Finnchaem
Also spelled: Finnchóem, Findchaem, Finnchoem
Conchobor's sister, who takes the baby Cúchulainn to foster and rears him with her own son Conall Cernach.
Overview
When the Ulstermen argue over who should rear Sétanta, Conchobor tells his sister Finnchaem to take the boy. She looks at him and says her heart is full of love for him already, as though he were her own Conall Cernach, and Bricriu points out that one is her own son and the other her sister's son. After Sencha, Blai Briuga, Fergus and Amargin have each put in a claim, the judge Morann gives the teats of a mother to Finnchaem, and the boy is given to Amargin and Finnchaem and reared at Imrith Fort on Murtheimne Plain.
My heart is full of love for him already
Connections
Related characters
- Amargin (rears Cúchulainn with her)
- Conall Cernach (her own son)
- Conchobor (her brother, who tells her to take the boy)
- Cúchulainn (her sister's son and foster-son)
- Morann (the judge who awards her the boy's feeding)
Connected to
- Bricriu (needles her about her own son and her sister's son)
Places
- Emain Macha
- Imrith Fort (where Cúchulainn is reared in her house)
- Murtheimne Plain
Appears in chapters
Appears in
- The Ulstermen quarrel over who should rear the infant Sétanta, and Morann gives judgment at Emain that Conchobor should have him, with Sencha, Blai Briuga, Fergus, Amargin and Conall Cernach to help. At Emain Macha. In How Cúchulainn was Begotten.
- Cúchulainn was given to Amargin and Finnchaem and reared at Imrith Fort on Murtheimne Plain. At Imrith Fort. In How Cúchulainn was Begotten.
- The infant Cúchulainn is given to Amargin and Finnchaem to be reared at Imrith Fort on Murtheimne Plain. At Murtheimne Plain. In How Cúchulainn was Begotten.