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Dagda, the - father of Eire, Fodla, Banba (27), Angus Og (33), Bodb Dearg (43), Brigit (64), Cermait (72), Ainge and Diancecht (81).. Known as a good builder, he was ordered by Bres to build raths (33). Styled 'the good god' (63) and 'the Red Man of all Knowledge' (80), he got a dreadful wound from a spear thrown by Ceithlenn in the second battle of Magh Tuireadh (65) and he owned a magic harp called Uaitne (67). His house was at the Brugh na Boinne, where Dichu was his steward and Len Linfiaclach was the smith (81). His personal name was Eochaid O Uathair, and he had a magical club which could slay or heal (DIM).

Dalbaech - see Elathan (1) (35)

Dalbh - see Goll (121)

Dana - greatest of the women of the Tuatha de Danaan (from whom they take their name), she was called the Mother of the Gods (28)

De Domnann - see Indech (61)

Debrann - owned Cailcheir, the swine that was called by Corann's harping (81)

Delbaeth (1) - see Elathan (3) (61)

Delbaith (2) - see Eri (35)

Denda Ulad - one of the twelve chief mountains of Ireland (q.v.) (62)

Deorgreine - a Tear of the Sun, daughter of Fiachna, she was given to Laegaire as his wife in Magh Mell (123)

Derc-Loch - one of the twelve chief lochs of Ireland (q.v.) (62)

Dergcroche - son of Bodb, he and his brother Rudrach were the two kings of Inislocha (13th7)

Dianan - one of two witches of the Tuatha De Danaan (the other was Bechulle) who had the power to turn trees and stones and sods of earth into an armed host (62)

Diancecht - father of Miach (34), he was a chief among the Tuatha de Danaan, and understood healing (27). He fashioned an arm of silver for Nuada, who had lost his own in battle (34). Also father of Octruil and Airmed, he restored slain warriors in the healing well of Slaine (64). His father was the Dagda and his harper was Corann (81).

Dichu - steward first to the Dagda (81) and then to Angus (82)

Dobar - the King of Siogair killed by Brian (55), he was the owner of two horses and a chariot that were among the payments that Lugh demanded from the sons of Tuireann for the death of Cian (49)

Doirenn - along with two other daughters of Midhir of the Yellow Hair, Aife and Aillbhe, she was given as wife to one of the three sons of Lugaidh Menn (79).

Dolb - the smith of the Fomor (63)

Donall Donn-Ruadh - styled 'of the Red-brown Hair', he was one of the sons of Manannan. His brothers included Sgoith Gleigeil, Goitne Gorm-Shuileach, and Sine Sindearg. His foster brother was Lugh (41).

Donn - one of the sons of Miled (q.v.), he and twenty-four others died when the ship he commanded was wrecked as the Sons of the Gael attempted their second landing in Ireland (73)

Druim Cain - Teamhair (q.v.) (31)

Druim na Descan - Teamhair (q.v.) (31)

Druim na Teine - the Ridge of Fire, the dwelling place of the three brothers, Goibniu, Samthainn, and Cian

Druimne - son of Luchair, he made a cooking oven for the Dagda at Teamhair (80)

Duach (1) - see Echaid (37)

Duach (2) - styled 'the Dark', husband of Taillte, he built the Fort of the Hostages in Teamhair, and organized the men of Ireland to cut down the wood of Cuan (68)

Dur-da-Bla - 'the Oak of Two Blossoms', it was another name for Uaitne (q.v.) (67)

Eab - son of Neid, he was one of the chief men of the Fomor (42)

Eadon - one of the greatest of the women of the Tuatha de Danaan, she was called the nurse of poets (27)

Eas Dara - in west Connacht, it is the harbour where Bres and his army landed in Ireland to battle Lugh (43)

Easal - the King of the Golden Pillars, he was the owner of seven self-regenerating pigs that were among the payments that Lugh demanded from the sons of Tuireann for the death of Cian (49). A daughter of Easal's was the wife of the King of Ioruaidh (56).

