Roi Arad
Also spelled: the Battlefield of the Charioteer
The Battlefield of the Charioteer, near Tailtiu, where a charioteer and his company fell in the attack on the armies.
Overview
Roi Arad is a battlefield, and the text calls it the Battlefield of the Charioteer. Three times fifty of Ulster's charioteers attack the armies near Tailtiu and kill three times their own number before they are all killed. The name comes from the charioteer and his company who fell there.
Events here
- A charioteer and his company fall here when Ulster's charioteers attack the armies near Tailtiu. In Chapter XII: Ulster Rises from its Pangs.
Roi Arad, the Battlefield of the Charioteer, is the name of the place: a charioteer and his company fell there on the Táin Bó Cuailnge.
Connections
Chapters that mention this place
Related places
- Tailtiu (The place where Ulster's charioteers attack the armies)