Cannmatha and Cathlin
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Jump to navigationJump to search- Canmathon and Cathlin: Two of the nighttime stars, as referenced in James Macpherson's Temora, Book VII: "Canmathon with beams unshorn...the soft beam of Cathlin glittering on a rock.
- Matha: Mythical Irish warrior, referenced in Macpherson's Fingal
- Ceann (Irish, pronounced "Cann"): head, chief
- Cian: Father of Lug in Irish mythology; killed by the three sons of Tuireann
- Connemara: region in the west of Ireland
- Cathleen ni Houlihan: Mythical personification of Ireland and the Irish people,
