In Irish mythology, the beginning of the summer season for the Tuatha Dé Danann and the Milesians started at Bealtaine.

The banshee ( ), from the Irish bean sí (" woman of the sídhe " or " woman of the fairy mounds ") is a feminine spirit in Irish mythology, usually seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld.

* Irish mythology in popular culture

According to Irish mythology, Donn, or the Dark One, is the Lord of the Dead and father of Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, whom he gave to Aengus Óg to be nurtured.

This refers to Cethlenn, a figure in Irish mythology who may have been a goddess.

It is often considered to be related to the phonetically similar Caladbolg, a sword borne by several figures from Irish mythology, although a borrowing of Caledfwlch from Irish Caladbolg has been considered unlikely by Rachel Bromwich and D. Simon Evans.

( Irish mythology mentions a weapon Caladbolg, the sword of Fergus mac Roich.

According to German and Danish folklore, the Erlkönig appears as an omen of death, much like the banshee in Irish mythology.

* Goddesses of Insular ( Welsh, Irish ) mythology: Mórrígan-Nemain-Macha-Badb, Brigid, Ériu, Danu

Goddesses or demi-goddesses appear in sets of three in a number of ancient European pagan mythologies ; these include the Greek Erinyes ( Furies ) and Moirai ( Fates ); the Norse Norns ; Brighid and her two sisters, also called Brighid, from Irish or Keltoi mythology.

Reference to Imbolc is made in Irish mythology, in the Tochmarc Emire of the Ulster Cycle.

Imbolc was one of the four cross-quarter days referred to in Irish mythology, the others being Beltane, Lughnasadh and Samhain.

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The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branch and the Historical Cycle.

The three main manuscript sources for Irish mythology are the late 11th / early 12th century Lebor na hUidre which is in the library of the Royal Irish Academy, the early 12th century Book of Leinster in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, and the Rawlinson manuscript B 502 ( Rawl.

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The Morrígan (" phantom queen ") or Mórrígan (" great queen "), also written as Morrígu or in the plural as Morrígna, and spelt Morríghan or Mór-ríoghain in Modern Irish, is a figure from Irish mythology who appears to have been considered a goddess, although she is not explicitly referred to as such in the texts.

See: Irish mythology in popular culture: The Morrígan

* Oscar ( Irish mythology ), the warrior son of Oisín and Niamh

Ossian is based on Oisín, son of Finn or Fionn mac Cumhaill, anglicised to Finn McCool, a character from Irish mythology.

The earliest associations of 1 November with All Saints are thus found in 8th century sources of Northwestern Europe ( Anglo-Saxon and German ), while the earliest references to the Irish festival of Samhain are found in sources of Irish mythology compiled in the 10th century and later.

In many Gaelic tales the aos sí are later, literary versions of the Tuatha Dé Danann (" People of the Goddess Danu ") – the deities and deified ancestors of Irish mythology.

The Tuatha Dé Danann (" peoples of the goddess Danu ",, ) are a race of people in Irish mythology.

In Irish mythology, Queen Achtland married one of the Tuatha Dé Danann who were the people of the goddess Danu.

In Irish mythology, Elcmar or Ecmar ( modern spelling: Ealcmhar ) was the husband of Boann and belonged to the semi-divine race the Tuatha de Danann, the people of Danu.

The genitive form of Old Irish Danu is Danann, and the dative Danainn.

Irish Danu is not identical with Vedic Dānu but rather descends from a Proto-Celtic * Danona, which may contain the suffix-on-also found in other theonyms such as Matrona, Maqonos / Maponos and Catona.

* Danu ( Irish goddess ) ( Dana in modern Irish ), the Celtic mother goddess

Sláine's goddess, Danu, and her tribes, the Tuatha Dé Danann, come from the Irish Mythological Cycle, although the worship of a universal mother goddess of the earth is not Celtic and comes from speculations about prehistoric European culture and religion by the likes of Marija Gimbutas and Robert Graves.

* * Deh < sub > 2 </ sub > nu-' River goddess ' is reconstructed ( Mallory & Adams 2006, p. 434 ) from Sanskrit Danu, Irish Danu ; Welsh Dôn, and a masc.

The Tribes of the Goddess Danu, the mysterious race of gods and sub-gods from Irish mythology.

Patrick K. Ford asserts that she is the equivalent of the Irish Danu and of the Gaulish goddess " whose name is preserved in the river name Danube ( Donau )".

* Danu ( Irish goddess )

* Danu ( Irish goddess ), an Irish water goddess with many similar characteristics

Gerry Adams (; born 6 October 1948 ) is an Irish republican politician and Teachta Dála ( TD ) for the constituency of Louth.

According to Irish legend, as a young girl Ní Mháille wished to go on a trading expedition to Spain with her father, and on being told she could not because her long hair would catch in the ship's ropes, she cut off most of her hair to embarrass her father into taking her, thus earning her the nickname " Gráinne Mhaol " (; from maol bald or having cropped hair ).

William Thomas " W. T ." Cosgrave (; 6 June 1880 – 16 November 1965 ), was an Irish politician who succeeded Michael Collins as Chairman of the Irish Provisional Government from August to December 1922.

John Aloysius Costello (; 20 June 1891 – 5 January 1976 ), a successful barrister, was one of the main legal advisors to the government of the Irish Free State after independence, Attorney General of Ireland from 1926 – 1932 and Taoiseach from 1948 – 1951 and 1954 – 1957.

Camogie (; formerly called camoguidheacht ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women ; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men.

Conradh na Gaeilge (; abbreviated CnaG and historically known by its English name, the Gaelic League ) is a non-governmental organisation that promotes the Irish language in Ireland and elsewhere.

In Irish mythology, Ériu (; modern Irish Éire ), daughter of Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann, was the eponymous matron goddess of Ireland.

The Red Branch (; alternatively, ) is the name of two of the three royal houses of the king of Ulster, Conchobar mac Nessa, at his capital Emain Macha ( Navan Fort, near Armagh ), in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.

Tailtiu or Tailltiu (; modern spelling: Taillte ) ( also known as Talti ) is the name of a presumed goddess from Irish mythology.

(; plural ) is the Irish language word meaning an Irish-speaking region.

Sinéad Marie Bernadette O ' Connor (; born 8 December 1966 ) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra.

Patrick John Hillery (; 2 May 1923 – 12 April 2008 ) was an Irish politician and the sixth President of Ireland from 1976 until 1990.

Dáil Éireann (; ) is the lower house, but principal chamber, of the Oireachtas ( Irish parliament ), which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann ( the upper house ).

Domhnall Ua Buachalla (; 5 February 1866 – 30 October 1963 ) was an Irish politician, shopkeeper and member of the First Dáil who served as third and final Governor-General of the Irish Free State and later served as a member of the Council of State.

Cumann na nGaedheal (; " Society of the Gaels "), sometimes spelt Cumann na nGaedhael, was an Irish language name given to two Irish political parties, the second of which became the modern Fine Gael party.

Douglas Hyde (; 17 January 1860 – 12 July 1949 ), known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn (" The Pleasant Little Branch "), was an Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945.

John Mitchel (; 3 November 1815 – 20 March 1875 ) was an Irish nationalist activist, solicitor and political journalist.