The Táin: The Great Irish Battle Epic
A new translation of Ireland's national epic myth by award-winning author and Irish language expert Alan Titley.

When Queen Maeve’s army marches north to steal the Brown Bull of Cooley, the leaders of Ulster are cast under a sleeping spell.

Just one boy comes out to face the warrior queen and her invading Connacht horde. A lad who has sworn to protect his homeland like a guard dog: the hero Cúchulainn. He’s only a beardless youth against an army of men, but when he twists into his war-form, Cúchulainn is the fiercest fighter in Ireland.

This is Irish legend as you haven’t read it before.

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The Táin: The Great Irish Battle Epic
A new translation of Ireland's national epic myth by award-winning author and Irish language expert Alan Titley.

When Queen Maeve’s army marches north to steal the Brown Bull of Cooley, the leaders of Ulster are cast under a sleeping spell.

Just one boy comes out to face the warrior queen and her invading Connacht horde. A lad who has sworn to protect his homeland like a guard dog: the hero Cúchulainn. He’s only a beardless youth against an army of men, but when he twists into his war-form, Cúchulainn is the fiercest fighter in Ireland.

This is Irish legend as you haven’t read it before.

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The Táin: The Great Irish Battle Epic

The Táin: The Great Irish Battle Epic

The Táin: The Great Irish Battle Epic

The Táin: The Great Irish Battle Epic

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Overview

A new translation of Ireland's national epic myth by award-winning author and Irish language expert Alan Titley.

When Queen Maeve’s army marches north to steal the Brown Bull of Cooley, the leaders of Ulster are cast under a sleeping spell.

Just one boy comes out to face the warrior queen and her invading Connacht horde. A lad who has sworn to protect his homeland like a guard dog: the hero Cúchulainn. He’s only a beardless youth against an army of men, but when he twists into his war-form, Cúchulainn is the fiercest fighter in Ireland.

This is Irish legend as you haven’t read it before.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781915071064
Publisher: Little Island Books
Publication date: 09/05/2023
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 5.10(w) x 7.80(h) x (d)
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Alan Titley is one of Ireland’s most respected writers in both Irish and English. He has won prizes including the Children’s Books Ireland Éilís Dillon Award. The Dirty Dust, his translation of Cré na Cille by Máirtín Ó Cadhain, was published by Yale UniversityPress to international acclaim in 2015. He is the Emeritus Professor of Modern Irish, UniversityCollege Cork and a member of the Royal Irish Academy.

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