Heroic Romances of Ireland — Chronicle
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The Courtship of Etain · Prologue in Fairyland · Part 1
Etain Fuamnach Bressal Etarlam
And by the spells of the Druid, and the sorcery of Fuamnach, Etain was changed into the shape of a butterfly that finds its delight among flowers.
The Courtship of Etain · Prologue in Fairyland · Part 1 · 📍 [[the province that was ruled over by Conor]]
And the woman swallowed Etain together with the milk that was in the cup, and she bare her in her womb, till the time came that she was born thereafter as in earthly maid, and the name of Etain, the daughter of Etar, was given to her.
The Courtship of Etain · Prologue in Fairyland · Part 1 · 📍 [[Inver Cichmany]]
Now Etain was nurtured at Inver Cichmany in the house of Etar, with fifty maidens about her of the daughters of the chiefs of the land; and it was Etar himself who still nurtured and clothed them, that they might be companions to his daughter Etain.
The Courtship of Etain · Prologue in Fairyland · Part 1 · 📍 [[Oenach Bodbgnai]]
And Mac O'c attacked her, and he struck off her head, and he carried the head with him till he came to within his own borders.
The Courtship of Etain · Prologue in Fairyland · Part 1 · 📍 [[Bri Leith]]
Manannan the Son of the Sea Fuamnach Mider
Yet a different tale hath been told of the end of Fuamnach, for it hath been said that by the aid of Manannan both Fuamnach and Mider were slain in Bri Leith
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[Erin]] · Less than a year had passed since Eochaid first assumed the sovereignty over Erin
Less than a year had passed since Eochaid first assumed the sovereignty over Erin
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[Ireland]]
they would not attend the Festival of Tara during such time, whether it be long or short, that the king of Ireland remained without a wife that was worthy of him
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[near to the Bay of Cichmany]]
near to the Bay of Cichmany they found a wife worthy of the king; and her name was Etain the daughter of Etar
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[Tara]]
and he gave the value of seven cumals to be her brideprice; and after that he brought her to Tara
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[the Tara Feast]] · at the feast of Tara
It was at the feast of Tara that love for Etain the daughter of Etar came upon Ailill Anglonnach
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[the stronghold of Fremain in Tethba]] · after that the Feast of Tara had been consumed
Ailill became filled with the pangs of envy and of desire; and he brought upon himself the choking misery of a sore sickness, and was borne to the stronghold of Fremain in Tethba
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[the stronghold of Fremain in Tethba]] · until a whole year had ended
Eochaid Airemm Ailill Anglonnach
And there Eochaid came to learn of his brother's state
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 1
one or other of these two evils oppresseth thee, the pangs of envy, or the pangs of love
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[his fortress]] · for the space of a year
Eochaid Airemm Etain Ailill Anglonnach
king Eochaid went in person to make a royal progress throughout the realm of Ireland, and he left Etain behind him in his fortress
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 1 · upon a certain day that followed
the lady Etain came to the house where Ailill lay in his sickness, and thus she spoke to him
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 2
Eocho Fedlech, his bride to him taking, Made thee queen; and from thence is my woe:
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 2 · each day
Now each day the lady came to Ailill to tend him, and to divide for him the portion of food that was allotted to him; and she wrought a great healing upon him: for it grieved her that he should perish for her sake.
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 2
for when thou wast Etain of the Horses, and when thou wast the daughter of Ailill, I myself was thy husband. "Why," said she, "what name hast thou in the land? that is what I would demand of thee." "It is not hard to answer thee," he said; "Mider of Bri Leith is my name." "And what made thee to part from me, if we were as thou sayest?" said Etain. "Easy again is the answer," said Mider; "it was the sorcery of Fuamnach and the spells of Bressal Etarlam that put us apart."
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 2
"It was I myself indeed," said Mider, "who filled all the mind of Ailill with love for thee: it was I also who prevented his coming to the tryst with thee, and allowed him not thine honour to spoil it."
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 2 · after that
"It hath happened well for us both," said Ailill, "that the man met thee there: for I am cured for ever from my illness, thou also art unhurt in thine honour, and may a blessing rest upon thee!"
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 2 · 📍 [[Fremain]] · once when Eochaid was in Fremain
Thither also came Mider, and he searched through that assembly to find out where Etain might be; and he found Etain, and her women around her, and he bore her away with him, also one of her handmaidens, called Crochen the Ruddy:
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 2 · 📍 [[the plain of Croghan]]
"For evermore," said Mider, "shall thy name be over all this plain:" and hence cometh the name of the plain of Croghan, and of the Fort of Croghan.
