#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: After the wedding of #Cuchulainn and #Emer, the king of #Ulster had to exercise his "right of the first night". While #Conchobar mac Nessa feared #CúChulain`s reaction, he would have lost his authority if he had renounced his privilege. To preserve #Emer's virginity, #Conchobar shared the bed with #Cuchulainn's wife on her wedding night, but the #druid #Cathbad slept between them.

#Celtic #MythologyMonday: #Leborcham had unsuccessfully tried to warn #Deirdre to leave #Ireland after she and her lover had been tricked into returning from their Scottish exile. Thus she went to #Conchobar and told him that her hard life in the wilderness had destroyed Deirdre’s beauty, although she remained as radiant as ever. Alas for the girl, the king chanced to see her again and so realized Leborcham’s deceit.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

#Celtic #MythologyMonday: #Conchobar lured #Deirdre and Noísiu back to #Ireland by vowing that he had lost interest in his bride. Noísiu, homesick, agreed to return. Despite premonitions of doom, Deirdre reluctantly agreed. Under an ominous blood-red cloud she sailed for Ireland with the three sons of Uisneach.
„Immediately upon landing, Noísiu and his brothers were set upon by Conchobar’s warriors, who killed them without offering them a chance to defend themselves. Hauled back to Conchobar’s court in chains, Deirdre bitterly reproached the king for his deceit and violence. Once he had Deirdre, Conchobar decided he no longer wanted her. So, to humiliate her further, the king gave her away to one of the men who had killed her lover. As the murderer bore her away in his chariot, Deirdre leapt from it and was killed, her head smashed against a stone.“
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

Queen #Medb of #Connacht seems to have been eager to get rid of the king of #Ulster. Before marching into his territory the consulted #druid prophesied that her son Maine would kill king #Conchobar. None of Medb`s 7 sons had that name, so she renamed them all.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Medb asked a Druid which of her seven sons would kill Conchobar, he replied, "Maine".

Maine Athramail ("like his father")
Maine Máthramail (…
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#Deirdre of the Sorrows was cursed with an astonishing beauty destined to lead kings to war over her. The King of #Ulster, #Conchobar, saved her from an early death but locked her away in a tower with her nursemaid #Leabharcham to keep her out of the sight of other men until she was old enough to become his queen.
Source: http://thedeirdresheiling.co.uk/
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@fhayesmccoy Purple one was Deirdre of the Sorrows. Here it is.
https://twitter.com/jimfitzpatrick/status/926881049040302080

#Deirdre of the Sorrows eloped with #Naoise from her groom #Conchobar Mac Nessa. Because of the king's betrayal, Uisnech's son was killed. After a year of mourning #Deirdre was forced to marry the murderer of #Naoise. To prevent that, the `Raving One` threw herself on the way to the wedding from the chariot onto a rock to her death.
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Tour #Scotland #Christmas #Day travel video of a road trip drive through #Glen #Etive http://bit.ly/2C4Yhoh on ancestry, genealogy, famil…
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#Deirdre of the Sorrows was cursed with an astonishing beauty destined to lead kings to war over her. The King of #Ulster, #Conchobar, saved her from an early death but locked her away in a tower with her nursemaid #Leabharcham to keep her out of the sight of other men until she was old enough to become his queen.
Source: http://thedeirdresheiling.co.uk/

#Deirdre eloped with #Naoise before her groom #Conchobar Mac Nessa. Because of the king's betrayal, Uisnech's son was killed. After a year of mourning for Naoise, Deirdre, The Raving One, threw herself from the chariot onto a rock to her death. She was on her way to a forced marriage.
Source: http://thedeirdresheiling.co.uk/
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The story of Deirdre and Naoise earned Deidre the nickname by which she is often referred to today: “Deirdre of the Sorrows.” The two lovers fled her betrothed, ending in his death and her suicide after their recapture.

