It was one to excite Meav's haughty temper.
There was a young bull found among Ailill's bovine wealth: it had been calved by one of Meav's cows; but "not deeming it honorable to be under a woman's control," it had attached itself to Ailill's herds.

Meav was not a lady who could remain quiet under such provocation.

She summoned her chief courier, and asked him could he a match for Finnbheannach (the white-horned).

The courier declared that he could find even a superior animal; and at once set forth on his mission, suitably attended.

Meav had offered the most liberal rewards for the prize she so much coveted; and the courier soon arranged with Dare, a noble of large estates, who possessed one of the valuable breed.