Cuillius

Family: Connaught · Role: charioteer · First appears: This is the Harrying of Cualnge · Part 1

In “This is the Harrying of Cualnge · Part 1,” Ailill sends his charioteer Cuillius to find Medb and Fergus. At Cluichre, Cuillius discovers Medb and Fergus in one another’s arms and brings Ailill Fergus’s empty sword sheath as a token.

In “This is the Harrying of Cualnge · Part 2,” Cuillius is washing the chariot tyres in a ford in the morning when Cuchulainn kills him with a stone. The ford is named Ath Cuillne after Cuillius’s death.

Relationship record

Life events

Cuillius discovers Medb and Fergus in one another’s arms and brings Ailill Fergus’s empty sword sheath as a token.(This is the Harrying of Cualnge · Part 1 · 📍 Cluichre)
- With: Ailill Medb Fergus
- “Cuillius came to them, and they heard not the spy. Fergus' sword happened to be beside him. Cuillius drew it out of its sheath, and left the sheath empty.”
Cuchulainn killed Ailill's charioteer with a stone.(This is the Harrying of Cualnge · Part 2 · 📍 Cul Airthir)
- With: Cuchulainn Ailill
- “Ailill's charioteer, Cuillius, was washing the chariot tyres in the ford in the morning; Cuchulainn struck him with a stone and killed him.”
The ford was named Ath Cuillne after Cuchulainn killed Cuillius there.(This is the Harrying of Cualnge · Part 2 · 📍 Ath Cuillne)
- With: Cuchulainn
- “Cuchulainn struck him with a stone and killed him. Hence is Ath Cuillne in Cul Airthir.”

This is the Harrying of Cualnge · Part 1

employer: Ailill “It is there then that Ailill said to his charioteer Cuillius: 'Find out for me to-day Medb and Fergus.”

This is the Harrying of Cualnge · Part 2

employer: Ailill “Ailill's charioteer, Cuillius, was washing the chariot tyres in the ford in the morning;”
enemies with Cuchulainn “Cuchulainn struck him with a stone and killed him.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge. Made with Rho MD.