Red Branch
The Red Branch (fromOld Irish Cróeb Ruad, meaning "dull red branch"; alternatively, fromOld Irish Cróeb Derg, meaning "bright red branch") is the name of two of the three royal houses of the king of Ulster, Conchobar mac Nessa, at his capital Emain Macha (Navan Fort, near Armagh), in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. In modern retellings it is sometimes used as the name of an order of warriors, the Red Branch Knights.