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	Finn - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Finn (Frisian) is a Frisian lord who appears in Beowulf and The Fight at Finnsburg.
		Finn is the name of the giant who, according to folk mythology, built the cathedral in Lund.
		Finn may be a variant of fin, a colloquial term for the U.S. five dollar bill bearing a portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Finn (205 words)

	Minor Celtic Characters
		Bile, Amairgin, Eremon, Eber Finn, Eber Donn, Íth, Breogan, Goídel Glas.
		Ailill Aulomm was the son of Eógan Mór and brother of Lugaid Lága.
		Ailill Aulomm was best known for his involvement with the goddess Aíne, daughter of Eógabal, who was the foster son of Manannán Mac Lir.
	www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/minorceltic.html (4746 words)

	Encyclopedia of the Celts : Aarlardin - Awen
		Ailill was no match for his wife, who took her lovers indiscriminately, but he was responsible for the death for one of them - Fergus mac Roigh.
		Ailill himself was slain by Conall Cernach at the instigation of a jealous Medb after she found him lying with a maiden on May Day.
		Ailill Edge of Battle were slain by reavers from Leix.
	www.celticgrounds.com /chapters/encyclopedia/a.html (12447 words)

	High Kings
		Ailill knew of his wife's numerous infidelities, particularly with Fergus Mac Roich, a former captain of the Red Branch.
		Ailill and his brothers were not the only kings, she had married.
		Ailill Aulomm was the son of Ailill Aulomm and grandson of Eógan Mór.
	www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/highkings.html (6716 words)

	RealMagick Article: Mythic Heroes of Celtic Ireland by John Patrick Parle
		Finn MacCool, the leader of the Fenians, was said in the myths to have died around 283 A.D. The Fenians, themselves, were the common name for the "Fianna Eirinn," or the Soldiers of Ireland.
		Finn, son of Cumhal, became the Fenian leader by virtue of his wisdom, gained in his youth by eating the salmon of knowledge, from which he acquired the gifts of foreknowledge and magic counsel.
		Finn's son was Ossian, whose bardic tradition is famous in Gaelic lands, and his grandson was Oscar, perhaps the mightiest of the Fenians.
	realmagick.com /articles/62/1962.html (2498 words)

	Heroic Romances of Ireland — Volume 2 eBook
		Then Ailill and Medb arise, and the nobles of Connaught and the exiles from Ulster: they march into the district of Kerry Ai with their troops as far as: the Ford of Fenna.
		Ailill Finn is summoned to Ailill mac Mata to come to a conference with him outside the castle.
		It was,[FN#99] however, for a peaceful meeting that Ailill mac Mata had come to Ailill the Fair-haired, both that he might save Fergus, as it was right he should, and that he might afterwards make peace with him (Ailill Fair haired), according to the will of the lords of Connaught.
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	The Battle of the Boyne
		Eochaid Feidleach, the son of Finn, the son of Rogen Ruad, the son of Easamain Eamnab of the seed of Rifad Scot from the tower of Nimrod; for it is of the race of Rifad Scot was every invasion which seized Ireland except Cesair only.
		At that time Ailill the son of Mata, the son of Sraibgend of the Erna, came to Cruachan, and Ailill was then a young child, and the remnant of Sraibgend’s children were along with him that they might be reared by Meadb, because of Meadb’s relationship to him, i.e.
		Ailill assumed the kingship of Connacht thereafter, with the consent of Meadb; and it is he who was king of Connacht at the time of the crowning of Conaire the Great and the beginning of the cattle-raid against the Ultonians.
	www.maryjones.us /ctexts/boyne.html (1094 words)

	Celtic Myths
		Sorrowful were Eremon, Eber Finn and Amergin at the death of their brother; and they said, as it were out of one mouth, it was right that Eber Donn should not enjoy the land about which he was envious of his brother, that is of Ir.
		Finn and his companions were hunting in the forest near his dun, when they spotted a beautiful fawn.
		Finn promised to protect her, and not long after that the hero and Sadb were married.
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	Names of Ireland (Irish Names)
		Ireland and it's people are rich in myths, legends and folk tales that range from the pagan gods and goddesses of the ancients to their ancient kings and queens to the fairies who live in the roots of old trees.
		CUMHAL (Kooval): The father of Finn MacCúmhaill, Cumhal Mac Art was a king and champion of the west of Ireland, whose death in a battle the day after his marriage was foretold by a Druid.
		Finn MacCúmhaill was reputedly the son of a heroic warrior and the beautiful daughter of a king.
	www.lyberty.com /encyc/articles/irish_names.html (5060 words)

