The Dun of Cualnge

Also known as: the Bull · Role: bull · First appears: The Death of Lethan

In “The Death of Lethan,” the Bull went to Sliab Culind with fifty heifers, followed by his keeper Forgemen. He threw off the boys who played on him, killed two-thirds of them, and dug a trench in Tir Marcceni in Cualnge before he went.

In “The Death of Lochu,” Lothar revealed that the Bull was at the Black Corrie of Glenn Gatt with three twenties of heifers. Medb’s people brought him to Findabair Cuailnge. There he attacked Lothar and killed him, then charged the camp with his heifers, killing fifty warriors.

In “The Death of Redg the Satirist,” Forgemen took the Bull from the troop driving him, but was driven into a narrow gap and trampled by the cattle. In “The Muster of the Men of Ireland Here · Part 2,” the Bull and The White-horned fought over Bricriu Poison-tongue, who died. The two bulls then met at Tarbga in Mag Ai; the Dun of Cualnge died at Druim Tairb, between Ulster and Iveagh.

Relationship record

Life events

• The Bull went to Sliab Culind.(The Death of Lethan · 📍 Sliab Culind)
  • “Then the Bull went, and fifty heifers with him, to Sliab Culind; and his keeper, Forgemen by name, went after him.”
• The Bull threw off the boys who used to play on him.(The Death of Lethan)
  • “He threw off the three fifties of boys who used always to play on him, and he killed two-thirds of his boys, and dug a trench in Tir Marcceni in Cualnge before he went.”
• The Bull killed two-thirds of his boys.(The Death of Lethan)
  • “He threw off the three fifties of boys who used always to play on him, and he killed two-thirds of his boys, and dug a trench in Tir Marcceni in Cualnge before he went.”
• Lothar revealed that the Bull had gone to the Black Corrie of Glenn Gatt.(The Death of Lochu · 📍 the Black Corrie of Glenn Gatt)
  • With: Medb Lothar
  • “'The night,' said he, 'when the Ulstermen went into their weakness, he went with three twenties of heifers with him, so that he is at the Black Corrie of Glenn Gatt.'”
• Medb's people brought the Bull to Findabair Cuailnge, the place from which the hosts had divided to seek him.(The Death of Lochu · 📍 Findabair)
  • With: Medb
  • “They do this: hence this glen is called Glenn Gatt. Then they bring the Bull to Findabair.”
• The Bull attacked and killed Lothar.(The Death of Lochu · 📍 Findabair)
  • With: Lothar
  • “The place where he saw the herd, Lothar, he attacked him, so that he brought his entrails out on his horns;”
• The Bull attacked the camp, killing fifty warriors.(The Death of Lochu · 📍 Findabair)
  • “and he attacked the camp with his three fifties of heifers, so that fifty warriors were killed.”
• Forgemen, the Bull's herd, took the Bull from the troop that drove him; then Forgemen himself was driven into a narrow gap with spear-shafts and trodden into the ground by the feet of the cattle, and the hill where the herd lies is named Forgemen after him.(The Death of Redg the Satirist · 📍 Focherd)
  • With: Forgemen Ailill Medb
  • “But their herd took their Bull from them, and they drove him across into a narrow gap with their spear-shafts on their shields.”
• The fighting Bulls went over Bricriu Poison-tongue, and he died.(The Muster of the Men of Ireland Here · Part 2)
  • With: Bricriu Poison-tongue The White-horned
  • “The two Bulls went in fighting over Bricriu, so that he died therefrom. That is the Death of Bricriu.”
• The Dun of Cualnge died between Ulster and Iveagh at Druim Tairb.(The Muster of the Men of Ireland Here · Part 2 · 📍 Druim Tairb)
  • With: Fergus
  • “Then he went till he died between Ulster and Iveagh at Druim Tairb. Druim Tairb is the name of that place.”

The Death of Lethan

• benefactor: Forgemen “Then the Bull went, and fifty heifers with him, to Sliab Culind; and his keeper, Forgemen by name, went after him.”

The Death of Lochu

• enemies with Lothar “The place where he saw the herd, Lothar, he attacked him, so that he brought his entrails out on his horns;”

The Death of Redg the Satirist

• benefactor: Forgemen “But their herd took their Bull from them, and they drove him across into a narrow gap with their spear-shafts on their shields. So that the feet of the cattle drove him through the ground. Forgemen was the herd's name.”

The Muster of the Men of Ireland Here · Part 2

• enemies with The White-horned “They take away the Bull then in that morning of the battle, so that he met the White-horned at Tarbga in Mag Ai; i.e. Tarbguba or Tarbgleo.”

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