Name:  Elcmar / Elcmhaire / Ealcmar / Elcmhar 

Properties:  Lord of Horses 

Race: Tuatha De Danann  

Daughters: Fea and Nemon Englec/Enghi who Angus Óg fell in love with. 

Consorts:  Boand (Goddess of the Boyne River)  

Associated Sites:  Brugh na Boinne (Newgrange)   Cleitech on the South of the Boyne near Newgrange   Findabrach

Associated Deities:  Dagda   Angus Óg

Elcmar was either a husband or a consort of Boand (Eithne) the Boyne River Goddess. 

He lived at Brugh na Boinne with Boand until he was ousted by Angus Mac Óg, Boand's son by the Dagda.  Then he went to live at Cleitech a sidhe mound nearby.

Stories, Myths and Legends associated with Elcmar

The Wooing of Étaín

Dindshenchas - Boand

The Story of the Tuatha De Danann

Death Tales of the Tuatha De Danann

Cnogba - Knowth Metrical Dindshenchas 

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