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- proper noun A people of Early Ireland who gave their name to the Irish province of
Ulster .
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Examples
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She has a throwaway reference to the Ulaid being named for the wool they produced - this would link the word to modern Irish olann, which is a cousin of Welsh gwlan and goes all the way back to Proto-Indo-European * wlna and thus English woollen, and (dropping the initial w) Latin lana and French laine.
Ulster etymology nwhyte 2009
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But for some reason I prefer the idea that the Ulaid were so-called because they were wool producers rather than because they had beards (which would I suppose make them equivalent to the Lombards).
Ulster etymology nwhyte 2009
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Instead the received wisdom, including that of the great Pokorny, is that the ul of Ulaid is from Irish ulcha meaning "beard".
Ulster etymology nwhyte 2009
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But not everyone believes this; the shift from the initial o of olann to u of Ulaid seems unpopular among linguists.
Ulster etymology nwhyte 2009
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He wants to take her away from Ulaid as his wife, but his younger brothers Ardan and Ainnle disagree.
The Swan Maiden-Jules Watson « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009
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Fascinated by what Deirdre will be, Conor hides her in a remote forest in the province of Ulaid; the child is raised by foster-parents Connacht and Mumu and taught by Druid Levarcham the art of magic and nature.
The Swan Maiden-Jules Watson « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009
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There is another pedigree, totally different, which connects the saint, not with the Tara kings, but with those of the Ulaid or Ulster folk, through the dethroned Fergus who figures so prominently in the epic tale _Táin Bó Cualnge_.
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Beoit son of Olchan of the Latharna of Mag Molt of the Ulaid was earthly father of Ciaran.
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In fact it consisted of two tribal territories, Dál Araide in the north, and Ulaid in the south; and the two tribes which inhabited them were usually engaged in mutual war.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh of Clairvaux Bernard 1899
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Conaill, Derry to Tír Eoghain, Armagh to Oriel, while Connor comprehended the two territories of Dál Araide and Ulaid.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh of Clairvaux Bernard 1899
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