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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge 30
Chapter 29
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ACCOUNT OF THE BROWN BULL OF CUALNGE
A journey of a day and a night the Brown Bull carried the remains of the Whitehorned till he came to the loch that is by Cruachan. And he came thereout with the loin and the shoulder-blade and the liver of the other on his horns. [W.6168.] It was not long before the men of Erin, as they were there in the company of Ailill and Medb early on the morrow, saw coming over Cruachan from the west the Brown Bull of Cualnge with the Whitehorned of Ai in torn fragments hanging about his ears and horns. The men of Erin arose, and they knew not which of the bulls it was. "Come, ye men!" cried Fergus; "leave him alone if it be the Whitehorned that is there; and if it be the Brown of Cualnge, leave him his trophy with him!"
[1-1] YBL. 41a, 8.
[2-2] YBL. 53a, 13-16.
[3-3] H. 1. 13 and Add.
Then it was that the seven Mane arose to take vengeance on the Brown Bull of Cualnge for his violence and his valour. "Whither go yonder men?" asked Fergus. "They go to kill the Brown of Cualnge," said all, "because of his evil deeds." "I pledge my word," shouted Fergus: "what has already been done in regard to the bulls is a small thing in compare with that which will [W.6179.] now take place, unless with his spoils and victory ye let the Brown of Cualnge go from you into his own land."
[4-4] Stowe and Add.
[5-5] Add.
[6-6] H. 1. 13 and Add.
[7-7] H. 1. 13, Stowe and Add.
[1-1] Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Then the Brown Bull of Cualnge gave forth the three chiefest bellowings of his throat in boast of his triumph, and fear of Fergus held back the men of Erin from attacking the Brown Bull of Cualnge.
[2-2] H. 1. 13.
Then went the Brown Bull of Cualnge to the west of Cruachan. He turned his right[a] side towards Cruachan, and he left there a heap of the liver of the Whitehorned, so that thence is named Cruachan Ai ('Liver-reeks').
[3-3] H. 1. 13 and Add.
[4-4] H. 1. 13 and Add.
[a] As a sign of friendliness.
[5-5] H. 1. 13 and Add.
[6-6] H. 1. 13 and Add.
Next he came to his own land and reached the river Finnglas ('Whitewater'), and, on coming, he drank a draught from the river, and, so long as he drank the draught, he let not one drop of the river flow by him. Then he raised his head, and the shoulder-blades of the Whitehorned fell from him in that place. Hence, Sruthair Finnlethe ('Stream of the White Shoulder-blade') is the name given to it.
[7-7] Stowe.
[8-8] YBL. 53a, 18.
[9-9] YBL. 53a, 18.
He pursued his way to the river Shannon, to the brink of Ath Mor ('the Great Ford'), and he drank a draught from it, and, as long as he drank the draught, he let not one drop of the river flow past him. Then he raised his head, so that the two haunches of the Whitehorned fell from him there; and he left behind the loin of the Whitehorned in that place, so that thence cometh Athlone ('Loinford'). He continued eastwards into the land of Meath to Ath Truim. He sent forth his roar at Iraird Cuillinn; he was heard over the entire province. And he drank in Tromma. As long as he drank the draught, he let not one drop of the river flow past him. And he left behind [W.6192.] there the liver of the Whitehorned. Some learned men say, it is from the liver of the Whitehorned which fell from the Brown of Cualnge, that Ath Truim ('Liverford') is called.
[10-10] Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
[11-11] Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
[12-12] YBL. 53a, 22.
[13-13] Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
[1-1] H. 1. 13 and Add.
[2-2] Add.
He raised his head haughtily and shook the remains of the Whitehorned from him over Erin. He sent its hind leg away from him to Port Large ('Port of the Hind Leg'). He sent its ribs from him to Dublin, which is called Ath Cliath ('Ford of the Ribs' or 'of the Hurdles').
He turned his face northwards then, and went on thence to the summit of Sliab Breg, and he saw the peaks and knew the land of Cualnge, and a great agitation came over him at the sight of his own land and country, and he went his way towards it. In that place were women and youths and children lamenting the Brown Bull of Cualnge. They saw the Brown of Cualnge's forehead approaching them. "The forehead of a bull cometh towards us!" they shouted. Hence is Taul Tairb ('Bull's Brow') ever since. Then he went on the road of Midluachar to Cuib, where he was wont to be with the yeld cow of Dare, and he tore up the earth there. Hence cometh Gort Buraig ('Field of the Trench').
