Comments for CÚCHULAINN:

The modern version of Cuchalainn is "O'Connell". The name O'Connell is believed to mean son of Culainn, and does not appear until Celtic times. Believed that the first ever bearer of the name was a son of Cuchulainn.

-- the_lady  10/19/2005

Pronounced koo-CUH-len, koo-KHULL-in, or possibly koo-HOOL-in.

-- Rosethorn08  4/18/2006

American-Irish writer Morgan LLewellyn re-wrote the Ulster cycle in a novel called "The Red Branch". It's a wonderful book and one of my favourites.

-- Lilya  11/1/2006

I've mainly heard it pronounced Ka-HOOL-an. I think Ku-Ku-lan also, but that sounds silly and is highly "English-ized".

-- Anonymous User  11/6/2006

In Irish legend Maeve was a warrior queen who organized the death of the hero Cuchulainn.

-- bobcat_explorer  12/29/2006

Pronounced Ku-kul-in.

-- Clodagh  4/9/2007

Cuchulainn is a character in the Irish epic 'Tain Bo Cuailnge' or 'The Tain.'

-- norah_girl  10/11/2007

Pronounced 'Ko-Hool-in'.

-- neverland4962  12/19/2007

It's pronounced "koo-KHOO-lan", with the "ch" pronounced as a gutteral.

-- gaelruadh19  12/19/2007

My Gaelic Literature professor this summer (in Galway, that might make a difference) pronounced this name: Koo-HUL-en with Koo as in "boo" and HUL as in "null".

-- Lady_Callaghan  12/19/2007

Very important note - Irish people do NOT name their children Cúchulainn! :) It would be like calling your son Achilles or something similar. This name is completely associated with the hero in The Táin and no one else.

-- Ailis  8/22/2009

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