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Actor Michael Fassbender ("X-Men") continues developing a feature based on 'Cú Chulainn', the greatest Irish warrior in Celtic mythology:
Stories of Chulainn, dating back to the 7th Century were collected in "The Ulster Cycle", aka "Red Branch Cycle"...
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...one of four great cycles of Irish mythology, containing heroic Irish legends and sagas.
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Cú Chulainn, aka 'The Hound of Ulster', was the son of the god 'Lug' and 'Deichtine', gaining his name after he killed a vicious guard-dog in self-defence, then offering to take its place until a replacement could be reared.