(From Joseph Dunn, The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge, 1914.)
A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z
to rhyme with Day |
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Aed Ernmas: |
the father of the Morrigan |
Ai: |
see Mag Ai |
Aidne: |
a district comprising the barony of Kiltartan, in the south-west of the County Galway |
Aifè: |
one of the three women-teachers of Cuchulain and Ferdiad (pronounced Eefe) |
Ailè: |
north-east of Baile, on Medb's march from Cruachan into Ulster |
Ailill: |
king-consort of Queen Medb, dwelling in Cruachan Ai (pronounced Ayeleel) |
Ailill Find Miltenga: |
one of the chief heroes of Ulster |
Ailill macMailchlo: |
father of Sencha |
Ainè: |
see Cnoc Ainè |
Airnè: |
north-east of Assè |
Alba: |
Scotland |
Amargin Iarngiunnach: |
a leading Ulster hero; father of Conall Cernach and brother of Iliach (pronounced Avergin) |
Ane: |
a district in which is Knockaney in the County Limerick |
Ardachad: |
north of Druim Liccè |
Ard Ciannachta: |
a place in the barony of Ferrard, in the County Louth |
Ard Cuillenn: |
in Ulster, east of Moin Coltna |
Ard Macha: |
Armagh |
Assail: |
a place in Meath |
Assè: |
north of Finnabair (Fennor), on Medb's march out of Connacht into Ulster |
Ath: |
'a ford' (pronounced Ah) |
Ath Aladh Ind: |
a ford in the Plain of Murthemne |
Ath Berchna: |
in Connacht, north-west of Croohan, near Bellanagare; it may be for Ath Bercha, in East Roscommon, and on or near the Shannon |
Ath Buide: |
the village of Athboy, in the territory of Ross, County Meath |
Ath Carpat: |
a ford on the river Nith (now the Dee), in the County Louth |
Ath Ceit Chule: |
a ford on the river Glais, in Ulster |
Ath Cliath: |
Dublin |
Ath Coltna: |
in Connacht, south-west of Ath Moga and southeast of Cruachan |
Ath Cro: |
a ford in Murthemne |
Ath da Fert: |
a ford in Sliab Fuait, probably in the south of the barony of Upper Fews, County Armagh |
Ath Darteisc: |
a ford in Murthemne |
Ath Feidli: |
a ford in Ulster |
Ath Fene: |
see Ath Irmidi |
Ath Firdead: |
Ardee, a ford and a small town on the river Dee, in the County Louth |
Ath Gabla: |
a ford on the Boyne, north of Knowth, in the County Meath (pronounced Ah gowla) |
Ath Grenca: |
the same as Ath Gabla |
Ath Irmidi: |
the older name of Ath Fene, south of Iraird Cuillinn |
Ath Lethain: |
a ford on the Nith, in Conalle Murthemni |
Ath Luain: |
Athlone, on the Shannon, on the borders of Connacht and Meath |
Ath Meislir: |
a ford in Sliab Fuait, in Ulster |
Ath Moga: |
the present Ballymoe, on the river Suck, about ten miles to the southwest of Cruachan, County Galway |
Ath Mor: |
the old name for Ath Luain |
Ath na Foraire: |
on the road between Emain and Loch Echtrann |
Ath Slissen: |
Bellaslishen Bridge; a ford on the Owenure River, near Elphin, in Connacht |
Ath Solomshet: |
a ford, probably in Ulster |
Ath Srethe: |
a ford in Conalle Murthemni |
Ath Tamuin: |
a ford, somewhere in Ulster |
Ath Traged: |
at the extremity of Tir Mor, in Murthemne |
Ath Truim: |
Trim, on the river Boyne, in the County Meath |
Aue: |
a slave in the household of King Conchobar |
Aurthuile: |
north-east of Airne |
in Corcumruad |
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Bacc Draigin: |
a place in Ulster |
Badb: |
the war-fury, or goddess of war and carnage; she was wont to appear in the form of a carrion-crow. Sometimes she is the sister of the Morrigan, and, as in the Tain Bó Cúalnge, is even identified with her (pronounced Bive) |
Badbgna: |
now Slieve Bawne, a mountainous range, in the barony of Ballintubber, in the east of County Roscommon |
Baile: |
north-east of Meide ind Eoin, on Medb's march from Connacht into Ulster |
Baile in Bile: |
on the way to Ardee |
Bairche: |
Benna Bairche, the Mourne Mountains, north of Dundalk, in Ulster |
Ball Scena: |
north-east of Dall Scena |
Banba: |
an old name for Ireland |
