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Updated: May 14, 2025
Forth he went, and with an exceeding light bound he cleared the rampart and alighted on the green grass beyond. And there Grania met him. And Dermat said to the Princess, 'Even now, I pray of thee, return to thy father's home and Finn shall hear nought of this thing.
Take, for instance, the first of the plays, Grania, which is founded on the story of the pursuit of Diarmuid and Grania by Finn MacCool, to whom Grania had been betrothed. When Finn, disguised as a blind beggar, visits the lovers in their tent, Grania, who does not recognize him, bids him give Finn this message from her: Give heed to what I say now.
And when they told Finn, he was content, for he knew of a surety that Dermat and Grania hid in the deep wood. Now among the nobles were those who loved Dermat, and would fain save him from the hate of Finn. And one said, 'It behooveth us to send warning to Dermat. Let us send to him Bran, the hound of Finn, for Bran loveth Dermat as though he were his own master.
'You need not do that, answered Grania, 'for my father's horses are in a fenced meadow by themselves, and have chariots behind them. Go and bring two horses and a chariot, and I will wait for you here. And Diarmid did what Grania bade him, and he brought two of the horses, and they journeyed together as far as Athlone.
Then the Princess called her handmaid and said, 'Bring me from my room the jewelled drinking horn. And the handmaiden brought it and Grania filled it to the brim and said, 'Take it to Finn, and say that I would have him drink from it. And Finn drank from the drinking horn, and then passed it to Cormac the King. And the King drank from it and also the Queen.
Howbeit, both Diarmid and Angus felt that this was no place for Grania, and Angus said he would take her with him. 'Take her, answered Diarmid; 'if I be alive this evening I will follow you.
When all were sleeping soundly, she rose softly and said to Ossian, 'I marvel that Fionn should ask such a wife as I, for it were fitter that he should give me a husband of my own age than a man older than my father. 'Say not so, O Grania, answered Ossian, 'for if Fionn were to hear you, he would not have you, neither should I dare to ask for you.
'I will pledge that no evil will come to you to-day. So Diarmid rose, and stood upon the topmost bough of the tree, and leapt light and birdlike, by the shafts of his spears, and passed out far beyond Fionn and the Fenians of Erin. And he and Oscar went their way, and no tidings were heard of them till they reached Grania and Angus on the banks of the Boyne.
'It matters not, Dermat, she said, 'whether Oisin win or lose the game, but if thou speakest so that they hear, it may cost thee thy life. Yet did Dermat pay no heed to the counsel of Grania, but plucked a berry, and with it took aim so true that he hit the chessman that Oisin should move. And Oisin moved the man and won the game.
'I will seek tidings of him to-night. And he returned to Grania. When the sun rose Diarmid put on his coat of mail which no sword could pierce, and girded on the sword of Angus, and took his two javelins, whose stroke none could cure. Grania trembled at this brave sight, but Diarmid soothed her fears, and went off to meet the Fenians. 'What tidings of the son of O'Dowd? said they.
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