Alas, Grainne's heart yearned for a younger warrior, Diarmuid, (Dermot). Diarmuid returned her love, so they eloped. Fionn pursued them for many years, but as I was told he eventually moved on to other things.
Grainne and Diarmuid were living in a cave in the mighty Ben Bulben, when Diarmuid, (who loved to hunt), heard of a mighty chase of a great black boar. Diarmuid could not resist, though Grainne begged him not to join in on the hunt. He was mortally wounded in the fight with the boar on the slopes of the mountain.
Grainne begged Fionn (who had great powers) to heal Diarmuid, but he refused. Diarmuid died, and Grainne shortly after, of a broken heart. The lovers are said to be buried in the cave where they last resided...
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| This is the cave on the back side of Ben Bulben, (the little white dots are domestic sheep). |
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