Fintan's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Fintan1999-11-14T09:03:39ZTain Bo Cuailnge (thing)http://everything2.com/user/Fintan/writeups/Tain+Bo+CuailngeFintanhttp://everything2.com/user/Fintan1999-11-14T09:03:39Z1999-11-14T09:03:39Z<p>The central story in the <a href="/title/Ulster+Cycle">Ulster Cycle</a>. The title translates as the "Cattle Raid of Cooley", using the common motif of the cattle raid. The story goes that the rulers of <a href="/title/Connacht">Connacht</a>, <a href="/title/Aillil">Aillil</a> and <a href="/title/Medb">Medb</a>, had an argument over which was the more powerful. Finding herself short one bull, Medb sought to steal the great bull of <a href="/title/Ulster">Ulster</a>. The Ulstermen being put asleep by a spell, the entire Connaught army fought, and was defeated by the young hero <a href="/title/Cuchulainn">Cuchulainn</a>.</p>Fianna (thing)http://everything2.com/user/Fintan/writeups/FiannaFintanhttp://everything2.com/user/Fintan1999-11-14T09:03:38Z1999-11-14T09:03:38Z<p>The Fianna were an Irish warrior Caste
<br>under the leadership of <a href="/title/Finn+Mac+Cumhail">Finn Mac Cumhail</a> whose exploits are recording in the Irish mythological Finn, or <a href="/title/Oisin">Oisin</a> cycle.</p>