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Ailill

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Ailill, Oilill, Ailell, Aleel [Ir., sprite, elf; cf. W ellyll]. An extremely popular name in early Ireland, borne by countless figures including at least two saints, ten warriors of the Fianna in the Fenian Cycle, and a host of petty kings in genealogies. Perhaps the most widely known figure of this name is Ailill mac Máta, the husband of Medb in the Táin Bó Cuailnge [Cattle Raid of Cooley]. Eoin Mac-Neill once suggested that some Ailills, despite different epithets, may be identical or may have borrowed aspects of each other's histories. The name was once arbitrarily latinized as Elias and anglicized as Oliver.

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Ailill

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1. The leader of a Connacht war-party, he fought a battle with Fothad Canainne, who had taken away his wife with her consent.

2. Son of Eochaid Mugmedón and Mongfhind in Echtra Mac nEchach Muigmedóin [The Adventure of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedón]. He accedes to the seniority of his half-brother, Niall Noígiallach [of the Nine Hostages].

3. Father of Étaín in Tochmarc Étaín in *Tochmarc Étaíne [The Wooing of Étaíne].

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Ailill

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Ailill ♂ (Irish) Traditional name meaning ‘elf’; borne by several characters in Irish mythology.

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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Ailill." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Ailill." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Ailill.html

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