Baoiscne, Baoisgne, Bascna
[cf. Old Irish baiscne, ‘large tree’, ‘stalwart’ (?)]

A clan, one of the two great families in the Fianna of the Fenian Cycle. Fionn mac Cumhaill headed the Clan Baíscne while Goll headed the other, the Clan Morna.

 
 
 

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Celtic Mythology. A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Copyright © James MacKillop 1998, 2004. All rights reserved.  Read more

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