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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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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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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The Morrígan (category Characters in Táin Bó Cúailnge)
In the Táin Bó Cúailnge ("The Cattle Raid of Cooley"), Queen Medb of Connacht launches an invasion of Ulster to steal the bull Donn Cuailnge; the Morrígan...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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appear in some of the medieval tales from Christianized Ireland like "Táin Bó Cúailnge", where they are largely portrayed as sorcerers who opposed the coming...
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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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& trans.), Táin Bó Cúailnge Recension 1, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1976 Cecile O'Rahilly (ed. & trans.), Táin Bó Cúailnge from the Book...
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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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Ferdiad (category Characters in Táin Bó Cúailnge)
Cecile O'Rahilly, Táin Bó Cúailnge Recension 1, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1976, pp. 195-208 [2] Cecile O'Rahilly, Táin Bó Cúalnge from the...
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Fedelm (category Characters in Táin Bó Cúailnge)
Carey. Tochmarc Emire (Recension II). Táin Bó Cuailnge (Recension I), ed. Cecile O'Rahilly, Táin Bó Cúailnge Recension I. Dublin: Dublin Institute for...
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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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Lugh (category Characters in Táin Bó Cúailnge)
Internet Archive; e-text via UCD (Táin Bó Cuailnge, The Cattle Raid of Cooley) Kinsella, Thomas., ed. (1969). The Táin. Oxford: Oxford University Press...
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Amergin mac Eccit (category Characters in Táin Bó Cúailnge)
Press, 1998, pp. 13-14 Joseph Dunn, “ Tain Bo Cúailnge”, David Nutt, London, 1914, pp. 302-303 Cecile O'Rahilly, Táin Bó Cúalnge from the Book of Leinster...
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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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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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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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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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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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Bricriu (category Characters in Táin Bó Cúailnge)
severely. Later, Bricriu recovered but died at Cruachan at the end of the Táin Bó Cuailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley), trampled to death by the two bulls as they...
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VII of Virgil's Aeneid. Alecto appears in the medieval Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge where she is equated with the Mórrígan, the Irish mythological figure...
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