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 2 · 📍 [[Ireland]] · for a year from that day until the same day upon the year that followed
and Eochaid himself wandered throughout Ireland to seek for his wife; and for a year from that day until the same day upon the year that followed he searched, and he found nothing to profit him.
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 2 · 📍 [[Bri Leith]] · upon that night
and thereupon he made three wands of yew; and upon the wands he wrote an ogham; and by the keys of wisdom that he had, and by the ogham, it was revealed to him that Etain was in the fairy mound of Bri Leith, and that Mider had borne her thither.
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 3 · 📍 [[Bri Leith]]
Then they ruined that fairy dwelling, and they brought Etain out from it;
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 3 · 📍 [[Fremain]]
and she returned to Fremain, and there she had all the worship that a king of Ireland can bestow, fair wedded love and affection, such as was her due from Eochaid Airemm.
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 3 · 📍 [[Fremain]] · for twelve years
This is that Eochaid who ruled over Ireland for twelve years, until the fire burned him in Fremain;
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 3
Etain Eochaid Airemm Etain, the daughter of Eochaid Airemm
Etain bore no children to Eochaid Airemm, save one daughter only; and the name of her mother was given to her, and she is known by the name of Etain, the daughter of Eochaid Airemm.
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 3
Etain, the daughter of Eochaid Airemm Messbuachalla Conary the Great Eterscel
And it was her daughter Messbuachalla who was the mother of king Conary the Great, the son of Eterscel,
The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 3 · 📍 [[plain of Breg]]
and devastated the plain of Breg, and out off Conary's life;
The Courtship of Etain · Leabhar na h-Uidhri Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[Erin]]
Eochaid Airemon took the sovereignty over Erin, and the five provinces of Ireland were obedient to him, for the king of each province was his vassal.
The Courtship of Etain · Leabhar na h-Uidhri Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[Tara]] · a year after that Eochaid had obtained the sovereignty
And the one answer that the men of Ireland made to Eochaid was that they would not make for the king that assembly which is the Festival of Tara until he found for himself a queen, for there was no queen to stand by the king's side when Eochaid first assumed the kingdom.
The Courtship of Etain · Leabhar na h-Uidhri Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[the Bay of Cichmany]]
And at the Bay of Cichmany a wife was found for him, and her name was Etain, the daughter of Etar; and Eochaid brought her thereafter to his palace, for she was a wife meet for him, by reason of her form, and her beauty, and her descent, and her brilliancy, and her youth, and her renown.
The Courtship of Etain · Leabhar na h-Uidhri Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[the Festival of Tara]]
And Ailill Anguba was seized with love for Etain at the Festival of Tara, after that she had been wedded to Eochaid; since he for a long time gazed upon her, and, since such gazing is a token of love, Ailill gave much blame to himself for the deed that he was doing, yet it helped him not.
The Courtship of Etain · Leabhar na h-Uidhri Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[Fremain of Tethba]]
And Ailill refused to confess the cause of his illness to the physician, for he was withheld by shame and he was left behind in Fremain of Tethba to die;
The Courtship of Etain · Leabhar na h-Uidhri Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[Fremain of Tethba]] · three weeks after that
Each day after they had spoken thus with each other, she came to him for the fomenting of his head, and for the giving of the portion of food that was required by him, and for the pouring of water over his hands; and three weeks after that, Ailill was whole.
The Courtship of Etain · Leabhar na h-Uidhri Version · Part 1
"I will not come with thee," answered Etain, "I will not give up the king of Ireland for thee, a man who knows not his own clan nor his kindred." "It was indeed myself," said Mider, "who long ago put beneath the mind of Ailill the love that he hath felt for thee, so that his blood ceased to run, and his flesh fell away from him: it was I also who have taken away his desire, so that there might be no hurt to thine honour. But wilt thou come with me to my land," said Mider, "in case Eochaid should ask it of thee?" "I would come in such case," answered to him Etain.
The Courtship of Etain · Leabhar na h-Uidhri Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[Fremain of Tethba]]
"It hath indeed been good, this our tryst," said Ailill, "for I have been cured of my sickness; moreover, in no way has thine honour been stained."
