Forgemen

Role: keeper · First appears: The Death of Lethan

In “The Death of Redg the Satirist” at Focherd, Forgemen, keeper of The Dun of Cualnge, took the Bull from the troop driving him. He was driven into a narrow gap with spear-shafts and trampled by the cattle; the hill where the herd lies was named Forgemen after him.

In “The Death of Lethan,” The Dun of Cualnge went with fifty heifers to Sliab Culind, and Forgemen followed as his keeper.

Relationship record

Life events

• Forgemen, the Bull's herd, took the Bull from the troop that drove him; then Forgemen himself was driven into a narrow gap with spear-shafts and trodden into the ground by the feet of the cattle, and the hill where the herd lies is named Forgemen after him.(The Death of Redg the Satirist · 📍 Focherd)
  • With: The Dun of Cualnge Ailill Medb
  • “But their herd took their Bull from them, and they drove him across into a narrow gap with their spear-shafts on their shields.”

The Death of Lethan

• recipient: The Dun of Cualnge “Then the Bull went, and fifty heifers with him, to Sliab Culind; and his keeper, Forgemen by name, went after him.”

The Death of Redg the Satirist

• recipient: The Dun of Cualnge “But their herd took their Bull from them, and they drove him across into a narrow gap with their spear-shafts on their shields. So that the feet of the cattle drove him through the ground. Forgemen was the herd's name.”

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