Description of the Danaan Story of Cleena's Wave
One of the most
notable landmarks of Ireland was the Tonn Cliodhna, or “Wave
of Cleena,” on the seashore at Glandore Bay, in Co. Cork. The story
about Cleena exists in several versions, which do not agree with each
other except in so far as she seems to have been a Danaan maiden once
living in Mananan's country, the Land of Youth beyond the sea.
Escaping thence with a mortal lover, as one of the versions tells,
she landed on the southern coast of Ireland, and her lover, Keevan of
the Curling Locks, went off to hunt in the woods. Cleena, who
remained on the beach, was lulled to sleep by fairy music played by a
minstrel of Mananan, when a great wave of the sea swept up and
carried her back to Fairyland, leaving her lover desolate. Hence the
place was called the Strand of Cleena's Wave.
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Cleena back to Fairyland, leaving her lover desolate. Hence
the place was called the Strand of Cleena's Wave