An Táin
Date2006
PublisherCló Mhaigh Eo
Creative team
WriterColmán Ó Raghallaigh
ArtistBarry Reynolds
LettererRoxanne Burchartz
ColoristAdrien Merigeau
EditorRoss Murray
Original publication
LanguageIrish
ISBN1-899922-28-8

An Táin is an Irish-language graphic novel published by Cló Mhaigh Eo in 2006. Written by Colmán Ó Raghallaigh and illustrated by Barry Reynolds, it adapts the ancient Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge ("the cattle-raid of Cooley").[1] The work won the 2006 Oireachtas na Gaeilge Irish Language Book of the Year award for Young People (Leabhar Na Bliana do Dhaoine Óga).[2]

Cló Mhaigh Eo published Deirdre agus Mic Uisnigh ("Deirdre and the sons of Uisnech") as a prequel in 2008.[3]

References

  1. "An Táin - English Translation". Leabhar. Archived from the original on 22 September 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  2. "Graphic novel An Táin wins major Irish Gaelic language prize". Forbidden Planet. 27 November 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  3. Conghail, R. "Deirdre agus Mic Uisnigh". Inis Magazine (in Irish). Retrieved 26 September 2013.
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