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INDEX OF PROPER NAMES
The references are to English translations where possible, but in many of the
sagas the text will be found printed on the opposite page. References to the
Táin Bó Cnalnge are to Dunn's translation, The Ancient Irish Epic Tale, ' Táin
Bó Cúalnge,' London, 1914. Reference is made to many of the stories mentioned
in this index in the list, of principal stories (prímscéla) which are said to make
up the repertoire of a file. This list occurs on fo. 151 a of the Book of Leinster
and is printed by O'Curry in Appendix lxxxix (p. 584 ff.) of his Lectures on
the MS Materials of Ancient Irish History (Dublin, 1878). References to all the
heroes mentioned below will be found in Thurneysen, Die irische Helden- unci
Konigsage (Halle, 1921).
Ailbe 1, 19 'fair woman,' the name of
Mac Dathó's hound ; common also
in place-names. For the finding of
Ailbe and its presentation to Mac
Dathó see the "Death of Celtchair
mac Uthechair" transl. by K. Meyer
in Royal Ir. Acad., Todd Lecture
Series, vol. xiv, p. 24 f.
Ailill 1 etc.; gen. Ail[il]la 19, 20; dat.
Ailill 3. King of Connaught, hus-
band of Medb; a contemporary of
Conchobar mac Nessa of Ulster and
Curói mac Dári of West Munster.
His rath was at Cruachan Ai in
modern Co. Roscommon. It was in his
reign that the Táin Bó Cúalnge took
place. English transl. by J. Dunn
(Nutt, London, 1914); L. W. Fara-
day, Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Lon-
don, 1904).
Anlúan 16, one of the Connaught
heroes. It is stated that in the Book of
Druim Snechta, a lost MS believed
to date from the first half of the 8th
century, after the death of Cormac
Conloinges at Da Choca's (q.v.)
hostel Anion, son of Doiche, son of
Maga, took his head to Athlone.
See "Da Choca's Hostel," transl.
Stokes, Revue Celtique, vol. xxi,
p. 391. Cf. however Thurneysen
Die irische Helden- und Konig-
sage, p. 16 note.
Áth Luain 20, the modern equivalent
is Athlone, on the borders of Co.
Roscommon and West Meath.
ÁthmacLugnai20,i.e. "Ford of the son
of Lúghna"atClonsast, King's County
(Hogan), on the N.E. branch of
the Gabhal— an inference derived no
doubt from its position in relation to
the other places on Ailbe's route. This
ford is also mentioned in a poem by
Dubhthach Ua Lugair in praise of
Crimthann, a king of Leinster in the
fifth century. See O'Curry, " MS
Materials," pp. 5, 486.
Áth Midbine 20 is mentioned in the
story of the Great Battle of Mag Muir-
themne. Cf. Thurneysen, Irische
Helden- und Konigsage, p. 556.
BelachMugna 20, modern Bellaghmoon
in the south of Co. Kildare.
Bile, i m-Biliu 20. The name occurs
in the form a Feraib Bili in Rawl.
B. 512. Meyer identifies with the
barony of Farbill, Co. West Meath.
Blai briugu 1, mentioned in the poem
on the hostels of Ireland. Cf. p. 5
above. The adventures of Celtchair
mac Uthechair in his hostel and the
subsequent death of Blai are related
in "The Death of Celtchar mac
Uthechair," in "The Death-Tales of
Ulster Heroes," transl. Meyer,
R.I.A. Todd Lecture Series, vol. xiv,
p. 25 ff . Reference is probably made
to some version of this tale in the
"Tragical Death of Bla Briugad"
mentioned in the list of principal
stories (prímscéla) in the Book of
Leinster, fo. 151a (see O'Curry,
MS Materials of Ancient Irish
History, p. 588 f. ). Many of the other
stories referred to in this appendix
are mentioned in the same list.
Brefne 1, Co. Leitrim and Co. Cavan,
cf. Mac Dareo.
Bricriu mac Carbaid 6, surnamed
Nemthenga 'poison tongue.' He
frequently appears in the Irish Sagas
as a mischief maker, and inciter to
combat. See especially Bricriu's
Feast, ed. with transl. by G. Hen-
derson (Irish Text Soc. 1899) ; Táin
Bó Cúalnge (transl. Dunn), p. 169.
Cell Dara 20, modern Co. Kildare.
Celtchair mac Uth[echair] 7, 13, an