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Findchoem's brother Cet mac Mágach, a Connachtman, protected his sister until she gave birth to a son, Conall.
Druids came to initiate the child into their religion, and prophesied that he would kill more than half of the men of Connacht, and that he would always have a Connachtman's head on his belt.
He shamed Cet at a feast at the house of Mac Dá Thó, a hospitaller of Leinster, when the warriors of Connacht and Ulster competed for the champion's portion by boasting of their deeds.
Cet admitted defeat, but claimed that if his brother Anlúan were present, his feats would top even Conall's.
Bricriu went in turn to Conall, Lóegaire Búadach and Cú Chulainn, and promised each of them the champion's portion.
A fight broke out between Conall, Láegare and Cú Chulainn, until King Conchobar, Fergus and Sencha intervened to separate them.
Emer was the first to enter, as Cú Chulainn lifted the side of the house up to let her in, tipping Bricriu into a ditch.
Finally, a hideous, giant churl, carrying a huge axe, appeared at Emain Macha.
[6] He helped the Connacht hero Fráech recover his abducted wife and sons and stolen cattle.
They tracked them to Alba (Scotland), southwards through Britain, across the English Channel, through Lombardy, to the Alps, where they met an Irish girl herding sheep.
She advised them to go to the woman who tended the cows, who warned them that the fort where Fráech's wife was kept was guarded by a serpent, but promised to leave the gate open for them.
[7] He fought Mes Gedra, king of Leinster, in single combat following a battle provoked by the Ulster poet Athirne.
Conall's charioteer couldn't carry the head, so he cut out the brain and preserved it by mixing it with lime.
[10] Conall pursued Cet after he had made a raid on Ulster, killing twenty-seven men and taking their heads.
He was found by Bélchú of Breifne, a Connachtman, who took him home, tended to his wounds, and planned to fight him when he was fit.
But Bélchú soon regretted his honourable behaviour and asked his three sons to kill Conall as he lay in his sickbed.
Conall overheard and forced Bélchú to take his place in the bed, and when his sons arrived they killed him instead.
[12] In his declining years he contracted leprosy and went to stay with Ailill and Medb of Connacht, who were best placed to look after him, since they had the resources to satisfy his enormous appetite.
Unusually for a character from the Ulster Cycle, Conall appears in medieval Irish genealogies as the ancestor of the kings of the Dál nAraidi[17] and the Uí Echach Cobo.