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FIANNA FAIL (SOLDIERS OF DESTINY) WERE THE GUARDIANS OF LAW
AND ORDER IN ANCIENT IRELAND.
THEY ROAMED THE COUNTRYSIDE AND LIVED OFF THE HOSPITALITY
OF THE LOCAL INHABITANTS.
AROUND 280 A.D., THE HIGH KING CORMAC HIRED FOREIGN MERCENARIES
TO QUELL THE POWER OF THE FIANNA.
AT THE BATTLE OF GOWRA, THE FIANNA WERE DEFEATED. THEY RETIRED
WITH THEIR LEADER OISIN, TO TIR NA NOG,THE LAND OF ETERNAL YOUTH,
WHERE THEY REMAINED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
THE LEGEND STATES THAT THEY WILL RETURN TO FREE IRELAND
WHEN THEY HEAR THE SOUND OF A MAGICAL HORN.
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