Meargach of the Green Spears

Also known as: Meargach · Role: husband of Ailne · First appears: The Fianna · Cnoc-an-air · Meargach's Wife · Part 1

Meargach of the Green Spears was the husband of Ailne and father of Ciardan the Swift and Liagan the Nimble. In the story of Cnoc-an-air, after three days of fighting, Osgar defeated Meargach and struck off his head. Meargach and his two sons fell in the fight, and Ailne mourned the loss of her husband and sons.

Relationship record

Life events

• Osgar defeated Meargach and struck off his head.(The Fianna · Cnoc-an-air · Meargach's Wife · Part 1)
  • With: Osgar
  • “But in the end Osgar put down Meargach and struck his head off”
• Meargach and his two sons fell in fight.(The Fianna · Cnoc-an-air · Meargach's Wife · Part 1)
  • With: Ciardan the Swift Liagan the Nimble
  • “‘High Queen,’ said Finn then, ‘for all they were so complete and quick and strong, the three you are asking for fell in fight.’”

The Fianna · Cnoc-an-air · Meargach's Wife · Part 1

• child: Ciardan the Swift “the two sons of Meargach, Ciardan the Swift and Liagan the Nimble”
• child: Liagan the Nimble “the two sons of Meargach, Ciardan the Swift and Liagan the Nimble”
• married with Ailne “My grief! to have lost my husband, my head, by the treachery of the Fianna; my two sons, my two men that were rough in the fight.”
• enemies with Osgar “But in the end Osgar put down Meargach and struck his head off, and at that the seven battalions of the Fianna gave a shout of victory, and the army of Meargach keened him very sorrowfully.”

The Fianna · Cnoc-an-air · Ailne's Revenge · Part 1

• married with Ailne “The woman of the house came to them, and they knew her to be Ailne, wife of Meargach.”

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