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  • With a bellow like that of a wounded bull, he called upon the Ultonians to come with him to the House of the Red Branch, to burn it down, and to slay all those within it with the sword, save only Deirdrê, who was to be saved for a more cruel fate.

    A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang

  • Ultonians like all the other heroes of the Red Branch.

    A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang

  • To the land of the Ultonians there came on the morrow a mighty host, and the Red Branch was wiped out for ever.

    A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang

  • Conchubar, or Conor, ruled the kingdom of the Ultonians, now Ulster, when Deirdrê was born in Erin.

    A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang

  • Then suddenly as it had come, the flood abated, and all was well with the Ultonians who had sheltered on a rising ground.

    A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang

  • Then went forth the elder son of Fergus, and he fell upon the Ultonians, and there perished by his hand three hundred men.

    Celtic Tales, Told to the Children Louey Chisholm

  • Then came out the younger of the sons of Fergus from the burning fort, and he rushed upon the Ultonians and killed three hundred men.

    Celtic Tales, Told to the Children Louey Chisholm

  • And [2] after Conchobar had usurped the kingship and [2] after the murder of the sons of Usnech who were under his protection and surety, Fergus left the Ultonians, and for seventeen years he was away from Ulster in exile and in enmity.

    The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge Unknown

  • Ultonians; the fort that surroundeth the House of the Red Branch set ye in flames. '

    Celtic Tales, Told to the Children Louey Chisholm

  • Then secretly he called Conall to him and asked him what he would do if he were sent to fetch the Sons of Usna, and, in spite of his safe-conduct, they were slain when they reached the land of the Ultonians.

    A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang

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