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	Fenian - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Fenian is a term used since the 1860s for an Irish nationalist who espouses or is perceived to espouse violence against British rule.
		"Fenian" is the sole epitaph on the headstone of Tom Clarke, in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.
		In Northern Ireland, "Fenian" is used by some Loyalists as a derogatory term for Roman Catholics or Irish nationalists (often inaccurately seen to be synonymous), and is generally considered by Catholics, and many Protestants, to be highly offensive.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Fenian (476 words)

	Fenian Cycle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Fenian Cycle also known as the Fionn Cycle, Finn Cycle, Fianna Cycle, Finnian Tales, Fian Tales, Féinne Cycle, Feinné Cycle, Ossianic Cycle and Fianaigecht, is a body of prose and verse centering on the exploits of the mythic hero Fionn mac Cumhaill and his warriors the Fianna Éireann.
		It is one of the four major cycles of Irish mythology along with the Mythological Cycle, the Ulster Cycle, and the Historical Cycle.
		The Fenian cycle is often called the Ossianic cycle because Fionn's son, Oisin, was supposed to have written most of the poems in the cycle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fenian_Cycle (646 words)

	Irish Literature - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		The stories of the Fenian Cycle are set in southern Ireland and belong to the traditions of the Leinster and Munster provinces.
		The best-known tale of the Fenian Cycle is 'Tóraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne' (The Pursuit of Diarmaid and Grainne), which is a later version of the Conchobar-Deirdre theme.
		The stories of the Ulster and Fenian cycles are preserved in manuscripts dating from 1100 to the late 1300s, but their language and their references to earlier events demonstrate that the stories are remnants of a much older oral tradition.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761566508___13/Irish_Literature.html (1463 words)

	Fenian Cycle: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		Fenians and the central hero in the Fenian Cycle of traditional Irish literature...legendary heroes, especially from the Fenian Cycle of Irish lore, are particularly...
		Fenianism and Crime In the 19th century...become widely employed after the Fenian movement was founded with an...major mistake in appealing to Fenian sentiment by taking on the...
		The Celts were avid hunters, and the Fenian cycle seems especially designed to evoke the thrill of the...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/fenian-cycle.jsp?l=F&p=1 (895 words)

	Ossian - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Ossian, alternatively spelled Oisín, son of Fingal (Fionn mac Cumhail), is a poet and warrior of the fianna in the Fenian Cycle of Gaelic literature.
		The spelling Ossian is particularly associated with a cycle of poems by James Macpherson which he claimed to have translated from ancient sources in the Scots Gaelic.
		The controversy raged on into the early years of the 19th century, with disputes as to whether the poems were based on Irish sources, on sources in English, on Gaelic fragments woven into his own composition as Samuel Johnson concluded, or largely on Scots Gaelic oral traditions and manuscripts as Macpherson claimed.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Ossian (616 words)

	MythCycle
		The first Cycle, the Mythological, is based on the Tuatha De Danann, or the Tribe of Dana, or the Children of Dana, from which the Faery tradition is derived, This concerns itself with the 5 waves of invasion, presenting three certain colonization's of Ireland.
		The third Cycle is the Fenian or Ossianic Cycle, called that because of the Author.
		While the Ulster Cycle is of forming the basis of Irish life, the Fenian Cycle is a parallel of the Arthurian legends of Britain and is romantic in nature and celebrates outdoor life in the waste and wilds.
	www.zodiacbistro.com /irishcycles.htm (1422 words)

	Fenian Cycle
		The Fenian Cycle was a collection of stories about the warriors within a military order called the Fianna Éireann, during the reign of Conn Cetchathach and Cormac Mac Airt.
		The Fenian Cycle was less violent and turbulent than previous period of the Ulaid Cycle.
		Apart from Finn being the principal hero in this cycle, there are tales of other heroes such as those of his son Oisín, his loyal friends Caílte and Díarmait, and even his arch-rival for the leadership of the Fianna –; Goll.
	www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/ossian.html (9970 words)

