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Morna, Clan
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Morna, Clan. Rival Fianna to Fionn mac Cumhaill's Clan Baíscne . James Macpherson's counterpart in the Poems of Ossian (1760–3) was Morni. See also CONÁN MAC MORNA ; GARAD MAC MORNA ; GOLL MAC MORNA .
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Goll mac Morna
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Goll mac Morna. Also known as Áed or Aodh mac...boisterous Conán Máel or mac Morna. Numerous later narratives describe a rising...the Clan Baíscne , Goll's Clan Morna, with dozens of different pretexts. Some...
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Garad, mac Morna
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Garad, mac Morna. Garadh, mac Morna . Sometimes with the epithet Glúndubh [Ir., black knee]. A leader of the Connacht fianna in the Fenian Cycle . Although Garad is a frequent opponent of Fionn , his daughter Maigneis becomes Fionn...
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Conán mac Morna
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Conán mac Morna. The better-known of the two Conáns in the Fenian Cycle...wearing a black fleece as a wig. Often seen as the brother of Goll mac Morna . In Feis Tighe Chonáin [A Feast at Conán's House...
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Morna of the White Neck
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Morna of the White Neck. Anglicization of Muirenn Muncháem.
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Duanach mac Morna
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Duanach mac Morna [OIr. dúanach , given to song, fond of poetry]. Bard and druid in the court of Fionn mac Cumhaill . He serenades Gráinne at her pre-nuptial feast, when she is expected to marry Fionn, just before she elopes with Diarmait .
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Dáire Derg
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
...asserted that Dáire Derg is identical with Morna, founder of the Clann Morna , adversaries of Fionn in the Fenian Cycle. As...lost one eye, he is also identified with Goll mac Morna . In some narratives he is described as one of Fionn...
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Fianna
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
...Their rivals were the Connacht Fianna and the Clan Morna , led by Goll mac Morna . After many skirmishes, the rivals joined to form...da ; Conán mac Lia ; Conán mac Morna , a Falstaffian comic figure; Conn (2) ; Dian...
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Maigneis
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
...grieving at the beginning of Tóraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Gráinne [The Pursuit of Diarmait and Gráinne]. Daughter of Garad mac Morna or Glúndub [black knee], she is also the sister of Goll mac Morna .
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Fionn mac Cumhaill
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
...Tadg's daughter Muirenn Muncháem [of the white neck] and getting her with child; ( b ) Goll mac Morna of the rival Clan Morna launching an ongoing clan rivalry, according to Fotha Catha Chnucha [The Cause of the Battle of Cnucha...
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