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Queens Úna |
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Name: Úna / Oonagh / Oona
Race: Tuatha Dé Danann
Profession: Fairy Queen
Husband: Finn Bheara
Properties: Protector of young animals
Associated Sites:
| Knocksheogowna, Co. Tipperary. |
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Province: Munster
Úna is the fairy-queen of Knocksheogowna in Co. Tipperary.
It is said she can transform herself in to any shape that she wants but the one most pleasing to her is that of a young calf.
Some people say Knocksheogowna means 'the mountain of the fairy-calf' others dispute this and say it means 'Úna's Mountain'.
She is married to Finn Bheara king of the Galway Fairies.
She is known to have a fondness for all animals particularly young ones.
Stories, Myths and Legends associated with Úna
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