Names for Ireland

thumb|″The Harp of Erin″ painting by Thomas Buchanan Read In Irish mythology, Ériu (; ), daughter of Delbáeth and Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann, was the eponymous matron goddess of Ireland.

stone in County Meath, Ireland

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thumb|alt=water and a remote island|Dingle in Ireland In Irish mythology, Banba (modern spelling: Banbha ), daughter of Delbáeth and Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann, is a matron goddess of Ireland. She was married to Mac Cuill, a grandson of the Dagda.

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In Irish mythology, Fódla or Fótla (modern spelling: Fódhla, Fodhla, Fóla), daughter of Delbáeth and Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann, is one of the tutelary goddesses of Ireland. Her husband is Mac Cecht. Her name, pronounced (), is believed to derive from Old Irish ('sod, land'), indicating her nature as a goddess of the land. A fanciful etymology in the Book of Leinster reads it as , "a sod upon Díl," memorialising the death of a daughter of Míl Espáine.