But Adnae's son, Néde, who was away studying in Scotland, heard of his father's death on the waves while walking the shore.
"One day the youth went forth along the edge of the sea - poets ever believed that the brink of water was a place of revelation.
And the wave declared that the wailing he had heard was for the death of his father, Adne, whose poet's robes had been given to Ferchertne, who had taken the ollaveship in his place.
"[1][3][4] Upon returning he met the troublesome Bricriu, who gave Néde the Ollamhship in exchange for a valuable gift (a purple tunic, with its adornment of gold and silver) and told him to take the Ollamh's seat.
This caused an angry Ferchertne to return a confront Néde, which begins the interchange.