Liath Luachra or the "Grey one of Luachair", is one of Fionn mac Cumhaill's caretakers and is described, alongside her cohort Bodhmall, as a powerful warrior woman. Unlike Bodhmall who teaches in druidism, Liath is a huntress and an extremely skilled but fearsome warrior.
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Liath Luachra is one of Fionn's foster mothers who raise him after the death of his father Cumhal at the hands of Goll mac Morna. She is a great warrior and a companion of Fionn's aunt, the druidess Bodhmall; together they raise the boy in secret in the forest of Sliabh Bladhma.
Eventually Fionn's ever-spreading fame threatens to bring his father's killers to him, and his caretakers send him to find his own way. By this point they have taught him enough that he can survive on his own, and he goes into the king of Bantry's service.