Ultonian

comparative more Ultonian · superlative most Ultonian

1. uncommonOf, relating to, or characteristic of Ulster.

   The origin of the clan of Degaid is obscure; one story makes it Ultonian, and the other Erimonian.

   1881, R[ichard] Ba[gwell], “Ireland”, in The Encyclopædia Britannica […] , Ninth edition, Volume XIII, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 245, column 2

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   The Ultonian Heberians followed the Example, and elected the famous Rudruid King of Ireland, after a Defection of the ſupreme Dignity for two hundred and twenty Years in the Ollam-Fodlian Family. […] The Building of Eamania, and the Eſtabliſhment of the Ultonian Oeconomy by Kimbaoth, cloſe this Period.

   1766, C[harles] O’Conor, Dissertations on the History of Ireland. […], Dublin: […] G[eorge] Faulkner […], →OCLC, pages 50 (Of the Political Government of the Antient Scots) and 158 (Chronology of the Antient Scots)

   Pity dawn’d on savage faces, when for love of captive Crunn, / Macha, in the ransom-races, girt her gravid loins, to run / ’Gainst the fleet Ultonian horses; […]

   1864 November (indicated as 1865), Samuel Ferguson, “The Tain-Quest”, in Lays of the Western Gael, and Other Poems, London: Bell and Daldy, […], →OCLC, page 23

   Centuries earlier than that it was a marked feature in Gaelic literature. Yet in the Irish romances, whether Ultonian or Ossianic, the element which has since been considered the most essential motive in a romantic tale is almost entirely lacking. This is the element of love, or rather of woman-worship.

   1911, T[homas] W[illiam] Rolleston, “Gaelic and Continental Romance”, in Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race, London: George G[odfrey] Harrap & Company […], →OCLC, chapter VIII (Myths and Tales of the Cymry), page 345

   As we write, Mr [Bill] Clinton is visiting Ireland, whose Ultonian Province is at present enjoying a welcome period of comparative peace after almost 30 years of bloodshed and turmoil, fomented by Fenian dissidents, which the North Americans, to say the least, have done little enough to condemn or discourage.

   1995 December 3, Peter Simple, quoting The Feudal Times and Reactionary Herald [fictitious; Michael Wharton pseudonymously], “Way of the World: What the Papers Say”, in The Sunday Telegraph, number 1,799, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 30, column 7

   “SON OF SUALTIM,” written by Jason Eberhardt and directed by Ben Tevelow. Looselyl^([sic]) based on Lady Gregory’s re-telling of the Ultonian myths.

   2000 November 30, “Calendar: Thursday 30”, in The Recorder, 209th year, number 286, Greenfield, Mass., →OCLC, Arts & Entertainment section, page 4, column 1

plural Ultonians

1. uncommonA native or inhabitant of Ulster.

   Mac an Ultaig / Son of an Ultonian or Ulsterman / Originally founded in Donegal, the name later took root in Mayo.

   1992 summer, “McNulty”, in Plaza Clock Tower (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), volume 16, number 3, St. Louis, Mo., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 2

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   If the Scots failed to subdue the south thoroughly, they succeeded in crushing the Ultonians, and driving them ultimately into the southeastern corner of the province.

   1881, R[ichard] Ba[gwell], “Ireland”, in The Encyclopædia Britannica […] , Ninth edition, Volume XIII, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 246, column 1

   One day Crundchu prepared himself to go to a great fair or assembly of the Ultonians, where there would be feasting and horse-racing, tournaments and music, and merrymaking of all kinds.

   1911, T[homas] W[illiam] Rolleston, “The Curse of Macha”, in Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race, London: George G[odfrey] Harrap & Company […], →OCLC, chapter V (Tales of the Ultonian Cycle), page 178