As for his appearance, by most accounts, he is described as slender, unbearded, dark haired and a prolific seducer of hundreds of women. After training in Scotland, Cú Chulainn became an unbeatable opponent who bravely defended the people of Ulaid (Modern day Ulster) against attackers. Cú Chulainn is described as a heroic demigod of enormous strength who despite his young age and slim figure, vanquished giants, killed entire armies single-handedly, lifted buildings with his bare hands and as a child would throw a spear ahead of him and run and catch it before it hit the ground (Gantz, 1996) (Cruden, 2003). Although there are variations in the tales according to which version of the Ulster cycle you read, most accounts have the same basic plots. He is remembered as a warrior who fought to protect his kingdom from its enemies. Pronounced /koo CHulan/ (the capital CH sounding like the ch in ‘lo ch‘ or ‘Ba ch‘), he is a character who appears in many of the Irish myths and legends, most notably the Ulster cycle, of which Lynott was a keen reader (Fitzpatrick, 2020) (O’Hagan, 2021:2). Finally we will examine the lives of both Cú Chulainn and Phillip Lynott, the parallels we will uncover will help explain the life of the musician who rocked hard and died young. As an expert song writer and enthusiast of Irish myths, we will see how Lynott structures his verses and revitalises traditional folk songs such as ‘ Oh Shenandoah‘ and ‘ Will ye no come back again?‘ in order to craft a black identity based upon Irish and Scottish folklore. Below we will discover which Thin Lizzy songs delve into Celtic mythologies and how Lynott’s personal life has several striking similarities to his Irish hero Cú Chulainn, who was touring Ireland and Scotland over a thousand years before Thin Lizzy formed in Dublin. Phil Lynott had a life-long obsession with Irish mythology and through his music with Thin Lizzy he succeeded in bringing it out of academia and placing it back into its rightful place in the tradition of Celtic story telling. The front man narrates the tale of Cú Chulainn, a dark haired Irish warrior who killed hundreds of men and seduced even more women. Read how lead singer and songwriter Phil Lynott brought Irish mythology into the hard rock sound of Thin Lizzy.
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