carry off the great Brown Bull of Cualige. The hero of the tale is Cuchulainn, the Hound of Ulster, who resists the invaders single-handed while Ulster's warriors lie sick.
The Tain Bo Cualinge, centrepiece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's great epic. It tells the story of a great cattle-raid, the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb and Ailill, Queen and King of Connacht, and their allies, seeking to carry off the great Brown Bull of Cualige. The hero of the tale is Cuchulainn, the Hound of Ulster, who resists the invaders single-handed while Ulster's warriors lie sick.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140455304
SKU
9780140455304
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About Ciaran (Ed) Carson
Ciaran Carson was born in Belfast in 1948. His poetry collections include The New Estate; The Irish for No, Belfast Confetti, which won the Irish Book Award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize; First Language, which won the T.S. Eliot Prize; Opera et Cetera, which was a UK Poetry Book Society Choice; and The Twelfth of Never and The ... Read more
Reviews for The Táin
"Carson's landmark translation, the first in forty years, brings this literary gem to life in a fresh, modern retelling that rivals Thomas Kinsella's classic translation of 1969." - Booklist "In vivid prose Carson has harnessed . . . the tale's tremendous artistic power."-Irish Voice