ultonian

adj

1. (uncommon)Of, relating to, or characteristic of Ulster.

   “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.”

   “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; […]”

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

   “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.”

   “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.”

noun

1. (uncommon)A native or inhabitant of Ulster.

   “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.”

   “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.”

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