Ilech
Laegaire Buadach's naked old grandfather, who comes against the army in a decrepit chariot full of stones and is beheaded by Dóchae.
Overview
Ilech comes against the army at Ath Feidli to take vengeance, in a decrepit old chariot with two old yellow horses, naked, with his narrow tool and his balls hanging down through the chariot floor. The chariot is full of stones and clods, which he flings at everyone who comes to look. The army jeers until Dóchae mac Mágach stops them, and at nightfall, after Ilech has made a trench of marrow out of Connachtmen's bones beside the Ulster one, Dóchae cuts off his head and brings it to his grandson Laegaire.
Connections
Related characters
- Dóchae mac Mágach (beheads him at nightfall)
- Laegaire Buadach (grandson, in whose care he was left)
Places
- Ath Feidli (where he comes against the army)
- Smirommair
- Ráith Impail (where he had been left in Laegaire's care)
Appears in chapters
Appears in
- Ilech comes against the army at Ath Feidli in a decrepit chariot, naked, and throws stones and clods at anyone who comes to look. At Ath Feidli. In Chapter XII: Ulster Rises from its Pangs.
- Dóchae mac Mágach stops the army from jeering at Ilech and tells him he will lose his head by the end of the day. At Ath Feidli. In Chapter XII: Ulster Rises from its Pangs.
- At nightfall Dóchae mac Mágach cuts off Ilech's head and brings it to Laegaire Buadach. At Ath Feidli. In Chapter XII: Ulster Rises from its Pangs.
- Ilech sees the mash of marrow, is told it is made of Ulster cows' bones, and makes another beside it out of the bones of Connachtmen; at nightfall Dóchae cuts off his head and takes it to Ilech's grandson Laegaire. At Smirommair. In Chapter XII: Ulster Rises from its Pangs.