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	Finn Mac Cumhail
		Finn was the legendary Irish hero and leader of the Fianna.
		Finn's father Cumhail, a Fianna chieftain, was mortally wounded and killed in battle by Goal Mac Morn, the leader of a rival clan, before Finn's birth.
		Finn and the Fianna continued to fight in great battles and were acknowledged figures in Celtic history.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/f/finn_mac_cumhail.html (391 words)

	AllRefer.com - Finn mac Cumhail (Miscellaneous European Literature) - Encyclopedia
		Finn mac Cumhail,&sp;Fionn mac Cumhail, or Finn MacCool[all: fin mukOOl´] Pronunciation Key, semimythical Irish hero.
		His exploits are recorded in long narrative poems by Ossian and in many ballads, called Fenian ballads after the Fenians, or Fianna, professional fighters whom Finn was said to have headed in the 3d cent.
		The stories of Finn inspired the Fingal of James Macpherson and played an important part in the Irish literary renaissance.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/FinnmacC.html (225 words)

	Encyclopedia: Finn
		Fionn mac Cumhail (Finn mac Cumhal) was a legendary warrior of Irish mythology.
		Finn, son of Folcwald, was a legendary Frisian lord.
		Brian Timothy Finn (born June 25, 1952) is a singer and songwriter and one of New Zealands foremost musicians.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Finn (627 words)

	Who Was Finn MacCool
		Fionn mac Cumhail (Finn MacCool) was the greatest leader of the Fianna; the military elite of ancient Ireland responsible for guarding the High King.
		Fionn was the son of Cumhail, son of Trénmór, and Muirne of the fair neck; a Druid's daughter.
		Cumhail and Urgriu (er-gru) engaged in battle to gain the position of Chieftain of the Fianna.
	www.finnmaccool.com /WhoWasFinnMacCool.htm (1449 words)

	Finn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Finn is usually Finnish (disambiguation page) in one or another sense of that word.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Finn (249 words)

	Who Was Finn MacCool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Finn MacCool (Fionn mac Cumhail) is a semimythical character said to have been the greatest leader of the Fianna, the military elite of ancient Ireland responsible for guarding the High King.
		Finn's father, Cumhail, engages Urgriu (er-gru) in battle for the position of Chieftain of the Fianna.
		Finn burns himself while doing so and sucks his thumb, thus acquiring the gift of prophecy, which he uses to ensure his survival, bring peace to his homeland, and inspire the Fianna to greatness.
	www.mth.kcl.ac.uk /~tcoolen/finn/maccool.htm (657 words)

	Search Results for "MAC"
		...Finn mac Cumhail, Fionn mac Cumhail, or Finn MacCool (all: fin mkool´) (KEY), semimythical Irish hero.
		That is Mac cecht son of Snaide Teichid; the battle-solider of Conaire son of Eterscél....
		Mac, Mc, or M' [Irish,=son], element in names derived from Irish and Scottish Gaelic patronymics.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?query=MAC (291 words)

	StoryTellers : Heroes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cumhail Macart was a great champion in the west of Ireland, and it was prophesied of him that if ever he married he would meet death in the next battle he fought.
		Cumhail was killed in the battle, and within that year the king's daughter had a son.
		The grandmother of the boy, Cumhail's mother, stood watching on the shore and said to herself as she saw this: "He is my grandson, the true son of my own child," and seizing the boy, she rushed away with him and vanished before the king's people could stop her.
	www.knowyourfate.com /storytellers/heroes.html (1420 words)

	Relinquishing Mothers of Heroes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mighty were the deeds of Finn Mac Cumhail and Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster, but both these heroes would not have survived infancy without the courage of their mothers.
		Muirne of the White Neck, granddaughter of Nuada of the Tuatha De Danann, was the mother of Fionn Mac Cumhail, the legendary warrior of the Fianna.
		Finn's safety at his very birth was threatened, and Muirne sent her son miraculously away to the care of his grandmother, a holy woman at Sliabh Bladhma, to keep him safe.
	myths.allinfoabout.com /feature70.html (383 words)

