Tain: The Great Celtic Epic

by Liam Mac Uistín

Book Overview

The most famous Irish legend of all in an exciting and easily understood version. Tells of the great battle between the warrior Cuchulainn and his friend, Ferdia. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 086278204X
• ISBN13: 9780862782047
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: O'Brien Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

The Tain;review by Donal & Turlough

The bloodthirsty Celtic epic "The Tain " clearly starts another war:Liam Mac Uistin vs Roald Dahl.This well known and loved Celtic myth is a stunning epic that tells of a quarrel between Queen Maeve of Connaught and her husband,Ailill.Maeve cannot bear being less wealthy than her husband so she tries to take the brown bull of Cooley even though she knows there will be fierce competition between her army and the Red Branch Knights of Ulster.Deviously her chief druid puts a geas(spell)on them to put them into a deep sleep so Maeve has enough time to swipe the brown bull, but Cu-Chulainn has other plans........ This adventure, told with exciting description and in great detail deserves all the praise it gets.The Tain is a fantastic read and in my opinion Liam Mac Uistin shows Roald Dahl who is BOSS!

The Tain;Review by David & Niall.

A bloody epic by the fantastic author Liam Mac Uistin. This adventure is a tale of the struggle between Maeve's army and Cu Chulainn as they fight for the brown bull of Cooley.This superb novel fuses Maeve's greed with Cu Chulainn's might.Maeve wants to be richer than her husband and so the Tain begins... The book progresses into magical twists and bloodcurdling battles and as the tale continues more and more people die and more and more magic is used. This book is so interesting you cannot put it down,for the twists and turns that Liam has produced are brilliant and we recommend this fantastic book to anyone.It especially encourages children to read and learn of the historic legends of Ireland.

read the tain

My teacher asked me to read this book and review it but I didn't let that put me off!She has good taste in books actually!The Tain is a very exciting book with lots of gory details .It's all about our old friend Cu-Chulainn but I'll let you read the rest yourself, you'll be glad you did!