Eathfaigh - a messenger and tax-gatherer of the Fomor, he was one of the four hardest and most cruel, the other three being Eine, Coron, and Compar (41)

Echaid - styled 'the Rough', son of Duach, he was foster-father of Lugh (37)

Eimher - (Aevir) the son of Ir, he divided Ulster between himself and some other chiefs of the Sons of the Gael following the Battle of Tailltin. It was of his sons, that were called the Children of Rudraighe, and that lived in Emain Macha for 900 years, that both Fergus and Conall Cearnach were descended. (75)

Eine - a messenger and tax-gatherer of the Fomor, he was one of the four hardest and most cruel, the other three being Eathfaigh, Coron, and Compar (41)

Eire - variant of Eriu, one of the greatest of the women of the Tuatha de Danaan, she was one of three daughters of the Dagda who gave her name to Ireland (27)

Eithis - one of two Druids of the Sons of the Gael (the other was Aer) who was killed in the first battle against the Tuatha De Danaan, and was given a great burial (75)

Elathan (1) - the son of Dalbaech and a king of the Fomor, he was father of Bres by Eri, a woman of the Tuatha de Danaan (35). He came to her over the sea in a vessel of silver, himself having the appearance of a young man with yellow hair, wearing clothes of gold and five gold torcs (35).

Elathan (2) - son of Lobos, he was one of the Fomor who took part in the Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh (61)

Elathan (3) - son of Delbaeth, he was one of the Fomor who took part in the Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh (61)

Emhain Abhlach - (Avvin -------) an island paradise, the place to which Bran journeyed (105)

Emain Macha - the capitol of Ulster, named after the twins of Macha (DIM), the place where the Children of Rudraighe lived for 900 years (75)

Emmass - see Macha (65)

Eochaid (1) - (Eohee) son of Erc, he was king of the Firbolgs when the Tuatha de Danaan first came to Ireland (28)

Eochaid (2) - along with Fiacha and Ruide, one of the sons of Lugaidh Menn, King of Ireland (78)

Eochaid (3) - son of Sal, he was killed by Fiachna after capturing his wife (121)

Eochaid Feidlech - also called Airem, of the Plough, High King of Ireland, he wedded the reborn Etain (by whom he had a daughter, Esa), but lost her to Midhir in a chess game, but got her back by beseiging Bri Leith (96)

Eoghan - (Owen) brother of Tadg and Airnelach, he was captured by Cathmann and made to run a ferry (13th5), but was later rescued by Tadg (120)

Erc (1) - see Eochaid (1) (28)

Erc (2) - descended from the children of Sreng in Connacht, the son of Cairbre, he gave Cuchulain his death (31)

Erc (3) - son of Ethaman, he was a teller of tales for the Tuatha de Danaan (37)

Eremon - one of the sons of Miled (q.v.), he spoke with Eriu upon the hill of Uisnech (72)

Eri - a woman of the Tuatha de Danaan (32), the daughter of Delbaith, she was mother of Bres by Elathan, a king of the Fomor (35). She was the wife of Cethor (DIM).

Eriu - variant of Eire, the wife of MacGreine and a queen of the Tuatha De Danaan whose name was given to Ireland afterwards, she met the Sons of the Gael on the hill of Uisnech, and talked with Eremon. One moment she would be a wide-eyed beautiful queen, and the next she would be a sharp-beaked, grey-white crow (72). She led the Tuatha De Danaan in the first battle fought against the Sons of the Gael, but was beaten back to Tailltin where she was killed in the Battle of Tailltin (75).

Esa - daughter of Etain and Eochaid Feidlech (96)

Ess Dara - near Magh Tuireadh-2 (q.v.) (63)

Ess Ruadh - home of Ilbrech (77)

Etain - see Corpre (34)

Etain Echraide - the second wife of Midhir, she was driven out by Fuamach, taken in by Angus, turned into a fly by Fuamach, swallowed by Etar's wife, and reborn as Etain, later the wife of Eochaid Feidlech (by whom she had a daughter, Esa), who lost her to Midhir in a chess game, but got her back by attacking Midhir's stronghold at Bri Leith (95)

Etar - of Inver Cechmaine, King of the Riders of the Sidhe, his wife swallowed Etain in the form of a fly who fell into her drinking cup, and nine months later gave birth to her again (89)

Ethaman - see Erc (3) (37)

Ethlinn - daughter of Balor and Ceithlenn (42), she was mother of Lugh by Cian (37). Because a Druid foretold that Balor would get his death from his own grandson, Balor locked Ethlinn in a tower (attended by 12 women) to keep her away from men. Described as 'tall and beautiful', she came to Teamhair after the second battle of Magh Tuireadh, and married Tadg. By him, she was mother of Muirne and Tuiren. (68)

Ethne (1) - daughter of Tuireann and sister of Brian, Iuchar, and Iucharba (50)

Ethne (2) - the wife of Cormac (q.v.) (107)

Fachtna - physician to Eochaid Feidlech (91)

Fail-Inis - a beautiful whelp belonging to the King of Ioruaidh, the Cold Country, that was among the payments that Lugh demanded from the sons of Tuireann for the death of Cian (49). This king's wife was a daughter of Easal's (56).

