Denied entry because the court already employed experts in every field, Lugh secured his seat by proving he was the only individual who possessed all of those skills at once.

Balor's destructive gaze could instantly decimate armies. Lugh killed the giant by launching a sling-stone that drove the foul eye straight through the back of his head.

Known as the Spear of Assal, the weapon was so fiercely bloodthirsty and hot that it would spontaneously ignite unless its blade was kept steeped in a cauldron of water.

The festival commemorated his foster mother, Tailtiu, who supposedly died of exhaustion after single-handedly clearing the plains of Ireland to make way for agriculture.