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Dinnshenchas of Achall - 2. The death of Achall
Achall dies of grief
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2. The death of Achall —
Prose and verse on the death of Achall daughter of Cairpre Nia Fer. Achall, daughter of Cairpre Nia Fer [king of Tara] and Fedelm (daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa), learns of the death of her brother Erc, whose head lies at the mound known as Duma nEirc. She dies of grief and is given burial at Achall / Dumae nAichle ‘the mound of Achall’ (Skryne, Co. Meath), opposite her brother's mound.
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Achall dies of grief, couched in terms of the breaking of her heart: in stanza 3 of the poem, her heart is said to have become cold (úair), while the prose text (Rennes MS) says that she was nine days in mourning until her heart broke like a nut.
Achall dies of grief, couched in terms of the breaking of her heart: in stanza 3 of the poem, her heart is said to have become cold (úair), while the prose text (Rennes MS) says that she was nine days in mourning until her heart broke like a nut.
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death by emotion
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nut; heart; period of nine days;;
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Achall ingen Cairpri Niad Fer <strong>Achall ingen Cairpri Niad Fer</strong> <br>(<i>time-frame ass. with</i> Ulster Cycle,Id) <br>Eponym of Achall, given as a daughter of Cairpre Nia Fer, king of Tara, and Fedelm, daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa.
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