Scenmenn
The man who chases Cúchulainn and Emer from Forgall's fort and is killed at the ford named for him.
Overview
Scenmenn catches up with Cúchulainn as he leaps out of Forgall's fort with Emer and her foster-sister. Cúchulainn kills him, and the place where he dies is called Ath Scenmenn, Scenmenn's Ford. It is the ford from which Emer had set Cúchulainn the task of killing a hundred men at every ford up to Banchuing.
Connections
Related characters
- Cúchulainn (kills him as he flees with Emer)
- Emer (carried off by Cúchulainn when he is overtaken)
Places
- Ath Scenmenn (Scenmenn's Ford, where he dies)