The search for the bull
All of Findabair Cúailnge is ravaged in search of the bull (tarb [i.e. Donn Cúailnge]) and the women, children, etc. of Cúailnge are gathered in Findabair, but the undertaking is fruitless. Medb reproaches her men, who respond to her that the bull is not to be found in Cúailnge.
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Donn CúailngeDonn Cúailnge
Dub Cúailnge
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
The fertile brown bull of Cúailnge (Cooley, Co. Louth) in the Táin and foretales.
See more Medb ChrúachnaMedb of Crúachan
Medb of Crúachan, Medb Crúachna, Medb of Connacht
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Queen of the Connachta, co-ruler with her husband Ailill mac Máta, in the Ulster Cycle. She is said to have a daughter, Findabair, and seven sons known as the seven Maines. Her lover is Fergus mac Róich.
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Dub Cúailnge
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
The fertile brown bull of Cúailnge (Cooley, Co. Louth) in the Táin and foretales.
See more Medb ChrúachnaMedb of Crúachan
Medb of Crúachan, Medb Crúachna, Medb of Connacht
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Queen of the Connachta, co-ruler with her husband Ailill mac Máta, in the Ulster Cycle. She is said to have a daughter, Findabair, and seven sons known as the seven Maines. Her lover is Fergus mac Róich.
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The death of Lóthar the cowherd
To discover the whereabouts of the bull, Medb summons Lóthar, her cowherd (búachaill). He tells her that it left with 60 heifers when debility (nóenden) overtook the Ulstermen and that it is now to be found in Dubchaire in Glenn Gat. Medb sends a group of men (Lóthar and his men?), carrying a withe (gatt) between every two of them, to retrieve the bull, hence the placename Glenn Gat. The bull is brought to Findabair, but once there, it attacks Lóthar, goring him to death with its horns, and proceeds with 150 heifers to the army camp, where it kills 50 warriors.
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debility of the Ulaiddebility of the Ulaid
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debility of the Ulaiddebility of the Ulaid
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Agents
Lóthar [cowherd of Medb]Lóthar ... cowherd of Medb
See more Medb ChrúachnaMedb of Crúachan
Medb of Crúachan, Medb Crúachna, Medb of Connacht
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Queen of the Connachta, co-ruler with her husband Ailill mac Máta, in the Ulster Cycle. She is said to have a daughter, Findabair, and seven sons known as the seven Maines. Her lover is Fergus mac Róich.
See more Donn CúailngeDonn Cúailnge
Dub Cúailnge
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
The fertile brown bull of Cúailnge (Cooley, Co. Louth) in the Táin and foretales.
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See more Medb ChrúachnaMedb of Crúachan
Medb of Crúachan, Medb Crúachna, Medb of Connacht
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Queen of the Connachta, co-ruler with her husband Ailill mac Máta, in the Ulster Cycle. She is said to have a daughter, Findabair, and seven sons known as the seven Maines. Her lover is Fergus mac Róich.
See more Donn CúailngeDonn Cúailnge
Dub Cúailnge
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
The fertile brown bull of Cúailnge (Cooley, Co. Louth) in the Táin and foretales.
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Ir. búachaillIrish búachaill
Search eDILIr. nóendenIrish nóenden
Search eDILIr. gattIrish gatt
Search eDIL
Search eDILIr. nóendenIrish nóenden
Search eDILIr. gattIrish gatt
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The bull is lost again
The bull, having left the army camp, vanishes from sight. The cowherd (búachaill) tells Medb that the bull may be found in the recesses (díamra) of Slíab Cuillinn, but it is not to be seen there.
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Slíab Cuillinn
Slíab Cuillinn ... Slieve Gullion
County Armagh
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Conid Aided Lóthair ar Tána sin
Aided Lóthair ‘The (violent) death of Lóthar’: the story is thus referred to in its conclusion (Conid Aided Lóthair ar Tána sin).
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