Cuchulain of Muirthemne

Cuchulain of Muirthemne

On one of the preliminary pages of Cuchulain of Muirthemne Lady Gregory (1852-1932), playwright, folklorist, and literary patron, placed this quote: 'I swear by the oath of my people, said Cuchulain, I will make my doings be spoken of among the great doings of heroes in their strength.' The work celebrated the legendary accounts of Cuchulain (Táin bó Cúailnge), the greatest of ancient Ireland's Knights of the Red Branch. W. B. Yeats called it a prose masterpiece, and used it as a source for his own work. It was published in 1902 in 'Kiltartan' English.

Lady Gregory, Cuchulain of Muirthemne The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster. Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire: Colin Smythe, 1970. Private Collection.

University of Otago Eire a Moradh - Singing the Praises of Ireland, Special Collections Exhibition from the University of Otago Library <