Product Description
A terrible war rages in Ireland – over the Great Brown Bull of Cooley. Cuchulainn, the young Ulster super hero, fights off many warriors – even the magical Morrigan. In the end he has to face his friend, Ferdia. Will Cuchuliann have to kill him? And what will happen when the White-horned Bull of Connacht and the Great Brown Bull of Ulster finally meet? A simple retelling of the famous Irish epic of The Tain – ‘The Cattle Raid’.
About the Author
Frank Murphy is a retired school principal, living in Cork. His teaching career, which began in Dublin, took him also to north Wexford, and eventually to Cork city. He has written stories, non-fiction pieces and poetry in Irish and English. Most of his work has appeared in school books in Ireland and the UK, with some stories also included in anthologies of children’s fiction on both sides of the Atlantic.