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22: 182:, and provoke him to battle. However, he proves difficult to defeat, beating Dubthach in single combat and holding out against a siege of his stronghold. Fergus is only able to defeat him when Ailill arrives with the army of Connacht. After that, Fergus marries Flidais. It is said that unless he could have Flidais, it took seven women to satisfy him. He also becomes Medb's lover, and she is said to have needed thirty men to satisfy her if she couldn't have Fergus. 212:
sword. Cúchulainn, who has so far sat out the battle, recuperating from his wounds, enters the fray and challenges Fergus. Fergus honours his promise and yields, pulling his followers from the field. Medb's other allies, seeing him withdraw, panic and begin to retreat. The Connacht army is routed, and Fergus bitterly remarks, "It is the usual thing for a herd led by a mare to be strayed and destroyed."
107:, but she will only consent to marry him if he allows her son Conchobar to be king for a year, so his sons will be the sons of a king. The nobles of Ulster reassure him that the boy will be king in name only, so Fergus agrees, but Conchobar, with his mother's help, rules so wisely that the nobles make him king permanently in Fergus's place. Fergus remains Conchobar's loyal retainer, and becomes the 208:
himself a dummy sword of wood to hide his loss. Cúchulainn holds up the army's progress by fighting a series of champions in single combat. Fergus is sent to face him, but as foster-father and foster-son, neither wants to fight the other, and in any case Fergus has no sword. Cúchulainn agrees to yield on this occasion, on the condition that Fergus yields the next time they meet.
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Eventually the Ulstermen recover from their curse, and the final battle begins. Ailill gives Fergus back his sword. Fergus meets Conchobar on the battlefield, and has him at his mercy, but is prevented from killing him by Cormac. He redirects his rage into cutting off the tops of three hills with his
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One day, after Fergus has been in exile for fourteen years, Ailill sees him swimming in a lake with Medb, and is overcome with jealousy. He tells his brother, Lugaid Dalleces, who is blind, that deer are playing in the water, and persuades him to throw a spear at them. He does so, and the spear hits
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After the death of Conchobar, some of the Ulstermen propose inviting him home to be their king, but they ultimately decide to appoint Cormac, Conchobar's son and Fergus' foster-son, who is also in exile in Connacht. Cormac promises to remain friendly with Ailill and Medb, and sets out for Ulster.
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The Connacht army separates, with Ailill leading one section, and Medb and Fergus leading the other. Ailill is suspicious, and sends his charioteer to spy on them. The charioteer finds Fergus and Medb having sex, and unnoticed, steals Fergus' sword, which Ailill keeps safe as proof. Fergus makes
204:, Fergus' knowledge of the terrain means he is chosen to lead the way. He leads the army by a roundabout route, hoping to give the Ulstermen time to raise their own army, but they are disabled by a curse. He sends a message to Cúchulainn, who begins his single-handed defence of the province. 143:. Conchobar, however, orders the Ulstermen to invite Fergus, Cormac and Dubthach to feasts, and, as it is shameful to refuse hospitality, Fergus is separated from his charges, and Fíachu is left to escort them to Emain alone. When they arrive, Fíachu, Naoise and his brothers are murdered by 147:, a former enemy of Conchobar who has recently made peace with him. After hearing of this betrayal, Fergus, Cormac and Dubthach burn Emain Macha and defect to Connacht with three thousand followers, where they enter the service of king 229:
Fergus in the chest. He climbs out of the water and throws the spear back, killing Ailill's deer-hound, before dying. His death-tale relates that he had killed Éogan mac Durthacht, but this story is lost.
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and his two brothers, and after some time of wandering they are tracked down to an island off Scotland. Conchobar announces he has forgiven them and sends Fergus, Cormac,
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gathered the poets of Ireland together to see if any of them knew the story of the
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in the Battle of Leitir Ruad. While king, he desires Eochaid Sálbuide's daughter
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Myth, Legend & Romance: An encyclopaedia of the Irish folk tradition
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Fergus and Dubthach visit Ailill Finn, claiming to have fallen out with
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district of Connacht, falls in love with Fergus from afar. In
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Whitley Stokes (ed. & trans.), "Da Choca's Hostel",
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When Ailill and Medb raise a huge army and launch the
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Other issue attributed to Fergus by O'Hart includes;
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The story is told that, in the 6th century, the poet
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Fergus becomes king of Ulster after his predecessor,
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294:Conmhaícne 151:and queen 117:Cúchulainn 2351:Locations 2332:Fragarach 2327:Caladbolg 2295:Creatures 2073:Mac Cécht 2058:Findabair 2048:Etarcomol 1936:Findchóem 1916:Deichtine 1901:Cruinniuc 1791:O'Murtagh 1641:Ciarraige 1570:Milesians 1449:Dál Riata 1234:Findchóem 1219:Deichtine 1169:Airgetmar 1129:Fínnachta 1089:O'Davoren 1085:MacCurtin 1078:O'Drennan 1039:O'Murtagh 1021:Ciarraige 1002:MacRourke 953:MacMorrow 928:MacGaynor 924:MacCoogan 912:O'Mulooly 909:O'Curneen 872:Magh Réin 870:Conmaicne 854:O'Devaney 832:Conmaicne 811:MacCashin 795:O'Manning 779:O'Mulcahy 765:O'Dowling 688:and septs 286:Ciarraige 258:Caladbolg 94:High King 38:manliness 2393:Teamhair 2368:Cuailghe 2363:Cruachan 2337:Gáe Bulg 2200:Scáthach 2190:Mesgegra 2130:Bláthnat 2016:Connacht 1941:Furbaide 1931:Fedlimid 1911:Cúscraid 1886:Celtchar 1527:Uoluntii 1500:articles 1498:Related 1474:Na hArda 1464:Latharna 1399:Bairrche 1373:Rosnaree 1224:Cúscraid 1119:Sobairce 1082:O'Melody 957:MacShane 950:MacLeavy 946:O'Keegan 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Index


Sétanta
manliness
stallion
Ulster Cycle
Irish mythology
Ulster
Conchobar mac Nessa
Medb
Connacht
Táin Bó Cúailnge
Táin Bó Flidhais
Eochaid Sálbuide
High King
Fachtna Fáthach
Eochu Feidlech
Ness
foster-father
Cormac Cond Longas
Cúchulainn
Deirdre
Naoise
Dubthach Dóeltenga
Emain Macha
Éogan mac Durthacht
Ailill mac Máta
Medb
Flidais
Erris
Táin Bó Flidhais

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