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Nechtan
Nechtan is a figure in Irish mythological tradition associated with a sacred well, hidden knowledge and the origin of the River Boyne. He appears most prominently in medieval Irish accounts concerning Boann, the female f…
Nemglan
Nemglan is an obscure figure associated with Irish mythology and, above all, with the Ulster Cycle. He is generally described as a supernatural bird-being or as a ruler of birds. His most important connection is with the…
Niamh
Niamh, usually known as Niamh Chinn Óir (“Niamh of the Golden Head” or “Niamh of the Golden Hair”), is an otherworldly princess in Irish heroic tradition. She is best known as the woman who comes from Tír na nÓg, the Lan…
Ogma
Ogma is a figure of Irish mythology associated with the Tuatha Dé Danann, the supernatural people who appear in medieval Irish narratives as rulers and champions of Ireland before the arrival of the Milesians. He is best…
Oisín
Oisín is a celebrated hero and poet of Irish mythology, especially the Fenian or Fianna tradition. He is usually described as the son of the warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill and Sadb, and as the father of Oscar. Unlike a god o…
Ruadán
Ruadán, usually known as Saint Ruadán of Lorrha, is a sixth-century Irish religious figure associated with the early Christian monastery at Lorrha in County Tipperary. He belongs more properly to Ireland’s early medieval…
Sadb
Sadb is a female figure from Irish mythological tradition, best known as the mother of the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill. She appears in medieval Irish narrative as part of the wider Fenian cycle, where family lineage, fostera…
Sheela Na Gig
Sheela Na Gig is the modern name usually given to a distinctive group of carved female figures found on churches, castles, and other buildings in Ireland and Britain. Their most striking feature is an exaggerated display…
Tailtiu
Tailtiu is a figure from Irish mythology and early Irish tradition, best known as a goddess or divine ancestress associated with the land, sovereignty, clearing of territory, and the funeral games that later gave their n…
Tír Na Nog
Tír na nÓg is the legendary “Land of Youth” in Irish mythology, a supernatural otherworld associated with everlasting vitality, beauty, plenty and the suspension of ordinary time. It belongs to the wider Irish tradition …
Tuatha Dé Danann
Tuatha Dé Danann are a supernatural people in Irish mythology, remembered as one of the great mythic populations of Ireland. In the surviving medieval texts, they appear as skilled, otherworldly beings associated with so…