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Irish faery dwarf bard from the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. Oisín/Ossian and [[Caílte mac Rónáin]] praise him. Finn MacCool/Fionn mac Cumhaill just happens to come across him, and he becomes Finn's bard.
 
Irish faery dwarf bard from the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. Oisín/Ossian and [[Caílte mac Rónáin]] praise him. Finn MacCool/Fionn mac Cumhaill just happens to come across him, and he becomes Finn's bard.
  
Cailte claims Cnu had to leave the faery realm because all of the other faery musicians grew jealous of his talent.
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Cailte claims Cnu had to leave the faery realm because all the other faery musicians grew jealous of Cnu's talent.
  
His name means "little nut."
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His name means "little nut" (sometimes spelled Deireoil or Dieroil).
  
 
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[[Category:Literature|Dereoil, Cnu]]
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[[Category:Myths and legends|Dereoil, Cnu]]
[[Category:Fictional bards, minstrels, and troubadours]]
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[[Category:Fictional bards, minstrels, and troubadours|Dereoil, Cnu]]
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[[Category:Fictional nonhumans|Dereoil, Cnu]]

Revision as of 08:32, 25 January 2019

Irish faery dwarf bard from the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. Oisín/Ossian and Caílte mac Rónáin praise him. Finn MacCool/Fionn mac Cumhaill just happens to come across him, and he becomes Finn's bard.

Cailte claims Cnu had to leave the faery realm because all the other faery musicians grew jealous of Cnu's talent.

His name means "little nut" (sometimes spelled Deireoil or Dieroil).

See also