Senchán Torpéist
Also spelled: Senchán Torpéist, Senchán Torpeist
The poet in whose company the lost Táin is recovered, from a gravestone, or by a fast.
Overview
The poets of Ireland gather around Senchán and find they know only parts of the Táin. He asks which pupil will go to Letha for the version a sage took east in exchange for the book Cuilmenn, and Emine and his son Muirgen set out. They come back with Fergus's account, and Senchán rejoices over it. Some say instead that the story was told to Senchán himself after he fasted to certain saints of the seed of Fergus, which Kinsella's text calls reasonable.
Connections
Related characters
- Fergus mac Roich (the dead man who gives him the Táin)
- Muirgen (son, sent east to learn the Táin)
- Emine (pupil sent east with Muirgen)
Places
- Letha (where he sends his pupils to learn a version of the Táin)