Irish Ess Ferchiss

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Cath Maige Mucrama - §§ 67–75. Mac Con’s death
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§§ 67–75. Mac Con’s death —

§§ 67–75. The death of Mac Con, ed. and tr. Máirín O'Daly, Cath Maige Mucrama: The battle of Mag Mucrama (1975).

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§ 68. Mac Con goes to Ailill to seek his support. Sadb, embracing him, urges him to leave because Ailill harbours no good will towards him.

§ 69. Ailill welcomes Mac Con and offers to adopt him as his son. § 70. As they move closer, Ailill presses his poisonous tooth against Mac Con's cheek. Ailill leaves and Sadb recognises that Mac Con is doomed, reciting a quatrain beg. ‘Is é forgab dia tuit rí’. § 71. Ailill sends Ferchess mac Commáin to track down Mac Con. Within three days, Mac Con's cheek has melted away (from the poison). § 72. Mac Con and his men are back in Munster. As Mac Con leans himself against a pillar-stone, Ferchess is seen to approach them. Even though Mac Con surrounds himself with his men, Ferchess manages to cast his spear at him, attaching his forehead to the pillar-stone.

§ 73. Ferchess takes flight and throws his wood-shavings (?) into a cataract, i.e. Ess Ferchiss (‘cataract of Ferchess’).

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§ 68. Mac Con goes to Ailill to seek his support. Sadb, embracing him, urges him to leave because Ailill harbours no good will towards him.

§ 69. Ailill welcomes Mac Con and offers to adopt him as his son. § 70. As they move closer, Ailill presses his poisonous tooth against Mac Con's cheek. Ailill leaves and Sadb recognises that Mac Con is doomed, reciting a quatrain beg. ‘Is é forgab dia tuit rí’. § 71. Ailill sends Ferchess mac Commáin to track down Mac Con. Within three days, Mac Con's cheek has melted away (from the poison). § 72. Mac Con and his men are back in Munster. As Mac Con leans himself against a pillar-stone, Ferchess is seen to approach them. Even though Mac Con surrounds himself with his men, Ferchess manages to cast his spear at him, attaching his forehead to the pillar-stone.

§ 73. Ferchess takes flight and throws his wood-shavings (?) into a cataract, i.e. Ess Ferchiss (‘cataract of Ferchess’).

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Ess Ferchiss

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Lugaid Mac Con <strong>Lugaid Mac Con</strong> <br>Often simply Mac Con, a legendary high-king of Ireland from a people based in Munster; said to have defeated Éogan Mór and Art mac Cuinn in the battle of Mucrama after a return from exile following the battle of Cenn Abrat.
Sadb ingen Chuinn <strong>Sadb ingen Chuinn</strong> <br>(<i>time-frame ass. with</i> Ailill Ólomm,Id) <br>daughter of Conn Cétchathach and wife of Ailill Ólomm, king of Munster.
Ailill Ólomm <strong>Ailill Ólomm</strong> <br>(<i>time-frame ass. with</i> Irish legendary history) <br>king of Munster; reputed ancestor of the Éoganacht and Dál Cais; a prominent figure in various king-tales, such as those revolving around the Battle of Mag Mucrama.
Ferchess mac Commáin <strong>Ferchess mac Commáin</strong> <br><em class="text-muted">No short description available</em>

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Ess Ferchiss

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Ir. Ess Ferchiss

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Beg. Is é forgab dia tuit rí (1q)