Fomorian

American  

[foh-mawr-ee-uhn] / foʊˈmɔr i ən /

Also Fomor

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.

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Example Sentences

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

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For the whole Dedannan race stood in great dread of these Fomorian tax-collectors; so much so that no man dared even to chastise his own son without first seeking their consent.

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It may perhaps be explained by remembering that Tory Island, or Toirinis, was a stronghold of the Fomorians, whom Keating describes as "sea rovers of the race of Cam, who fared from Africa."

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Battle between the Fomorians and, 97; end of race by plague on the Old Plain, 97; Nemedians akin to, 101 Peibaw.

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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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