Eoghan Béal

Eoghan Béal: 112 pp; hardcover; ISBN 978-1-913814-84-7

Red spear of the Connaughtmen

Eoghan Béal, King of Connaught, is mortally wounded fighting the Ulstermen at the Battle of Sligo. On his deathbed, he orders his subjects not to lay him to rest in a graveyard but to bury him upright in his fortress, facing his enemies, his red spear in his right hand.

Scourge of the Ulstermen

His excessive pride results in the murder of his first son by four treacherous monks, the murder of his second son at his wedding, and the extinction of his own lineage.

Beautifully illustrations by Alé Mercado

Eoghan Béal, a modern version of the old Irish saga, Caithréim Cheallaigh (The Triumph of Ceallach), retold by Darach Ó Scolaí as a picture book, beautifully illustrated by Alé Mercado.

This is the latest picture book in Leabhar Breac’s wonderful collection of modern retellings for adult readers of the great stories from old Irish literature (Deirdre, Bláthnaid, Sadhbh and Liadain).