Cú Roí (Cú Ruí, Cú Raoi)
mac Dáire is a king of
Munster in the
Ulster Cycle of
Irish mythology. He is usually portrayed as a warrior with superhuman abilities and a master of disguise possessed of magical powers. His name probably means "hound of the plain/field", or more specifically, "hound of the battlefield". He is the son of
Dáire mac Dedad (or
Dáire Doimthech), and thus belongs to the
Clanna Dedad. However,
T. F. O'Rahilly believed this to be artificial, stating that "Cú Roí and
Dáire are ultimately one and the same".