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Cath Airtig ‘The battle of Airtech’

  • Early Irish
  • Ulster Cycle
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  • Early Irish
Associated items
Tecosc CuscraidTecosc CuscraidA short series of precepts addressed to Cúscraid Mend Macha, Conchobor’s son and heir, by his foster-father Conall Cernach. The text is found in the introductory part of the tale of Cath Airtig.

Classification

Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle
id. 1797

Subjects

Cúscraid Mend Macha
Cúscraid Mend Macha
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
warrior in the Ulster Cycle, son of the Ulster king Conchobar mac Nessa.
See more Conall Cernach
Conall Cernach
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Warrior of the Ulaid in the Ulster Cycle; son of Amergin and Findchóem. In Irish genealogies, he is presented as an ancestor of the kings of the Dál nAraidi and the Uí Echach Coba.
See more Ailill mac Máta
Ailill mac Máta
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
king of Connacht, husband of Medb of Connacht
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Medb of Crúachan
(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 Airtech UchtlethanAirtech Uchtlethan
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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Ulaid
A people and kingdom in early Ireland, from which the province of Ulster takes its name.
See more ConnachtaConnachta
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
See more Fir DomnannFir Domnann
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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Airtech
Airtech, Artech
County Roscommon

A territory which included (part of?) the present-day parish of Tibohine and the church of Tech Baithín, Co. Roscommon.

See more Fir MalandFir Maland
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
See more Crích MalandCrích Maland
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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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.

[ed.] [tr.] Best, R. I. [ed. and tr.], “The battle of Airtech”, Ériu 8 (1916): 170–190.
TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link>

Secondary sources (select)

Bhreathnach, Edel, “Tales of Connacht: Cath Airtig, Táin bó Flidhais, Cath Leitreach Ruibhe, and Cath Cumair”, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 45 (Summer, 2003): 21–42.
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
April 2011, last updated: January 2024
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