About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- Variants
- Ler
- Stronghold region
- All-Ireland
Overview
Father of Manannán mac Lir and of the four Children of Lir transformed into swans; a sea-god of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
The story behind Lir
His grief at the loss of his children is one of the foundational tragedies of Irish literature.
Mythology & legend
Sea god of the Tuatha Dé Danann, father of Manannán mac Lir and the Children of Lir.
Did you know?
His four children were transformed into swans for nine hundred years by their stepmother Aoife.
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