Banna: |
now the Bann, a river in Ulster |
Becaltach: |
grandfather of Cuchulain |
Bedg: |
a river in Murthemne |
Belat Aileain: |
probably between Cualnge and Conalle Murthemni |
Belach Caille More: |
north of Cnogba |
Benna Bairche: |
see Bairche |
Berba: |
the Barrow, a river in Leinster |
Bercha: |
on or near the Shannon, near Bellanagare, in East Roscommon |
Berchna: |
probably for Bercha |
Bernas: |
the pass cut by Medb from Louth into Armagh; probably the "Windy Gap" across the Carlingford Peninsula |
Betha: |
see Sliab Betha |
Bir: |
the name of several rivers probably Moyola Water, a river flowing into Lough Neagh |
Bithslan: |
a river in Conalle Murthemni |
Blai: |
a rich Ulster noble and hospitaUer |
Boann: |
the River Boyne |
Bodb: |
the father of Badb |
Boirenn: |
Burren, in the County Clare |
Branè: |
probably a hill not far from Ardee, in the County Louth |
Breslech Mor: |
a fort in Murthemne |
Brecc: |
a place in Ulster |
Brega: |
the eastern part of Meath |
Brenide: |
a river in Conalle Murthemni, near Strangford Lough |
Bricriu: |
son of Carbad, and the evil adviser of the Ulstermen |
Bri Ertgi: |
stronghold of Ertge Echbel, in the County Down |
Brigantia: |
Betanzos, in Galicia, on the north coast of Spain |
Bri Ross: |
a hill to the north of Ardee, in the County Louth |
Brug Meic ind Oc, or, as it is also called, Brug na Boinde: |
Brugh on the Boyne, near Stackallen Bridge, County Meath, one of the chief burial-places of the pagan Irish |
Buagnech: |
probably in Leinster and near the river Liffey |
Buan: |
a river in Conalle Murthemni |
Buas: |
the river Bush, in the County Antrim |
Burach: |
a place in Ulster |
the Callan, a river near Emain Macha |
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Canann Gall: |
a place in Ulster |
Carn: |
north of Inneoin; probably Carn Fiachach, in the parish of Conry, barony of Rathconrath, Westmeath |
Carn macBuachalla: |
at Dunseverick, in Ulster |
Carbre: |
stepson of Conchobar and brother of Ailill |
Cartloeg: |
a place in Ulster |
Casruba: |
father of Lugaid and grandfather of Dubthach |
Cathba: |
north-east of Ochonn, in Meath; or a river flowing into the Boyne, some distance to the west of Slane |
Cathba: |
a druid of Conchobar's court; according to some accounts, the natural father of King Conchobar (pronounced Cahvah) |
Celtchar: |
son of Uthechar, an Ulster warrior |
Cenannas na rig: |
Kells, in the County Meath |
Cenn Abrat: |
a range of hills on the borders of the Counties Cork and Limerick |
Cet macMagach: |
a Connacht warrior |
Cinn Tire: |
a place in Ulster |
Clann Dedad: |
one of the three warrior-clans of Erin: a sept occupying the territory around Castleisland, County Kerry |
Clann Rudraige: |
the warriors of King Conchobar: one of the three heroic tribes of Ireland |
Clartha: |
Clara, near the present town of Mullingar, in the County Westmeath |
Cletech: |
a residence of the kings of Ireland in Mag Breg, near Stackallan Bridge, on the banks of the Boyne |
Clidna: |
see sub Tonn |
Clithar Bo Ulad: |
probably in the centre of the County Louth |
Cliu: |
an extensive territory in the county Limerick |
Clothru: |
sister of Medb: Medb slew her while her son Firbaide, was still unborn |
Cluain Cain: |
now Clonkeen, in the west of County Louth |
Cluain Carpat: |
a meadow at the river Cruinn in Cualnge |
Cluain maccuNois: |
Clonmacnoise, on the Shannon, about nine miles below Athlone |
Cnoc Aine: |
Knockany, a hill and plain in the County Limerick |
Cnogba: |
Knowth, on the Boyne, near Drogheda, a couple of miles east of Slane, in the County Meath |
Colbtha: |
the mouth of the Boyne at Drogheda, or some place near the Boyne |
Collamair: |
between Gormanstown and Turvey, in the County Dublin |
Coltain: |
south of Cruachan Ai |
Conall: |
probably Tyrconnel, in the County Donegal |
Conall Cernach: |
