Aoibheal
Aoibheal is the Queen of the Fairies who appears in the 18th-century comic poem Cúirt An Mheán Oíche by Brian Merriman. Disgusted by the twin corruptions of Anglo-Irish landlords and English Law, she has taken the dispensing of justice upon herself and holds court at the ruined monastery at Moinmoy. She rules on matters of marriage and social conduct, issuing judgments under Brehon law form.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 1700 CE
- Attested period
- 1700 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Featured prominently in the 18th-century comic poem Cúirt An Mheán Oíche by Brian Merriman.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Erin
Sources
Source passages
“the hideous female giant appears to the poet and drags him kicking and screaming to the court of Queen Aoibheal of the Fairies...the Queen, disgusted by the twin corruptions of Anglo-Irish landlords and English Law, has taken the dispensing of justice upon herself”
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“the judge, the pre-Christian goddess Aoibheal, rules that all men except Roman Catholic priests must marry before the age of 20 on pain of flogging at the hands of Ireland's understandably angry and frustrated women.”
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