The Courtship of Etain · Leabhar na h-Uidhri Version · Part 1 · afterwards
And afterwards Eochaid came back from his royal progress, and he was grateful for that his brother's life had been preserved, and he gave all thanks to Etain for the great deed she had done while he was away from his palace.
The Courtship of Etain · Leabhar na h-Uidhri Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[Tara]] · upon another time
"I have come that I may play a game at the chess with thee," answered Mider.
The Courtship of Etain · Leabhar na h-Uidhri Version · Part 2
But instead of the gifts which Mider had offered, Eochaid demanded that Mider and his folk should perform for him services which should be of benefit to his realm; that he should clear away the rocks and stones from the plains of Meath, should remove the rushes which made the land barren around his favourite fort of Tethba, should cut down the forest of Breg, and finally should build a causeway across the moor or bog of Lamrach that men might pass freely across it. All these things Mider agreed to do
The Courtship of Etain · Leabhar na h-Uidhri Version · Part 2 · 📍 [[Lamrach]] · when it came to the time after sunset
the steward looked, and he saw that Mider and his fairy host, together with fairy oxen, were labouring at the causeway over the bog
The Courtship of Etain · Leabhar na h-Uidhri Version · Part 2 · that very night
it was seen that the fairy-folk had placed the yoke upon the shoulders of the oxen, so that the pull might be there; and in this way were the yokes of the oxen afterwards placed by Eochaid
The Courtship of Etain · Leabhar na h-Uidhri Version · Part 2
And in that very place Eochaid was defeated, and he forfeited his stake.
The Courtship of Etain · Leabhar na h-Uidhri Version · Part 2 · One month from this day
One month from this day thou shalt come, and the very thing that thou hast asked for shall be given to thee.
The Courtship of Etain · Leabhar na h-Uidhri Version · Part 2 · 📍 [[the elf-mound of Femun]]
And Eochaid with an army of the men of Ireland went to the elf-mound of Femun, which men call the mound of the Fair-haired-Women.
The Courtship of Etain · Leabhar na h-Uidhri Version · Part 2 · 📍 [[the fairy palace]] · when at last the armies of Eochaid came by digging to the borders of the fairy mansion
And Eochaid himself was deceived, and he chose, instead of Etain, her daughter Messbuachalla (or as some say Esa.)
The Courtship of Etain · Leabhar na h-Uidhri Version · Part 2 · 📍 [[Tara]] · this time
and this time Etain made herself known to Eochaid, by proofs that he could not mistake, and he bore her away in triumph to Tara, and there she abode with the king.
Mac Datho's Boar · Part 1
Mesroda Mac Datho the unnamed wife of Mesroda Mac Datho
The Wife Here a counsel I find to deliver, And in woe shall our land have no share; Of that hound to them both be thou giver, And who dies for it little we care. Mac Datho Ah! the grief that I had is all ended, I have joy for this speech from thy tongue
Mac Datho's Boar · Part 1 · 📍 [[Mac Datho's palace]] · after three days and three nights
Mesroda Mac Datho Ailill Maev Conor
But now have I decided to give the hound to Ailill and Maev, let them come with splendour to bear it away.
Mac Datho's Boar · Part 1 · 📍 [[Mac Datho's palace]] · after three days and three nights
After long hesitation," said he, "I have awarded the hound to Conor, and a proud man should he be.
Mac Datho's Boar · Part 1 · 📍 [[Mac Datho's palace]] · upon the same day
Mesroda Mac Datho Ailill Maev Conor
upon the same day those two provinces of Ireland came to Mac Datho's palace
Mac Datho's Boar · Part 1 · 📍 [[Mac Datho's palace]]
Mesroda Mac Datho Ailill Maev Conor
Then they slaughtered for them Mac Datho's Boar
Mac Datho's Boar · Part 2 · Not yet hath the third day passed
Ket Munremur the unnamed firstborn son of Munremur (Chapter 008)
Not yet hath the third day passed since I smote the heads off three warriors who came from your lands, and the midmost of the three was the head of thy firstborn son!
Mac Datho's Boar · Part 2 · 📍 [[the borderland]] · on the day when thou didst first make trial of thy weapons
thou didst fly with a spear-thrust through thy throat so that thou canst speak no word plainly, for the spear cut in sunder the sinews of thy neck; and from that hour thou hast been called Cuscrid the Stammerer.
Mac Datho's Boar · Part 2 · 📍 [[the palace]] · to-night
And he threw the head towards Ket, so that it smote him upon the chest, and a gulp of the blood was dashed over his lips. And Ket came away from the Boar, and Conall placed himself beside it.
