Ath Tarteisc
A ford where Lóch fought Cúchulainn, named from a poet's words about the trampling across the water.
Overview
Ath Tarteisc is the ford where Lóch went to fight Cúchulainn. Cúchulainn came to it from upstream, as Lóch had asked. The text gives the meaning of the name as "across your water", from the words of Gabrán the poet.
Events here
- Gabrán the poet says there will be a great trampling across the water, and the ford takes its name from his words. In Chapter VIII: The Bull is Found. Further Single Combats. Cúchulainn and the Morrígan. Involves: Gabrán.
- Lóch fights Cúchulainn in the ford, and an eel coils about Cúchulainn's feet so that he falls back in the water. In Chapter VIII: The Bull is Found. Further Single Combats. Cúchulainn and the Morrígan. Involves: Lóch mac Mofemis, Cúchulainn.
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Related places
- Ath Grencha (Where Cúchulainn's week of fights came before this)
- Ath Traigid (Where Lóch fell later in the same fight)
- Tír Mór (The mainland that got its name in the same words)