Fid Dúin
A great forest, the forest fortress, that the army went through to avoid a challenge.
Overview
Fid Dúin is a great forest south of the army's road. The text calls it the forest fortress. Ailill wanted to go through it instead of passing Cúchulainn's challenge, and the text says the forest was cut down to make way for the chariots.
Events here
- Ailill proposes going through the neck of Fid Dúin, so that the army need not pass the challenge at Iraird Cuillenn. In Chapter III: The Army Encounters Cúchulainn. Involves: Ailill.
- Other books say that the forest was cut down after the prophetess Fedelm told Medb that she could not see the army in it. In Chapter III: The Army Encounters Cúchulainn. Involves: Fedelm, Medb.
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Related places
- Slechta (The place named for the cutting of this forest)
Connected to
- Iraird Cuillenn (The forest Ailill proposed the army go through to avoid the challenge here)