[3-3] Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
[4-4] Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
[5-5] YBL. 53a, 26-28.
[LL.fo.104b.] Then turned the Brown of Cualnge on the women and youths and children of the land of Cualnge, and with the greatness of his fury and rage he effected a great slaughter amongst them. He turned his back to the hill then and his heart broke in his breast, even as a nut breaks, and he belched out his heart like a black stone of dark blood. He went then and died between Ulster and Ui Echach at Druim Tairb. Druim Tairb ('Bull's Back') is the name of that place.
[6-6] H. 1. 13 and Add.
[7-7] Translating from Stowe.
[8-8] Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
[9-9] YBL. 53a, 28-29.
Such, then, is the account of the Brown Bull of Cualnge, and the end of the Tain by Medb of Cruachan daughter of Eocho Fedlech, and by Ailill son of Maga, and by all the men of Ulster up to this point. Ailill and Medb made peace with the men of Ulster and with Cuchulain. For seven years there was no killing of men amongst them in Erin. Finnabair remained with Cuchulain, and the Connachtmen went to their own land, and the men of Ulster returned to Emain Macha with their great triumph. Finit. Amen.
[1-1] Translating from H. 1. 13 and Add.
[2-2] YBL. 53a, 29-33.
[W.6206.] A blessing be upon all such as shall faithfully keep the Tain in memory as it stands here and shall not add any other form to it.[a]
[a] With this the Irish text concludes: What follows is in Latin.
I, however, who have copied this history, or more truly legend, give no credence to various incidents narrated in it. For, some things herein are the feats of jugglery of demons, sundry others poetic figments, a few are probable, others improbable, and even more invented for the delectation of fools.
INDEX AND PRONUNCIATION OF THE MORE FREQUENTLY OCCURRING PLACE AND PERSONAL-NAMES.
It will simplify matters for the English reader if the following points respecting the pronunciation of proper names in medieval Irish, are borne in mind:
Each simple word is accented on the first syllable.
Pronounce:
a (long), as in aught; a (short), as in hot. c with slender vowels (e, i), as in king; never as s. c with broad vowels (a, o, u), as in car; never as s. ch with slender vowels (e, i), as in German Ich; never as in church. ch with broad vowels (a, o, u), as in German Buch; never as in church. d with slender vowels (e, i), as in French dieu. d with broad vowels (a, o, u), as in thy. e (long), as in ale; e (short), as in bet. g with slender vowels (e, i), as in give; never as j. g with broad vowels (a, o, u), as in go; never as j. gh with slender vowels (e, i) is slender ch voiced. gh with broad vowels (a, o, u) is broad ch voiced. i (long), as in feel; i (short), as in it. mh and bh intervocalic with slender vowels, as v. mh and bh intervocalic with broad vowels, as w. o (long), as in note; o (short), as in done. s with slender vowels (e, i), as in shine; never as z. s with broad vowels (a, o, u), as s. t with slender vowels (e, i), as in tin. t with broad vowels (a, o, u), as in threw. th, like h. u (long), as in pool; u (short), as in full.
The remaining consonants are pronounced almost as in English.
Aed: to rime with Day
Aed Ernmas: the father of the Morrigan
Ai: see Mag Ai
Aidne: a district comprising the barony of Kiltartan, in the south-west of the County Galway
Aife: one of the three women-teachers of Cuchulain and Ferdiad (pronounced Eefe)
Aile: north-east of Baile, on Medb's march from Cruachan into Ulster
Ailill: king-consort of Queen Medb, dwelling in Cruachan Ai (pronounced Ayeleel)
Ailill Find Miltenga: one of the chief heroes of Ulster
Ailill macMailchlo: father of Sencha
Aine: see Cnoc Aine
Airne: north-east of Asse
Alba: Scotland
Amargin Iarngiunnach: a leading Ulster hero; father of Conall Cernach and brother of Iliach (pronounced Avergin)
Ane: a district in which is Knockaney in the County Limerick
Ardachad: north of Druim Licce
Ard Ciannachta: a place in the barony of Ferrard, in the County Louth
Ard Cuillenn: in Ulster, east of Moin Coltna
Ard Macha: Armagh
