Lugh

In Irish mythology, god of light, sorcery, and the crafts, and a leading champion in hero-tales, described as possessor of all arts and skills. A prophesied child, Lugh succeeded Nuadha of the Silver Hand as king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and led them at the second second Battle of Muighe Tuireadh (Moytirra) against the Fomorians, killing the tyrant Balar, whose blazing eye destroyed all on which it looked. He is the divine father of the hero Cuchulain. His feast, Lughnasadh, a harvest festival, was celebrated on 1 August.

Lugh is the Irish version of the Celtic deity Lugus, worshipped widely across the Celtic world from Ireland to central Europe, who left his name on several places anciently called Lugudunum, such as modern Lyon, Leiden, and Laon.

Brian Friel's play Dancing at Lughnasa, later filmed (1998), was based on a 1930's celebration of Lugh's festival in a small Irish village.