one of the chief warriors of Ulster: foster-brother of Cuchulain and next to him in point of prowess |
Conalle Murthemni: |
a level plain in the County Louth extending from the Cooley Mountains, or Carlingford, to the Boyne |
Conchobar: |
son of Cathba the druid, and of Ness, and foster-son of Fachtna Fatach (variously pronounced Cruhóorr, Connahóor) |
Conlaech: |
son of Cuchulain and Aifè |
Corcumruad: |
the present barony of Corcomroe, in the County Clare |
Cormac Conlongas: |
King Conchobar's eldest son; called "the Intelligent Exile," because of the part he took as surety for the safety of the exiled sons of Usnech |
Coronn: |
the barony of Corran, in the County Sligo |
Corp Cliath: |
a place in Ulster |
Craeb ruad: |
ordinarily Englished "Red Branch"; better, perhaps, "Nobles' Branch:" King Conchobar's banqueting-hall, at Emain Macha |
Crannach: |
at Faughart, northeast of Fid Mor |
Cromma: |
a river flowing into the Boyne not far from Slane |
Cronn hi Cualngi: |
probably a hill or river of this name near Cualnge |
Cruachan Ai: |
the ancient seat and royal burial-place of the kings of Connacht, ten miles north-east of the modern Rathcroghan, near Belanagare, in the County Roscommon (pronounced Croohan) |
Cruinn: |
a river in Cualnge: probably the stream now called the Piedmont River, emptying into Dundalk Bay |
Cruthnech: |
the land of the Irish Picts; the northern part of the County Down and the southern part of the County Antrim |
Cu, Cucuc, Cuacain, Cucucan, Cucucuc: |
diminutives of the name Cuchulain |
Cualnge: |
Cooley, a mountainous district between Dundalk Bay and Drogheda, in the barony of Lower Dundalk, in the County Louth. It originally extended to the County Down, and the name is now applied to the southern side of the Carlingford Mountains (pronounced Culn'ya) |
Cualu: |
a district in the County Wicklow |
Cuchulain: |
the usual name of the hero Setanta; son of the god Lug and of Dechtire, and foster-son of Sualtaim (pronounced Cuhulin) |
Cuib: |
on the road to Midluachair |
Cuilenn: |
the Cully Waters flowing southward from County Armagh into County Louth |
Cul Siblinne: |
now Kells in East Meath |
Cul Silinne: |
Kilcooley, a few miles to the south-east of Cruachan, in the County Roscommon |
Culenn: |
a river in Conalle Murthemni |
Cuillenn: |
see Ard Cuillenn |
Cuillenn Cinn Duni: |
a hill in Ulster |
Cuince: |
a mountain in Cualnge |
Cumung: |
a river in Conalle Murthemni |
Curoi: |
son of Darè and king of South Munster |
Cuscraid Menn Macha: |
son of Conchobar |
now "the Route," a territory north of Slieve Mish, in the north of the County Antrim |
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Darè: |
chieftain of the cantred of Cualnge and owner of the Brown Bull of Cualnge |
Dechtire: |
sister of King Conchobar and mother of Cuchulain |
Delga: |
see Dun Delga |
Delga Murthemni: |
Dundalk |
Delinn: |
a place or river near Kells between Duelt and Selaig, on Medb's march from Cruachan into Ulster |
Delt: |
a place north of Drong, on Medb's march from Cruachan into Ulster |
Delt: |
a river in Conalle Murthemni |
Dergderc: |
Lough Derg, an expansion of the Shannon near Killaloe |
Dichaem: |
a river in Conalle Murthemni |
Domnann: |
see Irrus Domnann |
Drong: |
a river in the land ot the men of Assail, in Meath |
Druim Caimthechta: |
north-east of Druim Cain |
Druim Cain: |
possibly an older name for Temair (Tara) |
Druim En: |
in South Armagh probably a wooded height, near Ballymascanlan, in the County Louth |
Drclim Fornocht: |
near Newry, in the County Down |
Druim Liccè: |
north-east of Gort Slane, on Medb's march from Connacht into U1ster |
Druim Salfinn: |
now Drumshallon, a townland in the County Louth, six miles north of Drogheda |
Dub: |
the Blackwater, on the confines of Ulster and Connacht; or the confluence of the Rivers Boyne and Blackwater at Navan |
Dubh Sithleann (or Sainglenn): |
the name of one of Cuchulain's two horses |
