The Tain Bo Culaigne
The Cattle-Raid of Cooley
(Táin Bó
Cúalnge)
from
"The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge" (1914) by Joseph Dunn, London:
David Nutt.
The Cattle-Raid of Cooley (Táin Bó Cúalnge) is the central epic of the Ulster
cycle. Queen Medb of Connaught gathers an army in order to gain possession of
the most famous bull in Ireland, which is the property of Daire, a chieftain of
Ulster. Because the men of Ulster are afflicted by a debilitating curse, the
seventeen-year-old Cuchulain must defend Ulster single-handedly.
Here Beginneth The
Cualnge Cattle-raid
The Occasion of the
Táin
The Rising-Out of the
Men of Connacht at Cruachan Ai
The Foretelling
This is the Route of
the Táin
The March Of The
Host
The Youthful Exploits
Of Cuchulain
The Slaying Of The
Smith's Hound By Cuchulain, And The Reason He Is Called Cuchulain
The Taking Of Arms By Cuchulain
And The Slaying Of The Three Sons Of Necht
Scenè
The Slaying Of
Orlam
The Slaying Of The
Three Macarach
The Combat Of Lethan
And Cuchulain
The Killing of The
Squirrel And of The Tame Bird
The Slaying Of
Lochè
The Killing Of
Uala
The Harrying Of
Cualnge Followeth Here Below
The Proposals
The Violent Death Of
Etarcumul
The Slaying Of
Nathcrantail
The Finding of The
Bull
The Slaying of Redg The Satirist
The
Meeting of Cuchulain And Finnabair
The Combat Of Cûr
With Cuchulain
The Slaying Of
Ferbaeth ('The Witless')
The Combat Of
Larinè MacNois
The Slaying of Loch
Son of Mofemis
The Violation of the
Agreement
The Great Rout on The
Plain of Murthemne
The Slaughter of
The Youths of Ulster
The Scythed
Chariot
The Account Of The
Appearance Of Cuchulain
Dubthach's
Jealousy
The Slaying Of Oengus
Son Of Oenlam
The Battle Of Fergus
And Cuchulain
The
Head-Place Of Ferchu
The Combat of
Calatin's Children
The Combat of Ferdiad
and Cuchulain
Cuchulain and the
Rivers
Cethern's Strait Fight
Cethern's Bloody
Wounds
The
Tooth-Fight of Fintan
The Red-Shame of
Menn
The White-Fight of
Rochad
Iliach's Clump-Fight
The
Deer-Stalking of Amargin in Taltiu
The Repeated Warning
of Sualtaim
The Order of the
Men of Ulster
The Agitation of
Celtchar
The
Array of The Host
The Decision of the
Battle
The Battle of
Garech
The
Muster of The Men of Erin
The Battle of The
Bulls
The Account of The
Brown Bull of Cualnge
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