The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 487 pages of information about The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge.

The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 487 pages of information about The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge.

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 of 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

Druim Fornocht:  near Newry, in the County Down

Druim Licce:  north-east of Gort Slane, on Medb’s march from Connacht into
Ulster

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 Ulster 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 Scene:  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

Elg:  an old name for Ireland

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 Yokh-ho)

Eocho Salbuide:  King of Ulster and father of Cethern’s wife, Inna

Eogan macDurthachta:  a chief warrior of Ulster and Prince of Fernmag

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