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In Irish mythology, Banba (modern spelling: Banbha [ˈbˠanˠəwə]), daughter of Delbáeth and Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann, is a matron goddess of Ireland. She was married to Mac Cuill, a grandson of the Dagda. [1] She was part of an important triumvirate of matron goddesses, with her sisters, Ériu and Fódla.
The Milesians encountered three Tuatha Dé Danann goddesses, Ériu, Banba and Fodla, who asked that the island be named after them; Ériu is the origin of the modern name Éire, and Banba and Fodla are still sometimes used as poetic names for Ireland.
In Irish mythology, Fódla or Fótla (modern spelling: Fódhla, Fodhla or Fóla), daughter of Delbáeth and Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann, was one of the tutelary goddesses of Ireland. Her husband was Mac Cecht. With her sisters, Banba and Ériu, she was part of an important triumvirate of goddesses
LÉ Banba (CM11) was a Ton-class minesweeper in the Irish Naval Service (INS) and was one of three purchased by the Irish government to replace the three Flower Class Corvettes purchased in 1946. The other two were Grainne and Fola. [2] LÉ Banba was named after Banba, a legendary queen of the Tuatha Dé Danann and also a poetic name for Ireland.
Eochaid mac Eirc - High King of Ireland, the last Fir Bolg king and the first king to establish a system of justice; Fiacha Cennfinnán - High King of Ireland; Fodbgen - High King of Ireland; Gaillimh iníon Breasail - mythical woman from whom the river and city of Galway derive their name; Gann and Genann - joint High Kings of Ireland
Banba and Fódla are still sometimes used as poetic names for Ireland, much as Albion is used as a poetic name for Great Britain.) According to the 17th-century Irish historian Geoffrey Keating ( Irish : Seathrún Céitinn ), the three sovereignty goddesses associated with Éire, Banbha and Fódla were Badb , Macha and The Morrígan . Ériu ...
He also wrote short stories, including the collections A Munster Twilight (1916), The Hounds of Banba (1920), The Stormy Hills (1929), Earth Out of Earth (1939), The Wager, and other stories (1950), and a novel, The Threshold of Quiet (1917). [1] His non-fiction included The Hidden Ireland (1924), a work about the riches of eighteenth-century ...
Nenagh Arts Centre (Irish: Ionad Ealaíon Aonach Urmhumhan), formerly known as Nenagh Town Hall (Irish: Halla an Bhaile Aonach Urmhumhan), is a municipal building in Banba Square, Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. The building, which was used as the local town hall, now accommodates an arts centre.