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The Destruction of Dind Ríg (Author: [unknown])

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‘Well then’, says Cobthach, ‘know ye who is the most hospitable (man) in Erin?’ ‘We know’, says Craiphtine (the Harper), ‘it is Labraid Loingsech, son of Ailill. I went to him in spring, and he killed his only ox for me.’ Says Ferchertne the Poet: ‘Labraid is the most hospitable man we know. I went to him in winter, and he killed his only cow for me, and he possessed nothing but her.’