Assail: a place in Meath
Asse: north of Finnabair (Fennor), on Medb's march out of Connacht into Ulster
Ath: 'a ford' (pronounced Ah)
Ath Aladh Ind: a ford in the Plain of Murthemne
Ath Berchna: in Connacht, north-west of Croohan, near Bellanagare; it may be for Ath Bercha, in East Roscommon, and on or near the Shannon
Ath Buide: the village of Athboy, in the territory of Ross, County Meath
Ath Carpat: a ford on the river Nith (now the Dee), in the County Louth
Ath Ceit Chule: a ford on the river Glais, in Ulster
Ath Cliath: Dublin
Ath Coltna: in Connacht, south-west of Ath Moga and south-east of Cruachan
Ath Cro: a ford in Murthemne
Ath da Fert: a ford in Sliab Fuait, probably in the south of the barony of Upper Fews, County Armagh
Ath Darteisc: a ford in Murthemne
Ath Feidli: a ford in Ulster
Ath Fene: see Ath Irmidi
Ath Firdead: Ardee, a ford and a small town on the river Dee, in the County Louth
Ath Gabla: a ford on the Boyne, north of Knowth, in the County Meath (pronounced Ah gowla)
Ath Grenca: the same as Ath Gabla
Ath Irmidi: the older name of Ath Fene, south of Iraird Cuillinn
Ath Lethain: a ford on the Nith, in Conalle Murthemni
Ath Luain: Athlone, on the Shannon, on the borders of Connacht and Meath
Ath Meislir: a ford in Sliab Fuait, in Ulster
Ath Moga: the present Ballymoe, on the river Suck, about ten miles to the south-west of Cruachan, County Galway
Ath Mor: the old name for Ath Luain
Ath na Foraire: on the road between Emain and Loch Echtrann
Ath Slissen: Bellaslishen Bridge; a ford on the Owenure River, near Elphin, in Connacht
Ath Solomshet: a ford, probably in Ulster
Ath Srethe: a ford in Conalle Murthemni
Ath Tamuin: a ford, somewhere in Ulster
Ath Traged: at the extremity of Tir Mor, in Murthemne
Ath Truim: Trim, on the river Boyne, in the County Meath
Aue: a slave in the household of King Conchobar
Aurthuile: north-east of Airne
Bacca: in Corcumruad
Bacc Draigin: a place in Ulster
Badb: the war-fury, or goddess of war and carnage; she was wont to appear in the form of a carrion-crow. Sometimes she is the sister of the Morrigan, and, as in the Tain Bo Cualnge, is even identified with her (pronounced Bive)
Badbgna: now Slieve Bawne, a mountainous range, in the barony of Ballintubber, in the east of County Roscommon
Baile: north-east of Meide ind Eoin, on Medb's march from Connacht into Ulster
Baile in Bile: on the way to Ardee
Bairche: Benna Bairche, the Mourne Mountains, north of Dundalk, in Ulster
Ball Scena: north-east of Dall Scena
Banba: an old name for Ireland
Banna: now the Bann, a river in Ulster
Becaltach: grandfather of Cuchulain
Bedg: a river in Murthemne
Belat Aileain: probably between Cualnge and Conalle Murthemni
Belach Caille More: north of Cnogba
Benna Bairche: see Bairche
Berba: the Barrow, a river in Leinster
Bercha: on or near the Shannon, near Bellanagare, in East Roscommon
Berchna: probably for Bercha
Bernas: the pass cut by Medb from Louth into Armagh; probably the "Windy Gap" across the Carlingford Peninsula
Betha: see Sliab Betha
Bir: the name of several rivers; probably Moyola Water, a river flowing into Lough Neagh
Bithslan: a river in Conalle Murthemni
Blai: a rich Ulster noble and hospitaller
Boann: the River Boyne
Bodb: the father of Badb
Boirenn: Burren, in the County Clare
Brane: probably a hill not far from Ardee, in the County Louth
Breslech Mor: a fort in Murthemne
Brecc: a place in Ulster
Brega: the eastern part of Meath
Brenide: a river in Conalle Murthemni, near Strangford Lough
Bricriu: son of Carbad, and the evil adviser of the Ulstermen
Bri Errgi: stronghold of Errge Echbel, in the County Down
Brigantia: Betanzos, in Galicia, on the north coast of Spain
Bri Ross: a hill to the north of Ardee, in the County Louth
Brug Meic ind Oc, or, as it is also called,
Brug na Boinde: Brugh on the Boyne, near Stackallen Bridge, County Meath, one of the chief burial-places of the pagan Irish
Buagnech: probably in Leinster and near the river Liffey
Buan: a river in Conalle Murthemni
Buas: the river Bush, in the County Antrim
Burach: a place in Ulster
Callann: the Callan, a river near Emain Macha
Canann Gall: a place in Ulster
