ON BAILE’S STRAND.
- Cuchullain, the King of Muirthemne.
- Concobar, the High King of Ullad.
- Daire, a King.
- Fintain, a blind man.
- Barach, a fool.
- A Young Man.
- Young Kings and Old Kings.
Scene: A great hall by the sea close to Dundalgan. There are two great chairs on either side of the hall, each raised a little from the ground, and on the back of the one chair is carved and painted a woman with a fish’s tail, and on the back of the other a hound. There are smaller chairs and benches raised in tiers round the walls. There is a great ale vat at one side near a small door, and a large door at the back through which one can see the sea. Barach, a
tall thin man with long ragged hair, dressed in skins, comes in at the side door. He is leading Fintain, a fat blind man, who is somewhat older.
Barach.
I will shut the door, for this wind out of the sea gets into my bones, and if I leave but an inch for the wind there is one like a flake of sea-frost that might come into the house.
Fintain.
What is his name, fool?
Barach.