She came into our hut and spoke long with my foster-mothers, and me she clasped in her arms and kissed many times, and I felt her tears on my face.

And they told me afterwards that this was Murna of the White Neck, and my mother.

If she have suffered no harm at the hands of the sons of Morna, so much the less is the debt that they shall one day pay." Now it is to be told what happened to Finn at the house of Finegas the Bard.

Finn did not deem that the time had come for him to seize the captaincy of the Fianna until he had perfected himself in wisdom and learning.

So on leaving the shelter of the old men in the wood he went to learn wisdom and the art of poetry from Finegas, who dwelt by the River Boyne, near to where is now the village of Slane.