Leaders at Slemain Midi
The leaders of the Ulster companies that come to the hill at Slemain Midi, as Mac Roth describes them and Fergus names them.
Overview
Mac Roth is sent to see whether the Ulster army has come, and he reports back to Ailill, Medb and Fergus company by company. Fergus names each leader from the description, and his answers carry the news that the men of Ulster have risen from their pangs. The list is the roll of the companies that gather on the hill at Slemain Midi before the last battle.
Names in this list
| Name | Note |
|---|---|
| Conchobor | King of a province of Ireland. Sits on the mound of sods at the head of the first company. |
| Cúscraid Menn Macha | Conchobor's son, the stammerer. Sits at his father's hand. |
| Sencha mac Ailella | The most eloquent man in Ulster, Fergus says. Sits facing Conchobor. |
| Eogan mac Durthacht | King of Fernmag. Fergus calls him the beginner of battle. |
| Laegaire Buadach | Son of Connad, son of Ilech, from Impail in the north. |
| Munremur mac Gerrcinn | From Moduirn in the north. |
| Fedilmid Cilair Chetaig | The fair Fedilmid, Fergus says. |
| Connad mac Morna | From Callann. |
| Rochad mac Faithemain | From Rígdonn. Ailill's son-in-law, who took Finnabair. |
| Fergus mac Léte | King of Líne. Fergus's foster-brother. |
| Amargin son of Ecet Salach | The son of the smith Ecet Salach, from Buais in the north. The text does not say whether he is the poet Amargin. |
| Celtchar mac Uthidir | From Dún Lethglaise in the north. |
| Feradach Finn Fechtnach | From the wood at Sliab Fuait in the north. |
| Errge Echbél | The horse-lipped. From Brí Errgi in the north. |
| Fiachna and Fiacha | Two sons of Conchobor mac Nesa. |
| The three sons of Fiachna | Rus, Dáire and Imchath, Fiachna's sons, who have come to recover the bull. |
| Menn mac Sálchada | From Corann. Has come to avenge his wounds. |
| Fergna mac Finnchaime | From Corann. |
| Furbaide Fer Benn | The horned man. Looks like Ailill, Mac Roth says. |
| Erc | The flushed, freckled boy. Fergus guesses he is Erc, son of Coirpre Niafer and Conchobor's daughter. |
I don’t know anyone like that boy in Ulster,