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- proper noun Irish mythology A leading figure in the
Ulster Cycle ofIrish mythology who is anUlster warrior described as tall, grey, and ugly, and who wields a spear calledLuír Cheltchair , and who killedBlaí Briugu after the latter slept with his wifeBrig Bretach .
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Examples
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It was then that Celtchar [2] in his sleep [2] uttered these words
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Finnchas, and Finngheal and Fidniam and Niam, daughter of Celtchar son of
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( 'Slane of Meath') that night, and [6] Conchobar and Celtchar returned that night to the green in Iraird Cuillinn hard by the men of Ulster.
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Conchobar and Celtchar struck off their eight-score heads and released their eight-score captive-women.
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Their heads were brought there, and Conchobar and Celtchar sent them to the camp.
Táin Bó Cúalnge. English L. Winifred Faraday
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Celtchar son of Uthecar in Lethglas, to Errgè Echbel ( 'Horsemouth') at
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Conchobar and Celtchar went with three fifties of chariots, and they brought eight twenties of heads from Ath Airthir Midi; hence is Ath Fene.
Táin Bó Cúalnge. English L. Winifred Faraday
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And Leith, son of Celtchar of Cualu, was the most beautiful among the young men of the Sidhe of Ireland at that time, and he loved Bri, Midhir's daughter.
Gods and Fighting Men Lady Gregory 1892
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"Celtchar, Uthechar's son, is in his fort [1] at Lethglas [1] in his 'Pains,'
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Then it was that Conchobar and Celtchar with thirty hundred bristling chariot-fighters set forth, till they halted at Slemain Midè ( 'Slane of
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