Fionn

[ fyoon, fin ]

nounIrish Legend.
  • Also called Fionn Mac·Cumal [muh-kool]. /məˈkul/.

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How to use Fionn in a sentence

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

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  • 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.