The Hounds of Chulainn: Stories in The Early Irish Style
Artie Lake (2011)
Cu Chulainn finds his hound (twice!), Etain finds her man, and Fergus finds that his kingly protection can in fact be broken.
This chapbook of thirteen tales, populated by warriors and earth goddesses, magical dogs and monsters, is inspired in subject matter and form by early Irish literature. Readers who enjoy the robust, vigorous, but slightly-odd form of the Ulster and Fenian Cycles will enjoy this modern addition to a thousand-year literary tradition.
ISBN-10: 978-0-9761157-7-9
Kindle and Epub editions only
The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Grainne / The Exile of the Sons of Uisliu
Standish O’Grady, A. H. Leahy, T. E. Kinsella, editor (2009)
For a thousand years and more audiences have delighted in these Irish tales, wondering at the elopement of the impetuous Grainne with the heroic Diarmuid and heartbroken by the fateful flight of Deirdre.
Two strong women take control of their destinies and both pay grievous prices. This is a thoughtfully modernized edition of O’Grady and Leahy’s early Irish classics, with a new introduction by T. E. Kinsella.
Paperback: 192 pages, with introduction, appendix and bibliography
ISBN-10: 9780976115748
ISBN-13: 978-0976115748
Kindle and Epub editions available
Clan Kinsella’s History of Ireland
John Kinsella and James Kinsella (first printing 2004; second edition, rev. 2008)
Clan Kinsella is the story of the Ui Cinnsealaigh, hereditary chieftains of south Leinster who often held sway throughout the province and who influenced politics across Ireland. This is the story of Enna and Eochaid who fought the O’Neill and whose mythic actions inspired their descendants, such as Crimthan the first Christian king of Leinster, Dermot MacMurrough, who brought the Normans to Ireland, and many others.
It is a history of Irish politics and culture, introducing readers to early Celtic Myth, Gaelic culture, Saints Patrick and Brigid, the trouble times of English rule, and the development of the modern Irish state, all told through the perspective of Clan Kinsella
Paperback: 468 pages, with appendices and index
ISBN-10: 0976115719
ISBN-13: 978-0976115717
