1) Ulster Cycle character 
Athirne Ailgheasach or Athairne the Importunate was a poet and satirist of the court of Conchobar mac Nessa in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, and he was the son of Fer Chedne(Ferchertne). He was the foster-father of Amairgin mac Echit, who succeeded him as Ulster`s chief poet. Athirne abused the privileges accorded to poets, demanding the r....