When a cure is placed upon the Ulster army, only Cu Chulainn and his father are exempt from the curse and they go to seek out the other enemy. Cu Chulainn kills a hundred warriors and then makes an agreement with Medbh to fight a daily battle with a different warrior at a ford. After he defeats them, he returns to his territory to defend the brown bull. Lugh comes to Cu Chulainn’s aid by healing his as he sleeps over a period of 3 full days. During all of this the warriors of Ulster fight the army of Meadhbh, each having to kill 3 times their own number. There is a loss of 150 men from the Ulster Army. At the end Medha calls the foster brother of Cu Chulainn, Fer Diad, to have a single man battle with him. Every night Cu Chulainn sends herbs …show more content…
Conchobar, the king of the Ulster’s, comes out and fights the guide for the Connacht army Ferghus. Ferghus strikes Conchobar’s magic shield so hard it screams, alerting Cu Chulainn, who goes into a blind fury. Ferghus had taken a vow to never fight, Cu Chulainn retreats his army. Cu Chulainn goes and defeats the last of the armies and captures Medhah. He spares her and allows her to take her army out of the area. After they have retreated, the brown bull, who had been sent to Connacht for safety, bellows out, alerting the White Bull. The White Bull responds and comes for a battle. All of the remaining warriors gather to watch. Upon its end, after pieces of the White Bull have been spread by pieces of the victorious Brown Bull, Ailil and Medhbh come to an agreement of peace with Cu Chulainn and Ulster. Cu Chulainn was killed later in the battle, Having been shot with a poisoned spear, he tied himself to a stone pillar so that he may face his opponents standing and die with dignity. For 3 days, no one would go near him. On the 3rd day, the daughter of Cailidin came in the form of a crow and landed on the top of the Pillar only to find Cu Chulainn had been