• Togail Bruidne Derga (The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel) is an Irish tale belonging to the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. It survives in three...
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    Mythological Cycle. She also figures in the Middle Irish Togail Bruidne Derga (The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel). T. F. O'Rahilly identified her as a sun...
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    and of which they are forewarned. In the tale Togail Bruidne Derga ('The Destruction of Derga's Hostel'), king Conaire Mór also meets his death...
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  • The term Kingship of Tara (/ˈtærə/) was a title of authority in ancient Ireland - the title is closely associated with the archaeological complex at the...
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  • of Eochu Airem and his daughter by Étaín. In the Old Irish saga Togail Bruidne Derga he is conceived when his mother is visited by Nemglan who flies...
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    Togail Bruidne Derga, she takes the form of an ugly hag who prophesies Conaire Mór's downfall. She appears in a similar guise in Togail Bruidne ...
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    from the Old Irish name Admlithi "great-grinding", attested in Togail Bruidne Derga. Attention has also been drawn to the similarity of Amleth to the...
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    Gwynn In the tale Togail Bruidne Derga ("The Destruction of Derga's Hostel"), king Conaire Mór meets his death in Bruiden Derga (the "great hall...
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    Eterscél and becomes the mother of the High King Conaire Mór (in Togail Bruidne Derga she is named as Mess Búachalla and is the daughter of Étaín and...
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  • life, and fall of Conaire Mór are recounted in the epic tale Togail Bruidne Derga. Two distantly related tales of more interest to genealogists are...
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  • Loomis equate Lug's spear with the Lúin of Celtchar, which in Togail Bruidne Derga is said to have been discovered in the Battle of Mag Tuired. There...
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    reference to the five roads of Tara was in the tale Togail Bruidne Da Derga (The Destruction of Da Derga's Hall). The five roads are said to be: Slighe Assail...
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  • [citation needed] As with Conaire Mór, though, in the tale of Togail Bruidne Derga, who strictly observed a number of geasa, a small unconnected infraction...
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    legends and myths, such as The Tragedy of the Sons of Tuireann, Togail Bruidne Derga, &c. In the Acallam na Senórach the estuary has the name Inber...
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    only Son, Fled Bricrenn "Bricriu's Feast", and Togail Bruidne Derga "The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel". This cycle is, in some respects, close...
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    is one of the three Saxon princes mentioned in the Irish poem Togail Bruidne Derga, being named as 'Osalt' in that work. After Cadwallon ap Cadfan...
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  • the tales. Mac Cécht first appears in the tale Togail Bruidne Derga ("The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel") as the bodyguard of the High King Conaire...
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  • Eochu Airem. He features in the Middle Irish saga Togail Bruidne Derga (the Destruction of Derga's Hostel). He has no children, and it is prophesied...
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  • incomplete, contains passages interpolated by H Togail bruidne Derga ["The Destruction of Derga's Hostel"], a tale of the 1st-century king Conaire...
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  • suggests that this passage is inspired by the early Irish myth Togail Bruidne Derga, where the hero Conair asks for a woman's name, only for her to...
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  •  40. ISBN 978-0-9565628-2-1. Togail Bruidne Derga (Recension II), ed. Eleanor Knott (1936). Togail Bruidne Da Derga. Mediaeval and Modern Irish Series...
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    has a very long history. The ancient text Togail Bruidne Derga (Destruction of the Mansion of Da-Derga) mentions chariot races taking place on the...
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    Epstein 1998, p. 148. West, Maire. "Aspects of díberg in the tale Togail Bruidne Da Derga". Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie. Vol. 49–50. p. 950. Ginzburg...
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  • the Banshenchas Eochu and Étaín's daughter is named as Esa). In Togail Bruidne Derga, she is the daughter of Eochu's brother Eochu Feidlech and Étaín...
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    include Eterscél Mór and Conaire Mór who are the subject of the Togail Bruidne Derga. The Laigin in particular were major rivals for Munster at the...
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  • are to be found in the Middle Irish texts Togail Bruidne Derga ("The Destruction of the Hostel of Da Derga") (Recension II) and Mesca Ulad ("The Intoxication...
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  • Eterscél and becomes the mother of the High King Conaire Mór (in Togail Bruidne Derga she is named as Mess Búachalla and is the daughter of Étaín and...
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    Antiquaries of Ireland (JRSAI), on placenames mentioned in the Togail Bruidne Derga, suggested that Irish: Ó Cualann could refer to "sheep of Cualu"...
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    washing bloody chariot wheels in Bruiden Da Choca; a hag prophecies the death of Conaire in Togail Bruidne Da Derga; and in Cath Maige Tuired, the Mórrigán...
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  • figure who appears as a minor character in the Togail Bruidne Derga, or "The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel", a tale from Irish mythology. Little is...
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