“A fury of war, a fire of judgment,
A flame of vengeance; in mien a hero,
In face a champion, in heart a dragon;
The long knife of proud victories which will hew us to pieces,
The all-noble, red-handed Loigaire.”
Conall is described as driving a roan and a bay, in a chariot with two bright wheels of bronze, he himself fair, in face white and red, his mantle blue and crimson, and Meave describes him as:
“A wolf among cattle; battle on battle,
Exploit on exploit, head upon head he heaps”;
and says that if he is excited to rage he will cut up her people
“As a trout on red sandstone is cut.”