Bláthnaid

Bláthnaid: 56 pp; hardcover; 978-1-913814-56-4

A Tragic Love Story from the Ulster Cycle

The story of Bláthnaid is one of the great stories of  the Ulster Cycle. It tells of the abduction of the beautiful daughter of the king of Man to Slievemish in Kerry, and of the bloodshed that was the result of the love given to her by two heroes.

Indeed, it is still recounted in Kerry that Bláthnaid poured milk into the Finglas river as a sign to the Ulstermen that her huband was sleeping unprotected in the fort.

Beautifully illustrated by Anastasia Melnykova

Darach Ó Scoláia based this new version on the older versions of the story. The beautiful illustrations are the work of Ukranian artist Anastasia Melnykova.

Darach Ó Scolaí is a writer, playwright, and publisher. His novel An Cléireach won the Oireachtas Prize 2007 and ‘Book of the Year’ 2008, and his edtion of Táin Bó Cuailnge won the Aodán Mac Poilín Memorial Prize 2017 and ‘Book of the Year’ 2018. His latest novel Súil an Daill won the Oireachtas Prize 2019.