Aibell

In Irish legend Aibell (sometimes Aoibheall (modern Irish spelling)), also anglicised as Aeval or Eevill) was the guardian spirit of the Dál gCais, the Dalcassians or Ó Bríen clan. She was the ruler of a sídhe in north Munster, and her dwelling place was Craig Liath, the grey rock, a hill overlooking the Shannon about two miles north of Killaloe.^[1]^[2] Aibell also had a lover (called Dubhlainn Ua Artigan) and a magic harp (of which it was said "[w]hoever heard its music did not live long afterwards").^[2]^[3] In folklore she was turned into a white cat by her sister, Clíodhna.

^ Donal O'Sullivan, "Songs of the Irish," page 127.
^ ^a ^b Ellis, Peter Berresford (1987), A Dictionary of Irish Mythology, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 24, ISBN 978-0-19-282871-2
^ Matson, Gienna: Celtic Mythology A to Z, page 1. Chelsea House, 2004. ISBN 978-1-60413-413-1

[1] Donal O'Sullivan, "Songs of the Irish," page 127.

[ellis-2] Ellis, Peter Berresford (1987), A Dictionary of Irish Mythology, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 24, ISBN 978-0-19-282871-2

[Matson-3] Matson, Gienna: Celtic Mythology A to Z, page 1. Chelsea House, 2004. ISBN 978-1-60413-413-1

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