Editing Conall Cernach (section)

===The Battle of Howth===
He fought [[Mes Gedra]], king of Leinster, in single combat following a battle provoked by the Ulster poet [[Athirne]]. Mes Gedra had lost a hand in an earlier fight, so Conall fought him with one hand tucked into his belt. He won, taking his opponent's head as a trophy. When he put Mes Gedra's head on his shoulder, it straightened his neck. Conall's charioteer couldn't carry the head, so he cut out the brain and preserved it by mixing it with [[Calcium oxide|lime]].<ref>[[Whitley Stokes (Celtic scholar)|Whitley Stokes]], "The Siege of Howth", ''Revue Celtique'' 8, 1871, pp. 47-63</ref> The calcified brain was later stolen by Cet and used to kill [[Conchobar mac Nessa]].<ref>[[Kuno Meyer]] (ed. & trans.), [http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/conchobar3.html "The Death of Conchobar"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226140625/http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/conchobar3.html |date=2013-12-26 }}, ''The Death-Tales of the Ulster Heroes'', Todd Lecture Series, 1906</ref>