Two of the greatest of the Irish tales, Tóraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne ( The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne ) and Oisín in Tír na nÓg form part of the cycle.

Based at Donegal Castle in Dún na nGall ( modern Donegal Town ), the O ' Donnell Kings of Tír Chonaill were traditionally inaugurated at Doon Rock near Kilmacrenan.

* They are associated with the Tír na nÓg, the land of the dead and the Sidhe, in Gaelic folklore, and as such frequently appear in Scottish, Irish, and English folksongs and ballads in association with death, or fairies, or returning from the grave.

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More generally, the series draws from many mythological sources as inspirations, especially Celtic ( see Tír na nÓg ), Norse mythology, and Arthurian legend.

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Niamh crossed the Western Sea on a magical horse, Embarr, and asked Fionn mac Cumhail if his son Oisín would come with her to Tír na nÓg ( the Land of Youth ).

Oisín was a member of the Fianna and, though he fell in love with Niamh during their time together in Tír na nÓg, he became homesick after what he thought was three years.

The three years he spent in Tír na nÓg turned out to be 300 Irish years.

The name Oisin probably originated in the myth of Tír na nÓg.

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He explored the Land of the Young ( Irish Tír na nÓg ) in the company of an unscrupulous dwarf called Ukko ( Finnish for " old man ", and the name of the Finnish pagan Thunder god ), fighting monsters and mercenaries in the fantasy tradition.

Her otherworld homeland, Tír na nÓg ( the Land of the Young ), provides the name of the series ' setting.

The kelda in Wee Free Men also states that " in our tongue you'd be Tir-far-thóinn " ( an alternative name for Tír na nÓg ), suggesting that in private their speech may be closer to Irish or Scottish Gaelic.

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Contrary to Granny Weatherwax, and indeed the stereotype of witches in general, Nanny Ogg does not live in an isolated, crumbly rural cottage but in an expansive and well-looked after town house in the capital of Lancre ( with her eldest and youngest sons living to either side ), called Tir Nani Ogg (" Nanny Ogg's place ," and a pun on the Tír na nÓg, the Gaelic name for the Land of the Ever-Young ).

* Tír na nÓg, an Otherworld in Irish mythology

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This is in reference to both the old túath of Tír Chonaill and the earldom that succeeded it.

Its English name is derived from the Irish name Leitirceanainn, meaning " Hillside of the O ' Cannons " – the O ' Cannons being the last of the ancient chieftains of Tír Conaill.

It is joined at the south to the rest of County Donegal, the part known as Tír Conaill, and by County Londonderry.

Grandfather tells them the horse is called " Tír na nÓg " and relates a version of the story of Oisín going to Tír na nÓg, the mythical Otherworld.

* In Shadowmagic, a novel and podiobook by John Lenahan, Oisín is the king of Tír na nÓg and the father of Connor, the lead character.

When he is followed by a beautiful white horse called Tír na nÓg ( meaning " Land of Eternal Youth " in Irish ), from the sea to Dublin, where the boys and their father now live, the boys are overwhelmed with joy and the dreams of becoming cowboys.

They escape the poverty of a north Dublin council estate, and " Into the West " where they find that Tír na nÓg is not just a horse.

O ' Donnell ( Irish: Ó Dónaill or Ó Domhnaill ), which is derived from the forename Domhnall ( meaning " world ruler ", Rex Mundi in Latin, Modern Irish spelling, Dónall ) were an ancient and powerful Irish family, kings, princes, and lords of Tír Chonaill ( rendered in English as Tyrconnell or Tyrconnel, known today as County Donegal ) in early times, and the chief allies and sometimes rivals of the O ' Neills in Ulster.

Conall Gulban ( died c. 464 ) was an Irish king who founded the kingdom of Tír Conaill in the 5th century, comprising much of what is now County Donegal.

Eoghan, King of Tír Eoghain, and Prince of Inis Eoghain is buried at St. Patrick's Church in Iskaheen, Innishowen, Donegal.

Tír na nÓg (; " Land of the Young ") is the most popular of the Otherworlds in Irish mythology.

Tír na nÓg is similar to other mythical Irish lands such as Mag Mell and Ablach.

He goes home on Niamh's magical horse, but she warns him that if he lets his feet touch the ground, he will be barred from Tír na nÓg forever ; however, the truth is that the weight of all those years would descend upon him in a moment, and he would wither with age and die.

The arms of the historic province of Ulster is a composite achievement, combining the heraldic symbols of two of that province's best known families, namely the cross of de Burgh and the red hand motif adopted by the O Neill ( Ua Néill, later Ó Néill ) Kings of Ailech and Tír Eoghan.

An immram (; plural immrama ;,, voyage ) is a class of Old Irish tales concerning a hero's sea journey to the Otherworld ( see Tír na nÓg and Mag Mell ).

Echtrai ) is one of a category of Old Irish literature about a hero's adventures in the Otherworld ( see Tír na nÓg and Mag Mell ); the otherworldly setting is the distinctive trait of these tales.