Gabrán
A poet on the Connacht side who speaks at two fords.
Overview
As Cúchulainn goes to the upstream ford to meet Lóch, men drive some cattle over and Gabrán the poet says there will be a great trampling across his water that day. Ath Tarteisc, "across your water", and Tír Mór Tairtesc get their names from it. Later, when the Connacht side is arguing over who is to meet Cúchulainn, Gabrán speaks in verse against making a show of words for queens and says there is one man they must pin down or he will earn their hatred.
‘There will be a great trampling across your water here today,’
Connections
Related characters
- Cúchulainn (Spoke as he went to the ford to meet Lóch)
- Fergus mac Roich (Answered his verse before the next combat)
Places
- Ath Tarteisc (Named from his remark about the trampling across the water)
- Tír Mór
Appears in chapters
Appears in
- Gabrán the poet says there will be a great trampling across the water, and the ford takes its name from his words. At Ath Tarteisc. In Chapter VIII: The Bull is Found. Further Single Combats. Cúchulainn and the Morrígan.
- Gabrán the poet says there will be a great trampling across the water, and Tír Mór Tairtesc takes its name from his words. At Tír Mór. In Chapter VIII: The Bull is Found. Further Single Combats. Cúchulainn and the Morrígan.