Leborcham

Family: Ulstermen · Role: daughter of Oa and Adarc · First appears: The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1

In The Sick-bed of Cuchulain, Leborcham is identified as the daughter of Oa and Adarc. At Murthemne Plain, after Cuchulain distributed the birds among the women, Ethne alone had no pair.

In The Exile of the Sons of Usnach, Leborcham is described as a witch “to whom naught could any refuse.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Cuchulain caught birds and distributed them among the women, leaving Ethne without a pair.(The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1 · 📍 Murthemne Plain)
  • With: Cuchulain Ethne Aitencaithrech Ethne Inguba
  • “And they seized upon all the birds, and they gave them and distributed them among the women; nor was there any one of the women, except Ethne alone, who had not a pair of those birds.”

The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1

• parent: Oa “‘'Tis easy to answer you,’ said Leborcham, the daughter of Oa and Adarc;”
• parent: Adarc “‘'Tis easy to answer you,’ said Leborcham, the daughter of Oa and Adarc;”

The Exile of the Sons of Usnach · Book of Leinster Version · Part 1

• with Deirdre (Levorcham is the text spelling; the roster canonical is Leborcham.) “in addition to these Levorcham, to whom naught could any refuse, for she was a witch.”

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