Cur Síos

Soft cover, 256 pages, full color.

A book that tells the complete story of Cúchulainn, beautifully illustrated with art by Dara Vallely. From the great corpus of folklore come the stories in this artistic book. Cúchulainn: Ulster’s Greatest Hero tells the story of Cúchulainn, from youth to death. In this faithful retelling based on Laoch na Laochra, also available from Gael Linn, there are the preludes to the Táin and Táin Bó Cuailgne itself. The text is very powerful and easy to read. In the 7th century, monks first wrote down this ancient folklore on a manuscript. Those who recorded the stories had a flair for storytelling and knew the area where these epic events took place well.