Ulstermen — Minor Figures
18 figures from Heroic Romances of Ireland who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Dechtire
first appears The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 2
- The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 2 · child: Cuchulain “Lovely Dechtire's son shouldst thou By thy zeal have healed ere now.”
Ethne Inguba
Cuchulain's wife · first appears The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1
- The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1 · married with Cuchulain “and ‘If any should have this boon, I should be the first one to have it,’ said Ethne Inguba, the wife of Cuchulain.”
Furbaid
first appears The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 2
- The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 2 · friends with Cuchulain “Furbaid, girt by heroes strong, Were it he had lain thus long;”
Laegaire
warrior · first appears Mac Datho's Boar · Part 1
- Mac Datho's Boar · Part 1 · enemies with Ket “And thou didst leave thy charioteer, and thy chariot and thy horses behind thee, and thou didst fly pierced through with a spear.”
- The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 2 · friends with Cuchulain “Were it Laegaire war had pressed, Erin's meads would know no rest,”
Cuscraid Mend
Conor's son · first appears The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1
- The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1 · parent: Conor “each woman who loved Cuscraid Mend, the Stammerer of Macha, Conor's son, stammered in her speech;”
Cuscrid
warrior · first appears Mac Datho's Boar · Part 2
- Mac Datho's Boar · Part 2 · parent: Conor “said Cuscrid the Stammerer, of Macha, king Conor's son.”
Ethne Aitencaithrech
Conor's wife · first appears The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1
- The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1 · married with Conor “‘How I wish,’ said Ethne Aitencaithrech, Conor's wife, ‘that I could have two of those birds, one of them upon each of my two shoulders.’”
Fiachna
son of Rog · first appears The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 1
- The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 2 · parent: Conor “and Fiachna the son of Feidelm, Conor's daughter;”
- The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 2 · parent: Feidelm “and Fiachna the son of Feidelm, Conor's daughter;”
Maine (son of Conor, Chapter 016)
son of Conor · first appears The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Glenn Masain Version · Part 1
- The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Glenn Masain Version · Part 1 · parent: Conor “and they slew Maine the son of Conor, and three hundred of Conor's people besides.”
Mane
son of Conor · first appears The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 2
- The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 2 · parent: Conor “Dubhtach slew, with the one thrust of his spear, Mane a son of Conor,”
the unnamed widows and growing maidens of Ulster (Chapter 008)
women · first appears Mac Datho's Boar · Part 2
- Mac Datho's Boar · Part 2 · with Conor “And the women were forced to do it; for they dared not to deny him, fearing the wrath of Conor;”
Gerrcind
father of Munremur · first appears Mac Datho's Boar · Part 1
- Mac Datho's Boar · Part 1 · child: Munremur “said Munremur, the son of Gerrcind;”
the unnamed firstborn son of Munremur (Chapter 008)
warrior · first appears Mac Datho's Boar · Part 2
- Mac Datho's Boar · Part 2 · parent: Munremur “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!”
Traigthren
son of Traiglethan · first appears The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 2
- The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 2 · parent: Traiglethan “and Fergus struck down Traigthren, the son of Traiglethan, and his brother.”
- The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 2 · siblings with the unnamed brother of Traigthren (Tale 15) “and Fergus struck down Traigthren, the son of Traiglethan, and his brother.”
Sencha
son of Ailill · first appears The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 1
- The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 1 · parent: Ailill (father of Sencha) “whereupon Sencha, the son of Ailill, rebuked them”
Gerrc
son of Illadan · first appears The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 1
- The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 1 · parent: Illadan “Gerrc, Illadan's son, is slain;”
Salcholcam
father of Mend · first appears Mac Datho's Boar · Part 2
- Mac Datho's Boar · Part 2 · child: Mend “said Mend the son of Salcholcam (the Sword-heeled).”
Mend
warrior · first appears Mac Datho's Boar · Part 2
- Mac Datho's Boar · Part 2 · parent: Salcholcam “said Mend the son of Salcholcam (the Sword-heeled).”
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Extracted from the original text of Heroic Romances of Ireland. Made with Rho MD.