Brian Boru (2012)
“Even as Brian and the Dalcassians were celebrating the wedding, Viking raiders fanned out across the countryside. They looted and burned; they slaughtered Irish cattle in the field and took the best parts away with them, leaving the carcasses to rot.
A terrified farmer came to tell Mahon what was happening. ‘Where are your warriors to protect us?’ the man cried.
Brian was very angry. ‘I warned you!’ he shouted at Mahon. ‘Didn’t I send word to you to leave Thomond well-guarded along its ...borders?’ Mahon drew himself up stiffly. ‘I don’t take orders from you.’ ‘You would not take my advice simply because it came from me,’ Brian charged. ‘You never listen to me because you’re jealous of your authority. Now you see what it has cost!’ Mahon knew Brian’s words were true. He could never admit the younger man was right. He was the king.
They glared at each other with all the old anger rising between them.MoreLess
A terrified farmer came to tell Mahon what was happening. ‘Where are your warriors to protect us?’ the man cried.
Brian was very angry. ‘I warned you!’ he shouted at Mahon. ‘Didn’t I send word to you to leave Thomond well-guarded along its ...borders?’ Mahon drew himself up stiffly. ‘I don’t take orders from you.’ ‘You would not take my advice simply because it came from me,’ Brian charged. ‘You never listen to me because you’re jealous of your authority. Now you see what it has cost!’ Mahon knew Brian’s words were true. He could never admit the younger man was right. He was the king.
They glared at each other with all the old anger rising between them.MoreLess
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