Niamh

Also known as: Niamh of the Golden Hair / Niamh of the Golden Head / golden-haired Niamh · Family: Country of the Young · Role: princess · First appears: The Fianna · The End of the Fianna · The Call of Oisin

Niamh declared her love for Oisin, saying, “I have given my love and my affection to your own son, Oisin of the strong hands.” After he chose to go with her, Oisin bade farewell to Finn and the Fianna, and left with Niamh on her horse for the Country of the Young.

In Oisin’s telling, he married Niamh of the Golden Hair there. They had two sons, whom Niamh named Finn (son of Oisin) and Osgar (son of Niamh), and a daughter, The Flower, whose name Oisin gave.

Relationship record

Life events

• Niamh declared her love for Oisin and bound him to come with her to the Country of the Young.(The Fianna · The End of the Fianna · The Call of Oisin)
  • With: Oisin
  • “But O King of the Fianna,” she said, “I have given my love and my affection to your own son, Oisin of the strong hands.”
• Oisin accepted Niamh’s invitation and agreed to go with her.(The Fianna · The End of the Fianna · The Call of Oisin)
  • With: Oisin
  • “And after she had made that song, Oisin said: ‘O pleasant golden-haired queen, you are my choice beyond the women of the world; and I will go with you willingly,’ he said.”
• Oisin bade farewell to Finn and the Fianna, then departed with Niamh on her horse.(The Fianna · The End of the Fianna · The Call of Oisin)
  • With: Oisin Finn
  • “And with that he kissed Finn his father and bade him farewell, and he bade farewell to the rest of the Fianna, and he went up then on the horse with Niamh.”
• In Oisin's telling, he left Finn and the Fianna and went away with Niamh.(The Fianna · Oisin and Patrick · Oisin's Story · Part 1 · 📍 the Country of the Young)
  • With: Oisin
  • “And Patrick bade him to tell what happened him the time he left Finn and the Fianna and went away with Niamh. And it is the story Oisin told:--“The time I went away with golden-haired Niamh, we turned our backs to the land, and our faces westward, and the sea was going away before us, and filling up in waves after us.”
• In Oisin's telling, he married Niamh of the Golden Hair.(The Fianna · Oisin and Patrick · Oisin's Story · Part 1 · 📍 the Country of the Young)
  • With: Oisin
  • “And that is the way I married Niamh of the Golden Hair, and that is the way I went to the Country of the Young, although it is sorrowful to me to be telling it now, O Patrick from Rome,” said Oisin.”
• In Oisin's telling, he and Niamh had two sons and a daughter, whom they named Finn, Osgar, and The Flower.(The Fianna · Oisin and Patrick · Oisin's Story · Part 1)
  • With: Oisin Finn (son of Oisin) Osgar (son of Niamh) The Flower
  • “Two beautiful children I had by Niamh,” said Oisin, “two young sons and a comely daughter. And Niamh gave the two sons the name of Finn and of Osgar, and the name I gave to the daughter was The Flower.”

The Fianna · The End of the Fianna · The Call of Oisin

• courtship with Oisin “‘My husband is not gone from me,’ she said, ‘for I never went yet to any man. But O King of the Fianna,’ she said, ‘I have given my love and my affection to your own son, Oisin of the strong hands.’”
• admired: Oisin “But O King of the Fianna,” she said, “I have given my love and my affection to your own son, Oisin of the strong hands.”

The Fianna · Oisin and Patrick · Oisin's Story · Part 1

• married with Oisin “And that is the way I married Niamh of the Golden Hair, and that is the way I went to the Country of the Young, although it is sorrowful to me to be telling it now, O Patrick from Rome,”
• child: Finn (son of Oisin) “Two beautiful children I had by Niamh,” said Oisin, “two young sons and a comely daughter. And Niamh gave the two sons the name of Finn and of Osgar, and the name I gave to the daughter was The Flower.”
• child: Osgar (son of Niamh) “Two beautiful children I had by Niamh,” said Oisin, “two young sons and a comely daughter. And Niamh gave the two sons the name of Finn and of Osgar, and the name I gave to the daughter was The Flower.”
• child: The Flower “Two beautiful children I had by Niamh,” said Oisin, “two young sons and a comely daughter. And Niamh gave the two sons the name of Finn and of Osgar, and the name I gave to the daughter was The Flower.”

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Extracted from the original text of Gods and Fighting Men. Made with Rho MD.