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About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- English version
- Finola, Fenella, Nuala
- Variants
- Fionnuala, Fionnguala
- Stronghold region
- All-Ireland
Overview
Eldest of the Children of Lir in the Mythological Cycle, transformed into a swan with her three brothers and condemned to wander Ireland's lakes and seas for 900 years.
The story behind Fionnghuala
The leader of the Children of Lir; her elegies in swan-form are some of Irish literature's most haunting poetry.
Mythology & legend
Eldest daughter of Lir, transformed by her stepmother Aoife into a swan with her three brothers.
Did you know?
She watched over her three brothers throughout their nine hundred years as swans, comforting them with her songs.
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