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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · 1d

You can access the various stories and songs available in our database by following this link: fionnfolklore.org/en/lays

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · 1d

Digital artists! If you’re looking for an #inktober prompt, our art competition closes next Wednesday (15/10). Be sure to get your entries in on time by emailing [email protected]. Winning entries will be promoted across our social media! 🎨

#irishfolklore #scottishfolklore #irishmythology

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · 3d

For details on Fionn's own fianna, check out our database!
fionnfolklore.org/en/

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · 3d

and Kevin Murray's The Early Finn Tradition (Four Courts Press, 2017).

www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2017/e...

Four Courts Press | The Early Finn Cycle

by Kevin Murray

www.fourcourtspress.ie

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · 3d

Katharine Simms's chapter "Gaelic Warfare in the Middle Ages" in A Military History of Ireland, ed. Thomas Bartlett and Keith Jeffery (CUP, 1997), 99-115.

www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

A Military History of Ireland | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

www.cambridge.org

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · 3d

Sharon J. Arbuthnot, Síle Ní Mhurcú & Geraldine Parsons, The Gaelic Finn Tradition, Vol I-II (Four Courts Press, 2012, 2022).

www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2021/t...

Four Courts Press | The Gaelic Finn tradition II

by Sharon J. Arbuthnot, Síle Ní Mhurchú & Geraldine Parsons, editors

www.fourcourtspress.ie

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · 3d

Katharine Simms's chapter "Gaelic Warfare in the Middle Ages" in A Military History of Ireland, ed. Thomas Bartlett and Keith Jeffery (CUP, 1997), 99-115.

www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

A Military History of Ireland | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

www.cambridge.org

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · 3d

If you want to find out more about the history of the real fian-bands, we recommend checking out these books:

Our very own Prof. Natasha Sumner's forthcoming publication, Heroes of the Gael (PUP, February 2026).

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Heroes of the Gael

The evolution of the Fenian tradition of story and song, traced over 1,400 years

press.princeton.edu

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · 3d

Did you know the fianna were an actual historical institution in early medieval Ireland? 👀

#fionnfolklore #fianna #fionnmaccumhaill #irishfolklore #scottishfolklore #medievalhistory #feniancycle #finncycle #fiannaíocht #fianna #irishmythology #gaelicmythology #mythology #folklore

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · Sep 11

Ealaíontóirí digiteacha!
Má tá sibh ag lorg inspioráid, tá comórtas againn!

Ní mór iarratais don chomórtas a chur isteach faoin dáta deiridh (15ú Deireadh Fhómhair) is fógrófar na buaiteoirí go gairid ina dhiadh sin. Cuirfimid na saothair bhuaiteacha ar ár meáin shóisialta.
Go n-éirí libh!

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · 11d

You can find a number of different versions of the tale on our database:

fionnfolklore.org/en/lays/bch

Fionn Folklore Database

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · 11d

Caorthann/Caorann/Rowan, a tree you’ll find bursting with red berries this autumn, crops up regularly in the tales of the fianna. In Bruíon Chaorthainn, Fionn and his men are trapped by their enemies in a magical hall made of rowan wood.

#irishfolklore #scottishfolklore #irishmythology #folklore

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · 15d

If you're looking for a project to work on this weekend, why not enter our wee competition?

#irishfolklore #scottishfolklore #irishmythology #artcompetition #digitalart

Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · Sep 3

Attention all digital artists! We’re inviting you to create a piece of art inspired by a story or character from our database!
Entries close 15th October 2025 and winners will be notified shortly thereafter.

Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · 18d

You can find out more about Oisín and St. Patrick’s weather chats by following the link to our database:

fionnfolklore.org/en/lays/sdf

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · 18d

What were the seasons like in the time of the Fianna? 🍂

Well, according to Oisín, they tended to have:

“A foggy winter,
A frosty spring,
A varied summer
and a sunny autumn.”

Here’s to hoping we have a sunny autumn!

#autumn #irishfolklore #scottishfolklore #irishmythology

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · 22d

'S e 15 Dàmhair ar ceann-latha agus thèid fios a chur chun na feadhna a bhuannaich goirid às dèidh sin. Cuiridh sinn na h-obraichean a bhuannaicheas air na meadhanan sòisealta againn.
Gur math a thèid leibh! Go n-éirí libh!

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · 22d

A luchd-ealain didseateach! Ma tha sibh a’ sireadh brosnachaidh, tha co-fharpais againn. Bu toil leinn gun cruthaich sibh obair-ealain air a bhrosnachadh le sgeulachd no caractar bhon stòr-dàta againn.

#artcompetition #gaelicfolklore #irishfolklore #scottishfolklore #cofharpais

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · 25d

Buenos días! Did you know that Spain often features in the tales of the Fianna?

Check out some examples of Fionn’s encounters with Spain:

fionnfolklore.org/en/lays/mre

fionnfolklore.org/en/lays/lni

#gaelicfolklore #feniancycle #fionnfolkloreproject #irishmythology #spain

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · Sep 11

#gàidhlig #gaeilge #gaelicfolklore #seanchas #irishfolklore #scottishfolklore #feniancycle #fionnfolkloreproject #fiannaíocht #fianna #beulaithris #fionnmaccumhaill #oisin #oscar #irishmythology #mythology #celticmythology #comórtas #béaloideas #scottishgaelic #art #illustration #artcompetition

Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · Sep 11

Ealaíontóirí digiteacha!
Má tá sibh ag lorg inspioráid, tá comórtas againn!

Ní mór iarratais don chomórtas a chur isteach faoin dáta deiridh (15ú Deireadh Fhómhair) is fógrófar na buaiteoirí go gairid ina dhiadh sin. Cuirfimid na saothair bhuaiteacha ar ár meáin shóisialta.
Go n-éirí libh!

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · Sep 10

#gaeilge #gàidhlig #gaelicfolklore #irishfolklore #scottishfolklore #feniancycle #fionnfolkloreproject #fiannaíocht #fianna #beulaithris #fionnmaccumhaill #thehilloftara #irishmythology #mythology #gaelicmythology #folkloreandfairytales #béaloideas #scottishgaelic #irish #walkandtalk

Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · Sep 10

Have you ever heard of Loscadh na Teamhrach (‘The Burning of Tara’)?

Check out some of the versions of this fiery tale available in our database by following the links below:

fionnfolklore.org/en/item/789

fionnfolklore.org/en/item/787

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · Sep 3

The winners will have their work platformed across our social media and website.

Go n-éirí libh! Gur math a thèid leibh!

#gàidhlig #gaeilge #gaelicfolklore #seanchas #irishfolklore #scottishfolklore #feniancycle #fiannaíocht #fionnmaccumhaill #irishmythology #art #illustration #artcompetition

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · Sep 3

Attention all digital artists! We’re inviting you to create a piece of art inspired by a story or character from our database!
Entries close 15th October 2025 and winners will be notified shortly thereafter.

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Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social · Sep 1

#gàidhlig #gaelicfolklore #seanchas #irishfolklore #scottishfolklore #feniancycle #fionnfolkloreproject #fiannaíocht #fianna #beulaithris #gaeilge #fionnmaccumhaill #irishmythology #mythology #celtic #celticmythology #folkloreandfairytales #redskyatnight #béaloideas

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