Dubloch: |
a lake between Kilcooley and Slieve Bawne, in the County Roscommon, on Medb's march from Cruachan into Ulster |
Dubthach Doel Ulad: |
the U1ster noble who shares with Bricriu the place as prime mover of evil among the Ulstermen (pronounced Duffach) |
Duelt: |
north or north-west of Delt, on Medb's march from Cruachan into Ulster |
Dun da Benn: |
Mount Sandle, on the Bann, near Coleraine in the County Derry |
Dun Delga: |
Dundalk, or the moat of Castletown, on the east coast near Dundalk; Cuchulain's home town |
Dun macNechtain Scenè: |
a fort in Mag Breg, at the place where the Mattock falls into the Boyne, about three miles above Drogheda |
Dun Sobairche: |
Dunseverick, about three miles from the Giants' Causeway, in the County Antrim |
an old name for Ireland |
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Ellne: |
probably east of the River Bann, near Coleraine |
Ellonn: |
a place in Ulster |
Emain Macha: |
the Navan Fort, or Hill, two miles west of Armagh; King Conchobar's capital and the chief town of Ulster (pronounced Evvin Maha) |
Emer Foltchain: |
wife of Cuchulain (pronounced Evver) |
Enna Agnech: |
according to the Annals of the Four Masters, he was High King of Ireland from 312 to 293 B.C. |
Eo Donn Mor: |
north-east of Eo Donn Bec, in the County Louth |
Eocho Fedlech: |
father of Medb according to the Four Masters, he reigned as monarch of Ireland from 142 to 131 B.C. (pronounced Yuhho) |
Eocho Salbuide: |
King of Ulster and father of Cethern's wife, Inna |
Eogan macDurthachta: |
a chief warrior of Ulster and Prince of Fernmag |
Erc macFedilmithi: |
an Ulster hero, son of Fedlimid and grandson of Conchobar |
Erna: |
a sept of Munstermen who later settled about Lough Erne, in Connacht |
Ess Ruaid: |
Assaroe, a cataract on the River Erne near Ballyshannon, in the south of the County Donegal. It constituted part of the old boundary between Ulster and Connacht |
Etarbane: |
one of the "seats" of the king of Cashel, in Tipperary |
Ethliu: |
father of Lug |
Ethne: |
sister of Medb (pronounced Ehnna) |
king of U1ster and later of all Ireland; adoptive father of Conchobar and husband of Ness, Conchobar's mother |
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Fal (or Inisfail): |
one of the bardic names for Ireland, Medb is called "of Fal," as daughter of the High King of Ireland (pronounced Fawl) |
Fan na Coba: |
a territory in the baronies of Upper and Lower Iveagh, in the County Down |
Fedain Cualngi: |
a place in Ulster |
Fedlimid Nocruthach: |
daughter of King Conchobar, wife of Loegaire Buadach, mother of Fiachna and cousin-german of Cuchulain (pronounced Falemid) |
Femen: |
a territory at Slieve-na-man, extending perhaps from Cashel to Clonmel, in the southern part of the County Tipperary |
Fenè: |
the old tribal name of the Gaels; the "King of the Fenè " is Conchobar, King of Ulster |
Feorainn: |
a place near Ardachad, on Medb's march into Ulster |
Fercerdne: |
chief poet of the men of Ulster |
Ferdiad: |
(pronounced Fair-dee-ah) |
Fergus macRoig: |
one time king of Ulster; in voluntary exile in Connacht after the treacherous putting to death of the sons of Usnech by Conchobar. He became the chief director of the Táin under Medb |
Ferloga: |
Ailill's charioteer |
Fernmag: |
Farney, a barony in the County Monaghan |
Ferta Fingin: |
at Sliab Fuait |
Fiachu macFiraba: |
one of the exiles of Ulster in the camp of Medb |
Fian: |
the warrior-class |
Fid Dub: |
a wood, north of Cul Silinne, on Medb's march into Ulster |
Fid Mor: |
a wood, north of Dundalk and between it and Sliab Fuait |
Fingabair: |
probably in the Fews Mountains |
Finnabair: |
daughter to Ailill and Medb (pronounced Fín-nu-ur) |
Finnabair: |
Fennor, on the banks of the Boyne, near Slane, in Meath |
Finnabair Slebe: |
near Imlech Glendamrach |
Finncharn Slebe Moduirn: |
a height in the Mourne Mountains |
Finnglas: |
