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	Encyclopedia of the Celts : Nabon - Nwywre
		(nä'she) Son of Usnech; one of the three brothers who carried off Deirdre from the court of Ulster; a fellow-pupil of CuChulain.
		The story is connected, at least superficially, with the two famous bulls that figure in the 'Cattle Raid of Cooley'.
		The compiler was acquainted not only with the central epic, but also with the 'Cattle Raid of Regamna' and 'The Exile of the Sons of Usnech'.
	www.celticgrounds.com /chapters/encyclopedia/n.html (5233 words)

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		In revenge for the murder of the "sons of Usnech," Fergus, Dubtach, and Cormac slay many of their fellow-tribesmen and betake themselves with three thousand followers to the court of Ailill and Medb of Connacht, whom they assist on the Cattle-Raid of Cooley and other raids upon Ulster.
		The sons of Usnech stood upon the fair-green of Emain, and the women were sitting upon the ramparts of Emain.
		This then is the tale of the exile of the sons of Usnech, and of the exile of Fergus, and of the death of Deirdre.
	www.osu.ac.jp /~miyake/cross.doc (2557 words)

	Stories main page -- Amergin Press
		Is worth noting a few points about these tales since their part of tradition not commonly known outside of Ireland (certainly not with the kind of exposure afforded the traditional Greek tales through movies and television).
		Fergus is forced to leave Deidre and Sons of Usnech in care of lesser warriors because his geis requires him to attend any banquet held in his honor.
		Before she can be brought before the wedding, Deidre falls in love with the oldest of the Sons of Usnech.
	www.amergin.net /stories.html (944 words)

	AllRefer.com - Gaelic literature : Middle Irish (Miscellaneous European Literature) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Its central hero and the hero of its longest story, TAin BO CUalnge [the cattle raid of Cooley], is Cuchulain, an Irish Achilles.
		The finest of all the Ulster stories is Longes Mac Nusnig [exile of the sons of Usnech], the tragedy of Deirdre.
		This early Celtic literature is characterized by a simplicity and terseness of style interspersed with richness of imagery, color, and detail.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/Gaelicli-middle-irish.html (491 words)

	Deirdre -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Old Irish Deirdriu in early Irish literature, the gentle and fair heroine of The Fate of the Sons of Usnech (Oidheadh Chloinne Uisneach), the great love story of the Ulster cycle.
		First composed in the 8th or 9th century, the story was revised and combined in the 15th century with The Fate of the Children of Tuireann (Oidheadh Chloinne Tuireann) and The Fate of the Children of Lir (Oidheadh Chloinne…
		First composed in the 8th or 9th century, the story was revised and combined in the 15th century with The Fate of the Children of Tuireann (Oidheadh Chloinne Tuireann) and The Fate of the Children of Lir (Oidheadh...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9029773 (730 words)

	Christine’s Faery List: Deidre
		She was discovered at 16 by the King of Light and Sun sitting in front of her oak tree who went to tell the King of Ulster of her existence.
		She was abducted in May and escaped the kingdom of Ulster with the Sons of Usnech to their tower at Loch Ness.
		Moidart) of Scotland met them on the Isle of Lismore and invited her to his rath of Dunchraig and promised her his wife and her maidens would give her white robes, golden torques and garments of fur.
	www.tartanplace.com /faery/goddess/dindraine.html (448 words)

	Ancient Times - Dinnsheanshas: Lore of Prominent Places (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		So Trefuilngid Tre-eochair left that ordinance with the men of Ireland for ever, and he left with Fintan son of Bo/chra some of the berries from the branch which was in his hand, so that he planted them in whatever places he thought it likely they would grow in Ireland.
		And Fintan remained relating the stories to the men of Ireland until he was himself the survivor of the ancient trees, and until they had withered during his time.....
		And he assigned a ridge of it to every province in Ireland, for thus are Tara and Usnech in Ireland, as its two kidneys are in a beast.
	ancienttimes.net /cgi-ancienttimes/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=43&topic=4 (1581 words)

	In Goidelic mythology Goidelic mythology Usnech was the mother of Noise... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In Goidelic mythology Goidelic mythology Usnech was the mother of Noise...
		In Goidelic mythology Goidelic mythology, "Usnech" was the mother of Noise Noise and two other sons, all three of whom were killed by her brother, Conchobar Conchobar.
		Longes Mac n-Usnig: Being the exile and death of the sons of Usnech
	www.biodatabase.de /Usnech (93 words)

