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|Ascribed to=The LL copy of the first recension of the poem ascribes the work to [[ascribed to::authored by::Máel Muru Othna]] (d. 887), who may well be the author of the poem. | |Ascribed to=The LL copy of the first recension of the poem ascribes the work to [[ascribed to::authored by::Máel Muru Othna]] (d. 887), who may well be the author of the poem. | ||
|Manuscripts=First recension (Máel Muru Othna): | |Manuscripts=First recension (Máel Muru Othna): | ||
* {{MS |Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339| | * {{MS |Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339|folio=163b}} | ||
* {{MS |Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 }} | * {{MS |Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 }} | ||
Second, later recension: | Second, later recension: |
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Summary
The place-name Áth Liac Find ('The ford of Finn's stone') is explained with reference to a story about the fian-leader Finn, who is here called 'Finn mac Umaill'. The stone is said to have been used by Finn to crush his enemies in a certain battle and to have been entrusted to him for this purpose by the síd-woman Sinand, daughter of Mongán.
Characters
- Finn mac Umaill
- Sinand ingen Mongáin
- Gúaire Goll (Blind Gúaire), identified by Meyer as another name for Oisín.[1]
- etc.