Findabair

Family: Connaught · Role: daughter of Ailill and Medb · First appears: This is the Story in Order · Part 1

In “This is the Story in Order · Part 1,” Findabair is identified as the daughter of Ailill and Medb. In “The Death of Nadcrantail,” Nadcrantail refuses to go unless Findabair is given to him. In “The Meeting of Cuchulainn and Findabair,” Cuchulainn cuts off her two tresses and thrusts a stone through her mantle and tunic.

In “The Woman-fight of Rochad,” Rochad is captured and released, bound not to attack until he joins all Ulster; Findabair is promised to him, and she loves him. In “The Combat of Larine Mac Nois,” Larine is promised Findabair if he brings Cuchulainn’s head. At the tent of Medb and Ailill on the Foray in “This is the Combat of Fer Diad and Cuchulainn · Part 1,” Findabair calls Fer Diad her chosen wooer, and Medb offers her to him as a wife if he fights Cuchulainn. In “The March of the Companies · Part 3,” Rochad is said to have wedded Findabair. In “The Muster of the Men of Ireland Here · Part 2,” Findabair stays with Cuchulainn as the Connaughtmen return to their country.