Editing Conchobar mac Nessa (section)

===Marriages and family===
Conchobar marries several of Eochu's daughters. [[Medb]], later queen of [[Connacht]], is the first. She bears him a son called Amalgad, but soon leaves him.

Her sister Eithne conceives a son by him, but Medb murders her by drowning her in a stream. Her son [[Furbaide]] is delivered by posthumous [[Caesarian section]].

[[Mugain]] bears him a son called Glaisne and remains his chief wife.

The mother of Conchobar's eldest son, [[Cormac Cond Longas]], is either Eochu's daughter Clothru or Conchobar's own mother Ness.<ref>Joseph O'Neill, "Cath Boinde", ''Ériu'' 2, 1905, pp. 173-185</ref> Cormac is given to [[Fergus mac Róich]] to foster.

His other sons include [[Cúscraid Mend Macha]] and [[Folloman mac Conchobair|Folloman]]. His daughter [[Fedelm Noíchrothach]] marries [[Cairbre Nia Fer]], King of Tara, and they have a son, [[Erc mac Cairpri|Erc]], and a daughter, [[Achall]].

Conchobar has two sisters, [[Findchóem]]<ref>In some stories Findchóem is a Connacht-woman unrelated to Conchobar: see Whitley Stokes (ed. & trans.), "Cóir Anmann", ''Irische Texte'' series 3 vol. 2, 1897, p. 393-395</ref> and [[Deichtine]].<ref>In some stories Deichtine is Conchobar's daughter: see A. G. van Hamel, ''Compert Con Culainn and Other Stories'', 1978, pp. 1-8</ref> Findchóem marries the poet [[Amergin mac Eccit|Amergin]], and they have a son, [[Conall Cernach]]. Deichtine is the mother of [[Cú Chulainn]], by either her mortal husband [[Sualtam]] or the god [[Lugh]], making Conchobar his uncle.<ref>James MacKillop, ''Dictionary of Celtic Mythology'', Oxford University Press, 1998, pp. 88-89</ref>