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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

Dad says, No, he’s not Cuchulain but he’s a fine man who will live on the shores of Lough Neagh and fish his days away.

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

We’d fish for eels and fry them in a pan not like Cuchulain, who would pluck them from the lough and swallow them, wriggling, because there’s great power in an eel.

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

I say it right and he tells me the story of Cuchulain, who had a different name when he was a boy, Setanta.

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

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