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Cuchulain

British  
/ kʊˈxʊlɪn, kuːˈkʌlɪn /

noun

  1. Celtic myth a legendary hero of Ulster

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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That helped draw in 24-year-old Cuchulain Kelly and his friends.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2016

"Being an immigrant church, we wanted to show we were more American than anyone," explains Father Cuchulain Moriarty, who runs San Francisco's archdiocesan social justice commission.

From Time Magazine Archive

I want to tell him I knew all about Cuchulain when I was three going on four, that I saw Cuchulain in Dublin, that Cuchulain thinks nothing of dropping into my dreams.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

I say Oy but no one laughs and I know Oy belongs to Malachy the way Cuchulain belongs to me and Malachy can have his Oy.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

Cuchulain would get so hot that when he jumped into Lough Neagh it boiled over and warmed the surrounding countryside for days.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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