Creidne

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Creidne was a woman warrior of the Fianna in Irish mythology. She became the champion of a warrior band after fleeing from an incestuous relationship with her father, which produced three sons.{{Citation |last=Ellis |first=Peter Berresford |author-link=Peter Berresford Ellis |title=A Dictionary of Irish Mythology |publisher=Oxford University Press |place=Oxford |year=1987 |page=69 |isbn=0-19-282871-1}}

A legend related to the Conaille Muirtheimne{{Citation |editor-last=O'Brien |editor-first=M.A.|title=Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae I |place=Dublin |year=1962 |page=154}} states that Conall Constamail mac Finnchada fathered three sons, Rúntar, Glass and Ímda (eponyms of the Dál Rúntar, Glasraige and Dál nÍmda) upon his own daughter Creidne; out of shame he banished her and her sons; she fought against her parents and only after seven years of exile did she reach a settlement.

A sail training yacht owned by the Irish Naval Service, used as a replacement for the Asgard II, is named Creidne for the mythical warrior.{{cite web|url = https://afloat.ie/sail/tall-ships/item/16933-refurbished-naval-yacht-creidne-sailing-the-high-seas | publisher = Afloat Magazine | website = afloat.ie | title = Refurbished Naval Yacht 'Creidne' Sailing the High Seas | date = 20 September 2011 |accessdate = 4 May 2020 }}{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ship-called-after-a-sea-goddess-to-the-fore-in-naval-reserve-1.84632 | publisher = Irish Times | website = irishtimes.com | title = Ship called after a sea goddess to the fore in naval reserve | date = 24 June 1997 | accessdate = 4 May 2020}}