Фергус
The high regard in which the written account was held is suggested by a ninth-century triad, that associated the "Táin" with the following wonders: "that the "cuilmen" [apparently a name for Isidore of Seville's "Etymologiae"] came to Ireland in its stead; the dead relating it to the living, viz. Fergus mac Róich reciting it to Ninníne the poet at the time of Cormac mac Faeláin; one year's protection to him to whom it is related."