	DeDanaan » Imbas Forosnai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Turning next to the Finn Cycle, we find that in the story of Finn and the Man in the Tree, which is believed to date from the late eighth or early ninth century, the imbas forosnai is practised by Finn on two occasions.
		Finn squeezes his finger (mer) between the door of the sid and the post, and then sticks it into his mouth.
		The text of the story from the Senchas Mor suggests that the reason why Finn put his finger (mer) into his mouth was because some of the liquid from the dripping vessel had been spilt on to it.
	dedanaan.com /the-celtic-spirit-world/imbas-forosnai/5 (953 words)

	The Driving of the Cattle of Flidais
		FLIDAIS was the wife of Ailill Finn (the Fair-haired) in the district of Kerry.
		It was,[7] however, for a peaceful meeting that Ailill mac Mata had come to Ailill the Fair-haired, both that he might save Fergus, as it was right he should, and that he might afterwards make peace with him (Ailill Fair haired), according to the will of the lords of Connaught.
		For, in order to cheer himself, and to fetch home a grant of cows from Ailill and Medb, he had gone westwards to Cruachan, so that it was in consequence of this journey that he found his death in the west, through the jealousy of Ailill.
	www.maryjones.us /ctexts/flidais.html (1466 words)

	Finn Resources & Information - huck finn
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		Finn (Frisian) is a Frisian lord who appears in Beowulf riley finn and The Fight at Finnsburg.
		Finn may be a variant of fin, a colloquial term for adventures of huckleberry finn the U.S. five dollar bill bearing a portrait finn of Abraham Lincoln.
	www.bizhisto.com /Biz-Retail-Companies-El---Gb/Finn.html (371 words)

	Imbas Forosnai
		We may suspect that in the original version of the story Finn's vision was quite different, and, in view of other stories in which Finn is represented as tasting the food of the side, we may also suspect that in the original version of Finn and the Phantoms Finn did not refuse the meat.
		When Finn and his followers return they are unable to identify the body, and Finn is asked to make known who the dead man is. 'Then Finn put his thumb into his mouth, and he chants by tenm laido, 'illumination of song,' and he says : 'not.
		In regard to Finn, the imbas derived from eating salmon fed on the hazel nuts of the spring at the source of the Boyne appears to represent a variant tradition from that which associates his imbas with the slaying of Culdub.
	www.fhaoil-choin.org /imbasforosnai.htm (10287 words)

	The Ecclasian Fellowship - Articles - Bast: the Cat Goddess
		She is said to be the mother of Nia Segamain, Adammair's son.
		Another story states that Flidais is the wife of Ailill Finn (the fair-haired).
		Ailill and Fergus battle and Ailill is slain.Flidais then goes with Fergus, and they are married.
	members.aol.com /ecclasia1/flidais.html (389 words)

	The Ulster Cycle \| The Deaths of Ailill and Conall Cernach
		Kuno Meyer (1897), "The Cherishing of Conall Cernach and the Deaths of Ailill and of Conall Cernach", Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 1, pp.
		It was he who killed three of Ailill and Medb's sons, and Bélchú of Brefne and his three sons, and the six sons of Mágu of Connacht: Anlúan, Docha, Mac Corb, Finn, Cet and Ailill.
		Ailill contested the kingship of Leinster in the East, and won the kingship of Connacht in the west by right of his mother, so in the west he was known as Ailill mac Mata).
	homepage.ntlworld.com /patrick.brown/ulstercycle/conall-d.html (1082 words)

	Ailill Aulom, Mac Con, & Find ua Báiscne
		Ailill Moshaulum mac Moga Núadat ba rí for lith h-Éirenn & ba drúi.
		Ailill iarsin tricha bliadan co fagbáil in ciúil ó h-Ess Máge.i.
		Bói íarum Ailill Mosaulum trichait bliadan irrígu Muman.
	www.ucc.ie /celt/online/G302010.html (1205 words)

