And his men carried him off for dead, and the men of Connacht broke the battle on the Ulstermen, slaying many, and driving the rest of them back to their own place.

This battle was thenceforth called the Battle of the Ford of the Sling-cast, or Athnurchar; and so the place is called to this day.
When Conor was brought home to Emania his chief physician, Fingen, found the ball half buried in his temple.

"If the ball be taken out," said Fingen, "he will die; if it remain he will live, but he will bear the blemish of it." "Let him bear the blemish," said the Ulster lords, "that is a small matter compared with the death of Conor." Then Fingen stitched the wound over with a thread of gold, for Conor had curling golden hair, and bade him keep himself from all violent movements and from all vehement passions, and not to ride on horseback, and he would do well.
After that Conor lived for seven years, and he went not to war during that time, and all cause of passion was kept far from him.

Then one day at broad noon the sky darkened, and the gloom of night seemed to spread over the world, and all the people feared, and looked for some calamity.

Conor called to him his chief druid, namely Bacarach, and inquired of him as to the cause of the gloom.
The druid then went with Conor into a sacred grove of oaks and performed the rites of divination, and in a trance he spoke to Conor, saying, "I see a hill near a great city, and three high crosses on it.
To one of them is nailed the form of a young man who is like unto one of the Immortals.