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{{r|Ulster Cycle}}

{{r|Ulster Cycle}}

...ns of prehistoric times, most notably in the group of sagas known as the [[Ulster Cycle]]. These stories are set during the reign of the Ulaid king [[Conchobar mac .... Other scholars, following T. F. O'Rahilly, propose that the sagas of the Ulster Cycle derive from the wars between the Ulaid and the midland dynasties of the Con

The '''Ulster Cycle''' is a body of medieval Irish heroic legends and sagas which makes up one The stories of the Ulster Cycle are written in Old and Middle [[Irish language|Irish]], generally in prose,

...disputed violently. The custom appears most often in the legends of the [[Ulster Cycle]]. It is paralleled by historical customs of the ancient [[Celt]]s of conti The Ulster Cycle saga ''[[Scéla Mucce Meic Dá Thó]]'' ("The Story of Mac Dá Tho's Pig")

...(eds.), ''Ulidia: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales'', December Publications, Belfast, 1994

'''Medb''' is the queen of the [[Connachta]] in the [[Ulster Cycle]] of [[Irish mythology]]. Her husband in the main stories of the cycle is [ The presence of the Connachta in the Ulster Cycle is an apparent anachronism: the stories are traditionally set around the ti

===Ulster Cycle=== ...rances, in which she is depicted as an individual, are in stories of the [[Ulster Cycle]], where she has an ambiguous relationship with the hero [[Cú Chulainn]].

...ttle Raid of Cooley''' or '''The ''Táin''''') is the central tale in the [[Ulster Cycle]], one of the four great cycles of [[Irish mythology]]. It is written in [[

...f the [[Connachta]] and Conall's uncle. Unusually for a character from the Ulster Cycle, several medieval Irish dynasties counted Conall as an ancestor.

The region has produced literature from the [[Ulster Cycle]] of tales, through [[Weaver Poets|Weaver poetry]] to [[Seamus Heaney]]. Wr

...wn as the father of the [[Medb]], legendary queen of [[Connacht]] in the [[Ulster Cycle]] of [[Irish mythology]].

Alongside Conchobar, Cú Roí and Ailill, Cairpre appears in stories of the [[Ulster Cycle]]. His wife is [[Fedelm Noíchrothach]], daughter of Conchobar, and they ha

...othach, likewise makes Conaire's reign contemporary with the events of the Ulster Cycle, which in other stories are synchronised with the life of Christ. The chron

...is a legendary king of the [[Ulaid]] whose reign is the setting for the [[Ulster Cycle]] of [[Irish mythology]]. His mother is Ness, daughter of a former king of

...['ʃeːdantə]) as a child, is the teenage [[hero]] of the [[Ulaid]] in the [[Ulster Cycle]] of [[Irish mythology]], sometimes referred to as "the Irish [[Achilles]]" ...f, killing her and himself.<ref>Maria Tymoczko, ''Two Death Tales from the Ulster Cycle'', Dublin, 1981</ref>

*** Ulster Cycle

In the [[Ulster Cycle]] he fathered [[Cú Chulainn]] with the mortal maiden Deichtine. When Cú C