Aided Fergusa maic Róich
Background information
The History of Ireland (Geoffrey Keating), Volume 2
pp. 209-211 When Fearghus was in banishment in Connaught, it happened that he was with Oilill and Meadhbh in Magh Ai, where they had a dwelling-fortress; and one day, when they went out to the shore of a lake that was near the lios, Oilill asked Fearghus to go and swim in the lake, and Fearghus did so. Now while Fearghus was swimming, Meadhbh was seized by a desire of swimming with him; and when she had gone into the lake with Fearghus, Oilill grew jealous; and he ordered a kinsman of his called Lughaidh Dalleigheas who was with him to cast a spear at Fearghus which pierced him through the breast; and Fearghus came ashore on account of the wound caused by that cast, and extracted the spear from his body, and cast it in the direction of Oilill; and it pierced a greyhound that was near his chariot, and thereupon Fearghus fell and died, and was buried on the shore of the same lake. It was this Fearghus who slew Fiachna son of Conchubhar, and the champion Geirrgheann son of Mollaidh, and Eoghan son of Durrthacht, king of Fearnmhuighe, and many heroes and warriors besides whom we shall not mention here. It was he also who carried off the great spoil from Ulster which caused much mischief and discord between Connaughtmen and Ulstermen, so that the dubhloingeas that went with Fearghus into exile from Ulster remained seven years in Connaught, or according to others ten years, spoiling and plundering Ulster on account of the death of the sons of Uisneach.
Related poem online: Fianna batar i n-Emain
Whitley Stokes (ed. & tr.), “On the deaths of some Irish heroes,” Revue Celtique, 23, 1902, pp. 303-348.
Digital Edition at Archive.org (pp. 303-348)
The death of Fergus mac Róich (See Section 4), qq. 17-18, 21, p. 309, pp. 320-321, pp. 326-327, pp. 336-338
Heroic Remances of Ireland, Vol. 1 (Leahy)
pp. 91-102 (129-140) The exile of the sons of Usnach (Section 1)
List of Historic Tales in the Book of Leinster includes:
Aided Fergusa (The Tragical Death of Ferghus), p. 588 (624)
R = The Rennes Dindshenchas (Stokes), Revue Celtique, 15-16, 1894-1895
M = The Metrical Dindshenchas (Gwynn)
B = The Bodleian Dinnshenchas (Stokes), Folklore, 3, 1892
S = Silva Gadelica (O’Grady), Volume 2
S: Connachta (See Section 1), p. 509 (544)
R: Mag n-Ái §69 (See Section 2), Part 2, p. 469, (‘Mag n-Ái’)
M: Mag nAi (See Section 2), Volume 3, p. 381, p. 548
S: Mágh nAei (See Section 2), p. 539 (574)
R: Findloch in Mag Tarbga and Findloch §156 (See Section 2), Part 5, p. 272
B: Findloch in Mag Tarbgai §28 (See Section 2), pp. 493-494, ‘Mag Tarbgai’
Cóir Anmann: Fitness of Names (Stokes), Irische Texte, Ser. III.2
Connachta §76 (See Section 1), p. 325, p. 414
Fergus mac Róich §282 (See Section 1), p. 407, p. 425
Medb of Cruachu §274 (See Section 1), p. 403, p. 424
Wikipedia
Ulster Cycle
Ailill mac Máta; Kings of Connacht
Conchobar mac Nessa; Kings of Ulster
Cormac Cond Longas
Dubthach Dóeltenga
Éogan mac Durthacht
Fergus mac Róich; Kings of Ulster
Medb