Mac Datho's Boar · Part 2 · 📍 [[the palace]]
Now to the men of Connaught Conall gave nothing except the two fore-legs of the Boar, and this share seemed to be but small to the men of Connaught, and thereon they sprang up, and the men of Ulster also sprang up, and they rushed at each other.
Mac Datho's Boar · Part 2
Ailbe Mesroda Mac Datho Conall Cernach
And the hound joined himself with the men of Ulster, and he rushed on the defeated Connaughtmen, for these were in flight.
Mac Datho's Boar · Part 2 · 📍 [[Emain Macha]] · at each ninth hour
the unnamed widows and growing maidens of Ulster (Chapter 008) Fer-loga Conor
And the women were forced to do it; for they dared not to deny him, fearing the wrath of Conor
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1 · 📍 [[Murthemne Plain]] · once upon a time
Cuchulain Fergus mac Rog Conall Cernach
To that festival then came all the men of Ulster except two alone, and these two were Fergus the son of Rog, and Conall the Victorious. "Let the festival be held!" cried the men of Ulster. "Nay," said Cuchulain, "it shall not be held until Conall and Fergus come,"
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1 · 📍 [[Murthemne Plain]]
Cuchulain Ethne Aitencaithrech Ethne Inguba Leborcham
And they seized upon all the birds, and they gave them and distributed them among the women; nor was there any one of the women, except Ethne alone, who had not a pair of those birds.
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1 · 📍 [[Murthemne Plain]]
"Be not angry," said Cuchulain, "if in the future any birds come to the Plain of Murthemne or to the Boyne, the two birds that are the most beautiful among those that come shall be thine."
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1
Cuchulain the woman in the green mantle (Chapter 009) the woman in the purple mantle (Chapter 009)
And then the other approached him, and she also laughed at him, and she struck him in the like manner; and for a long time were they thus, each of them in turn coming to him and striking him until he was all but dead; and then they departed from him.
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1 · 📍 [[Tete Brecc]] · until the end of one year
and thereon they bore him from that place, and he was in Tete Brecc until the end of one year, and during all that time he had speech with no one.
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1 · 📍 [[Tete Brecc]] · before the next Summer-End, at the end of a year
"'Tis the wish of Fand's heart, she the tale permits, To sleep at Cuchulain's side. "'If Cuchulain would come to me,' Fand thus told, 'How goodly that day would shine! Then on high would our silver be heaped, and gold, Our revellers pour the wine. "'And if now in my land, as my friend, had been Cuchulain, of Sualtam son, The things that in visions he late hath seen In peace would he safe have won. "'In the Plains of Murthemne, to south that spread, Shall Liban my word fulfil: She shall seek him on Samhain, he naught need dread, By her shall be cured his ill.'"
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1 · 📍 [[Tete Brecc]] · Upon Samhain night last year
Then Cuchulain sat up, and he spoke to them. "Fortunate indeed is this!" said the men of Ulster; "tell us what it is that hath happened to thee." "Upon Samhain night last year," he said, "I indeed saw a vision;" and he told them of all he had seen.
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 2
Manannan the Son of the Sea Fand Cuchulain
her husband, Manannan the Son of the Sea, hath released her, and she hath thereon set her love on thee.
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 2
Cuchulain Labraid the Swift, the Sword-Wielder
Cuchulain hath sent word to thee that he will come to join thy hosts.
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 3 · 📍 [[the Island of Labraid]]
Cuchulain Labraid the Swift, the Sword-Wielder
And Cuchulain, when he had heard that report, went on with Liban to that land, and he took his chariot with him. And they came to the Island of Labraid, and there Labraid and all the women that were there bade them welcome
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 3 · at early morn
Now at early morn Eochaid Juil went out in order to bathe his hands in the spring, and Cuchulain saw his shoulder through the hood of his tunic, and he hurled his spear at him, and he pierced him.
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 3
Cuchulain Senach the Unearthly
and then Senach the Unearthly assailed him, and a great fight was fought between them, and Cuchulain slew him
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 3 · after that
Cuchulain Labraid the Swift, the Sword-Wielder
and after that Labraid approached, and he brake before him those armies.
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 4
And I went to the battle with all at length, When my weakness had passed, and I gat full strength; And alone with three thousands the fight I fought, Till death to the foes whom I faced was brought.
