His battle with the druid Fer Doirich continues into the modern age, where the adventure posits that the witches Willow and Tara are the reincarnations of his fosterers Bodhmall and Liath respectively.
Liath Luachra, the "Gray of Luachair", is the name of two characters in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology.
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By this point they have taught him enough that he can survive on his own, and he goes into the king of Bantry's service.
Muirne left the boy in the care of Bodhmall and a warrior woman called Liath Luachra, who brought him up in secret in the forest.
Liath Luachra | Sliabh Luachra | Liath Macha and Dub Sainglend |
Cumhal's wife, Muirne, runs away and has a son, Demna, who is cared for by two warrior women, Liath and the druidess Bodhmall.
Subsequent episodes depict his service to the king of Bantry, his recovery of Cumhal's treasures by slaying Liath Luachra (a different character than his caretaker), and his meeting with the aged and dispossessed Fianna who had fought with his father.
Bodhmall and Liath Luachra come to her, and take the boy to be raised in the forest of Sliabh Bladhma.