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2 unusual facts about Cycles of the Kings


Cycles of the Kings

It was part of the duty of the medieval Irish bards, or court poets, to record the history of the family and the genealogy of the king they served.

The Cycles of the Kings, also known as the Kings' Cycles or the Historical Cycle are a body of Old and Middle Irish literature.



see also

Myles Dillon

Among his most notable works are The Cycles of the Kings (1946), Early Irish literature (1948), The Celtic realms (1967, with Nora Kershaw Chadwick).