Achall, daughter of Cairbre Nia Fer, king of Tara, and his wife Fedelm Noíchrothach, is a minor character from the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. After her brother Erc was killed by Conall Cernach, she died of grief on a hill near Tara, which was named Achall after her.[1]
The legendary High King of Ireland Túathal Techtmar is said to have taken power after defeating the previous High King, Elim mac Conrach, in battle on the hill of Achall.[2] According to The Expulsion of the Déisi, another legendary High King, Cormac mac Airt, lived on the hill of Achall after he lost an eye, his physical imperfection meaning he could no longer rule at Tara.[3] The hill is now known as Skryne.[4]
^Edward Gwynn (ed. & trans.), "Achall", The Metrical Dindshenchas Vol. 1, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1903
^R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V, Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 307-311
^Vernam Hull, "Expulsion of the Déssi", Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie vol. 57, 1957
^"Lismullin Institute: The Gabhra Valley to 2000 AD". Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
Achall, daughter of Cairbre Nia Fer, king of Tara, and his wife Fedelm Noíchrothach, is a minor character from the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. After...
Loch Achall (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Ach a' Challa, meaning "loch of the hazel field") is a freshwater loch, lying 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeast of Ullapool...
Noíchrothach, daughter of Conchobar, and they have a son, Erc, and a daughter, Achall. In Cath Ruis na Ríg ("The Battle of Rosnaree"), he and his brother Find...
Conchobar mac Nessa Dubthach Dóeltenga - cynical ally of Fergus mac Róich Achall - daughter of Cairbre Nia Fer Áed Rúad, Díthorba and Cimbáeth - three brothers...
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Cairbre Nia Fer, King of Tara, and they have a son, Erc, and a daughter, Achall. Conchobar has two sisters, Findchóem and Deichtine. Findchóem marries the...
Cormac, having lost an eye, moves into the Tech Cletig on the hill of Achall, as it was against the law for a disfigured king to sit in Tara. His duties...
Bay, Isle of Arran Eas a Chraosain unnamed stream NH198956 north of Loch Achall, Ullapool Eas a’ Mhuillidh Allt Coire Mhuillidh NH280389 Glen Strathfarrar...
Ghille, Loch Buine Mhòire, Loch Call an Uidhean, Loch a' Chroisg, Loch Achall, Loch an Daimh, Loch na Maoile, Loch Ob an Lochain, Clar Lochan, Loch an...
2 km (2.0 mi) east of the Hill of Tara. A monastery named Achall (after the legendary Achall) was on this site at an earlier date. The shrine of Columba...
marched on Tara and defeated and killed Elim in battle on the nearby hill of Achall. The Annals of the Four Masters broadly agree with the Lebor Gabála, adding...
both their heads, and when he took Erc's head back to Tara his sister, Achall, died of grief. Conall pursued Cet after he had made a raid on Ulster, killing...
He also kills Erc, and takes his head back to Tara, where Erc's sister Achall dies of grief for her brother. Whitley Stokes (ed. and trans.), 'Cuchulainn's...
River Runie (R) Ullapool River (known as Rhidorroch River upstream of Loch Achall and River Douchary further upstream) River Lael River Broom Abhainn Cuileig...
Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh 76 AD (Anno Domini) – Battle at the hill of Achall (Túathal Techtmar defeats Elim mac Conrach) 195 AD – Battle of Maigh Mucruimhe...
then killed by Conall Cernach, Cúchulainn's foster-brother, in vengeance. When Conall takes his head back to Tara, his sister Achall dies of grief. v t e...
is divided into the lower Altnaharra Psammite Formation, with the Glen Achall Semipelite Member at the top, and the upper Glascarnoch Psammite Formation...
Ghille, Loch Buine Mhòire, Loch Call an Uidhean, Loch a' Chroisg, Loch Achall, Loch an Daimh, Loch na Maoile, Loch Ob an Lochain, Clar Lochan and Loch...
out under the patronage of King Cormac mac Airt. He produced the Book of Achall or Aicill, written between 227 and 266 AD, which relates mainly to criminal...
terrane. However, small windows, such as the Assynt window and the Glen Achall imbricated thrust system, allow geologists to estimate what the geology...
Ullapool, the various farms of Strathkanaird and to the east the Forest of Achall and Rhiddorach. The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 provided that "the...
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