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Fionn

[ fyoon, fin ]

noun

, Irish Legend.


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Beautifully pictured and poetically told legends of Ireland's epic hero Fionn.

Fionn and Oisìn and Diarmid are the names oftenest heard, both in legend and proverbial allusion.

I gcaitheamh na h-oidhche dhibh d'iarr Fionn de Bhearachn an fada an saoghal a bhi gearrtha amach d n an raibh aon fhios aige air.

And the heart of Fionn grew light as he heard it, and the fortnight of waiting stretched long before him.

And so it befel at six of the doors, and Diarmid would not open them, lest his friends should come under the wrath of Fionn.

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