1) Ulster Cycle character 
The Ulaid (Old Irish, pron) or Ulaidh (modern Irish, pron) were a people of early Ireland who gave their name to the modern province of Ulster (modern Irish: Cúige Uladh, pron, meaning `fifth-part of the Ulaidh`). The first part of the name Ulster comes from Ulaidh; the latter part of the name (`ster`) comes either from the English possessive...