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Quotation from Cuchulain of Muirthemne by Lady Gregory
“if there is a whelp of the same breed to be had in Ireland, I will rear him and train him until he is as good a hound as the one killed; and until that time, Culain," he said, "I myself will be your watch-dog, to guard your goods and your cattle and your house.”
Cuchulain of Muirthemne, Boy Deeds of Cuchulain (the hound of Culain) (1907 John Murray edition (Internet Archive scan))
Having killed Culain's hound when it attacked him, the boy offers to make good the smith's loss; Cathbad then names him Cuchulain.
Citation: "if there is a whelp of the same breed to be had in Ireland, I will rear him and train him until he is as good a hound as the one killed; and until that time, Culain," he said, "I myself will be your watch-dog, to guard your goods and your cattle and your house." — Lady Gregory, Cuchulain of Muirthemne, Boy Deeds of Cuchulain (the hound of Culain) (1907 John Murray edition (Internet Archive scan)). (id cuchulain-of-muirthemne-q3)
Portrait: Cuchulainn's death, illustration by Stephen Reid 1904, Stephen Reid, Public domain.
