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AOA I (YBL version, §§ 12-13)

§ 12. The boy exclaims that Scáthach had never taught him that (§ 11, the feat of the Gái Bulga). They both recognise the unhappy truth of the affair. Cú Chulainn embraces his son, removes the Gái Bulga and carries him to the Ulstermen.

Cú Chulainn lays down his son before the Ulstermen, saying that here is his son for them. The boy says that if he had been five years in their service, he would have conquered the world for them and secured a kingship extending as far as Rome. He utters his last wish: to meet the famous men that are with them.

§ 13. When the boy has embraced the warriors and said farewell to his father, he dies. His death is mourned. He is buried with a stone to mark his grave. For the length of three days, the Ulstermen keep calf and cow apart in memory of the boy.

Agents

Cú ChulainnCú 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)
See more Connla mac AífeConnla (var. Connláech) or Conla; or Óenfir Aífe (‘Aífe’s only son’)
son of Cú Chulainn and Aífe; tragically killed in single combat by his honour-bound father
See more ScáthachScáthach
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle, Conchobar mac Nessa)
A warrior woman and instructor of warriors in the Ulster Cycle, notably responsible for training the hero Cú Chulainn.
See more UlaidUlaid
A people and kingdom in early Ireland, from which the province of Ulster takes its name.

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Tráig ÉiseTráig Éise

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AOA II (TCD 1336 version)

As the boy is dying from his injuries, Cú Chulainn asks him to reveal his name and learns that it is Ainfer Aífe, son of Cú Chulainn, son of Sualtam. Cú Chulainn carries his son’s body to the Ulstermen. He recites a quatrain of verse, beg. Trom n-aire, in which he tells of a great burden that he has borne across Mag (n)Ene: in one hand, his son’s weapons and in the other, the spoils (faidb) of his son.

Agents

Cú ChulainnCú 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)
See more Connla mac AífeConnla (var. Connláech) or Conla; or Óenfir Aífe (‘Aífe’s only son’)
son of Cú Chulainn and Aífe; tragically killed in single combat by his honour-bound father
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Mag nEneMag nEne

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Beg. Trom n-aire

Verse beg. Trom n-aire (1 q.)