	The Ulster Cycle \| Medb's Men
		At that time, Mata mac Sraibgend's son Ailill, who was then a young boy, came to Cruachan with the rest of Sraibgend's children, to be raised by Medb, because they were related.
		Ailill grew up to be a spirited warrior, a battle-sustaining tower against Conchobor, defending Medb's province.
		Ailill won in a fierce fight, through the wiles of Medb, and assumed the kingship of Connacht by Medb's consent.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /patrick.brown/ulstercycle/boyne.html (1246 words)

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		Ailill Ólom: son of Mog Nuadat and king of southern Ireland from Clanna Dergthened (prehistoric ancestors of the Éoganachta)
		When he arrives, he is met by his foster-mother, Sadb, who tells him not to approach Ailill, who has never forgiven him for the death of his biological son Éogan (see Cath Maige Mucrama).
		Ailill welcomes his foster-son and offers him a kiss as a blessing, but instead of a kiss, Ailill bites Mac Con with his ‘poisonous tooth’ (fíacail fidbi).
	www.hastings.edu /academic/english/Kings/Aided_Meic_Con.htm (475 words)

	Scela Mosauluim
		Ailill Mosaulum (alias Ailill Ólomm), son of Mog Nuadat and king of southern Ireland from Clanna Dergthened (prehistoric ancestors of the Éoganachta)
		There was an agreement between Ailill Mosaulum and Luigith that when the descendants of the one held the kingship of southern Ireland, the descendants of the other would hold the judgeship (brithemnus).
		Ailill succeeded Lugaid as king of Munster and reigned for thirty years.
	www.hastings.edu /academic/english/Kings/Scela_Mosauluim.html (556 words)

	The Tumulus of Etain \| ACO MYTHOLOGY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Family: She was the daughter of Ailill, an Ulaidh king.
		The wife swallowed Étaín and in time gave birth to her: 'It was one thousand and twelve years from the first begetting of Etain by Ailill to the last begetting by Etar.' Étaín, retaining her own name, grew up as an Irish princess.
		Brideprice: "I require," said Ailill, "the maiden's weight in gold and silver, for that is my portion of their price; all that thou has done up to now, the profit of it goes to her folk and her kindred." Read more »
	www.ancuairt.org /tumulus/etain.htm (425 words)

	Finn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fionn mac Cumhail (Finn mac Cumhal; anglicised to Finn McCool) was a legendary warrior of Irish mythology.
		The Finn, a character in William Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy
		Finn E. Kydland, Noble Prize winning economics professor
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Finn (271 words)

	Walking an Irish Path (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		And so on this very night, when thick darkness had settled down, Ailill desired to test the courage of his warriors, and offered his own gold-hilted sword to any young man who would go out and tie a coil of twisted twigs around the leg of one of the bodies suspended from the tree.
		Moreover, Nera was permitted by his fairy wife to depart from the sid; and he in taking leave of her asked: `How will it be believed of me that I have gone into the sid?' `Take fruits of summer with thee,' said the woman.
		The Fenians, while hunting, were led thither by a fairy woman who had changed her shape to that of a fawn in order to allure them; and the night being wild and snowy they were glad to take shelter therein.
	www.irishwitch.org /walking/Fairy_Faiths.htm (4583 words)

	6. The March Of The Host
		And in that place was fixed the tent of Ailill son of Ross, and the trappings were arranged, both bedding and bed-clothes.
		She took part in the Cow-spoil of Cualnge after she had slept with Fergus; and she it was that every seventh night brought sustenance in milk to the men of Erin on the march, for king and queen and prince and poet and pupil.
		And Ailill took the withy in his hand and placed it in Fergus' hand, and Fergus read the ogam script graven on the plug of the withy, and made known to the men of Erin what was the meaning of the ogam writing that was on it.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/cool/cool06.htm (4022 words)

