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Aided Chon Roí

 
Irish Literature Companion: Aided Chon Roí
 

Aided Chon Roí (Violent Death of Cú Roí), a saga of the Ulster cycle. Cú Roí, a West Munster king married to Bláithine, is slain by Cú Chulainn with her connivance. The court poet Ferchertne avenges his patron by casting himself off a cliff with the treacherous wife. A version is preserved in the 14th-cent. Yellow Book of Lecan.

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