a river in Conalle Murthemni |
Finnglassa Asail: |
a river southeast of Cruachan |
Fir Assail: |
a district containing the barony of Farbill, in Westmeath |
Flidais Foltchain: |
wife of Ailill Finn, a Connacht chieftain; after her husband's violent death she became the wife of Fergus, and accompanied him on the Táin |
Fochain: |
near Cuchulain's abode |
Fochard Murthemni: |
Faughart two miles north-west of Dumdalk, in the County Louth |
Fodromma: |
a river flowing into the Boyne near Slane |
Fuil Iairn: |
the name of a ford west of Ardee |
the Feeguile, a river in the King's County |
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Gabar: |
a place near Donaghmore, perhaps to, the west of Lough Neagh in the County Tyrone |
Galian: |
a name the Leinstermen bore. They were Allill's countrymen |
Gainemain: |
a river in Conalle Murthemni |
Garech: |
the name of the hill where the final battle of the Táin was fought, some distance south-east of Athlone and near Mullingar, in Westmeath |
Gegg: |
a woman's name |
Genonn Gruadsolus: |
a druid and poet of Ulster; son of Cathba |
Glaiss Colptha: |
the river Boyne |
Glaiss Gatlaig: |
a river in Ulster |
Glenamain: |
a river in Conalle Murthemni |
Glenn Fochain: |
probably a valley east of Bellurgan Station |
Glenn Gatt: |
a valley in Ulster |
Glennamain: |
in Murthemne |
Glenn in Scail: |
a place in Dalaraide, East Ulster |
Glenn na Samaisce: |
in Slieve Gullion, in the County Armagh |
Glenn Tail: |
another name for Belat Aleain |
Gleoir: |
the Glore, a river in Conalle Murthemni |
Gluine Gabur: |
east of the Shannon, in the County Longford |
Gort Slane: |
north of Slane and south-west of Druim Liccè |
Grellach Bobulge: |
at Dunseverick, in Ulster |
Grellach Dolar (or Dolluid): |
Girley, near Kells, in the County Meath |
Gualu Mulchi: |
the town-land of Drumgoolestown on the river Dee, in the County Louth |
near Sliab Betha and Mag Dula |
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Ibar macRiangabra: |
Conchobar's charioteer |
Id macRiangabra: |
Ferdiad's charioteer, brother to Laeg |
Ilgarech: |
a hill near Garech, q.v. |
Iliach: |
grandfather to Conall Cernach |
Illann Ilarchless: |
an Ulster warrior, son to Fergus |
Imchad: |
son to Fiachna |
Imchlar: |
near Donaghmore, west of Dungannon, in the County Tyrone |
Immail: |
a place in the Mourne Mountains, in Ulster |
Imrinn: |
a druid, son to Cathba |
Inis Cuscraid: |
Inch, near Downpatrick |
Inis Clothrann: |
Inishcloghran in Loch Ree, County Longford |
InnbirScene: |
the mouth of Waterford Harbour near Tramore; or the mouth of Kenmare Bay, in the County Kerry |
Inneoin: |
the Dungolman, a river into which the Inny flows and which divides the barony of Kilkenny West from Rathconrath, in the County Westmeath |
Iraird Cuillinn: |
a height south of Emain Macha, in Ulster |
Irrus Domnann: |
the barony of Erris, in County Mayo: the clan which bore this name and to which Ferdiad belonged was one of the three heroic races of ancient Ireland |
son of Riangabair and Cuchulain's faithful charioteer (pronounced Lay) |
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Latharne: |
Lame, in the County Antrim |
Lebarcham: |
a sorceress |
Leire: |
in the territory of the Fir Roiss, in the south of the County Antrim |
Ler: |
the Irish sea-god |
Lethglas: |
Dun Lethglaisse, now Downpatrick, in Ulster |
Lettre Luasce: |
between Cualnge and Conalle |
Lia Mor: |
in Conalle Murthemni |
Liath Mache: |
'the Roan,' one of Cuchulain's two horses. |
Lia Ualann: |
in Cualnge |
Linè (or Mag Linè): |
Moylinne, in the County Antrim |
Loch Ce: |
Lough Key, in the County Roscommon |
Loch Echtrann: |
Muckno Lake, south of Sliab Fuait, in the County Monaghan |
Loch Erne: |
Lough Erne, in the County Fermanagh |
Loch Ri: |
Lough Ree, on the Shannon, in the County Galway |
Loegaire Buadach: |
son to Connad Buide and husband of Fedlimid Nocruthach; one of the chief warriors of Ulster (pronounced Layeray) |
