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    Táin 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 'Cattle-raid' Táin Cúailnge I Táin Cúailnge II Táin Cúailnge III De Faillsigud Tána Cuailnge "On the finding of the Táin Cúailnge"...
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    Fergus mac Róich (category Characters in Táin Cúailnge)
    queen Medb of Connacht, and joins her expedition against Ulster in the Táin Cúailnge. Fergus is described as being of huge size and sexual potency. This...
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  • division of Ireland is in the Ulster Cycle of legends, such as the Táin Cúailnge. The Táin is set during the reign of Conchobar Mac Nessa, king of Ulster...
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    Medb (category Characters in Táin Cúailnge)
    best known for starting the Táin 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 Cúailnge)
    In the Táin 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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    Cú Chulainn (category Characters in Táin Cúailnge)
    single-handedly against the armies of queen Medb of Connacht in the famous Táin Cúailnge ("Cattle Raid of Cooley"). He is known for his terrifying battle frenzy...
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  • Fráech (category Characters in Táin Cúailnge)
    Ulstermen in the Táin Cuailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley). Finally Fráech returns to Ailill and Medb to join them for the Táin Cuailnge. These two discontinuous...
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    legends relating to the Ulaid, the most important of which is the epic Táin 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 Cúailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley)...
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  • Cú Roí (category Characters in Táin Cúailnge)
    Peritia 19 (2005), 173-192: 181. Táin Cúailnge (Recension I), ed. and tr. O'Rahilly, pp. 103, 216. Táin Cúailnge (Recension II), ed. and tr. O'Rahilly...
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    of a group of works known as Táin , or "cattle raid" stories, the best known of which is Táin Cúailnge. Táin Flidhais survives in two forms, a...
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  • cycles. Táin 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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    appear in some of the medieval tales from Christianized Ireland like "Táin Cúailnge", where they are largely portrayed as sorcerers who opposed the coming...
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  • portrayal of Guinevere is actually closer to the Queen Medb of the Irish Táin Cúailnge. No source describes Guinevere as either a warrior or a rustic Celt;...
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  • five parts, is named after the Irish mythological epic Táin Cúailnge, often simply called The Táin. With production help from Chris Walla of Death Cab...
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    & trans.), Táin Cúailnge Recension 1, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1976 Cecile O'Rahilly (ed. & trans.), Táin Cúailnge from the Book...
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    Conchobar mac Nessa (category Characters in Táin Cúailnge)
    Conchobar was an important figure in the Ulster Cycle, appearing in the Táin Cúailnge and a number of other stories where he is depicted as a good king....
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    Ferdiad (category Characters in Táin Cúailnge)
    Cecile O'Rahilly, Táin Cúailnge Recension 1, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1976, pp. 195-208 [2] Cecile O'Rahilly, Táin Cúalnge from the...
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  • Fedelm (category Characters in Táin Cúailnge)
    Carey. Tochmarc Emire (Recension II). Táin Cuailnge (Recension I), ed. Cecile O'Rahilly, Táin Cúailnge Recension I. Dublin: Dublin Institute for...
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  • Findabair (category Characters in Táin Cúailnge)
    by Cú Chulainn's Gáe Bulg. In the Táin 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 Cúailnge)
    Internet Archive; e-text via UCD (Táin 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 Cúailnge)
    Press, 1998, pp. 13-14 Joseph Dunn, “ Tain Bo Cúailnge”, David Nutt, London, 1914, pp. 302-303 Cecile O'Rahilly, Táin 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 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 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 Cúailnge ("The Cattle Raid of Cooley")...
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  • version of the Táin Cúailnge, the record of Ireland's proto-historic past. Ailbhe Ní Bhriain remarked, "The Táin Cuailnge - táin, meaning the gathering...
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  • Bricriu (category Characters in Táin Cúailnge)
    severely. Later, Bricriu recovered but died at Cruachan at the end of the Táin Cuailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley), trampled to death by the two bulls as they...
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    Con Cúlainn, the Great Queen in the Táin Cúailnge proper and possibly, under a different moniker, in the Táin Regamna. The text published in Dobbs...
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    VII of Virgil's Aeneid. Alecto appears in the medieval Irish epic Táin Cúailnge where she is equated with the Mórrígan, the Irish mythological figure...
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