Along with her sisters (daughters of Ernmas by the Dagda or Delbáeth), Fodla and Banba, she was part of an important trio of goddesses. She was a Goddess of Sovereignty and the maiden/spiritual aspect of the triplicity Goddesses with her two sisters. She was the third of the three to be approached and challenged by the Milesians. She fought long and fiercely for Ireland, winning the battle but losing Ireland. In honour of her fight, the Milesians named Ireland for her.
In the later legends of the Trojan War, Eris, lot having been invited to the marriage festival of Peleus and Thetis, flings a golden apple (the "apple of discord") among the guests, to be given to the most beautiful.
and D. 24) a beneficent Eris, the personification of honourable rivalry.