Carn: north of Inneoin; probably Carn Fiachach, in the parish of Conry, barony of Rathconrath, Westmeath
Carn macBuachalla, at Dunseverick, in Ulster
Carbre: stepson of Conchobar and brother of Ailill
Carrloeg: a place in Ulster
Casruba: father of Lugaid and grandfather of Dubthach
Cathba: north-east of Ochonn, in Meath; or a river flowing into the Boyne, some distance to the west of Slane
Cathba: a druid of Conchobar's court; according to some accounts, the natural father of King Conchobar (pronounced Cahvah)
Celtchar: son of Uthechar, an Ulster warrior
Cenannas na rig: Kells, in the Covinty Meath
Cenn Abrat: a range of hills on the borders of the Counties Cork and Limerick
Cet macMagach: a Connacht warrior
Cinn Tire: a place in Ulster
Clann Dedad: one of the three warrior-clans of Erin: a sept occupying the territory around Castleisland, County Kerry
Clann Rudraige: the warriors of King Conchobar: one of the three heroic tribes of Ireland
Clartha: Clara, near the present town of Mullingar, in the County Westmeath
Cletech: a residence of the kings of Ireland in Mag Breg, near Stackallan Bridge, on the banks of the Boyne
Clidna: see sub Tonn
Clithar Bo Ulad: probably in the centre of the County Louth
Cliu: an extensive territory in the county Limerick
Clothru: sister of Medb: Medb slew her while her son, Firbaide, was still unborn
Cluain Cain: now Clonkeen, in the west of County Louth
Cluain Carpat: a meadow at the river Cruinn in Cualnge
Cluain maccuNois: Clonmacnoise, on the Shannon, about nine miles below Athlone
Cnoc Aine: Knockany, a hill and plain in the County Limerick
Cnogba: Knowth, on the Boyne, near Drogheda, a couple of miles east of Slane, in the County Meath
Colbtha: the mouth of the Boyne at Drogheda, or some place near the Boyne
Collamair: between Gormanstown and Turvey, in the County Dublin
Coltain: south of Cruachan Ai
Conall: probably Tyrconnel, in the County Donegal
Conall Cernach: one of the chief warriors of Ulster: foster-brother of Cuchulain and next to him in point of prowess
Conalle Murthemni: a level plain in the County Louth, extending from the Cooley Mountains, or Carlingford, to the Boyne
Conchobar: son of Cathba the druid, and of Ness, and foster-son of Fachtna Fatach (variously pronounced Cruhoor, Connahoor)
Conlaech: son of Cuchulain and Aife
Corcumruad: the present barony of Corcomroe, in the County Clare
Cormac Conlongas: King Conchobar's eldest son; called "the Intelligent Exile," because of the part he took as surety for the safety of the exiled sons of Usnech
Coronn: the barony of Corran, in the County Sligo
Corp Cliath: a place in Ulster
Craeb ruad: ordinarily Englished "Red Branch"; better, perhaps, "Nobles' Branch:" King Conchobar's banqueting-hall, at Emain Macha
Crannach: at Faughart, north-east of Fid Mor
Cromma: a river flowing into the Boyne not far from Slane
Cronn hi Cualngi: probably a hill or river of this name near Cualnge
Cruachan Ai: the ancient seat and royal burial-place of the kings of Connacht, ten miles north-east of the modern Rathcroghan, near Belanagare, in the County Roscommon (pronounced Croohan)
Cruinn: a river in Cualnge: probably the stream now called the Piedmont River, emptying into Dundalk Bay
Cruthnech: the land of the Irish Picts; the northern part of the County Down and the southern part of the County Antrim
Cu, Cucuc, Cuacain, Cucucan, Cucucuc: diminutives of the name Cuchulain
Cualnge: Cooley, a mountainous district between Dundalk Bay and Drogheda, in the barony of Lower Dundalk, in the County Louth. It originally extended to the County Down, and the name is now applied to the southern side of the Carlingford Mountains (pronounced Cooln'ya)
Cualu: a district in the County Wicklow
Cuchulain: the usual name of the hero Setanta; son of the god Lug and of Dechtire, and foster-son of Sualtaim (pronounced Cuhoolin)
Cuib: on the road to Midluachair
Cuilenn: the Cully Waters flowing southward from County Armagh into County Louth
Cul Siblinne: now Kells in East Meath
Cul Silinne: Kilcooley, a few miles to the south-east of Cruachan, in the County Roscommon
Culenn: a river in Conalle Murthemni
Cuillenn: see Ard Cuillenn
