Heroic Romances of Ireland, Translated into English Prose and Verse — Complete

These are the oldest heroics in Europe, the great Irish myths that shaped a nation's soul before history was written down. Here you will find Cuchulain, the warrior whose brilliance burns so bright it destroys him, and Etain, a woman reborn across centuries, caught between mortal desire and immortal magic. The stories pulse with loyalty and betrayal, with love that defies death itself, with heroes who speak to their weapons and gods who walk among mortals. Leahy's translations preserve the roll and thunder of the original Gaelic, letting these ancient voices speak again. This is not polished fantasy. It is something older and stranger, a window into how the Irish once imagined their world, fierce and enchanted and unapologetically tragic. For anyone who has ever wanted to read the raw material that influenced Yeats, that set Joyce dreaming, that gave modern fantasy its deepest roots.