Cormac Connlongas
Also spelled: Cormac Conn Longas, Cormac Conloinges, Cormac Conlingas
Conchobor's son, the leader of the Ulster exiles in Connacht, who holds Fergus back from striking his father.
Overview
Cormac is named with Fergus and Dubthach as a pledge for the sons of Uisliu, and after Noisiu is killed they come at once and do mighty deeds before going into exile in Connacht. Ailill sends for him as leader of the Ulster exiles, and he marches to Cruachan with his three thousand in three companies, and has his tent pitched next to Fergus's. In the last battle Fergus, who has struck Conchobor's shield Ochain three times without moving it, raises his sword for a two-handed stroke, and Cormac throws his arms around him and catches his two hands at the wrist. He tells Fergus that the blows would be mean and shameful, to strike at the three hills instead, and tells his father to leave them.
Turn your hand aside. Strike out anywhere. Strike crosswise at those three hills.
Connections
Related characters
- Ailill (sends for him with the troops of Ireland)
- Conall Cernach (pitched next to him in the Connacht camp)
- Conchobor (father, whom he saves from Fergus's sword)
- Dubthach (fellow pledge and exile)
- Fergus mac Roich (fellow pledge and exile, whose wrists he catches)
Connected to
- Cúr mac Daláth (Told him he was mistaken about the boy)
Places
- Bald-topped Hills
- Connacht
- Cruachan (where he marches in with his three companies)
Appears in chapters
- How Conchobor was Begotten, and how he took the Kingship of Ulster
- Exile of the Sons of Uisliu
- Chapter II: The Táin Bó Cuailnge Begins
- Chapter III: The Army Encounters Cúchulainn
- Chapter VIII: The Bull is Found. Further Single Combats. Cúchulainn and the Morrígan
- Chapter XII: Ulster Rises from its Pangs
- Chapter XIV: The Last Battle
Appears in
- Cormac Connlongas stops Fergus from striking Conchobor, and Fergus levels the three bald-topped hills of Meath with three strokes. At Bald-topped Hills. In Chapter XIV: The Last Battle.
- Ailill and Medb assemble a great army in Connacht and send word to the other three provinces, and the troops of Ailill's brothers and of Cormac Connlongas come to Cruachan. At Connacht. In Chapter II: The Táin Bó Cuailnge Begins.
- Ailill and Medb muster the army here, and Cormac Connlongas marches in with his three companies, so that four provinces of Ireland gather at Cruachan Ai. At Cruachan. In Chapter II: The Táin Bó Cuailnge Begins.