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young, married Brag6Ia, the daughter of Sorglan, and
passing over into Ireland, lived for some time with Con-
nal, grandson by a daughter to Congal, the petty king of
Ulster. His wisdom and valor in a short time gained him
such reputation, that in the minority of Cormac, the
supreme king of Ireland, he was chosen guardian to the
young king, and sole manager of the war against Swaran,
king of Lochlin. — After a series of great actions he was
killed in battle, somewhere in Connaught, in the twenty-
seventh year of his age. He was so remarkable for his
strength, that to describe a strong man it has passed into
a proverb, * He has the strength of CuchuUin.' — They
show the remains of his palace at Dunscaich in the Isle of
Sky ; and a stone to which he bound his dog, Luath, goes
still by his name.
Note 2.
Brave Fingal comes. Fingal the son of Comhal and
Morna, the daughter of Thaddu. His grandfather was
Trathal, and great-grandfather Trenmor, both of whom
are often mentioned in the poem. Trenmor, according to
tradition, had two sons; Trathal, who succeeded him in