Overview Oisin was the son of Finn Mac Cumhaill and one of the brightest lights of the Fianna. He was a skilled warrior, but also a poet and bard, and it is said that he wrote down many of the deeds of the Fianna in the interests of historical record. Oisin had a strong sense […]
Nuadhu of the Silver Arm
Overview Nuadhu was the King who led the Tuatha Dé Danann into Ireland. He brought the great sword of Nuadhu from which no opponent ever escaped. This sword was one of the four special gifts the Tuatha brought with them. His army defeated the Fir Bolgs, but he lost his arm in the battle and […]
Nemed
Overview Arrived in Ireland with his wife Macha his four sons and their wives and twenty other Nemedians. Nemed had lost all but one of a fleet of thirty two boats. The nine Nemedians became settlers who cleared, like Partholon, the forests of Ireland to create twelve more fertile plains. The Nemedians also had to […]
Children of Lir
Background Fionnuala and her brother Aed were the first born children of Lir of Sídh Fionnachaidh and his wife Aobh (Eve). Twin boys followed called Conn and Fiacra. Their mother died giving birth to the twins and their father married Aoife their mother’s younger sister. Fionnuala was as fair as the young rowan tree. Aed was […]
Parthalon
Parthalon was a giant of a man, who lived in Greece. He got involved in a war of succession, and committed the very terrible sin of killing his family. Because of this, he was put under a curse: nothing he endeavoured would ever be successful. Parthalon thought that, perhaps, he might be able to outrun […]
Diarmuid
Background Diarmuid was the young lieutenant of Finn, the now aging hero and leader of the Fianna. At a banquet Grainne, who was at the time betrothed to Finn, fell in love with the young hero Diarmuid. She placed him under a geis so that he would be compelled to take her from Tara. Therefore […]
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