The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig (Old Irish: Scéla Muicce Meicc Da Thó) is a legendary tale in the Ulster Cycle. The story tells of a dispute between the...
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Mesgegra (category Kings of Leinster)
was king of Leinster during the events of the Ulster Cycle, and was also the brother of Mac Da Thó aka Mes Róidia in The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig. Mesgegra...
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Ulster Cycle (redirect from Condere mac Echach)
"The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig" Mesca Ulad "The Intoxication of the Ulstermen" Fled Bricrenn "The Feast of Bricriu" Fled Bricrenn 7 Longes mac n-Duil Dermait...
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activist Ailbe, the dog in The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig List of Irish-language given names John Ailbe O'Hara, Judge of the High Court of Justice in Northern...
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the descendants of Conall since then. This he says is backed up by medieval texts such as the Scéla Mucce Meic Da Thó ("The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig")...
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translated as "hostel", "banqueting hall" or "inn." A description in The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig (c. AD 800) describes one bruiden: "There were seven doors in...
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hound' in "The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig" associated with the Mag Ailbe or 'plain of Ailbe', where stood a Lia Ailbe, or 'stone of Ailbe'. The 'divine hound'...
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Mag Lena (category Medieval history of Ireland)
heathland. The dindsenchas of Mag Lena appended to The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig says the name means "the plain of Léna", from Mac Da Thó's son Léna, who...
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Conall Cernach (redirect from Conall the Victorious)
his uncle for the rest of his life. He shamed Cet at a feast at the house of Mac Dá Thó, a hospitaller of Leinster, when the warriors of Connacht and Ulster...
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In classical scholarship, the editio princeps (plural: editiones principes) of a work is the first printed edition of the work, that previously had existed...
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