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 4
I heard Echaid Juil's groan, as he neared his end, The sound came to mine ears as from lips of friend;
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 4
Manannan the Son of the Sea Fand
When the comely Manannan my lord was made, When I was his equal spouse, This armlet of gold that I bear he paid As price for my marriage vows.
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 4
Fand Manannan the Son of the Sea
"By my troth," answered Fand, "either of the two of ye were a fitting spouse to adhere to; and neither of you two is better than the other; yet, Manannan, it is with thee that I go, nor will I wait for Cuchulain, for he hath betrayed me;
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 5 · 📍 [[Tara Luachra]] · for a long time
and thus he came to Tara Luachra, and there he abode for a long time, having no meat and no drink,
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 5 · 📍 [[Emain]]
and Conor sent out his learned men and the people of skill, and the Druids of Ulster, that they might seek for Cuchulain, and might bind him fast, and bring him with them to Emain.
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 5
they bound fast his feet and his hands until he came a little to his senses.
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 5
and they also gave a drink of forgetfulness to Emer that she might forget her jealousy,
The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 5 · throughout eternity
Manannan the Son of the Sea Cuchulain Fand
And Manannan shook his cloak between Cuchulain and Fand, so that they might never meet together again throughout eternity.
The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 1 · some days after that
the unnamed wife of Feidlimid Deirdre
Now some days after that came the girl child into the world
The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[the land of Alba]]
Naisi Ainnle Ardan the unnamed king of Alba
Then they took shelter with the king of Alba, and the king took them into his following, and they served him in war.
The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 2 · 📍 [[the meadows around Emain]]
Eogan greeted them with a mighty thrust of his spear, and the spear brake Naisi's back in sunder, and passed through it. The son of Fergus made a spring, and he threw both arms around Naisi, and he brought him beneath himself to shelter him, while he threw himself down above him; and it was thus that Naisi was slain, through the body of the son of Fergus.
The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 2
Fergus mac Rog Traigthren the unnamed brother of Traigthren (Tale 15)
Fergus struck down Traigthren, the son of Traiglethan, and his brother.
The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 2 · upon that day
so that upon that day three hundred of the men of Ulster fell
The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 2 · 📍 [[Ulster]]
and Dubhtach slew the women of Ulster
The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 2 · 📍 [[Emain]] · ere the day dawned
ere the day dawned, Fergus set Emain on fire.
The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 2 · 📍 [[Connaught]]
Fergus mac Rog Conor Ailill Maev
Then they went away into exile, and betook them to the land of Connaught to find shelter with Ailill and Maev
The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 2 · 📍 [[the festal plain of Macha]] · upon the morrow
Deirdre struck her head upon that stone, and she shattered her head, and so she died.
The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Glenn Masain Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[Emain Macha]]
Cathbad the Druid laid a curse upon Emain Macha to take vengeance for that great evil, and he said that, since that treachery had been done, neither king Conor nor any other of his race should hold that burg.
The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Glenn Masain Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[Emain Macha]] · on the morrow after the sons of Usnach had been slain
Fergus mac Rog Cormac Dubhtach Conor Maine (son of Conor, Chapter 016)
he himself, and Cormac the Partner of Exile, king Conor's own son, also Dubhtach, the Beetle of Ulster, and the armies they had with them, gave battle to the household of Conor; and they slew Maine the son of Conor, and three hundred of Conor's people besides.
The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Glenn Masain Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[Emain Macha]] · on the morrow after the sons of Usnach had been slain
Fergus mac Rog Cormac Dubhtach Conor
And Emain Macha was destroyed, and burned by them, and Conor's women were slain
The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Glenn Masain Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[Connaught]]
Fergus mac Rog Cormac Ailill Maev
And they went away to the land of Connaught, even to Ailill the Great, who was the king of Connaught at that time, and to Maev of Croghan, and with them they found a welcome and support.
The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Glenn Masain Version · Part 1 · 📍 [[Ulster]] · seven years, or, as some say, ten years
Moreover Fergus and Cormac the Partner of Exile and their warriors, after that they had come to the land of Connaught, never let pass one single night wherein reavers went not forth from them to harry and burn the land of Ulster, so that the district which men to-day call the land of Cualgne was subdued by them; and from that in the after-time came between the two kingdoms much of trouble and theft; and in this fashion they spent seven years, or, as some say, ten years
The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Glenn Masain Version · Part 1
she sprang up, and she made a leap out of the chariot, and she struck her head against the stony rocks that were in front of her, and she shattered her head so that the brains leapt out, and thus came to Deirdre her death.
