Mag Muceda
Also spelled: the Pigkeeper's Plain, Belach nAne, the Pass where they Drove
The Pigkeeper's Plain, where Cúchulainn laid an oak across the road and the army lost thirty chariots.
Overview
Mag Muceda is the Pigkeeper's Plain in the text. The message cut into the oak said that no one was to pass it until a warrior had leapt it in his chariot at the first attempt. The text says the place has been called Belach nAne, the Pass where they Drove, ever since.
Events here
- Ailill leads the army to Mag Muceda, where Cúchulainn has cut down an oak tree across their path and cut an ogam message into it. In Chapter V: ‘Death death!’. Involves: Ailill, Cúchulainn.
- The army tries to leap the oak in its chariots, and thirty horses fall and thirty chariots are smashed on that spot. In Chapter V: ‘Death death!’.
- Fergus later leaps the oak in his chariot. In Chapter V: ‘Death death!’. Involves: Fergus mac Roich.
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Related places
- Ath Fuait (The ford where Fraech was drowned the next morning)