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  1. `One of the many #Eithnes was drowned in the stream of Bearramhain while she was pregnant by the #mythical King #Conchobhar mac Nessa. Their son Furbaidhe was cut from her womb and the river was called Inny (an Eithne in #Irish) after her. Another poem offers a slightly different story. It tells that Eithne, the wife of Conchobhar, was drowned by Lugaid, while expecting Furbaidhe, in a river which now bears her name.`
    Source: hal.science/hal-03275671/docum
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    RT @NeuKelte
    #Celtic #WyrdWednesday: `The lovely #Tuag had caught the eye of the god of the sea, #Manannán Mac Lir. As his emissary his bard Fer Í disguised hims…
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