Midhna

Family: Tuatha de Danaan · First appears: The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Coming of Finn · Part 2

Life events

Ilbrec gives Caoilte the Spear of Fiacha, used by Finn to kill Aillen.(The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · Ilbrec of Ess Ruadh · Part 1)
- With: Ilbrec Caoilte Fiacha Congha Finn Aillen
- “Then Ilbrec took down a sharp spear, having thirty rivets of gold in it, from its place, and he said: ‘That is the Spear of Fiacha, son of Congha, and it is with that Finn made an end of Aillen, son of Midhna, that used to burn Teamhair. And keep it beside you now, Caoilte,’ he said, ‘till we see will Lir come to avenge his bird on us.’”

child: Aillen “Aillen, son of Midhna, his name was, and it is the way he used to come, playing music of the Sidhe, and all the people that heard it would fall asleep.”

child: Aillen “And Aillen's mother came to where his body was lying, and there was great grief on her, and she made this complaint:--”

child: Aillen “Then Ilbrec took down a sharp spear, having thirty rivets of gold in it, from its place, and he said: “That is the Spear of Fiacha, son of Congha, and it is with that Finn made an end of Aillen, son of Midhna, that used to burn Teamhair.”

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