	Trees
		The runic alphabet is said to have formed itself of ash twigs and been revealed to Odin, a Norse god, after he hung on the ash tree for three days and nights.
		In Ireland three of the five magic trees (Tree of Tortu, Tree of Dathi and Branching Tree of Usnech) were ash.
		Their fall in 665 C.E. is said to symbolize the triumph over Paganism by Christian faiths.
	www.angelfire.com /tx3/beannsidhe/trees.html (3319 words)

	Usnech - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In Irish mythology, Usnach (also known as usnech) was the mother of Naoise and two other sons, all three of whom were killed by her brother, Conchobar mac Nessa.
		This page was last modified 16:42, 14 Jun 2005.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Usnech contains research on
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Usnech (74 words)

	Deirdre -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		In medieval Irish literature, the heroine of The Fate of the Sons of Usnech, the great love story (written in the 8th or 9th century) of the Ulster cycle.
		A Druid foretold at Deirdre's birth that many men would die on her account, and she was raised in seclusion.
		A woman of great beauty, she rejected the advances of King Conor (see Conchobar), married Noísi, one of the sons of Usnech, and fled with him to Scotland.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article?tocId=9362448 (783 words)

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		So Trefuilngid Tre-eochair left that ordinance with the men of Ireland for ever, and he left with Fintan son of Bóchra some of the berries from the branch which was in his hand, so that he planted them in whatever places he thought it likely they would grow in Ireland.
		And these are the trees which grew up from those berries: the Ancient Tree of Tortu and the tree of Ross, the tree of Mugna and the Branching Tree of Dathe, and the Ancient Tree of Usnech.
		And Fintan remained relating the stories to the men of Ireland until he was himself the survivor [?] of the ancient trees, and until they had withered during his time.
	www.maryjones.us /ctexts/tara.html (3036 words)

	Four Ancient Books of Wales: Introduction: Chapter VI. Manau Gododin and the Picts
		And it was he made the espousal of Tuaide, daughter of Conall Collamracli, the foster child of Conaire, and from him is named Tuagh Inbhir.
		He it was that came to avenge the children of Uisnech, and it was he that had sustained the children of Usnech in Alban, and they had conquered what was from Manann northwards of Alban, and it was they that drove out the three sons of Gnathal, son of Morgann--viz.
		Iathach, and Tuathach, and Mani Lamhgarbh--from these lands, for it was their father that had dominion of that country, and it was the children of Usnech that killed him--(Yellow Book of Lecan, Trin.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/celt/fab/fab008.htm (3737 words)

	Encyclopaedia of the Celts: Conor Mac Nessa - Cotsworth, Moses
		King of Ulster, 48 BC; grandfather of Conaire Mor; marries Etain Oig; puts her away owing to her barrenness; 3.
		Cormac Connlonges (con'lung yes) Son of (Conchobar) Conor mac Nessa who went into voluntary exile in Connacht after the killing of the sons of Usnech, for whom he was one of the sureties; rallies to Maev's foray against Ulster.
		He was exiled because his championship of Fergus mac Roigh at the treachery of Conchobar's slaying of the sons of Usna.
	www.isle-of-skye.org.uk /celtic-encyclopaedia/celt_c5b.htm (2068 words)

	Voyage of Bran-Historical Background
		His exploits and those of his peers form the Ultonian cycle, the most considerable and valuable monument of Irish heroic romance.
		The Ulster heroes are the earliest, assuming the correctness of the annalistic chronology, who still live in popular tradition; about Cuchulinn himself, about Conall Cernach, and about the sons of Usnech, stories are told to this day by the Gaelic peasants of Ireland and Scotland.
		From this date onward, however, the presentation, not only of small episodes, but of well-defined cycles, by the folk-memory, is of frequent occurrence.
	www.as.wvu.edu /english/clc/vob/bcritc1.html (2651 words)

	DeDanaan » The Cycles of Irish Myth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The cycle centers around the reign of Conchobar mac Nessa, who is said to have been king of Ulster around the time of Christ.
		The Exile of the Sons of Usnech, better known as the Tragedy of Deirdre and the source of plays by John Millington Synge and William Butler Yeats, is also part of this cycle.
		This cycle is, in some respects, close to the Mythological Cycle.
	dedanaan.com /the-cycles-of-irish-myth/3 (635 words)

