The Cath Maige Tuired, for a wider audience

10(ish) to adult

The Cath Maige Tuired, (The battle of Moytura) is generally known as the Mythological story cycle. Here you will find all the most spectacular ‘people of many crafts’ embedded in the best of Irish stories. The complete whole epic is re-told for a wide age-group in very manageable and entertaining ‘chunks’.

:Part 1: The First Battle of Moytura. This audio story includes: A short introduction to the Cath Maige Tuired , Streng’s Story and Nuada’s Story. Part 1 covers the 1st battle of Moytura.

Part 2: The Shadow of the Fomoire. This audio story includes: A short introduction, Bress’ Story, Bress the King and The Fomoire Secret

Part 3: The Wasteland. This audio story includes: A short introduction, Dagda’s Story and Balor’s Story

Part 4: The Healers. This audio story includes: A short introduction, Miach’s Story and Airmid’s Story

Part 5: Betrayal: This audio story includes A short introduction, Coipre, the poet’s Story, Bress’ Betrayal and A Deceitful Plan.

Part 6: Among the Fomoire: The audio story includes: A short introduction, Elatha’s story and Ethliu’s story

Part 7, The Arrival of the Ildánach , The audio story includes: A short introduction, Nuada’s Feast of Tara and The Doorkeeper’s story.

Part 8: What the Dagda Did Next. This audio story includes: A short introduction, A Meeting of Friends, A Spy in the Fomoire Camp and Indech’s Daughter’s Story,

Part 9: The Muster! This audio story includes: A short introduction and The Heroes Assemble!

Part 10: The Well and the Forge. This audio story includes: A short introduction, Octriuil’s Story, Ruadhán’s Story, Octriallach’s story and Brig’s story.

Part 11: The Great Battle! This audio story includes: A short introduction: The Battle Begins, The Eye Opens, What the Morrigan Did and Should Bres be spared?

Part 12: The Land Restored: This audio story includes: A short introduction: Ogma’s story: The Morrigan’s final words.

It is not the easiest text and there are few modern re-tellings for younger age-groups. The cycle also forms a continious narrrative which makes it harder to ‘clip’ out short narratives to tell. So, to fill this gap I have created audio tellings, dividing the cycle into manageable listening segments. The characters often get to tell their own stories. I have also included a small amount of background context allowing the listeners to appreciate how the early medieval people, who popularised these stories, would have understood them. And, of course, they are still full of amazing marvels and adventures.