3. Aided Fir Dead/Diag
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warrior in tales of the Ulster Cycle
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4. Aided Conaill
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Warrior of the Ulaid in the Ulster Cycle; son of Amergin and Findchóem. In Irish genealogies, he is presented as an ancestor of the kings of the Dál nAraidi and the Uí Echach Coba.
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5. Aided Celtchair
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Celtchar mac Uthechair;Celtchar mac Uithechair
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Celtcha(i)r mac U(i)thechair, warrior in the Ulster Cycle of tales.
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6. Aided Blaí Briugaid
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hostel-keeper (briugu) in the Ulster Cycle of tales
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7. Aided Loegaire
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Hero in tales of the Ulster Cycle; said to be a son of Connad Buide and grandson of Iliach
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8. Aided Fergusa
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warrior in tales of the Ulster Cycle; former king of Ulster in exile in Connacht; Medb’s lover
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9. Aided Chonchobair
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Conchobar mac Nessa
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king of the Ulaid in tales of the Ulster Cycle; son either of Cathbad or Fachtna Fáthach (father) and Ness (mother); husband of Mugain; father of Cormac Cond Longas, Cúscraid Mend Macha, Furbaide Fer Bend and Fedelm Noíchrothach; fosterfather of Cú Chulainn.
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10. Aided Fhiamain/Fiadmain
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An early Irish saga text presumed to have been in existence but now lost. The title is known from list A of the medieval Irish tale lists. The name of Fiamain is known from other texts as that of a Munsterman, Fiamain mac Forói in full, who was slain in a battle or attack that took place in or near Dún Binni. Similar titles in the tale lists may refer to the same saga, or a related episode: Forbais Dúin Binne (list A), Orgain Dúin Binne (list B), Echtra Fiamain (A) and Aithed Mugaine re Fiamain (A).
11. Aided Mael Fhathartaig maic Ronain
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Tragic hero in the tale of Fingal Rónáin, according to which he was a son of the king of Leinster, Rónán, and was slain at his behest after false allegations of sexually assaulting the king’s new wife (Máel Fothartaig’s stepmother).
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12. Aided Taidc maic Cein
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son of Cían son of Ailill Ólomm; father of Cormac Gaileng, ancestor of the Gailenga.
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13. Aided Maic Ṡamain
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Mac Sámain;Garb Daire ... Mac Sámain
one, two or even several legendary figures of the same name; if the available references are to one and the same person, he is a warrior, member of a fían, as well as a judge or sage, whose persona could be invoked as the author of a number of textual passages; Finn’s judge in the poem Fégthar tech Fhinn a nAlmhain. The tale lists mention an Aided Meic Samáin, now lost.
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14. Aided Find
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Fionn mac Cumhaill;Find úa Báiscni
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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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