Coire Sois, The Cauldron of Knowledge: A Companion to Early Irish Saga

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By Matthieu Boyd ’03

Published Jan. 21, 2016

(University of Notre Dame Press) This critical text is designed to help people understand how early Irish stories really work. Ó Cathasaigh is a highly respected interpreter of early Irish literature and professor of Irish Studies at Harvard. Coire Sois represents a large portion of his life’s work. Boyd is an assistant professor and director of the MA in creative writing and literature for educators at Fairleigh Dickinson University.  

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