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 I will confer the chieftainship of the Fianna on you, as I have promised, and whatever wish or desire you have I will fulfil it. I name you also the chief champion of Ireland, and wherever you go honour shall be given to you as such."

They returned to the dún, and Conn gave orders that a banquet should be prepared, to celebrate Fionn's great feat. When the feast was ready he commanded his trumpeters to sound their trumpets, and as soon as every one was assembled in the great banqueting hall of the dun the king placed Fionn in the seat belonging to the chief of Ireland's Fianna, and all the Fians, even the deposed chief, Goll mac Morna, placed their hands in Fionn's, and vowed to be faithful and true to him as long as they lived.

So, to the day of his death, which was not till many, many years later, Fionn mac Cumall remained in command of the Fianna, and was the greatest and wisest chief the Fians ever had.