Fais - the wife of Un, she was killed in the first battle fought between the Tuatha De Danaan and the Sons of the Gael, in the place later called the Valley of Fais (75)

Falias - styled 'great', one of the four cities of the Tuatha de Danaan before they came to Ireland. Its teacher was Morias, and its treasure was the Lia Fal, the Stone of Virtue (27)

Falga - see Island of Falga

Fand - daughter of Flidhais, her bright vessels were made by Len Linfiaclach (81). Manannan's wife, and Cuchulain's mistress (DIM).

Fathadh Canaan - descended from the line of Ith, he held sway over the whole world, taking hostages of the streams, the birds and the languages (76)

Feast of the Age - Manannan made this feast for the Tuatha de Danaan (after they were defeated) where they ate his magic swine and drank Goibniu's ale (77).

Febal - see Bran (103)

Fer Ferdiad - of the Tuatha De Danaan, he was a Druid and pupil of Manannan who was killed by him for causing the death of Tuag (97)

Ferdiad - descended from the children of Sreng in Connacht, he made a good fight against Cuchulain (31). He was one of the race called Gaileoin (76)

Fergus - the son of Rogh, he was descended from the line of the sons of Eimher (75)

Fergus Fithchiollach - of the chess, a son of Bodb Dearg, he was sent in search of the children of Lir (132)

Fertuinne - son of Trogain, he was a magician given by Bodb Dearg to the sons of Lugaidh Menn (79)

Fiacha - along with Eochaid and Ruide, one of the sons of Lugaidh Menn, King of Ireland (78)

Fiachna - son of Betach and father of Deorgreine (123), of the men of the Sidhe, his wife was captured by Eochaid, whom he killed, but she was then given to a nephew, Goll (121), but Goll was killed by Laegaire and Fiachna's wife was restored to him (122)

Fiachra - one of the four children of Lir and Aobh, he was turned into a swan by Aoife, Lir's jealous second wife (126)

Fianlug - see Cron (64)

Fianna of Ireland - a band of legendary soldiers and Finn was the head of them (68)

Figal - see Gamal (37)

Figol - son of Mamos, he was a Druid of the Tuatha de Danaan who had the power to cause showers of fire to fall on his enemies (62)

Findemas - see Findgoll (32)

Findgoll - son of Findemas, a Druid who advised Nechtan in the deceiving of King Bres (32)

Finias - one of the four cities of the Tuatha de Danaan before they came to Ireland. Its teacher was Arias, and its treasure was the Spear of Victory (27)

Finn - son of Muirne, he was Head of the Fianna of Ireland (68)

Fionn - one of the twelve chief rivers of Ireland (q.v.) (62)

Fionnuala - one of the four children of Lir and Aobh, she was turned into a swan by Aoife, Lir's jealous second wife (126)

Firbolg - styled 'the Men of the Bag', they were the people who lived in Ireland before the Tuatha de Danaan but after the people of Nemed, and they had come from the South (28)

First Battle of Magh Tuireadh - the first battle fought in Ireland by the Tuatha de Danaan (31). Begun at Midsummer, the Firbolgs were defeated after four days (30).

Flidais - Lugh wore the cloak of the daughters of Flidais when the sons of Tuireann returned to Ireland to pay him their fine (57)

Flidhais - see Fand (81)

Fodla - (Fola) daughter of the Dagda, wife of MacCecht, and a queen of the Tuatha De Danaan whose name was given to Ireland afterwards, she met the Sons of the Gael on Slieve Eibhline (71) and was killed in the Battle of Tailltin (75).

Fodhla - variant of Fodla (q.v.)

Fomor - people who lived beyond the sea or below the sea west of Ireland, they demanded heavy tribute from the Tuatha de Danaan. They were led bya giant and his mother, and they each had but one foot or one hand. They were friendly with the Firbolgs but jealous of the Tuatha de Danaan (32).

Ford of Destruction - the name given to the foot of Unius since the second battle of Magh Tuireadh (66)

Fort of the Hostages - in Teamhair, it was built by Duach (68)

Freagarthach - styled 'the Answerer', the sword of Manannan, whoever was wounded by it would never get away alive, and whoever it was bared against would lose their strength (41)

Fresen - a beautiful country, of which Cathmann was king, that lay to the south-east of the Great Plain (13th4)

Fuad - he and his brother Cuailgne, two of the best leaders of the Sons of the Gael, were both killed in the rout of the Tuatha De Danaan (he at Slieve Fuad), following the Battle of Tailltin (75)

Fuamach - the very jealous first wife of Midhir, she attempted to destroy Etain with magic, and was herself killed by Angus for it (89)

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