Red Branch
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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And straightway the mighty hero of the Red Branch Knights took to his bed with a strange malady, which no Druid or doctor in all Ireland could cure.
From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans
Then the king said:—"Go now to the Red Branch and bring me back tidings of Deirdre and of the Sons of Usna."
From A Reading Book in Irish History by Joyce, P. W.
For Concobar and the Red Branch Knights, see note 15 farther on: and for much fuller information, see my "Social History of Ancient Ireland," vol. i, page 83; or the Smaller Soc.
From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown
As in the case of the Red Branch Knights, there were Fena in all the provinces, each provincial troop under a leader.
From A Reading Book in Irish History by Joyce, P. W.
But after a while he called to him a servant named Trendorn, and bade him go to the Red Branch House and mark who was there and what they did.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
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