Ulstermen — Minor Figures

12 figures from The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Bricriu Poison-tongue

warrior · first appears The Death of Loch Mac Emonis

The Death of Loch Mac Emonis · enemies with Cuchulainn “Bricriu Poison-tongue Mac Carbatha rose and began inciting Cuchulainn.”
The Muster of the Men of Ireland Here · Part 2 · enemies with Fergus “Bricriu Poison-tongue was in the west in his sadness after Fergus had broken his head with his draughtmen He”

Cuchulainn's mother · first appears Here are His Boyish Deeds · Part 1

Here are His Boyish Deeds · Part 1 · child: Cuchulainn “and the son of Dechtere, your sister.”
Here are His Boyish Deeds · Part 1 · siblings with Conchobar “and the son of Dechtere, your sister.”

first appears Here are His Boyish Deeds · Part 5

Here are His Boyish Deeds · Part 5 · married with Conchobar “Then the women of Emain go to meet him with Mugain, the wife of Conchobar Mac Nessa, and bare their breasts before him.”
Here are His Boyish Deeds · Part 5 · recipient: Cuchulainn “Then he comes out; and the queen, Mugain, puts a blue mantle on him, and a silver brooch therein, and a hooded tunic; and he sits at Conchobar's knee, and that was his couch always after that.”

first appears Here are His Boyish Deeds · Part 1

Here are His Boyish Deeds · Part 1 · enemies with Conchobar “There was contention between Ulster and Eogan Mac Durtacht. The Ulstermen went to the battle. He was left asleep. The Ulstermen were defeated. Conchobar was left on the field, and Cuscraid Mend Macha, and many more beside.”

son of Conchobar · first appears This is the Long Warning of Sualtaim

This is the Long Warning of Sualtaim · parent: Conchobar “Then Conchobar struck his hand on his son, Findchad Fer m-Bend.”

boy of Ulster · first appears The Healing of the Morrigan · Part 2

The Healing of the Morrigan · Part 2 · parent: Conchobar “Folloman Mac Conchobair with three fifties of kings' sons of Ulster, and they gave battle thrice to the hosts, so that three times their own number fell, and all the boys fell except Folloman Mac Conchobair.”
The Healing of the Morrigan · Part 2 · enemies with Ailill “Folloman boasted that he would not go back to Emain for ever and ever, until he should take the head of Ailill with him, with the golden crown that was above it.”

charioteer · first appears Here are His Boyish Deeds · Part 3

Here are His Boyish Deeds · Part 3 · employer: Conchobar “He goes then in the chariot, and Conchobar's charioteer with him. The charioteer (Ibor was his name) turned the chariot under him.”

charioteer of Conall Cernach · first appears The Muster of the Men of Ireland Here · Part 1

The Muster of the Men of Ireland Here · Part 1 · employer: Conall Cernach “Oen the charioteer of Conall Cernach with his chariot”

first appears The Death of the Boys

The Death of the Boys · siblings with Fiacha Fialdama “'A question indeed,' said Fiachna Fulech Mac Fir-Febe, own brother to Fiacha Fialdama Mac Fir-Febe, 'shall I have a troop among you, and go to take help to him therefrom?'”

first appears The Death of the Boys

The Death of the Boys · siblings with Fiachna Fulech “'A question indeed,' said Fiachna Fulech Mac Fir-Febe, own brother to Fiacha Fialdama Mac Fir-Febe, 'shall I have a troop among you, and go to take help to him therefrom?'”

warrior · first appears Here are His Boyish Deeds · Part 4

The Muster of the Men of Ireland Here · Part 1 · servant: Oen “Oen the charioteer of Conall Cernach with his chariot”

warrior · first appears The Healing of the Morrigan · Part 5

The Healing of the Morrigan · Part 5 · parent: Oenlam the Fair “Then Oengus, son of Oenlam the Fair, a bold warrior of Ulster, turned all the host at Moda Loga (that is the same as Lugmod) as far as Ath Da Ferta: He did not let them go past, and he pelted them with stones, and the learned say ---- before till they should go under the sword at Emain Macha, if it had been in single combat that they had come against him.”

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