‘I will spout a jet of blood in your face’: Women’s words in the Tain Bo Cualinge, its pre-tales and the Fingal Ronan
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Irish Literature, Tain Bo Cualinge, Pre-modern, Gender Studies, Fingal Ronan, Ulster CycleAbstract
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