in the Courtship of Ferb
Thereafter Maev was defeated westwards,
so that it was damage to her possessions,
whilst she left behind; so was it
seven times twenty bold warriors with valour.
They went thereupon to the burg; 30
the proud men of Ulster, they filled the walls,
they laid waste whatever was therein
with a crowd. . . .
They fought a fight with blood,
the people of Gerg there against the Ulster men,
so that they all killed each other,
king and kingly lord.
There died—noble were the men—
seven fair haired, seven dark haired, seven black
haired.
Of the men who filled the castle
(they slew) thirty fair men whose name was Fergus.
Thirty nobles named Murethach
who held out to the end of the war,
thirty Falbe, thirty Fland,
a noble thirty named Donnell.
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