Great warrior at centre of love triangle ‘buried in West Cork’

One of Celtic mythology’s great romantic figures, a legendary warrior at the centre of a passionate love triangle, is buried in a remote West Cork graveyard, according to a soon-to-be-published book.

Diarmuid Uí Duibhne, who, as many students studying higher-level Irish for their Leaving Certificate will know, was one of the main figures of Toraíocht (The Pursuit of) Dhiarmada Agus Gráinne, a fabled epic of love, betrayal, elopement and death.

The tragic tale began when Diarmuid eloped with the beautiful princess Gráinne, daughter of Cormac MacAirt, the High King of Ireland.