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§ 12. Díarmait’s death at the feast in Ráith Becc —
On the threefold death of Díarmait mac Cerbaill, ed. and tr. O'Grady from Egerton 1782. While on circuit, Díarmait accepts Banbán’s invitation to a feast at Ráith Becc. Prophesied circumstances surrounding the king’s death come true and he dies a threefold death.
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Díarmait and Banbán go to the appointed house at Ráith Becc. Here Banbán offers him his daughter (anonymous) to stand in for the king’s wife that night. A bed is made and a meal is prepared. Banbán’s daughter presents the king with a shirt that she made from a single flax-seed as well as a mantle made from the wool of a single sheep.
Díarmait and Banbán go to the appointed house at Ráith Becc. Here Banbán offers him his daughter (anonymous) to stand in for the king’s wife that night. A bed is made and a meal is prepared. Banbán’s daughter presents the king with a shirt that she made from a single flax-seed as well as a mantle made from the wool of a single sheep.
Francis J. Byrne, Irish kings and high-kings (2001): 97 locates Ráith Becc near the Cruthin/Dál nAraide seat of Ráith Mór in modern Co. Antrim.
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Díarmait mac Cerbaill <strong>Díarmait mac Cerbaill</strong> <br>(<em>supp. d.</em> 565) <br>In Irish historical tradition, high-king of Ireland, son of Fergus Cerrbél.
Banbán of Ráith Becc <strong>Banbán of Ráith Becc</strong> <br>layman in the tale of <em>Aided Díarmata meic Cerbaill</em>, in which he invites Díarmait, king of Tara, to his house at Ráith Becc, where the king meets his end.
Banbán of Ráith Becc <strong>Banbán of Ráith Becc</strong> <br>layman in the tale of <em>Aided Díarmata meic Cerbaill</em>, in which he invites Díarmait, king of Tara, to his house at Ráith Becc, where the king meets his end.
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