	Finn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A Finn might be Finnish (disambiguation page) in one or another sense of that word
		Finn (dinghy) is an Olympic class of sailing dinghy.
		Finn may be a variant of fin, a colloquial term for the U.S. five dollar bill bearing a portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Finn (263 words)

	finn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Finn may be a name of a real or fictional person, e.g.,:
		Finn son of Folcwald is a Frisian lord mentioned in Beowulf and The Fight at Finnsburg.
		a Finn is an Olympic class of sailing dinghy.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Finn.html (236 words)

	Search The Llewellyn Encyclopedia: Finn Mac Cumhail
		Finn Mac Cumhail: (fin mok kool) - The great hero and incarnation of Uindos (or Cernunnos, in Greek), son of Noudons in a group of great epic tales and romances called the Fenian cycle.
		Uindos: An ancient Celtic god, son of Noudons, in a group of great epic tales and romances called the Fenian cycle.
		Cernunnos: The Greek name for ancient Celtic god Uindos, son of Noudons, who is featured in a group of great epic tales and romances called the Fenian cycle.
	www.llewellynencyclopedia.com /term/Finn+Mac+Cumhail (164 words)

	Fianna - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Diarmait, Son of Don: was a warrior of the Fianna before he ran off with Finn's bride Grainne and was finally killed by a giant boar on the heath of Benn Gulbain.
		Lughaid Stronghand: sorcerous warrior, nephew of Finn mac Cumhail, one of the four who could have untied the knots Diarmait bound the seakings with, but refused to do so.
		Oisin, son of Finn mac Cumhail: (Macpherson's Ossian)
	open-encyclopedia.com /Fianna (157 words)

	Finn article - Finn Finnish Fionn Cumhail Irish Finn (Frisian) Frisian Beowulf Fight - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fionn mac Cumhail (Finn mac Cumhail) was a legendary warrior of Irish mythology.
		This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
		Finn article - Finn definition - what means Finn
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Finn (209 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Finn Mac Cool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Finn MacCool is a warrior/poet, a leader of the Fianna, the first Irish army, in third-century Ireland.
		Finn Mac Cool is a young officer in the Fianna, the army nominally under the control of the High King of Eire.
		Finn MacCool is a man with the life of a warrior, the heart of a lover, and the soul of a poet.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0812524012?v=glance (1626 words)

	Fionn mac Cumhail -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fionn or Finn is actually a nickname meaning "fair" (in reference to hair colour), "white" or "bright".
		The Battle of Cnucha was fought between Conn and Cumhal, and Cumhal was killed by (Click link for more info and facts about Goll mac Morna) Goll mac Morna, who took over leadership of the fianna.
		Muirne was already pregnant, so her father rejected her and ordered his people to burn her, but Conn would not allow it and put her under the protection of Fiacal mac Conchinn, whose wife, (Click link for more info and facts about Bodhmall) Bodhmall the druidess, was Cumhal's sister.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fi/fionn_mac_cumhail.htm (1062 words)

	Articles - Fionn mac Cumhail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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.
		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.
		In one of the most famous stories of the cycle, the High King, Cormac mac Airt, promised the now ageing Fionn his daughter, GrÃ¡inne, as his bride, but GrÃ¡inne fell instead for one of the fianna, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, and the pair ran away together with Fionn in pursuit.
	lastring.com /articles/Fionn_mac_Cumhail?mySession=6e753369baa88c0b5... (1141 words)

	fin mac cumhail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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		Finn Mac Cumhail: (fin mok kool) - The great hero and incarnation of Uindos (or Cernunnos, in Greek), son...
	www.every-software.com /articles/44/fin-mac-cumhail.html (262 words)

	Tir na nOg - Mac Carell , The Superintelligent Fish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Such is the awe (or perhaps distain) in which lesser fish hold him that if caught in a tight spot, they will leave the water and hide in the undergrowth rather than be in his presence.
		He is said to contain the memory and the wisdom of the ages within his cranium.
		Finn Mac Cumhail became a wise thumb-sucker after burning his thumb on the flesh of a Breadán Feasa as it was being cooked by Finegas.
	www.alia.ie /tirnanog/superfish.html (277 words)