	Ailill jug Ailill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Ailill (Ailell, Oilioll) was a popular name in medieval Ireland, borne by a number of historical and mythological personages, including:
		Ailill mac Slanuill, legendary High King of Ireland of the 12th century BC
		Ailill Finn, legendary High King of the 8th century BC
	www.find-ask.com /Encyclopedia/Ailill/Ailill.html (325 words)

	My Lines - Person Page 233
		Lugaid mac Ailella Éoganachta was the son of rí Mumhan Ailill Flann Bec mac Fiachach Éoganachta.
		He had a competitor in the Kingdom of Munster, named Darin, of the sept of Lugaidh, son of Ithe, between whom it was agreed that their posterity should reign by turns, and when one of either of the septs was king, the other should govern civil affairs of the Kingdom.
		Ard-rí na h'Éireann Ailill Finn mac Airt Uí Éber was the son of Ard-rí na h'Éireann Art mac Lugaid Uí Éber.
	homepages.rootsweb.com /~cousin/html/p233.htm (6149 words)

	Artur William Walkingstick Book of Shadows
		ONCE of a time, that Ailill and Medb had spread their royal bed in Cruachan, the stronghold of Connacht, such was the pillow-talk that befell betwixt them:
		These were counted and numbered and claimed, and were the same for both, equal in size, equal in number, except only there was an especial bull of the bawn of Ailill, and he was a calf of one of Medb's cows, and Finnbennach ('the Whitehorned') was his name.
		One of their men deciphered the ogam-writing that was on the side of the fork, to wit: 'A single man cast this fork with but a single hand; and go ye not past it till one man of you throw it with one hand, excepting Fergus.'
	groups.msn.com /ArturWilliamWalkingstickBookofShadows/tinbcalnge.msnw (15588 words)

	HEROIC ROMANCES OF IRELAND : LITERAL TRANSLATION
		Flidais was the wife of Ailill Finn (the Fair-haired) in the district of Kerry.[FN#93] She loved Fergus the son of Rog on account of the glorious tales about him; and always there went messengers from her to him at the end of each week.
		Fergus mac Rog, and Fergus mac Oen-lama) and Dubhtach; till they were at the Ford of Fenna in the north of the land of Kerry.
		They go to the burg, and welcome is brought to them.[FN#96] "What brings you here?" said Ailill Finn.
	www.irishpast.com /hroi210/hroi210_U43.html (275 words)

	Etain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Now there were three brothers of the one blood, all sons of Finn, namely, Eochaid Airem, and Eochaid, and Ailill Anglonnach, or Ailill of the Single Stain, because the only stain that was upon him was the love that he had for his brother's wife.
		Now each day the lady came to Ailill to tend him, and to divide for him the portion of food that was allotted to him; and she wrought a great healing upon him: for it grieved her that he should perish for her sake.
		And the lady came to speak with him, and when he told her what had befallen him: "Thou shalt come," said she, "to the same place, to meet with me upon the morrow." And upon the morrow it was the same as upon the first day; each day came that man to her tryst.
	www.stoneandspirit.com /celt/myth_etain.htm (2108 words)

	Glut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Then the men.html">men attack him (Ailill Finn): while they are storming the thus with them.
		Seven times twenty heroes from among the nobles of castle.html">castle.html">castle.html">castle.html">castle of Ailill the Fair-haired.
		Then, after they had wearied of wounding and overcoming one another, hundred warriors there in the castle with Ailill the Fair-Haired and Fiacho Muinmethan (Fiacho the Broad-backed); and Corpre Cromm (the Bent.
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	Heroic Romances of Ireland, Vol. II
		They took leave of Ailill and Medb, and betook themselves to the quest, They set out, seven times twenty heroes was the number, till they were in the south of Connaught, in the neighbourhood of the domain of Corcomroe[1] in the land of Ninnus, near to the burg.
		Ailill does not, as in the older version, refuse to receive Fergus, but seats him beside himself at a feast, and after reproaching him with his purpose challenges him to a duel in the morning.
		FLIDAIS was the wife of Ailill Finn (the Fair-haired) in the district of Kerry.[1] She loved Fergus the son of Róg on account of the glorious tales about him; and always there went messengers from her to him at the end of each week.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/hroi/hroiv2.htm (18689 words)

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