Then those good youths betook them to their journey, and they took farewell of Grainne and of her household, and left them wishes for life and health, and Grainne and her people sent the same with them: and they left not a warrior, a hero, nor a woman- warrior in the distant regions of the world, with whom they spent not a portion of their time, learning from them until they attained fullness of strength; and they were three years with Bolcan. It is true, indeed, said Diarmuid. Nevertheless it is in thy power to heal me, O Finn, said Diarmuid, if it were thy pleasure to do so. And I myself will have the goblets, and the drinking horns, and the beautiful golden-chased cups, and the kine and the cattle-herds undivided. And she sang this lay as follows: Diarmuid and Grainne's cave is located above the cliffs of Annacuna at the back of the Gleniff Horseshoe, the spectacular glacial valley behind Benwisken. Diarmuid and Grainne rose early on the morrow, and journeyed straight westward until they reached the marshy moor of Finnliath, and they met a youth upon the moor, and the feature and form of that youth were good, but he had not fitting arms nor armor. The child was examined, and no trace of a staghounds tooth or nail was found on him. 31 likes. Diarmuid drew the javelin out and placed it standing the second time; and the second man of them arose to do the feat, and he too was slain like the other. He rushed under them, through them, and over them, as a hawk would go through small birds, or a wolf through a large flock of small sheep; even thus it was that Diarmuid hewed crossways the glittering very beautiful mail of his opponents, so that there went not from that spot a man to tell tidings or to boast of great deeds, without having the grievousness of death and the final end of life executed upon him, except the three chiefs and a small number of their people that fled to their ship. On your enriching adventure, you’ll explore the rural regions of Donegal and Silgo and … He found Angus and Grainne there in a warm well-lighted hut, and a great wide-flaming fire kindled before them, with half a wild boar upon spits. Finn said that he would, in whatever way Diarmuid would make peace. I asked for a chessboard and water to be brought to me, and I washed my bands and put my thumb under my tooth of divination, so that true and exact divination was shown me, namely, that thy father had slain the son of the steward between his two knees. Take the goblet to Finn first, and bid him drink a draught out of it, and disclose to him that it is I that sent it to him. Tievebawn has another cave, a pothole called Cormac Reagh's Hole, high up on it's slopes. Then the Clan Neamuin went up to the stream, and found a horse on either side of the stream; and they went a mile with the stream westward, and found the track by the side of the province of Connacht, and Finn and the fian of Erin followed them. Alas, O Diarmuid ODuibne, I will not go out to you, said Diarmuid, for thou art a friend to me, and thy father; and I would not that he should bear the enmity of Finn for my sake. He drew near to another wattled door, and asked who was at it. Great foolishness it is for thee, O Finn, said Oscar the son of Oisin, to suppose that Diarmuid would stay in the midst of this plain, and thou waiting to take his head from him. Hast thou taken their heads from those three chiefs? said Grainne. It suffices me that thou divide them, said Grainne. I knew not of those conjurations hitherto, said Diarmuid, now will I leave this hill through fear of him before be comes to me, and do thou leave me thy hound Bran beside Mac an Cuill. 95. There sat there a druid and a skilful man of knowledge of the people of Finn before Grainne the daughter of Cormac; that is, Daire Duanach mac Morna; and it was not long before there arose gentle talking and mutual discourse between himself and Grainne. The wild boar then came up the face of the mountain with the fian after him. Then Angus went where the king of Erin was to ask peace for Diarmuid, and Cormac said that he would grant him that. Diarmuid heard them coming to the hunting booth, and stretched an active warrior hand over his broad weapons, and asked who they were that were at the door. Grainne went to meet them, gave them a welcome, and made them those offers. We trow, O Finn, said Oisin, that thou wilt keep Grainne well from henceforth. What forceth thee to be thus? said Oisin; for there is not a wife nor a mate in the green-landed island of Erin upon whom thou mightest turn the light of thine eyes or of thy sight, whom we would not bring by fair means or by foul to thee. Thus were slain fifty of their people by Diarmuids trick that day, and as many as were not slain of them went to their ships that night. Through the malicious, fickle, treacherous one. Return to where ye were reared, and do not ask peace of Finn as long as ye shall live. That is not true, said Diarmuid; for but nine paces from thee is the best well of pure water in the world. O thou of the white teeth, thou bright and fair one; A low abundance of Caryophyllia smithii represented the most common species with patches of Axinella infundibuliformis occurring. How should I heal thee? said Finn. Then they carried the track as far as Beul Atha Luain, and Finn and the fian of Erin followed them; but they could not follow the track over across the ford, so that Finn pledged his word that if they followed not the track out speedily, he would hang them on either side of the ford. Diarmuid & Grainne's Cave. As for Finn mac Cumaill, I will tell his tidings clearly. The highest cave in Ireland, Diarmuid and Grainne's cave is located at the top of the cliffs at the rear of the beautiful Horseshoe valley behind Benwisken. And then Grainne spoke with an exceeding loud and clear voice, and what she said was: O dear children, your father has been slain by Finn mac Cumaill against his bonds and covenants of peace with him; now you are bound to avenge that upon him well; and there is your portion of the inheritance of your father, said she, that is, his arms, and his armor, and his various sharp weapons, and his feats of valor and of bravery likewise. When they were broiled Muadan