The Combat at the Ford · Part 1
And then did Maev send to Ferdia Druids, and satirists and revilers, in order that against him should be made three crushing reproaches, and three satires; that the stains of shame, and of blemish, and of disgrace should be raised on his face; so that even if he died not at once, death should be his within the space of nine days if he went with them not. And for the sake of his honour, Ferdia came at their call
The Combat at the Ford · Part 1
And Ferdia on his side bound her by a condition that seemed to him easy for her to fulfil: even that she should lay it upon those same six champions to see to it that all those things she had promised to him should be fulfilled, in case Cuchulain should meet death at Ferdia's hand.
The Combat at the Ford · Part 1 · early on the morning of the day which is at hand
Fergus mac Rog Cuchulain Ferdia
'Tis thine own friend,' said Fergus, 'thy companion, and thy fellow pupil; thine equal in feats and in deeds and in valour: even Ferdia, the son of Daman, the son of Dare, the great and valiant champion of the men of Irross Donnan.'
The Combat at the Ford · Part 1 · the middle of the night
Ferdia the unnamed servant of Ferdia (Chapter 018)
Then he called for his charioteer to harness his horses, and to yoke his chariot
The Combat at the Ford · Part 3 · 📍 [[Ford of Combat]] · from the middle of midday until the ninth hour of the evening
Then they took two stout shields of defence, and they turned to their straight, well-trimmed, hard, and polished casting-spears with the tough cords of flax upon them, and each of them continued to hurl his spears at the other from the middle of midday until the ninth hour of the evening: and though the defence was most excellent that each of them made, yet so good was the casting of the spears that each of them wounded the other at that time, and drew red blood from him.
The Combat at the Ford · Part 3 · 📍 [[Ford of Combat]] · from the dawn of the morning until the ninth hour of the evening
And each of them continued to thrust at, and to pierce through, and to redden, and to tear the body of the other from the dawn of the morning until the ninth hour of the evening; and if it were the custom for birds in their flight to pass through the bodies of men, they could have passed through the bodies of those warriors that day, carrying with them pieces of their flesh from their wounds into the clouds and to the sky around them.
The Combat at the Ford · Part 4 · that night
They ceased from their strife, and they threw from them their arms into the hands of their charioteers. Pleasant and cheerful and joyous was the meeting of the two: mournfully, and sorrowfully, and unhappily did they part from each other that night.
The Combat at the Ford · Part 4 · 📍 [[the Ford of Combat]] · early in the morning
It was early in the morning when Ferdia arose, and he advanced alone towards the Ford of Combat.
The Combat at the Ford · Part 4
And so fierce was their fight, that the horses of the Gaels, in fear and in terror, rushed away wildly and madly, bursting their chains, and their yokes, and their tethers, and their traces; and the women, and the common folk, and the followers of the camp, fled south-westwards out of the camp.
The Combat at the Ford · Part 5
And Cuchulain thrust his unerring thorny spear off the centre of his palm over the rim of the shield, and through his breast covered by horny defensive plates of armour, so that its further half was visible behind him after piercing the heart in his chest.
The Combat at the Ford · Part 5 · 📍 [[the ford]]
And after those words, Cuchulain ran towards him, and with his arms and armour about him, carried him northwards across the ford, in order that the slain man might be on the north side of the ford, and not upon the western side together with the men of Erin.
The Combat at the Ford · Part 6 · 📍 [[Ford]]
Never, till hour of doom, Ferdia's form shall fade; High as a cliff it loomed, Now is but left his shade.
Táin Bó Fraích · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[Cruachan]]
They depart for Cruachan with that appearance on them.
Táin Bó Fraích · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[Cruachan]]
sixteen men
The people in the dun smother one another, so that sixteen men die while viewing them.
Táin Bó Fraích · Literal Translation · Part 1 · The time the woman was at the bearing of children
Boand Uaithne Suan-traide Gen-traide Gol-traide
Boand awoke afterwards out of the sleep. “I accept,” she says, “thy three sons O Uaithne of full ardour, since there is Suan-traide and Gen-traide, and Gol-traide
Táin Bó Fraích · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[the stream]] · A certain day
“I will not elope,” says she, “for I am the daughter of a king and a queen. There is nothing of thy poverty that you should not get me (i.e. thy poverty is not so great that thou art not able to get me) from my family; and it shall be my choice accordingly to go to thee, it is thou whom I have loved. And take thou with thee this ring,” says the daughter, “and it shall be between us for a token.
