ith, son of the Ram, that had the gift of true knowledge, and
they asked him where did Finn spend the night. And Mac-an-Reith was
someway unwilling to tell them, but at the last he said it was at the
house of Conan of Ceann Slieve.

The two Brans went on then to Conan's house, and Finn made them welcome;
but they blamed him when they heard he was taking a wife, and none of
his people with him. "Bid all the Fianna to come to the feast at the end
of a month," said Conan then. So Finn and Diorraing and the two Brans
went back to where the Fianna were and told them all that had happened,
and they went on to Almhuin.

And when they were in the drinking-hall at Almhuin that night, they saw
the son of the King of Ireland coming to where they were. "It is a pity
the king's son to have come," said Finn; "for he will not be satisfied
without ordering everything in the hall in his own way." "We will not
take his orders," said Oisin, "but we will leave the half of the hall to
him, and keep the other half ourselves."

So they did that; but it happened that in the half of the house that was
given up to the King of Ireland's son, there were sitting two of the Men
of Dea, Failbhe Mor and Failbhe Beag; and it is what they said, that it
is because they were in that side of the hall it was given up. "It is a
pity," said Failbhe Beag, "this shame and this great insult to have been
put on us to-night; and it is likely Finn has a mind to do more than
that again to us," he said, "for he is going to bring away the woman
that is promised to the third best man of the Tuatha de Danaan, and
against the will of her father and mother." And these two went away
early in the morning to Fionnbhar of Magh Feabhail, and told him of the
insults Finn and the Fianna of Ireland had a mind to put on the Tuatha
de Danaan.

And when Fionnbhar that was king over the Tuatha de Danaan heard that,
he sent out messengers through the length of Ireland to gather them all
to him. And there came six good battalions to him on the edge of Loch
Derg Dheirc at the end of a month; and it was the same day Conan had the
wedding-feast made ready for Finn and his people.

And Finn was at Teamhair Luachra at that time, and when he heard the
feast was ready, he set out to go to it. And it chanced that the most of
the men he had with him at that time were of the sons of Morna. And when
they were on their way, Finn said to Goll, "O Goll," he said, "I never
felt any fear till now