Cath Finntrágha, the Glossary

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1. 24 relations: Acallam na Senórach, Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, Buile Shuibhne, County Kerry, Dáire, Dáire Doimthech, Derick Thomson, Dingle Peninsula, Dundrum, County Down, Early Modern Irish, Fenian Cycle, Fianna, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Irish mythology, John O'Donovan (scholar), Kenneth C. Flint, Mythological Cycle, Norsemen, Oisín, Scottish Gaelic, Tuatha Dé Danann, Ulster Cycle, Ventry, War poetry.

Acallam na Senórach

Acallam na Senórach (Agallamh na Seanórach, whose title in English has been given variously as Colloquy of the Ancients, Tales of the Elders of Ireland, The Dialogue of the Ancients of Ireland, etc.), is an important prosimetric Middle Irish narrative dating to 1200. Cath Finntrágha and Acallam na Senórach are Fenian Cycle.

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Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair

Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (c. 1698–1770), legal name Alexander MacDonald, or, in Gaelic Alasdair MacDhòmhnaill, was a Scottish war poet, satirist, lexicographer, and memoirist.

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Buile Shuibhne

Buile Shuibhne or Buile Suibne (The Madness of Suibhne or Suibhne's Frenzy) is a medieval Irish tale about Suibhne mac Colmáin, king of the Dál nAraidi, who was driven insane by the curse of Saint Rónán Finn. Cath Finntrágha and Buile Shuibhne are early Irish literature.

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County Kerry

County Kerry (Contae Chiarraí) is a county on the southwest coast of Ireland, within the province of Munster and the Southern Region.

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Dáire

Dáire is an Old Irish name which fell out of use at an early period, remaining restricted essentially to legendary and ancestral figures, usually male.

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Dáire Doimthech

Dáire Doimthech (Dáire "poor house"), alias Dáire Sírchréchtach ("the ever-wounded"), son of Sithbolg, was a legendary King of Tara and High King of Ireland, and one of the eponymous ancestors of the proto-historical Dáirine and historical Corcu Loígde of Munster.

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Derick Thomson

Derick Smith Thomson (Scottish Gaelic: Ruaraidh MacThòmais; 5 August 1921, Stornoway – 21 March 2012, Glasgow) was a Scottish poet, publisher, lexicographer, academic and writer.

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Dingle Peninsula

The Dingle Peninsula (Corca Dhuibhne; anglicised as Corkaguiny or Corcaguiny, the name of the corresponding barony) is the northernmost of the major peninsulas in County Kerry.

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Dundrum, County Down

Dundrum is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Early Modern Irish

Early Modern Irish (Classical Irish) represented a transition between Middle Irish and Modern Irish.

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Fenian Cycle

The Fenian Cycle, Fianna Cycle or Finn Cycle (an Fhiannaíocht) is a body of early Irish literature focusing on the exploits of the mythical hero Finn or Fionn mac Cumhaill and his warrior band the Fianna. Cath Finntrágha and Fenian Cycle are early Irish literature.

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Fianna

Fianna (singular Fian; Fèinne) were small warrior-hunter bands in Gaelic Ireland during the Iron Age and early Middle Ages. Cath Finntrágha and Fianna are Fenian Cycle.

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Fionn mac Cumhaill

Fionn mac Cumhaill (Scottish Gaelic:; Old and Find or Finn mac Cumail or mac Umaill), often anglicized Finn McCool or MacCool, is a hero in Irish mythology, as well as in later Scottish and Manx folklore. Cath Finntrágha and Fionn mac Cumhaill are Fenian Cycle.

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Irish mythology

Irish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland.

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John O'Donovan (scholar)

John O'Donovan (Seán Ó Donnabháin; 25 July 1806 – 10 December 1861), from Atateemore, in the parish of Kilcolumb, County Kilkenny, and educated at Hunt's Academy, Waterford, was an Irish language scholar from Ireland.

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Kenneth C. Flint

Kenneth C. Flint (born June 23, 1947) is an American fantasy novelist.

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Mythological Cycle

The Mythological Cycle is a conventional grouping within Irish mythology. Cath Finntrágha and Mythological Cycle are early Irish literature.

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Norsemen

The Norsemen (or Norse people) were a North Germanic linguistic group of the Early Middle Ages, during which they spoke the Old Norse language.

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Oisín

Oisín, Osian, Ossian, or anglicized as Osheen was regarded in legend as the greatest poet of Ireland, a warrior of the Fianna in the Ossianic or Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. Cath Finntrágha and Oisín are Fenian Cycle.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic (endonym: Gàidhlig), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Tuatha Dé Danann

The Tuatha Dé Danann (meaning "the folk of the goddess Danu"), also known by the earlier name Tuath Dé ("tribe of the gods"), are a supernatural race in Irish mythology.

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Ulster Cycle

The Ulster Cycle (an Rúraíocht), formerly known as the Red Branch Cycle, is a body of medieval Irish heroic legends and sagas of the Ulaid. Cath Finntrágha and Ulster Cycle are early Irish literature.

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Ventry

Ventry, officially Ceann Trá, is a Gaeltacht village in County Kerry, Ireland, on the Dingle Peninsula, 7 kilometres west of Dingle.

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War poetry

War poetry is poetry on the topic of war.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cath_Finntrágha

Also known as Battle of Ventry, Battle of the White Strand, Cath Finntrága, Cath Fionntrágha, Dáire Donn, The Battle of Ventry.