The Tragic Death of the Sons of Usnech

Irish Gaelic literature

Also known as: “Oidheadh Chloinne Uisneach”

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The Tragic Death of the Sons of Usnech, in the Ulster cycle of Irish heroic myths, the love story of the ill-fated Deirdre and Noísi. First composed in the 8th or 9th century, the story was revised and combined in the 15th century with The Tragic Death of the Children of Tuireann (Oidheadh Chloinne Tuireann) and The Tragic Death of the Children of Lir (Oidheadh Chloinne Lir) into The Three Sorrows of Storytelling (Trí Truaighe...