Celtic Ireland

As you can see from the list below there are quite a few Celtic Gods and Goddesses.

Aine - Goddess of love

Banbha - one of the trio of Goddesses who lent their name to Ireland

Boann - Goddess of water and fertility; bore Oenghus to the Daghda

Brigit (Brighid) - Goddess of fertility, healing, and poetry

Cian - the father of Lugh

Cliodna - Goddess of beauty and the Otherworld

Creidhne - God of metalworking; one of the trio of craft-gods of the Tuatha De Danaan

Daghda - God of the earth; leader of the Tuatha De Danaan

Danu - Goddess who is a version of the Great Mother; mother of the Tuatha De Danaan

Dian Cecht - God of crafts and healing

Donn - God of the dead; the "dark one"

Eriu - another of the three Goddesses after which Ireland was named

Fodla - third of the trinity of Goddesses of Ireland

Goibhniu - God of the smith; one of three Craft-Gods of the Tuatha De Danaan

Luchta - God of wrights; one of the triad of Craft-gods of the Tuatha De Danaan

Lugh - God whose name means "shining one"

Macha - Goddess of war and fertility; called "Macha the crow"

Morrigan - Goddess of war and death; had a triple aspect; wife of the Daghda

Nechtan - Water-God whose sacred well was a source of knowledge

Néit - God of war; husband of Nemhain

Nemhain - Goddess of war and battle

Nuada - one of the kings of the Tuatha De Danaan

Oenghus - God of youth and love

Ogma - God of eloquence and language

Tuatha De Danaan - the Irish race of Gods who descended from the Goddess Danu; patrons of magic and arts

Mairgen - legendary poet and warrior who resembles the Welsh Taliesin

Cathbadh - a Druid who appears in various tales of the Ulster Cycle

Conall Cernach - warrior-hero of Ulster; his name suggests his status: Conall means "strong" and Cernach translates roughly as "victorious"

Conchobar - King of Ulster; closely linked with the hero Cu Chulainn

Conn - a High King of Ireland; known as "Conn of the Hundred Battles"

Cu Chulainn - a hero and warrior par excellence; his name means "hound of Culann"

Cu Roi - in the Ulster Cycle, he is a sorcerer who transforms himself into various guises

Deirdre - beautiful woman whose tragic tale is part of the Ulster Cycle

Emer - the wife of Cu Chulainn

Fedelma - poet and prophetess in the service of Queen Medb

Ferghus - the King of Ulster prior to Conchobar

Finn Mac Cool - hero of the Fionn Cycle; he was also the leader of the Fianna

Fintan - the salmon of knowledge

Grainne - in the Fionn Cycle, she is betrothed to Finn, but falls in love with Diarmaid

Mac Da Tho - appears in the Ulster Cycle as a king of Leinster; in reality a god of the Otherworld

Maeldun - hero who went on a legendary voyage

Medb - Queen of Connacht; a translation of her name is "she who intoxicates"

Naoise - romantically linked to Deirdre in the Ulster Cycle

Oisin - son of Finn (the hero of the Fionn Cycle); a warrior and poet

Partholon - he led the initial group that colonized Ireland, according to legend (in the Book of Invasions)

Scathach - a legendary female warrior who trained Cu Chulainn