# Muirne — Irish Fairy Tales character guide

> Muirne in Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0014-the-boyhood-of-fionn

## Who they are

Mother of Fionn, a central figure in his origin story.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/irish_fairy_tales_se/chapters/i)

Fionn's beautiful, long-haired mother; daughter of Teigue and Ethlinn; remarries the King of Kerry after Uail's death and gives Fionn to Bovmall and Lia Luachra to rear.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/irish_fairy_tales_se/chapters/ii)

Fionn's mother, who visits him secretly in the wood, fearing the sons of Morna, and leaves before he wakes.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/irish_fairy_tales_se/chapters/viii)

Fionn's mother, married to the King of Kerry; her reaction to Fionn's identity being revealed is ambiguous, possibly torn between love for her son and fear of the sons of Morna.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/irish_fairy_tales_se/chapters/i)

Fionn's mother, who visits him at Allen of Leinster with her sister Tuiren.

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