Támlachtai Orláim
Also spelled: Orlám's Burial Mark, Dísert Lochait
Orlám's Burial Mark, a hill near the sanctuary Dísert Lochait, where Cúchulainn killed Orlám, a son of Ailill and Medb.
Overview
Támlachtai Orláim is Orlám's Burial Mark, a little to the north of the sanctuary Dísert Lochait. The text says the hill bears Orlám's name. Cúchulainn killed Orlám there, and the charioteer carried the head into the camp.
Events here
- Cúchulainn meets Orlám's charioteer cutting wood-shafts at the burial mark, and he offers to do the trimming himself. In Chapter V: ‘Death death!’. Involves: Cúchulainn.
- Cúchulainn kills Orlám, a son of Ailill and Medb, on the hill and sends the charioteer back to the camp with the head on his back. In Chapter V: ‘Death death!’. Involves: Cúchulainn, Orlám, Ailill, Medb.
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Related places
- Ath meic Gárach (The ford where the sons of Gárach waited next)