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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.
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prose (primary)

Classification

Táin bó Cúailnge
Táin bó Cúailnge
id. 624

Subjects

Medb CrúachnaMedb Crúachna
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ÚaluÚalu
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Cronn [river]Cronn ... river
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Glais CruindGlais Cruind
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Clúain CarpatClúain Carpat
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Lía ÚalandLía Úaland
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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.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link>
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.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link>
Recension II in LL.

Secondary sources (select)

Dooley, Ann, Playing the hero: reading the Irish saga Táin bó Cúailnge, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006.
26–28
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
July 2012, last updated: January 2024