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Fionn mac Cumhaill (/ ˈ f ɪ n m ə ˈ k uː l / FIN mə-KOOL; Ulster Irish: [ˈfʲɪn̪ˠ mˠək ˈkuːl̠ʲ] Connacht Irish: [ˈfʲʊn̪ˠ-] Munster Irish: [ˈfʲuːn̪ˠ-]; Scottish Gaelic: [ˈfjũːn̪ˠ maxk ˈkʰũ.əʎ]; Old and Middle Irish: Find or Finn [1] [2] mac Cumail or mac Umaill), often anglicized Finn McCool or MacCool, is a ...
The dogs are described as being mostly white, with purple haunches, a crimson tail, blue feet, and standing as tall as Fionn's shoulder. [2] Bran is normally male, while Sceólang is normally female, although there definitely is a version by Soinbhe Lally, where Bran is female, and Sceolang's sex is unconfirmed. [ 3 ]
It is a retelling of the stories of Fionn mac Cumhaill and the Fenian Cycle. [1] According to her own statements in the introduction, these stories are closer to Folklore and Fairytale , being timeless and contradictory, having organically grown from generations of storytellers; she contrasts them to the Ulster Cycle stories of Cuchulainn ...
The most important manuscript is Laud 610: folio 118Rb-121Va, which is missing the ending; Kuno Meyer and Gerard Murphy assigned the text to the 12th century. [2]The Laud 610 manuscript text was edited and translated by John O'Donovan as "The Boyish Exploits of Finn mac Cumhaill" in 1859, [3] but only partly with some deficiencies according to Kuno Meyer.
Cath Finntrágha [a] (Scottish Gaelic: Cath Fionntràgha) (The Battle of Ventry [b]) is an Early Modern Irish prose narrative of the Finn Cycle of Irish mythology.It dates probably to the 15th century in its current form, but apparently relied on older material.
Fionn ate the salmon and in so doing gained all the knowledge of the world. For the rest of his life, Fionn could draw upon this knowledge merely by biting his thumb. The deep knowledge and wisdom gained from the Salmon of Knowledge allowed Fionn to become the leader of the Fianna , the famed heroes of Irish myth.
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After many other adventures, Diarmuid's foster father Aengus negotiates peace with Fionn. The lovers settle in Keshcorran, County Sligo where they have five children; in some versions, Fionn marries Gráinne's sister. Eventually Fionn organises a boar hunt near Benbulbin and Diarmuid joins, in spite of a prediction that he will be killed by a ...