Lothor: |
a place in Ulster |
Luachair: |
probably Slieve Lougher, or the plain in which lay Temair Luachra, a fort somewhere near the town of Castleisland, in the County Kerry |
Lug: |
the divine father of Cuchulain |
Lugaid: |
father of Dubthach |
Lugmud: |
Louth, in the County of that name |
Luibnech: |
possibly a place now called Limerick, in the County Wexford |
relatives of Ailill |
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MacRoth: |
Medb's chief messenger |
Mag: |
'a plain' (pronounced moy) |
Mag Ai: |
the great plain in the County Roscommon, extending from Ballymore to Elphin, and from Bellanagare to Strokestown (pronounced Moy wee) |
Mag Breg: |
the plain along and south of the lower Boyne, comprising the east of County Meath and the north of County Dublin (pronounced Moy bray) |
Mag Cruimm: |
south-east of Cruachan, in Connacht |
Mag Dea: |
a plain in Ulster |
Mag Dula: |
a plain though which the Do flows by Castledawson into Lough Neagh |
Mag Eola: |
a plain in Ulster |
Mag Inis: |
the plain comprising the baronies of Lecale and Upper Castlereagh, in the County Down |
Mag Linè: |
Moylinne, a plain to the north-east of Lough Neagh, in the barony of Upper Antrim |
Mag Mucceda: |
a plain near Emain Macha |
Mag Trega: |
Moytra, in the County Longford |
Mag Tuaga: |
a plain in Mayo |
Maic Miled: |
the Milesians |
Mairg: |
a district in which is Slievemargie, in the Queen's County and the County Kilkenny |
Manannan: |
son of Ler, a fairy god |
Margine: |
a place in Cualnge |
Mas na Righna: |
Massareene, in the County Antrim |
Mata Murisc: |
mother of Ailill |
Medb: |
queen of Connacht and wife of Ailill (pronounced Mave; in modern Connacht Irish Mow,to rhyme with cow) |
Meide ind Eoin, and Meide in Togmail: |
places in or near the Boyne, in the County Louth |
Midluachair: |
Slige Midluachra, the name of the highroad east of Armagh, leading north from Tara to Emain and into the north of Ireland |
Mil: |
the legendary progenitor of the Milesians (see Maic Miled) |
Miliuc: |
a river in Conalle Murthemni |
Moduirn: |
see Sliab Moduirn |
Moin Coltna: |
a bog between Slieve Bawne and the Shannon |
Moraltach: |
great-grandfather of Cuchulain |
Morann: |
a famous judge |
Morrigan: |
the war-goddess of the ancient Irish, "monstrum in feminae figura" (pronounced More-reegan) |
Mossa: |
a territory, the southern part of which must have been in the barony of Eliogarty, not far from Cashel, in the County Tipperary |
Muach: |
a river in Conalle Murthemni |
Muresc: |
the land of Ailill's mother; Murresk Hamlet, between Clew Bay and Croagh Patrick, in the County Mayo |
Murthemne: |
a great plain along the northern coast of the County Louth between the river Boyne and the Cooley Mountains; now belonging to Leinster, but, at the time of the Táin, to Ulster (pronoumced Mur-hev-ny) |
the Badb |
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Ness: |
mother of King Conchobar by Cathba; she afterwards married Fachtna Fathach and subsequently Fergus macRoig |
Nith: |
the river Dee which flows by Ardee, in the County Louth |
the name of Conchobar's shield |
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Ochonn Midi: |
a place near the Blackwater at Navan |
Ochtrach: |
near Finnglassa Asail in Meath |
Oenfer Aifè: |
another name for Conlaech |
Oengus Turbech: |
according to the Annals of Ireland, he reigned as High King from 384 to 326 B.C. |
Ord: |
south-east of Cruachan and north of Tiarthechta |
Partry in Slechta south-west of Kells, in Meath |
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Port Largè: |
Waterford |
a place in Connacht |
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Rath Cruachan: |
Rathcroghan between Belanagare and Elphin, in the County Roscommon |
Rede Loche: |
a place in Cualnge |
Renna: |
the mouth of the Boyne |
Riangabair: |
