Lugaid Mac Nois

Also known as: Lugaid · Family: Munster · Role: king of Munster · First appears: This is the Harrying of Cualnge · Part 1

In “This is the Harrying of Cualnge · Part 1,” Lugaid Mac Nois, descendant of Lomarc Allchomach, came to speak to Cuchulainn. Cuchulainn granted him a truce with his host, on condition of a token, an oath preserving life, and provisions each night. He also promised Lugaid a share of food and a man to take his place in the ford.

In “The Death of Ferbaeth,” Cuchulainn sent Loeg to ask Lugaid who would come against him the next day. Lugaid and Ferbaeth were comrades. In “The Combat of Larine Mac Nois,” Lugaid asked Cuchulainn to spare his brother Larine: “On your friendship then, do not kill him, lest you should leave me without a brother.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Cuchulainn grants Lugaid a truce with his host on condition of a token, preservation-of-life oath, and nightly provisions.(This is the Harrying of Cualnge · Part 1)
  • With: Cuchulainn
  • “'That I may have a truce with you towards my host.' 'You shall have it, provided there be a token on it. And tell my friend Fergus that there be a token on his host. Tell the physicians, let there be a token on their host. And let them swear preservation of life to me, and let there come to me provision every night from them.'”
• Cuchulainn sent Loeg to ask Lugaid who would come against him the next day.(The Death of Ferbaeth)
  • With: Cuchulainn Loeg
  • “'Go to the camp for us, O friend Loeg' said Cuchulainn, 'and consult Lugaid Mac Nois, descendant of Lomarc, to know who is coming against me tomorrow.”
• Lugaid asked Cuchulainn to spare Larine, his brother.(The Combat of Larine Mac Nois · 📍 Glenn Firbaith)
  • With: Cuchulainn Larine
  • “'On your friendship then, do not kill him, lest you should leave me without a brother.'”

This is the Harrying of Cualnge · Part 1

• benefactor: Cuchulainn “'Welcome, O Lugaid,' said Cuchulainn. 'If a flock of birds graze upon Mag Murthemne, you shall have a duck with half of another; if fish come to the estuaries, you shall have a salmon with half of another. You shall have the three sprigs, the sprig of watercress, and the sprig of marshwort, and the sprig of seaweed. You shall have a man in the ford in your place.'”
• elder kin: Lomarc Allchomach “Lugaid Mac Nois, descendant of Lomarc Allchomach, came to speak to Cuchulainn, with thirty horsemen.”

The Death of Ferbaeth

• elder kin: Lomarc Allchomach “'Go to the camp for us, O friend Loeg' said Cuchulainn, 'and consult Lugaid Mac Nois, descendant of Lomarc, to know who is coming against me tomorrow.”
• friends with Ferbaeth (Lugaid calls Ferbaeth a comrade of himself and Loeg.) “It is a comrade of us both, Ferbaeth (ill-luck to his arms!), who goes against him to morrow.”

The Combat of Larine Mac Nois

• siblings with Larine “Larine Mac Nois, brother to Lugaid, King of Munster, was summoned to them the next day.”
• friends with Cuchulainn “'On your friendship then, do not kill him, lest you should leave me without a brother.'”

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