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Lia Ualonn

Also spelled: Ualu's Flagstone

The grave and flagstone of Ualu, who drowned trying to cross the river Cronn.

Overview

Lia Ualonn is the grave of Ualu, the warrior who drowned crossing the river Cronn. He had shouldered a large flagstone so the water would not force him backward, but the river overwhelmed him, stone and all. The text says the grave lies on the roadway by the river, and that its name means Ualu's Flagstone.

Events here

  1. Ualu tries to cross the river Cronn carrying a flagstone, drowns, and is buried on the roadway by the river. In Chapter VI: From Finnabair Chuailnge to Conaille. Involves: Ualu.
  2. Cúchulainn kills Caemdele at the same spot. In Chapter VI: From Finnabair Chuailnge to Conaille. Involves: Cúchulainn, Caemdele.

His grave, with his stone, is on the roadway by the river; Lia Ualonn is its name, Ualu’s Flagstone.

Narration, in “Ualu's Flagstone” (Chapter VI: From Finnabair Chuailnge to Conaille)