Ferchu Loingsech
A Connacht outlaw who goes with a dozen men to kill Cúchulainn and win Ailill and Medb's forgiveness, and gets his head set on a stone.
Overview
Ferchu Loingsech is a Connachtman who has pillaged Ailill and Medb's border lands since the day they took the kingship and has never once visited their camp. Hearing that one man has held the four provinces since summer's end, he decides with his dozen followers to bring Cúchulainn's head and weapons to Ailill and Medb, so they will forgive him his crimes. They fall on Cúchulainn all twelve together, fighting foul, and he strikes off their twelve heads. He sets twelve stones in the ground with a head on each, and Ferchu's head on its stone as well, which gives the name Cinnit Ferchon Loingsig, the Place of Ferchu's Head.
Connections
Related characters
- Ailill (Harried him and Medb from the day they took the kingship)
- Cúchulainn (Killed him and his men)
- Medb (Harried her and Ailill from the day they took the kingship)
Places
- Ai Plain (Where he was, east of the plain, when he heard of Cúchulainn)
- Cinnit Ferchon Loingsig (The Place of Ferchu's Head)