Blai Briuga
Also spelled: Blaí Briugu, Blaí Briuga
A landed man who bids to foster Cúchulainn on the strength of his hospitality.
Overview
Blai Briuga says he would keep the boy safe from harm and neglect, and can feed all the men of Ireland in his house for a week or ten days. Kinsella's note says a briugu was a hostel keeper who owned large herds and many ploughs and had almost the dignity of a noble. Morann's judgment makes him the boy's provider, and Condere's verse says he would dislike it if the boy pushed past him at the strand. A Blai Briuga is among the hostel keepers at Fesair in the Ulster muster, with Blai Fichit.
I could take all the men of Ireland in my house, and feed them for a week, or ten days.
Connections
Related characters
- Conchobor (the king whose decision he will accept)
- Cúchulainn (bids to foster him, and is given his provision)
- Morann (judge whose ruling makes him the boy's provider)
Places
- Emain Macha
- Fesair (where a Blai Briuga is listed among the hostel keepers in the muster)
Appears in chapters
Appears in
- The Ulstermen quarrel over who should rear the infant Sétanta, and Morann gives judgment at Emain that Conchobor should have him, with Sencha, Blai Briuga, Fergus, Amargin and Conall Cernach to help. At Emain Macha. In How Cúchulainn was Begotten.