Tarbga
Also spelled: Roi Dedonn, the place of bull-grief or bull-strife
A hill on Ai Plain, once called Roi Dedonn, where the Brown Bull meets Finnbennach and Bricriu is trampled to death.
Overview
Tarbga is a hill on Ai Plain, and the text says it was first called Roi Dedonn. The text gives its name as the place of bull-grief or bull-strife. The day after the battle the Brown Bull met Finnbennach here, while everyone who had escaped the battle came to watch.
Events here
- The Brown Bull of Cuailnge meets Finnbennach, the White-Horned, on Ai Plain at Tarbga the day after the battle. In Chapter XIV: The Last Battle. Involves: Donn Cuailnge, Finnbennach.
- The men of Ireland choose Bricriu mac Carbad to judge between the bulls, and the two bulls trample him to death in the gap between them. In Chapter XIV: The Last Battle. Involves: Bricriu.
- Fergus takes a stick to the Brown Bull's flank to make him pull his hoof off the other bull's horn. In Chapter XIV: The Last Battle. Involves: Fergus mac Roich, Donn Cuailnge.
Everyone who had escaped the battle stopped what he was doing, to see the two bulls fight together.
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Related places
- Ai Plain (The plain the hill stands on)
Connected to
- Gáirech and Irgairech (Where the bulls fought the day after the battle)