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The following summary is primarily based on O'Grady's edition and translation (cited below), based on the copy in Egerton 1782. It does not (yet) incorporate variants found in the other manuscript witnesses of the text. | The following summary is primarily based on O'Grady's edition and translation (cited below), based on the copy in Egerton 1782. It does not (yet) incorporate variants found in the other manuscript witnesses of the text. | ||
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|Title=Diarmait becomes king with St Ciarán's aid | |Title=Diarmait becomes king with St Ciarán's aid | ||
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|Persons=Becc mac Dé; Áed Dub mac Suibni; | |Persons=Becc mac Dé; Áed Dub mac Suibni; | ||
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|Title=Áed Guaire (1) | |Title=Áed Guaire (1): his arrest | ||
|Number=7 | |Number=7 | ||
|Description=Diarmait rules with heavy hand,<!---upholding ''cáin'', ''smacht'' and ''recht'' ----> employing stewards (both ''mair'' and ''rechtaireda'') and soldiers billetting on local resources. One time in Connacht, he travels in the company of stewards (''mair'') and ''baccláim'', with a herald/crier (''callaire'') preceding him. The herald proclaims the king's arrival when the king pays someone a visit for hospitality (''oígidecht'', i.e. of the guesting variety). He demands that the gate (''dorus'') of one's dwelling should be demolished so that the king could enter with his spear held crosswise. No one dares to raise objections and the herald would be demonically possessed as he presses his instructions. | |Description=Diarmait rules with heavy hand,<!---upholding ''cáin'', ''smacht'' and ''recht'' ----> employing stewards (both ''mair'' and ''rechtaireda'') and soldiers billetting on local resources. One time in Connacht, he travels in the company of stewards (''mair'') and ''baccláim'', with a herald/crier (''callaire'') preceding him. The herald proclaims the king's arrival when the king pays someone a visit for hospitality (''oígidecht'', i.e. of the guesting variety). He demands that the gate (''dorus'') of one's dwelling should be demolished so that the king could enter with his spear held crosswise. No one dares to raise objections and the herald would be demonically possessed as he presses his instructions. | ||
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|Keywords=maer; rechtaire; bacclám; callaire; guesting; oígidecht; demonic possession; | |Keywords=maer; rechtaire; bacclám; callaire; guesting; oígidecht; demonic possession; | ||
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|Title=Áed Guaire (2) | |Title=Áed Guaire (2): his release | ||
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|Description= | |InitiaVerse=Mairg thochrus fri chéirchib cell | ||
|Description=Ruadán (of Lorrha) and Brénainn of Birr go to Tara in order to have Áed Guaire released. Diarmait refuses, saying that the Church has no right to provide protection (''sarugud'') when the offender has breached royal law (''recht''). | |||
The saints chant psalms of malediction (''salmu escaine'') and sound bells against the king. That night, twelve royal sons who have been given in fosterage to the king die instantly in Tara. Their guardians beg the saints to bring the youths back to life. The churchmen pray and the youths are restored to life. | |||
For a whole year, the saints heap curses (''escaini'') on the king and work many miracles, but Diarmait does not give up: for every act of supernatural power (''firt'') he returns another. One time, however, as the saints and the king fast against one another (this is implicit in the text of Egerton 1782), the clerics reward the house steward (''ferthigis'') with Heaven if he can make the king believe that they have broken their fast. | |||
That night, the king has a dream in which he sees a tall tree standing in Tara. Fifty foreigners (''gall'') led by two of them attempt to chop down the tree but at every attempt, the tree is renewed. However, the tree falls as soon as he is removed from it. Diarmait, having awoken at the sound of the crash, interprets the dream as telling him that the clergy are bringing about his downfall, with the tree representing the king himself. | |||
The following morning, Diarmait goes to confront the saints and vent his anger. Diarmait and Ruadán exchange a series of imprecations. Diarmait wishes that Ruadán's diocese is the first to fall, that Ruadán will suffer a blemish (resulting in the bursting of one of the saint's eyes), that Ruadán's bodily relics will be scattered, etc. Ruadán, in turn, utters curses to the effect that Diarmait's reign will be cut short, his body dismembered and even that Tara will cease to be a residential site for future kings. As Diarmait notices the ridge-beam (''cleith'') of the house, Ruadán hints at its role in the king's death. | |||
Diarmait releases Áed and makes peace with the saints. He recites a brief poem, beg. ’Mairg thochrus fri chéirchib cell‘, about the tragic conclusion of his conflict with the clerics, notably the fall of Tara. He continues (in prose) reproaching the clerics for the misery they have contributed to the future of Ireland and wishing that secular lords will oppress the churches with their visits. | |||
Before Ruadán, Brénainn and Áed return to Poll Ruain, they see 30 splendid horses coming towards them from the sea. They donate the horses, which prove to excel in speed, to Diarmait, but the horses assume their original shapes and return to the sea. | |||
|DescriptionQuery=No | |DescriptionQuery=No | ||
|SummaryQuery=No | |SummaryQuery=No | ||
|Persons=Áed Guaire; | |Persons=Áed Guaire; Ruadán of Lorrha; Brénainn of Birr; | ||
|Keywords=ferthigis; supernatural horses; | |||
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|Title=Becc mac Dé and Cáirid the poet interpret Diarmait's dream | |Title=Becc mac Dé and Cáirid the poet interpret Diarmait's dream | ||
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