We’ve been in Ireland for about 36 hours now. Initial impression: King Conchobar (pron. “Connor”) was a dipwad. Apparently he got offended when one of his subjects bragged that his wife was faster than Conchobar’s horses and forced said wife to race against said horses, even though she was at the point of giving birth. She won, but also understandably laid a curse on his house before taking off into the sky. Conchobar later went on to raise a child bride and weather a cattle raid conducted by warrior queen Medb (pron. “Maeve”), which he survived by a hair.

I hope all Irish tales are like this. Conchobar was a jerk, but his stories are pretty awesome. 😀