Aine  Faerie Queen of Knockaine

Airmid  Physician daughter of Diancecht, physician of the Tuatha de Dannan

Amergin  Leader of the Milesians, poet, druid.

Anu  Two hills in Kerry are called the 'Paps of Anu'

Aoife  Faerie wife of Cu Chulainn and mother of his son

Badb

Balor  Fomorian with an eye which would kill anything it gazed upon.

Banba  Fomorian Goddess married to Mac Cuill son of Ogma.  Her name is another name for Ireland

Bel  Beltain is named for him

Blathnat

Boann  Tuatha de Dannan, Mother of Aengus mac Og, Goddess of the river Boyne.  She released the waters of the well of wisdom which became the Boyne

Bodb  Tuatha de Dannan, Son of the Dagda

Bran  Dog belonging to Cu Chulainn

Bress  Fomorian, Married to Brighid

Brighid  Tuatha de Dannan  Favourite Goddess and Saint of the home, and of smiths and healing and poets  One half of her face was black and ugly, the other white and beautiful.  There was a sacred place of Hers in Kildare which transfered to being a convent after the Christian presence where a flame was kept going constantly.

Cairpre  Chief bard of the Tuatha de Dannan
 
Cian  Tuatha de Dannan, son of Dianchect the physician.

Credne  Tuatha de Dannan Bronzeworker.  Triad with Gobniu the smith and Luchtaine the wright

Cu Chulainn  Hero of the Ulster saga; He had seven pupils in each eye and seven fingers on each hand.  In battle rage he would transform his person into a fighting God.  Trained on Scathach's Island

Culann  Chieftan whose dog Cu Chulainn killed.  His name may be related to the Irish word for Ulster (Ulan)

the Dagda  Tuatha de Dannan and ruler of the Tuatha who remained in the Land of Ireland after the Milesian victory.  Also known as Eochaid Ollathair in the old tales

Danu  Probably the same as Anu.  She was the mother or source of the Tuatha de Dannan

Dechtire  Mother of Cu Chulainn, grand-daughter of Aengus mac Og

Dianchect  Physician of the Tuatha de Dannan and father of Cian and Airmid

Don  May be the same or similar to Danu

Elva

Emer  Wife of Cu Chulainn

Eochaid

Eriu  Fomorian queen, wife of Mac Greine who was the son of Ogma.  Ireland's enduring name is for her

Etain  Second wife of Midir.  She was transformed into a fly and drank, then re-born as Etain again

Etan  Tuatha de Dannan  Daughter of Dianchect, wife of Ogma

Ethniu  Fomorian  Balor's daughter  Married to Cian

Fand  Tuatha de Dannan  Wife of Mannanan mac Lir, who abandoned her

Fianna  Also known as Fennians.  FIghting champions whose greatest leader was Finn mac Cumhaill

Finn mac Cumhaill  or Finn MacCoul.  Leader of the Fianna

Fir Bolg  The third race to come to Ireland.  They made a treaty with the Fomorians and shared the holy site of Uisneach with them

Flidais

Fomorians  Earliest known inhabitants of Ireland according to lore, who lived more in the sea than on the land.

Goibniu  Smith of the Tuatha de Dannan  His spears would always hit their mark

Lir  Sea God

Luchtaine  Carpenter/Wright of the Tuatha de Dannan

Lugh  Tuatha de Dannan  The feast of Lughnassadh is named for him.  He had many skills and may be the Celtic equivalent of Odin

Macha  Protectress and war Goddess

Manannan mac Lir  Sea God of the Tuatha de Dannan, king of the Tuatha who chose to live on an island in the Western sea

Medb  Queen of Connacht who desired a magical bull from Ulster in the Ulster sagas

Midir  Faerie king and husband to the original Etain

Morc

the Morrigu  War Goddess and omen of death

Nemed  The second race to come against the Fomorians.  Most died of an epidemic, the rest were killed over a tax dispute with the Fomorians

Niamh

Nuada  King of Tuatha de Dannan, he lost his hand in the fight with the Fomorians and Fir Bolg.  It was replaced first by a silver hand, then by a real one

Ogma  Fomorian king, father of the three kings of the Fomorians Married to Etan.  Created the Ogham alphabet.  A story of a Hurculean Celtic Deity was that there was a picture of an older man dragging people behind him by chains drawn through his tongue.  The explaination was that words were strength and it takes years to gain that type of strength.  Ogma was associated by the Romans with the God Hercules

Scathach  Teacher of Cu Chulainn

Scota  Wife of Milesius of the Milesians.  Her father was Pharoah Nectanebus of Egypt and gave her name to Scotland

Tailtiu  Foster-mother of Lugh.  He created Lughnassadh in her honour

Tea  Wife of the Milesian son Erimon, she gave her name to Tara (Tea-mhair)

Tephi

Trefuilngid Tre-eochair  Possibly the personification of the Christian God.  A mystical being who divided Ireland into five provinces