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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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)
single-handedly against the armies of queen Medb of Connacht in the famous Táin Bó Cúailnge ("Cattle Raid of Cooley"). He is known for his terrifying battle frenzy...
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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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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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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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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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