Colga of the Hard Weapons

Invaded Erin in dark dragon ships,

Landing at Ulster, where all were

Killed by Finn MacCool and his

Grandson , Oscar.

Midac , the son of Colga, alone survived

And was treated well by Finn in his own house.

Sure and when the time arrived,

Finn gave Midac the rich cantreds

Of Kenri and the Islands.

Midac withdrew hence from the Fena

And build two wondrous palaces there,

One on the Islands, and one in a grove

Of Mountain Ash.

To the last named place

He lured Finn and his heroes, posing

As a ferdana, he spoke this riddled poem:

“I saw a house by a river’s shore,

famed through Erin in days of yore,

I saw to the south a bright-faced queen,

With couch of crystal and robe of green.”

Thusly, he enchanted then in the Palace of Quicken Trees.

Three times did the invaders come in attack

To the ford from the islands, and

Three times were they defeated while Finn sat enchanted.

At last Dermat O’Dyna slayed

The Three Kings of the Islands

And taking their bloody heads

Broke the Enchantment, and with Fatha

Held off the foes until the sun did rise.

With the rising sun

Finn MacCool and a host of Fena

Fell upon them who were from Lochlann.

And, like a lion maddened by dogs,

Oscar drove though the battle and

With a single blow struck the head

From the King of the World.

And so

The blood of the danes