Sadbh

Meaning: Sweet and Goodly.

She was enchanted into the form of a deer on refusing the love of Fear Doirche, but she found he had no power over her while she was within the dun of the Fianna. Bran and Sceolan, Fionn's hounds, did not attempt to kill her when the Fianna found her out hunting. She was brought home, but later she was lured out from the protection of the house and she was enchanted once more, by the Druid Fear Doirche. After seven years, the hounds found a little boy, Oisin, Sadbh's son, who remembered his deer-mother. She was made to follow Fear Doirche and leave her son to the elements.

Oisin, her son, grew up to become a member of the Fianna alongside his father, Fionn.

'Sadbh' was also the daughter of the High King of Ireland, Brain Boru.

Pronounced: sow,S-I-V-E or sigh it is a beautiful and mysterious name. However, in recent years the popularity of the name in Ireland has greatly increased, and it has been positioned in the Most Popular 100 names on three occasions.

The character of Sadbh appeared in the dramatic musical program Lord of the Celts, which was loosely based on the "Fionn and Sadbh" story from the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. The program was produced by the Radio Tales series for National Public Radio.

A play by famous playwriter John B Keane is called 'Sive'