This week, we dig into the myth of Cu Chulainn, Irish hero and prime example of great story-telling with some troubling narratives aside. We discuss his unusual birth, the way he earned his name, the tales of his youth with the troop at Emain Macha, his training at the hands of the warrior-woman Scathach in Scotland and how he earned his dreaded barbed spear the Gae Bulg. We talk of his legendary exploits, how he came to wed his wife Emer, his death and so much more in this mythical. man the Irish really know how to tell a story episode of the Family Plot Podcast!

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