Fir Domnann
The Fir Domnann were a people named in Irish legendary history.
The name Fir Domnann is based on the root dumno-, which means both ‘deep’ and ‘the world’. The suffix -on- often occurs in Gaulish and British divine names. The tribal name
In early Irish literature the Fir Domnann were located in Cóice Laigean (Leinster). A probably 7th-century Irish poem credits their ruler Mess-Telmann with the overkingship of the province and with wielding power from the royal site of Leinster at Dún Áilinne. The place-name Inber Domnann, now Malahide Bay inlet in north County Dublin on the east coast of Ireland preserves the tribal name. Yet the area with the strongest place-name associations with the Fir Domnann is in north-west Mayo: the Iorrais Domnann, from which the modern barony of Erris takes its name, and nearby Mag Domnann and Dún Domnann.[4]
References
- ^ J.T. Koch, Celtic Culture: a historical encyclopedia (2006), p. 750.
- ^ T. F. O'Rahilly, Early Irish History and Mythology (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1946)
- ^ J.T. Koch, Celtic Culture: a historical encyclopedia (2006), p. 750.
- ^ J.T. Koch, Celtic Culture: a historical encyclopedia (2006), p. 750.
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