“Dead were the men Of Banba’s host, without happy strength, Around Tigernmas, the destructive man in the North, From the worship of Cromm Cruaich—’twas no luck for them. “For I have learnt, Except one-fourth of the keen Gaels Not a man alive—lasting the snare! Escaped without death in his mouth.” —Dr. Kuno Meyer’s translation of the _Dinnsenchus of Mag Slecht_. Footnote 187: Nutt: _Voyage of Bran_, p. 164. Footnote 188: See chap. XI—“The Gods in Exile”. Footnote 189: Pronounced _Maive_. Footnote 190: The story of the _Tragical Death of King Conchobar_, translated by Eugene O’Curry from the Book of Leinster, will be found in the appendix to his _MS. Materials of Irish History_, and (more accessible) in Miss Hull’s _Cuchullin Saga_. Footnote 191: The name is best pronounced _Cŭhoolin_ or _Cuchullin_ (_ch_ as in German). Footnote 192: The descent of the principal Red Branch Heroes from the Tuatha Dé Danann is given in a table in Miss Hull’s Introduction to her _Cuchullin Saga_. Footnote 193: Conchobar is called a terrestrial god of the Ultonians in the Book of the Dun Cow, and Dechtiré is termed a goddess in the Book of Leinster. Footnote 194: He is last heard of as chief cook to Conairé the Great, a mythical king of Ireland. Footnote 195: In the Book of Leinster. Footnote 196: For a description of Navan Fort see a paper by M. de Jubainville in the _Revue Celtique_, Vol. XVI. Footnote 197: _Cuchulainn, the Irish Achilles._ By Alfred Nutt. Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 8. Footnote 198: See a series of interesting parallels between Cuchulainn and Heracles in _Studies in the Arthurian Legend_, chap. IX and X. Footnote 199: The _Táin Bó Chuailgné_. Translated by Standish Hayes O’Grady. Footnote 200: The Irish romances relating to Cuchulainn and his cycle, nearly a hundred in number, need hardly be referred to severally in this chapter. Of many of the tales, too, there exist several slightly-varying versions. Many of them have been translated by different scholars. The reader desiring a more complete survey of the Cuchulainn legend is referred to Miss Hull’s _Cuchullin Saga_ or to Lady Gregory’s _Cuchulain of Muirthemne_. Footnote 201: Pronounced _Avair_. Footnote 202: Usually identified, however, with the Isle of Skye. Footnote 203: Pronounced _Eefa_. Footnote 204: A literal translation by Miss Winifred Faraday of the _Táin Bo Chuailgné_ from the Book of the Dun Cow and the Yellow Book of Lecan has been published by Mr. Nutt—Grimm Library, No. 16. Footnote 205: Pronounced _Cooley_. Footnote 206: This prophecy (here much abridged) is, in the original, in verse. Footnote 207: Finnavár. Footnote 208: “Bellows-dart”, apparently a kind of harpoon. It had thirty barbs. Footnote 209: