Aided Úaland‘The (violent) death of Úalu’

prose
Táin bó Cúailnge

A series of episodes found in Táin bó Cúailnge (recensions I and II), in which the river Cronn and one or two other streams rise against the hosts of Connacht, hindering their progress and leading to the death of Úalu and the loss of many more warriors.

Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.

Táin bó Cúailnge I
Episode headed Aided Úaland

Táin bó Cúailnge II
Episode, without title heading.

Form

prose (primary)

Classification

Táin bó Cúailnge
Táin bó Cúailnge

id. 624

Subjects

Medb ChrúachnaMedb of Crúachan
Medb of Crúachan, Medb Crúachna, Medb of Connacht
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Queen of the Connachta, co-ruler with her husband Ailill mac Máta, in the Ulster Cycle. She is said to have a daughter, Findabair, and seven sons known as the seven Maines. Her lover is Fergus mac Róich.
See more ÚaluÚalu

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

See more Cronn [river]Cronn ... river

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

Glais CruindGlais Cruind

No description available

See more Clúain CarpatClúain Carpat

No description available

See more Lía ÚalandLía Úaland

No description available

Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

See Táin bó Cúailnge for the complete list

[ed.] [tr.] OʼRahilly, Cecile [ed. and tr.], Táin bó Cúailnge: Recension I, Dublin: DIAS, 1976.

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Lines 1002–1029 Recension I.

[ed.] [tr.] OʼRahilly, Cecile [ed. and tr.], Táin bó Cúalnge: from the Book of Leinster, Irish Texts Society, 49, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1967.

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Recension II in LL.