Tír Eoighain 1539; Conn Bacach ina thiarna agus a chlann mahc in iomaíocht lena fhábhar a thuilleamh. Seo é scéal Chonchúir Mhic Ardail; cléireach, ardfheidhmeannach, athair. Is iad fobairt agus cur chun cinn an tiarnais an fhís atá ag Conchúr. Idir é agus fíorú na físe sin tá iliomad rudaí - guagacht a mháistir, éas na n-uaisle, cistí folmha, cúraimí clainne, agus a laigeachtaí féin mar dhuine. Anuas orthu sin ar fad, tá mac an tiarna ann, Féilimí Caoch Ó Néill, an gaiscíoch mealltach ar mian le Conchúr é a mhúnlú ina phrionsa Eorpach ar an déanamh nua. A dlúth is inneach na staire, fíonn údar An Cléireach agus Táin Bó Cuailnge bréidín an tiarnais Ghaelaigh dúinn, táipéis mhór Ghaeltachta ina maireann easpaig is iascairí, dochtúirí is dlíodóirí, giollaí is gallóglaigh, cailíní cuideachta is bantiarnaí.

yrone 1539: Conn Bacach reigns supreme and his sons compete to gain his favour. This is the story of Conchúr Mac Ardail: clerk, senior councillor, and father. The modernisation of the lordship, is Conchúr’s dream, Many things stand between him and its fulfilment — a headstrong master, jealous nobles, empty coffers, and his own human failings.

On top of all that there’s the lord’s son, Feilimí Caoch, a charismatic warrior-prince who Conchúr wishes to remould as a modern European ruler.

From the thread of history, the author of An Cléireach and Táin Bó Cuailnge weaves a tapestry of the Irish Gaelic lordship, a vibrant picture of servants and gallowglasses, bishops and clergy, clerks and councillors, lords and ladies in the Medieval and Renaissance Gaeltacht.