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| |Comments=The term ''trícha(i)t in tredual'' is translated as ‘threefold territory’ by {{C|Ní Dhonnchadha 2002b}}. | | |Comments=The term ''trícha(i)t in tredual'' is translated as ‘threefold territory’ by {{C|Ní Dhonnchadha 2002b}}. |
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| |PersonsTitle=Characters | | |SubjectCategory=Rícenn ingen Chrimthainn; Mac Reithe of Kilmacrehy; Caírech Dergáin; |
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| |person=Crimthann mac Lugdach
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| |description=king of Uí Maine, son of Lugaid, described as the first Connachtman since the time of conversion to have killed a woman.
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| |person=Rícenn ingen Chrimthainn
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| |name=Rícenn; Ricend; usually simply referred to in this text as ‘the daughter’ (''ingen''). Her name ''Rícenn'' first occurs in the text when Caírech asks her to marry the king in her place.
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| |description=daughter of Crimthann mac Lugdach, who entrusts her to the cleric Mac Raith in compensation for his crime.
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| |person=Mac Reithe of Kilmacrehy
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| |name=here called Mac Raith mac nAingin or less plausibly, Mac Raith meic nAingin
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| |description=The cleric who baptises Rícenn and takes her into fosterage
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| }}{{Text person
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| |person=Caírech Dergáin
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| |name=also Caírech Dercáin
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| |description=A nun at Clúain Bairenn to whom Rícenn is entrusted to be raised and educated. A great reputation for beauty.
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| }}{{Text person
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| |pre=*
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| |person=Tipraite mac Foramáin
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| |description=king of Túadmumu, who seeks to marry Caírech and later, Rícenn.
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| }}{{Text person
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| |pre=*
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| |person=servant (anonymous)
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| |description=servant sent by Tipraite mac Foramáin to examine if Caírech is as beautiful as the rumours suggest and so if she would be a fitting match for the king.
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| |person=pet crane
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| |person=Dúngal mac Tipraiti
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| |description=son of Rícenn and Tipraite, eponymous ancestor of the Cenél Dúngaile
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| }}{{Text person
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| |pre=*
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| |person=Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
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| |Places2={{Text place
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| |description=* Much of the action is set in two kingdoms:
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| |pre=**
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| |place=Uí Maine
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| |description=kingdom of Uí Maine
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| }}{{Text place
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| |pre=**
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| |place=Túadmumu
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| |description=kingdom of Thomond
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| }}{{Text place
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| |pre=*
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| |place=Clúain Bairenn
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| |description=religious house belonging to Caírech Dergáin, now Cloonburren (Co. Roscommon)
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| }}{{Text place
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| |pre=*
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| |place=Sinand
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| |description=River Shannon
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| |pre=*
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| |place=Máenmag
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| |name=Máenmag; Móenmagh
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| |description=Now Moyne (Co. Clare). The northern church is built around ''Lec Ricinde'' (‘Rícinn’s stone’)
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| |pre=*
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| |place=Clúain Cenél Dúngaile
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| |description=The southern church, built when Rícenn refuses to marry Tipraite in the north.
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| |person_names=Ciarán
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