The Táin: From the Irish Epic Táin Bó Cúailnge Paperback | Pages: 282 pages

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Original Title:	Táin Bó Cuailnge
ISBN:	0192803735 (ISBN13: 9780192803733)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Ailill mac Máta, Amergin mac Eccit, Bricriu, Cathbad, Cethern mac Fintain, Conall Cernach, Conchobar mac Nessa, Cormac Cond Longas, Cú Roí, Cú Chulainn, Cúscraid, Dáire mac Fiachna, Donn Cuailnge, Dubthach Dóeltenga, Fedelm, Fedelm Noíchrothach, Ferdiad, Fergus mac Róich, Findabair, Finnbhennach, Flidais, Fráech, Garb mac Stairn, Láeg, Lugh, Maeve, Medb, The Morrígan, Nad Crantail, Nemain, Súaltam

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The Táin Bó Cúailnge, centre-piece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's nearest approach to a 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 Cúailnge. The hero of the tale is Cúchulainn, the Hound of Ulster, who resists the invaders single-handed, while Ulster's warriors lie sick. Thomas Kinsella's presents a complete and living version of the story. His translation is based on the partial texts in two medieval manuscripts, with elements from other version, and adds a group of related stories which prepare for the action of the Táin. Illustrated with brush drawings by Louis le Brocquy, this edition provides a combination of medieval epic and modern art.

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Title	:	The Táin: From the Irish Epic Táin Bó Cúailnge
Author	:	Anonymous
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 282 pages
Published	:	November 21st 2002 by Oxford University Press (first published 900)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Mythology. Classics. Cultural. Ireland. Poetry. Fiction. European Literature. Irish Literature. Historical. Medieval

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I may be stirring a hornet's nest here, but I prefered this to the Kinsella. Been a while since I read his translation though.Thought this flowed very well.My only gripe was that there weren't enough notes. There were a fair few times that I got a ref to some other tale and was surprised that it didn't have an explanation in the notes. This doesn't spoil the tale, but if you've not read, or heard, other old tales you may miss out on some of the depth that wee hints imply. (For instance the

I may be stirring a hornet's nest here, but I prefered this to the Kinsella. Been a while since I read his translation though.Thought this flowed very well.My only gripe was that there weren't enough notes. There were a fair few times that I got a ref to some other tale and was surprised that it didn't have an explanation in the notes. This doesn't spoil the tale, but if you've not read, or heard, other old tales you may miss out on some of the depth that wee hints imply. (For instance the

A really fantastic translation, keeping the pieces that exist of this story in their original formats, which doesn't always go together as smoothly as the modern reader might prefer. The subtle humor in the story is maintained as well, which seems like a small thing, but honestly, it's those small touches that stand to remind us that people have always been people, whether they're raiding for bulls or dining and dashing at a steakhouse. The tragedies are huge, and the losses vast, and the poetry

Note: I compared this translation to Ciaran Carson's here. Tl;dr Kinsella wins.

Giving this stars seems kind of ridiculous. But I will, anyway.It is a minor embarrassment that I had not read The Táin until last week. When my sister found out she made me, which is fair enough. We are quite immersed in many of the stories surrounding the Ulster cycle during our education: the young Cúchulainn, Medb and Ailill. We are even told a vastly simplified version of the Táin Bó Cúailnge, mostly focusing on the two bulls and not the war going on around them.My first shock was how

The Tain is epic. In fact it is Epic - at least as Epic as more famous Epics, such as the Iliad. In fact, the number of correspondences between the Cattle Raid of Cooley and the story of Achilles' rage is remarkable. (It must be - I just remarked it.) Wanna know what they are (at least some of them, anyway)? Oi - you at the back! stop saying, "No."here we go:Illiad: Achilles only vulnerable on one heel.Tain: CuChulain's foster brother only vulnerable to a gae bolga shoved where the sun doesn't

Magnificent. I've meant to read this for years and I'm so glad I finally did, so now I can look forward to rereading it. It's hilarious and bloody and epic (of course), as chaotic in form and style as it is in content. There are all sorts of ways to belabor the similarities to other national epics and myths, and just as many ways I'm certainly lacking the context to see everything, but it's just a great read overall. As many reviewers note, there are a number of points at which the text gives