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- noun obsolete A native or inhabitant of
Ulster ; anUlsterman
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Examples
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Then, at the bidding of Cuchulainn, the Ultonian, three graves were dug for the brothers, but the grave of Naoise was made wider than the others, and when he was placed in it, standing upright, with his head placed on his shoulders, Deirdrê stood by him and held him in her white arms, and murmured to him of the love that was theirs and of which not Death itself could rob them.
A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang
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And Conor besought him to help him to subdue the Sons of Usna ere they should have slain every Ultonian in the land.
A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang
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And when the old man had come, Concobar said, 'I swear that I mean no harm unto the sons of Usna, yet will they slay every Ultonian in the land.
Celtic Tales, Told to the Children Louey Chisholm
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Ultonian would go, and it was a man from Norway who walked along a dry spit of land to where they stood, sunk deep in the green bog.
A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang
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I hope on some future occasion to examine more minutely the character and place in literature of the Irish bardic remains, and put forward here these general considerations, from which the reader may presume that the Ultonian cycle, dealing as it does with
Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. Standish O'Grady 1887
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So much may indeed be said for the more ancient tales, but the Ultonian cycle deals with events well within the historic period.
Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. Standish O'Grady 1887
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In truth Naysi was at that moment passing through the zone of terror which the Ultonian Druids had shed around the dun where Deirdre was immured.
The Coming of Cuculain Standish O'Grady 1887
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But unless the student has read the whole of the Ultonian cycle, he should be cautious in condemning a departure in my work from any particular version of an event which he may have himself met.
Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. Standish O'Grady 1887
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So, unwitting, jocund, and innocent, fresh and pure as the morning, she paced over the green lawn, going in the direction of that youth, even Naysi, son of Usna the Ultonian.
The Coming of Cuculain Standish O'Grady 1887
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Moreover, this epic is but a portion of the great Ultonian or Red Branch cycle, all the parts of which pre-suppose and support one another; and that cycle is itself a portion of the history of Ireland, and pre-supposes other preceding and succeeding cyles, preceding and succeeding kings.
Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. Standish O'Grady 1887
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