THE BATTLE OF VENTRY. ir 



rf na Gaethlaigi bas leis 7 gairid 'na dhiaidh sin an uair tainic Conncrithir cuigi 7 

 do bi Conncrithir ag molad an gnima sin dorinne Glas 7 "ga comhaidem co mor. 185 

 Is ann sin do conncadar trenfer fian Eirenn cucu .i. Taisteallach trenfer. ' A oga,' ar 

 se 'cia na cinn ud agaibh os in ar?' 'Ceann righ na hEspaine ceann dibh,' ar 

 Conncrithir '7 is Um-sa do thuit. Ceann righ na Gaethlaigi an ceann ele 7 le 

 Glas mac Dremain do thuit. Scela Finn 7 fian Eirenn agad-sa duinn?' ar siad. 

 'Do fagbusa ac Snamh Da En atuaidh iad' ar Taistellach. ' Eirig-si da n-inn- 19 

 saighidh' ar [fo. 3 a. i.] siad '7 tig^</ chugainn da m-berdis a n-ar m-beathaid 

 orainn.' ' Do badh nar dam-sa sin,' ar in trenfer ' .i. da righ do righaib an do- 

 mhain do tuitim libh-si ar aen 7 gan mo lamh do dergadh dam-sa re n-dul 6n cuan 

 orrtho ' 7 teid ar an cuan. ' A rl an domain,' ar se ' ata sunn trenfer fian Eirenn 

 ag iaraidh comhlainn.' ' Is dam-sa is coir an treinfer ud do freagra' ar Coim- ^95 

 leathan mac Toithim .i. trenfer righ an domhain 7 tafnic a tir a cedoir. 



Is amlaid imoro do bhi an fer sin 7 deCch ferdhuirn fiched ana airde 7 an urr- 

 dail cetna 'na lethni 7 is amlaid do bhi fos arna fothrucadh a folaib dreagan 7 

 leoman 7 loisceann 7 nathrach neime 7 fuathrog fairsing urleathair um deanacht a 

 c?rp 7 ro innsaigeadar na tarbhlaich sin a cheili ana treithibh taibhtheanna tonn- 200 

 bhorba troighleathna tarrluthmara tailcichtaracha 7 do maelgormaighedar na 



his death by him. And shortly after that, Conncrithir came to him, and began to extol the 

 deed which Glas had done, and to praise him highly. Then they saw a champion of 

 the fianns of Erinn coming towards them, to wit, the champion Taistellach. ' O youths,' 

 said he, ' whose heads are those with you over the slaughter ? ' ' The head of the king 

 of Spain is one of them,' said Conncrithir, ' and it is by me he has fallen. The head of 

 the king of the Swamps is the other head, and by Glas the son of Dreman has he fallen. 

 Hast thou got tidings of Finn and the fianns of Erinn for us ? ' said they. ' I left them 

 at Snam Da En in the north,' said Taistellach. ' Arise and seek them,' said they, ' and 

 let them come to us, if they would preserve our hves.' ' That would be a shameful thing 

 for me,' said the champion, ' that two kings of the kings of the world should both have 

 fallen by you, whilst my hands remain unreddened, before I go from the harbour.' And 

 he went to the harbour. ' O king of the world,' said he, ' here is a champion of the 

 fianns of Erinn seeking fight.' ' It is I whom it behoves to answer that champion,' said 

 Coimlethan the son of Toithem, to wit, the champion of the king of the world, and he 

 came on shore forthwith. 



Thus was this man, ten times twenty fists of a man in height and the same number in 

 breadth, and moreover, he had bathed in the bloodof dragons and lions and toads and 

 venomous adders, and a broad girdle of strong leather was round his body. And the 

 fierce heroes attacked each other in their firm-sided, rough-skinned, broad-footcd, 



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