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Gráinne
Gráinne
is the daughter of
Cormac mac Airt
in the
Fenian Cycle
of
Irish mythology
. She is one of the central figures in the Middle Irish text
Finn and Gráinne
and most famously, in the 17th-century tale
The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne
, which tells of her betrothal to
Fionn mac Cumhaill
, leader of the
Fianna
, and her subsequent
elopement
with Fionn's warrior
Diarmuid Ua Duibhne
.
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