- 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...
- and
queen Medb. The
longest and most
important tale is the epic Táin Bó
Cúailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley). The
Ulster Cycle is one of the four 'cycles' of...
- 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)...
-
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 of...
-
Cooley (Old
Irish Cúalnge) was the home of the bull Donn
Cuailnge, and the site of the Táin Bó
Cúailnge, "Cattle Raid of Cooley".
Ancient monuments in Cooley...
- Conchobar's
nephew Cúchulainn, who
features in the epic prose/poem An Táin Bó
Cúailnge (The
Cattle Raid of Cooley, a
casus belli between Ulster and Connaught)...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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 mistress...
- 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 ****ociated...
