The Coming of Cuculain
Author | : Standish O'Grady |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 1894 |
Genre | : Cuchulain |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Standish O'Grady |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 1894 |
Genre | : Cuchulain |
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Author | : Standish O'Grady |
Publisher | : 1st World Publishing |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2004-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1421802899 |
Cuculain and his friends are historical characters, seen as it were through mists of love and wonder, whom men could not forget, but for centuries continued to celebrate in countless songs and stories. They were not literary phantoms, but actual existences; imaginary and fictitious characters, mere creatures of idle fancy, do not live and flourish so in the world's memory. And as to the gigantic stature and superhuman prowess and achievements of those antique heroes, it must not be forgotten that all art magnifies, as if in obedience to some strong law; and so, even in our own times, Grattan, where he stands in artistic bronze, is twice as great as the real Grattan thundering in the Senate. I will therefore ask the reader, remembering the large manner of the antique literature from which our tale is drawn, to forget for a while that there is such a thing as scientific history, to give his imagination a holiday, and follow with kindly interest the singular story of the boyhood of Cuculain, "battle-prop of the valour and torch of the chivalry of the Ultonians."
Author | : Standish O'Grady |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 109 |
Release | : 2022-09-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : O"Grady Standish 1846-1928 |
Publisher | : Hardpress Publishing |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2013-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781313497992 |
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Author | : Standish O'Grady |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
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Author | : Standish James O'Grady |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2015-05-19 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781512288179 |
"The Coming of Cuculain" from Standish James O'Grady. Irish author, journalist, and historian (1846-1928).
Author | : Standish O'Grady |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2015-07-19 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781331819677 |
Excerpt from The Coming of Cuculain There are three great cycles of Gaelic literature. The first treats of the gods; the second of the Red Branch Knights of Ulster and their contemporaries; the third is the so-called Ossianic. Of the Ossianic, Finn is the chief character; of the Red Branch cycle, Cuculain, the hero of our tale. Cuculain and his friends are historical characters, seen as it were through mists of love and wonder, whom men could not forget, but for centuries continued to celebrate in countless songs and stories. They were not literary phantoms, but actual existences; imaginary and fictitious characters, mere creatures of idle fancy, do not live and flourish so in the world's memory. And as to the gigantic stature and superhuman prowess and achievements of those antique heroes, it must not be forgotten that all art magnifies, as if in obedience to some strong law; and so, even in our own times, Grattan, where he stands in artistic bronze, is twice as great as the real Grattan thundering in the Senate. 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 | : STANDISH. O'GRADY |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781033596210 |
Author | : Standish O'Grady |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Cuchulain |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Standish James O'Grady |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 2020-06-02 |
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The Red Branch feasted one night in their great hall at Emain Macha. So vastwas the hall that a man, such as men are now, standing in the centre and shoutinghis loudest, would not be heard at the circumference, yet the low laughter of theKing sitting at one end was clearly audible to those who sat around the Champion atthe other. The sons of Dithorba made it, giants of the elder time, labouring thereunder the brazen shoutings of Macha and the roar of her sounding thongs. Itslength was a mile and nine furlongs and a cubit. With her brooch pin she ploughedits outline upon the plain, and its breadth was not much less. Trees such as theearth nourished then upheld the massy roof beneath which feasted that heroicbrood, the great-hearted children of Rury, huge offspring of the gods and giantsof the dawn of time. For mighty exceedingly were these men. At the noise of themrunning to battle all Ireland shook, and the illimitable Lir [Footnote: Lir was thesea-god, the Oceanns of the Ce