Cuillenn Cinn Duni: a hill in Ulster
Cuince: a mountain in Cualnge
Cumung: a river in Conalle Murthemni
Curoi: son of Dare and king of South Munster
Cuscraid Menn Macha: son of Conchobar
Dall Scena: a place north of Aile
Dalraida: now "the Route," a territory north of Slieve Mish, in the north of the County Antrim
Dare: chieftain of the cantred of Cualnge and owner of the Brown Bull of Cualnge
Dechtire: sister of King Conchobar and mother of Cuchulain
Delga: see Dun Delga
Delga Murthemni: Dundalk
Delinn: a place or river near Kells between Duelt and Selaig, on Medb's march from Cruachan into Ulster
Delt: a place north of Drong, on Medb's march from Cruachan into Ulster
Delt: a river in Conalle Murthemni
Dergderc: Lough Derg, an expansion of the Shannon near Killaloe
Dichaem: a river in Conalle Murthemni
Domnann: see Irrus Domnann
Drong: a river in the land of the men of Assail, in Meath
Druim Caimthechta: north-east of Druim Cain
Druim Cain: possibly an older name for Temair (Tara)
Druim En: in South Armagh; probably a wooded height, near Ballymascanlan, in the County Louth
Druim Fornocht: near Newry, in the County Down
Druim Licce: north-east of Gort Slane, on Medb's march from Connacht into Ulster
Druim Salfinn: now Drumshallon, a townland in the County Louth, six miles north of Drogheda
Dub: the Blackwater, on the confines of Ulster and Connacht; or the confluence of the Rivers Boyne and Blackwater at Navan
Dubh Sithleann (or Sainglenn): the name of one of Cuchulain's two horses
Dubloch: a lake between Kilcooley and Slieve Bawne, in the County Roscommon, on Medb's march from Cruachan into Ulster
Dubthach Doel Ulad: the Ulster noble who shares with Bricriu the place as prime mover of evil among the Ulstermen (pronounced Duffach)
Duelt: north or north-west of Delt, on Medb's march from Cruachan into Ulster
Dun da Benn: Mount Sandle, on the Bann, near Coleraine in the County Derry
Dun Delga: Dundalk, or the moat of Castletown, on the east coast near Dundalk; Cuchulain's home town
Dun macNechtain Scene: a fort in Mag Breg, at the place where the Mattock falls into the Boyne, about three miles above Drogheda
Dun Sobairche: Dunseverick, about three miles from the Giants' Causeway, in the County Antrim
Elg: an old name for Ireland
Ellne: probably east of the River Bann, near Coleraine
Ellonn: a place in Ulster
Emain Macha: the Navan Fort, or Hill, two miles west of Armagh; King Conchobar's capital and the chief town of Ulster (pronounced Evvin Maha)
Emer Foltchain: wife of Cuchulain (pronounced Evver)
Enna Agnech: according to the Annals of the Four Masters, he was High King of Ireland from 312 to 293 B.C.
Eo Donn Mor: north-east of Eo Donn Bec, in the County Louth
Eocho Fedlech: father of Medb; according to the Four Masters, he reigned as monarch of Ireland from 142 to 131 B.C. (pronounced Yokh-ho)
Eocho Salbuide: King of Ulster and father of Cethern's wife, Inna
Eogan macDurthachta: a chief warrior of Ulster and Prince of Fernmag
Erc macFedilmithi: an Ulster hero, son of Fedlimid and grandson of Conchobar
Erna: a sept of Munstermen who later settled about Lough Erne, in Connacht
Ess Ruaid: Assaroe; a cataract on the River Erne near Ballyshannon, in the south of the County Donegal. It constituted part of the old boundary between Ulster and Connacht
Etarbane: one of the "seats" of the king of Cashel, in Tipperary
Ethliu: father of Lug
Ethne: sister of Medb (pronounced Ehnna)
Fachtna Fathach: king of Ulster and later of all Ireland; adoptive father of Conchobar and husband of Ness, Conchobar's mother
Fal (or Inisfail): one of the bardic names for Ireland; Medb is called "of Fal," as daughter of the High King of Ireland (pronounced Fawl)
Fan na Coba: a territory in the baronies of Upper and Lower Iveagh, in the County Down
Fedain Cualngi: a place in Ulster
Fedlimid Nocruthach: daughter of King Conchobar, wife of Loegaire Buadach, mother of Fiachna and cousin-german of Cuchulain (pronounced Falemid)
Femen: a territory at Slieve-na-man, extending perhaps from Cashel to Clonmel, in the southern part of the County Tipperary
Fene: the old tribal name of the Gaels; the "King of the Fene" is Conchobar, King of Ulster
