Fionn Mac Cumhail

Author : James MacKillop
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815623533
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fionn mac Cumhail written by James MacKillop and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1985-12-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gaelic hero Fionn mac Cumhaill (often known in English as Finn MacCool) has had a long life. First cited in Old Irish chronicles from the early Christian era, he became the central hero of the Fenian Cycle which flourished in the high Middle Ages. Stories about Fionn and his warriors continue to be told by storytellers in Ireland and in Gaelic Scotland to this day. This book traces the development of Fionn's persona in Irish and Scottish texts and constructs a heroic biography of him. As aspects of the hero are borrowed into English and later world literature, his personality undergoes several changes. Seen as less than admirable, he may become either a buffoon or a blackguard. Somehow these contradictions exist side by side. Among the writers in English most interested in Fionn are James Macpherson, the "translator" of The Poems of Ossian ( 17601, William Carleton, the first great fiction writer of nineteenth-century Ireland, and Fiann O'Brien, the multifaceted author of At Swim-Two-Birds. Aspects of Fiann appear as far apart as Mendelssohn's "Hebrides (or Fingal 's Cave) Overture" and a contemporary rock opera. But the most complex use of Fionn's story in modern literature is James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.

Author : John Matthews
Publisher : Firebird Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781853140013
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fionn Mac Cumhail written by John Matthews and published by Firebird Books Limited. This book was released on 1988 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Daniel Allison
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750995858
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finn and the Fianna written by Daniel Allison and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-02-19 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories of Finn MacCoull and his warriors were once told at every fireside in Scotland and Ireland. After centuries in obscurity, this collection brings the tales soaring to life again. Here you will find Diarmuid, whom no woman can help but fall in love with, and Ossian, a warrior-poet raised in the woods by a wild deer. There is Grainne, ancient ancestor of Iseult and Guinevere, and Finn himself, whose name was once a byword for wisdom, generosity and beauty. Enter a world of feasting and fighting, battles and poetry, riddles and omens; join Finn and the Fianna on their never-ending quest to drink deeper and deeper of the cup of life.

Author : Brian O’Sullivan
Publisher : Irish Imbas Books
ISBN 13 : 0994106262
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book FIONN: Defence of Rath Bladhma written by Brian O’Sullivan and published by Irish Imbas Books. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edmund Lenihan
Publisher : Irish Mystery and Magic Collection
ISBN 13 : 9781781173596
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fionn Mac Cumhail's Amazing Stories written by Edmund Lenihan and published by Irish Mystery and Magic Collection. This book was released on 2015 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two magical tales of the adventures of Fionn Mac Cumhail.

Author : Edmund Lenihan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781999616298
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fionn MacCumhail and the Baking Hags written by Edmund Lenihan and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brian O'Sullivan
Publisher : Irish Imbas Books
ISBN 13 : 099412581X
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liath Luachra written by Brian O'Sullivan and published by Irish Imbas Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ireland 188 A.D: A land of tribal affiliations, secret alliances and treacherous rivalries. Youthful woman warrior Liath Luachra has survived two brutal years fighting with mercenary war party "The Friendly Ones" but now the winds are shifting. Dispatched on a murderous errand where nothing is as it seems, she must survive a group of treacherous comrades, the unwanted advances of her battle leader and a personal history that might be her own undoing. Clanless and friendless, she can count on nothing but her wits, her fighting skills and her natural ferocity to see her through. Woman warrior, survivor, killer and future guardian to Irish hero Fionn mac Cumhaill _ this is her story"--Back cover of print version.

Author : Brian O'Sullivan
Publisher : Irish Imbas Books
ISBN 13 : 0992254507
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fionn: Traitor of Dun Baoiscne written by Brian O'Sullivan and published by Irish Imbas Books. This book was released on 2014-10-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ireland: 198 A.D. Six years have passed since the brutal attack on the community of Ráth Bládhma. The isolated valley of Glenn Ceoch is at peace once more but those who survived still bear the scars of that struggle. Now, new dangers threaten the settlement. The warrior Liath Luachra has discovered troubling signs of strangers in the surrounding wilderness. Disgraced druid Bodhmhall fears a fresh attempt to abduct her talented nephew. A summons from the fortress Dún Baoiscne sets them both on a perilous traverse of the Great Wild where enemies, old and new, await them. And Muirne has returned to reclaim her son. Come what may, there will be blood. Based on the ancient Fenian Cycle texts, the Fionn mac Cumhaill Series recounts the fascinating and pulse-pounding tale of the birth and adventures of Ireland’s greatest hero, Fionn mac Cumhaill.

Author : Brian O'Sullivan
Publisher : Irish Imbas Books
ISBN 13 : 0994106254
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fionn: The Stalking Silence written by Brian O'Sullivan and published by Irish Imbas Books. This book was released on 2014-03-08 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ireland 192 AD: A pregnant refugee fleeing through the wilderness encounters a relentless predator. Only by drawing on all her courage and cunning can she hope to survive.

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Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402737725
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The King with Horse's Ears and Other Irish Folktales written by and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Experience the magical world of Irish storytelling where many remarkable characters await you: a king with a mysterious secret, brave warriors famous for their strength, a clever leprechaun who outwits humans, and many more"--Front dust jacket flap.