FINN MAC CUMHAIL

Fionn mac Cumhail, or Finn MacCoolall: fĭn məkoolˈ, 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. Certain tales involve such events as Finn's pursuit of the lovers Diarmuid and Grania, who was Finn's wife. The stories of Finn inspired the Fingal of James Macpherson and played an important part in the Irish literary renaissance.

See Duanaire Finn: The Book of the Lays of Fionn, ed. and tr. by E. MacNeill (3 vol., 1908–53).

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books on: Finn Mac Cumhail  - 13 results

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Mythical Bards and the Life of William Wallace
Book by William Henry Schofield; Harvard University Press, 1920
Subjects: Bards And Bardism, Henry--The Minstrel--Fl. 1470-1492--Wallace, Poetry
...Fenians, 155 ff., 159 . Ferdinand, 43 . Fergus mac Roich, 22 , 73 , 74 , 83 f., 90 . Fergus Truelips...89 , 97 f., 213 . Fife, 143 . Fingal, 27 . Finn, Fionn, Finn mac Coul, Finn mac Cumhail l , 63 , 64 , 65 , 75 , 77 , 86 , 88 ff., 96...
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Modern Irish Literature: Sources and Founders
Book by Vivian Mercier, Eilís Dillon; Clarendon Press, 1994
Subjects: English Literature--Irish Authors--History And Criticism, Ireland--In Literature, Ireland--Intellectual Life--19th Century, Ireland--Intellectual Life--20th Century
...incomplete--text in vol. iv is Macgnimartha Finn The Boyhood Exploits of Finn Mac Cumhail , edited and translated by ODonovan. This lively...Standish Hayes OGrady under the title How Cormac Mac Airt Got His Branch . This magic object is described...
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The Poems of Ossian and Related Works
Book by James MacPherson, Howard Gaskill; Edinburgh University Press, 1996
Subjects: Celts--Poetry, Literary Forgeries And Mystifications, Mythology, Celtic--Poetry, Ossian--3rd Cent--Poetry
...Fingal (in authentic tradi- tion Finn Mac Cumhail); falls in battle against the tribe...Keneth; the Scottish king Keneth Mac-Alpin. 517-18 8 Conar I_ son...century ; father of Cormac I (Cormac Mac-Conar). 209-10, 226, 236...
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Oedipus Borealis: The Aberrant Body in Old Icelandic Myth and Saga
Book by Lois Bragg; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2004
Subjects: Heroes In Literature, People With Disabilities In Literature, Sagas--History And Criticism
...88-92, 96-99, 106, 125-26, 134, 144 Fergus mac R6ich, 112, 121 1 Feud, 204 Filton Brown, Anthony, 47 Finn mac Cumhail, 150 Fir Bolg, 91 1 Fjbrgyn. See Earth goddess Fleck...
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Arthurian Romance and Modern Poetry and Music
Book by William Albert Nitze; The University of Chicago Press, 1940
Subjects: Arthur--King, Drama, Literature, Comparative--Themes, Motives, Music And Literature
...story is that of Diarmuid, nephew of Finn mac Cumhail, who is one of his uncles closest...Cormac, high king of Ireland, is Finns affianced wife. But Grainne was given to him in an unlucky hour, for "Finn was hateful to the maiden and such...
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journal articles on: Finn Mac Cumhail  - 2 results

 
 
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Medieval Irish Language and Literature: an Orientation for Arthurians
Journal article by William Sayers; Arthuriana, Vol. 17, 2007
Subjects: Ireland, Language, Letters, Literary criticism, Literature, Middle Ages, Mythology
...concerned with the adventures of Finn mac Cumhail and his band of Fenian warriors...Scela Mucce Meic Datho-The Tale of Mac Dathos Pig, is read in instalments...appeared in 1970. This was Proinsias Mac Canas Celtic Mythology. Iconographical...
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What's in a Nonce? Nautical Lexis in Orms Pattr Storolfssonar
Journal article by William Sayers; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 78, 2006
Subjects: Folk literature--Criticism and interpretation, Folklore--Criticism and interpretation, Orms pattr Storolfssonar (Folk tale)--Criticism and interpretation, Scandinavian literature
...Battle of Ventry, to which we now turn. Daire Donn mac Loisginn Lomghluinigh, the "King of the World" has undertaken file invasion of Ireland and Finn mac Cumhail and his fiana will assume its defense. The invading...


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newspaper articles on: Finn Mac Cumhail  - 2 results

 
 
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The Meteoric Finn
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 14, 2008
...FINN McCool or Fionn Mac Cumhail has long been celebrated...moreinteresting explanations for Finn, believing stargazers...closeness in the name Finn to the Irishword fhionnagheal...worried at how big Finn would be. Fingal ripped...most popular story of Finns death is that he sleeps...
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Peaceful, Easy Feeling in Northern Ireland
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 4, 2005
...from bits of stone torn off the headland by the giant Finn mac Cumhail (Finn MacCool) as a walkway from Scotland. One version of the tale is that Finn fell in love with a giantess who lived on an island...


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encyclopedia articles on: Finn Mac Cumhail  - 4 results

 
 
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Finn Mac Cumhail
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FINN MAC CUMHAIL Fionn mac Cumhail, or Finn MacCool all: fin m kool , semimythical...Fianna, professional fighters whom Finn was said to have headed in the 3d...Certain tales involve such events as Finns pursuit of the lovers Diarmuid and...
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Ossian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...shen , legendary Gaelic poet, supposedly the son of Finn mac Cumhail , hero of a cycle of tales and poems that place his deeds...with Ossian as the bard who sang of the exploits of Finn and his Fenian cohorts. A later cycle of Ossianic poetry...
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Fingal
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FINGAL see Finn mac Cumhail . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Fenian Movement
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ancient Ireland (c.3d cent.) in the service of the high kings. They figure in the legends that developed around Finn mac Cumhail and Ossian . Origins The famine of the 1840s brought to a crisis Irish discontent with English rule, culminating...


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