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|Title=The revolt of the Connachta | |Title=The revolt of the Connachta | ||
|InitiaVerse=Slóigh do ching a timchioll chairn | |InitiaVerse=Slóigh do ching a timchioll chairn | ||
|Description=One time, as Diarmait holds the feast of Tara, Curnán son of Áed son of Eochaid Tirmcharna <small>(ancestor of the Síl Máil Ruain in Connacht)</small> kills a man (anonymous). He secures for himself the protection (''commairce'') of Fergus and Domnall, two sons of Muirchertach mac Erca, who in turn place Curnán under the protection of the saint Colum Cille. Diarmait has Curnán executed all the same. | |Description=One time, as Diarmait holds the feast of Tara, Curnán son of Áed son of Eochaid Tirmcharna <small>(ancestor of the Síl Máil Ruain in Connacht)</small> kills a man (anonymous). He secures for himself the protection (''commairce'') of Fergus and Domnall, two sons of Muirchertach mac Erca, who in turn place Curnán under the protection of the saint Colum Cille. Diarmait has Curnán executed all the same. | ||
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Diarmait's sorcerer (''drái'') Fracchán mac Tenesáin conjures up a druidic hedge (''airbre druad'') between the two armies. Colum Cille weakens the magical barrier by reciting a brief poem beg. ‘Slóigh do ching a timchioll chairn’. As Tuatán son of Dímán <small>(son of Sarrán son of Cormac son of Eogan son of Niall)</small> brings down this barrier, a spear meets and kills him, making him the only person of Colum Cille's people to die in this battle. Diarmait is defeated. | Diarmait's sorcerer (''drái'') Fracchán mac Tenesáin conjures up a druidic hedge (''airbre druad'') between the two armies. Colum Cille weakens the magical barrier by reciting a brief poem beg. ‘Slóigh do ching a timchioll chairn’. As Tuatán son of Dímán <small>(son of Sarrán son of Cormac son of Eogan son of Niall)</small> brings down this barrier, a spear meets and kills him, making him the only person of Colum Cille's people to die in this battle. Diarmait is defeated. | ||
Colum Cille is credited as saying that a barrier against a warrior (''fri féine ndremain'') | Colum Cille is credited as saying that a barrier against a warrior (''fri féine ndremain'') would not be denied, hence the placename Cúil Dreimne, from Cúil Dreimféine. | ||
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|SummaryQuery=No | |SummaryQuery=No | ||
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