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Bruiden Da Choca
‘Dá Choca's hostel’
Known also as Togail Bruidne Da Choca(e) ('The destruction of Dá Choca's hostel')
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| Manuscripts
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- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 (H 3. 18) [s. xv-xvi], part 22, pp. 708—724
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1291 (H 1. 17) [1755], ff. 1r—16v
- London, British Library, MS Additional 30512 = Leabhar Uí Maolconaire [s. xv-xvi], ff. 105r—115v
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| Language
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Middle Irish
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| Date
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early 12th century (Toner)
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| Description
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A tale of the Ulster Cycle, set after the death of Conchobar.
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| Textual relationships
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The lost manuscript Cín Dromma Snechtai is cited in the text as a source for part of the story. Cath Airtig is the immediate sequel.
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Summary
After the death of Conchobar, the Ulaid debate who to give the kingship to, and decide on Conchobar's son, Cormac Cond Longas, who is in exile in Connacht. They send envoys, and Ailill and Medb agree to allow Cormac to take up the kingship. He sets out with a retinue, but Craiphtine the harper, whose wife has slept with Cormac, causes Cormac to break his gessa on the journey. Cormac encounters the Badb in the form of an old woman washing a bloody chariot at the ford. A party of Connachta encounter Cormac's party. They fight several battles, and heroes on both sides are killed. Cormac's party spend the night at Da Choca's hostel, which comes under siege by the Connachta, and Cormac is killed, along with nearly everybody on both sides.
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Editions and translations
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Toner, Gregory (ed. and tr.), Bruiden Da Choca, Irish Texts Society 61, London: Irish Texts Society, 2007.
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Stokes, Whitley (ed. and tr.), “Da Choca's hostel”, Revue Celtique 21 (1900): 149—165, 312—327, 388—402. Internet Archive: 1, 2, 3
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