Tain-Bo-Cuailgne

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Tain-Bo-Cuailgne the ‘Cattle Raid of Cooley’, the chief epic of the Ulster cycle of Irish mythology, the story of the raid of Queen Maeve of Connaught to secure the Brown Bull of Cuailgne (pronounced ‘Cooley’), and her defeat by Cuchulain.

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