26-504: Cairbre ( Cairpre , Coirpre ) is a name of historical significance in medieval Irish culture, attributed to various figures in both mythology and history. Some notable individuals associated with the name include: Cairbre, son of Ogma , celebrated as a poet and satirist among the Tuatha Dé Danann Cairbre Nia Fer , a legendary king of Tara Cairbre Cuanach ,
52-641: A Munster king Places [ edit ] Carbery (disambiguation) , the anglicized spelling of places named Cairbre or similar in Irish Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cairbre . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cairbre&oldid=1194132957 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
78-531: A Tuatha Dé Danann and Fomorian union, arrives at Nuada's court, and, after impressing the king with his many talents, is given command of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Nuada is killed by Balor in the battle, but Lugh, Balor's grandson, kills the Fomorian leader with his sling, smashing his deadly eye through the back of his head where it wreaks havoc on the Fomorian ranks. Bres is found alive in the aftermath of
104-463: A brief account of the first battle, the loss of Nuada's arm, and his replacement as king by Bres , and then tells how Bres was conceived from a union between Ériu of the Tuatha Dé Danann and Elatha of the Fomorians. Because of his ancestry Bres oppressed the Tuatha Dé Danann, making the noblest of them do menial work, imposing heavy tribute, and failing to show the level of hospitality expected of
130-485: A king. He is deposed as king, and Nuada, who has had his arm replaced with one of silver by the physician Dian Cecht (whose son Miach caused flesh to grow over it), is restored. Bres appeals for assistance from the Fomorians to take back the kingship, and although his father Elatha refuses, another Fomorian leader, Balor of the Evil Eye, agrees to help him and raises a huge army. Meanwhile, Lugh , another product of
156-652: A renowned Ulster warrior in mythology Cairbre Cinnchait , a legendary 1st-century usurper High King of Ireland Cairbre Lifechair , a 3rd-century High King of Ireland Coirpre mac Néill , son of Niall of the Nine Hostages and the eponymous founder of the Cenél Coirpri, associated with the barony of Carbury in County Kildare Three sons of Conaire Cóem : Cairpre Músc, Cairpre Baschaín, and Cairpre Riata Coirpre Cromm mac Crimthainn ,
182-559: Is believed to derive from that of Ogmios and therefore may be related to Ogma. Magh Tuiredh Cath Maige Tuired (modern spelling: Cath Maighe Tuireadh ; transl. "The Battle of Magh Tuireadh" ) is the name of two saga texts of the Mythological Cycle of Irish mythology . It refers to two separate battles in Connacht : the first in the territory of Conmhaícne Cúile Tuireadh near Cong, County Mayo ,
208-575: Is called the father of the Ogham alphabet, and his knife or hand its mother. The same tract says that sound was the father of Ogham and matter its mother. Scholars of Celtic mythology have proposed that Ogma represents the vestiges of an ancient Celtic god . By virtue of his battle prowess and the invention of Ogham, he is compared with Ogmios, a Gaulish deity associated with eloquence and equated with Herakles . J. A. MacCulloch compares Ogma's epithet grianainech (sun-face) with Lucian 's description of
234-580: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ogma Ogma / ˈ ɒ ɡ m ə / ( Modern Irish : Oghma ) is a god from Irish and Scottish mythology . A member of the Tuatha Dé Danann , he is often considered a deity and may be related to the Gallic god Ogmios . According to the Ogam Tract , he is the inventor of Ogham ,
260-582: Is usually given as Ethliu , sometimes as Étaín . In the Ogam Tract, he is called the son of Elatha and brother of Delbaeth and Bres. Oghma's sons include Delbaeth and Tuireann . In the Ogam Tract Ogma is said to be a man skilled in speech and poetry who invented the Ogham as proof of his ingenuity and to create a speech that belongs to learned men apart from rustics. In the same tract Ogma
286-530: The Pass of Balgatan , and the battle rages for four days. Nuada encounters Sreng, and with one swing of his sword Sreng cuts off Nuada's right hand. However, the Tuatha Dé Danann gain the ascendancy. A truce is called, and the Fir Bolg are given three options: leave Ireland, share the land with the Tuatha Dé Danann, or continue the battle. They choose to fight. Sreng challenges Nuada to single combat. Nuada accepts on
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#1732776608505312-421: The "smiling face" of Ogmios, and suggests Ogma's position as champion of the Tuatha Dé Danann may derive "from the primitive custom of rousing the warriors' emotions by eloquent speeches before a battle", although this is hardly supported by the texts. Scholars such Rudolf Thurneysen and Anton van Hamel dispute any link between Ogma and Ogmios. Eufydd fab Dôn is another figure from Welsh mythology whose name
338-480: The Do Cath Mag Tuired (Second Battle of Moytura); and Griain-éigis “Shining sage or learned man” in section 12 of Foras Feasa ar Éirinn (History of Ireland). Many scholars have credited The Dagda's son Cermait's epithet Milbel , or "honey-mouthed" or "eloquence" with Ogma, but this confusion seems to be an incorrect comparison by MacKillop [1] . He fights in the first battle of Magh Tuiredh when
