{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/cool/index.htm","path":"neu/cool/index.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/cool/index.htm","text":"Sacred-Texts\u00a0\n Legends and Sagas\u00a0\n Celtic Folklore\u00a0\n \n \n \n \n The Cattle-Raid of Cooley\n (T\u00e1in B\u00f3 C\u00faalnge)\n \n \n from \"The Ancient Irish Epic Tale T\u00e1in B\u00f3 C\u00faalnge\" \n (1914) by Joseph Dunn, London: David Nutt.\n \n The Cattle-Raid of Cooley (T\u00e1in B\u00f3 C\u00faalnge)\n is the central epic of the Ulster cycle.\n Queen Medb of Connaught gathers an army in order to gain\n possession of the most famous bull in Ireland,\n which is the property of Daire, a chieftain of Ulster.\n Because the men of Ulster are afflicted by a debilitating curse,\n the seventeen-year-old Cuchulain must defend Ulster single-handedly.\n \n1. Here Beginneth The Cualnge Cattle-raid\n 5,152 bytes\n \n2. The Occaision of the T\u00e1in\n 8,500 bytes\n \n3. The Rising-Out of the Men of Connacht\n at Cruachan Ai\n 3,802 bytes\n \n4. The Foretelling\n 7,906 bytes\n \n5. This is the Route of the T\u00e1in\n 2,597 bytes\n \n6. The March Of The Host\n 37,902 bytes\n \n7. The Youthful Exploits Of Cuchulain\n 7,995 bytes\n \n7a. The Slaying Of The Smith's Hound By Cuchulain,\n And The Reason He Is Called Cuchulain\n 8,736 bytes\n \n7b. (The Taking Of Arms By Cuchulain And)\n The Slaying Of The Three Sons Of Necht Scen\u00e8 Is Now Told Here\n 27,455 bytes\n \n8. The Slaying Of Orlam\n 2,767 bytes\n \n8a. The Slaying Of The Three Macarach\n 1,290 bytes\n \n8b. The Combat Of Lethan And Cuchulain\n 1,565 bytes\n \n8c. The Killing of The Squirrel\n And of The Tame Bird\n 5,672 bytes\n \n8d. The Slaying Of Loch\u00e8\n 948 bytes\n \n8e. The Killing Of Uala \n 3,682 bytes\n \n8f. The Harrying Of Cualnge Followeth Here Below \n 6,962 bytes\n \n9. The Proposals\n 14,585 bytes\n \n10. The Violent Death Of Etarcumul \n 11,822 bytes\n \n11. The Slaying Of Nathcrantail \n 5,151 bytes\n \n12. The Finding of The Bull \n 4,030 bytes\n \n12a. The Death Of Forgemen \n 863 bytes\n \n12b. Here Is Narrated The Slaying of Redg\n The Satirist \n 3,038 bytes\n \n12c. Here Is Told The Meeting of Cuchulain \n And Finnabair \n 3,233 bytes\n \n12d. Here The Combat of Munremar and Curoi \n 2,007 bytes\n \n12e. The Slaughter of The Boy-Troop \n 2,358 bytes\n \n12f. The Slaughter of The King's Bodyguard \n 998 bytes\n \n13. The Combat Of C\u00fbr With Cuchulain \n 4,427 bytes\n \n14. The Slaying Of Ferbaeth ('The Witless') \n 4,425 bytes\n \n14a. The Combat Of Larin\u00e8 MacNois \n 5,299 bytes\n \n15. The Slaying of Loch Son of Mofemis \n 8,770 bytes\n \n16. The Violation of the Agreement \n 1,139 bytes\n \n16a. The Healing Of The Morrigan \n 2,203 bytes\n \n17. The Great Rout on The Plain of Murthemne \n 4,360 bytes\n \n17a. The Slaughter of The Youths of Ulster \n 4,320 bytes\n \n17b. The Scythed Chariot \n 11,839 bytes\n \n17c. The Account Of The Appearance Of Cuchulain \n 3,468 bytes\n \n17d. Dubthach's Jealousy \n 3,515 bytes\n \n18. The Slaying Of Oengus Son Of Oenlam \n 1,145 bytes\n \n18a. The Misthrow At Belach Eoin. \n 1,488 bytes\n \n18b. The Disguising Of Tamon \n 1,312 bytes\n \n19. The Battle Of Fergus And Cuchulain \n 3,489 bytes\n \n19a. Here Now Cometh The Head-Place Of Ferchu \n 2,223 bytes\n \n19b. Mann's Fight \n 1,959 bytes\n \n19c. The Combat of Calatin's Children \n 6,342 bytes\n \n20. The Combat of Ferdiad and Cuchulain \n 66,795 bytes\n \n21. Cuchulain and the Rivers \n 1,362 bytes\n \n22. Cethern's Strait Fight \n 5,018 bytes\n \n22a. Cethern's Bloody Wounds \n 14,402 bytes\n \n23. Here Followeth the Tooth-Fight of Fintan \n 2,371 bytes\n \n23a. The Red-Shame of Menn Followeth Here \n 1,955 bytes\n \n23b. Here Followeth the Accoutrement of\n the Charioteers \n 812 bytes\n \n23c. The White-Fight of Rochad Now Followeth \n 2,996 bytes\n \n23d. Here Followeth Iliach's Clump-Fight \n 3,868 bytes\n \n23e. Here Now The Deer-Stalking of Amargin\n in Taltiu \n 3,764 bytes\n \n24. The Repeated Warning of Sualtaim \n 6,512 bytes\n \n24a. The Order of the Men of Ulster \n 6,186 bytes\n \n24b. The Agitation of Celtchar \n 2,792 bytes\n \n25. Here Followeth The Array of The Host \n 55,377 bytes\n \n26. The Decision of the Battle \n 3,719 bytes\n \n27. Now of The Battle of Garech \n 4,887 bytes\n \n27a. Here Followeth The Muster of The Men of Erin \n 14,308 bytes\n \n28. The Battle of The Bulls \n 3,797 bytes\n \n29. The Account of The Brown Bull of Cualnge \n 3,328 bytes","title":"Legends & Sagas - Sacred Texts Collection","type":"page"}