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A large farm it was, needing many hands to work it, byre, stable, plough-lands, hill pasture, flat and heathery in appearance and outline, but satisfactory for sheep-feeding that was Glenanmays. Diarmid had three sons and four daughters, with most of whom this history must one time or another concern itself.
'We know not who the man was, answered they, 'but his hair was black and curly, and his countenance ruddy. And he has bound our three chiefs, so that we cannot loose them. 'It was Diarmid himself, said she; 'so loosen your hounds on his track, and I will send Fionn and his Fenians to help you.
But one day a restless spirit seized on Grania, and she told Diarmid that it was a shame to them that the two greatest men in Erin, Cormac and Fionn, had never visited their house, and she wished to give a splendid feast and to bid them to it. And this was done: for a year Grania and her daughter were preparing the feast, and when it was ready the guests came, and stayed feasting for a year.
He raised his head and saw drawing near Deirdre, the witch, her legs trembling, her tongue raving, and her eyes dropping out of her head. 'I have great and evil tidings for you, said she, and she told him of all the slaughter Diarmid had made, and how she herself had hardly escaped. 'Whither went the son of O'Dowd? asked Fionn. 'I know not, said she.
So Patsy went often to Glenanmays, and without interrupting the busy round of the afternoon's duties, prescribed by Diarmid for each member of his family, she made her way to the little shed hidden by the burnside, on the green in front of which the clothes-lines were strung, and clean garments fluttered in the sea-wind, fresh and glad as ship's bunting.
Not long afterwards the Saint was insulted by the seizure and execution of an offender who had taken sanctuary and was clasped in his arms. Columba went over the wild mountains and raised the tribes of Tyrconnell and Tyrone, and defeated King Diarmid in battle. When the Saint went to Iona he left the copy of Finnen's Psalter to the head of the chief tribe in Tyrconnell.
Then Fionn told the King why he was come. 'And truly you should give me a host, said he, 'for Diarmid it was who slew your father and two brothers and many of your men besides.
Then Angus spoke: 'There has not been one night since I took you, an infant of nine months old, to the Boyne that I have not watched over you, O Diarmid, until last night, when Fionn did you basely to death, for all you were at peace with him. And he told Grania's men he himself would bear Diarmid's body to the Boyne.
So the dead man was placed on a gilded bier with his javelins over him pointed upwards, and the men of Grania returned to their mistress, and said as Angus had bade them. The first thing she did was to send messengers to her sons, who lived each in his own house, and bade them come with their followings to the house of Grania, for that their father Diarmid had been foully slain by Fionn.
So to-night we will pass through my wicket-gate, and take heed you follow me. After she had spoken, Diarmid turned to Ossian and his companions. 'What shall I do, O Ossian, with the bonds that have been laid on me? 'Follow Grania, said Ossian, 'and keep away from the wiles of Fionn. 'Is that the counsel of you all to me? asked Diarmid. 'It is the counsel of us all, said they.
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