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Finn seated in a banquet hall as the Fianna fight with Goll mac Morna's men. Illustration by Arthur Rackham in Irish Fairy Tales (1920).
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The Fenian Cycle (/ˈfiːniən/), Fianna Cycle or Finn Cycle (Irish: an Fhiannaíocht[1]) is a body of early Irish literature focusing on the exploits of the mythical hero Finn or Fionn mac Cumhaill and his warrior band the Fianna. Sometimes called the Ossianic Cycle[2]/ˌɒʃiˈænɪk/ after its narrator Oisín, it is one of the four groupings of Irish mythology along with the Mythological Cycle, the Ulster Cycle, and the Kings' Cycles. Timewise, the Fenian cycle is the third, between the Ulster and Kings' cycles. The cycle also contains stories about other famous Fianna members, including Diarmuid, Caílte, Oisín's son Oscar, and Fionn's rival Goll mac Morna.
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known for his terrible battle frenzy Deirdre - tragic heroine of the Ulster Cycle; when she was born it was prophesied that she would be beautiful, but that...
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Ireland. Other such mythological druids were Tadg mac Nuadat of the FenianCycle, and Mug Ruith, a powerful blind druid of Munster. Irish mythology has...
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("son of Trénmór/Tréanmór" meaning "strong-great") is a figure in the FenianCycle of Irish mythology, a leader of the fianna and the father of Fionn mac...
Oisín (pronounced [əˈʃiːnʲ, ˈɔʃiːnʲ], approximately USH-een) is an Irish male given name; meaning "fawn" or "little deer", derived from the Irish word...
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