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One in bed, the promiscuous Connacht Queen, Maeve, quarrels with her
husband Ailill. argue over who has the most wealth. Ailill doesn't
like the suggestion he's a kept man. "Her words were sharp; they cut
him deep, in a war the sheets". Ailill's magnificent White Bull is
the deciding factor in their subsequent of possessions. Maeve's
a bad loser. Mac Roth, her messenger, goes to to rent the famed
Brown for a year, thus giving Maeve the decider. "I once told her where
she could find her dream". The Bull's owner is agreeable Mac Roth and
his party get very drunk and reveal that had they not allowed to borrow
the bull they would taken it by force. The deal breaks down. They go
home emptyhanded. Maeve on war.
Having marshalled all her warriors, and allies from and Tara, and
with six brothers and their armies standing by Maeve receives
favourable omens her Druids. The long march to Cooley begins. "The
champions and the Seven are come to take away the Donn". However, a
sorceress appears and warns of impending defeat at the hand of Dearg
Doom, Cu Chulainn. "Saw the host red in war, saw the hero-light
around the of a dragon-boy". The warning is ignored.
Meanwhile, the men of are ill with labour pains - the legacy of a
curse put on for their inhuman treatment of a pregnant woman. The one
man exempt from this is Cu Chulainn, whose very birth is shrouded in
mystery. he takes on the defence of Ulster, harassing Maeve's
soldiers, "And like a hawk I'll swoop and again", beheading those who
stray from the main force. "You can hear me shout 'two heads are than
none. One hundred heads are so much better than one'". Cu is a
hard man. Originally called Setanta, he became as Cu Chulainn, the
Hound of Culann, because of his savagery. As the Connacht grow
greater, the deposed King of Ulster, Fergus MacRoich, who is having a
affair Maeve, meets Cu Chulainn and arranges a treaty. Cu Chulainn
agrees to singlehanded combat with any Connacht provided Maeve's
army does not advance. One by one, day after day he each warrior
eventually he faces his old foster-brother and close friend Ferdia.
Cu Chulainn pleads with Ferdia to leave. "But just laughed and shook
his golden and then they fell to battle again". For three days they
fight at a ford and appear evenly until on the third day Cu Chulainn
flies into a rage and lets loose his supernatural javelin, the Gae
Bolga, which destroys his friend. As Ferdia falls Cu Chulainn him
and carries him to the riverbank, lamenting. "Life was a game, Now I
your name; your golden hair". overcome by despair Cu Chulainn abandons
the fight.
army moves south with the stolen bull. The Ulster men rally and
with Cu in their ranks they give chase. "But before you hit off,
let me say this time you bit off more you can chew". The Morrigan,
of Demons, who has been encouraging slaughter all along, prophesies
the outcome. In the which follows the Connacht army is routed.
"It seems our fortunes despite our gain. Our tears fall like our
pride". Maeve's life is spared by Cu Chulainn. As the Ulstermen are
the Brown Bull home, meet Ailill's Bull, the White-Horned one. The Donn
attacks the White. "You can fool them alright but can you fool
the beast"? All day and night are locked in combat. Morning sees the
Donn victorious. The armies consider him, the cause of all their
suffering, but him as, dying, he staggers homewards.