Cú Chulainn is slain
Prose in the Rennes MS: Erc son of Cairpre Nia Fer beheads Cú Chulainn (contra TBC II-LL).
Verse: notes that Erc was killed in revenge for Cú Chulainn, implying that Erc was at least an accomplice in the affair.
For the story of the death of Cú Chulainn and Erc's complicity in his death, see also Brislech Mór Maige Muirthemne and the later version, Oidheadh Con Culainn.
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killings
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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)
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Erc, son of Cairpre Nia Fer (king of Tara) and Fedelm ... daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa; eponym of Duma nEirc
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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 Erc mac Cairpri Niad FerErc mac Cairpri Niad Fer
Erc, son of Cairpre Nia Fer (king of Tara) and Fedelm ... daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa; eponym of Duma nEirc
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Brislech Mór Maige Muirthemne, also known as Aided Con CulainnBrislech Mór Maige Muirthemne, also known as Aided Con Culainn
Old Irish saga about the slaying of the Ulster hero Cú Chulainn, Conall Cernach’s revenge, Cú Chulainn’s ‘phantom speech’ (síabur-chobra) delivered after his death and a lament by Emer.
Oidheadh Con CulainnOidheadh Con Culainn
Prose: to avenge Cú Chulainn's death, Conall Cernach kills and beheads Erc.
Verse: less explicit, but stanzas 2 and 3 allude to the scenario in which Conall Cernach killed and beheaded Erc in vengeance for Cú Chulainn:
- st. 2. Erc is killed in vengeance for Cú Chulainn.
- st. 3. Conall Cernach brings Erc's head to Tara.
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killingsdeath, public and interactive activities
killings
killings
id. 27633
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beheadingbeheading
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Conall CernachConall 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 Erc mac Cairpri Niad FerErc mac Cairpri Niad Fer
Erc, son of Cairpre Nia Fer (king of Tara) and Fedelm ... daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa; eponym of Duma nEirc
See more 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)
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(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 Erc mac Cairpri Niad FerErc mac Cairpri Niad Fer
Erc, son of Cairpre Nia Fer (king of Tara) and Fedelm ... daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa; eponym of Duma nEirc
See more 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)
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Temair
Temair ... Tara
County Meath
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The mound of Erc (Dumae nEirc) is either where Erc was slain or where Conall Cernach ...
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Erc mac Cairpri Niad FerErc mac Cairpri Niad Fer
Erc, son of Cairpre Nia Fer (king of Tara) and Fedelm ... daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa; eponym of Duma nEirc
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(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.
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Erc, son of Cairpre Nia Fer (king of Tara) and Fedelm ... daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa; eponym of Duma nEirc
See more Conall CernachConall 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.
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Duma nEircDuma nEirc
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Erc son of Cairpre Nia Fer
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Erc mac Cairpri Niad FerErc mac Cairpri Niad Fer
Erc, son of Cairpre Nia Fer (king of Tara) and Fedelm ... daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa; eponym of Duma nEirc
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Erc, son of Cairpre Nia Fer (king of Tara) and Fedelm ... daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa; eponym of Duma nEirc
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