View source for Fionnuala

{{redirect|Finola|the plant|Finola (hemp)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox character
| name              = Fionnuala
| series            = [[Irish mythology]]
| image             =
| alt               = 
| caption           = 
| first_major       = <!-- per [[MOS:MAJORWORK]] - major works include TV series, films, books, albums and games -->
| first_minor       = <!-- or |first_issue=; Per [[MOS:MINORWORK]] - minor works include TV episodes, chapters, songs and game missions -->
| first_date        = 
| last_major        = 
| last_minor        = <!-- or |last_issue= -->
| last_date         = 
| creator           = <!-- only the credited creators; use adapted_by= for adaptations -->
| based_on          = <!-- if not an original creation, use {{based on|character|author}} -->
| adapted_by        = <!-- for character adaption articles -->
| designer          = 
| portrayer         = 
| voice             = 
| motion_actor      = 
| full_name         = 
| nickname          = <!-- or |nicknames= -->
| alias             = Finnguala
| species           = <!-- or |race=; for non-humans only -->
| gender            = Female
| title             = 
| occupation        = <!-- or |position= or |class= -->
| affiliation       = <!-- or |alignment= -->
| fighting_style    = 
| weapon            = 
| family            = [[Lir]]
| spouse            = <!-- or |spouses= -->
| significant_other = <!-- or |significant_others= -->
| children          = 
| relatives         = 
| religion          = 
| origin            = <!-- or |home= -->
| nationality       =  
}}
In [[Irish mythology]], '''Finnguala''' (modern spellings: '''[[Fionnghuala]]''',  '''Fionnuala''' {{IPAc-en|ˌ|f|iː|ə|ˈ|n|uː|ə|l|ə}},<ref>{{cite LPD|3}}</ref> or  '''Finola'''; literally {{lang|ga|fionn-ghuala}} meaning "white shoulder") was the daughter of [[Lir]] of the [[Tuatha Dé Danann]]. In the legend of the ''[[Children of Lir]]'', she was [[Shapeshifting|changed]] into a [[swan]] and [[curse]]d by her stepmother, Aoife, to wander the [[lake]]s and [[river]]s of [[Ireland]], with her brothers Fiachra, Conn and [[Aed (god)|Aodh]], for 900 years until saved by the marriage of Lairgren, son of Colman, son of Cobthach, and Deoch, daughter of Finghin, whose union broke the curse.<ref>[http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/english/micsun/IrishResources/childlir.htm The Fate the Children of Lir<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070803235011/http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/english/micsun/IrishResources/childlir.htm |date=2007-08-03 }}</ref> 'The Song of Fionnuala', with lyrics by [[Thomas Moore]]<ref>[http://www.james-joyce-music.com/song02_lyrics.html Silent, O Moyle | Thomas Moore - N. Clifford Page<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> speaks of her wanderings.

The name is anglicized as '''Fenella'''. The shortened version '''[[Nuala]]''' is commonly used as a first name in contemporary Ireland.

== People ==
{{col-begin}}{{Col-break}}
'''People named Fionnuala'''
* [[Fionnuala Boyd]]
* [[Fionnuala Carr]]
* [[Fionnuala Ellwood]]
* [[Fionnuala Kenny]]
* [[Fionnuala McCormack]]
* [[Fionnuala Ní Aoláin]]
* [[Fionnuala Ní Fhlatharta]]
* [[Fionnuala Ní Flaithbheartaigh]]
* [[Fionnuala Sherry]]
* [[Fionnuala Sweeney]]
{{Col-break}}
'''People named Fionnula'''
* [[Fionnula Flanagan]]

'''People named Finola'''
*[[Finola Dwyer]]
*[[Finola Hughes]]
*[[Finola Moorhead]]
*[[Finola O'Donnell]]
*[[Iníon Dubh|Finola O'Donnell (Iníon Dubh)]]
*[[Finola O'Farrell]]
{{Col-end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}{{Portal|Mythology}}

{{Celtic mythology (Mythological)}}
{{given name|Fionnuala|nocat}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fionnuala}}
[[Category:Mythological Cycle]]
[[Category:Mythological shapeshifters]]
[[Category:Legendary birds]]
[[Category:Female legendary creatures]]


{{Celt-myth-stub}}