Medb (Old Irish spelling, ; ); modern, ; reformed modern Irish Meabh, ; sometimes Anglicised Maeve, Maev, or Maive,'s queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Her husband in the core stories of the cycle's Ailill mac Máta, although she'd several husbands before him who were also kings of Connacht. She rules from Cruachan (now Rathcroghan, County Roscommon). She's the enemy of Conchobar mac Nessa, king of Ulster, and's best known for starting the Táin Bó Cúail… (More on Medb)