Fianna — Minor Figures

42 figures from Gods and Fighting Men who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Aelchinn of Cruachan

warrior · first appears The Fianna · The Battle of the White Strand · The Great Fight · Part 1

The Fianna · The Battle of the White Strand · The Great Fight · Part 1 · enemies with Daire Donn “But two of the men of your Fianna fell on them,” he said, “Cairell the Battle Striker, and Aelchinn of Cruachan, and made an end of them. But they were not able to wound the King of the World,” he said, “but the two of them fell together by him.”
The Fianna · The Battle of the White Strand · The Great Fight · Part 1 · lord: Finn “And Finn was over the battle, encouraging the Fianna; and the King of the World was on the other side encouraging the foreigners.”

warrior · first appears The Fianna · Cnoc-an-air · Tailc, Son of Treon

The Fianna · Cnoc-an-air · Tailc, Son of Treon · parent: Finn “So Conan went then to Liath Ard, and Aodh Beag and Finn's hounds along with him. And as to Finn, he lay down to sleep, and it was not long till he saw through his sleep Aodh Beag his son, and he without his head.”

first appears The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · The Wedding at Ceann Slieve · Part 2

The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · The Wedding at Ceann Slieve · Part 2 · patron: Finn “The two Brans went on then to Conan's house, and Finn made them welcome;”

first appears The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · The Wedding at Ceann Slieve · Part 2

The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · The Wedding at Ceann Slieve · Part 2 · patron: Finn “The two Brans went on then to Conan's house, and Finn made them welcome;”

first appears The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · The King of Britain's Son

The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · The King of Britain's Son · parent: Finn “two sons of Finn, Raighne Wide Eye and Cainche the Crimson-Red”

Druid · first appears The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · Finn's Household

The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · Finn's Household · employer: Finn “And besides the fighting men, Finn had with him his five Druids, the best that ever came into the west, Cainnelsciath, of the Shining Shield, one of them was, that used to bring down knowledge from the clouds in the sky before Finn, and that could foretell battles.”