364-613: The Royal Irish Academy's Dictionary of the Irish Language translates tuiredh as "a lament". The first text, sometimes called Cét-chath Maige Tuired ("The First Battle of Mag Tuired") or Cath Maighe Tuireadh Cunga ("The Battle of Mag Tuired Conga") or Cath Maighe Tuireadh Theas ("The Battle of Southern Mag Tuired"), relates how the Tuatha Dé Danann took Ireland from the Fir Bolg , who then inhabited
390-508: The Second as the Battle of Muigh Tuiredh Conga or the Battle of Southern Moytura. The second text of this name, also known as Cath Dédenach Maige Tuired ("The Last Battle of Mag Tuired"), Cath Tánaiste Maige Tuired ("The Second Battle of Mag Tuired"), and Cath Maighe Tuireadh Thúaidh ("The Battle of Northern Mag Tuired"), tells how the Tuatha Dé Danann, having conquered Ireland, fall under
416-648: The Sidhe Mound) and is also referred to be in residence in Brecc on page 303 in the Táin Bó Cúailnge. He often appears as a triad with Lugh and the Dagda (The Dagda is his brother and Lugh is his half-brother), who are sometimes collectively known as the trí dée dána or three gods of skill, although that designation is elsewhere applied to other groups of characters. His father is Elatha and his mother
442-469: The Tuatha Dé Danann take Ireland from the Fir Bolg . Under the reign of Bres , when the Tuatha Dé Danann are reduced to servitude, Ogma is forced to carry firewood, but nonetheless is the only one of the Tuatha Dé who proves his athletic and martial prowess in contests before the king. When Bres is overthrown and Nuadu restored, Ogma is his champion. His position is threatened by the arrival of Lugh at
468-475: The condition that Sreng ties up one arm to make the combat fair, but Sreng rejects this condition. The Tuatha Dé Danann then decide to offer the Fir Bolg one of the provinces of Ireland. Sreng chooses Cóiced Ol nEchmacht , and the two sides make peace. Dian Cecht , the god of physicians, made an artificial hand of silver for Nuada, and Nuada was named Nuada Airgetlám ( Nuada of the Silver Hand ). However,
494-477: The court, so Ogma challenges him by lifting a great flagstone, which normally required eighty oxen to move it, and hurling it out of Tara , but Lugh answers the challenge by hurling it back. When Nuadu hands command of the Battle of Mag Tuired to Lugh, Ogma becomes Lugh's champion and promises to repel the Fomorian king, Indech, and his bodyguard, and to defeat a third of the enemy. During the battle he finds Orna,
520-464: The goddess Brigid had told the Tuatha Dé Danann that no-one with a blemish can rule them, and, having lost a hand, the Tuatha Dé Danann had to choose another king. They chose Bres, son of Elatha , king of the Fomorians or the Children of Domnu. Seven years later Bres dies after taking a drink while hunting, and Nuada, having had his arm replaced, is restored. The First Battle is distinguished from
546-503: The island. It begins with the children of Nemed , an earlier group of inhabitants of Ireland, leaving for Greece to escape their oppression by the Fomorians . A group of Nemed's descendants, the Fir Bolg, return to Ireland and conquer it, occupying it for thirty years until the coming of the Tuatha Dé Danann, another group of Nemed's descendants. The Tuatha Dé Danann, led by their king, Nuada, come to Ireland in three hundred ships from
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#1732776608505572-406: The islands of the north. Their arrival is foreseen in a dream by the Fir Bolg king, Eochaid mac Eirc . When they land, they burn their ships. Negotiations begin between Sreng , the champion of the Fir Bolg, and Bres of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and Bres demands that the Fir Bolg either give battle or cede half of Ireland to them. The Fir Bolg choose battle. After a delay to prepare weapons, they met at
598-531: The oppression of the Fomorians, and then fight a battle to free themselves from this oppression. It expands on references to the battle in Lebor Gabála Érenn and the Irish Annals , and is one of the richest sources of tales of the former Irish gods. It is found in a 16th-century manuscript , but is believed to be a composite work compiled in the 12th century from 9th century material. It begins with
624-739: The script in which Irish Gaelic was first written. The name Ogma is believed to originate from the Proto-Indo-European root *ak- or *ag- meaning "to cut," which refers to the method in which ogham was incised into stone and wood. Ogma is given three epithets in Irish Gaelic tradition: Grianainech “sun-faced” or “shining, radiant countenance” on p. 303 of the Táin Bó Cúailnge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley) and p.187 of Lebor Gabála Érenn (Book of Invasions); Trenfher “Strongman” or “Champion” in sections 59 and 162 of
650-534: The second near Lough Arrow in County Sligo . The two texts tell of battles fought by the Tuatha Dé Danann , the first against the Fir Bolg , and the second against the Fomorians . Maigh Tuireadh is typically anglicised as Moytura or Moytirra. The word cath is an Old Irish word meaning "battle, combat". Mag is an earlier spelling of maigh , meaning "plain". Ellis suggests that tuired ( tuireadh in modern spelling) means "pillars" or "towers", but
676-632: The sword of the Fomorian king Tethra , which recounts the deeds done with it when unsheathed. During the battle Ogma and Indech fall in single combat, although there is some confusion in the texts as in Cath Maige Tuired Ogma, Lugh and the Dagda pursue the Fomorians after the battle to recover the harp of Uaitne, the Dagda's harper. Which substantiates the reason that the Dagda gives Síd Aircheltrai to Ogma in De Gabáil in tSída (Taking of
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