An Chraobh Airgid

Person

Ailill of Aran

Ailill Árann

Father of Aobh, Aoife and Ailbhe.

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His three daughters were fostered by Bodb Dearg. Joyce’s translation calls him Allil of Ara.

Kin and bonds

In the tales

  • The Children of Lir A jealous stepmother, a druid’s wand, and four children who must live nine hundred years as swans.

See also

  • Bodb Dearg Son of the Dagda, chosen king of the Tuatha Dé Danann.

Sources

Medieval manuscript. Written down by Irish scholars between the eighth and seventeenth centuries.

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