Ulster Cycle

The Ulster Cycle (Irish: an Rúraíocht), formerly known as the Red Branch Cycle, one of the four great cycles of Irish mythology, is a body of medieval Irish heroic legends and sagas of the traditional heroes of the Ulaid in what is now eastern Ulster and northern Leinster, particularly counties Armagh, Down and Louth.

Read more about Ulster Cycle:  Ulster Cycle Stories, Texts, Texts in Translation, Adaptations

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