Agus chuid mhaith dá gheasa briste aige cheana, téann [[Conaire Mór]] ar thaisteal i ndeisceart na tíre. Moltar dó fanacht ag Brú Dhá Dheirg, ach feiceann sé triúr gléasta in éadaí dearga, ag marcaíocht ar chapaill dhearga, ag teacht os a chomhair; tá geis eile briste aige dá bhárr.
''Tar aéis thriúrConaire dheartháireacha altrama,iad a ''thabhairt thear threedeoraíocht sonsas ofucht Donda Désagcoireanna, whomchuaigh Conairea haddheartháireacha exiled go hAlbain for their crimes, hadaltrama madei alliancegcomhar le rí na mBriotanach, [[Ingcél Cáech]], andagus theybhí weresiad maraudingi acrossmbun Irelandfoghla withar afud largena hÉireann le bandbuíon ofmór followersamhas. Ionsaíonn siad Brú Dhá Dheirg, á dhó faoi thrí, ach faoi thrí múchtar na tinte.
''Conaire,Cosanta protectedag bya his championchuradh [[Mac Cécht (warrior)|Mac CéchtCéacht]] andagus thelaoch Ulsterna heronUladh [[Conall CernachCearnach]], killsmaraíonn sixConaire hundred600 beforesular he'' reaches his weapons, and a further six hundred with his weapons. He asks for a drink as he is cursed with a magical thirst, but all the water has been used to put out the fires. Mac Cécht travels across Ireland with Conaire's cup, but none of the rivers will give him water. He returns with a cup of water just in time to see two men cutting Conaire's head off. He kills both of them. Conaire's severed head drinks the water and recites a poem praising Mac Cécht. The battle rages for three more days. Mac Cécht is killed, but Conall Cernach escapes.<ref>[[Jeffrey Gantz]] (aistr.), ''Early Irish Myths and Sagas'', Penguin Classics, 1981, ll. 37–106</ref>
