#Celtic#FairyTaleTuesday: The Clan Déisi were led by four brothers, Brecc, Óengus ‘of the dread Spear‘, Eochaid and Forad. Forad’s daughter, Forach, was raped and kidnapped by Cellach, the wayward son of Cormac mac Airt. When he refused to give the poor woman up, Óengus attacked Tara with a group of fifty men. Óengus succeeded in killing Cellach with his ‘dread spear’, but in the process one of the chains hit Cormac in the face, wounding his eye. Thus disfigured, Cormac was forced to relinquish his position as High King to his son, Cairpre Lifechair, as according to law, a King must be whole and unblemished to be fit to rule.
Source: the Spear of Lugh by Ali Isaac