The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel

Irish saga literature uses Christian literacy methods to recreate myths and traditions from the pagan past making it the largest collection of vernacular narrative from the early Middle Ages. Even within the field of Celtic studies many people are still perplexed by the literary skill of this unique corpus whose stories are frequently read but which is marginal to typical histories of Western literature. This book the first monograph to provide a thorough literary analysis of a single native Irish story aims to explain how one famous saga in particular Togail Bruidne Da Derga (The Destruction of Da Dergas Hostel) which James Carney dubbed the finest saga of the early period works as a narrative.