Táin Bó Fraích · Literal Translation · Part 2
Ailill then opens his purse behind him, and the ring was in it. Ailill recognises it then. “Come here, O Medb,” says Ailill. Medb goes then. “Dost thou recognise that?” says Ailill. “I do recognise,” she says. Ailill flings it into the river down.
Táin Bó Fraích · Literal Translation · Part 2
Find-abair goes out of the water and leaves the sword in Fraech's hand, and he cuts the head off the monster
Táin Bó Fraích · Literal Translation · Part 2
They play then until thirty of the special friends of Ailill die at the long-drawn (or plaintive) music.
Táin Bó Fraích · Literal Translation · Part 2 · 📍 [[the palace]]
The maid then brought the dish into the palace, and the broiled salmon on it, and it dressed under honey which was well made by the daughter; and the ring of gold was on the salmon from above.
Táin Bó Fraích · Literal Translation · Part 4 · 📍 [[Benna Bairchi]]
“I shall go truly,” says Conall Cernach.
Táin Bó Fraích · Literal Translation · Part 4 · 📍 [[the Liss]]
Fraech Conall Cernach Fraech's wife (Táin Bó Fraích)
They save off then the woman and the three sons, and they carry away whatever was the best of the gems of the dun, and Conall lets the serpent out of his girdle, and neither of them did harm to the other.
Táin Bó Fraích · Literal Translation · Part 4 · 📍 [[Ard Uan Echach]]
Conall Cernach Bicne son of Loegaire
It is there the gillie of Conall met his death at the driving of the cows, that is Bicne son of Loegaire;
Táin Bó Fraích · Literal Translation · Part 4 · then
Fraech Fraech's wife (Táin Bó Fraích)
Fraech goes away then to his territory after, and his wife, and his sons, and his cows with him,
The Raid for Dartaid's Cattle · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[Dun of Cuillne]] · Early in the morning
Early in the morning they arise, there they see something: the fifty black horses, furnished with bridles of gold and silver tied fast to the gate of the castle
The Raid for Dartaid's Cattle · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[at the island of O'Conchada (Inse Ua Conchada)]]
In that place fell the forty sons of kings round Eocho Bec
The Raid for Dartaid's Cattle · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[the house of Dartaid]]
Ailill Orlam mac Ailill Dartaid
Wilt thou depart with me, O maiden?” said he. “I will indeed go with thee,” said she]. “Come then thou,” said he, “and with thee all of thy cows.
The Raid for Dartaid's Cattle · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[Imlech Dartaid]]
Orlam mac Ailill Dartaid Corp Liath
in that place fell the sons of the kings of Connaught, together with the warriors who had gone with them, all except Orlam and eight others, who carried away with them the kine, even the forty milch-cows, and fifty heifers, [so that they came into the land of Connaught]; but the maiden fell at the beginning of the fight.
The Raid for the Cattle of Regamon · Literal Translation · Part 1 · at a certain time
Ailill Maev Maine Morgor Maine Mingar Maine Aithremail Maine Mathremail Maine Milbel Maine Moepert Maine Condageb-uile
“Some one from us,” said Ailill, “should go to Regamon, that a present of cattle may be brought to us from him; to meet the need that there is on us for feeding the men of Ireland, when the kine are raided from Cualgne.”
The Raid for the Cattle of Regamon · Literal Translation · Part 1
Maine Morgor Maine Mingar Maine Aithremail Maine Mathremail Maine Milbel Maine Moepert Maine Condageb-uile
The maidens drove together their cows and their swine, and their sheep, so that none observed them; and they secretly passed on till they came to the camp of their comrades.
The Raid for the Cattle of Regamon · Literal Translation · Part 1 · on that day
[[Regamon]] Maine Morgor Maine Mingar Maine Aithremail Maine Mathremail Maine Milbel Maine Moepert Maine Condageb-uile
The whole of the pursuing host overtook Mani Morgor, and brought defeat upon him.
The Raid for the Cattle of Regamon · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[Cruachan]]
Ailill Maev Maine Morgor Maine Mingar Maine Aithremail Maine Mathremail Maine Milbel Maine Moepert Maine Condageb-uile
The maidens went to Cruachan, and told all the tale. “Thy sons are at Ath Briuin in distress, and have said that help should be brought to them.”
