fíanna (fee-un-nuh) – Initially, freeborn Fir Bolg warriors – and after a time, interbred Gaels – who once made up the army when the High Kings in Tara ruled in Royal Mide; the fíanna were made up of fíans (fi-anns), or bands of nine, who eventually served local Chieftains and kings when the first reign of the High Kings ended.