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===Bricriu's Feast===
He also competed for the champion's portion at a feast held by the troublemaker [[Bricriu]], albeit with less success. Bricriu went in turn to Conall, [[Lóegaire Búadach]] and [[Cú Chulainn]], and promised each of them the champion's portion. When the feast started each of the three warriors' charioteers stood up and claimed the champion's portion for his master. A fight broke out between Conall, Láegare and Cú Chulainn, until King [[Conchobar mac Nessa|Conchobar]], [[Fergus mac Róich|Fergus]] and [[Sencha mac Ailella|Sencha]] intervened to separate them. Meanwhile, Bricriu went to each of the three heroes' wives - Conall's wife Lendabair, Lóegaire's wife Fedelm, and Cú Chulainn's wife [[Emer]] - and promised them precedence at the feast, and when the women approached, Conall, Lóegaire and Cú Chulainn were almost set to violence again. 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. The Ulstermen asked first [[Ailill mac Máta|Ailill]] and [[Medb]], king and queen of Connacht, then [[Cú Roí]], king of [[Munster]], to adjudicate the dispute. In every test set, Cú Chulainn came out on top, but neither Conall nor Lóegaire would accept the result. Finally, a hideous, giant [[churl]], carrying a huge axe, appeared at [[Emain Macha]]. He challenged each of the three heroes to cut off his head, and then allow him to return the next day to cut off the hero's head. Lóegaire accepted the challenge and cut off the churl's head, and the churl picked up his head and left. He returned the next day, but Lóegaire was nowhere to be seen. Conall was the next to take up the challenge, but he too did not fulfil his side of the bargain. Finally Cú Chulainn cut off the churl's head, and submitted himself to the churl's axe the following day as promised. The churl spared him, revealed himself as Cú Roí, and declared that Cú Chulainn should have the champion's portion undisputed at any feast held by the Ulstermen.<ref>[[Tom Peete Cross]] & Clark Harris Slover (eds.), [http://web.ncf.ca/dc920/bricriu.html "Bricriu's Feast"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305204835/http://web.ncf.ca/dc920/bricriu.html |date=5 March 2017 }}, ''Ancient Irish Tales'', Henry Holt & Company, 1936, pp. 254-280</ref>