Feorainn: a place near Ardachad, on Medb's march into Ulster
Fercerdne: chief poet of the men of Ulster
Ferdiad: (pronounced Fair-dee-ah)
Fergus macRoig: one time king of Ulster; in voluntary exile in Connacht after the treacherous putting to death of the sons of Usnech by Conchobar. He became the chief director of the Tain under Medb
Ferloga: Ailill's charioteer
Fernmag: Farney, a barony in the County Monaghan
Ferta Fingin: at Sliab Fuait
Fiachu macFiraba: one of the exiles of Ulster in the camp of Medb
Fian: the warrior-class
Fid Dub: a wood, north of Cul Silinne, on Medb's march into Ulster
Fid Mor: a wood, north of Dundalk and between it and Sliab Fuait
Fingabair: probably in the Fews Mountains
Finnabair: daughter to Ailill and Medb (pronounced Fin-nuh-hur)
Finnabair: Fennor, on the banks of the Boyne, near Slane, in Meath
Finnabair Slebe: near Imlech Glendamrach
Finncharn Slebe Moduirn: a height in the Mourne Mountains
Finnglas: a river in Conalle Murthemni
Finnglassa Asail: a river south-east of Cruachan
Fir Assail: a district containing the barony of Farbill, in Westmeath
Flidais Foltchain: wife of Ailill Finn, a Connacht chieftain; after her husband's violent death she became the wife of Fergus, and accompanied him on the Tain
Fochain: near Cuchulain's abode
Fochard Murthemni: Faughart, two miles north-west of Dundalk, in the County Louth
Fodromma: a river flowing into the Boyne near Slane
Fuil Iairn: the name of a ford west of Ardee
Gabal: the Feeguile, a river in the King's County
nGabar: a place near Donaghmore, perhaps to, the west of Lough Neagh in the County Tyrone
Galian: a name the Leinstermen bore. They were Ailill's countrymen
Gainemain: a river in Conalle Murthemni
Garech: the name of the hill where the final battle of the Tain was fought, some distance south-east of Athlone and near Mullingar, in Westmeath
Gegg: a woman's name
Genonn Gruadsolus: a druid and poet of Ulster; son of Cathba
Glaiss Colptha: the river Boyne
Glaiss Gatlaig: a river in Ulster
Glenamain: a river in Conalle Murthemni
Glenn Fochain: probably a valley east of Bellurgan Station
Glenn Gatt: a valley in Ulster
Glennamain: in Murthemne
Glenn in Scail: a place in Dalaraide, East Ulster
Glenn na Samaisce: in Slieve Gullion, in the County Armagh
Glenn Tail: another name for Belat Aileain
Gleoir: the Glore, a river in Conalle Murthemni
Gluine Gabur: east of the Shannon, in the County Longford
Gort Slane: north of Slane and south-west of Druim Licce
Grellach Bobulge: at Dunseverick, in Ulster
Grellach Dolar (or Dolluid): Girley, near Kells, in the County Meath
Gualu Mulchi: the town-land of Drumgoolestown on the river Dee, in the County Louth
Ialla Ilgremma: near Sliab Betha and Mag Dula
Ibar macRiangabra: Conchobar's charioteer
Id macRiangabra: Ferdiad's charioteer, brother to Laeg
Ilgarech: a hill near Garech, q.v.
Iliach: grandfather to Conall Cernach
Illann Ilarchless: an Ulster warrior, son to Fergus
Imchad: son to Fiachna
Imchlar: near Donaghmore, west of Dungannon, in the County Tyrone
Immail: a place in the Mourne Mountains, in Ulster
Imrinn: a druid, son to Cathba
Inis Cuscraid: Inch, near Downpatrick
Inis Clothrann: Inishcloghran in Loch Ree, County Longford
Innbir Scene: the mouth of Waterford Harbour near Tramore; or the mouth of Kenmare Bay, in the County Kerry
Inncoin: the Dungolman, a river into which the Inny flows and which divides the barony of Kilkenny West from Rathconrath, in the County Westmeath
Iraird Cuillinn: a height south of Emain Macha, in Ulster
Irrus Domnann: the barony of Erris, in County Mayo: the clan which bore this name and to which Ferdiad belonged was one of the three heroic races of ancient Ireland
Laeg: son of Riangabair and Cuchulain's faithful charioteer (pronounced Lay)
Latharne: Larne, in the County Antrim
Lebarcham: a sorceress
Leire: in the territory of the Fir Roiss, in the south of the County Antrim
Ler: the Irish sea-god
Lethglas: Dun Lethglaisse, now Downpatrick, in Ulster
Lettre Luasce: between Cualnge and Conalle
Lia Mor: in Conalle Murthemni
Liath Mache: 'the Roan,' one of Cuchulain's two horses.