	Ireland Unveiled
		In the Ulster cycle, sometimes known as the Cycle of the Red Branch Knights, the exploits of the warrior Cu Chulainn are retold in graphic detail.
		The Fenian Cycle is said to be Ireland's equivalent to the mythology of the Greek's and to the sagas of the Norsemen.
		Sometimes the term "Ossianic Cycle" is given to the Fenian Cycle, as Ossian was Finn MacCool's son and is believed to have the bard who told the stories of Finn and the Fianna to Saint Patrick in the 5th century.
	www.irelandunveiled.com /myths-legends.cgi (617 words)

	The Fenian Cycle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The text for The Fenian Cycle draws its inspiration from the large collection of verse and prose of the same name that describes the clan of Irish warriors headed by Finn Mac Cunhaill, called the Fianna (2nd Century AD).
		When the Fenian text completes, the voice, English horn, and string quartet join together for a final ascension on the latin text, "When shall I come and appear before His presence," a line borrowed from Palestrina's motet.
		His cycle was assured, confident, and both intellectually and musically interesting, a solid combination of all the elements that make a piece of music leap from the good to the great.
	individual.utoronto.ca /cgalbraith/compositions/fenian_cycle.html (742 words)

	Fenian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fenian is a term used since the 1850s for Irish nationalists (who oppose British rule in Ireland).
		The Fenians were part of a large group of Irish immigrants who crossed the Atlantic to the USA between 1847 and 1861 to escape poverty and famine.
		"Fenian scum" was also one of the insults shouted at the parents of Catholic schoolgirls by Loyalist protesters in the Holy Cross dispute.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Fenian (786 words)

	Amazon.ca: Cuchulain of Muirthemne: Books: Lady Gregory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gods and Fighting Men contains the Mythological Cycle (the legendary invasions of Ireland up to the coming of the Gael) which contains many stories of the Tuatha De Danaan, or the Great Fae, and the Fenian Cycle, which are the tales of Finn Mac Cumhail (pronounced MacCool) and his warband/policing force.
		The Fenian Cycle is known throughout Ireland and in the Highlands of Scotland.
		This is a misnomer, because, again, the Ulster Cycle is the lore of one region in Ireland and is largely unknown in oral tradition outside of it.
	www.amazon.ca /Cuchulain-Muirthemne-Lady-Gregory/dp/0486417174 (862 words)

	DeDanaan » The Cycles of Irish Myth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Fenian Cycle (also known as the Fionn Cycle, Finn Cycle, Fianna Cycle, Finnian Tales, Fian Tales, FÃ©inne Cycle, FeinnÃ© Cycle, Ossianic Cycle and Fianaigecht) which became prominent in the late Middle Irish period, is 300 years later than the Ulster Cycle.
		The Fenian cycle begins with the composition of the long Acallam na SenÃ³rech [colloquy of the old men], c.1200, and is a body of prose and verse centering on the exploits of the mythic hero Fionn Mac Cumhaill and his warriors the Fianna Ã‰ireann.
		The variety of motifs encompassed by the cycles — the doomed lovers, the knights-errant, adventures in an earthly paradise, visions and voyages — influenced medieval romance.
	dedanaan.com /the-cycles-of-irish-myth/4 (863 words)

	Lugodoc's Guide To Celtic Mythology: The Fenian Cycle
		The first stories in this bloated cycle were composed probably not much later than those in the Ulster Cycle, but then they just seemed to breed; the last story was composed and written in 1750.
		Cumhal was slain at the battle of Knock by the Clan Morna who took the leadership of the Fianna, and the crane's skin treasure bag of the Fianna was given to the treasurer of the Fianna (and of Clan Morna), Lia, lord of Luachar in Connacht.
		...was the son of Oisin and the fiercest Fenian fighter, with a heart like twisted horn sheathed in steel.
	www.celtic.org /Lugodoc/irish-fenian-cycle.html (2759 words)

