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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Oile%C3%A1n_Baoi_%28Dursey_Island%29%2C_The_Bull_-_geograph.org.uk_-_284005.jpg/250px-Oile%C3%A1n_Baoi_%28Dursey_Island%29%2C_The_Bull_-_geograph.org.uk_-_284005.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Oile%C3%A1n_Baoi_%28Dursey_Island%29%2C_The_Bull_-_geograph.org.uk_-_284005.jpg/500px-Oile%C3%A1n_Baoi_%28Dursey_Island%29%2C_The_Bull_-_geograph.org.uk_-_284005.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="452" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bull_Rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Bull Rock">Bull Rock</a>, off the southwest coast of Ireland, is often identified with Teach Duinn (the House of Donn)</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Irish_mythology" title="Irish mythology">Irish mythology</a>, <b>Donn</b> ("the dark one", from <a href="/wiki/Proto-Celtic_language" title="Proto-Celtic language">Proto-Celtic</a>: *<i lang="cel">Dhuosnos</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-sacredisle_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sacredisle-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mythlegendromance_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mythlegendromance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an ancestor of the <a href="/wiki/Gaels" title="Gaels">Gaels</a> and is believed to have been a <a href="/wiki/List_of_death_deities" title="List of death deities">god of the dead</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mythlegendromance_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mythlegendromance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-monaghan_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monaghan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-koch_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-koch-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Donn is said to dwell in <b>Tech Duinn</b> (the "house of Donn" or "house of the dark one"),<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where the souls of the dead gather.<sup id="cite_ref-freitag_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freitag-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He may have originally been an aspect of <a href="/wiki/The_Dagda" title="The Dagda">the Dagda</a>. Folklore about Donn survived into the modern era in parts of Ireland, in which he is said to be a phantom horseman riding a white horse. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_literary_sources">Early literary sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donn&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early literary sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A 9th-century poem says that Donn's dying wish was that all his descendants would gather at Donn's house or <i>Tech Duinn</i> (modern Irish <i>Teach Duinn</i>) after death: "To me, to my house, you shall all come after your deaths".<sup id="cite_ref-sacredisle_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sacredisle-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 10th-century tale <i>Airne Fíngein</i> ("Fíngen's Vigil") says that Tech Duinn is where the souls of the dead gather.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In their translation of <i><a href="/wiki/Acallam_na_Sen%C3%B3rach" title="Acallam na Senórach">Acallam na Senórach</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Ann_Dooley" title="Ann Dooley">Ann Dooley</a> and Harry Roe commented that "to go to the House of Donn in Irish tradition means to die".<sup id="cite_ref-freitag_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freitag-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This suggests that the pagan Gaels saw Donn as their ancestor and believed they would go to his abode when they died.<sup id="cite_ref-maier_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maier-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tech Duinn may have been thought of as a place where the souls of the dead gathered before travelling to their final destination in <a href="/wiki/Celtic_Otherworld" title="Celtic Otherworld">the otherworld</a>, or before being <a href="/wiki/Reincarnation" title="Reincarnation">reincarnated</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-freitag_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freitag-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gauls" title="Gauls">Gauls</a> also claimed descent from <a href="/wiki/Gaulish_Dis_Pater" title="Gaulish Dis Pater">a god whom he likened to Dis Pater</a>, the Roman god of the <a href="/wiki/Underworld" title="Underworld">underworld</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-koch_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-koch-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Christian writers who recorded the <i><a href="/wiki/Lebor_Gab%C3%A1la_%C3%89renn" title="Lebor Gabála Érenn">Lebor Gabála Érenn</a></i> made Donn into <a href="/wiki/%C3%89ber_Donn" title="Éber Donn">Éber Donn</a> one of the mythical <a href="/wiki/Milesians_(Irish)" title="Milesians (Irish)">Milesian</a> ancestors of the Gaels.<sup id="cite_ref-freitag_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freitag-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Milesians invade Ireland and take it from the <a href="/wiki/Tuatha_D%C3%A9_Danann" title="Tuatha Dé Danann">Tuatha Dé Danann</a>. During their invasion, Donn slights <a href="/wiki/%C3%89riu" title="Ériu">Ériu</a>, one of the <a href="/wiki/Eponymous" class="mw-redirect" title="Eponymous">eponymous</a> goddesses of Ireland, and he drowns in a shipwreck off the southwest coast. Donn is then buried on a rocky island which becomes known as Tech Duinn.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the literature, Tech Duinn is said to lie at or beyond the western edge of Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-mythlegendromance_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mythlegendromance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tech Duinn is commonly identified with <a href="/wiki/Bull_Rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Bull Rock">Bull Rock</a>, an islet off the western tip of the <a href="/wiki/Beara_Peninsula" title="Beara Peninsula">Beara Peninsula</a>. Bull Rock resembles a <a href="/wiki/Dolmen" title="Dolmen">dolmen</a> or portal tomb as it has a natural tunnel through it, allowing the sea to pass under it as if through a portal.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Ireland there was a belief that the souls of the dead departed westwards over the sea with the setting sun.