Lia Ualann: in Cualnge
Line (or Mag Line): Moylinne, in the County Antrim
Loch Ce: Lough Key, in the County Roscommon
Loch Echtrann: Muckno Lake, south of Sliab Fuait, in the County Monaghan
Loch Erne: Lough Erne, in the County Fermanagh
Loch Ri: Lough Ree, on the Shannon, in the County Galway
Loegaire Buadach: son to Connad Buide and husband of Fedlimid Nocruthach; one of the chief warriors of Ulster (pronounced Layeray)
Lothor: a place in Ulster
Luachair: probably Slieve Lougher, or the plain in which lay Temair Luachra, a fort somewhere near the town of Castleisland, in the County Kerry
Lug: the divine father of Cuchulain
Lugaid: father of Dubthach
Lugmud: Louth, in the County of that name
Luibnech: possibly a place now called Limerick, in the County Wexford
MacMagach: relatives of Ailill
MacRoth: Medb's chief messenger
Mag: 'a plain' (pronounced moy)
Mag Ai: the great plain in the County Roscommon, extending from Ballymore to Elphin, and from Bellanagare to Strokestown (pronounced Moy wee)
Mag Breg: the plain along and south of the lower Boyne, comprising the east of County Meath and the north of County Dublin (pronounced Moy bray)
Mag Cruimm: south-east of Cruachan, in Connacht
Mag Dea: a plain in Ulster
Mag Dula: a plain though which the Do flows by Castledawson into Lough Neagh
Mag Eola: a plain in Ulster
Mag Inis: the plain comprising the baronies of Lecale and Upper Castlereagh, in the County Down
Mag Line: Moylinne, a plain to the north-east of Lough Neagh, in the barony of Upper Antrim
Mag Mucceda: a plain near Emain Macha
Mag Trega: Moytra, in the County Longford
Mag Tuaga: a plain in Mayo
Maic Miled: the Milesians
Mairg: a district in which is Slievemargie, in the Queen's County and the County Kilkenny
Manannan: son of Ler, a fairy god
Margine: a place in Cualnge
Mas na Righna: Massareene, in the County Antrim
Mata Murisc: mother of Ailill
Medb: queen of Connacht and wife of Ailill (pronounced Mave; in modern Connacht Irish Mow to rhyme with cow)
Meide ind Eoin, and Meide in Togmail: places in or near the Boyne, in the County Louth
Midluachair: Slige Midluachra, the name of the highroad east of Armagh, leading north from Tara to Emain and into the north of Ireland
Mil: the legendary progenitor of the Milesians (See Maic Miled)
Miliuc: a river in Conalle Murthemni
Moduirn: see Sliab Moduirn
Moin Coltna: a bog between Slieve Bawne and the Shannon
Moraltach: great grandfather of Cuchulain
Morann: a famous judge
Morrigan: the war-goddess of the ancient Irish, "monstrum in feminae figura" (pronounced More-reegan)
Mossa: a territory, the southern part of which must have been in the barony of Eliogarty, not far from Cashel, in the County Tipperary
Muach: a river in Conalle Murthemni
Muresc: the land of Ailill's mother; Murresk Hamlet, between Clew Bay and Croagh Patrick, in the County Mayo
Murthemne: a great plain along the northern coast of the County Louth between the river Boyne and the Cooley Mountains; now belonging to Leinster, but, at the time of the Tain, to Ulster (pronounced Muhr-hev-ny)
Nemain: the Badb
Ness: mother of King Conchobar by Cathba; she afterwards married Fachtna Fathach and subsequently Fergus macRoig
Nith: the river Dee which flows by Ardee, in the County Louth
Ochain: the name of Conchan bar's shield
Ochonn Midi: a place near the Blackwater at Navan
Ochtrach: near Finnglassa Asail, in Meath
Oenfer Aife: another name for Conlaech
Oengus Turbech: according to the Annals of Ireland, he reigned as High King from 384 to 326 B.C.
