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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge

Note 5-5 — Footnotes.

Joseph Dunn translation

The warriors of the four grand provinces of Erin pitched camp and took quarters that night at Belat Aileain ('the Island's Crossway'). Belat Aileain was its name up to then, but Glenn Tail ('Glen of Shedding') is henceforth its name because of the abundance of curds and of milk 5and of new warm milk5 which the droves of cattle and the flocks 6of the land of Conalle and Murthemne6 yielded there 7that night7 for the men of Erin. And Liasa Liac ('Stone Sheds') is another name for it 8to this day,8 and it is for this it bears that name, for it is there that the men of Erin raised cattle-stalls and byres for their herds and droves 9between Cualnge and Conalle.9 10Botha is still another name for it, for the men of Erin erected bothies and huts there.10

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