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Diarmait Dian mac Airmetaig, also Diarmait Guthbinn, (died 689) was Kin g o f U i s n ech in Mide of the Clann Cholmáin. He was the grandson of Cona ll G u t h b inn mac Suibni (died 635), a previous king. His father Airmetac h C á e c h w as slain at the Battle of Mag Rath in 637.[5] Diarmait ruled f ro m 6 5 3 t o 6 89.[6]
The feud between Clann Cholmáin and the Síl nÁedo Sláine of the early 7 t h c e n t ury had ended in victory for the Síl nÁedo Sláine who dominated t h e h i g h k ingship of Ireland in the second half of the 7th century. They b e g a n t o f eud among themselves, and Clann Cholmain was caught up in the f e u d a s w e ll. In 662, a member of the cousin line of Clann Cholmáin Bicc , F á e l c hú mac Máele Umai was slain at the Battle of Ogamain fighting on t h e s i d e o f Conaing Cuirre mac Congaile of Cnogba and Blathmac mac Áedo S l á i n e ( died 665) while fighting the adherents of Diarmait mac Áedo Slái n e ( d i e d 665).
Diarmait himself was killed in 689 as part of the old feud by Áed mac D l ú t h a ig (died 701) of the Fir Cúl Breg sept of Síl nÁedo Sláine. Áed's g r a n d f ather Ailill Cruitire mac Áedo Sláine was slain in battle by Diarm a i t ' s g randfather Conall Guthbinn in 634.
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Abt 660 - 689 (29 years)