Mesca Ulad (English: The Intoxication of the Ulaid; the Ulstermen) is a narrative from the Ulster Cycle preserved in the 12th century manuscripts the Book of Leinster and in the Lebor na hUidre. The title Mesca Ulad occurs only in the Book of Leinster version. The story is set during Samhain, and follows the Ulaid as they attempt to attend two feasts in the same night: the first at Dún Dá Bhenn (modern day County Londonderry) to the north, and the second at Cúchulainn's fortress in Dún Delgan (modern Dundalk, Co. Louth) to the east.[1] The men become intoxicated at the first feast and head south towards Kerry by accident. In Kerry, they are shown false hospitality by their traditional enemies the Munstermen, who offer them a place to stay. The Ulaid accept, and the Munstermen light a bonfire beneath the wood and iron structure. The Ulaids survive.[1]
MescaUlad (English: The Intoxication of the Ulaid; the Ulstermen) is a narrative from the Ulster Cycle preserved in the 12th century manuscripts the Book...
(síd-)Mound" Echtra Neraí Scéla mucce maic Dathó "The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig" MescaUlad "The Intoxication of the Ulstermen" Fled Bricrenn "The Feast of Bricriu"...
lived in the 'Watery Fort' (ringfort) overlooking the loch. Fled Bricrenn MescaUlad Irish mythology in popular culture: Bricriu "Place Names NI - Home"....
recapped by Hennessy (1889), in his introduction, p. xiv, to his edition of MescaUlad. The tract occurs in the manuscript of TCD MS 1336 (H 3. 17) immediately...
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the end of the Táin Bó Cúailnge ("cattle raid of Cooley"). In the saga MescaUlad ("the intoxication of the Ulaid"), where he is said to be Cúchulainn's...
flatha nime ["The Two Sorrows of the Kingdom of Heaven"], incomplete MescaUlad ["The Intoxication of the Ulstermen"], incomplete Táin bó Dartada ["The...
Trenckner, Robert Chalmers, Caroline Rhys Davids London 4 volumes 1889 MescaUlad (Irish) William M. Hennessy Dublin 1890 Tochmarc Emire (Irish) Kuno Meyer...
Dá Derga, Táin Bó Fraích, Longes ma nUislenn; Dá Brón Flatha Nime and MescaUlad by his son, Tomás Cam Mac Firbhisigh. In 1986 (see below) Professor Tomás...
Royal Irish Academy 1882–4, Hennessy prepared a text and translation of MescaUlad, the drunkenness of the Ulstermen, which was published in 1889, immediately...
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