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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.96,0:00:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cú Chulainn, hero of Ulster, \Nstood at the ford at Cooley,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.01,0:00:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ready to face an entire army \Nsinglehandedly—
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.51,0:00:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all for the sake of a single bull.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.51,0:00:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The army in question belonged \Nto Queen Meadhbh of Connaught.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.62,0:00:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enraged at her husband’s possession\Nof a white bull of awesome strength,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.13,0:00:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she had set out to capture \Nthe fabled brown bull of Ulster
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.03,0:00:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at any cost.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.56,0:00:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, the King of Ulster \Nhad chosen this moment
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.56,0:00:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to force the goddess Macha to race \Nher chariot while pregnant.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.99,0:00:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In retaliation, she struck down him \Nand his entire army with stomach cramps
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.64,0:00:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that eerily resembled childbirth—\Nall except Cú Chulainn.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.82,0:00:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though he was the best warrior in Ulster,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.52,0:01:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cú Chulainn knew he could not take on\NQueen Meadhbh’s whole army at once.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.10,0:01:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He invoked the sacred rite \Nof single combat
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.10,0:01:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to fight \Nthe intruders one by one.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.58,0:01:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as Queen Meadhbh’s army \Napproached,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.78,0:01:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one thing worried him \Nmore than the grueling ordeal ahead.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.56,0:01:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Years before, Cú Chulainn had travelled \Nto Scotland
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.32,0:01:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to train with the renowned \Nwarrior Scáthach.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.74,0:01:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There, he met a young warrior \Nfrom Connaught named Ferdiad.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.48,0:01:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They lived and trained side-by-side,\Nand soon became close friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.50,0:01:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they returned \Nto their respective homes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.19,0:01:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cú Chulainn and Ferdiad found themselves \Non opposite sides of a war.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.72,0:01:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cú Chulainn knew Ferdiad \Nwas marching in Meadhbh’s army,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.95,0:01:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that if he succeeded \Nin fending off her troops,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.47,0:01:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would eventually meet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.57,0:01:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Day after day, Cú Chulainn \Ndefended Ulster alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.51,0:01:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He sent the heads of some \Nof his adversaries back to Meadhbh’s camp,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.51,0:02:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the rushing waters of the ford \Ncarried others away.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.04,0:02:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At times, he slipped into a trance \Nand slayed hundreds of soldiers in a row.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.46,0:02:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whenever he saw the queen in the distance,\Nhe hurled stones at her—
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.46,0:02:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never quite hitting her,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.11,0:02:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but once coming close enough \Nto knock a squirrel off her shoulder.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.00,0:02:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back at the Connaught camp, \NFerdiad was laying low,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.37,0:02:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing everything he could \Nto avoid the moment
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.75,0:02:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he’d have to face\Nhis best friend in combat.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.97,0:02:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Queen was impatient \Nto get her hands on the prize bull,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.58,0:02:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she knew Ferdiad was \Nher best chance to defeat Cú Chulainn.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.82,0:02:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she goaded him \Nand questioned his honor
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.71,0:02:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until he had no choice but to fight.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.58,0:02:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two faced off at the ford, matching \Neach other exactly in strength and skill
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.05,0:02:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter what weapons they used.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.82,0:02:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, on the third day of their fight,\NFerdiad began to gain the upper hand
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.08,0:02:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the exhausted Cu Chulainn.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.93,0:03:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Cú Chulainn had one last trick \Nup his sleeve:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.93,0:03:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their teacher had shared \Na secret with him alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.32,0:03:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She told him how \Nto summon the Gáe Bulg,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.32,0:03:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a magical spear fashioned \Nfrom the bones of sea monsters
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.32,0:03:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that lay at the bottom of the ocean.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.87,0:03:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cu Chulainn called the spear, \Nstabbed Ferdiad to death, and collapsed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.56,0:03:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meadhbh seized her chance \Nand swooped in with the rest of her army
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.83,0:03:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to capture the brown bull.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.15,0:03:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At last, the men of Ulster were recovering\Nfrom their magical illness,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.36,0:03:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they surged out in pursuit.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.98,0:03:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they were too late: Queen Meadhbh\Ncrossed the border unscathed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.48,0:03:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dragging the brown bull with her.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.41,0:03:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once home, Meadhbh \Ndemanded another battle,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.05,0:03:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this time between the brown bull \Nand her husband’s white bull.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.03,0:03:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bulls were well matched, \Nand struggled into the night,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.87,0:03:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dragging each other all over Ireland.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.88,0:04:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At long last, the brown bull \Nkilled the white bull,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.59,0:04:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Queen Meadhbh was finally satisfied.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.77,0:04:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the brown bull’s victory \Nmeant nothing to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.14,0:04:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was tired, injured, and devastated.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.63,0:04:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soon after, he died of a broken heart, \Nleaving behind a land
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.83,0:04:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would remain ravaged \Nby Meadhbh’s war for years to come.