Ord: south-east of Cruachan and north of Tiarthechta
Partraige beca: Partry in Slechta south-west of Kells, in Meath
Port Large: Waterford
Rath Airthir: a place in Connacht
Rath Cruachan: Rathcroghan, between Belanagare and Elphin, in the County Roscommon
Rede Loche: a place in Cualnge
Renna: the mouth of the Boyne
Riangabair: father of the charioteers, Laeg and Id
Rigdonn: a place in the north
Rinn: a river in Conalle Murthemni
Rogne: a territory between the rivers Suir and Barrow, in the barony of Kells, the County Kildare or Kilkenny
Ross: a district in the south of the County Monaghan
Ross Mor: probably Ross na Rig, near Ball Scena
Sas: a river in Conalle Murthemni
Scathach: the Amazon dwelling in Alba who taught Cuchulain and Ferdiad their warlike feats (pronounced Scaw-ha)
Selaig: Sheelagh, a townland in the barony of Upper Dundalk
Semne: Island Magee, north-east of Carrickfergus, in the County Antrim
Senbothae: Templeshanbo, at the foot of Mount Leinster, in the County Wexford
Sencha macAilella: the wise counsellor and judge of the Ulstermen
Sered: a plain in the north of the barony of Tirhugh, County Donegal
Setanta: the real name of Cuchulain
Sid: the terrene gods (pronounced She)
Sil: in Lecale, in the County Down
Sinann: the river Shannon
Siuir: the Suir, a river in Munster, forming the northern boundary of the County Waterford
Slabra: a place north of Selaig, near Kells, in Meath
Slaiss: south-east of Cruachan, between Ord and Inneoin
Slane: a town on the Boyne, in Meath
Slechta: south-west of Kells, in Meath
Slemain Mide: "Slane of Meath," Slewen, three miles to the west of Mullingar, in Westmeath
Sliab Betha: Slieve Beagh, a mountain whereon the Counties of Fermanagh, Tyrone, and Monaghan meet
Sliab Culinn: Slieve Gullion, in the County Armagh
Sliab Fuait: the Fews Mountains, near Newtown-Hamilton, to the west and north-west of Slieve Gullion; in the southern part of the County Armagh
Sliab Mis: Slieve Mish, a mountain in the County Kerry, extending eastwards from Tralee
Sliab Moduirn: the Mourne Range, in the County Monaghan, partly in Cavan and partly in Meath
Sruthair Finnlethe: a river west of Athlone
Sualtaim (or, Sualtach) Sidech: the human father of Cuchulain
Suide Lagen: Mount Leinster, in the County Wexford
Tadg: a river in Conalle Murthemni
Taidle: near Cuib
Taltiu: Teltown, in the County Meath, on or near the Blackwater, between Navan and Kells; one of the chief places of assembly and burial of the Ulstermen
Taul Tairb: in Cualnge
Telamet: a river in Conalle Murthemni
Temair: Tara, the seat of the High King of Ireland, near Navan, in the County Meath (pronounced Tavvir)
Tethba descirt: South Teffia, a territory about and south of the river Inny, in the County Longford
Tethba tuascirt: south-east of Cruachan, in Teffia, County Longford
Tir Mor: in Murthemne
Tir na Sorcha: a fabled land, ruled over by Manannan
Tir Tairngire: "the Land of Promise"
Tonn Clidna: a loud surge in the Bay of Glandore
Tonn Rudraige: a huge wave in the Bay of Dundrum, in the County Cork
Tonn Tuage Inbir: "the Tuns," near the mouth of the river Bann on the north coast of Antrim
Tor Breogain: "Bregon's Tower," in Spain
Tromma: south-east of Cruachan; also the name of a river flowing into the Boyne near Slane
Tuaim Mona: Tumona, a townland in the parish of Ogulla, near Tulsk, south of Cruachan Ai, County Roscommon
Tuatha Bressi: a name for the people of Connacht
Tuatha De Danann: "the Tribes divine of Danu," the gods of the Irish Olympus
Turloch teora Crich: north of Tuaim Mona
Uachtur Lua: in the land of Ross
Uarba: a place in Ulster
Uathach: one of the three women-teachers of Cuchulain and Ferdiad
Uathu: north of Ochain
Ui Echach: the barony of Iveagh, in the County Down
