Irish Deities

Here is my compiliation of Irish Gods/Goddesses, the Tuatha de Dannan, or the Sidhe folk. You may know some of them, you may not have even heard of others. There are also heroes of the Irish sagas listed here.

Aine: goddess of love

Banbha: one of the trio of goddesses who lent their name to Ireland

Boann:goddess of water and fertility; bore Oenghus to the Daghda

Brigit (Brighid): goddess of the hearth, of crafts and poetry

Cian: the father of Lugh

Cliodna: goddess of beauty and the otherworld

Creidhne: god of metalworking; one of the trio of craft-gods of the Tuatha De Danaan

Daghda: god of the earth; leader of the Tuatha De Danaan

Danu: goddess, the Great Goddess, Earth Mother; mother of the Tuatha De Danaan

Diancecht: god of crafts and healing

Donn: god of the dead; the "dark one"

Eriu: another of the three goddesses after which Ireland was named

Fodla: third of the trinity of goddesses of Ireland

Goibhniu: god of the smith; one of three craft-gods of the Tuatha De Danaan

Luchta: god of wrights; one of the triad of craft-gods of the Tuatha De Danaan

Lugh: god whose name means "shining one" - also called Lugh Lamhfada, or Lugh Longhand.

Macha: goddess of war and fertility; called "Macha the crow", one of the three sisters who make up aspects of The Morrigan trinity

Morrigan: godesses of war and death; had a triple aspect; wife of the Daghda

Nechtan: water-god whose sacred well was a source of knowledge

Nemain: goddess of war and battle, third aspect of The Morrigan

Nuada: one of the kings of the Tuatha De Danaan, also Nuada of the Silver Hand

Oenghus: god of youth and love, more commonly known as Angus Og

Ogma: god of eloquence and language

Tuatha De Danaan: the Irish race of gods who descended from the goddess Danu; patrons of magic and arts

Heroes:

Amergin: legendary poet and warrior who resembles the Welsh Taliesin

Cathbadh: a druid who appears in various tales of the Ulster Cycle

Conall Cernach: warrior-hero of Ulster; his name suggests his status: Conall means "strong" and Cernach translates roughly as "victorious"

Conchobar: king of Ulster; closely linked with the hero Cu Chulainn

Conn: a High King of Ireland; known as "Conn of the Hundred Battles"

Cu Chulainn: a hero and warrior par excellence; his name means "hound of Culann"

Cu Roi: in the Ulster Cycle, he is a sorcerer who transforms himself into various guises

Deirdre: beautiful woman whose tragic tale is part of the Ulster Cycle

Emer: the wife of Cu Chulainn

Fedelma: poet and prophetess in the service of Queen Medb

Ferghus: the king of Ulster prior to Conchobar

Finn Mac Cool: hero of the Fionn Cycle; he was also the leader of the Fianna

Fintan: the salmon of knowledge

Grainne: in the Fionn Cycle, she is betrothed to Finn, but falls in love with Diarmaid