Menn mac Sálchada
An Ulster man who attacks the army with thirty men, is wounded, is let go home, and returns at Slemain Midi to avenge his wounds.
Overview
Menn mac Sálchada goes against the army with thirty bristling men; twelve of Medb's men fall and twelve of his own, and he is badly wounded. The men of Ireland say it is a red shame for him, and he is let leave and go home to the watered lands by the Boann river, thinking it no dishonour to stay there until he comes with Conchobor to the last battle. At Slemain Midi Fergus names him a gashing beast and a wild boar in battle, who has come to avenge his wounds. The text gives his home as Dulo Plain in the muster and as Corann at Slemain Midi.
Connections
Related characters
Places
- Boann (the river by his home, in one passage)
- Corann (where Fergus places him at Slemain Midi)
Appears in chapters
Appears in
- Menn mac Sálchada was let go back to his home in the watered lands by the Boann river. At Boann. In Chapter XII: Ulster Rises from its Pangs.