Cúchullain (coo-hullinn) or ‘The Hound Of Ulster’ was the most famous hero in the Irish mythological cycles. A native of Muirthemne near modern-day Dundalk, the young Cúchullain was apprenticed to King Conor of Ulster as a warrior-in-training. Far younger than was the custom at the time, Cúchullain decided to take up arms, in line with a prophecy that the boy who took up arms on that day would be the greatest hero ever known.

When the first set of arms was brought to him, he snapped the sword in two, shattered the spear, smashed the shield and shook the chariot until the wheels fell from the axle. Several sets of arms he went through, until King Conor's personal set was brought forward. Despite bending the sword so that the tip met the hilt, rattling the spear and shield and shaking the chariot, Cúchullain could not do any damage to Conor’s equipment. They were loaned to him until a set could be made to stand up to the use he would put them to.

Coming from Dundalk and being a regular 'consumer' of tool handles, the name Cúchullain was the natural choice for Ireland’s first upland conservation contractor.