Fenian cycle
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But the Fenian cycle has not been forgotten.
From Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory
When we come to the Fenian cycle there is a well-defined borderland between them and Christianity.
From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Stephen Reid
A closer, a simpler humanity than that of the other cycles pervades the Fenian cycle, a greater chivalry, a greater courtesy, and a greater tenderness.
From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Stephen Reid
In this manner an opportunity was afforded to the Leinster-Munster Fenian cycle to develop into a national saga.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
John MacNeill has pointed out Finn’s connexion with a Firbolg tribe, and maintains that the Fenian cycle was the property of the subject race.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
