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Quotation from Cuchulain of Muirthemne by Lady Gregory
“It is little I would care," said Cuchulain, "if my life were to last one day and one night only, so long as my name and the story of what I had done would live after me.”
Cuchulain of Muirthemne, Boy Deeds of Cuchulain (taking arms) (1907 John Murray edition (Internet Archive scan))
Cathbad has just warned that the boy who takes arms that day will win fame but not a long life.
Citation: "It is little I would care," said Cuchulain, "if my life were to last one day and one night only, so long as my name and the story of what I had done would live after me." — Lady Gregory, Cuchulain of Muirthemne, Boy Deeds of Cuchulain (taking arms) (1907 John Murray edition (Internet Archive scan)). (id cuchulain-of-muirthemne-q4)
Portrait: Cuchulainn's death, illustration by Stephen Reid 1904, Stephen Reid, Public domain.
