When she had spoken these words, she fell beside the body of Naisi and died immediately. And a great cairn of stones was piled over their grave, and their names were inscribed in Ogham, and their funeral rites were performed.
This is the sorrowful tale of The Fate of the Sons of Usna.
NOTES.
[Note 1.] —The Dedannans.
According to the old bardic legends, the first man who led a colony to Ireland after the Flood was Parthalon. Next came Nemed and his people; and after these the Firbolgs, who were conquered and succeeded by the Dedannans.
The legend relates that the Dedannans, in the course of their wanderings, spent some time in Greece, where they learned magic and other curious arts. From this they migrated to Lochlann, in the north of Europe ([see note 6]), from which they came through Scotland to their final resting-place, Ireland.
From the three queens of their three last kings, Ireland got the three names, Erin, Fōla, and Banba.