Rochad mac Faithemain
Handsome young Ulster hero whom Finnabair loved, trapped by Ailill and Medb's men and released after he slept with her.
Overview
Rochad comes south with a hundred warriors to help Cúchulainn, and Ailill has him lured out to talk with Finnabair, who loves him, and seized. He is let go on his promise not to fight the armies until all Ulster comes, is offered Finnabair, takes her, and she sleeps with him that night. In the last battle Fergus names him to Ailill as half an army in himself, a ravening mastiff, and Ailill's own son-in-law.
Connections
Related characters
- Ailill (set the trap for him)
- Cúchulainn (sent for him through his charioteer)
- Fergus mac Roich (named him to Ailill)
- Finnabair (slept with her; Ailill later calls him son-in-law)
- Medb (Finnabair's mother, who told her to sleep with him)
Places
- Munster
- Rígdonn (His home)
Appears in chapters
Appears in
- The seven kings of Munster were told that Rochad had slept with the girl. At Munster. In Chapter XII: Ulster Rises from its Pangs.