THE FORT OF ESA original: RATH ESA

Midir requested the noble prince Midir is a king of the fairy folk; the "noble prince" refers to King Eochaid Airem.
for the strong fortress where there was born
Sigmall, the son of Midir's daughter,
who dwells in the noble Fairy Mound of Nenta. original: Sid Nenta; a mythological site often associated with the area around the River Shannon.

85 Ogniad was his mother's name;
she was the daughter of Midir.
Her character was not wicked,
though she lived without regard for rule or law.

90 Étáin of the bright brows was carried away
to the West—despite her proud lineage—
from the side of original: "la cend," literally "with the head," an idiom meaning "from the presence of" or "away from." Eochaid Airem;
thus she remained in the Fairy Mound of Nenta across the water.

In the West is the mistress of many hosts
staying with Sigmall—a fairy place without deception—
with the brave grandson of Midir;
95 and she has not returned here since.

The following lines are scholarly manuscript variants. These abbreviations (L, M, S, H, R, B) refer to different medieval Irish manuscripts, such as the Book of Leinster or the Book of Ballymote, where different spellings or words were used for the same lines.

didin M. 89. bright-aired original: aireglan] L; noble-aired original: oiredhglan S; airedglan H; aireadha M; bright-regioned original: airerglan others.
90. westward original: siar] sister original: siur RBM. though she was original: ciarbo] so that she was original: cobo, etc. RB; so that she was original: corbha M; she was not original: nibo S2.
noble original: toleda] will original: tole YS; bad original: olc S2. 91. with original: la] did original: ro L. 93. in the west original: thiar] west original: hiar M.
of the great deeds original: morglonnach] of the great deed original: morglonnaig L. 96. arrived original: toracht] etc. LS2; came original: tainic, etc. others.