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Conchobar [1] mac Nessa (son of Ness) is the king of Ulster in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.He rules from Emain Macha (Navan Fort, near Armagh).He is usually said to be the son of the High King Fachtna Fáthach, although in some stories his father is the druid Cathbad, and he is usually known by his matronymic, mac Nessa: his mother is Ness, daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide, King of Ulster.
Cathbad makes a prophecy in verse of his future glory, in which he refers to him as "my son and my grandson", suggesting there was once a tradition that Cathbad was Ness's father and that Conchobar was born of incest between them. By the time Conchobar is seven, Fergus mac Róich is king of Ulster and he falls in love with Ness. She consents to ...
The stories of Conchobar's birth and death are synchronised with the birth and death of Christ, [6] and the Lebor Gabála Érenn dates the Táin Bó Cúailnge and the birth and death of Cú Chulainn to the reign of the High King Conaire Mor, who it says was a contemporary of the Roman emperor Augustus (27 BC — AD 14). [7]
The Red Branch (from Old Irish Cróeb Ruad 'dull red branch'; alternatively, from Old Irish Cróeb Derg 'bright red branch') is the name of two of the three royal houses of the king of Ulster, Conchobar mac Nessa, at his capital Emain Macha (Navan Fort, near Armagh), in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. In modern retellings it is sometimes ...
Scéla Conchobair maic Nessa (Scéla Conchobuir meic Nessa) or the Tidings of Conchobar mac Nessa is a title invented by Whitley Stokes [1] for a short prose piece from the Ulster Cycle preserved in the 12th-century manuscript, the Book of Leinster.
It is the residence of Conchobar mac Nessa, king of Ulster. He is said to have had a warrior training school at Emain. [16] Conchobar's great hall at Emain was called by medieval writers in Chraebruad (the red-branched or red-poled edifice), and his royal warriors are named the Red Branch Knights in English translations. [17]
Naoise carrying Deirdre, along with his two brothers. Illustration by John D. Batten in Celtic Fairy Tales (1892).. In Irish mythology, Naisi, [1] Noíse or Noisiu (modern spelling: Naoise [ˈn̪ˠiːʃə]) was the nephew of King Conchobar mac Nessa of Ulster, and a son of Uisneach (or Uisliu).
Cúscraid - son of Conchobar mac Nessa; Dáire mac Fiachna - Ulster cattle-lord and owner of Donn Cuailnge, the Brown Bull of Cooley; Deichtine - mother of Cú Chulainn; Éogan mac Durthacht - King of Fernmag; Fedlimid mac Daill - harper and chief storyteller in the court of Conchobar mac Nessa; Fergus Mac Roich - Former king of Ulster ...
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