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Fionn and wrote
After the death of John, Michael wrote Clough Fionn ( 1852 ), and The Town of the Cascades ( 1864 ).

Fionn and holds
" Local legend holds that the rock was split as a result of an argument between two giants on the Slieve Gamph mountains ( Ox Mountains ), one of whom was Fionn MacCumhaill.

Fionn and was
Goll killed Fionn's father, Cumhal, in battle and the boy Fionn was brought up in secrecy.
Fionn mac Cumhaill ( ; ; ), known in English as Finn McCool, was a mythical hunter-warrior of Irish mythology, occurring also in the mythologies of Scotland and the Isle of Man.
After that his heritage was recognised and he was given command of the Fianna: Goll willingly stepped aside, and became a loyal follower of Fionn, although in many stories their alliance is uneasy and feuds occur.
Fionn's hounds, Bran and Sceolan, who were once human themselves, recognised she was human, and Fionn spared her.
She and Fionn married and she was soon pregnant.
Finn Mac Cool, or Fionn mac Cumhaill, was reputed to have built a stronghold at the Hill of Allen, on the edge of the Bog of Allen, in what was then Leinster.
O ' Mahony, who was a Celtic scholar, named his organization after the Fianna, the legendary band of Irish warriors led by Fionn mac Cumhaill ..
Legend has it that the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill was born in Conn's time.
It was in Fiacal's house that she gave birth to a son, Deimne, who was later renamed Fionn.
When he was ten, Fionn came to Tara put himself into Conn's service.
In the well-known story " The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne ", Gráinne was betrothed to Fionn, but instead ran off with a young warrior of the fianna, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne.
Diarmuid and Fionn were eventually reconciled, but Fionn later contrived Diarmuid's death during a boar hunt, but was shamed by his son Oisín into making amends to Gráinne.
Years later, however, Fionn invited Diarmuid on a boar hunt, and Diarmuid was badly gored by a giant boar on the heath of Benn Gulbain.
As such, he has some connection to the Irish hero Fionn mac Cumhail, whose grandfather was Nuada.
In Irish folklore, Cú Chulainn ( usually spelled Cuhullin ) was later reimagined as an evil giant at odds with Fionn mac Cumhaill ( or Finn McCool ).
The Diord Fionn was the war-cry of the Fianna, and they frequently employed its use prior to and amid battle, either as a mode of communication or to put fear into their enemies.
Goll mac Morna ( or Goal mac Morn ) was a member of the fianna and an uneasy ally of Fionn mac Cumhail in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology.
Cumhall was a suitor for the hand of Muirne, daughter of the druid Tadg mac Nuadat, future mother of Fionn mac Cumhaill, but Tadg refused him, so he and Muirne eloped.
Cumhall was killed in the Battle of Cnucha, as recounted in the Middle Irish tale Cath Cnucha, by Goll mac Morna, who took over leadership of the fian, but Muirne was already pregnant with his son, Fionn.

Fionn and 2006
* The End of History ( album ), a 2006 album by Fionn Regan
* An Underwood typewriter is featured on Fionn Regan's 2006 album The End of History.
In 2006 the label had a memorable year with Midlake, The Dears, Howling Bells, and Fionn Regan all having great success, and in 2007 as the 10th anniversary celebrations saw them host two nights at the Royal Festival Hall, with special guests Paul Weller, Romeo and Tom from Editors, the year was capped off by Fionn Regan being nominated for a Mercury Prize Best Album Of The Year.

Fionn and born
He survived into the time of Fionn mac Cumhail, becoming the repository of all knowledge of Ireland and all history along with a magical hawk who was born at the same time as him.
Muirne's son, Fionn, was born and brought up in secret, and when he grew up he took the leadership of the fianna from Goll, and demanded satisfaction for his father's death from Tadg, threatening war or single combat if he was refused.

Fionn and Finn
The Fianna of the story are divided into the Clann Baiscne, led by Fionn mac Cumhaill ( often rendered as " Finn MacCool ", Finn Son of Cumhall ), and the Clann Morna, led by his enemy, Goll mac Morna.
Ossian is based on Oisín, son of Finn or Fionn mac Cumhaill, anglicised to Finn McCool, a character from Irish mythology.
The young Fionn met the leprechaun-like druid and poet Finn Eces, or Finnegas, near the river Boyne and studied under him.
In both Irish and Manx popular folklore, Fionn mac Cumhail ( known as " Finn McCool " or " Finn MacCooill " respectively ) is portrayed as a magical, benevolent giant.
The most famous story attached to this version of Fionn tells of how one day, while sucking his magic thumb ( which allows him to see anything going on anywhere ), Finn sees that the giant Cuhullin ( or, in the Manx version, a buggane ) is coming to fight him.
One such story is that of how Fionn mac Cumhaill (" Finn McCool ") lured his rival Diarmuid Ua Duibhne to his death — gored by a wild boar.
Other characters of the same name include the later High Kings Nuadu Finn Fáil and Nuadu Necht, and Nuada, the maternal grandfather of Fionn mac Cumhaill.
* Finn or Fionn is Irish for " blonde ", " bright " or " fair "):
** Fionn mac Cumhail ( Finn mac Cumhal ; anglicised to Finn McCool ), a legendary warrior of Irish mythology
Legend tells of an Irish warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill ( Finn MacCool ), who built a causeway to Scotland.
In 1761 he announced the discovery of an epic on the subject of Fingal ( related to the Irish mythological character Fionn mac Cumhaill / Finn McCool ) written by Ossian ( based on Fionn's son Oisín ), and in December he published Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem in Six Books, together with Several Other Poems composed by Ossian, the Son of Fingal, translated from the Gaelic Language, written in the musical measured prose of which he had made use in his earlier volume.
* Legends of Fionn mac Cumhaill also known by many other names including Finn MacCool, have it that he built the Giant's Causeway as stepping-stones to Scotland, so as not to get his feet wet ; and that he also once scooped up part of Ireland to fling it at a rival, but it missed and landed in the Irish Sea — the clump became the Isle of Man and the pebble became Rockall, the void became Lough Neagh.
An old Irish story tells how the Lough was formed when Ireland's legendary giant Fionn mac Cumhaill ( Finn McCool ) scooped up a portion of the land and tossed it at a Scottish rival.
While studying with the poet Finn Eces, Fionn accidentally eats the Salmon of Knowledge, and is admitted to the court of the High King at Tara, after passing three strenuous tests.
Duanaire Finn: The Book of the Lays of Fionn.
In Irish mythology, the hero Fingal is known as Fionn mac Cumhaill, and it is suggested that Macpherson rendered the name as Fingal ( meaning " white stranger ") through a misapprehension of the name which in old Gaelic would appear as Finn.
The legend has Fionn or Finn building the causeway between Ireland and Scotland.

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