Orlam mac Ailill
Also known as: Orlam · First appears: The Raid for Dartaid's Cattle · Literal Translation · Part 1
In The Raid for Dartaid’s Cattle, Orlam mac Ailill, Ailill’s son, asked Dartaid to go with him, and she agreed; he took her and her cattle. At Imlech Dartaid, Corp Liath’s forces defeated the Connaught party. Dartaid and the sons of the Connaught kings fell, while Orlam escaped with eight others, carrying the cattle back to Connaught.
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- Orlam mac Ailill took Dartaid and her cattle with him after she agreed to go.(The Raid for Dartaid's Cattle · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 the house of Dartaid)
- Corp Liath's forces defeated the Connaught party; Dartaid and the Connaught kings' sons fell, while Orlam escaped with the cattle.(The Raid for Dartaid's Cattle · Literal Translation · Part 1 · 📍 Imlech Dartaid)
- With: Dartaid Corp Liath
- “in that place fell the sons of the kings of Connaught, together with the warriors who had gone with them, all except Orlam and eight others, who carried away with them the kine, even the forty milch-cows, and fifty heifers, [so that they came into the land of Connaught]; but the maiden fell at the beginning of the fight.”
The Raid for Dartaid's Cattle · Literal Translation · Part 1
- parent: Ailill “it is thine own son, Orlam mac Ailill, whom she loves.”
- with Dartaid (Dartaid is described as loving Orlam.) “it is thine own son, Orlam mac Ailill, whom she loves.”
- enemies with Corp Liath “A battle was fought], and in that place fell the sons of the kings of Connaught, together with the warriors who had gone with them, all except Orlam and eight others, who carried away with them the kine, even the forty milch-cows, and fifty heifers”
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Extracted from the original text of Heroic Romances of Ireland. Made with Rho MD.