The Ulster Cycle Bricriu's Feast Bricriu Poison-tongue held a great feast for Chonchobar Mac Nessa and for all the Ulstermen. The Preparation of the feast took a whole year. For the entertainment of the guests a spacious house was built by him. He erected it at Dun Rudraige after the likeness of the Red Branch in Emain Macha. Yet it surpassed the buildings of that period entirely for material, ...

How Cuchulainn got his Name When Setanta was small he lived with his mother in Dundalk. When he was still very small he said he was going to join the Red Branch Knights, the army of the king of Ulster Conor Mac Nessa. But he had to get into the boys army called the Macra first, so one day he set off on foot to Eamhain Macha, where the king lived. While he was on his way, he would hit the ball, ...

Cuchulainn - an explanatory article ...