The Druid of Many Faces @ Dingle

Is é an foinse an geata chuig an domhan thíos. Tabharfaidh ‘Foinse’ an lucht féachana isteach i sean áit draíochta atá fós linn.

Not many warriors have ever got one over on the most lauded of warriors Cú Chulainn. But there was one giant and sorcerer who not only beat, but buried Cú Chulainn to his armpits, cut his luscious locks and smeared his head with dung.

So brutal was the humiliation Cú Roí Mac Daire laid upon the hero of Ulster that Cú Chulainn dared not show his face for a whole year. And perhaps Cú Roí had reason for the attack having been unjustly refused his share of the spoils of raids with the men of Ulster. The great druid and traveller did make off with the beautiful Blathnat daughter of Midir of Brí Léith and took her to his enchanted fortress high up on Caherconree the mountain that still bears his name. Like the sorcerer himself, the castle fortress had many faces and each night the magic of Cú Roi would spin a different side to confuse and confound would be assailants. But secret plans made on Oíche Samhain would come to haunt Cu Roí and bring the Ulsterman to his door.