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Heroines
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Name: Muirne 'of the white neck'/ Muirenn Munchaem/ Muireann Munchaomh/ Murna/ Morna/ Murine
Race: Tuatha de Danann & Fomorian
Father: Tadg Mac Nuadha
Mother: Ethnea Ni Bhaloir
Paternal Grandfather: Nuada
Maternal Grandfather: Balor of the Mighty Blows
Maternal Grandmother: Ceithlenn
Half-Brother: Lugh Lámhfada
Sisters:
Tuiren/Uirne 
Bodhmall the Druidess
Husbands:
Cumhal
King of Carraighe
Son: Fionn Mac Cumhail
Grandsons: Oisín
Fiachna (son of Maighneis)
Faolan
Cairell
Grand-daughters:
Cainche Lugach
Great-Grandsons: Oscar
Finn
Great-Grand-daughter: Blaithín
Associated
Sites: Sliabh Bladhma (Slieve
Bloom) Co. Offaly/Laois
Almu (Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare)
Muirne was the mother of Fionn Mac Cumhail the legendary warrior of the Fianna.
Her husband Cumhail had been murdered by the family of Morna and therefore she feared for the safety of her son so she put him into the care of two women Liath Luachra and Bodhmall the old druidess who lived at Sliabh Bladhma.
Stories, Myths and legends associated with Muirne
The Cause of the Battle of Cnucha
The boyhood of Fionn Mac Cumhaill
