Cormac Cond Longas

Cormac Cond Longas , called “Exiled” in the Irish Celtic Mythology, is the oldest son of the king of Ulster Conchobar Mac Nessa and of Ness.

In the Cycle of Ulster , it leaves the court with other Ulates warriors of foreground, of which Fergus Mac Roeg his/her adoptive father and Dubthach Dóel Ulad, after Conchobar assassinated three wire of Usnech and the fine tragedy of Deirdre. It takes refuge with Crúachan, residence of the queen Medb and the king Ailill, the sovereigns of the Connaught. It is involved in the “raid of the cows of Cooley” ( Táin Bó Cúailnge ) where it fights the army of his father at the sides of the warriors of Ireland, united against Ulates.

With died of his father, it is indicated to go up on the throne of Ulster, but the infringement of a Geis , makes him lose the life on the way of the return.

Source

  • the Raid of the cows of Cooley , Celtic account, translated from Irish, presented and annotated by Alain Deniel, Harmattan, Paris, 1997.

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