	The Sacred Fire - Celtic Mythology
		The Fenians, or Fianna, were a legendary band of heroes who defended Ireland and Scotland and kept law and order.
		The Cattle-Raid of Cooley is the central epic of the Ulster cycle.
		The Kings Cycle, also known as the Historical Cycle, is a book of tales chronicling historical or semi-historical kings of Ireland, generally from early AD to the middle ages.
	www.sacredfire.net /mythology.html (886 words)

	Celtic Cycles
		The Ulaid Cycle deal with the reigns of Conchobor of Ulaid and Medb of Connacht, particularly the warriors of the Red Branch and its greatest hero, Cú Chulainn.
		The Fenian Cycle (or the Ossianic Cycle), supposed to have set in a more peaceful time of the reign of Cormac the Airt, particularly the warriors of Fianna and its greatest hero, Finn Mac Cumhaill.
		The uses of cycles in Irish literature were just a convenient mean of dividing into periods for the Irish myths.
	www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/cycles.html (866 words)

	The History of Irish Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The main theme in the historical-mythological cycle concerns the peopling of Ireland and the fortunes of the Tuatha De Danann (People of the Goddess Danann), who were the mythological ancestors of the Irish.
		The Fenian Cycle recounts the exploits of Finn Mac Cumhail and his companions and deals with the cult and institution of warriors.
		In the historical-mythological cycle the story of the predecessors of the Irish settlement is told.
	www.bobreeder.net /iemyth.htm (1042 words)

	IrishAbroad - Mythology
		The legends may be categorised into four main cycles: the Mythological cycle, the Fenian or Ossianic cycle, the Ultonian cycle and the Historical cycle.
		The term "Mythological Cycle" is a collective term applied to the stories in Irish literature which describe the doings of otherworldly characters.
		This cycle comprises a large body of heroic tales in Irish literature, based on the Ulaidh, an ancient people from whom the province of Ulster got its name.
	www.irishabroad.com /yourroots/mythology/mythology.asp (726 words)

	Jim Fitzpatrick - Mythology - Branches of the Tradition
		The cycles reflect the heroic view of life of the aristocratic warrior ruling caste; from the formal, ceremonial way in which words and deeds are recorded in them we gain a privileged insight into the way those people chose to perceive and then to shape their history.
		The Ulster Cycle is composed of stories, which tell mainly of the exploits of the Ulaid, king Conchabar of Ulster, and the warriors of the Red Branch.
		This cycle is also known as the Ossianic Cycle because most of the poems which belong to it are attributed to Finn's son Oisín.
	www.jimfitzpatrick.ie /mythology/tradition.html (432 words)

	The Rowan Grove (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Fenian Cycle - The Fenian cycle deals with the adventures of Finn MacCumhail, his son Oisin, and the Fenians, or Finnians.
		The Fenians were a band of warriors whose adventures have an otherworldly magical quality.
		The Historical Cycle is the cycle dealing with the kings and warriors late in Irish legend and often accepted to be of a more real and historical quality.
	www.rowangrove.org /druid/d-links.htm (739 words)

	Project: Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		They are the Mythological cycle, the Ulster cycle, and the Fenian cycle.
		The Mythological Cycle was the oldest cycle which describes the invasions of Ireland by supernatural races which preceded the beginning of Irish history.
		The last cycle is the Fenian Cycle which has the stories of Fianna, a band of mythical Irish warriors.
	www.bergen.org /AAST/Projects/Countries/Ireland/lit.html (743 words)

	FenianCycle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The sagas in the Fenian Cycle are mostly based around the legendary figure of Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Fianna who were a band of Elite Hunter-Warriors.
		The Fenian cycle is also sometimes referred to as the "Ossianic cycle" because of the various sagas surrounding Oisín.
		Like the Ulster Cycle the Fenian Cycle contains a vast amount of tales.
	www.stevemcmenamin.co.uk /FenianCycle.htm (72 words)

