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Sinann

Also spelled: the Shannon

The river that the army crosses on the march south-east from Cruachan.

Overview

The Sinann is a river on the march south-east from Cruachan, and the army crosses it. After the pig-keepers left the shape of birds, one went into the Sinann and the other into the Siuir, and each devoured the other as a water creature.

Events here

  1. On the march south-east from Cruachan, the army crossed the Sinann river. In Chapter II: The Táin Bó Cuailnge Begins.
  2. The two pig-keepers, once they left the shape of birds, each went into a river, one into the Sinann and the other into the Siuir. In The Quarrel of the Two Pig-keepers, and how the Bulls were Begotten.