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Name: Conaire Mór 'The Great'
Race: Celtic
Profession: High King
Father: Bird-God
Foster-Father: Eterscel High-King of Tara
Fosterers:
Dris
Mother: Mess Buachalla 'The Cowherds' Fosterling'
Maternal Grandmother: Etain
Maternal Grandfather: Cormac 'Of the Three Gifts'
Great Grandmother: Etain Echraide
Great Grandfather: Eochaid Airem
Sons:
Le Fri Flaith
Dog: Ossar
Province: Míde
Associated
Sites: Tara, Co. Meath
Associated
Deities: The Bird-God
Cupbearers:
Uan
Warriors:
Mac Cecht
Judges:
Fergus Ferde
Harpers:
Side
Conjurors:
Cless
Satirists:
Dris
Poets:
Sui
Cooks: Dagdae and his two fosterlings, Seig and Segdae, the two sons of Rofer Singlespit
Guards:
Bole
Jesters:
Mael Conaire Mór was a legendary king who became high king at a young age because he was told to walk the roads of Ireland naked, as it had been foretold that the next high king would be found walking towards Tara naked. His father was a Bird-God who impregnated his mother Mess Buachalla while she was confined in a calf-shed. Mess Buachalla later married Eterscele the High King of Ireland at that time and then gave birth to Conaire. Eterscele brought up the child as his own son. Conaire was put under many geasa (sacred taboos) which he had to obey in order to remain alive. He eventually broke all the taboos and he met his final fate in Da Derga's Hostel. Stories, Myths & Legends associated with Conaire Mór The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel Foretales
The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel
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