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3. Aided Fir Dead/Diag

Aided Fir Dead/Diag (‘The death of Fer Diad’)
Title referring to an episode of Táin bó Cúailnge
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Fer DiadFer Diad
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
warrior in tales of the Ulster Cycle
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Comrac Fir Diad ⁊ Con CulaindComrac Fir Diad ⁊ Con Culaind


4. Aided Conaill

Aided Conaill (‘The death of Conall’)
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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.
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5. Aided Celtchair

Aided Celtchair (‘The death of Celtchar’)
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CeltcharCeltchar (mac Uithechair)
Celtchar mac Uthechair;Celtchar mac Uithechair
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Celtcha(i)r mac U(i)thechair, warrior in the Ulster Cycle of tales.
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6. Aided Blaí Briugaid

Aided Blaí Briugaid (‘The death of Blaí the hospitaller’)
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Blaí BriuguBlaí Briugu
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
hostel-keeper (briugu) in the Ulster Cycle of tales
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7. Aided Loegaire

Aided Loegaire (‘The death of Lóegaire’)
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Lóegaire BúadachLóegaire Búadach
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Hero in tales of the Ulster Cycle; said to be a son of Connad Buide and grandson of Iliach
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8. Aided Fergusa

Aided Fergusa (‘The death of Fergus’)
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Fergus mac RóichFergus mac Róich
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
warrior in tales of the Ulster Cycle; former king of Ulster in exile in Connacht; Medb’s lover
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9. Aided Chonchobair

Aided Chonchobair (‘The death of Conchobar’)
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Conchobar mac NessaConchobar mac Nessa
Conchobar mac Nessa
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
king of the Ulaid in tales of the Ulster Cycle; son either of Cathbad or Fachtna Fáthach (father) and Ness (mother); husband of Mugain; father of Cormac Cond Longas, Cúscraid Mend Macha, Furbaide Fer Bend and Fedelm Noíchrothach; fosterfather of Cú Chulainn.
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10. Aided Fhiamain/Fiadmain

Aided Fhiamain or Aided Fiadmain (‘The death of Fia(d)man’)
may be identical with the titles listed as Forbais Dúin Binne (list A), Echtra Fiamain (A), Aithed Mugaine re Fiamain (A) and Orgain Dúin Binne (list B) (Proinsias Mac Cana, The learned tales of medieval Ireland (1980): 93).
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(Probable) sources
Aided Fhiamain/FhiadmainAided Fhiamain/Fhiadmain


11. Aided Mael Fhathartaig maic Ronain

Aided Mael Fhathartaig maic Ronain (‘The death of Máel Fothartaig mac Rónáin’)
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Máel Fothartaig mac RónáinMáel Fothartaig mac Rónáin
(time-frame ass. with Cycle of Rónán king of Leinster)
Tragic hero in the tale of Fingal Rónáin, according to which he was a son of the king of Leinster, Rónán, and was slain at his behest after false allegations of sexually assaulting the king’s new wife (Máel Fothartaig’s stepmother).
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12. Aided Taidc maic Cein

Aided Taidc maic Cein (‘The death of Tadc mac Céin’)
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Tadg mac CéinTadg mac Céin
son of Cían son of Ailill Ólomm; father of Cormac Gaileng, ancestor of the Gailenga.
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Eachtra Thaidhg mheic CéinEachtra Thaidhg mheic Céin


13. Aided Maic Ṡamain

Aided Maic Shamain (‘The death of Mac Samáin’). LL only.
Cf. Mac Samáin in Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib § 107.
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Mac SamáinMac Samáin
Mac Sámain;Garb Daire ... Mac Sámain
one, two or even several legendary figures of the same name; if the available references are to one and the same person, he is a warrior, member of a fían, as well as a judge or sage, whose persona could be invoked as the author of a number of textual passages; Finn’s judge in the poem Fégthar tech Fhinn a nAlmhain. The tale lists mention an Aided Meic Samáin, now lost.
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Aided Meic SamáinAided Meic Samáin


14. Aided Find

Aided Find (‘The death of Finn’)
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Finn mac CumaillFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
Fionn mac Cumhaill;Find úa Báiscni
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
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