Charolais

Her words were sharp; they cut him deep,
 In a war between the sheets.
 But when he brought his bull to her
 It meant a woman making war
 Beyond the eiderdown.
 The druids read the smoke and sand;
 Told her that she would love again.
 The rhythms from the wolfskin drums
 Called men to war in hide and bronze.
 This goddess wore a crown.
 Charolais, charolais -
 we are come for you today.
 The champions and the Seven Sons are
 come to take away the Donn
 But the Fairy Child knew more;
 Saw the host stained red in war,
 Saw the hero-light around the head
 Of a dragon-boy just ripe for bed
 Of wives and manly sons
 Ireland's most exciting saga is, undoubtedly, Tain Bo Cuailgne (The
 Cattle Raid of Cooley), the centrepiece of the Ulster cycle of Heroic
 Tales.
 Normally referred to as "The Tain", it deals with the conflict between
 the forces of Connacht and Ulster for possession of a prize bull.
 The events of the Tain are estimated to have taken place in Ireland
 approximately 500 B.C. The earliest written version of the Tain known
 to us is contained in the Book of the Dun Cow, which dates from the 12th
 century. Before this the story was kept alive by storytellers.
 Two other manuscript versions are also available; the 12th century Book
 of Leinster and the 14th century Yellow Book of Lecan. The Tain, as
 Ireland's equivalent of the Aeneid, has long intrigued historians, academics
 and writers