Lugh Mac Romain Series by Patricia Finney

The story of Lugh Mac Romain, harper and reluctant warrior, as he struggles to escape the curse of the Queen Maeve of Connaught for killing her king and is caught up in the famous Cattle Raid of Cooley by his friendship with the great Champion of Ulster, Cuchulain of Muirthemne.

Out of an age of savagery and magic comes a legendary hero. Lugh the lame harper, Once-King of Connaught, friend of an emperor, faces a deadly foe, the Witch-Queen Maeve.First published in 1978, The Crow Goddess is a sequel to A Shadow of Gulls, but it is also a separate novel in its own right. The action is set between AD117 and AD121.The Crow Goddess is another name for the Morrigan, the Celtic Goddess of Battle.