Red Branch
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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And so the party came to Emain Macha, and they were lodged in the House of the Red Branch, but Conor did not receive them.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
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.
Thus the ancestry of the great hero of the Red Branch Knights of Ulster is both royal and divine.
From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans
Not so, ye Knights of the Red Branch, it is not meet to commit a base deed in order to escape evils that may never come to pass.
From A Reading Book in Irish History by Joyce, P. W.
"If that is so," said Concobar, "take the sons of Usna and their people to the Red Branch."
From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown
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