Dubchoire
Also spelled: the Black Cauldron
A recess in Glenn Gat, called the Black Cauldron, where the herdsman said the bull had gone.
Overview
Dubchoire is a recess in Glenn Gat, and the text calls it the Black Cauldron. Kinsella's route list describes it as a recess on the north side of Glenn Gatlaig. The herdsman Lóthar says the bull had left the camp with its heifers and gone there.
Events here
- Lóthar, Medb's herdsman, tells her that the bull is in Dubchoire, the Black Cauldron, in Glenn Gat of the Osiers. In Chapter VI: From Finnabair Chuailnge to Conaille. Involves: Lóthar, Medb.
- Medb orders the army to catch the bull there with shackles of osiers. In Chapter VI: From Finnabair Chuailnge to Conaille. Involves: Medb.
‘Make yourselves ready,’ Medb said. ‘Take a shackle of osiers between each pair of you, and catch him.’
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Related places
- Finnabair Chuailnge (Where the army drove the bull after catching it)
- Glenn Gatlach (The glen the recess lies in)