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| | Learn more about Irish mythology in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Although many of the manuscripts containing texts relating to Irish mythology have failed to survive, and much more material was probably never committed to writing, there is enough remaining to enable the identification of four distinct, if overlapping, cycles: the Mythological Cycle, The Ulster Cycle, the Fenian Cycle and the Historical Cycle. |
 | | The three main manuscript sources for Irish mythology are the late 11th / early 12th century Lebor na hUidre which is in the library of the Royal Irish Academy, the early 12th century The Book of Leinster in the library of Trinity College, Dublin, and the Rawlinson manuscript B 502 (Rawl. |
 | | Elements of the Ulster Cycle, such as Cu Chulainn's magic spear and the motif of the Champion's Ordeal in The Story of Bricriu's Feast, have been shown to be the sources of parts of the Matter of Britain. |
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