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The Táin
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Second of the eleven Horslips records held here. It came three years into a run that began in 1970, the same year this tree dates Celtic rock from. It is one of the four records Celtic rock is listed as starting from.
From Wikipedia
The Táin is an album by Irish rock band Horslips. Their second studio album, it was the band's first attempt at making a concept album, an idea they would return to in 1976 with The Book of Invasions: A Celtic Symphony. The Táin was based on the Táin Bó Cúailnge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley), one of the most famous legends of early Irish literature, dealing with the war between Ulster and Connacht over a prize bull. The songs tell the story from the points of view of Cú Chulainn, Queen Maeve of Connacht and Ferdia, among others.
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