Bend Boirche I
Victorious Boirche, the man of might, son of Ross Ruad,
well-attended king, the staunch loud-voiced herdsman, used
to call the horned kine. From harsh Inber Colptha to Dun
Sobairche north-eastward they came at his call, seeking him
from every quarter. In the spot where he met his dappled
kine, for fear of wolf-packs and worryings, their master
and great guardian would sleep with them nightly.
Bend
Boirche II
Know ye the ancient story of the sea that goodly Boirche
confronts? eastward lies the seals' green plain, one of the
Three great Moans of Mac Lir. Spotted Bennán, not mild of
mood, wrought a wanton's deeds: a buck was he to gore the
son of Mac Lir, the wise white maiden's paramour.
Therefore, in anguish of heart, did Manannán let loose - it
was a wanton crime - Loch Ruide, Loch Cuan of the curraghs,
and the third rapid water, Loch Da Chaech. Ibel, that loved
music, died above the teeming sea, of the wound he took in
the combat: at the Leap that the great plain felt, the
noble maiden has her home.
Source:
Metrical
Dindshenchas. ed and
trans. Edward Gwynn. 1925. Dublin: Dublin Institute for
Advanced Studies: 1991.