Sweeney Astray. A Version from the Irish. Illustrated by Barrie Cook. New York: Giroux. 1984. New York: Giroux. 1984. Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. A fine bright copy. Housed in its original cardboard box as issued by the publisher.

Limited Edition of 350 Numbered, Signed by the Author & the Illustrator Barrie Cook 

Heaney’s version of Buile Suibhne, one of the major achievements of medieval literature.

The story centers on the fate of Sweeney, the king of Dal-Arie in Ulster, who was cursed by a saint, turned into a bird, and driven astray for many years until the curse was fulfilled by his death.