1. Visitors from Spain

Éogan receives visitors from Spain.

2. The wooing and the wedding

The wooing and the wedding, ed. and tr. Eugene O'Curry, Cath Mhuighe Léana or The Battle of Magh Leana, together with Tochmarc Moméra or the Courtship of Moméra (1855).

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3. The salmon and Éogan’s third name

On the salmon and Éogan's third name, ed. and tr. Eugene O'Curry, Cath Mhuighe Léana or The Battle of Magh Leana, together with Tochmarc Moméra or the Courtship of Moméra (1855): 162–163.

Once in every seven years, a salmon leaves the ‘secret recesses of Creation’ to appear in the river Éber [Ebro], which runs across the middle of Spain. Wool is said to grow through the salmon. When that day arrives, the druid tells the king's daughter to look for the salmon, catch it and strip the wool off it, so that Éogan may obtain his third name.

(At this point in the narrative, Eugene O'Curry suspects that the scribe omitted at least a sentence from the text he transcribed.)

Ligbratach, daughter of the (then) king of Spain, was here before her. In conclusion, the druid recites a quatrain telling the king's daughter to produce a garment from the salmon's wool. Thus they catch the salmon and she weaves a beautiful cloak from its wool bearing all the salmon's colours. When Éogan wears it, the colour it radiates varies from one observer to the next and when the king looks at him, Éogan's face and clothing appear all bright and shining, hence he is known from that day onwards by a third epithet, namely Fidlech (‘the Shining’).

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4. Return to Ireland and the birth of Ailill Ólomm

Return to Ireland and Genemain Aililla Oluim, ed. and tr. Eugene O'Curry, Cath Mhuighe Léana or The Battle of Magh Leana, together with Tochmarc Moméra or the Courtship of Moméra (1855): 162–165 direct link.

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5. Éogan’s fourth epithet

On Éogan's fourth epithet, Fidfhecach, ed. and tr. Eugene O'Curry, Cath Mhuighe Léana or The Battle of Magh Leana, together with Tochmarc Moméra or the Courtship of Moméra (1855).

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