Editing Lugh (section)

===Later life and death===
Lugh instituted an event similar to the [[Olympic Games]] called the [[Assembly of Talti]] which finished on [[Lughnasadh]] (1 August) in memory of his foster mother, [[Tailtiu]], at the town that bears her name, now [[Teltown]], [[County Meath]]. He likewise instituted Lughnasadh fairs in the areas of Carman and [[Naas]] in honour of [[Carman]] and Nás, the eponymous tutelary goddesses of these two regions. Horse races and displays of martial arts were important activities at all three fairs. Lughnasadh is a celebration of Lugh's triumph over the spirits of the [[Celtic Otherworld|Otherworld]] who had tried to keep the harvest for themselves. It survived long into Christian times and is still celebrated under a variety of names. ''Lúnasa'' is now the [[Irish language|Irish]] name for the month of August.

According to a poem of the ''[[dindsenchas]]'', Lugh was responsible for the death of Bres. He made 300 wooden cows and filled them with a bitter, poisonous red liquid which was then "milked" into pails and offered to Bres to drink. Bres, who was under an obligation not to refuse hospitality, drank it down without flinching, and it killed him.<ref>{{harvp|Gwynn|1913|pp=216–223}}, ''The Metrical Dindshenchas'' Part III. [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T106500C/text040.html Poem 40: Carn Huí Néit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906025125/http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T106500C/text040.html |date=6 September 2009 }}</ref>

Lugh is said to have invented the board game [[fidchell]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/news/john-gives-celtic-board-game-a-new-lease-of-life-29498070.html |title=John gives Celtic board game a new lease of life |work=Independent.ie |access-date=2017-10-31 |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107003907/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/news/john-gives-celtic-board-game-a-new-lease-of-life-29498070.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

One of his wives, Buach, had an affair with [[Cermait]], son of [[the Dagda]].<ref name=bergin-dagda/> Lugh killed him in revenge, but Cermait's sons, [[Mac Cuill]], [[Mac Cecht]], and [[Mac Gréine]], killed Lugh in return, spearing him through the foot then drowning him in [[Hill of Uisneach#Features|Loch Lugborta]] in [[County Westmeath]]<ref>{{harvp|Gwynn|1924|pp=278–291}}, ''The Metrical Dindshenchas'' Part IV. Poem 86:"[https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T106500D/text086.html Loch Lugborta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231200130/https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T106500D/text086.html |date=31 December 2018 }}"</ref> He had ruled for forty years. Cermait was later revived by his father, the Dagda, who used the smooth or healing end of his staff to bring Cermait back to life.<ref name=bergin-dagda/>