Conn of the Hundred Battles

Conn Cétchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles) was a legendary High King of Ireland. He was the ancestor of the Connachta, and, through his descendant Niall Noígiallach, the Uí Néill dynasties. His father was either Fedlimid Rechtmar or Óenlám Gaba, and his mother is sometimes given as Medb Lethderg. His son was Art mac Cuinn. Some stories of the Fenian Cycle are set in his time. He gained the throne by overthrowing Mal, who had killed his father. He earned ...

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Fionn mac Cumhail (earlier Finn or Find mac Cumail or mac Umaill, pronounced roughly "Finn mac Cool") was a legendary hunter-warrior of Irish mythology, also known in Scotland and the Isle of Man. The stories of Fionn and his followers, the Fianna, form the Fenian cycle, much of it supposedly narrated by Fionn's son, the poet Oisín. The Fenian Brotherhood took their name from these legends. Fionn or Finn is actually a nickname meaning "fair" (in reference to hair colour), "white" or "bright". His childhood name was Deimne, and several legends tell how he gai ...

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In Irish mythology, Cumhal (earlier Cumal, pronounced roughly "Coo-al" or "Cool") son of Trénmór ("strong-great") was a leader of the fianna and the father of Fionn mac Cumhail. He was a suitor for the hand of Muirne, daughter of the druid Tadg mac Nuadat, but Tadg refused him, so he abducted Muirne. Tadg appealed to the High King, Conn of the Hundred Battles, who made war against Cumhal. Cumhal was killed in the Battle of Cnucha by Goll mac Morna, who took over leadership of the fian, but Mui ...

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Cormac Mac Airt ("son of Art"), aka Cormac Ua Cuinn (grandson of Conn) or Cormac Ulfada ("long beard"), is probably the most famous of the ancient High Kings of Ireland, and may have been an authentic historical figure, although many legends have attached themselves to him. He was the son of Art, son of Conn of the Hundred Battles. He is said to have ruled from Tara, the seat of the High Kings of Ireland, for forty years in the early to mid 3rd century and under his rule Tara flourished. He was famous for his wise, true, ...

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Fionn mac Cumhail - Birth. Fionn was the son of Cumhal, leader of the fianna, and Muirne, daughter of the druid Tadg mac Nuadat who lived on the hill of Almu in County Kildare. Cumhal abducted Muirne after her father refused him her hand, so Tadg appealed to the High King, Conn of the Hundred Battles, who outlawed him. The Battle of Cnucha was fought between Conn and Cumhal, and Cumhal was killed by Goll mac Mo ...

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Fionn mac Cumhail, Fionn mac Cumhail - Legend, Fionn mac Cumhail - Birth, Fionn mac Cumhail - Boyhood, Fionn mac Cumhail - Fionn claims his birthright, Fionn mac Cumhail - Love life, Fionn mac Cumhail - Death, Fionn mac Cumhail - Folklore, Fionn mac Cumhail - Modern literature, Fionn mac Cumhail - Other names

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Lugh - Birth. Lugh's father was Cian of the Tuatha Dé Danann and his mother was Ethniu, daughter of Balor, of the Fomorians. Their union is presented as a dynastic marriage between the two peoples in the Book of Invasions, but later folklore tells a more elaborate story, reminiscent of the birth of Perseus from Greek mythology. According to a prophecy, Balor was to be killed by his grandson, so he locked his daughter Ethniu in a tower of crystal, usually located on Tory Island, to keep her from becoming pregnant ...

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Tuathal was the son of a former High King deposed by an uprising of "subject peoples" who returned at the head of an army to reclaim his father's throne. The oldest source for Tuathal's story, a 9th century poem by Mael Mura of Othain, says that his father, Fiacha Finnfolaidh, was overthrown by the four provincial kings, Éllim of Ulster, Sanb (son of Cet mac Mágach) of Connacht, Foirbre of Munster and Eochaid Ainchenn of Leinster, and that it was Éllim who took the High Kingship. During his rule Ireland suffered famine as God punis ...

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Tuathal Teachtmhar, Tuathal Teachtmhar - Legend, Tuathal Teachtmhar - Historical context, Tuathal Teachtmhar - Dates, Tuathal Teachtmhar - The first of the Goidels?, Tuathal Teachtmhar - Romans in Ireland?, Tuathal Teachtmhar - Tuathal's family tree, Tuathal Teachtmhar - Other returned exile High Kings

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Tuathal Teachtmhar - Dates. The Annals of the Four Masters gives the date of Tuathal's exile as 56 AD, his return as 76 and his death as 106. Seathrún Céitinn's Foras Feasa ar Érinn broadly agrees, dating his exile to 55, his return to 80 and his death to 100. The Book of Invasions places him a little later, synchronising his exile to the reign of the Roman emperor Domitian (81-96), his return early in the reign of Hadrian (122-138) and his death in the reign of Antoninus Pius (138-161). < ...

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In 1761 James Macpherson announced the discovery of an epic in the Scottish Gaelic language on the subject of "Fingal" (Finn mac Cumhail) written by Ossian (Oisín), and in December he published Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem in Six Books, together with Several Other Poems composed by Ossian, the Son of Fingal, translated from the Gaelic Language. His cycle of poems had widespread influence on such writers as Goethe and the young Walter Scott, but there was controversy from the outset about Macpherson's claims to have translated the works from ancient sources. They are now regarded as fabrication, probably ...

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Many geographical features in Ireland are attributed to Fionn. Legend has it he built the Giant's Causeway as stepping-stones to Scotland, so as not to get his feet wet; he also once scooped up part of Ireland to fling it at a rival, but it missed and landed in the Irish Sea — the clump became the Isle of Man, the void became Lough Neagh. Fingal's Cave in Scotland is also named after him, and shares the feature of hexagonal basalt columns with the nearby Giant's Causeway in Ireland. Legend also has it that he was tricked ...

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Fionn mac Cumhail, Fionn mac Cumhail - Legend, Fionn mac Cumhail - Birth, Fionn mac Cumhail - Boyhood, Fionn mac Cumhail - Fionn claims his birthright, Fionn mac Cumhail - Love life, Fionn mac Cumhail - Death, Fionn mac Cumhail - Folklore, Fionn mac Cumhail - Modern literature, Fionn mac Cumhail - Other names

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