Aided Cheltchair maic Uthechair

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Title	Aided Cheltchair maic Uthechair ‘The death of Celtchar mac Uthechair’
Manuscripts	Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2], f. 118b. The text lacks the second part of the story. Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.40 (Gaelic XL) [s. xv-xvi], part 1, ff. 5r—6r
Type or category	aideda
Language	Middle Irish
Description	A tale of the Ulster Cycle.
Textual relationships	The opening section corresponds with Aided Blaí Briugad, found in tale-lists. Bloth Blaí and Celtchar's deaths are referred to in the poem Fianna bátar i nEmain, attributed to Cináed ua hArtacáin, and the resting place of Blaí's head is mentioned in the poem Inna hinada hi filet cind erred Ulad, found incomplete in Lebor na hUidre. Celtchar's killing of Conganchnes is referred to in Fled Bricrenn. The luch donn and his dire deeds are mentioned in the dindsenchas of Alend. Dóelchú appears in the dindsenchas of Sliab Callann.

Summary

Celtchar kills Blaí Briugu, who has slept with his wife, and as éraicc is required to rid Ulster of three menaces. The first is Conganchnes mac Dedad, who comes to Ulster seeking revenge for the death of his kinsman Cú Roí mac Dáire. The second is the loch donn, a fierce feral dog. The third is his own dog, Dóelchú, who has gone rogue among the Ulstermen's livestock, and in carrying out this task Celtchar is killed.

Characters

• Celtchar
• Blaí Briugu
• Cú Chulainn
• Conchobar mac Nessa

Notes

Sources

Editions

Meyer, Kuno (ed. and tr.), The death-tales of the Ulster heroes, Todd Lecture Series 14, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1906. 23—31 CELT: edition and translation; Internet Archive