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	Emain Macha - Ireland travelogue
		Cycle, Emain Macha was a prosperous residence for the king Conchobar mac Nessa and his valiant warriors of Craobh Ruadh, The Red Branch.
		Emain Macha means "the twins of Macha", and some tales connect the name with the pregnant woman Macha, who was forced to race against horses, and whose curse almost destroyed this ancient capital.
		Emain Macha was saved only by the deeds of the super hero Cú Chulainn.
	www.arvendalstudios.com /eire/tour1993/eire1993-07.html (148 words)

	IrishGoddesses
		In one form, she is Macha, wife of Crunnchu.
		Macha appears to Crunnchu and offers to be his wife; she interdicts the use of her name.
		The third, euhemerized, expression of Macha is Macha, the wife of Nemed.
	www.unlv.edu /faculty/jmstitt/Eng480/irishgoddesses.html (588 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Emain Macha
		It was supposedly founded by the goddess Macha in the 5th or 7th century BC, and was the seat of Conchobar mac Nessa in the tales of the Ulster Cycle.
		The name Emain Macha is variously explained as "Macha's neck-brooch", after Macha marked out the boundaries of the site with her brooch, and "Macha's twins", after Macha gave birth to twins after being forced to compete in a chariot-race.
		As goddess of horses, Macha was the Irish equivalent of the Gallic horse-goddess Epona and the Welsh goddess Rhiannon.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Emain-Macha (1736 words)

	Emain Macha
		Emain Macha, (Old Irish /ˈeṽanʲ ˈṽaxa/, Emuin Macha, Modern Irish Eamhain Mhacha /ˈawnʲ ˈwaxə/, Emania) known in English as Navan Fort, is an ancient monument in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
		It was supposedly founded by the goddess Macha in the 5th or 7th century BC, and was the seat of Conchobar mac Nessa in the tales of the Ulster Cycle.
		The name Emain Macha is variously explained as "Macha's neck-brooch", after Macha marked out the boundaries of the site with her brooch, and "Macha's twins", after Macha gave birth to twins after being forced to compete in a chariot-race.
	www.1bx.com /en/Emain_Macha.htm (798 words)

	Emain Macha
		Emain Macha, three miles west of Armagh, was named for the goddess Macha who is also at the root of Armagh, the "heights of Macha".
		There is undisputable evidence that Emain Macha was a major ceremonial center during prehistoric times, as well as the political and spiritual capital of that area during the Iron Age.
		Weapons were not to be brought into Emain Macha and the grounds contained a hospital for the sick and wounded warriors.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Places/Place/358060 (630 words)

	Ulaid Cycle
		Macha was a daughter of Áed Ruad, a prince of Ulaid (Ulster).
		As goddess of horses, Macha was the Irish equivalent of the Gallic horse-goddess Epona and the Welsh goddess Rhiannon.
		It's difficult to say, whether this Macha was the same as the warrior-queen, who married Cimbáeth, because both claimed to be named the hill-fort Emain Macha after her.
	www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/ulster.html (10072 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Though possibly a triple goddess herself, she is often seen as one aspect of the Irish triple goddess of battle and sovereignty, the MorrÃgan.
		Macha Mong Ruad also founded the fortified village Emain Macha, marking out its boundaries with her brooch, explaining the name "Emain Macha" as "Macha's Neck-Brooch".
		When her husband arrogantly boasted that his wife could beat the king of Ulster's horses in a footrace, she was forced to race against the horses while heavily pregnant.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Macha_(Irish_mythology) (322 words)

	Macha, Irish Triple Goddess of Death and Sexuality--Morrigan Morrigna Badb Nemain Celtic gods and goddesses Irish gods ...
		Three other aspects of Macha feature in Irish folklore, which likely derive from a common goddess, as they are all said to have a mother named Ernmas (also considered to be the mother to Eriu, Banba, and Fódla, sacred names for Ireland).
		Emain Macha, a bronze-age hill fort in Northern Ireland, and legendary capital of Ulster, is said to have been named for Her.
		The second Macha, titled Mong Ruadh ("red-haired"), was a warrior and Queen, who overpowered Her rivals and forced them to build Emain Macha for Her.
	www.thaliatook.com /AMGG/macha.html (520 words)

	Bigger-Picture
		Macha insisted that Crundchu should not speak of her, for she could live with him only for so long as her supernatural powers remained secret.
		Macha was with child, and she did not accompany her husband, but as he left she reminded him that he must not speak of her to strangers.
		She fell to her knees before the king, but he said harshly: "Kill the husband," and Macha was forced to run to save the life of the man she loved.
	www.bigger-picture.co.uk /essays/macha.htm (805 words)

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		In Irish literature and legend, Emain Macha is the capitol of Ulster, and home to the court of King Conchobor mac Nessa.
		The origin of Emain Macha and why it is named as such is as follows: Macha, wife of the farmer Crunnchu, is forced to race the horses of Conchobhor after her husband boasts of her speed.
		As such, she is then a goddess of the land, and the abuse of her person causes the famous Debilitation of the Ulstermen, wherein they suffer birth pangs during the invasion by Connacht during the Táin Bó Cuailgne.
	www.maryjones.us /jce/emainmacha.html (279 words)

