Fomorian

Also Fo·mor

[foh-mawr-ee-uhn]

noun

Irish Legend.

1. one of a race of pirates or sea demons who raided and pillaged Ireland but were finally defeated: sometimes associated with the hostile powers of nature.

Example Sentences

All the Scottish gods were giants, like the Fomorians of Ireland.

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Then the Fomorians, seeing their chief overcome, dropped their arms, and sued for quarter.

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In Balor of Tory Island the great Fomorian chief, we have another giant, with an eye at the back of his head, which dealt destruction to all who encountered its gaze.

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The Fomorians The Partholanians, it is said, had to do battle with a strange race, called the Fomorians, of whom we shall hear much in later sections of this book.

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The few Nemedians who escaped alive after their great battle with the Fomorians, fled into the interior of the island.

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