Tír Mór
Also spelled: Tír Mór Tairtesc, the mainland of Tarteisc, Ford of Tír Mór
The mainland of Tarteisc, named with Ath Tarteisc, and the ford where Cúchulainn killed three druids.
Overview
Tír Mór Tairtesc is the mainland of Tarteisc, and the text says it got its name in the same way as Ath Tarteisc, from the words of Gabrán the poet. The ford of Tír Mór at Methe and Cethe is where Cúchulainn killed three druids and their three wives. Ath Traigid, where Lóch fell, is named in Tír Mór.
Events here
- Gabrán the poet says there will be a great trampling across the water, and Tír Mór Tairtesc takes its name from his words. In Chapter VIII: The Bull is Found. Further Single Combats. Cúchulainn and the Morrígan. Involves: Gabrán.
- Ath Traigid is named in Tír Mór, after Lóch fell at that ford. In Chapter VIII: The Bull is Found. Further Single Combats. Cúchulainn and the Morrígan. Involves: Lóch mac Mofemis.
- Cúchulainn kills three druids and their three wives on the near side of the ford of Tír Mór at Methe and Cethe. In Chapter IX: The Pact is Broken: The Great Carnage. Involves: Cúchulainn.
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Related places
- Ath Tarteisc (The ford named in the same words)
- Ath Traigid (The ford of Yielding, named in Tír Mór)
- Cét Chuile (The ford of the Crime of One Hundred, in the same passage)