This figure inhaled the poison from his spear to keep himself awake during one of his battles.
This figure inhaled the poison from his spear to keep himself awake during one of his battles. During a hunt, this figure's hounds refused to attack a red deer, which instead followed him back home before turning into a beautiful woman. In his old age, this slayer of the fairy Aillen and husband of Sadhbh betrothed himself to a daughter of Cormac mac Airt named Grainne, who fled from him with her lover Diarmuid under the protection of Angus. This warrior gained the wisdom of the world when he accidentally sucked his thumb while cooking the Salmon of Knowledge. For 10 points, name this Irish hero and father of Ossian who led the Fianna.
This figure inhaled the poison from his spear to keep himself awake during one of his battles.
Fionn mac Cumhaill [or Finn MacCool]