Oisín’s Family Tree

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Family

• Fionn mac Cumhaill(parent),Sadhbh(parent)— Marriage

  Fionn mac Cumhaill found Sadhbh as a deer on Ben Bulben, freed from enchantment by the boundaries of his hunting grounds, and took her as his wife — but the dark druid Fear Doirche lured her back into deer-shape, and she vanished, leaving Fionn mac Cumhaill their wild-born son Oisín.

• Oscar(child)

  Oscar is the son of Oisín and grandson of Fionn, the greatest warrior of the next generation of the Fianna.

Member of

• Fianna

  The Fianna roamed the forests and hills of Ireland under Fionn mac Cumhaill, with warriors like Oisín and Diarmuid Ua Duibhne among their ranks — each tested by impossible feats of skill and endurance before he could join.

Associated with

• Niamh,Tír na nÓg

  Niamh rode across the sea on a white horse to find Oisín, and together they journeyed to Tír na nÓg, where they lived in ageless joy for what seemed three years but was three hundred in the mortal world.