	Celtic Mythology Criticism and Essays
		The Kings Cycle focuses on a series of "historical" kings, while the Mythological Cycle is concerned with Ireland's mythic prehistory.
		The central story of the cycle, the Táin BóCuailnge, or "The Cattle Raid at Cooley"—sometimes described as the "Irish Iliad"—details an attack on the kingdom of Conchobar mac Nessa by the army of Queen Medb of Connacht in order to steal the famed Brown Bull of Ulster.
		Other important figures in the Ulster Cycle include the Druid Cathbad, King Fergus mac Roich, the troublemaker Bricriu, and the tragic Deirdre, who takes her own life rather than submit to the killer of her lover, Naoise.
	www.enotes.com /classical-medieval-criticism/celtic-mythology (1092 words)

	WICCA 101: The Irish Mythological Cycles<P> Class Facilitator: Boudica<P>
		There are Four Irish Cycles, the Mythological Cycle, the Ulster Cycle, the Fenian Cycle and the Historical Cycle.
		The first cycle, the Mythological, is based on the Tuatha De Danann, or the Tribe of Dana, or the Children of Dana, from which the Faery Tradition is derived.
		The major god/esses from this cycle which you may (or may not) recognize are Dana, mother of the god/esses, Nuada, Lugh, Dagda, Breo-saighit (Brigid), Erie (after whom Ireland is named [Erin]), The Morrigu/Morrigan (Triple aspects are Macha, Badhbh and Neamhain), Angus macOg, Ogma, Bodb the Red, and many more.
	www.unc.edu /home/reddeer/classlog/boucls01.html (2190 words)

	Ossian - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ossian was the supposed writer of a cycle of Scots Gaelic poems forged by James Macpherson.
		He was based on Oisín, poet of the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology.
		In 1760 Macpherson, a Scots poet, claimed to have found poetry written by Ossian.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Ossian (289 words)

	Cerridwen's Cauldron
		Among the names in the stories of the Mythological cycle are Bodb Derg, Dagdha, Lir, Aonghus, Partholan, Erannan, Lugh and Balor.
		The warrior Caoilte was Fionn's right hand man, who is reputed to have conversed with St. Patrick many centuries later in the 'Dialogue of the Elders', extolling the virtues of the Fianna to him.
		The central, and structurally the basic, story in the cycle is Táin Bó Cúailnge (The cattle raid of Cooley).
	groups.msn.com /cerridwenscauldron/mythsamplegends.msnw (848 words)

	Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Book of Invasion is about the five invasions of Ireland, the two wars between the last two and invaders and the final conquest by the Sons of Mil who were considered the Celts.
		It moves on the Ulster Cycle which is most famous by the Irish Hero Cuchulain.
		It ends with the Ossianic Cycle which is mostly revolve around Finn mac Cumhal and tales of the faeries.
	celtdigital.org /Ireland.htm (234 words)

	Irish Short Stories Before 1600 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Ulster Cycle is a series of stories centered around the reign of Conchobhor mac Nessa, King of Ulster.
		It seems, however, that the earliest were written not much later than the Ulster cycle, but were continually added to until the mid-eighteenth century.
		This Cycle covers a number of kings of Ireland such as Brian Boru as well a mish-mash of other tales, such as the Voyage of Bran.
	yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au /~mongoose/stories/Irish.html (162 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Fenian Cycle is made up of stories about a group of warriors called the Fianna, and their heroic leader, Finn Mac Cumhall.
		There were two main clans that made up the Fianna, Clan Baiscne, and Clan Morna, and the leader of the Fianna was chosen from those two tribes.
		The Fenian cycle was said to have been written down by St. Patrick.
	www.edu.pe.ca /gray/class_pages/rxmacdonald/gaelic/legends/fenian.html (83 words)

	Irish Myth: Fenian Cycle quiz
		"A quiz on the third cycle of Irish legend, the Fenian Cycle (also known as the Ossianic Cycle).
		The Fenian Cycle is named for Demna, son of Cumhal, commonly known by the more famous name 'Finn' (fair one).
		In a tale of Dermot's childhood, Dermot's father Donn kills another child in an act the full consequences of which were not to be felt until much later in Dermot's life.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz/quiz673517b87d0.html (612 words)

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