Template:Redirect Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox character In Irish mythology, Finnguala (modern spellings: Fionnghuala, Fionnuala Template:IPAc-en,<ref>Template:Cite LPD</ref> or Finola; literally {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} meaning "white shoulder") was the daughter of Lir of the Tuatha Dé Danann. In the legend of the Children of Lir, she was changed into a swan and cursed by her stepmother, Aoife, to wander the lakes and rivers of Ireland, with her brothers Fiachra, Conn and Aodh, for 900 years until saved by the marriage of Lairgren, son of Colman, son of Cobthach, and Deoch, daughter of Finghin, whose union broke the curse.<ref>The Fate the Children of Lir Template:Webarchive</ref> 'The Song of Fionnuala', with lyrics by Thomas Moore<ref>Silent, O Moyle | Thomas Moore - N. Clifford Page</ref> speaks of her wanderings.

The name is anglicized as Fenella. The shortened version Nuala is commonly used as a first name in contemporary Ireland.

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