father of the charioteers, Laeg and Id |
Rigdonn: |
a place in the north |
Rinn: |
a river in Conalle Murthemni |
Rogne: |
a territory between the rivers Suir and Barrow, in the barony of Kells, the County Kildare or Kilkenny |
Ross: |
a district in the south of the County Monaghan |
Ross Mor: |
probably Ross na Rig, near Ball Scena |
a river in Conalle Murthemni |
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Scathach: |
the Amazon dwelling in Alba who taught Cuchulain and Ferdiad their warlike feats (pronounced Scaw-ha) |
Selaig: |
Sheelagh, a townland in the barony of Upper Dundalk |
Semne: |
Island Magee, northeast of Carricklergus, in the County Antrim |
Senbothae: |
Templeshanbo, at the foot of Mount Leinster, in the County Wexford |
Sencha macAilella: |
the wise counsellor and judge of the Ulstermen |
Sered: |
a plain in the north of the barony of Tirhugh, County Donegal |
Setanta: |
the real name of Cuchulain |
Sid: |
the terrene gods (pronounced She) |
Sil: |
in Lecale, in the County Down |
Sinann: |
the river Shannon |
Siuir: |
the Suir, a river in Munster, forming the northern boundary of the County Waterford |
Slabra: |
a place north of Selaig, near Kells, in Meath |
Slaiss: |
south-east of Cruachan, between Ord and Inneoin |
Slane: |
a town on the Boyne, in Meath |
Slechta: |
south-west of Kells, in Meath |
Slemain Mide: |
"Slane of Meath," Slewen, three miles to the west of Mullingar, in Westmeath |
Sliab Betha: |
Slieve Beagh, a mountain whereon the Counties of Fermanagh, Tyrone, and Monaghan meet |
Sliab Culinn: |
Slieve Gullion, in the County Armagh |
Sliab Fuait: |
the Fews Mountains, near Newtown-Hamilton, to the west and northwest of Slieve Gullion, in the southern part of the County Armagh |
Sliab Mis: |
Slieve Mish, a mountain in the County Kerry, extending eastwards from Tralee |
Sliab Moduirn: |
the Mourne Range, in the County Monaghan, partly in Cavan and partly in Meath |
Sruthair Finnlethe: |
a river west of Athlone |
Sualtaim (or, Sualtach) Sidech: |
the human father of Cuchulain |
Suide Lagen: |
Mount Leinster, in the County Wexford |
a river in Conalle Murthemni |
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Taidle: |
near Cuib |
Taltiu: |
Teltown, in the County Meath, on or near the Blackwater, between Navan and Kells; one of the chief places of assembly and burial of the Ulstermen |
Taul Tairb: |
in Cualnge |
Telamet: |
a river in Conalle Murthemni |
Temair: |
Tara, the seat of the High King of Ireland, near Navan, in the County Meath (pronounced Tavoir) |
Tethba descirt: |
South Teffia, a territory about and south of the river Inny, in the County Longford |
Tethba tuascirt: |
south-east of Cruachan, in Teffia, County Longford |
Tir Mor: |
in Murthemne |
Tir na Sorcha: |
a fabled land ruled over by Manannan |
Tir Tairngire: |
"the Land of Promise" |
Tonn Clidna: |
a loud surge in the Bay of Glandore |
Tonn Rudraige: |
a huge wave in the Bay of Dundrum, in the County Cork |
Tonn Tuage Inbir: |
"the Tuns," near the mouth of the river Bann on the north coast of Antrim |
Tor Breogain: |
"Bregon's Tower," in Spain |
Tromma: |
south-east of Cruachan; also the name of a river flowing into the Boyne near Slane |
Tuaim Mona: |
Tumona, a townland in the parish of Ogulla, near Tulsk, south of Cruachan Ai, County Roscommon |
Tuatha Bressi: |
a name for the people of Connacht |
Tuatha De Danann: |
"the Tribes divine of Danu," the gods of the Irish Olympus |
Turloch teora Crich: |
north of Tuaim Mona |
in the land of Ross |
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Uarba: |
a place in Ulster |
Uathach: |
one of the three women-teachers of Cuchulain and Ferdiad |
Uathu: |
north of Ochain |
Ui Echach: |
the barony of Iveagh, in the County Down |
Umansruth: |
a stream in Murthemne |
Usnech: |
father of Noisi, Annle and Ardan |
Uthechar: |
father of Celtchar and of Menn |