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232:, then to LĂĄrĂ­ne Mac NĂłis, in a truce with CĂș Chulainn with the condition that he not attack her army by night in exchange for his provision each day with a warrior with whom to engage in one-on-one combat. Finnabair is offered to CĂș Chulainn when no warrior can be found. After he accepts, she is taken to him by a fool dressed as the king, not by Ailill himself. Upon discovering this, CĂș Chulainn kills the fool and puts a pillar through him and a pillar through Finnabair's tunic, thus leaving two stones in that location, called the Fool's Stone and Finnabair's Stone. 24: 1113: 248:, all of whom were also offered Finnabair for their allegiance. They take their complaints to Ailill's sons, which results in a battle and the eventual slaying of 700 men. Upon hearing how she has been used and had so many men die on her account, Finnabair drops dead of shame. "Hence the name Finnabair SlĂ©ibe, Finnabair of the Mountain." 235:
Finnabair is subsequently offered to Fer Diad, "saying that he was her only darling, her chosen lover from among all the men in the world." The slaying of Fer Diad on Finnabair's account is greatly lamented by CĂș Chulainn, and spurs him to speak many poems about him: “And Medb’s daughter Finnabair,/
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that beautiful bait you hoped/ would be yours? You might as well/try to tie sand with a rope.” Her last and perhaps genuine love interest,
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but he would not pay her dowry, until bribed by Medb, he agreed to take her in return for his help in battle against
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to fight CĂș Chulainn, his beloved foster-brother and best friend, in the
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also mention a Findabair who is the daughter of Lugaid Laigde.
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Irish
[ˈfÊČÉȘnÌȘË uːɟÊČ]
Ailill
Medb
Connacht
Irish mythology
etymologically
Gwenhwyfar
Welsh
Guinevere
Dindsenchas
TĂĄin
CĂș Chulainn
Fer Diad
single combat
GĂĄe Bulg
TĂĄin BĂł CĂșailnge
FrĂĄech
Nad Crantail

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