Táin Bó Cúailnge (Modern Irish pronunciation: [ˈt̪ˠaːnʲ bˠoː ˈkuəlʲɲə]; "the driving-off of the cows of Cooley"), commonly known as The Táin or less commonly...
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Battle-Chariot" Táin Bó 'Cattle-raid' Táin Bó Cúailnge I Táin Bó Cúailnge II Táin Bó Cúailnge III De Faillsigud Tána Bó Cuailnge "On the finding of the Táin Bó Cúailnge"...
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of a group of works known as Táin Bó, or "cattle raid" stories, the best known of which is Táin Bó Cúailnge. Táin Bó Flidhais survives in two forms, a...
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Fergus mac Róich (category Characters in Táin Bó Cúailnge)
queen Medb of Connacht, and joins her expedition against Ulster in the Táin Bó Cúailnge. Fergus is described as being of huge size and sexual potency. This...
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Medb (category Characters in Táin Bó Cúailnge)
best known for starting the Táin Bó Cúailnge ("The Cattle Raid of Cooley") to steal Ulster's prize stud bull Donn Cúailnge. Medb is strong-willed, ambitious...
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Provinces of Ireland (section The Táin)
division of Ireland is in the Ulster Cycle of legends, such as the Táin Bó Cúailnge. The Táin is set during the reign of Conchobar Mac Nessa, king of Ulster...
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Cú Chulainn (category Characters in Táin Bó Cúailnge)
trans.), Táin Bó Cúalnge from the Book of Leinster, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1967 Cecile O'Rahilly (ed. & trans.), Táin Bó Cúailnge Recension...
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of Irish mythology Donn Cúailnge, the Brown Bull of Cooley, was an extremely fertile stud bull over whom the Táin Bó Cúailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley)...
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The Morrígan (category Characters in Táin Bó Cúailnge)
trans) (1967). Táin Bó Cualnge from the Book of Leinster. pp. 193–197. Carson, Ciaran (2007). The Táin: A New Translation of the Táin Bó Cúlailnge. p. 96...
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legends relating to the Ulaid, the most important of which is the epic Táin Bó Cúailnge ("Cattle Raid of Cooley"). The Fenian Cycle focuses on the exploits...
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portrayal of Guinevere is actually closer to the Queen Medb of the Irish Táin Bó Cúailnge. No source describes Guinevere as either a warrior or a rustic Celt;...
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cycles. Táin Bó Cúailnge, "the Cattle Raid of Cooley" or simply The Táin, is by far the best known to modern audiences. Likewise, this was the táin (plural:...
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Cú Roí (category Characters in Táin Bó Cúailnge)
Peritia 19 (2005), 173-192: 181. Táin bó Cúailnge (Recension I), ed. and tr. O'Rahilly, pp. 103, 216. Táin bó Cúailnge (Recension II), ed. and tr. O'Rahilly...
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first written down by monks and nuns of the Celtic Church like the "Táin Bó Cúailnge", but also in later Christian legends where they are largely portrayed...
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the legend, the spear had seven heads, each with seven barbs. In the Táin Bó Cuailnge, Cúchulainn received the spear after training with the great warrior...
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Fráech (category Characters in Táin Bó Cúailnge)
Ulstermen in the Táin Bó Cuailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley). Finally Fráech returns to Ailill and Medb to join them for the Táin Bó Cuailnge. These two discontinuous...
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Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Fergus calls his sword by that name in Táin Bó Cúailnge. Ailill mac Máta had stolen Fergus's sword when he caught him in flagrante...
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Conchobar mac Nessa (category Characters in Táin Bó Cúailnge)
Conchobar was an important figure in the Ulster Cycle, appearing in the Táin Bó Cúailnge and a number of other stories where he is depicted as a good king....
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war over her Donn Cuailnge - Brown Bull of Cooley, an extremely fertile stud bull over whom the war known as the Táin Bó Cúailnge was fought Fergus mac...
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version of the Táin Bó Cúailnge, the record of Ireland's proto-historic past. Ailbhe Ní Bhriain remarked, "The Táin Bó Cuailnge - táin, meaning the gathering...
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Findabair (category Characters in Táin Bó Cúailnge)
by Cú Chulainn's Gáe Bulg. In the Táin Bó Cúailnge, Finnabair's husband Fráech (whose story is told in the Táin Bo Fraích) is killed by Cú Chulainn in...
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Ferdiad (category Characters in Táin Bó Cúailnge)
warrior of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. In the Táin Bó Cúailnge, Ferdiad finds himself on the side of the war opposite to that taken...
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Fedelm (category Characters in Táin Bó Cúailnge)
the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. She appears in the great epic Táin Bó Cuailnge, in which she foretells the armies of Medb and Ailill mac Máta will...
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often depicted in stories from Irish mythology, such as the Táin Bó Cúailnge and the Táin Bó Flidhais. Cattle raiding and selling protection against theft...
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Emire (The Wooing of Emer), an early Irish foretale to the great epic Táin Bó Cúailnge. Here, Cú Chulainn is honour-bound to perform a number of tasks before...
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(The Tragic Death of Aífe's Only Son), a pre-tale to the great epic Táin Bó Cúailnge. Connla was the son of Cú Chulainn and Aífe Ardgeimm, identified in...
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the Sons of Uisnech, usually found within the set of stories in the Táin Bó Cúailnge, part of the Ulster Cycle. In the tale he becomes the lover of Deirdre...
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supplies of milk, while Donn Cuailnge and Finnbhennach are prized bulls that play a central role in the epic Táin Bó Cúailnge ("The Cattle Raid of Cooley")...
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five parts, is named after the Irish mythological epic Táin Bó Cúailnge, often simply called The Táin. With production help from Chris Walla of Death Cab...
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Con Cúlainn, the Great Queen in the Táin Bó Cúailnge proper and possibly, under a different moniker, in the Táin Bó Regamna. The text published in Dobbs...
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