Fenian cycle

American  

noun

1. the cycle of legends describing and glorifying the bravery, battles, and wandering life of the Irish Fenians, especially under the leadership of Finn.

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Example Sentences

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

But the Fenian cycle has not been forgotten.

From Gods and Fighting Men by Gregory, Lady

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

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 Reid, Stephen

So much was this the case that a story was skilfully invented which linked in imagination the Fenian cycle to a Christianized Ireland.

From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Reid, Stephen