Cathmann

Role: king · First appears: The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Tadg in Manannan's Islands · Part 1

Cathmann, son of Tabarn, was king of Fresen, where he searched the sea with nine ships. When his men carried off Liban, Tadg (son of Cian)’s wife, along with Tadg’s brothers and many people of Munster, Cathmann took Liban as his own wife. He put Eoghan (brother of Tadg) to work at a ferry and Airnelach to cut and tend fires, giving them only barley seed and muddy water.

Later, after a hard fight in Fresen, Tadg (son of Cian) defeated the foreigners and killed Cathmann, their king.

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Cathmann, son of Tabarn, is king of Fresen.(The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Tadg in Manannan's Islands · Part 1 · 📍 Fresen)
- With: Tabarn
- “Cathmann, son of Tabarn, that was king of the beautiful country of Fresen that lay to the south-east of the Great Plain, was searching the sea for what he could find just at that time, and nine of his ships with him.”
Cathmann’s men capture Liban, Tadg’s brothers, and many people of Munster.(The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Tadg in Manannan's Islands · Part 1 · 📍 Beire do Bhunadas)
- With: Tadg (son of Cian) Airnelach Eoghan (brother of Tadg) Liban
- “And Tadg's wife Liban, daughter of Conchubar Abratrudh of the Red Brows, and his two brothers, and a great many of the people of Munster, were taken by the foreigners and brought away to the coasts of Fresen.”
Cathmann takes Liban as his wife.(The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Tadg in Manannan's Islands · Part 1 · 📍 Fresen)
- With: Liban
- “And Cathmann took Liban to be his own wife, and he put hardship on Tadg's two brothers:”
Tadg defeats the foreigners and kills Cathmann, their king, after a hard fight.(The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Tadg in Manannan's Islands · Part 3 · 📍 the country of Fresen)
- With: Tadg (son of Cian)
- “Then by the leading of the birds they came to the country of Fresen, and they were in a deep sleep through the whole voyage. And then they attacked the foreigners and got the better of them, and Tadg killed Cathmann, the king, after a hard fight;”

The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Tadg in Manannan's Islands · Part 1

parent: Tabarn “And Cathmann, son of Tabarn, that was king of the beautiful country of Fresen that lay to the south-east of the Great Plain, was searching the sea for what he could find just at that time, and nine of his ships with him.”
married with Liban “And Cathmann took Liban to be his own wife, and he put hardship on Tadg's two brothers: Eoghan he put to work a common ferry across a channel of the coast, and Airnelach to cut firing and to keep up fires for all the people; and all the food they got was barley seed and muddy water.”
enemies with Tadg (son of Cian) “And Cathmann took Liban to be his own wife, and he put hardship on Tadg's two brothers: Eoghan he put to work a common ferry across a channel of the coast, and Airnelach to cut firing and to keep up fires for all the people; and all the food they got was barley seed and muddy water.”
servant: Eoghan (brother of Tadg) “And Cathmann took Liban to be his own wife, and he put hardship on Tadg's two brothers: Eoghan he put to work a common ferry across a channel of the coast, and Airnelach to cut firing and to keep up fires for all the people; and all the food they got was barley seed and muddy water.”
servant: Airnelach “And Cathmann took Liban to be his own wife, and he put hardship on Tadg's two brothers: Eoghan he put to work a common ferry across a channel of the coast, and Airnelach to cut firing and to keep up fires for all the people; and all the food they got was barley seed and muddy water.”

The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Tadg in Manannan's Islands · Part 3

enemies with Tadg (son of Cian) “Then by the leading of the birds they came to the country of Fresen, and they were in a deep sleep through the whole voyage. And then they attacked the foreigners and got the better of them, and Tadg killed Cathmann, the king, after a hard fight; and Liban his wife made no delay, and came to meet her husband and her sweetheart, and it is glad she was to see him.”
married with Liban (The passage describes Liban as Cathmann's wife; later it also calls Liban Tadg's wife.) “Then they attacked the foreigners and got the better of them, and Tadg killed Cathmann, the king, after a hard fight; and Liban his wife made no delay, and came to meet her husband and her sweetheart, and it is glad she was to see him.”

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Extracted from the original text of Gods and Fighting Men. Made with Rho MD.