About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- English version
- Findabair
- Variants
- Findabair, Finnúir
- Stronghold region
- Connacht
Overview
Daughter of Queen Medb and Ailill in the Ulster Cycle; offered by her parents as a bride to whichever warrior could defeat Cú Chulainn.
The story behind Fionnabhair
Died of shame when she learned how many men had been killed competing for her hand.
Mythology & legend
Daughter of Méabh and Ailill, promised in marriage to many Connacht warriors as bait for Cú Chulainn.
Did you know?
Her death of grief inverts the typical heroic tragedy — the failed Romeo and Juliet of the Táin.
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