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See also: Iuchna
Iuchna
Mythical cattle-owner or briugu; associated in dinnshenchas narratives with Almu (Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare) and Adarca (eponymously, Adarca Bó Iuchna) in Co. Offaly; name probably connected to Benna Iuchna in Slán seiss, a Brigit co mbúaid; in the story cycle around Cú Roí, he came to be equated or merged with Echde [or Eochu] Echbél, legendary owner of three special cows.

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Núadu mac Aiched
Núadu mac Aiched
a druid who figures in a number of narrative versions relating the dinnshenchas of Almu.

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Reference works
Logainm: Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann / Placenames database of Ireland, Online: Fiontar (DCU), The Placenames Branch (Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht), 2008–present. URL: <http://www.logainm.ie>.
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November 2016, last updated: May 2022

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