Donn Cuailnge
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Donn Cuailnge also Donn Tarb [Ir., brown bull]. The famous Brown Bull in the
Táin Bó Cuailnge [Cattle Raid of Cooley], over whom the central conflict takes place. Originally a pig-keeper of
Bodb Derg named
Friuch [boar's bristle (?)] who contended bitterly with Rucht [boar's grunt (?)], the pig-keeper of Ochall. Their ferocious conflicts took them through various manifestations: as ravens, water beasts,
stags, warriors, phantoms,
dragons, and water worms, until they became transformed into the Brown Bull of Cuailnge and the White Bull of Connacht. They take different names through each shift of shape, and are known ultimately as Donn Cuailnge and
Finnbennach. The coveting of Donn Cuailnge by
Medb, queen of Connacht, sets the action of the
Táin in motion, provoking war with
Ulster. At the end Donn Cuailnge meets and kills Finnbennach, but departs from the battle mortally wounded himself. Note also the possible Continental parallel in
Donnotaurus.
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