Tuireann

Family: Sons of Tuireann · Role: father of the three sons of Tuireann · First appears: The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 1

In the story of Lugh, Tuireann is the father of Brian, Iuchar, Iucharba and their sister Ethne, and the son of Ogma. His sons and the three sons of Cainte, including Cian and Cu, were enemies, and their meetings led to fighting.

When Brian and his brothers set out seeking the fine, Tuireann warned them that it would bring “your death and your destruction.” At Teamhair, Lugh accepted the fine but demanded the cooking-spit and three shouts still owed. Tuireann gave him the spit and asked for the healing skin for his children; Lugh refused. After Brian and his two brothers died, Tuireann lamented his three sons, lost his strength and died.

Relationship record

Life events

Tuireann warned his sons that seeking the fine would lead to their deaths and destruction.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 3)
- With: Brian Ethne
- “It is bad news that is,” said Tuireann; “and it is to your death and your destruction you will be going, looking for those things.”
Lugh accepted the fine but demanded the cooking-spit and three shouts as still owed.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 7 · 📍 Teamhair)
- With: Brian Lugh
- “So the sons of Tuireann did that, and when the king had taken the fine they all went to the palace in Teamhair; and Lugh came out on the lawn and the fine was given to him, and it is what he said: ‘There is a good payment here for any one that ever was killed or that ever will be killed. But there is something wanting to it yet that it is not lawful to leave out. And where is the cooking-spit?’ he said; ‘and where are the three shouts on the hill that you did not give yet?’”
Lugh refused to give Tuireann the healing skin for his sons.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 7 · 📍 Teamhair)
- With: Brian Lugh
- “Then Tuireann went to Teamhair, and he found Lugh of the Long Hand before him, and he gave him the spit, and he asked the skin of him to heal his children, and Lugh said he would not give it And Tuireann came back to them and told them he had not got the skin.”
Brian and his two brothers died, and Tuireann died after lamenting them.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 7)
- With: Brian
- “When Brian heard that, he went to the place his two brothers were, and he lay down between them, and his life went out from him, and out from the other two at the same time. And their father cried and lamented over his three beautiful sons, that had the making of a king of Ireland in each of them, and his strength left him and he died; and they were buried in the one grave.”

The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 1

child: Brian “the three sons of Tuireann, son of Ogma”
parent: Ogma “the three sons of Tuireann, son of Ogma”
enemies with Cian (Tuireann is identified as father of the three sons, not as one of them; omitted.) “And it is the way it was between the three sons of Tuireann and the three sons of Cainte, they were in hatred and enmity towards one another, so that whenever they met there was sure to be fighting among them.”
enemies with Cu (Tuireann is identified as father of the three sons, not as one of them; omitted.) “And it is the way it was between the three sons of Tuireann and the three sons of Cainte, they were in hatred and enmity towards one another, so that whenever they met there was sure to be fighting among them.”

The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 2

child: Brian “Then Brian, son of Tuireann, said: ‘It is at us you are speaking, Lugh, for you are thinking we went against the sons of Cainte before now; and we did not kill your father,’ he said, ‘but we will pay the fine for him the same as if we did kill him.’”
child: Iuchar (Iuchar is identified among the sons of Tuireann.) “‘It is at us Lugh is saying all this,’ said the sons of Tuireann among themselves. ‘Let us acknowledge the killing of his father to him,’ said Iuchar and Iucharba.”
child: Iucharba (Iucharba is identified among the sons of Tuireann.) “‘It is at us Lugh is saying all this,’ said the sons of Tuireann among themselves. ‘Let us acknowledge the killing of his father to him,’ said Iuchar and Iucharba.”

The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 3

child: Ethne “Then they went back again to where Tuireann was, and his daughter Ethne, their sister, with him, and they told him they had got the curragh.”

The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 4

child: Brian “And then Brian, son of Tuireann, bade his brothers to say a poem for the king.”

The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 5

child: Brian “the King of Greece fell by the hand of Brian, son of Tuireann.”

The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 7

child: Brian (Tuireann is identified as their father elsewhere in the chapter.) “And they left the place and went to their father's house that night, and they told him all they had done, and the way Lugh had treated them.”

⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places →

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