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Bánchath Rochada ‘The bloodless fight of Rochad’

  • prose
  • Táin bó Cúailnge

Episode found in the first recension of Táin bó Cúailnge.

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Form
prose (primary)

Classification

Táin bó Cúailnge
Táin bó Cúailnge
id. 624

Subjects

Cú Chulainn
Cú Chulainn
Young Ulster hero and chief character of Táin bó Cuailnge and other tales of the Ulster Cycle; son of Súaltam or Lug and Deichtire (sister to Conchobor); husband of Emer (ingen Forgaill)

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Lóeg mac Ríangabra
Lóeg mac Ríangabra
Cú Chulainn’s charioteer

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Rochad mac FathemáinRochad mac Fathemáin
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

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Findabair [daughter of Medb and Ailill]
Findabair, Finnabair
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
daughter of Medb and Ailill in the Ulster Cycle

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Ailill mac Máta
Ailill mac Máta
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
king of Connacht, husband of Medb of Connacht

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Fergus mac Róich
Fergus mac Róich
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
warrior in tales of the Ulster Cycle; former king of Ulster in exile in Connacht; Medb’s lover

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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 1658–1684 Recension I.
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
July 2012, last updated: January 2024