Girl's name
Mongfhionn
“MONG-in”
'fair hair', from mong, 'hair', and fionn, 'fair'
The story behind the name
Wife of the high king Eochaid Mugmedón and mother of three of his sons, and stepmother of the fourth, Niall of the Nine Hostages, whom she is said to have schemed against all his life. She died at Samhain of poison she had meant for her brother, and the feast was called the Festival of Mongfhionn long afterwards.
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