Name:  Conall Cernach

Race: Celtic

Province: Ulster

Father: Amergin 'Iron Jaw'

Mother: Finchoem wife of Amergin 'Iron Jaw'

Wife: Lendabair daughter of Eoghan Mac Durthacht

Son: Iriel 

King:  Conchobar Mac Nessa

Army:  The Red Branch

Associated Sites:  Emain Macha

Friends:  Cúchulainn

Enemies:  Lugaid Mac Cúroi

Charioteer:  Id Mac Riangabra

Weapons:  The Culghlas   'Bricriu' his Shield

Horse:  Dewy-Red

Conall the Victorious was a comrade in arms of Cúchulainn, and a member of the Red Branch of Ulster who served under King Conchobar Mac Nessa at the site of Emain Macha (Navan Fort). 

Conall had made a covenant with Cúchulainn that whichever of them was first killed would be avenged by the other.  It turned out that Cúchulainn was killed first on the Plain of Muirthemne by Lugaid Mac Cúroi and it therefore fell to Conall to avenge his death.

Stories, Myths and Legends associated with Conall the Victorious:

Conall Avenges the Death of Cúchulainn

The Feast of Bricriu

The Awakening of the Men of Ulster

The Battle of Tailltin

The Boy Deeds of Cúchulainn

Bricriu's Feast and the Women's War

The Courting of Emer

The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel

Scél Muicce Mac Dathó

The Story of Mac Dathó's Pig

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