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st. 1

introductory stanza, in which Almu [the hill of Allen] is associated with the Leinstermen, with the Fían (les na Fían) and Finn mac Cumaill.

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Finn mac CumaillFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
Fionn mac Cumhaill, Find úa Báiscni
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
See more Almu [wife of Núadu]Almu ... wife of Núadu

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Almu

Almu/Cnoc Almaine ... Hill of Allen

County Kildare

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st. 2

In the time of Nemed, one Almu held it [Almu] until he died of sudden illness on the hill.

cf. Acallam na senórach

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Alma [keeper of Almu]Alma ... keeper of Almu
According to Acallam na senórach, the legendary keeper of Almu who flourished in the time of Nemed.
See more Nemed mac AgnomainNemed mac Agnomain
son of Agnoman
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Almu

Almu/Cnoc Almaine ... Hill of Allen

County Kildare

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Acallam na senórachAcallam na senórach

st. 3

Almu, wife of Núadu Mór mac Aiched, requested that her name should be imposed on the hill.

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Almu [wife of Núadu]Almu ... wife of Núadu

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See more Núadu mac AichedNúadu mac Aiched
a druid who figures in a number of narrative versions relating the dinnshenchas of Almu.
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st. 4 and 5

Relates how Núadu the druid built the fort (dún) and rubbed alum (Ir. al(a)mu, cf. Lat. alumen) on the rock of the fort. The fort is white as a result, as if it had received the lime/chalk (áel) of Ireland. Hence Almu is so-named.

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Núadu mac AichedNúadu mac Aiched
a druid who figures in a number of narrative versions relating the dinnshenchas of Almu.
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Ir. alamuIrish alamu
Search eDILIr. áel ... 1Irish áel ... 1
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st. 6

Núadu’s son Tadc, druid to Cathaír Már, inherited Almu from his father, along with its belongings.

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Núadu mac AichedNúadu mac Aiched
a druid who figures in a number of narrative versions relating the dinnshenchas of Almu.
See more Tadg mac NúadatTadg mac Núadat

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See more Cathaír MórCathaír Mór
(time-frame ass. with Cathaír Mór)
Cathaír Mór (earlier Catháer Már), legendary high-king of Ireland, ancestor figure of the Laigin
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st. 7 and 8

One day, Tadc’s daughter Murni Muncháem was requested by Cumall, but Tadc refused her to him. Cumall carried her off by force and had her for a year.

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Tadg mac NúadatTadg mac Núadat

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See more Cumall mac TrénmóirCumall mac Trénmóir
(time-frame ass. with Finn mac Cumaill)
father of Finn mac Cumaill; a fían-leader who fell in the battle of Cnucha.
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st. 9 and 10

Tadc was deeply saddened by Cumall carrying off his daughter and made this known before Conn Cétchatach. [...] Conn ordered Cumall to leave Ireland; Cumall fell before Conn in the battle of Cnucha.

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Battle of CnuchaBattle of Cnucha
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Tadg mac NúadatTadg mac Núadat

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See more Conn CétchathachConn Cétchathach
legendary high-king of Ireland; son of Fedlimid Rechtmar
See more Cumall mac TrénmóirCumall mac Trénmóir
(time-frame ass. with Finn mac Cumaill)
father of Finn mac Cumaill; a fían-leader who fell in the battle of Cnucha.
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Ir. BanbaIrish Banba
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st. 11

Nine hours before the battle [of Cnucha], Finn, called the man of luck (fer in ratha), was conceived on Tadc’s daughter.

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Battle of CnuchaBattle of Cnucha
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conceptionconception
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Cumall mac TrénmóirCumall mac Trénmóir
(time-frame ass. with Finn mac Cumaill)
father of Finn mac Cumaill; a fían-leader who fell in the battle of Cnucha.
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See more Finn mac CumaillFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
Fionn mac Cumhaill, Find úa Báiscni
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
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CnuchaCnucha

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Ir. fer in rathaIrish fer in ratha
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st. 12–15

Murni, mournful for the loss of her man (fer), returned to [her father at] Almu. When she became pregnant, Tadc threatened to kill her. Conn advised him to let her live and bear her son, since Conn’s father and Cumall were uterine brothers [?]. Tadc then rejected his daughter instead.

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Cumall mac TrénmóirCumall mac Trénmóir
(time-frame ass. with Finn mac Cumaill)
father of Finn mac Cumaill; a fían-leader who fell in the battle of Cnucha.
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See more Tadg mac NúadatTadg mac Núadat

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See more Conn CétchathachConn Cétchathach
legendary high-king of Ireland; son of Fedlimid Rechtmar
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Almu

Almu/Cnoc Almaine ... Hill of Allen

County Kildare

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st. 17–20

Rejected by her father, Murni went to Tara (Temair find Fail) to ask advice from the king. Conn told her to go to Fíacail Fí, son of Conchend, and Cumall’s only sister Bodmall [gap in the MS]. Murni proceeded to Temair Mairgi, together with Conla, Conn’s gilla, and found both of them there. The meeting was joyful. She later gave birth to Finn.

These readings are tentative, as st. 17 and 18 are partly illegible in the manuscript. For the identification of Temair Mairge with what is now Turra, a townland in Co. Laois, see Nollaig Ó Muraíle, ‘Temair/Tara and other places of the name’ in The kingship and landscape of Tara... (2005): 460.

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Murni [mother of Finn]Murni ... mother of Finn

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See more Conn CétchathachConn Cétchathach
legendary high-king of Ireland; son of Fedlimid Rechtmar
See more Fíacail Fí mac ConchindFíacail Fí mac Conchind

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See more BodmallBodmall

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Temair

Temair ... Tara

County Meath

See more Temair MairgiTemair Mairgi

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Ir. margIrish marg
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st. 20

Finn would be ríg-fénnid of Ireland for 29 years.

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Finn mac CumaillFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
Fionn mac Cumhaill, Find úa Báiscni
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
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Ir. ríg-fénnidIrish ríg-fénnid
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st. 21 and 22

Finn demanded from Tadc a price (ícc) for the slaying of his father: battle or single combat. Tadc, unable to engage in arms against him, left Almu to him.

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Finn mac CumaillFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
Fionn mac Cumhaill, Find úa Báiscni
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
See more Cumall mac TrénmóirCumall mac Trénmóir
(time-frame ass. with Finn mac Cumaill)
father of Finn mac Cumaill; a fían-leader who fell in the battle of Cnucha.
See more Tadg mac NúadatTadg mac Núadat

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Almu

Almu/Cnoc Almaine ... Hill of Allen

County Kildare

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Emphasis on the colour white throughout the poem.

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