FOCHAIN MACHA

FOCHAIN MACHA was one of the ten daughters of Partholon. She is not of the same lineage as the Macha Mórrígu of the Túatha Dé Danann but it is tantalising to wonder whether she be a duplicate of her. In Old Irish, “fochain” (nf) meant a ‘outcry, call, shout, outburst, quarrel, fight’ and “macha-” (v.3.sg.pres) meant “to quell, destroy”.