<sup id="cite_ref-sacredisle_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sacredisle-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> The <i>Metrical <a href="/wiki/Dindsenchas" title="Dindsenchas">Dindshenchas</a></i> entry for "Tech Duinn" recounts the tale:</p><blockquote><p>Through the incantations of the druids a storm came upon them, and the ship wherein Donn was foundered. 'Let his body be carried to yonder high rock', says <a href="/wiki/Amergin_Gl%C3%BAingel" title="Amergin Glúingel">Amairgen</a>: 'his folk shall come to this spot.' So hence it is called Tech Duinn: and for this cause, according to the heathen, the souls of sinners visit Tech Duinn before they go to hell, and give their blessing, ere they go, to the soul of Donn. But as for the righteous soul of a penitent, it beholds the place from afar, and is not borne astray. Such, at least, is the belief of the heathen. – Translation by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Gwynn" title="Edward Gwynn">E. Gwynn</a><i><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i></p></blockquote> <p>In the tale <i><a href="/wiki/Togail_Bruidne_D%C3%A1_Derga" title="Togail Bruidne Dá Derga">Togail Bruidne Dá Derga</a></i> ("The Destruction of Dá Derga's Hostel"), king <a href="/wiki/Conaire_M%C3%B3r" title="Conaire Mór">Conaire Mór</a> meets his death in Bruiden Dá Derga (the "great hall or hostel of the red god"). On his way to the hostel, Conaire meets three red men riding red horses from the otherworld. They foretell his doom and tell him "we ride the horses of Donn ... although we are alive, we are dead".<sup id="cite_ref-mythlegendromance_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mythlegendromance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Donn is called "king of the dead" in the tale.<sup id="cite_ref-mythlegendromance_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mythlegendromance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been suggested that Dá Derga and Dá Derga's Hostel is another name for Donn and his abode.<sup id="cite_ref-freitag_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freitag-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It may be a name for the death god in the context of violent death or sacrifice, hence the name "red god".<sup id="cite_ref-mythlegendromance_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mythlegendromance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the tale <i>Tochmarc Treblainne</i> ("The Wooing of Treblann"), the otherworld woman Treblann elopes with the mortal man <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A1ech" title="Fráech">Fráech</a>, who sends her to safety in Tech Duinn while he embarks on a quest. In this tale, Donn is said to be the son or foster-son of <a href="/wiki/The_Dagda" title="The Dagda">the Dagda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dáithí Ó hÓgáin notes similarities between the two and suggests that Donn was originally an epithet of the Dagda.<sup id="cite_ref-mythlegendromance_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mythlegendromance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Donn is the father of <a href="/wiki/Diarmuid_Ua_Duibhne" title="Diarmuid Ua Duibhne">Diarmuid Ua Duibhne</a>, whom he gave in <a href="/wiki/Fosterage" title="Fosterage">fosterage</a> to the god of youth, <a href="/wiki/Aengus" title="Aengus">Aengus mac Óg</a>, to raise. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_sources">Modern sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donn&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Modern sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Folklore about Donn survived into the <a href="/wiki/Early_modern_period" title="Early modern period">early modern era</a>. In <a href="/wiki/County_Limerick" title="County Limerick">County Limerick</a>, a Donn Fírinne was said to dwell in the sacred hill of Cnoc Fírinne (Knockfeerina or Knockfierna), and folklore told of people being brought into the hill to be with Donn when they died.<sup id="cite_ref-mythlegendromance_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mythlegendromance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was said to appear as a phantom horseman riding a white horse. He was also associated with the weather: thunder and lightning meant that Donn Fírinne was riding his horse through the sky, and if clouds were over the hill it meant that he was gathering them together to make rain. This imagery may have been influenced by the lore of <a href="/wiki/Odin" title="Odin">Odin</a> and his horse <a href="/wiki/Sleipnir" title="Sleipnir">Sleipnir</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Norse%E2%80%93Gaels" title="Norse–Gaels">Norse settlers</a> in <a href="/wiki/Limerick" title="Limerick">Limerick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mythlegendromance_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mythlegendromance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Donn Fírinne was also said to appear and warn anyone who interfered with his hill. On the west coast of <a href="/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare">County Clare</a> there was a Donn na Duimhche or Donn Dumhach ("Donn of the dunes"), who "was also often encountered as a night-horseman".<sup id="cite_ref-mythlegendromance_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mythlegendromance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In later folklore, the name 'Donn' came to mean an 'otherworld lord' in general.<sup id="cite_ref-mythlegendromance_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mythlegendromance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In modern <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a> <i>donn</i> is the most common word for the colour <a href="/wiki/Brown" title="Brown">brown</a>, and by extension can also mean "sturdy (like) wood". This is one possible etymology of the English colour "dun" (greyish brown). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donn&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Danu_(Irish_goddess)" title="Danu (Irish goddess)">Danu (Irish goddess)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%B4n" title="Dôn">Dôn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hy-Brasil" class="mw-redirect" title="Hy-Brasil">Hy-Brasil</a> – legendary island to the west of Ireland</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donn&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-sacredisle-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-sacredisle_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sacredisle_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sacredisle_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFÓ_hÓgáin1999" class="citation book cs1">Ó hÓgáin, Dáithí (1999). <i>The Sacred Isle: Belief and religion in pre-Christian Ireland</i>. 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