The Cattle-Raid of CualngeCeltic MythologyLegend / Oral TraditionOld IrishShareThe Cattle-Raid of Cualnge 6L. Winifred Faraday 1904 - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableL. Winifred Faraday 1904LanguageEnglishEspañol‹The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge 1The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge 2The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge 3The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge 4The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge 5The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge 6The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge 7The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge 8The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge 9›The Muster Of The UlstermenThe Cattle-Raid of Cualnge 6ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1'Arise, O Findchad, I will send thee to Deda,' etc. [Note: Rhetoric, followed by a long list of names.] 2It was not, difficult for Findchad to take his message, for they were, the whole province of Conchobar, every chief of them, awaiting Conchobar; every one was then east and north and west of Emain. When they were there, they all came till they were at Emain Macha. When they were there, they Beard the uprising of Conchobar in Emain. They went past Emain southwards after the host. Their first march then was from Emain to Irard Cuillend. 3'What are you waiting for here?' said Conchobar. 4'Waiting for your sons,' said the host. 'They have gone with thirty with them to Temair to seek Eirc, son of Coirpre Niafer and Fedelm Noicride. Till their two cantreds should come to us, we will not go from this place.' 5'I will not remain indeed,' said Conchobar, 'till the men of Ireland know that I have awaked from the sickness in which I was.' 6Conchobar and Celtchar went with three fifties of chariots, and they brought eight twenties of heads from Ath Airthir Midi; hence is Ath Fene. They were there watching the host. And eight twenties of women, that was their share of the spoil. Their heads were brought there, and Conchobar and Celtchar sent them to the camp. It is there that Celtchar said to Conchobar: [Note: Rhetoric.] 7(Or it was Cuscraid, the Stammerer of Macha, son of Conchobar, sang this song the night before the battle, after the song which Loegaire Buadach had sung, to wit, 'Arise, kings of Macha,' etc., and it would be in the camp it was sung.) 8It was in this night that the vision happened to Dubthach Doeltenga of Ulster, when the hosts were on Garach and Irgarach. It is there that he said in his sleep: ‹Previous chapterThe Cattle-Raid of Cualnge 5Next chapterThe Cattle-Raid of Cualnge 7›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public domain in the United States via Project Gutenberg