#Celtic #FaustianFriday: Conchobar lured #Deirdre and Noísiu back to #Ireland by vowing that he had lost interest in his bride. Despite premonitions of doom, Deirdre reluctantly agreed. Under an ominous blood-red cloud she sailed for Ireland with the three sons of Uisneach.
„Immediately upon landing, Noísiu and his brothers were set upon by Concobar’s warriors, who killed them without offering them a chance to defend themselves. Hauled back to Conobar’s court in chains, Deirdre bitterly reproached the king for his deceit and violence. Once he had Deirdre, Concobar decided he no longer wanted her. So, to humiliate her further, the king gave her away to one of the men who had killed her lover. As the murderer bore her away in his chariot, Deirdre leapt from it and was killed, her head smashed against a stone.“
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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RT #Deirdre of the Sorrows had eloped with #Naoise before her groom #Conchobar Mac Nessa. Finally she had found protection and tranquility in Glen Etive in #Scotland.

Queen #Medb of #Connacht seems to have been eager to get rid of the king of #Ulster. Before marching into his territory the consulted #druid prophesied that her son Maine would kill king #Conchobar. None of Medb`s 7 sons had that name, so she renamed them all.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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RT @Celtic_Films@twitter.com
Medb asked a Druid which of her seven sons would kill Conchobar, he replied, "Maine".
Maine Athramail ("like his father")
Maine Máthramail ("like his mother")
Maine Andoe ("the swift")
Maine Taí ("the silent")
Maine Mórgor ("of great duty")
Maine Mílscothach
Maine Móepirt

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#Celtic #MythologyMonday: óchain `Beautiful-Ear`, the shield of #Conchobar mac Nessa, always roared up when its bearer was in distress. In the Táin Bó Cuailnge, too, it cries out under the blows of #Fergus, to which the shields… https://todon.eu/@NeuKelte/108668108564256988

#Celtic #LegendaryWednesday: #Druids used healing stones and not only had extensive knowledge of the healing power of herbs, but also mastered operations such as caesarean sections, amputations and brain surgery. #Conchobar's head wound was sewn up with gold thread. Both #GollMacMorn and #Furbaide were born through caesarean sections.
Source: Peter Berresford Ellis `The #Druids`

#Celtic #MythologyMonday: óchain `Beautiful-Ear`, the shield of #Conchobar mac Nessa, always roared up when its bearer was in distress. In the Táin Bó Cuailnge, too, it cries out under the blows of #Fergus, to which the shields of the other #Ulster warriors or even the waves of the sea responded.

#Celtic #LegendaryWednesday: #Deirdre of the Sorrows was cursed with an astonishing beauty destined to lead kings to war over her. The King of #Ulster, #Conchobar, saved her from an early death but locked her away in a tower with her nursemaid #Leabharcham to keep her out of
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#Celtic #FolkloreThursday: Another #Eithne was drowned in the stream of Bearramhain while she was pregnant by the #mythical King #Conchobar mac Nessa. Their son Furbaidhe was cut from her womb and the river was called Inny after her.
Source: http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/documents/getpart.php?id=lyon2.2009.beck_n&part=159208

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#Conchobar mac Nessa-king of Ulster in the #UlsterCycle of #Irish mythology. Ruled from Emain Macha (#NavanFort nr Armagh) #FolkloreThursday

#Celtic #Mythology: #Deirdre of the Sorrows eloped with #Naoise from her groom #Conchobar Mac Nessa. Because of the king's betrayal, Uisnech's son was killed. After a year of mourning #Deirdre was forced to marry the murderer of #Naoise. To prevent that, the `Raving One` threw herself on the way to the wedding from the chariot onto a rock to her death.

#Celtic #Mythology: #Cuchulainn and #Emer were a childless couple. Since Emer`s father, #Forgall Manach, wanted to prevent the union of the two, he secretly initiated #CúChulainn to undergo perfection training in weaponry with the famous warrior #Scáthach in #Scotland. The Lord of Luglochta Logo hoped the rigors would overwhelm the hero of #Ulster and he would be killed. Despite a promise of chastity to #Emer, #CúChulainn impregnated #Scáthach's sister #Aoife there.
Possibly #Cuchulainn and #Emer would not have remained childless if in their wedding night the king of #Ulster had not exercised his "right of the first night". While #Conchobar mac Nessa feared # CúChulain`s reaction, he would have lost his authority if he had renounced his privilege. To preserve #Emer's virginity, #Conchobar shared the bed with #Cuchulainn's wife on her wedding night, but the #druid #Cathbad slept between them.