Ai Plain
Also spelled: Plain of Ai, Mag Aí
The plain that Medb and Ailill offer to the champions and the bulls fight on.
Overview
Medb and Ailill offer a portion of Ai Plain to Dáire mac Fiachna, Cúchulainn, Lóch mac Mofemis and Ferdia, if each does what they ask. Finnbennach, the white-horned bull, is called the bull of Ai Plain. The last fight between the two bulls happens on Ai Plain, at Tarbga.
Events here
- Finnbennach, the white-horned bull of Ai Plain, and Donn Cuailnge sprang from the pig-keepers' last shape as maggots. In The Quarrel of the Two Pig-keepers, and how the Bulls were Begotten. Involves: Finnbennach, Donn Cuailnge.
- Medb tells Mac Roth to offer Dáire mac Fiachna a portion of the Plain of Ai if Dáire himself brings the bull. In Chapter I: The Pillow Talk. Involves: Medb, Mac Roth, Dáire mac Fiachna.
- Ailill has Mac Roth take Cúchulainn an offer of a part of Ai Plain equal to the plain of Murtheimne. In Chapter VII: Single Combat. Involves: Ailill, Mac Roth, Cúchulainn.
- Lóch mac Mofemis was promised a part of Ai Plain to fight, but he thought it beneath him to fight a boy. In Chapter VIII: The Bull is Found. Further Single Combats. Cúchulainn and the Morrígan. Involves: Lóch mac Mofemis.
- On Ai Plain, at Tarbga, the Brown Bull met the bull Finnbennach, the White-Horned. In Chapter XIV: The Last Battle. Involves: Donn Cuailnge, Finnbennach.
if Dáire himself comes with the bull I’ll give him a portion of the fine Plain of Ai equal to his own lands,