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Conchobar mac Nessa

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king of the Ulaid in tales of the Ulster Cycle; son either of Cathbad or Fachtna Fáthach (father) and Ness (mother); husband of Mugain; father of Cormac Cond Longas, Cúscraid Mend Macha, Furbaide Fer Bend and Fedelm Noíchrothach; fosterfather of Cú Chulainn.


See also: Cathbad
Cathbad
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
druid to Conchobar mac Nessa, king of Ulster, in the Ulster Cycle; husband of Ness and possible father of Conchobar mac Nessa.
See more Cormac Cond Longas
Cormac Cond Longas
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
warrior in tales of the Ulster Cycle; son of the Ulster king Conchobar mac Nessa; in exile in Connacht
See more Cú Chulainn
Cú Chulainn
Young Ulster hero and chief character of Táin bó Cuailnge and other tales of the Ulster Cycle; son of Súaltam or Lug and Deichtire (sister to Conchobor); husband of Emer (ingen Forgaill)
See more Cúscraid Mend Macha
Cúscraid Mend Macha
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
warrior in the Ulster Cycle, son of the Ulster king Conchobar mac Nessa.
See more Fachtna Fáthach
Fachtna Fáthach
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
In the Ulster Cycle, a king of the Ulaid who is regarded in one strand of the tradition as husband of Ness and father of Conchobar mac Nessa.
See more Fedelm [daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa]
Fedelm Noíchrothach or Noíchride, daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle, Conall Cernach, Cú Chulainn, Cairpre Nia Fer)
daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa.
See more Fergus mac Róich
Fergus mac Róich
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
warrior in tales of the Ulster Cycle; former king of Ulster in exile in Connacht; Medb’s lover
See more Furbaide Fer Bend
Furbaide Fer Bend
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Son of Conchobar mac Nessa (king of the Ulaid) in the Ulster Cycle of tales
See more Mugain [daughter of Eochaid Feidlech]
Mugain ... daughter of Eochaid Feidlech
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle, Eochaid Feidlech)
daughter of Eochaid Feidlech and wife of Conchobar mac Nessa
See more Ness ingen Echach Sálbuidi
Ness ingen Echach Sálbuidi
mother of Conchobar (mac Nessa), king of Ulster in the Ulster Cycle, by the druid Cathbad; daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide, a previous king of Ulster
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Sources

Secondary sources (select)

Findon, Joanne, “Nes, Deirdriu, Luaine: fated women in Conchobar’s life”, in: Sarah Sheehan, Joanne Findon, and Westley Follett (eds), Gablánach in scélaigecht: Celtic studies in honour of Ann Dooley, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2013. 154–170.
Hollo, Kaarina, “Conchobar’s sceptre: the growth of a literary topos”, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 29 (Summer, 1995): 11–25.
Jaski, Bart, “Cú Chulainn, gormac and dalta of the Ulstermen”, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 37 (Summer, 1999): 1–31.
Discusses the significance of fosterage in the relationship between Conchobar and Cú Chulainn

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