And
you gods I worship," he said, "it is a pity I not to have come here the
time this thing was done. And it is a great thing that has been done
here," he said, "the people of the gods of Dana to have done treachery
on one another, and it is long they will be under loss by it and be
weakened by it. And Ireland will never be free from trouble from this
out, east and west," he said.
Then they put Cian under the earth again, and after that there was
keening made over his grave, and a stone was raised on it, and his name
was written in Ogham, And Lugh said: "This hill will take its name from
Cian, although he himself is stripped and broken. And it was the sons of
Tuireann did this thing," he said, "and there will grief and anguish
fall on them from it, and on their children after them. And it is no
lying story I am telling you," he said; "and it is a pity the way I am,
and my heart is broken in my breast since Cian, the brave man, is not
living."
Then he bade his people to go before him to Teamhair, "But do not tell
the story till I tell it myself," he said.
And when Lugh came to Teamhair he sat in the high seat of the king, and
he looked about him and he saw the three sons of Tuireann. And those
were the three that were beyond all others at Teamhair at that time for
quickness and skill, for a good hand in battle, for beauty and an
honourable name.
Then Lugh bade his people to shake the chain of silence, and they did
so, and they all listened.
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