Acallam na senórach - ll. 6530-6605: Suide Find
l. 6546 ff: on Finn’s Leinster origins and his generosity.

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ll. 6530-6605: Suide Find
Episode around Suide Find, Finn’s hunting seat, overlooking the land from Slíab Formaíle to Dún Mór (Dunmore), ed. Stokes, ll. 6530-6605.
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Item description
According to Caílte,
  • Finn was from Leinster, of the Uí Thairsig of Leinster, from Glaisse Bulgáin (‘the stream of Bulgán’) among the Uí Thairsig;
  • his father was Cumall son of Tredorn son of Trénmór son of Cairbre Garbsrón son of Fíachu Fobrecc, [also] from Glaisse Bulgáin, of the Uí Fhailge;
  • his mother was Muirne Muncháem, daughter of Tadg, son of Núadu, of the Túatha Dé Danann.
  • Finn was the most generous man ever to come from Ireland [...].
  • Suide Find was his favourite hunting seat.

l. 6546 ff: on Finn’s Leinster origins and his generosity.

# 6546 Acallam na senórach
According to Caílte,
  • Finn was from Leinster, of the Uí Thairsig of Leinster, from Glaisse Bulgáin (‘the stream of Bulgán’) among the Uí Thairsig;
  • his father was Cumall son of Tredorn son of Trénmór son of Cairbre Garbsrón son of Fíachu Fobrecc, [also] from Glaisse Bulgáin, of the Uí Fhailge;
  • his mother was Muirne Muncháem, daughter of Tadg, son of Núadu, of the Túatha Dé Danann.
  • Finn was the most generous man ever to come from Ireland [...].
  • Suide Find was his favourite hunting seat.
Cf. the somewhat different account at the beginning of Macgnímartha Find, where Muirne is granddaughter of the Laigin ancestor Núadu Necht. Ann Dooley • Harry Roe, Tales of the elders of Ireland (1999): 243 n. 183 observe that Núadu’s association with the Túatha Dé Danann is also attested in a later Fenian poem on Cnú Deróil, beg. Innis a Oisin echtaigh. For the placename Glaise Bulgáin, cf. Dinnshenchas of Glaise Bulga.
Keywords
generosity; hunting seats; paternity; origins;
Agents
Laigin No associated entry available from the subject index
Uí Thairsig No associated entry available from the subject index
Uí Fhailge No associated entry available from the subject index
Cumall mac Trénmóir <strong>Cumall mac Trénmóir</strong> <br>(<i>time-frame ass. with</i> Finn mac Cumaill) <br>father of Finn mac Cumaill; a fían-leader who fell in the battle of Cnucha.
Muirne Muncháem <strong>Muirne Muncháem</strong> <br>(<i>time-frame ass. with</i> Finn Cycle) <br>mother of Finn mac Cumaill; daughter of Tadg mac Núadat.
secondary:
Cairpre Garbsrón mac Fíachach Fobricc<strong>Cairpre Garbsrón mac Fíachach Fobricc</strong> – mentioned as the father of Finn’s paternal grandfather Trénmór and son of Fíachu Fobricc <small>(link to subject index)</small>., Fíachu FobreccNo associated entry available., Tadg mac NúadatNo associated entry available., Túatha Dé DanannNo associated entry available., Tredorn mac TrénmóirNo associated entry available.
Places
Suide Find
Leinster
Glaise Bulgáin