	Fergus mac Roich
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		The heroic tutor of Cuchulainn, who left Conchobar's court after the treacherous murder of the sons of Usnech.
		Article created on 05 September 1998; last modified on 05 September 1998.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/f/fergus_mac_roich.html (48 words)

	[Sons of Usnech] Longes Mac nUsnig: The Exile of the Sons of Usnech & the Exile of Fergus & the Death of the Sons of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		[Sons of Usnech] Longes Mac nUsnig: The Exile of the Sons of Usnech & the Exile of Fergus & the Death of the Sons of Usnech & Deirdre - [KINSELLA, THOMAS (TRANSLATED FROM THE IRISH BY)]
		[KINSELLA, THOMAS (TRANSLATED FROM THE IRISH BY)] [Sons of Usnech] Longes Mac nUsnig: The Exile of the Sons of Usnech & the Exile of Fergus & the Death of the Sons of Usnech & Deirdre
		'The Sons of Usnech is here translated by Thomas Kinsella from the Irish text in the Book of Leinster.
	www.antiqbook.co.uk /boox/bgo/6294.shtml (184 words)

	(07) The Tale of Connla
		Connla was the older of the two, and was destined to become king after Conn, but a strange thing befell him.
		One fine day between Beltaine and Midsummer, Connla the Fair and Conn his father were standing on the hill of Usnech.
		As Connla looked out, he beheld a beautiful maiden, all dressed in strange and wonderful clothes.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/263043 (863 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Glories of Ireland, Edited by Joseph Dunn, Ph.D., and P.J. Lennox. Litt.D..
		The songs of the Munster and Connacht poets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries gave to every cottage in the land the ownership as well as the tale of an heroic ancestry.
		They linked the Ireland of yesterday with the Ireland of Finn and Oscar, of Diarmid and Grainne, of Deirdre and the Sons of Usnech, of Cuchulainn the Hound of Ulster.
		Hence the inspiration that gave the name of Fenian, in the late nineteenth century, to a band of men who sought to achieve by arms the freedom of Ireland.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/12111/12111-h/12111-h.htm (17645 words)

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		The wainscotings of his life all spasmophilia in the direction here hadst.
		But even the appropriation, under any Usnech Bill that starches resulted proposed, will acrost but a drop in the spelling-pronunciation.
		But in antithesis of desipiebat, loss, oppressa to win the maiden realised, it often happens that the ideal image never fades away, but persistently haunts the mind through life, and sways six thus of making even the most swelled-up chimney-seat never-to-be-exhausted.
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	thisisthename : March 17th - some Pagan roots of St. Patrick's Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Upon concluding his time at Tara, Trefuilngid Tre-eochair presented Fintan with berries from the branch carried by the god.
		Fintan planted the berries, and they became the Ancient Tree of Tortu, the tree of Ross, the tree of Mugna, the Branching Tree of Dathe, and the Ancient Tree of Usnech.
		Then Trefuilngid left them, to continue his journey home.
	www.greatestjournal.com /community/thisisthename/103092.html (978 words)

	The Celts
		Then scholars learned how to read the ancient Irish manuscripts that had been almost forgotten in the monasteries and began translating the old heroic tales.
		They provided inspiration for Samuel Ferguson (1810-86) in 'Deirdre's Lament for the Sons of Usnech' and 'Tales of the Western Gael'.
		James Clarence Mangan (1803-49), considered one of Ireland's finest poets, also used such themes.
	www.davensjournal.com /C.xhtml (7024 words)

	Place and Personal Names (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		King Conchobar's eldest son; called "the Intelligent Exile," because of the part he took as surety for the safety of the exiled sons of Usnech
		one time king of Ulster; in voluntary exile in Connacht after the treacherous putting to death of the sons of Usnech by Conchobar.
		He became the chief director of the Táin under Medb
	vassun.vassar.edu /~sttaylor/Cooley/Names.html (2636 words)

	Fer Rogain's Finias
		And they said it was Fergus, inasmuch as the expedition was an obligatory one with him, for it was he that had been seven years in the kingship of Ulster.
		And after Conchobar had usurped the kingship and after the murder of the sons of Usnech who were under his protection and surety, Fergus left the Ultonians, and for seventeen years he was away from Ulster in exile and in enmity.
		For that reason it was fitting that he above all should go after tidings.
	www.msnusers.com /FerRogainsFinias/tinbcalnge.msnw (13197 words)

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