Editing Cú Roí (section)

===Combat of Munremar and Cú Roí===
Cú Roí appears in the side-tale "Comlond Munremair & Con Roi" ("The combat of Munremar and Cú Roí") included in Recension I of ''[[Táin bó Cúailnge]]''.<ref>''Táin bó Cúailnge'', ed. and tr. O'Rahilly, pp. 50-1, 169-70. See also the translation based on the [[Lebor na hUidre]] by L. W. Faraday, "[http://adminstaff.vassar.edu/sttaylor/Cooley/Faraday/MunremarCuroi.html The Combat of Munremar and Coroi]".</ref> Cú Roí, who has sent a contingent to the Connacht army but had not hitherto been personally involved in the recent hostilities between Ulster and Connacht,<ref>See the earlier episode ''Aided Nath Crantail'' "The Death of Nad Crantail". Medb proposes Cú Roí to be Cú Chulainn's next opponent in combat, but one of Cú Roí's followers in the army reassures her that his king will not answer her request, thinking that sufficient has been done in sending her troops.</ref> does intervene when he learns that the Ulster warrior [[Munremar|Munremar mac Gerrginn]] (lit. "Fatneck son of Shorthead")<ref>J. Borsje, "''Fled Bricrenn'' and Tales of Terror." ''Peritia'' 19 (2005), 173-192: 181.</ref> has come to assist [[Cú Chulainn]] in fighting the Connacht army. Since he believes no warrior in the army was able to withstand Munremar, he chooses to rally to the support of "his people" (''muinter''). The resulting encounter (''comlond'') between the two warriors is a spectacular stone-throwing contest, described from the perspective of the Connacht troops, who witness many stones flying in opposite directions from the east and west (Cotal and Ard Róich) and colliding right above their heads. The shower of falling rubble forces them to use their shields for protection, until on their request, Cú Roí and Munremar agree to discontinue the fight and return home. The plain strewn with stones is afterwards called Mag Clochair ("The Stony Plain").