Cruachan

Events here

1. Ochall Ochne's pig-keeper Rucht spends a year here in the shape of a bird of prey, quarrelling with Bodb's pig-keeper Friuch, then a second year at the síd on Femen Plain. In The Quarrel of the Two Pig-keepers, and how the Bulls were Begotten. Involves: Ochall Ochne, Rucht, Bodb, Friuch.
2. Medb and Ailill lay out the royal bed in Cruachan fort and have the pillow talk that starts the quarrel over who is richer. In Chapter I: The Pillow Talk. Involves: Medb, Ailill.
3. Medb tells Ailill that her father gave her a whole province of Ireland, ruled from Cruachan, which is why she is called Medb of Cruachan. In Chapter I: The Pillow Talk. Involves: Medb, Ailill.
4. Mac Roth comes back from Dáire's house with the news that the bull will not be given, and Medb says it will be taken by force. In Chapter I: The Pillow Talk. Involves: Mac Roth, Medb.
5. Ailill and Medb muster the army here, and Cormac Connlongas marches in with his three companies, so that four provinces of Ireland gather at Cruachan Ai. In Chapter II: The Táin Bó Cuailnge Begins. Involves: Ailill, Medb, Cormac Connlongas.
6. The army sets out southeast from Cruachan on the Monday after Samain. In Chapter II: The Táin Bó Cuailnge Begins. Involves: Medb, Ailill.
7. On the first stage of the march the army goes from Cruachan to Cúil Silinne. In Chapter III: The Army Encounters Cúchulainn. Involves: Medb, Ailill.
8. On his leaving, Scáthach foretells Cúchulainn's future and end in a chant that includes the line "Cruachan's heroes you destroy". In Cúchulainn's Courtship of Emer, and his Training in Arms. Involves: Scáthach, Cúchulainn.
9. Ailill tells the men to say the wine is the last of what was taken from Cruachan, and to offer Finnabair to anyone who will bring the head of the Warped One. In Chapter VIII: The Bull is Found. Further Single Combats. Cúchulainn and the Morrígan. Involves: Ailill, Finnabair, Cúchulainn.
10. Medb offers Ferdia the right to stay forever in Cruachan, with his wine supplied, and Ferdia answers that she is master on the mounds of Cruachan. In Chapter XI: Combat of Ferdia and Cúchulainn. Involves: Medb, Ferdia.
11. Ferdia fears the shame he would bring on himself at Cruachan before Ailill and Medb if he parted from Cúchulainn without a fight. In Chapter XI: Combat of Ferdia and Cúchulainn. Involves: Ferdia, Cúchulainn, Ailill, Medb.
12. Cúchulainn, over Ferdia's body, says that no one fighting for Cruachan will ever get the bargain Ferdia got, and in his lament calls the army that came from cruel Cruachan a huge multitude that has lost between a half and a third. In Chapter XI: Combat of Ferdia and Cúchulainn. Involves: Cúchulainn, Ferdia.
13. Cethern describes the armed woman who came against him first, and Cúchulainn tells him that was Medb of Cruachan. In Chapter XII: Ulster Rises from its Pangs. Involves: Cethern son of Fintan, Cúchulainn, Medb.
14. In the Morrígan's chant, the men of Cruachan are shaken to pieces with hacking blows. In Chapter XIV: The Last Battle. Involves: Morrígan.
15. After the battle Medb sends the Brown Bull of Cuailnge toward Cruachan by a roundabout road with fifty heifers and eight messengers. In Chapter XIV: The Last Battle. Involves: Medb, Donn Cuailnge.
16. The Brown Bull goes westward past Cruachan with the remains of Finnbennach on his horns, enters the lake near Cruachan, and comes out with Finnbennach's loins, shoulderblade and liver. In Chapter XIV: The Last Battle. Involves: Donn Cuailnge, Finnbennach.