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  • 1866–1942
  • Aird Mhóir, Carna (Co. Galway)
Irish tailor and storyteller, born in Aird Mhóir, Carna (Co. Galway). Some of his stories were collected by Liam Mac Coisdeala.
  • s. xx–xxi

Abbán of Adamstown See: Abbán of Moyarney

  • d. 510?
  • Mag Arnaide, Cell Abbáin
early Irish saint, abbot of Mag Arnaide (Moyarney, now Adamstown, Co. Wexford) and Cell Abbáin (Killabban, Co. Laois)
Otherworldly dwarf
son of Adam and Eve; shepherd; brother and slayer of Cain

Abeozen See: Fañch Eliès Abeozen

Name attested for the father of Smirgat in the Acallam na senórach.
according to local folklore in Slaghtaverty as reported by P. W. Joyce in The origin and history of Irish names of places (1869): 319, a cruel dwarf magician who continued his cruelties even after he was slain by Finn mac Cumaill or some other chieftain.
son of Allchad; name of a magician in Tóruigheacht an Ghiolla Dheacair
Son of Illathach and one of the Túatha Dé Danann in Cath Finntrágha.
According to certain later additions to LGÉ, one of the three sons of Lug (together with Ainnli and Cnú Dereóil) and the father of a certain Sabrann.
Abram/Abraham, youngest son of Terah and himself the father of a multitude of nations.
In biblical narrative, third son of King David of Israel, who rebelled against his father and was killed in the battle of the Wood of Ephraim.