Morna

Family: Sons of Morna · Role: parent of Daighre · First appears: The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Coming of Finn · Part 2

Morna’s children included Goll, who became Head of the Fianna, and Conan, described as “of the sharp words.” In Finn’s household, Morna’s son Daighre was among Finn’s five high poets and twelve musicians.

Relationship record

The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Coming of Finn · Part 2

• child: Goll “And it was the law at that gathering, no one to raise a quarrel or bring out any grudge against another through the whole of the time it lasted. And the king and his chief men, and Goll, son of Morna, that was now Head of the Fianna, and Caoilte, son of Ronan, and Conan, son of Morna, of the sharp words, were sitting at a feast in the great house of the Middle Court; and the young lad came in and took his place among them, and none of them knew who he was.”
• child: Conan “And it was the law at that gathering, no one to raise a quarrel or bring out any grudge against another through the whole of the time it lasted. And the king and his chief men, and Goll, son of Morna, that was now Head of the Fianna, and Caoilte, son of Ronan, and Conan, son of Morna, of the sharp words, were sitting at a feast in the great house of the Middle Court; and the young lad came in and took his place among them, and none of them knew who he was.”

The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Coming of Finn · Part 3

• child: Goll “And the king said to Goll, son of Morna: ‘Well, Goll,’ he said, ‘is it your choice to quit Ireland or to put your hand in Finn's hand?’”

The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · Finn's Household

• child: Daighre “And he had his five high poets and his twelve musicians, that had among them Daighre, son of Morna, and Suanach, son of Senshenn, that was Finn's teller of old stories, the sweetest that ever took a harp in his hand in Ireland or in Alban.”

The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Best Men of the Fianna · Part 1

• child: Goll “And while Oisin was in his young youth, Finn had other good men along with him, and the best of them were Goll, son of Morna, and Caoilte, son of Ronan, and Lugaidh's Son.”

The Fianna · The Battle of the White Strand · The First Fighters · Part 1

• child: Goll “‘I will do that,’ said Goll Garb, son of the King of Alban and of the daughter of Goll, son of Morna.”

The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · The Cave of Ceiscoran

• child: Goll “And they saw coming towards them a very tall man that was Goll, son of Morna, the Flame of Battle.”

The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · Donn Son of Midhir · Part 3

• child: Goll “And Goll, son of Morna, was sitting at the feast beside the king.”

The Fianna · Diarmuid · The Hard Servant · Part 1

• child: Conan “And tell me this, Conan, son of Morna,”

The Fianna · Diarmuid · The Hard Servant · Part 4

• child: Goll “And the sons of kings of the eastern and southern world came to his help, but they could make no stand against Finn and Osgar and Oisin and Goll, son of Morna.”

The Fianna · Diarmuid and Grania · The Flight from Teamhair · Part 1

• child: Goll “‘Tell me now,’ said Grania, ‘who is that man on the right hand of Oisin?’ ‘That is Goll, son of Morna,’ said the Druid, ‘the ready fighter.’”

The Fianna · Diarmuid and Grania · The Pursuit · Part 2

• child: Conan “There is Conan, son of Morna, and the rest of the sons of Morna along with him; and it is enemies to Finn we are, and you are a great deal more to us than he is, and you may come out and no one will dare lay a hand on you.”

The Fianna · Diarmuid and Grania · The Green Champions · Part 2

• child: Conan “Oisin, son of Finn, and Osgar, son of Oisin, and Lugaidh's Son of the Strong Hand, and Conan, son of Morna;”

The Fianna · The Wearing Away of the Fianna · The Quarrel with the Sons of Morna · Part 1

• child: Goll “And then he went on to Goll, son of Morna, and told the fights and the destructions and the cattle-drivings and the courtings of his fathers;”

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