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		Macha proclaimed that for nine generations, whenever the kingdom of Ulster would face grave danger, the men would experience childbirth pangs that would last for five days and four nights.
		The place where she delivered was immortalized as "Emain Macha," meaning "twins of Macha," It was the seat of the high kings of Ireland.
		Macha literally means "Battle." Even though Macha is considered a "dark" goddess, it is interesting to note that she must have loved her husband; she saved his life by putting her own at risk.
	www.ladyoftheearth.com /lessons/ways-macha.txt (1048 words)

	IMAGO CORVI - Emain Macha (Ireland)
		When one died, his daughter Macha claimed the right to rule in his place and won her right to rule in a battle.
		Macha refused to give up her power, saying that she had won her right to rule through battle, and need not honour the previous agreement.
		She marked out a rath trench for them to dig with a brooch of gold "eo" that was at her neck "muin" so the place was called Emain Macha.
	www.imagocorvi.com /abstract8.htm (345 words)

	The red -haired Queen - Folklore
		Macha, the red war-goddess makes a vengeful appearance in the second story of Ulster, in a terrible story of humilation.
		Macha led an army to war, where she killed Dithorba in battle.
		Macha founded the city of Emain Macha, and legend tells that she marked the boundary of her hill-fortress with her brooch and forced Dithorba's sons into building the dun as slaves.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art28451.asp (666 words)

	Emain Macha@Everything2.com
		In Irish literature and legend, Emain Macha is the capitol of Ulster, and home to the court of King Conchobor mac Nessa.
		Macha, wife of the farmer Crunnchu, is forced to race the horses of Conchobhor after her husband boasts of her speed.
		Now, this Macha is part of the triple Macha, and represents the Third Function (fertility, the land) in the Dumezilian system of Indo-European Tripartition.
	www.everything2.com /index.pl?node_id=371091 (325 words)

	Navan Fort
		This site is identified as the Emain Macha (from Emain perhaps meaning twins and Macha, the name of the local goddess) of legendary and literary fame.
		In the Ulster Cycle of early Irish mythological tales Emain was portrayed as the headquarters and sacred place of a military dynasty, the so-called Red Branch knights, ruled by Conchobar mac Nessa who was advised by the druid Cathbad and championed by CuChulainn, the Hound of Ulster.
		Emain is one of a small number of sites celebrated as a prehistoric provincial capital in the early sources, the others include Tara, Co Meath (Meath, the 'middle' province), Knockaulin, Co Kildare (Leinster) and Cruachan, Co Roscommon (Connacht).
	www.ehsni.gov.uk /places/monuments/navan.shtml (392 words)

	Place and Personal Names
		Bellaslishen Bridge; a ford on the Owenure River, near Elphin, in Connacht
		a height south of Emain Macha, in Ulster
		Slige Midluachra, the name of the highroad east of Armagh, leading north from Tara to Emain and into the north of Ireland
	adminstaff.vassar.edu /sttaylor/Cooley/Names.html (2636 words)

	Clannada na Gadelica - Gaelic Traditionalist Resource Site (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Emain Macha is found spoken of quite a bit in the Tain Bo Cuailnge.
		Hence Macha is the Goddess of Sovereignty of Ulster.
		Emain Macha, like so many other sites across Celtic lands had an east facing entrance, though in the case of Emain Macha, there was also a west facing one as well.
	www.clannada.org /culture_nemeds.php (5759 words)

	Emain Macha − DAoCpedia
		Emain Macha ist die nördlichste Zone der Grenzlande von Hibernia.
		Macha gewann den Wettlauf zwar, aber als sie das Ziel erreichte, gebar sie Zwillinge und starb.
		Emain Macha liegt in der heutigen Grafschaft Armagh, einer Gegend, in der es immer noch viele Apfelbäume gibt.
	de.daocpedia.eu /index.php/Emain_Macha (312 words)

	Genealogy: Ulster Cycle
		Macha was said to be the founder of the hill fort: Emain Macha.
		According to the source, Macha had used her brooch to mark the boundary of her capital, so the name Emain Macha could mean the "Brooch of Macha".
		At his death, Macha ruled both Ireland and Ulster for another 7 years, before she was murdered by Rechtad Riderg of Mumu (Munster).
	www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/ulsterhouse.html (687 words)

	Lugodoc's Guide to Celtic Mythology: The Irish Ulster Cycle
		The crowd refused, and she raced and won, immediately delivering twins (Emain Macha = the twins of Macha) and cursed that for nine generations all the men of Ulster would suffer the same birth pangs in their times of greatest difficulty, for five days (or nights) and four nights (or days).
		Nes daughter of Eochaid Salbuide was sitting outside Emain when a passing druid called Cathbad told her it was the perfect time to beget a king, so wasting no time she shagged him (druids aren't stupid), begetting Conchobor three years and months later at the feast of Othar.
		He went by Emain Macha to pick up three javelins (each prophesied to kill a king) on his way home to Murthemnie, where a goblet of wine from his mother turned to blood.
	www.celtic.org /Lugodoc/irish-ulster-cycle.html (6148 words)

