Iraird Cuillenn
Also spelled: Iraird Cuilenn
The place where Cúchulainn left a spancel-hoop challenge for the army, and where Finnbennach later bellowed.
Overview
Iraird Cuillenn is a stage on the road of the Connacht army. Cúchulainn kept watch there with his father Sualdam, and he left a spancel-hoop there with an ogam message on its peg. Later the bull Finnbennach bellowed at the place, and the sound was heard through the whole province.
Events here
- Cúchulainn and his father Sualdam go out as far as Iraird Cuillenn and set up watch for the armies there. In Chapter III: The Army Encounters Cúchulainn. Involves: Cúchulainn, Sualdam.
- Err and Innel find the spancel-hoop Cúchulainn had thrown there, and they give it to Fergus mac Roich, who reads the ogam cut into it. In Chapter III: The Army Encounters Cúchulainn. Involves: Err, Innel, Cúchulainn, Fergus mac Roich.
- Conchobor's army marches from Emain to Iraird Cuillenn, where the chieftains wait for his sons before they go on. In Chapter XII: Ulster Rises from its Pangs. Involves: Conchobor.
- Finnbennach bellows at Iraird Cuillenn, and the sound is heard through the whole province. In Chapter XIV: The Last Battle. Involves: Finnbennach.
He uttered a bellow at Iraird Cuillenn that was heard through the whole province.
Connections
Characters connected to this place
- Conchobor
- Cúchulainn
- Fergus mac Roich
- Finnbennach
- Sualdam
- Err
- Innel
Chapters that mention this place
Related places
- Fid Dúin (The forest Ailill proposed the army go through to avoid the challenge here)
Connected to
- Ath Luain (Where the bull bellowed next, heard through the whole province)
- Emain Macha (The first stage of the Ulster march out of Emain)
- Ulster (Where Cúchulainn and Sualdam kept watch for the armies)