An Chraobh Airgid

God or goddess

Fódla

Fódla · Old Irish Fótla

The second of the three queens who asked that Ireland bear her name.

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A queen of the Tuatha Dé Danann, wife of Mac Cécht, “Son of the Plough”, one of the three sons of Cermait. She met the sons of Míl on Sliabh Eibhlinne, asked Amairgen for what Banba had asked, that the island be called by her name, and got the same answer. Keating says she fell at Tailtiu. With Banba and Ériu, her name was often given to Ireland afterwards.

Kin and bonds

In the tales

  • The Song of Amairgen A poet sets his right foot on Ireland and sings that he is the wind on the sea. Three queens of the old gods meet him, and each asks for the island’s name.

See also

  • Amairgen The poet of the sons of Míl.
  • Banba The first of the three queens who asked that Ireland bear her name.
  • Ériu The woman whose name became Ireland’s.
  • Sliabh Eibhlinne The Slieve Felim Mountains. The hills where Fódla met the sons of Míl.
  • The sons of Míl The last invaders in the Book of Invasions: the Gaels.
  • Tailtin Teltown. Where the sons of Míl beat the Tuatha Dé, and the old gods lost Ireland.
  • Tuatha Dé Danann The old gods of Ireland.

Sources

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

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