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| title = The Cattle Raid of Cooley
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The ''Táin Bó Cúailnge'', a.k.a. ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'', is an ancient Irish story from the Ulster Cycle of [[Celtic Mythology]]. The oldest surviving manuscripts date to the 12th century, but there are allusions to it in poems of the 7th century, and elements of it are strikingly similar to things the [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]] and [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] used to say of the Celts.▼
| caption = How's the scheming today, Medb?
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| elevator pitch = Because of a curse on Ulster, Cú Chulainn must defend on his own the stud bull Donn Cuailnge from being stolen by the rulers of Connacht
| genre = Epic prose
| franchise = Ulster Cycle
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▲The '''''Táin Bó Cúailnge''''', a.k.a. ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'', is an ancient Irish story from the Ulster Cycle of [[Celtic Mythology]]. The oldest surviving manuscripts date to the 12th century, but there are allusions to it in poems of the 7th century, and elements of it are strikingly similar to things the [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]] and [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] used to say of the Celts.
Queen Medb of Connacht commands the soldiers of Ireland to invade the kingdom of Ulster and steal its prized bull, Donn Cúailgne, the Brown Bull of Cooley, at any cost. Though Ulster stands defenseless before her army, she is opposed only by sixteen-year-old hero Cú Chulainn. Some magic, and a few gods make appearances.
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A graphic novel based on the epic can be found [http://paddybrown.co.uk/?cat=171 here]. [[The Decemberists]]' EP ''The Tain'' is a setting of Colin Meloy's interpretation/abridgment of the epic to [[Epic Rocking]].
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▲=== Tropes in ''Táin Bó Cúailnge'': ===
* [[The Ace]]: Cú Chulainn. He shows shades of being a [[Broken Ace]] from time to time, though.
* [[Action Girl]]: Medb. Though she is the irresponsible, greedy bitch that starts all this off, she gets down and dirty with a spear in the thick of the fighting at several points.
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* [[Combat by Champion]]
* [[Costume Porn]]: Chapter 17 is ''very'' detailed in its description of Cú Chulainn's attire.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Cú Chulainn defeats Fer Diad (his alleged lover) by [[
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Fergus MacRoach. The one-time king of Ulster and leader of the Ulster Exiles who fight for Medb. He's also Cú Chulainn's foster father, and is the only person in Medb's ranks whom he never raises arms against.
* [[Game Face]]: Cú Chulainn's ''ríastrad'', variously described to English as the 'warp-spasm' or 'the Torque'.
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