The Cuculain Cycle. A Trilogy. (1) The Coming of Cuculain (2) The Triumph of Cuculain (3) The Passing of Cuculain. Introduction by A.E. (George Russell). Dublin: Talbot Press, [1938]. Three volumes. Red cloth paper boards, in original publisher’s two toned coloured dust jackets, printed in black. Jackets lightly browned & worn, otherwise a near fine set.

The Coming of Cuculain by the Irish author, journalist and historian Standish O’Grady (1846-1928) is a modern retelling of the exploits of the legendary hero Cuculain from the Ulster Cycle of ancient Gaelic mythology.

The introduction by ‘AE’ or George Russell praises the work as doing justice to an Irish mythological hero who is the equal of Hector, Achilles and Ulysses of Greek myth or Rama and Yudhisthira of Hindu legend.