said: I give the dividing of these fish to thee, Diarmuid. This thread is archived. Thou art not guilty of the taboo which has been laid upon thee, said Oisin, and I tell thee to follow Grainne, and keep thyself well against the wiles of Finn. Foul fall the friends of Diarmuid ODuibne for his sake, said Finn, and he shall not leave the wood until he give me satisfaction for every thing he has done to me. It is the voice of a hound I have heard, said Diarmuid, and I marvel to hear it in the night. Then he hove the giant from the earth and hurled him round him, and the iron ring that was about the giants body and through the end of the club stretched, and when the club reached Diarmuid he struck three mighty strokes upon the giant, so that he dashed his brains out through the openings of his head and of his ears, and left him dead without life; and those two of the Clan Morna were looking at Diarmuid as he fought that strife. Diarmuid greeted them, and the very life of Grainne all but fled out through her mouth with joy at meeting Diarmuid. And thou wast cheerful, joyous, and of good courage before me that night, O Finn, said Diarmuid; and had it been that night that I asked thee for a drink, thou wouldst have given it to me, and thou wouldst not have done so more justly that night than now. There were given them mead mild and pleasant to drink, and well-prepared sweet ale, and strong fermented draughts in fair chased drinking horns, so that they became exhilarated and mirthful. Touching Diarmuid and Grainne, a further tale is told. "Nothing is more difficult for you to get than that," said Oisin, as I will tell you now. Thereupon Finn arose with the four hundred hirelings that he had on wages and on stipend, with intent to kill Diarmuid; and Finn put their hands into each others bands round about that quicken tree, and warned them on pain of losing their heads, and as they would preserve their life, not to let Diarmuid pass out by them. Truly I do not, quoth Grainne, and I would I never to this day had borne love to any. Diarmuid drew his dagger and thrust it into its sheath and went his way after that, and then Muadan put Grainne upon his back and carried her a mile up the length of the mountain. I permit that, said Diarmuid. U bepaalt de grootte helemaal zelf After that Diarmuid roused Grainne, and bade her keep watch and ward for Muadan, saying that he himself would go to view the four quarters around him. 2 years ago. Now as every thing wears away, so also did that space of time; and then Finn collected and assembled the seven battalions of the standing fian from every quarter where they were, and they came where Finn was, in Almu the great and broad of Leinster; and on the last day of that period of time they went forth in great bands, in troops, and in impetuous fierce impenetrable companies, and we are not told how they fared until they reached Tara. Take that warning, said Grainne. What fine askest thou? said Angus the son of Art Oc mac Morna. They went their way eastward to Shah Luachra, and through the territory of the Ui Conaill Gabra, and thence with their left hand to the Shannon eastward to Ros Da Soileach, which is called Limerick now, and Diarmuid killed for them that night a wild deer; then they ate and drank their fill of flesh and pure water, and slept till the morn on the morrow. Moreover, he has made a desert of the district round about him, and he cannot be slain until three terrible strokes be struck upon him with an iron club that he has, and that club is thus; it has a thick ring of iron through its end, and the ring around the giants body; he has moreover forced an agreement with Finn and with the than of Erin not to hunt in that district, and when Finn outlawed me and became my enemy, I got of him leave to hunt, provided that I should never meddle with the berries. After that he drew near to one of the seven wattled doors that there were in the enclosure, and asked who was at it. I cannot, said Finn; but I think they are enemies to me. That company of warriors came before Finn during this discourse, and they greeted him. I will not take it, said Diarmuid, for I would not that Finn caught me at any other time rather than now, since I cannot escape from him. When Grainne heard this, dread and great fear seized her; and Bran departed from them. I should doubtless be bound, said Diarmuid, should I let my head go with you; and as he thus spoke, he drew the sword Moralltach from its sheath, and dealt a furious stroke of destruction at the head of him that was next to him, so that he made two halves of it. Then Angus went with those tidings to where the king of Erin and Finn were, and he got those conditions from him every one, and they forgave Diarmuid all be bad done as long as he had been outlawed, namely for the space of sixteen years; and Cormac gave his other daughter for wife and mate to Finn, that he might let Diarmuid be, and so they made peace with each other; and the place that Diarmuid and Grainne settled in was Rath Grainne in the district of Ces Corann, far from Finn and from Cormac. Then Diarmuid and Oscar bound the rims of their shields together that they might not separate from one another in the fight. And there was a green well-dyed mantle upon him that was in the forefront of the company, and he was out far beyond the others: then Grainne reached the dagger to Diarmuid, and Diarmuid thrust it upon his thigh, and said: I suspect thou bearest the youth of the green mantle no love, Grainne. I ask but the head of a warrior, or a fistful of the berries of the quicken tree of Dubros. Yonder, said the druid, is Goll mac Morna, the active, the warlike. Who is that freckled sweet-worded man, upon whom is the curling dusky-black hair and the two red ruddy cheeks, upon the left hand of Oisin the son of Finn? Then that company of the fian of Erin that were present raised three great exceeding loud shouts, wailing for Diarmuid, and Oscar looked fiercely and wrathfully upon Finn and said, that it was a greater pity that Diarmuid should be dead than it would have been had Finn perished, and that the fian had lost their mainstay in battle by means of him. 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