The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne (Irish: Tóraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne or Tóraíocht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne in modern spelling) is an Irish...
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best known as the lover of Gráinne, the intended wife of Fianna leader Fionn mac Cumhaill in the legend The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne. Among his sons...
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is one of the central figures in the Middle Irish text Finn and Gráinne, as well as the 17th-century tale The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne, which tells...
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Fionn mac Cumhaill (redirect from Thumb of knowledge)
Cormac mac Airt promises the aging Fionn his daughter Gráinne, but at the wedding feast Gráinne falls for one of the Fianna, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, noted for...
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ensemble cast of Irish actors. Pursuit is a modern-day gangland retelling of the ancient Irish legend of The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne. Gráinne is daughter...
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film written and directed by Barney Platts-Mills. Based on The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne from the Fenian Cycle of Scottish mythology, the dialogue is...
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Rowan (category Trees of subpolar oceanic climate)
tricked Diarmuid into revealing himself through a game of chess. Aengus spirited Grainne away and Diarmuid leapt to safety, and the pursuit continued. The European...
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Oisín (category Pages using the JsonConfig extension)
the original characters and ideas and introduced a great deal of his own. Oisín is a minor character in The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne from the Fenian...
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Tristan (redirect from The Tristan Stone)
in The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne. Eisner concludes that "the author of the Tristan story used the names and some of the local traditions of his...
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Aengus (redirect from Aengus the Young)
and protector of Diarmuid Ua Duibhne of the Fianna. He rescues Diarmuid and Gráinne during their pursuit by the Fianna; after Diarmuid's death, Aengus takes...
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mythology Finn and Gráinne, short story The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne, story from the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology, Gráinne, a book by Keith...
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Scottish mythology (redirect from Mythology of Scotland)
Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne) and Oisin in Tír na nÓg form part of the cycle. The Diarmuid and Grainne story, which is one of the few Fenian prose tales...
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Ghráinne (The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne). In this literary work, the aging Fionn mac Cumhaill is to marry the young princess, Gráinne. At the betrothal...
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Cormac mac Airt (redirect from Cormac of the Liffey)
was shamed by his son Oisín into making amends to Gráinne. Fionn and Gráinne were married, and Gráinne persuaded her sons not to make war against Fionn...
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Irish mythology (redirect from Mythology of the Republic of Ireland)
Ghráinne (The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne) and Oisín in Tír na nÓg form part of the cycle. The Diarmuid and Grainne story, which is one of the cycle's...
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Eachtach (category Heroes in mythology and legend)
(Ireland) was the daughter of Diarmuid Ua Duibhne and Gráinne. In The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne the High King Cormac mac Airt promises the aging Fionn...
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Fenian Cycle (section Fionn and Diarmuid)
Finn, book of miscellaneous poems written by Aodh Ó Dochartaigh. Tóraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne, "The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Grainne" Eighteenth...
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Benbulbin (category Mountains and hills of County Sligo)
of the Fianna, a band of warriors who are said to have lived in the 3rd century. One example is the story of The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne, in...
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exchange for Gráinne's freedom. Fionn accepts the offer and gives up his pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne. The show was not well received when it opened in...
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legend, appearing in The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne, and was the site of a military confrontation during the Irish Civil War. The phrase "Mareotic Lake"...
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Newgrange (category World Heritage Sites in the Republic of Ireland)
Brú from the Dagda himself by using the same trick. The Brú is then named Brug maic ind Óig after him. In The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne, Aengus takes...
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Lough Mask (category Articles using infobox body of water without alt)
side-note on the manuscript containing the oldest copy of 'Tóruigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne' ("The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne") (Royal Irish...
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Irish literature (redirect from Literature of the Republic of Ireland)
Colloquy with the Ancients or Tales of the Elders of Ireland) and Tóraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne (The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne). While there...
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'The Wooing of Emer'); escape with a husband of her own choosing (The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne), or suicide (Longas mac nUislenn, 'The Exile of...
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Coom Wedge Tomb (category Tombs in the Republic of Ireland)
the tallest about 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) high. In The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne, a story in Irish mythology, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne and Gráinne were...
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Lady Gregory of the Fenian tale The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne. W. B. Yeats then collaborated with Moore in writing the play. The play, in three...
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Fianna (redirect from Champions of the Red Branch)
bride Gráinne and was finally killed by a giant boar on the heath of Benn Gulbain. Foster son of Aengus. Lughaid Lámhfhada: sorcerous warrior, nephew of Fionn...
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translation of The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne, a tale from the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. In Transactions of the Ossianic Society, Volume III. The Irish...
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Irish Chess Union (category National members of the European Chess Union)
to The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne (Irish: Tóraíocht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne). In this ancient text a tale is told of a game between Fionn and Oisín...
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