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  2. The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne - Wikipedia

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    The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne (Irish: Tóraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne or Tóraíocht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne in modern spelling) is an Irish prose narrative surviving in many variants. A tale from the Fianna Cycle of Irish mythology , it concerns a love triangle between the great warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill , the beautiful ...

  3. Diarmuid Ua Duibhne - Wikipedia

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    Diarmuid is best known as the lover of Gráinne, the intended wife of Fianna leader Fionn mac Cumhaill in the legend The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne. Among his sons were Donnchadh, Iollann, Ruchladh and Ioruad. [5] Diarmuid Ua Duibhne is said to be the founder of the Scottish Clan Campbell. On the Campbell crest is a boar's head, a ...

  4. Tóraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne - Wikipedia

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    Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; Tóraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne

  5. Gráinne - Wikipedia

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    In The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne, Gráinne was promised in marriage to Fionn but, repulsed by his age, she forms a relationship with Diarmuid at their betrothal party. At first he refuses out of loyalty to Fionn but she places a geis upon him to run away with her. Their long flight from Fionn is aided by Diarmuid's foster-father Aengus Óg.

  6. Under Ben Bulben - Wikipedia

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    It is famous in Irish legend, appearing in The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne, [4] and was the site of a military confrontation during the Irish Civil War. [ 5 ] The phrase "Mareotic Lake", which appears in the second line of the poem, is used in the classical religious work De Vita Contemplativa to refer to Lake Mariout in Egypt which was ...

  7. Diarmuid and Gráinne - Wikipedia

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  8. Diarmuid Ó Gráinne - Wikipedia

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    Diarmuid Ó Gráinne (10 May 1950 – 28 August 2013) was an Irish-language writer and journalist from the County Galway Gaeltacht. He wrote for the newspaper, Lá and featured on Raidió na Gaeltachta. He released a number of books, perhaps best known works are his semi-autobiographical novel writings An Traimp and Muintir na Coille.

  9. Tristan and Iseult - Wikipedia

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    The book was left unfinished at Quiller-Couch's death in 1944 and was completed in 1962 by Daphne du Maurier. Rosemary Sutcliff wrote two novels based on the story of Tristan and Iseult. The first, Tristan and Iseult , is a 1971 retelling of the story for young adults, set in Cornwall in the southern peninsula of Britain.