Summary

This Irish epic begins in pre-Christian Ireland during the reign of the fierce and powerful High Kings at Tara.

This Irish epic begins in pre-Christian Ireland during the reign of the fierce and powerful High Kings at Tara. It starts with two lovers, the princely Conall and the ravishing Deirdre, whose travails echo the ancient Celtic legend of Cuchulainn. Through the interlocking stories of druids and chieftains, monks and smugglers, merchants and mercenaries, noblewomen, rebels and cowards - we see Ireland through the lens of its greatest city...