LL / Rennes
Iuchna Echbél, also Iuchna Cíabanach, is introduced as a royal briugu to the northeast of Faffand, on the Fán in Briugad (‘Hospitaller’s Slope’), i.e. Machad Brígte.
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IuchnaIuchna
Mythical cattle-owner or briugu; associated in dinnshenchas narratives with Almu (Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare) and Adarca (eponymously, Adarca Bó Iuchna) in Co. Offaly; name probably connected to Benna Iuchna in Slán seiss, a Brigit co mbúaid; in the story cycle around Cú Roí, he came to be equated or merged with Echde [or Eochu] Echbél, legendary owner of three special cows.
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Mythical cattle-owner or briugu; associated in dinnshenchas narratives with Almu (Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare) and Adarca (eponymously, Adarca Bó Iuchna) in Co. Offaly; name probably connected to Benna Iuchna in Slán seiss, a Brigit co mbúaid; in the story cycle around Cú Roí, he came to be equated or merged with Echde [or Eochu] Echbél, legendary owner of three special cows.
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Iuchna was much beloved by his cattle since he used to rear the calves at home until Beltaine every year [LL} / until they were yearlings [Rennes].
[LL/Rennes:] When Iuchna died, they gathered around his body [in mourning] for three days. There was fighting (LL: immarbad) among them; [Rennes only:] they ended up tearing up Iuchna’s body with their horns.
[LL/Rennes:] They then cast off their horns so that the horns became mounds, hence the placename Adarca Iuchna [LL] / Adarca [Rennes]. Keywords
BeltaineBeltaine
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IuchnaIuchna
Mythical cattle-owner or briugu; associated in dinnshenchas narratives with Almu (Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare) and Adarca (eponymously, Adarca Bó Iuchna) in Co. Offaly; name probably connected to Benna Iuchna in Slán seiss, a Brigit co mbúaid; in the story cycle around Cú Roí, he came to be equated or merged with Echde [or Eochu] Echbél, legendary owner of three special cows.
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Mythical cattle-owner or briugu; associated in dinnshenchas narratives with Almu (Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare) and Adarca (eponymously, Adarca Bó Iuchna) in Co. Offaly; name probably connected to Benna Iuchna in Slán seiss, a Brigit co mbúaid; in the story cycle around Cú Roí, he came to be equated or merged with Echde [or Eochu] Echbél, legendary owner of three special cows.
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LL / Rennes
[LL/Rennes:] Iuchna’s cattle proceeded to the Boyne to quench their thirst.
[LL:] Hence the placename Áth Almaini for the source (bun) of the Boyne.
[Rennes:] They spread out across Almu and died ina n-almaib ‘in their herds’, hence the placename Almu. Agents
IuchnaIuchna
Mythical cattle-owner or briugu; associated in dinnshenchas narratives with Almu (Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare) and Adarca (eponymously, Adarca Bó Iuchna) in Co. Offaly; name probably connected to Benna Iuchna in Slán seiss, a Brigit co mbúaid; in the story cycle around Cú Roí, he came to be equated or merged with Echde [or Eochu] Echbél, legendary owner of three special cows.
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Mythical cattle-owner or briugu; associated in dinnshenchas narratives with Almu (Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare) and Adarca (eponymously, Adarca Bó Iuchna) in Co. Offaly; name probably connected to Benna Iuchna in Slán seiss, a Brigit co mbúaid; in the story cycle around Cú Roí, he came to be equated or merged with Echde [or Eochu] Echbél, legendary owner of three special cows.
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Rennes only
Iuchna had a wife named Almu, daughter of Bécan the briugu. After her husband’s death, she returned to her father and died of grief for her husband as well as her cattle. Almu is named from her.
Rennes: etymological postscript
The text offers a number of etymological alternatives for the name of Almu [and its genitive]:
- Almu is reconstructed as Al-móin, lying as it does to the west of a bog (móin); parallel: Airbri is to the east of Brí Éile [Co. Offaly].
- Almu is reconstructed as ail-mo as a rock (ail) over or in a bog (móin).
- or all-mou or oll-mou.
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