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The epic opens with Ailill and his wife Medb talking of wealth in their bed. Ailill believes Medb is rich indeed now that she has married him, a wealthy man. She responds that she was rich before she met him, being the daughter of the high king of Ireland. Medb was a better fighter and more gracious person than her five sisters, and her father gave her a lot of land, including the land of Cruachan, where she and Ailill now live. (read more)
      The Pillow Talk
      The Occasion of the Tbin
      The Rising-Out of the Men of Connacht at Cruachan Ai
      The Foretelling
      This Is the Route of the Tbin
      The March of the Host
      The Youthful Exploits of Cuchulain
      The Slaying of the Smith's Hound
      The Taking of Arms
      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 Lochi
      The Killing of Uala
      The Harrying of Cooley
      The Proposals
      The Violent Death of Etarcumul
      The Slaying of Nathcrantail
      The Finding of the Bull
      The Death of Forgemen
      The Slaying of Redg the Satirist
      The Meeting of Cuchulain and Finnabair
      The Combat of Munremar and Curoi
      The Slaughter of the Boy Troop
      The Slaughter of the King's Bodyguard
      The Combat of Cyr with Cuchulain
      The Slaying of Ferbaeth
      The Combat of Larini MacNois
      The Slaying of Loch
      The Violation of the Agreement
      The Healing of Morrigan
      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
      The Misthrow at Belach Eoin
      The Disguising of Tamon
      The Battle of Fergus and Cuchulain
      The Head-Place of Ferchu
      Mann's Fight
      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 Charioteers
      The White-Fight of Rochad
      Iliach's Clump-Fight
      The Deer-Stalking of Amargin
      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
      Now of the Battle
      The Muster of the Men of Erin
      The Battle of the Bulls
      The Account of the Brown Bull of Cooley

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