And Balor commanded them, saying, "When ye have utterly destroyed and subdued the people of Dana, then make fast your ships with cables to the land of Erinn, and tow it here to the north of us into the region of ice and snow, and it shall trouble us no longer." So the host of Balor took land by the Falls of Dara[14] and began plundering and devastating the province of Connacht.
[14] Ballysodare = the Town of the Falls of Dara, in Co.

Sligo.
Then Lugh sent messengers abroad to bring his host together, and among them was his own father, Kian, son of Canta.

And as Kian went northwards on his errand to rouse the Ulster men, and was now come to the plain of Murthemny near by Dundealga,[15] he saw three warriors armed and riding across the plain.

Now these three were the sons of Turenn, by name Brian and Iuchar and Iucharba.

And there was an ancient blood-feud between the house of Canta and the house of Turenn, so that they never met without bloodshed.
[15] Dundalk.
Then Kian thought to himself, "If my brothers Cu and Kethan were here there might be a pretty fight, but as they are three to one I would do better to fly." Now there was a herd of wild swine near by; and Kian changed himself by druidic sorceries into a wild pig and fell to rooting up the earth along with the others.
When the sons of Turenn came up to the herd, Brian said, "Brothers, did ye see the warrior wh' just now was journeying across the plain ?" "We saw him," said they.
"What is become of him ?" said Brian.
"Truly, we cannot tell," said the brothers.
"It is good watch ye keep in time of war!" said Brian; "but I know what has taken him out of our sight, for he struck himself with a magic wand, and changed himself into the form of one of yonder swine, and he is rooting the earth among them now.