#ulster cycle

You know, I've seen manuscript abbreviations that looked like text-speak, but hand-drawing emojis to stand in for the word ceann (head) in a passage about Cú Chulainn being beheaded is taking that all to a new level

(The line from another manuscript: "Is ann sin d'éirgedar datha aille iongantacha do cheann Choingculoinn")

🐕 hound-of-ulster

lol guys wanna see a trick i just learned?

#im calling it the ball feat #but nothing will ever beat the richocet stun-shot

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Who the fuck keeps killing my charioteers??????

🐕 hound-of-ulster

lol get fucked

#ball feat coming in clutch

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AGHHHHHHHHHHHGHHHHOWWWAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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AGGGHHHRRRHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

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🤴 ailill2 Follow

ok so I'm leading this expedition rn (to capture the Donn Cúailnge) (my wife wants it) (what can you do amiright 🤷‍♂️) and I swtg Ulster's entire defense hinges on this one fucking kid who keeps challenging us to puzzles and throwing rocks at us from the woods. Haha kid, that's not doing much more than making us sleep in our tents at night. What are you gonna do next, challenge us to single combat?

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Fuck.

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💪 og-king-of-ulster

Just had a great strategy talk with the queen if you know what I mean 😏🥵💦

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cmon man.

💪 og-king-of-ulster

Just had a great game of chess with the king if you know what I mean 😏🥵💦

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cmon man.

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🐕 hound-of-ulster

okay that sucked but surely i will never again be forced and/or tricked into killing a loved one. like this was totally a one-time occurrence kind of thing, right? Right?

#I miss you already

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ok I'm better now. ready to muster.

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HELLO I'M BACK!!! I can finally share what I've been working on these past months (other than studying that is, I finally did my exam! On the same day the st patrick's day parade happened in my city where I participated with my irish dance class... it's been crazy)

I had the honour to do these two illustrations for Emmet Taylor to go with their presentation on trophy heads in medieval irish literature. It was a delight to do them, I can't believe this is the first time I've drawn Conall (won't be the last, he's fun to draw). I also spent too much time looking through the digital archives of archeology museums for more or less period accurate jewelry and weapons to put in these. It was really fun.

So the first illustration features Cú Chulainn, in a scene from Fled Bricrenn ('Bricru's Feast'); in wich my poor guy comes back from single-handledly killing like thirty guys and a sea monster. Another tuesday for him, I guess. I have to admit I had way too much fun painting all the blood...

The second one, features Conall (and also Cú Chulainn, and also Lóegaire) in a scene from Aided Chonchobair ('Violent Death of Conchobar') (excelent title if you ask me); where he is showing of the calcified brain of a king he'd killed to prove he's the coolest of the three. As one does.