Muirne

Role: mother of Finn · First appears: The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Great Battle of Magh Tuireadh · Part 3

Ethlinn and Tadg were the parents of Muirne, who became the mother of Finn. She was married to Cumhal, and her sister was Tuiren; Labran of the Long Hand was her brother.

After Finn was in the wood, Muirne took another husband, the king of Carraighe. At the end of six years she found Finn asleep in a hunting cabin, lifted him in her arms and kissed him, sang to him, then bade farewell and went away. Later, when Tadg asked her to seek weapons from Daire Donn, she refused, saying, “Do not be asking me,” for Daire Donn had been brought up in her father’s house.

Relationship record

Life events

Ethlinn and Tadg had a daughter, Muirne, who became Finn's mother.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Great Battle of Magh Tuireadh · Part 3)
- With: Ethlinn Tadg
- “And the children that were born to them were Muirne, mother of Finn, the Head of the Fianna of Ireland, and Tuiren, that was mother of Bran.”
Muirne took another husband, the king of Carraighe.(The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Coming of Finn · Part 1)
- “And Muirne, his mother, took another husband that was king of Carraighe;”
Muirne visited Finn in the wood, then said farewell and went away.(The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Coming of Finn · Part 1 · 📍 the wood)
- With: Finn
- “And Muirne, his mother, took another husband that was king of Carraighe; but at the end of six years she came to see Finn, going through every lonely place till she came to the wood, and there she found the little hunting cabin, and the boy asleep in it, and she lifted him up in her arms and kissed him, and she sang a little sleepy song to him; and then she said farewell to the women, and she went away again.”
Muirne refused Tadg’s request that she seek the weapons from Daire Donn.(The Fianna · The Battle of the White Strand · Labran's Journey)
- With: Tadg
- “‘Do not be asking me,’ said she, ‘to go against Daire Donn that was brought up in my father's house.’”

The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Great Battle of Magh Tuireadh · Part 3

parent: Ethlinn “And the children that were born to them were Muirne, mother of Finn, the Head of the Fianna of Ireland, and Tuiren, that was mother of Bran.”
parent: Tadg “And the children that were born to them were Muirne, mother of Finn, the Head of the Fianna of Ireland, and Tuiren, that was mother of Bran.”
child: Finn “Muirne, mother of Finn, the Head of the Fianna of Ireland”

The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Coming of Finn · Part 1

child: Finn “And his mother, that was beautiful long-haired Muirne, daughter of Tadg, son of Nuada of the Tuatha de Danaan and of Ethlinn, mother of Lugh of the Long Hand, did not dare to keep him with her; and two women, Bodhmall, the woman Druid, and Liath Luachra, came and brought him away to care him.”
parent: Tadg “And his mother, that was beautiful long-haired Muirne, daughter of Tadg, son of Nuada of the Tuatha de Danaan and of Ethlinn, mother of Lugh of the Long Hand, did not dare to keep him with her; and two women, Bodhmall, the woman Druid, and Liath Luachra, came and brought him away to care him.”
married with Cumhal “And it went from Manannan to Lugh, son of Ethlinn, and after that to Cumhal, that was husband to Muirne, Ethlinn's daughter.”
parent: Ethlinn “And his mother, that was beautiful long-haired Muirne, daughter of Tadg, son of Nuada of the Tuatha de Danaan and of Ethlinn, mother of Lugh of the Long Hand, did not dare to keep him with her; and two women, Bodhmall, the woman Druid, and Liath Luachra, came and brought him away to care him.”

The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · Birth of Bran

child: Finn “Finn's mother, Muirne, came one time to Almhuin, and she brought with her Tuiren, her sister.”
siblings with Tuiren “Finn's mother, Muirne, came one time to Almhuin, and she brought with her Tuiren, her sister.”

The Fianna · The Battle of the White Strand · Labran's Journey

child: Finn “And there was great grief on Muirne, Finn's mother, and on Labran of the Long Hand her brother, and on all her people, when they knew the great danger he was in.”
siblings with Labran of the Long Hand “And there was great grief on Muirne, Finn's mother, and on Labran of the Long Hand her brother, and on all her people, when they knew the great danger he was in.”
parent: Tadg “If that is so,” said Tadg, “you might be able to get help for Finn, son of Cumhal, the only son of your daughter.”

The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · Cat-heads and Dog-heads

child: Finn “And after a while Manannan gave it, and a set of chessmen along with it, to Tadg, son of Nuada; and from him it came to his grandson, Finn, son of Muirne and of Cumhal.”

The Fianna · The End of the Fianna · Death of Bran

child: Finn “But that is not likely, for his mother was beautiful Muirne, daughter of Tadg, son of Nuada of the Tuatha de Danaan, and it was never heard that she was changed into a fawn.”
parent: Tadg “But that is not likely, for his mother was beautiful Muirne, daughter of Tadg, son of Nuada of the Tuatha de Danaan, and it was never heard that she was changed into a fawn.”

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