Many clans have often claimed mythological founders that reinforced their status and gave a romantic and glorified notion of their origins.Way of Plean; Squire (1994): pp. 13–14. Most powerful clans gave themselves origins based on Irish mythology. For example, there have been claims that the Clan Donald were descended from either Conn, a second-century king of Ulster, or Cuchulainn, the legendary hero of Ulster. Whilst their political enemies the Clan Campbell have claimed as their progenitor Diarmaid the Boar, who was rooted in the Fingalian or Fenian Cycle.
