Taistellach

Family: Fianna · Role: messenger · First appears: The Fianna · The Battle of the White Strand · The Help of the Men of Dea

Life events

Taistellach killed Coimhleathan in combat and brought his head back to land.(The Fianna · The Battle of the White Strand · The Help of the Men of Dea · 📍 the White Strand)
- With: Coimhleathan
- “But Taistellach struck his head off in the sea and brought it back to land.”
Conn Crither sent Taistellach to ask Bran to gather the Tuatha de Danaan for help.(The Fianna · The Battle of the White Strand · The Help of the Men of Dea · 📍 Teamhair Luachra)
- With: Bran (son of Febal)
- “‘And go now to-night,’ he said, ‘to the house of Bran, son of Febal my father at Teamhair Luachra, and bid him to gather all the Tuatha de Danaan to help us; and go on to-morrow to the Fianna of Ireland.’”

employer: Finn “Then Taistellach that was one of Finn's messengers came to the White Strand asking news; and Conn bade him go back to where Finn was and tell him the way things were.”
enemies with Coimhleathan “And he sent a challenge to the ships, and Coimhleathan, a champion that was very big and tall, came and fought with him on the strand, and took him in his arms to bring him back living to the ship of the High King; but Taistellach struck his head off in the sea and brought it back to land.”

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