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Picard, Jean-Michel, “The strange death of Guaire mac Áedáin”, in: Donnchadh Ó Corráin, Liam Breatnach, and Kim R. McCone (eds), Sages, saints and storytellers: Celtic studies in honour of Professor James Carney, 2, Maynooth: An Sagart, 1989. 367–375.

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“The strange death of Guaire mac Áedáin”

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Donnchadh Ó Corráin (ed.) • Liam Breatnach (ed.) • Kim R. McCone (ed.), Sages, saints and storytellers: Celtic studies in honour of Professor James Carney (1989)

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367–375

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1989

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Gúaire mac ÁedáinGúaire mac Áedáin
According to Adomnán’s life of Columba, a powerful chieftain in Dál Riata whose death was prophesied by the saint. The prophecy’s laconic detail that he will be killed by his companion comes true when by some unfortunate accident, Gúaire fatally wounds himself with his own knife.
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