Garb mac Stairn
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Garb mac Stairn
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Garb mac Stairn is a character in late prose narratives and poetry (duan) of the Ulster cycle; and claims Scandinavian origins, or is represented as a giant from the Eastlands. He arrives in Ireland demanding tribute, only to be defeated and beheaded by Cúchulainn in a Highland verse account. He also appears as an antagonist in a South Uist folkloric version of the Táin Bó Cúailnge. In a Highland popular folktale, Garbh Mac Stairn figures as a giant living in the neighborhood, from whom Cuchulli
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