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100	1		_aDe Vere, Aubrey, _d1814-1902
245	1	4	_aThe foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2026-04-19
505	0		_aThe sons of Usnach -- The children of Lir -- The foray of Queen Meave.
508			_aAaron Adrignola, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520			_aThe foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age by De Vere is a collection of narrative poems written in the late 19th century. It versifies key tales from Ireland’s Heroic Age—Deirdré and the Sons of Usnach, the Children of Lir, and the Táin Bó Cuailgné—uniting careful antiquarian framing with vivid, dramatic storytelling about figures such as Cuchullain, Queen Meave, Fergus, Conor, and Naisi. The opening of the volume provides a substantial preface that situates the poems in early Irish tradition, outlining the sources and variants of the Táin Bó Cuailgné, sketching the Ulster Cycle’s heroes and ethos, and reflecting on the transmission of pagan legends through Christian scribes. It contrasts the epic sweep of the Táin with the tragic cast of The Sons of Usnach, touches on the Children of Lir and the Tuatha Dé Danann, compares Irish legend to Scandinavian saga, and urges wider publication of Irish manuscripts. It then opens The Sons of Usnach: Deirdré is born under a dread prophecy; King Conor hides her to claim as queen, but she meets Naisi, they pledge themselves, and with his brothers Ainli and Ardan she flees to Alba, where they hunt, sing, and war before making peace. Later, Conor lures them home through Fergus’s guarantee; a courtier detains Fergus by oath, while Deirdré foresees doom; the brothers reach Emain Macha, refuse Conor’s feast, and take refuge in the Red Branch House, where intrigue and mob assault mount—Levarcam warns them, Conor’s spy confirms Deirdré’s undimmed beauty, Buini betrays them, and Illan fights loyally as the siege begins. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cLondon: Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., 1882
653			_aLegends -- Ireland -- Poetry
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/forayofqueenmeav00deveiala/page/n5/mode/2up
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78491
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