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In Irish mythology, Donn ("the dark one", from Proto-Celtic: *Dhuosnos) [1] [2] is an ancestor of the Gaels and is believed to have been a god of the dead. [2] [3] [4] Donn is said to dwell in Tech Duinn (the "house of Donn" or "house of the dark one"), [5] where the souls of the dead gather. [6] He may have originally been an aspect of the ...
Llys Dôn (literally "The Court of Dôn") is the traditional Welsh name for the constellation Cassiopeia.At least two of Dôn's children also have astronomical associations: Caer Gwydion ("The Castle of Gwydion") is the traditional Welsh name for the Milky Way, and Caer Arianrhod ("The Castle of Arianrhod") being the constellation of Corona Borealis.
Benjamin Donn, the first to step up to the Borlase’s challenge, began work on his map of Devon in 1760. Five years later Donn’s extraordinary project reached completion. The Society was awed by the magnitude and detail of Donn’s “accurate, actual survey” and promptly awarded him the £100.
[1] [2] He is the son of Donn, son of Duibhne of the Fianna, and Cochrann, daughter of Cathaír Mór. [3] Diarmuid becomes the foster son and protégé of Aengus Óg , one of the Tuatha Dé Danann and the god of love, to the extent that a god of love can be said to exist in the corpus . [ 4 ]
Donn was born at Bideford, Devon, where his father and brother Abraham (1718–1746) kept a school.Until 1768 he was a ‘teacher of the mathematics and natural philosophy on the Newtonian principles’ in his native town.
Máel Sechnaill belonged to the Clann Cholmáin branch of the Uí Néill dynasty. He was the grandson of Donnchad Donn, great-grandson of Flann Sinna and great-great-grandson of the first Máel Sechnaill, Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid.
Clandonnell (from Irish Clann Domhnaill 'Donal's offspring' [1]) is an early-modern Irish district in what is now southern County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.Clandonnell along with the ancient districts of Glenconkeyne, Killetra, and Tomlagh, comprised the former barony of Loughinsholin, with Clandonnell forming the northern part reaching as far south as Maghera.
Saint Donnán of Eigg (also known as Donan; [1] died 17 April 617) was a Gaelic priest, likely from Ireland, who attempted to introduce Christianity to the Picts of northwestern Scotland during the Early Middle Ages.