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Fial
Fial
1. Local divinity for whom the river Feale in counties Cork, Kerry, and Limerick is named. Before the Feale enters the Shannon, its name becomes the Cashen. 2. Elder sister of Emer and daughter of Forgall Manach. Cúchulainn rejected Fial because of her relations with Cairbre Nia Fer. 3. Wife of Lugaid mac Ítha, legendary founding ancestor of several Irish families. |
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Fial." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Fial." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Fial1.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Fial." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Fial1.html |
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Fial
Fial [Ir., modest, honourable, generous]. Name borne by several female personages of early Irish mythology and history.
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Fial." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Fial." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Fial.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Fial." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Fial.html |
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FIAL
FIAL Fellow of the International Institute of Arts and Letters
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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "FIAL." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "FIAL." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-FIAL.html FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "FIAL." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-FIAL.html |
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