Description

A 280-page book, fully colored with a hard cover, telling the complete story of Cúchulainn, written by Réamonn Ó Ciaráin and beautifully illustrated by Dara Vallely.

The stories in this artistic book come from the great corpus of Mythology. Laoch na Laochra tells the story of Cúchulainn, from his youth to his death. In this faithful retelling in the Ulster dialect, there are the preludes to the Táin and Táin Bó Cuailgne itself. The text is very powerful and clear. In the 7th century, monks first wrote down this ancient folklore on parchment. Those who recorded the stories had a flair for storytelling and good knowledge of the area where these epic events took place. Like those learned monks, the artist Dara Vallely has expertise in this area, mainly old Ulster, as he is from that region. Cúchulainn is a powerful symbol of bravery, loyalty, the art of combat, beauty, and nobility of mind.