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| Grainne was the daughter of Cormac Mac Airt
the high king of Ireland. No woman could compare to her beauty. Many
princes and chieftains wanted to marry her but Grainne was proud
and she spurned each one after another. Finn Machhaill wanted to marry
again after his wife died. He heard about Grainne .
He went to Grainne and asked her to marry him. She said yes. That night a great party was gave in honour of them. But Grainne fell in love with Dairmuid one of Finns warriors. Grainne put a sleeping draught to everyone except Diarmuid and tried to persuade him to take her away . But Diarmuid was loyal to Finn . So Grainne put a magic spell on Diarmuid. If he did do it he would die from magical powers. If he took her away Finn would destroy him. So they left Tara and crossed the river Shannon. With Finn on their trail Finns son Oisin warned him that Finn was closing in on him. Diarmuid ignored his warnings. As they travelled south west a warrior named Muadham became their servant. Meanwhile Finn hired three soldiers along with three poisonous hounds to capture Diarmuid.After Muadham left the couple travelled north again. Diarmuid finally gave up being loyal to Finn so Diarmuid married Grainne. Soon Grainne became pregnant. One night the couple heard a sound of a boar in the woods. Grainne suspecting that Finn of treachery could not dissuade Diarmuid from facing the boar. Diarmuid killed the boar with his sword and as he lay dying, he asked for a drink of water which had curing properties if drunk of the hands of Finn. Finn refused twice. Oisin threatened to kill him but Diarmuid died by the time Finn had got the water. THE END BY CONOR O TOOLE.
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