Author: Best, R. I. (Richard Irvine) ; & O’Brien, M. A. ; editors:
Title: The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála : Vol. IV
Description: Dublin, Inst. for Advanced Studies, 1965. orig.cloth, dustwrapper.. 24x15cm, (373) pp.. Minor rubbing. Some browning to dustwrapper. VG. ¶ Volume 4 only. Text in Gaelic. Pagination runs xvii, 761-1117. ["The present Vol. IV of the Book of Leinster...consists mainly of the Dindshenchas, metrical and prose, continued from the previous volume, and interrupted in the MS by an early displacement ... These folios contain the Ulster tale Cath Ruisd na Rig or Battle of Rosnaree, several historical poems by Fland Mainistreach, the list of epic tales, and other texts. The Dinschenchas is resumed.. The volume sends with Togal Triu, or the Destruction of Troy...." - from Foreword].

Keywords: Irish Historical Literature, Medieval Ireland, Historiography, Literary History, Folk Tales, Epics Myth, , ,