March Books 11) Master of Earth and Water

[nwhyte]

11) Master of Earth and Water, by Diana L. Paxson and Adrienne Martine-Barnes

Cuchulain seems to be a far more popular subject of modern fantasy drawing from the Irish legends than Finn MacCool. In fact, I can't remember coming across any other version of the latter apart from Lady Gregory, who I must have read over thirty years ago, and I must

Comments

[londonkds]

I seem to remember reading a Finn Mac Cool book by Rosemary Sutcliffe, called The High Deeds of Finn Mac Cool.

[nwhyte]

Yeah, but she wrote about almost everything!

[brightglance]

I had that Rosemary Sutcliff book as a child, it's not bad at all. It covers most of the main stories in the Fiannaíocht. Morgan Llywelyn apparently also has a novel Finn MacCool which presumably is another version of the legend.

[inulro]

I loved Rosemary Sutcliffe as a child. I should really get my hands on some of her material again if I ever have time.

[inuitmonster]

I'm no gaelgeoir, but the anglicised version of Fionn Mac Cumhail's name is really horrible looking.

[nwhyte]

I'm no gaelgeoir at all, so I write out of utter ignorance.

[inuitmonster]

I think maybe my reaction is extreme and irrational... it's not like I object to anglicisation of placenames.

[nwhyte]

Mark Durkan has a line about a DUP councillor who was getting all upset about the potential for increased official use of Irish, and declared on behalf of himself and his constituents that "They'll never put a Gaelic name on Drumnamallagh!"