Bruiden
InGaelic Ireland,abruiden/bruiðʲenʲ/was a building offering shelter, drink and food, often translated as "hostel","banqueting hall "or"inn."[1]
A description inThe Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig(c. AD 800) describes onebruiden:"There were seven doors in each hall, seven roads through it, and seven fireplaces therein. There were seven cauldrons, with an ox and a salted pig in each. The person who came that way would thrust the fleshfork into the cauldron, and whatever he obtained with the first thrust he ate, and if he did not obtain anything with the first thrust he ate nothing."[2]
The host (brugaid) was required to show "welcome to all" and "refusal to none."[3]
List
[edit]According toThe Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig,there were five or six majorbruidneinIreland:
- Bruiden Dá Derga (Berga), located in the kingdom ofCualu;usually placed on theRiver Dodderor at Stackallen, County Meath.[4][5]Featured in the famous poemTogail Bruidne Dá Derga(The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel)
- Bruiden Forgaill Manaich, located at Rathmooney, near toLusk, Dublin.[6][7]
- Bruiden Dá Réo (Bruiden Mic Cecht Da Réo, Dareo, Bruiden dá Ger), located inWest Bréifne(County Leitrim)
- Bruiden Dá Choca (Coga), at Breenmore Hill (Bryanmore), near Athlone ( "in a district which belongs to Meave and Ailill" );[3][8][9]featured in the story ofTogail Bruidne Da Chocae(The Destruction of Da Choca's Hostel)[10]
- Bruiden Dá Thó, inLaigin,believed to lie in the south ofCounty Carlow(possibly Ballyknockcrumpin)[10][11]
However,Fled Bricrenn(8th century) mentions thebriugaBricriu Nemthenga ( "Poison-tongue" ).[12]
Bruiden Blai Brugad or Bruiden Brúadaig is another, located inUlaid,hosted by Blai.[13]Bruiden of Moda Minadhmadadh is another.[3]
The idea of having sixbruidnemay have been chosen to mirror the six "cities of refuge"in theHebrew Bible.[3]
Sean's BarinAthloneis located in a building parts of which have been dated to c. AD 900, with wattle and wicker walls. Located near a crossing-point on theRiver Shannon,it claims to be Ireland's oldest pub and may be the site of an ancientbruiden.[14]
See also
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