Conary the Great

First appears: The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 3

In the Egerton version of The Courtship of Etain, Messbuachalla, daughter of Etain, became the mother of Conary the Great, son of Eterscel. The account says that the fairy host of Mag Breg and Mider violated Conary’s tabus, devastated the plain of Breg, and killed him.

Relationship record

Life events

• In the Egerton version, Messbuachalla, the daughter of Eochaid Airemm and the younger Etain, became the mother of Conary the Great, son of Eterscel.(The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 3)
  • With: Etain, the daughter of Eochaid Airemm Messbuachalla Eterscel
  • “And it was her daughter Messbuachalla who was the mother of king Conary the Great, the son of Eterscel,”
• In the Egerton version, Conary the Great was killed after the fairy host devastated the plain of Breg.(The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 3 · 📍 plain of Breg)
  • “and devastated the plain of Breg, and out off Conary's life;”

The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 3

• parent: Messbuachalla “And it was her daughter Messbuachalla who was the mother of king Conary the Great, the son of Eterscel, and it was for this cause that the fairy host of Mag Breg and Mider of Bri Leith violated the tabus of king Conary, and devastated the plain of Breg, and out off Conary's life;”
• parent: Eterscel “And it was her daughter Messbuachalla who was the mother of king Conary the Great, the son of Eterscel, and it was for this cause that the fairy host of Mag Breg and Mider of Bri Leith violated the tabus of king Conary, and devastated the plain of Breg, and out off Conary's life;”
• with Mider (Mider is named among those who violated Conary's tabus and caused his death.) “And it was her daughter Messbuachalla who was the mother of king Conary the Great, the son of Eterscel, and it was for this cause that the fairy host of Mag Breg and Mider of Bri Leith violated the tabus of king Conary, and devastated the plain of Breg, and out off Conary's life;”

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Extracted from the original text of Heroic Romances of Ireland. Made with Rho MD.