The Red Branch Tales by Randy Lee Eickhoff

Author:Randy Lee Eickhoff [Eickhoff, Randy Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fairy Tales; Folk Tales; Legends & Mythology, Cultural Heritage
ISBN: 9781429973434
Google: WIabhniPwrQC
Amazon: B004TNH6MY
Publisher: Forge Books
Published: 2010-03-31T23:00:00+00:00

“Great was our loss in the glorious battle

Where seven hundred heard death’s rattle

With the blameless prince of great Erin

With Fiacha Mac Fachtna Fathach slain.

Seven strong regiments of Asia are lain

With twenty-seven princes who were slain.

Great was this tremendous battle-fray

Against Daball, the prince of Norway.”

The Deprivation of Mongán

This is a humorous tale of a youth who uses his skills to play practical jokes on the then most notable poet. I have a problem with placing this story in the time of the Red Branch because it comes from The Yellow Book of Lecan. Although it seems to belong in this category, some of the people mentioned are also mentioned in various annals as living far past the date of the Red Branch.

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