Definition of: Tain Bo Cuailgne

(tôn bō kl′nyē)
The Cattle Raid of Cooley: title of the most famous epic in the Ulster cycle of Old Irish literature, and the oldest epic of all western Europe, embodying the life and exploits of Cuchulain and his single–handed defense of Ulster against the hosts of Connacht. [<Irish táin cattle raid + bo cow (<L bos ox) + Cuailgne Cooley, a hill district in County Louth]