An difríocht idir athruithe ar: "Mac Céacht"

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Tháinig Mac Cécht i láthair ar dtús sa scéal ''Toghail Brú Dhá Dheirg'' mar gharda cosanta [[Conaire Mór|Chonaire Mhóir]], in aice le [[Conall Cearnach]]. De réir an scéil seo, ba mhac Snaide Teichet é. Bhí Conaire agus a gaiscí ag fanacht tráth cinniúna ag brú Dhá Dheirg, nuair a d'ionsaigh a dheartháireacha altrama é, agus tharla cath. Conaire, Mac Cécht agus Conall ''perform prodigies of valour'' agus mharaigh agus chloígh siad a lán ionsaitheoirí, ach d'éag Conaire lena chneácha. Ar an tríú lá, d'éag Mac Cécht féin lena chneáchasa ar láthair an chogaidh.
 
Mhol an ''t-idirshuiteoir interpolator''fir '''H''' sa leagan le fáil i [[Leabhar na hUidhre]] críoch éagsúil, ina chuir Mac Cécht Conaire ina uaigh agus ansin a d'fhill go dtí a thír féin, Connacht. Níl gaol ag Mac Cécht le Connacht in aon leagan eile, agus is léir go raibh '''H''' ag iarraidh é a nascadh le Mac Cécht an scéil thíos.
 
'' Mac Cécht's role in ''Toghail'' is recalled in a [[Dinnseanchas]] prose text on Ráith Cnámrossa, whichina gives his father's name in garbled form as Slaite Seched of Connacht.<ref>''Rennes Dindsenchas'', u. 31.</ref> He is presented as the fosterfather of [[Lé Fer Flaith]], son of Conaire, whom he tried to bring into safety when Dá Derga's hostel was on fire. However, the boy, who was kept in the hollow of his shield,<ref>The boy was taken under Mac Cécht's arm(pit) according to ''Togail Bruidne Dá Derga'' and his death is mentioned only by the interpolator of the [[Lebor na hUidre]] version.</ref> died a [[threefold death]] in Corra Ednecha, having been mangled, burnt and drowned through Mac Cécht's sheer force, heat and sweat as the warrior was attempting to rescue the king. Mac Cécht buried the remaining bones, ''cnám-fhros'' "bone-shower", in a place afterwards called Cnámross. The text then offers two alternative explanations for the placename.
 
==Monodar mac Conrach Cas, darb ainm 'Mac Cécht' (''Cath Bóinde'')==