Sister of Muirenn and aunt of the hero Finn Mac Cumhaill. Bodmall was also the daughter of the druid Tadg and foster-mother of Finn.
Bodhmall followed her sister into the Sliab Bladma (Slieve Bloom), where she acted as a midwife to Muirenn and later as a nurse and foster-mother of Finn.
Bodhmall.
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