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Briccriu (Bricriu, Briccirne, Bricne), is a warrior, poet and troublemaker in the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology.
He once held a lavish feast for Conchobar mac Nessa and the heroes of Ulster in his house at Dún Rudraige (modern Dundrum, County Down), but knowing his reputation the Ulstermen had to be threatened to attend. First Briccriu threatened to set the Ulster warriors at odds with each other, then to set father against son and mother against daughter, but the Ulstermen finally agreed to come when he threatened to set the two breasts of each Ulster woman beating against each other.
At the feast he promised the "champion's portion" to Cúchulainn, then to Conall Cernach, then to Lóegaire Búadach, and the three heroes proceeded to compete for the honour. Challenges were set, some judged by Ailill and Medb of Connacht, some by Cú Roà of Munster. At every test set Cúchulainn came out top, but neither Conall nor Lóegaire would accept the decision.
Finally Cú RoÃ, disguised as a giant churl, challenged each of the three to behead him, then allow him to return and behead them in return. Only Cúchulainn passed this test, and was judged worthy of the champion's portion.
(Two motifs in this story, the champion's portion and the beheading challenge, are mentioned by the Greek writer Posidonius as practices of the ancient Celts. The beheading challenge is also central to the Middle English Arthurian poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.)
Briccriu followed Fergus mac Róich into exile in Connacht following the Deirdre affair. He died there at the end of the Táin Bó Cuailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley), trampled to death by the two bulls as they fought.
The name of the village of Loughbrickland, near Banbridge, County Down, is thought to derive from Irish Loch Briccrend or Briccriu's Lake.
Deirdre was the daughter of Fedlimid mac Daill, a bard.
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He once held a lavish feast for Conchobar mac Nessa and the heroes of Ulster in his house at Dún Rudraige (modern Dundrum, County Down), but knowing his reputation the Ulstermen had to be threatened to attend. First Briccriu threatened to set the Ulster warriors at odds with each other, then to set father against son and mother against daughter, but the Ulstermen finally agreed to come when he threatened to set the two breasts of each Ulster woman beating against each other.
At the feast he promised the "champion's portion" to Cúchulainn, then to Conall Cernach, then to Lóegaire Búadach, and the three heroes proceeded to compete for the honour. Challenges were set, some judged by Ailill and Medb of Connacht, some by Cú Roà of Munster. At every test set Cúchulainn came out top, but neither Conall nor Lóegaire would accept the decision.
Finally Cú RoÃ, disguised as a giant churl, challenged each of the three to behead him, then allow him to return and behead them in return. Only Cúchulainn passed this test, and was judged worthy of the champion's portion.
(Two motifs in this story, the champion's portion and the beheading challenge, are mentioned by the Greek writer Posidonius as practices of the ancient Celts. The beheading challenge is also central to the Middle English Arthurian poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.)
Briccriu followed Fergus mac Róich into exile in Connacht following the Deirdre affair. He died there at the end of the Táin Bó Cuailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley), trampled to death by the two bulls as they fought.
The name of the village of Loughbrickland, near Banbridge, County Down, is thought to derive from Irish Loch Briccrend or Briccriu's Lake.
The Ulster Cycle, formerly known as the Red Branch Cycle, one of the four great cycles of Irish mythology, is a body of medieval Irish heroic legends and sagas of the traditional heroes of the Ulaid in what is now eastern Ulster and northern Leinster, particularly
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The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branches of Celtic
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Conchobar (also spelled Conchobor, Conchubar, Conchobhar, Conchubhar, Conchúr, Conchúir, Conor, Connacher) mac Nessa (son of Ness) is the king of Ulster in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
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The Ulaid[1] (pron. /'ʊləɣ′/) were a people of early north-eastern Ireland, who gave their name to the modern province of Ulster: modern Irish Cúige Uladh (pron.
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Dundrum (in Irish: Dún Droma, ie fort of the ridge) is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland, lying by Dundrum Bay. It is situated 4 miles outside Newcastle on the A2 road. The town is best known for its ruined Norman castle.
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County Down, (Contae an Dúin in Irish - meaning the Fort) is one of the nine counties that form Ulster and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. The county forms an area of 2,448 km² (945 square miles). It lies in the province of Ulster.
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Cúchulainn /kuːˈxʊlɪnʲ/ ( pronunciation ) (Irish "Hound of Culann"; also spelled Cú Chulainn
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Conall Cernach (Conall the Victorious) is a heroic warrior of the Ulaid in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. His father was Amairgin mac Echit and his mother was Findchoem.
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In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Lóegaire Búadach (Lóegaire the Victorious) is a hapless Ulster warrior who mainly functions as comic relief. When he, Cúchulainn and Conall Cernach contend for the champion's portion at Briccriu's feast, Lóegaire is always a distant third.
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Ailill (Aillell, Oilioll) mac Máta was king of Connacht and husband of Medb in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
He was the owner of the phenomenally fertile White-horned bull of Connacht, called Finnbhennach.
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He was the owner of the phenomenally fertile White-horned bull of Connacht, called Finnbhennach.
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Medb (Meḋḃ, Medhbh, Meadhbh, Meab°, Meabh, Maeve, Maev; pronounced /mæðv/ in Irish, usually pronounced /meɪv/
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Connacht (IPA: [ˈkɔnəxt] alternately IPA: /ˈkɒnɔːt/ according to the Oxford English Dictionary; from the Irish: Connachta
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In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Cú Roà (Cú RuÃ, Cú Raoi) mac Dáire is a king of Munster and a sorcerer who can change his form at will. His name probably means "hound of the battlefield". He is thought by some to be a euhemerised god.
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Munster (Irish: An Mhumhain, IPA: [ənˈvuːnʲ], Cúige Mumhan or Mumha) is the southernmost of the four provinces of Ireland.
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Posidonius (Greek: Ποσειδώνιος / Poseidonios) "of Apameia" (ὁ Απαμεύς) or "of Rhodes" (ὁ Ρόδιος) (ca.
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Celts, normally pronounced /kɛlts/ (see article on pronunciation), is widely used to refer to the members of any of the peoples in Europe using the Celtic languages or descended from those who did.
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Middle English is the name given by historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of 1066
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Middle English is the name given by historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of 1066
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King Arthur is a fabled Brython leader and a prominent figure in Britain's legendary history. A real individual may have been the inspiration of the legend, but later stories of Arthur are almost entirely fictional.
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th century alliterative chivalric romance outlining an adventure of Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table. The poem survives on a single manuscript, the Cotton Nero A.x.
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Fergus (or Fearghus) mac Róich (or mac Róeg) is the former king of Ulster during the events of the Ulster Cycle. He was tricked out of the kingship by Ness, who made her seven-year-old son Conchobar mac Nessa king in his place. T. F.
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Deirdre or Derdriu is the foremost tragic heroine in Irish mythology. Her story is part of the Ulster Cycle.Deirdre was the daughter of Fedlimid mac Daill, a bard.
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Táin Bó Cúailnge ("the driving-off of cows of Cooley", more usually rendered The Cattle Raid of Cooley or The Táin) is the central tale in the Ulster Cycle, one of the four great cycles that make up the surviving corpus of Irish mythology.
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Loughbrickland is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated on the main Belfast to Dublin road. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 681 people. It lies within the Banbridge District Council area.
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County Down, (Contae an Dúin in Irish - meaning the Fort) is one of the nine counties that form Ulster and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. The county forms an area of 2,448 km² (945 square miles). It lies in the province of Ulster.
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Writing system: Latin (Irish variant)
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Writing system: Latin (Irish variant)
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Official language of: Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland
European Union
Regulated by: Foras na Gaeilge
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