Tales in Books

There many Celtic tales available. And they have been published in all sorts of places. Below is a list of some Books and the stories they contain.

Kinsella, Thomas (ed) (1969) The Tain : from the Irish epic Tain Bo Cuailnge, Oxford University Press

• Many Tain related stories, including ones about Conchobor and Cu Chullaiin

Matthews, John (ed) (1991) A Celtic Reader : Selections from Celtic Legend, Scholarship and Story, Aquarian Press

• The Second Battle of Moytura (pg 160)
• Cormac's Adventure in the Land of Promise (pg 275)
• A Dream of Angue Oge (pg 312)

Gantz, Jeffrey (ed) (1981) Early Irish Myths and Sagas : (Penguin Classics), Penguin

• The Wooing of Étaín (pg 37)
• The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel (pg 60)
• The Dream of Óengus (pg 107)
• The Cattle Raid of Fróech (pg 113)
• The Labour Pains of the Uliad and the Twins of Macha (pg 127)
• The Birth of Cú Chulaind (pg 130)
• The Boyhood Deeds of Cú Chulaind (pg 134)
• The Death of Aífe's Only Son (pg 147)
• The Wasting Sickness of Cú Chulaid and the Only Jealousy of Emer (pg 153)
• The Tale of Macc Da Thó's Pig (pg 179)
• The Intoxication of the Ulaid (pg 188)
• Bricriu's Feast (pg 219)
• The Exile of the Sons of Uisliu (pg 256)

Matthews, John (ed) (1999) The Celtic Seers' Source Book : Vision and Magic in the Druid Tradition, Blandford

• The Poems of Suibhne Geilt (pg 267)
• The Visions of MacConglinne (pg 281)

Matthews, Caitlin and John (1994) The Encylopaedia of Celtic Wisdom : The Celtic Shaman`s Sourcebook, Element

• The Hawk of Achill (pg 62)
• Tuan mac Carill's Story (pg 93)
• The Settling of the Manor of Tara (pg 98)
• The Boyhood Exploits of Finn (pg 134)
• The Crane Bag (pg 142)
• How Finn Found Knowledge (pg 143)
• Finn and the Man in the Tree (pg 144)
• The Shapeshifting Swineherds (pg 158)
• The Frenzy of Suibhne (pg 163)
• The Coloquy of Two Sages (pg 204)
• The Three Cauldron's of Inspiration (pg 224)
• The Adventuress of Nera (pg 343)
• The Death of Fergus mac Leide (pg 359)
• The Adventures of Art Son of Conn (pg 377)
• The Wooing of Etain (pg 390)
• The Fosterage in the House of Two Pails (pg 409)
• The Yew Tree of the Disputing Sons (pg 429)
• There are a number of other tales, or extracts of tales. Some of the above are translated by the Matthews, others are translated by other scholars.

Gregory, Lady Augusta (1904) Lady Gregory`s Complete Irish Mythology, Smithmark Publishers

• Lots and lots of tales about the Gods, the Fianna, Oisin, Diarmuid, and her retelling about Cu Chullain.