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One night in bed, the promiscuous Connacht Queen, Maeve, quarrels with herhusband Ailill. They argue over who has the most wealth. Ailill doesn`tlike the suggestion that he`s a kept man. "Her words were sharp; they cuthim deep, in a war between the sheets". Ailill`s magnificent White Bull isthe deciding factor in their subsequent measuring of possessions. Maeve`sa bad loser. Mac Roth, her messenger, goes to Cooley to rent the famedBrown Bull for a year, thus giving Maeve the decider. "I once told her whereshe could find her dream". The Bull`s owner is agreeable until Mac Roth andhis party get very drunk and reveal that had they not been allowed to borrowthe bull they would have taken it by force. The deal breaks down. They gohome emptyhanded. Maeve decides on war. Having marshalled all her warriors, and allies from Munster and Tara, andwith Ailill`s six brothers and their armies standing by Maeve receivesfavourable omens from her Druids. The long march to Cooley begins. "Thechampions and the Seven Sons are come to take away the Donn". However, asorceress appears and warns Maeve of impending defeat at the hand of DeargDoom, Cu Chulainn. "Saw the host stained red in war, saw the hero-lightaround the head of a dragon-boy". The warning is ignored. Meanwhile, the men of Ulster are ill with labour pains - the legacy of acurse put on them for their inhuman treatment of a pregnant woman. The oneman exempt from this curse is Cu Chulainn, whose very birth is shrouded inmystery. Singlehandedly he takes on the defence of Ulster, harassing Maeve`ssoldiers, "And like a hawk I`ll swoop and swoop again", beheading those whostray from the main force. "You can hear me shout `two heads are better thannone. One hundred heads are so much better than one`". Cu Chulainn is ahard man. Originally called Setanta, he became known as Cu Chulainn, theHound of Culann, because of his savagery. As the Connacht losses growgreater, the deposed King of Ulster, Fergus MacRoich, who is having a secretaffair with Maeve, meets Cu Chulainn and arranges a treaty. Cu Chulainnagrees to singlehanded combat with any Connacht champion provided Maeve`sarmy does not advance. One by one, day after day he defeats each warrioruntil eventually he faces his old foster-brother and close friend Ferdia.Cu Chulainn pleads with Ferdia to leave. "But Ferdia just laughed and shookhis golden head and then they fell to battle again". For three days theyfight at a ford and appear evenly matched until on the third day Cu Chulainnflies into a rage and lets loose his supernatural javelin, the terrible GaeBolga, which destroys his friend. As Ferdia falls Cu Chulainn catches himand carries him to the riverbank, lamenting. "Life was a game, Now I missyour name; your golden hair". Then overcome by despair Cu Chulainn abandonsthe fight. Maeve`s army moves south with the stolen bull. The Ulster men rally andwith Cu Chulainn in their ranks they give chase. "But before you hit off,let me say this time you bit off more than you can chew". The Morrigan,Queen of Demons, who has been encouraging slaughter all along, prophesiesthe outcome. In the battle which follows the Connacht army is routed."It seems our fortunes lied despite our gain. Our tears fall like ourpride". Maeve`s life is spared by Cu Chulainn. As the Ulstermen are takingthe Brown Bull home, they meet Ailill`s Bull, the White-Horned one. The Donnimmediately attacks the White. "You can fool them alright but can you foolthe beast"? All day and night they are locked in combat. Morning sees theDonn victorious. The armies consider destroying him, the cause of all theirsuffering, but leave him as, dying, he staggers homewards.

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