Part 77 of The Metrical Dindshenchas

Inber Buada

Inber Muada this place is named,
it is right for the learned to tell its story:
what was the excellence whence.the name comes,
from which the Muaid got its famous title?
5] I will tell you, for well I know
every excellence whence its name is derived:
the knowledge shall be set forth in the middle of my book,
without fault or forgetfulness.
Parthalon of Port Breg came
10] from Greece — 'tis an ancient harbour —
to the land of Elg in good sooth:
the martial soldier was a chief in every art.
In Inis Samer free from grief,
there Parthalon came to land,
15] where the troop of eight found a shore
when they reached Banba, land of ceaseless conflict.
Parthalon of the harbours hoped
that the rivers of Erin would give him help:
every law had departed from his band of men:
20] seldom did host or company visit them.
Though it was long since he left his home Parthalon,
in whom the noble men believed,
he found not a fish till he reached mead-loving Muaid;
the hosts were quarrelling along the marshy ground.

25] "Full of excellences is the vast river-mouth,"
said Parthalon, primal lord of ships;
"its origin shall be crowned with excellences
by the hosts that visit it continually."
Inber Muada, in after-times
30] the learned shall be telling thereof;
till the Doom of the eager throngs arrive,
let every ford and river-mouth cease to vie with it!