Flann
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Fland
[Irish, bright red, blood-red]
Name borne by countless figures in early Irish tradition, both male and female, including high kings, saints, abbots, poets, and scholars. The most often-cited is probably the 9th-century poet Flann mac Lonáin.
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Not to be confused with Flan.
Flann is an Irish language male name. It might refer to:
- Flann Fína mac Ossu, another name for King Aldfrith of Northumbria (died 704 or 705)
- Flann mac Lonáin (died 896), Irish poet
- Flann Sinna (died 916), also called Flann mac Maíl Sechnaill, High King of Ireland
- Flann Mainistrech (died 1056), Irish scholar
- Flann O'Brien, a pen name used by Irish writer Brian O'Nolan (1911–1966)
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Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
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