Epic poem · 1882

The Foray of Queen Meave

Five Fragments of an Ancient Irish Epic (The Táin Bó Cuailgne)

by Aubrey de Vere

De Vere’s blank-verse retelling, in five fragments with a prologue, of the Táin Bó Cuailgne: Queen Meave of Connacht invades Ulster for the Brown Bull, and the young Cuchullain holds the ford alone.

Contents · 6 parts

• Prologue40 lines
• Fragment I: The Cause of the Great Warabout 600 lines
• Fragment II: The Deeds of Cuchullainabout 420 lines
• Fragment III: The Combat at the Fordabout 570 lines
• Fragment IV: The Invasion of Uladhabout 430 lines
• Fragment V: Queen Meave’s Retreatabout 720 lines

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