Patrick was told that the
steward was asleep. "My _debroth_," said Patrick, "I should not be
surprised if it were his last sleep." His people went to awake him, and
they found him dead, through the disobedience he showed to Patrick. And
hence is the proverb amongst the Irish: "Fallen's sleep in the fort of
Naas."

Dricriu was the King of Ui-Garchon at Patrick's coming, and the daughter
of Laeghaire Mac Neill was his wife. And he refused Patrick regarding
his feast at Rath-Inbhir, on Laeghaire's account. But Cilline gave him
welcome, and killed his own cow for him, and gave to Patrick the quantity
of flour that he brought for his support from the king's house, whereupon
he (Patrick) prophesied that Cilline's son should be king of Ui-Garchon.

He went afterwards to Magh-Life, and founded cells and houses there; and
he left Usail in Cill-Usaille, and Iserninus and Mac Tail in
Cella-Cuilinn, and other saints. On his going into Western Life, the
sons of Laighis prepared water-pits in the way before him, and a covering
over them. "For God's sake," said the little boys, "drive on your
horses." "Drive on, then, for God's sake, your horses," said Patrick.
But no injury was done to them; and he cursed Laighis (_i.e._, Laighis,
son of Find) where Moin-Choluim is to-day; and Patrick said that there
would be neither a king nor a bishop from them, and that a foreign lord
should be over them for ever.

Brig, the daughter of Fergnad, son of Cobtach, of the Ui-Ercain, went to
report to Patrick the enmity that was in store for him. Patrick blessed
her, and her father, and her brothers, and the Ui-Ercain altogether, and
he said that they would never be without distinguished laics and clerics
of them.

Then Patrick alighted on the hillock which was then called
Bile-Mac-Cruaich; to-day, however, it is called Forrach-Patrick; and he
said that there would never be a foreign king or steward over them; and
when the King of Leinster would be distributing the feast in his royal
house, he would have one shin (of beef), and the King of Ui-Ercan the
other; they should have Patrick's respect, Patrick's _forrach_ (seat),
the dignity of laics and clerics, wealth, and immortality. Eight princes
they had up to the reign of Conchobhar, son of Donnchadh, in Tara.
Laighis, moreover, was the tribe-name of the youths who committed the
misdeed; and neither king nor bishop shall be from them, but strange
lords shall govern them, and they shall ne