on Medb's march from Cruachan into
Ulster
Dun da Benn: Mount Sandle, on the Bann, near Coleraine in the County Derry
Dun Delga: Dundalk, or the moat of Castletown, on the east coast near
Dundalk; Cuchulain's home town
Dun macNechtain Scene: a fort in Mag Breg, at the place where the Mattock
falls into the Boyne, about three miles above Drogheda
Dun Sobairche: Dunseverick, about three miles from the Giants' Causeway, in
the County Antrim
Elg: an old name for Ireland
Ellne: probably east of the River Bann, near Coleraine
Ellonn: a place in Ulster
Emain Macha: the Navan Fort, or Hill, two miles west of Armagh; King
Conchobar's capital and the chief town of Ulster (pronounced _Evvin Maha_)
Emer Foltchain: wife of Cuchulain (pronounced _Evver_)
Enna Agnech: according to the Annals of the Four Masters, he was High King
of Ireland from 312 to 293 B.C.
Eo Donn Mor: north-east of Eo Donn Bec, in the County Louth
Eocho Fedlech: father of Medb; according to the Four Masters, he reigned as
monarch of Ireland from 142 to 131 B.C. (pronounced _Yokh-ho_)
Eocho Salbuide: King of Ulster and father of Cethern's wife, Inna
Eogan macDurthachta: a chief warrior of Ulster and Prince of Fernmag
Erc macFedilmithi: an Ulster hero, son of Fedlimid and grandson of
Conchobar
Erna: a sept of Munstermen who later settled about Lough Erne, in Connacht
Ess Ruaid: Assaroe; a cataract on the River Erne near Ballyshannon, in the
south of the County Donegal. It constituted part of the old boundary
between Ulster and Connacht
Etarbane: one of the "seats" of the king of Cashel, in Tipperary
Ethliu: father of Lug
Ethne: sister of Medb (pronounced _Ehnna_)
Fachtna Fathach: king of Ulster and later of all Ireland; adoptive father
of Conchobar and husband of Ness, Conchobar's mother
Fal (or Inisfail): one of the bardic names for Ireland; Medb is called "of
Fal," as daughter of the High King of Ireland (pronounced _Fawl_)
Fan na Coba: a territory in the baronies of Upper and Lower Iveagh, in the
County Down
Fedain Cualngi: a place in Ulster
Fedlimid Nocruthach: daughter of King Conchobar, wife of Loegaire Buadach,
mother of Fiachna and cousin-german of Cuchulain (pronounced _Falemid_)
Femen: a territory at Slieve-na-man, extending perhaps from Cashel to
Clonmel, in the southern part of the County Tipperary
Fene: the old tribal name of the Gaels; the "King of the Fene" is
Conchobar, King of Ulster
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