Red Branch

American  

plural noun

Irish Legend.

1. the warriors of Conchobar, alienated from him after his treachery to Deirdre and Naoise.

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Example Sentences

It is generally looked on as a bardic fable; but there is a townland close to Emania which is still called Creeve Roe, in correct orthography, Craobh Ruadh, which means Red Branch.

From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by Russell, T. O.

And Concobar called to him his stewards and attendants and asked them:—"How is it in the house of the Red Branch as to food and drink?"

From A Reading Book in Irish History by Joyce, P. W.

Even then Deirdre besought them not to enter the Red Branch: for she deemed now that of a certainty there was mischief afoot.

From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown

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

It goes far to prove that the Red Branch Knights did exist, and that the townland took its name from them.

From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by Russell, T. O.