	AllAboutIrish - The Giant's Causeway
		Finn Mac Cumhail, leader of the ancient Fianna warriors, and gifted with "magic, insight and the power of words" when he was the first to eat of the Salmon of Knowledge, ended up a giant.
		Benandonner came across to Ireland and Finn's house, where Finn was dressed up as a baby.
		As Benandonner was racing away, Finn decided to give him something else for good measure.
	www.allaboutirish.com /library/tales/gcauseway.shtm (298 words)

	Finn mac Cool
		Fionn mac Cumhail (Finn Mac Cool) was the son of Cumhail who was slain by Goll mac Morna.
		Cumhail left behind a pregnant Muirne who bore a handsome fair haired child and fearing the wrath of the Clan Morna she named him Demne and sent him to be fostered.
		He was raised a fierce warrior skilled at weaponry and fighting as well as healing and magical arts.
	www.ballycastle.free-online.co.uk /info/finnmaccool.htm (757 words)

	Finn mac Cumhail
		Finn mac Cumhail, Fionn mac Cumhail,or Finn MacCool, semimythical Irish hero.
		and in many ballads, called Fenian ballads after the Fenians, or Fianna, professional fighters whom Finn was said to have headed in the 3d cent.
		Ossian - Ossian or Oisin, legendary Gaelic poet, supposedly the son of Finn mac Cumhail, hero of a cycle of...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/ent/A0818714.html (143 words)

	Finn Mac Cumhail: Spiritual Dictionary on Finn Mac Cumhail
		Finn Mac Cumhail: Spiritual Dictionary on Finn Mac Cumhail
		The definition and meaning of Finn Mac Cumhail is extracted from the home page of Llewellyn, New Worlds of Mind and Spirit.
		Finn Mac Cumhail is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
	www.experiencefestival.com /a/Finn_Mac_Cumhail/id/190194 (331 words)

	Fionn mac Cumhail : Fionn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fionn or Finn is actually a nickname meaning "fair."
		When he was just a baby, due to his father's at the hands of his rival, Goal mac Morn, his mother chose to send him into hiding in the woods, in the care of two women: Bodhmall, a Druid, and Liath Luachra, a warrior and trainer.
		Along with 150 of the Fianna, Fionn killed Goal and the rest of his men.
	www.freearchive.info /fi/fionn.html (433 words)

	Cormac mac Airt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		That he went to the Land of Promise, ruled by Manannan mac Lir, and there recieved a magic cup of truth (the story is a precursor to the Grail legend)
		That he was recognized as the true king by making a correct judgement, whereas the false king made an incorrect judgement, causing the collapse of his house
		That he was the father of Grainne, who was to marry Finn mac Cumhail, but instead ran off with Diarmud
	www.maryjones.us /jce/cormac1.html (252 words)

	Who was Finn McCool? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Finn McCool is the Anglicized spelling of Fionn Mac Cumhail.
		Finn could be called the "Irish King Arthur" and is certainly one of the most celebrated heroes of Irish mythology.
		As one of the greatest of Celtic heroes, it is fitting for Finn to emerge on the Internet as a sign of Celtic excellence in cyberspace!
	www.anamchara.com /duilleag/finn.htm (192 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Encyclopedia : F : FI : FIN : Finn
		* Fionn mac Cumhail (Finn mac Cumhail) was a legendary warrior of Irish mythology.
		This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	pardus.info /index.php?title=Finn (209 words)

	Finn mac Cumhail on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		(all: fĬn mekool´) Fionn mac Cumhail, or Finn MacCool, semimythical Irish hero.
		Bibliography: See Duanaire Finn: The Book of the Lays of Fionn, ed.
		Culture Club: Finn McCool to large it at Lyric.(Features)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/FinnmacC1.asp (203 words)

	BobHarris.com
		Dating to roughly the tenth century, the game is believed to have been invented by Oisin mac Daimhin as a test of fitness to join the Fianna alongside legendary warrior Finn mac Cumhail.
		Any prospective recruit was required to catch a small deer with his bare hands, carry it to a hillside, and shout out "Is fia fionn é, atá ann!" at the top of his breath for all to hear while still hugging the wriggling fawn.
		After which, Finn mac Cumhail's men would laugh heartily that anyone would really ever do this, and wander off back into myth.
	www.bobharris.com /content/view/609/99 (284 words)

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