Ben-Bulben

Stories tagged Ben-Bulben:

• The Death of Diarmuid by the Boar Aug 19, 2025

  

  The morning mist clung to the slopes of Ben Bulben like the breath of sleeping giants, and in that gray dawn, fate prepared to claim one of Ireland’s greatest heroes. Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, the most handsome and gallant warrior of the Fianna, stood at the base of the mountain knowing that this day would bring either glory or doom - though which one, only the gods could say.

  It had been sixteen long years since Diarmuid had fled Tara with Gráinne, sixteen years of exile and pursuit, of stolen moments of happiness shadowed always by the knowledge that Fionn mac Cumhaill would never forgive his betrayal. Now, in response to Fionn’s invitation to join a great hunt, Diarmuid had come to Ben Bulben despite Gráinne’s tearful pleas and his own dark forebodings.