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Being of the sídhe

Némglan

Némglan

King of the birds of Conaire’s father, who sent Conaire naked to Tara.

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When the young Conaire chased great white-speckled birds to the sea at Áth Cliath and overcame them, they let their birdskins fall and turned on him with spears and swords. One of them protected him: I am Némglan, he said, king of your father’s birds, and you were forbidden to cast at birds. He sent Conaire to Tara naked at the end of the night, with a stone and a sling, to be made king, and he set out the geasa of his reign.

In the tales

See also

  • Conaire Mór King of Tara, begotten by a man who came as a bird, whose golden reign ended at Da Derga’s Hostel.
  • Teamhair The Hill of Tara. Seat of the high kings, and of the stone that cried out.

Sources

Medieval manuscript. Written down by Irish scholars between the eighth and seventeenth centuries.

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