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 |Categories=Cycles of the Kings
 |Type=aideda
-|ShortDescription=A composite tale about the reign and death of Diarmait mac Cerbaill, king of Ireland.
+|ShortDescription=A composite Middle Irish tale about the reign and death of Diarmait mac Cerbaill, king of Ireland. A common theme is the king's violation of ecclesiastical sanctuary or protection.
 |Manuscripts2={{MS
 |prefix=*
 |MS=Leabhar Sligig
-|commentary=Lost.
+|commentary=Lost, but credited as the source for the copy in Egerton 1782.
 }}{{MS
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 |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.
-However, the king finds resistance when he comes to the house of Áed Guaire in the land of Uí Maine Connacht. Áed Guaire, angered at the king's demand, slays the herald (called ''gilla in gái'' ‘servant/lad of the spear’). Áed flees to the Muscraige, secures the protection (''commairge'') of his maternal cousin, Bishop Senach, who in turn places him in the protection of the saint Rúadán of Lorrha, whose sisters (Cáel and Rúadnait) had fostered Senach as a child. Rúadán, in turn, transfers him to the Britons.
+However, the king finds resistance when he comes to the house of Áed Guaire in the land of Uí Maine Connacht. Áed Guaire, angered at the king's demand, slays the herald (called ''gilla in gái'' ‘servant/lad of the spear’). Áed flees to the Muscraige, secures the protection (''commairge'') of his maternal cousin, Bishop Senach, who in turn places him in the protection of the saint Rúadán of Lorrha, whose sisters (Cóel and Rúadnait) had fostered Senach as a child. Rúadán, in turn, transfers him to the Britons, but Diarmait's influence is such that Áed is not safe with the Britons or in Alba. Rúadán receives him once again, concealing him under ground at Poll Ruadáin. When Diarmait learns of this, he sends a charioteer to drag Áed from his hiding place, but his eyes are lost as soon as he goes underground.
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 |DescriptionQuery=No
 |SummaryQuery=No
 |Biblio=Ed. {{C|O'Grady 1892a1|at=80}}; tr.  {{C|O'Grady 1892a2|at=75-76}}.
 |Keywords=maer; rechtaire; bacclám; callaire; guesting; oígidecht; demonic possession;
 }}{{Text TOC
 |Title=Áed Guaire (2)