The biggest online repository of the Fenian folklore of Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man.
https://fionnfolklore.org
Fionn Folklore Database
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Sean-nós singer and storyteller Joe Heaney shared Irish stories and songs in the USA! Ten of these collected tales about the Fianna are cataloged on our database: fionnfolklore.org/en/collectio...
#fiannaiocht #fionnmaccumhail #scottishfolklore #irishfolklore #University of Washington Libraries
Did you know that you can explore Fianna stories recorded on the Isle of Man on our database? The story in our video, Boddagh yn Cooat Laaghagh, was collected from Edward Faragher, a farmer and fisherman from Cregneach, Isle of Man.
#fiannaiocht #peopleoftheisleofman #manxlanguage #folklore
Seanchaí – Tradition Bearer 💫
Check out Fionn Folklore database to discover Fenian stories that have been passed down through the generations:
fionnfolklore.org/en/lays
#fionnmaccumhail #fiannaiocht #irishfolklore #scottishfolklore
There's a lot to say about 1,400 years of the Fenian tradition! Thank you to @bcirishstudies for hosting an enjoyable and thought-provoking discussion of our Project Director Natasha Sumner's book Heroes of the Gael!
#anfhiannaíocht #fionnmaccumhaill #IrishFolklore #scottishfolklore
Did you know that an early 1900s project "Survey of Dialects", also preserved Fianna songs and stories in Ireland? Check out the video below to uncover a version of a local legend concerning the Fenian warrior Feardhamhan. doegen.ie/LA_1256d1
fionnfolklore.org/en/collectio...
@ria.ie #fiannaiocht
Our project director Natasha Sumner was in Milford, MA this weekend to take part in athought-provoking round table discussion of ‘strength’ in the Celtic World! Thank you for having us!
@nofamegames @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social #fiannaiocht #fionnmaccumhail #irishfolklore #scottishfolklore
Where in Ireland do you think we have catalogued the most Fianna folklore? The answer is County Kerry!
Explore one of Tomás Mac Gearailt's tales here: fionnfolklore.org/en/lays/po and read the original manuscript on Dúchas.ie: www.duchas.ie/en/cbe/90006.... @duchas-ie.bsky.social
If you want to dig into the remarkable story of how Irish revolutionaries used Fenian tales in the push for Irish independence, make sure to check out Natasha Sumner’s Heroes of the Gael (PUP, 2026)!: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#fiannaiocht #fionnmaccumhaill
Ba phleisiúr é bheith ag caint faoin mbunachar bhéaloideas na Féinne i mBaile Átha Cliath ar na mallaibh! Tá muid fíorbhuíoch d’Fhiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU agus Clár Léann na Gaeilge, Ollscoil Notre Dame as Comhdháil ar na Daonnachtaí Digiteacha a reachtáil.
Thanks to Kneecap, we’ve been ag machnamh ar the term ‘Fenian’ and its links to Fionn agus na leideanna.
For more information on the term’s origins, check out Natasha Sumner’s Heroes of the Gael (PUP, 2026) ~ press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#irishfolklore #scottishfolklore #fenian #gaeilge