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		During practially all of this time, from that fort’s first founding by Queen Macha, the royal Court of Ulster had been a court of splendour, and ever noted as a centre of chivalry and the home of poetry.
		A story must begin somewhere and so I have chosen to begin this story with the legend of Queen Macha, (Macha Mongroe, or Macha of the red hair), daughter of Aedh Ruadh, one of three brothers who shared the sovereignty of all Ireland and after whom Eamhain Macha (now known as Navan Fort) is named.
		Macha reigned for seven years until she was killed by Reachtaidh Righdhearg, son of Lughaidh.
	www.mcmahonsofmonaghan.org /legend_ulaid.html (777 words)

	Navan: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		...Stewart 182 15 The politics of the past: Emain Macha (Navan), Northern Ireland Barbara Bender 199 16 Making...in a successful campaign to prevent damage to the hillfort of Navan.
		...Macha has fostered another research center, Navan at Emain Macha.
		Nearby is Navan Fort, a large elliptical mound, on the site of Emania (or Emain Macha), the legendary pre-Christian capital of Ulster...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/navan.jsp?l=N&p=1 (1308 words)

	cuchulainn1
		The race was run and she won but as she lay at the end of the race she howled in pain and agony and gave birth to twins, a son and a daughter.
		The King set out from Emain on his chariot with fifty more chariot's full of warriors for the feast and, as was his usual habit, called by the school to greet the all young warriors.
		They tried to stop him entering but he was so full of the warp-spasm by this time that he defied them and threatened to fight everyone in sight until the women of Emain Macha came to him and bared their breasts at him and when he hid his face in embarrassment the warriors jumped him.
	hometown.aol.com /carrickman/cuchulainn1.html (3115 words)

	24. The Repeated Warning of Sualtaim
		And when he was come alongside of Emain, he shouted these words there: "Men are slain, women stolen, cattle lifted, ye men of Ulster!" cried Sualtaim.
		Thus stood it among the Ulstermen: It was geis for the Ulstermen to speak before their king, geis for the king to speak before his druids.
		Thereafter Sualtaim drove on to the 'Flag-stone of the hostages' in Emain Macha.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/cool/cool24.htm (923 words)

	CelticPedia: La nascita di Emain Macha
		Non molti sanno che la parola Emain deriva da "spilla", o meglio quella particolare spilla a forma di cerchio con uno spillone in mezzo che i celti usano per chiudere i mantelli.
		Macha li fece schiavi, li legò e li trascinò fino al luogo dove ora sorge Emain Macha.
		Macha costrinse i figli di Dithorba a costruire i bastioni ed il terrapieno e la sua reggia alla fine li premiò....
	www.celticworld.it /sh_wiki.php?act=sh_art&iart=524 (625 words)

	The Tain Bo Culaigne - The Slaughter of The Youths of Ulster
		Follomain vowed that never till the very day of doom and of life would he return to Emain unless he should bring Ailill's head with him together with the diadem of gold that was on it.
		That was no easy thing for him to achieve, for the two sons of Bethè son of Ban-- the two sons of Ailill's foster-mother and foster-father-- attacked and wounded Follomain, so that he fell by their hands.
		And three battles they offered the hosts in the space of the three days and three nights wherein thou wast till now asleep, and thrice their number are fallen at their hands and the youths themselves are fallen except Follomain alone, Conchobar's son.
	www.celtic-twilight.com /ireland/tain/slaughteroftheyouths.htm (500 words)

	Rolleston's Myths and Legends of the Celts
		But Macha, who was no mere woman, but a supernatural being, appears again in connexion with the history of Ulster in a very curious tale which was supposed to account for the strange debility or helplessness that at critical moments sometimes fell, it was believed, upon the warriors of the province.
		Now there was at Emain Macha a band of thrice fifty boys, the sons of all the chieftains of the provinces, who were there being bred up in arms and in noble ways, and these suffered not from the curse of Macha, for it fell only on grown men.
		The name of Armagh, or Ard Macha, the Hill of Macha, enshrines the memory of the Fairy Bride and her heroic sacrifice, while the grassy rampart can still be traced where the war-goddess in the earlier legend drew its outline with the pin of her brooch when she founded the royal fortress of Ulster.
	www.celtic-twilight.com /celts/rolleston/chapter_v.htm (18082 words)

	The Drumconwell Ogham and its Implications
		It is, though, of passing interest that this particular townland of Enagh lies adjacent to a large circular enclosure (in the townland of Lisbanoe) which does not seem to be a typical ringfort, of which there are many in the district.
		Eawyn-Vacha is Emain Macha, which we now know as the complex of earthworks at Navan.
		We should not, then, expect that Oenach Macha was the same as Emain Macha, which was the ritual capital the Ulaid until the 4th century AD and perhaps of the Airgialla after that.
	www.mcconville.org /main/about/drumconwellOgham.html (4040 words)

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