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n. - One of a group of Celtic sea demons sometimes associated with the hostile power of nature.

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  • Why, ye wall-eyed auld Fomorian, if ye'd been in charge of the Cattle Raid of Cooley, the Brown Bull would still be chewin 'cud in his meaddy!
  • Why, ye wall-eyed auld Fomorian, if ye'd been in charge of the Cattle Raid of Cooley, the Brown Bull would still be chewin' cud in his meaddy!
  • Then there is the threat of Fomorian war on the horizon, and as the high-priestess of a warrior Goddess, Shannon must lead the people of Partholon into battle.
  • Fomorian women bowed their heads in slumber; the little children crept to their mothers 'laps; the old men nodded; and the young warriors drooped in their seats and...
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