These are the tales of Finn MacCool and the Fianna — the warrior-band of old Ireland who hunted in the hills, feasted at Tara, and crossed into the Otherworld on the edge of a song. Carried on the lips of storytellers for a thousand years before they found the page, and here gathered into clear, faithful modern English, the Fenian Cycle follows Finn from his hidden boyhood and the Salmon of Knowledge to the fire of Tara, the forbidden love of Diarmuid and Gráinne, the long grief of the battle of Gabhra, and Oisín's three centuries in the Land of Youth. This edition keeps the wonder and the wound of the old stories — their laughter, their sorrow, their tender naming of every hill and well — while inviting today's reader to walk through them easily. With a glossary, key passages, and notes on how to read the cycle as a living tradition. Part of The World Scriptures Library.