/lit/ - Literature

Closing my suggestions for Irish literature, I present Lady Gregory's Cuchulain of Muirthemne. At 263 pages, it is a bit of a time investment. Also, the plot covers a lot of ground, so I would recommend that this text be reserved for the ten years and above bracket - though it be well suited for use as a bedtime story as read by the parents at a much younger age. I specifically recommend against Rosemary Sutcliff's version: The Hound of Ulster. It has been neutered and fails to carry the story well - though the publisher specifically claims otherwise. Regardless, Lady Gregory's work in compiling a vast array of fragments of the original story, and her later compilation of them, was not insignificant in building nationalistic cohesion amongst the Irish prior to The Rising.