Meaning of Ultonian | Babel Free

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Of, relating to, or characteristic of Ulster.

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“The Ultonian Heberians followed the Example, and elected the famous Rudruid King of Ireland, after a Defection of the ſupreme Dignity for two hundred and twenty Years in the Ollam-Fodlian Family. […] The Building of Eamania, and the Eſtabliſhment of the Ultonian Oeconomy by Kimbaoth, cloſe this Period.”

“Pity dawn’d on savage faces, when for love⟳ of captive Crunn, / Macha, in the ransom-races, girt her gravid loins, to run⟳ / ’Gainst the fleet Ultonian horses; […]”

“The origin of the clan of Degaid is obscure; one story makes it Ultonian, and the other Erimonian.”

“Centuries earlier than that it was a marked feature in Gaelic literature. Yet in the Irish romances, whether Ultonian or Ossianic, the element which has since been considered the most essential motive in a romantic tale is almost entirely lacking. This is the element of love⟳, or rather of woman-worship.”

“As we write⟳, Mr [Bill] Clinton is visiting Ireland, whose Ultonian Province is at present⟳ enjoying a welcome⟳ period of comparative peace after almost 30 years of bloodshed and turmoil, fomented by Fenian dissidents, which the North Americans, to say⟳ the least, have⟳ done little enough to condemn or discourage.”

““SON OF SUALTIM,” written by Jason Eberhardt and directed by Ben Tevelow. Looselyl^([sic]) based on Lady Gregory’s re-telling of the Ultonian myths.”

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