According to tradition, he was the son of the warrior Finn MacCumhail and lived to be over 300 years old, during which time he championed paganism and opposed the teachings of Saint Patrick.
According to tradition, he was the son of the warrior Finn MacCumhail and lived to be over 300 years old, during which time he championed paganism and opposed the teachings of Saint Patrick. Poems attributed to him were collected in Ireland and Scotland through the 1500s, and in 1760, the 24-year-old Scotsman James Macpherson claimed to have discovered several of this man's works, including the epic poems Fingal and Temora. FTP, name this legendary Gael, the center of a literary scandal surrounding Macpherson that helped inspire ROmantic writers.
According to tradition, he was the son of the warrior Finn MacCumhail and lived to be over 300 years old, during which time he championed paganism and opposed the teachings of Saint Patrick.
Ossian (also accept: Oisin)