The reference is to Deirdre.
See [p. 211].
A.H. Leahy's translation, “Heroic Romances of Ireland,” vol. i.
The cloak of Mananan (see [p. 125]) typifies the sea—here, in its dividing and estranging power.
This Curoi appears in various tales of the Ultonian Cycle with attributes which show that he was no mortal king, but a local deity.
This apparition of the Washer of the Ford is of frequent occurrence in Irish legend.
See [p. 164] for the reference to geis. “His namesake” refers, of course, to the story of the Hound of Cullan, pp. [183], [184].
It was a point of honour to refuse nothing to a bard; one king is said to have given his eye when it was demanded of him.
Craobh Ruadh—the Red Branch hostel.
The story is told in full in the author's “High Deeds of Finn.”