Myths and legends ; the Celtic race . Datho. Soon thehosts burst out through the doors of the dun and smoteand slew each other in the open field, until the Connachthost were put to flight. The hound of mac Dathopursued the chariot of King Ailell of Connacht till thecharioteer smote off^ its head, and so the cause of con-tention was won by neither party, and mac Datho losthis hound, but saved his lands and life. The Death of Ket The death of Ket is told in Keating*s History ofIreland. Returning from a foray in Ulster, he was over-taken by Conall at the place called the Ford of Ket, andthey foug
Myths and legends ; the Celtic race . Datho. Soon thehosts burst out through the doors of the dun and smoteand slew each other in the open field, until the Connachthost were put to flight. The hound of mac Dathopursued the chariot of King Ailell of Connacht till thecharioteer smote off^ its head, and so the cause of con-tention was won by neither party, and mac Datho losthis hound, but saved his lands and life. The Death of Ket The death of Ket is told in Keating*s History ofIreland. Returning from a foray in Ulster, he was over-taken by Conall at the place called the Ford of Ket, andthey fought long and desperately. At last Ket was slain,but Conall of the Victories was in little better case, andlay bleeding to death when another Connacht championnamed Bealcu* found him. Kill me, said Conallto him, that it be not said I fell at the hand of oneConnacht man. But Bealcu said : I will not slay aman at the point of death, but I will bring thee homeand heal thee, and when thy strength is come again * Pronounced Bay-al-koo.«44. Forbay and Queen Maev 244 THE DEATH OF MAEV thou shalt fight with me in single combat. ThenBealcu put Conall on a litter and brought him home,and had him tended till his wounds were healed. The three sons of Bealcu, hov/ever, when they sawwhat the Ulster champion was like in all his might,resolved to assassinate him before the combat shouldtake place. By a stratagem Conall contrived that theyslew their own father instead ; and then, taking the headsof the three sons, he went back, victoriously as he waswont, to Ulster. The Death of Maev The tale of the death of Queen Maev is also preservedby Keating. Fergus mac Roy having been slain byAilell with a cast of a spear as he bathed in a lake withMaev, and Ailell having been slain by Conall, Maevretired to an island ^ on Loch Ryve, where she was wontto bathe early every morning in a pool near to the landing-place. Forbay son of Conor mac Nessa, having dis-covered this habit of the queens, found means one
Size: 1300px × 1922px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectcelticl, bookyear1910
