C ( kay ) ............................................ v coll.
caerthann - v caorthann.
cailleach - 1) hag (esp. as aithriocht of neach Sídhe); 2) precocious young girl.
cáin - offical law, tax to rulers (as opposed to tradition or éiric).
caint…
CUGHTAGH
(cootah) A cave-dwelling spirit, but, according to Gill in A SECOND MANX SCRAPBOOK, the Cughtagh is seldom mentioned now, though the creature is merged into the class of cave-haunting Bugganes. Gill thinks that the Highland Ciuthach, now a…
CROP-EARED DOG
This earless, tailless creature who, despite his dogginess, was fully able to converse in human speech, was one of the heroes of the Irish romance EACHTRA AN MHADRA MHAOIL. He was an enchanted prince named Alexander, son of the King…
CONCHOBAR MAC NESSA
(con ho'var or con'th har) Conor mac Nessa. Son of Nessa and Cathbad. He was born on the same day as Christ. Nessa won for him the right to be King of Ulster from Fergus mac Roigh. He was uncle of CuChulain. He wished to marry h…
CLIGÉS
Son of Alexander, son of the Emperor of Constantinople and his wife Soredamor, daughter of Lot. When Cligés's uncle Alis (Alexius) was emperor he married Fenice with whom Cligés fell in love. Unable to court her in the circumstances, he went…
CHRISTIAN CELTS IN WALES
The popular images of Wales between the Roman occupation and the arrival of the Normans are of heroic warrior kingdoms and travelling saints, of Celtic revival and of tradition of mythical history. The period has been refer…