TAIN: A NEW TRANSLATION OF THE TAIN BO CUAILNGE; TRANS. BY CIARAN CARSON.
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS; Penguin
Published: 2007
Place of publication: LONDON
Language: und; eng
Number of pages: 223
Description: The kingdoms of Connacht and Ulster are preparing to do battle with each other. Medb, the sly and envious Queen of Connacht, is on a mission to steal the fabled Brown Bull of Cooley from the men of Ulster. Dating from around the eighth century, it is the largest and most important tale in the ancient Ulster cycle.