heheheh indeed...Now I have heard that he was a rather tall burly fellow but perhaps that's the impression one gets from his reputation as a fighter. Personally I find a little fellow with a bad temper a much more intriguing and realistic character to write about.

As I understand the deal with his son (Connla I believe) was due to the fact that Aife his mother had instructed him to deny no man a fight and tell no man his true name. So basically Connla and Chulainn went at it, and it almost (from the version I've read) sounds as though Connla goaded him into fighting. And of course CC ended up skewering his own son with a spear (wasn't that the Gae Bulga?). I had not heard that bit about him grieving over it afterwards though...this is all great stuff to include in the story thanks {O)