Author: Lady Gregory
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Category : Cuchulain (Legendary character)
Languages : en
Pages : 390

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Author: Lady Gregory
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365526155
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386

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Excerpt from Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster When I began to gather these stories together, it is of you I was thinking, that you would llke to have them and to be reading them. For although you have not to go far to get stories of Firm and Goll and Oisin from any old person in the place, there is very little of the history of Cuchulain and his friends left in the memory of the people, but only that they were brave men and good fighters, and that Deirdre was beautiful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Claire Booss
Publisher: Gramercy
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 776

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Introduce yourself to the noble heroes and magical creatures of Irish mythology. Includes the two definitive works on the subject by the giants of the Irish Renaissance. W.B. Yeates' Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry and Lady Gregory's Cuchulain of Muirthemne.

Author: Eleanor Means Hull
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781018565453
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: BOUNTY BOOKS
Publisher: Bounty Books
ISBN: 9780753709450
Category : Cuchulain (Legendary character)
Languages : en
Pages : 550

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Author: Loren Cruden
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781534744448
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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This is the re-telling from the Ulster Cycle that feature Cu Chulainn, playing with how modern minds might imagine events, but sticking with the original plot, dialogue, and characters. Bits of the stories are condensed or left out; some narrative passages are paraphrased or modernized.

Author: Lady Augusta Gregory
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781533058775
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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sabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (nee Persse; 15 March 1852 - 22 May 1932) was an Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager. With William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre, and wrote numerous short works for both companies. Lady Gregory produced a number of books of retellings of stories taken from Irish mythology. Born into a class that identified closely with British rule, her conversion to cultural nationalism, as evidenced by her writings, was emblematic of many of the political struggles to occur in Ireland during her lifetime. Cuchulain of Muirthemne Is a version of the Cu Chulainn legends based on previous oral and written versions as collected and translated by Lady Augusta Gregory. First published in 1902, it is one of the earliest such collections to appear in English. The book covers the lifespan of the hero, from conception to death, and draws on folklore and oral tradition in addition to the stories of the Ulster Cycle.Lady Gregory considered herself a supporter of the Irish Literary Revival, rather than a writer. She recorded in her diary that "I dreamed that I had been writing some article & that W.B.Y. said 'It's not your business to write - Your business is to make an atmosphere'." She undertook the book only after William Butler Yeats refused an offer to translate his own edition of Irish myth. In 1900, a commission on education in Ireland issued a report declaring Irish literature devoid of idealism or imagination.This report, written by Trinity College Professor Robert Atkinson and parroted by Professor John Pentland Mahaffy, infuriated the Gaelic League, its founder Douglas Hyde, and Irish nationalism, including Yeats and Gregory. Later that same year, English publisher Alfred Nutt asked Yeats to compose a collection retelling Irish myth and legend. Yeats refused, excusing himself as being too busy with his own work.[4] Lady Gregory volunteered instead, initially hoping the work might serve as a source of raw material to nationalist poets, as well as a rebuttal to critics of Irish literature like Atkinson and Mahaffy. At first, she lacked confidence in her writing abilities and expected the work to take her a lifetime. After she earned the encouragement of Yeats, the work went to press in less than two years"

Author: Lady Gregory
Publisher:
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Lady Gregory
Publisher: Colin Smythe Limited
ISBN: 9780195197396
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Author: Lady Gregory
Publisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781376767926
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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