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Fintan

A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | | Copyright

Fintan, Finntan, Fintaan, Fionntan, Finntain (gen.) [proto-Celtic vindo-senos, white ancient (?); vindo-tenos, white fire (?)]. Name borne by numerous figures in early Ireland, secular and ecclesiastical, including seventy-four saints and pseudo-saints and dozens of names cited in genealogies and pedigrees. The best-known Fintan, usually cited without patronymic, is Fintan mac Bóchra.

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Fintan

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Fintan
1. The salmon of knowledge is known as Fintan in many early Irish texts. At Assaroe he sometimes bears the name Goll Essa Ruaid [one-eyed of the red waterfall].

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Fintan

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Fintan ♂ (Irish) Anglicized form of Fiontan.

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

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

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