Quotes from Thomas Kinsella

I'd rather face a thousand fights, Ferdia, than this fight with you.

All play, all sport, until Ferdia came to the ford. I thought beloved Ferdia would live forever after me - yesterday, a mountain-side; today, nothing but a shade.

He grasped him in his two hands and ground and rattled him until the dung was forced out of him. The ford grew foul with his droppings.