After that Fergus departed from Emain Macha and went away with his
people into the east to his own country. There he debated and
considered for a long time, but at last, so great was his
affection for the Clan Usna, that he went over the Moyle in ships
to the country of the Albanagh and brought home the sons of Usna,
and they were slain by Concobar Mac Nessa, according as he had
promised by the word of his mouth. Then Fergus rebelled against
Concobar, drawing after him two-thirds of the Red Branch, and
amongst them Duvac Dael Ulla and Cormac Conlingas, Concobar's own
son, and many other great men, but the chiefest and best and most
renowned of the Ultonians adhered to the King. The whole province
was shaken with war and there was great shedding of blood, but in
the end Concobar prevailed and drove out Fergus Mac Roy. After
that expulsion Fergus and three thousand of the Red Branch fled
across the Shannon and came to Rath Cruhane, and entered into
military service with Meave who was the queen of all the country
west of the Shannon.
There is nothing told about Cuculain in connection with this war.
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