Finvarra, also called Finvara,[1] Finn Bheara,[2] Finbeara[3] or Fionnbharr,[4] is the king of the Daoine Sidhe of western Ireland in Irish folklore.
[8] Fionnbharr plays a role in the Fenian Cycle and in bardic poetry, where he is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
He has seventeen sons according to the Acallam na Senórach,[9] and in one poem it is said that Manannán gave him a wonderful harp named Brégadh Banntrachta.
[10] In the 15th-century Feis Tighe Chondin (The Feast of the House of Conán), Fionnbharr of Magh Feabhail is king of the "Tuatha Dedanans" and leads an army against Fionn mac Cumhaill and the Fenians only to fall in battle at the hands of Goll.
[11] Legends of Finvarra and his connection with Knockma survived into later folklore, where he was considered the king of the fairies, particularly of Connacht.
Famine was attributed to disturbances in the fairy world, and one folk informant claimed to have seen the "good people" fighting in the sky over Knock Ma.
Her husband, Denis Kirwan is able to win her back by digging into the fairy hill of Knockma and salting the earth.