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Curadmír
The ''Curadmír'' or Champion's Portion〔Old Irish ''curad'' (genitive of ''caur''), "of a hero, champion, warrior"; ''mír'', "morsel, ration, portion" (''Dictionary of the Irish Language'', Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy, 1990, pp. 103, 465); modern Irish ''curadhmhír'' (James MacKillop, ''Dictionary of Celtic Mythology'', 1998, pp. 77-78〕 was an ancient custom referred to in early Irish literature, whereby the warrior acknowledged as the bravest present at a feast was given precedence and awarded the choicest cut of meat. This was often disputed violently. The custom appears most often in the legends of the Ulster Cycle. It is paralled by historical customs of the ancient Celts of continental Europe, as recorded by classical writers.
==The Story of Mac Dá Tho's Pig==
The Ulster Cycle saga ''Scéla Mucce Meic Dá Thó'' ("The Story of Mac Dá Tho's Pig") features a dispute over the Champion's Portion between warriors of Ulster and Connacht who are guests at a feast in Leinster. They dispute it by boasting of their previous heroic deeds, and eventually the Connacht hero Cet mac Mágach is acknowledged as the bravest man present. Just as he is about to carve the pig, the Ulster hero Conall Cernach arrives, and his boasts force Cet to give way to him. But he claims that Conall would have had to give way to his brother Anlúan had he been there. Conall responds by tossing Cet Anlúan's freshly severed head. Conall carves the pig, but gives the Connachtmen such a small portion that battle breaks out between them.〔N. Kershaw Chadwick, ("''Scél Mucci mic Dathó''" ), ''An Early Irish Reader'', Cambridge University Press〕
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