The Raid for the Cattle of Regamon · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[Ath Briuin]]
Ailill Maev Maine Morgor Maine Mingar Maine Aithremail Maine Mathremail Maine Milbel Maine Moepert Maine Condageb-uile
The men of Connaught with Ailill, and Medb, and Fergus, and the banished men of Ulster went to Ath Briuin to help their people.
The Raid for the Cattle of Regamon · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[Ath Briuin]]
[[Regamon]] Maine Morgor Maine Mingar Maine Aithremail Maine Mathremail Maine Milbel Maine Moepert Maine Condageb-uile
Restitution of the herd was awarded to Regamon, and the maidens abode with the sons of Ailill and Medb; and seven times twenty milch-cows were given up, as a dowry for the maidens
The Driving of the Cattle of Flidais · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[Kerry]]
Flidais was the wife of Ailill Finn (the Fair-haired) in the district of Kerry.
The Driving of the Cattle of Flidais · Literal Translation · Part 1 · at the end of each week
and always there went messengers from her to him at the end of each week.
The Driving of the Cattle of Flidais · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[a ford]]
Dubhtach thrust a spear through Ailill so that it went through his two thighs. He (Ailill) hurled a javelin at Dubhtach, so that he drove the spear right through him, (so that it came out) on the other side.
The Driving of the Cattle of Flidais · Literal Translation · Part 1
Flidais Fergus mac Rog Dubhtach
Flidais comes by from the castle, and throws her cloak over the three.
The Driving of the Cattle of Flidais · Literal Translation · Part 1
Fergus' people took to flight; Ailill pursues them. There remain (slain) by him twenty men of them.
The Driving of the Cattle of Flidais · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[the castle]]
Flidais Fergus mac Rog Dubhtach
Meanwhile the wounded men were being cared for by Flidais in the castle, and their healing was undertaken by her.
The Driving of the Cattle of Flidais · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[the castle]]
It was, however, for a peaceful meeting that Ailill mac Mata had come to Ailill the Fair-haired, both that he might save Fergus, as it was right he should, and that he might afterwards make peace with him (Ailill Fair haired), according to the will of the lords of Connaught.
The Driving of the Cattle of Flidais · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[the castle]]
the Ulstermen slay seven hundred warriors there in the castle with Ailill the Fair-Haired and thirty of his sons
The Driving of the Cattle of Flidais · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[the castle]]
and they laid waste the castle, and take Flidais out of the castle with them
The Driving of the Cattle of Flidais · Literal Translation · Part 1 · after these things had been done
And after these things had been done, Flidais went to Fergus mac Rog according to the decree of Ailill and Medb
The Driving of the Cattle of Flidais · Literal Translation · Part 1 · each seventh day
As a result of this, Flidais was accustomed each seventh day from the produce of her cows to support the men of Ireland
The Driving of the Cattle of Flidais · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[Mag Murthemni]]
In consequence of all this Flidais went with Fergus to his home, and he received the lordship of a part of Ulster, even Mag Murthemni (the plain of Murthemne), together with that which had been in the hands of Cuchulain, the son of Sualtam.
The Driving of the Cattle of Flidais · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[Trag Bàli]] · after some time
So Flidais died after some time at Trag Bàli (the shore of Bali)
The Driving of the Cattle of Flidais · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[the land of Connaught]] · after some time
he found his death in the west, through the jealousy of Ailill
The Driving of the Cattle of Flidais · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[Cruachan]] · after the death of his wife
For, in order to cheer himself, and to fetch home a grant of cows from Ailill and Medb, he had gone westwards to Cruachan
The Apparition of the Great Queen · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 [[Cruachan]]
I am a female satirist in truth,” she said, “and he is Daire mac Fiachna from Cualnge: I have brought the cow as fee for a master-poem.
The Apparition of the Great Queen · Literal Translation · Part 1
and on that Cuchulain sprang into her chariot: he set his two feet on her two shoulders thereupon, and his spear on the top of her head.
The Apparition of the Great Queen · Literal Translation · Part 1
Cuchulain threw a spring at her chariot, and he saw not the horse, nor the woman, nor the chariot, nor the man, nor the cow. Then he saw that she had become a black bird upon a branch near to him.