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Breslech Mór

Also spelled: the place of their great carnage

A camp on Murtheimne Plain where the four provinces of Ireland settled, named for their great carnage.

Overview

Breslech Mór is the place on Murtheimne Plain where the four provinces of Ireland settled and camped. The text says the name means the place of their great carnage. Cúchulainn took his place near them at the gravemound in Lerga.

Events here

  1. The four provinces of Ireland camp on Murtheimne Plain at Breslech Mór, and Cúchulainn takes his place near them at the gravemound in Lerga. In Chapter IX: The Pact is Broken: The Great Carnage. Involves: Cúchulainn.

The four provinces of Ireland settled down and camped on Murtheimne Plain, at Breslech Mór (the place of their great carnage).

Narration, in “The camp at Breslech Mór” (Chapter IX: The Pact is Broken: The Great Carnage)