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Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish

by Morgan Llywelyn · 1984

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This is the tale of the coming of the Irish to Ireland, and of the men and women who made that emerald isle their own.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thismedievalmedievalMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thismythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of this
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medievalmedievalMore like thisLess of thisIrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
long · 465 pages

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