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Glenn Domain

A glen where Ailill's sons keep watch, and where seven hundred men die in a mutual slaughter.

Overview

Glenn Domain is a glen where Ailill's sons keep watch over the armies. The text counts the mutual slaughter there as one of the three uncountable slaughters on the Táin. The seven kings of Munster come to take vengeance on the watch, and Medb, Ailill and Fergus fight them there.

Events here

  1. The text counts the mutual slaughter at Glenn Domain as one of the three uncountable slaughters on the Táin. In Chapter IX: The Pact is Broken: The Great Carnage.
  2. Ailill's sons keep watch over the armies in Glenn Domain when the seven kings of Munster come to take vengeance on them. In Chapter XII: Ulster Rises from its Pangs. Involves: Ailill.
  3. Medb, Ailill and Fergus rise up against the Munster kings in Glenn Domain, and seven hundred men die slaughtering each other. In Chapter XII: Ulster Rises from its Pangs. Involves: Medb, Ailill, Fergus mac Roich.

Seven hundred died slaughtering each other there in Glenn Domain.

Narration, in “The mutual slaughter” (Chapter XII: Ulster Rises from its Pangs)