In Irish mythology, Anann (Anu, Ana) was a mother goddess. Although many of the manuscripts containing texts relating to Irish mythology have failed to survive, and much more material was probably never committed to writing, there is enough remaining to enable the identification of four distinct, if overlapping, cycles: the Mythological Cycle, The Ulster Cycle, the Fenian Cycle and the... A goddess is a female deity in contrast with a male deity known as a god. A great many cultures have goddesses, sometimes alone, but more often as part of a larger pantheon that includes both of the conventional genders and in some cases even hermaphroditic (or gender neutral) deities. ...

She may be identical with Danu and/or Aine. She has particular associations with Munster: the twin hills known as the Paps of Anu (Dá Chích Anann) near Killarney, County Kerry are named after her. She was a goddess of fertility, cattle, and prosperity, and was known for comforting and teaching the dying. Fires were lit for her during Midsummer. In Irish mythology, Danu or Dana was the mother goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann (peoples of the goddess Danu), although little is recorded about her as a character. ... In Irish mythology, ine (also Aillen) was a goddess of love, growth, cattle and the moon. ... Alternate uses: See Munster (disambiguation). ... This article is about the town in Ireland, there is also a town called Killarney in Ontario, Canada. ... County Kerry (Irish: Ciarraí) is a county in the southwest of Ireland, in the Munster province of the Republic of Ireland, informally referred to as The Kingdom. ... Midsummer celebration, Åmmeberg, Sweden Midsummer is the period of time centered upon the summer solstice. ...

With Badb and Macha, she is sometimes part of a triumvirate of war goddesses. She may have been the mother of Brian, Iuchar and Iucharba, the sons of Tuireann. In Irish mythology, Badb (crow) or in modern spelling Badhbh was a goddess of war who took the form of a crow, thus known as Badb Catha (battle crow). ... This article is about the goddess in Celtic mythology. ... In Goidelic mythology, and especially Scotland, Brian was a bumbling fool who helped Cailleach rescue Dia Griene. ... In Irish mythology Iuchar was one of the sons of Tuireann of the Tuatha Dé Danann. ... In Irish mythology, Iucharba was one of the sons of Tuireann of the Tuatha Dé Danann. ... In Celtic mythology, Tuireann was the father of Creidhne, Luchtaine and Giobhniu by Brigid. ...

Entries in the University of Wales' reconstructed Proto-Celtic lexicon (http://www.wales.ac.uk/documents/external/cawcs/pcl-moe.pdf ) suggest that the name is likely derived from the Proto-Celtic *Hanonā , a phrase with the Proto-Celtic semantic connotations of ‘the Boggy One’. She may therefore personify boggy terrain, which fact would relate very logically to her functions as a force affecting the fortunes of cattle, fertility and prosperity in an agrarian society such as that of the Iron Age Celts.