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Cú Roí mac Dáiri

Cú Raoi mac Dáire · Old Irish Cú Roí mac Dáiri

A king of Munster and a master of disguise, the last judge of the champions of Ulster.

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In the Ulster tales he is a king of Munster, a warrior of great powers and a master of disguise. In Bricriu’s Feast he is away in the east when the three champions come to his fort, and only Cú Chulainn comes through the night of watching there; then he comes to Emain in the shape of a hideous churl with an axe, and makes the beheading bargain that ends the quarrel. His name is kept by Caherconree, the ruin of a stone fort on Sliabh Mis in Kerry. Another tale tells how his wife Bláthnat betrayed him to Cú Chulainn, who besieged his fort and killed him.

In the tales

  • Bricriu’s Feast Bricriu of the Poison Tongue throws a feast, promises the champion’s portion to three heroes at once, and sits at his window to watch.

See also

  • Cú Chulainn The Hound of Culann: the great hero of the Ulster tales.
  • Emain Macha Navan Fort. Royal seat of the Ulstermen, named for Macha’s twins.
  • Sliabh Mis The Slieve Mish Mountains. The mountains where the sons of Míl met Banba, the first of the three queens.

Sources

Medieval manuscript. Written down by Irish scholars between the eighth and seventeenth centuries.

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