Editing Goibniu (section)

==Family==
The name of his father appears as Esarg or Tuirbe Trágmar, the 'thrower of [[axe]]s'.<ref>Part I Book IV: The Dagda of ‘[[Gods and Fighting Men]],’ by [[Lady Gregory]], (1904), available at http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/gafm/gafm12.htm
</ref> Goibniu is often grouped together with [[Creidhne|Credne]] the [[silversmith]] and [[Luchtaine|Luchta]] the [[Carpentry|carpenter]] as the ''Trí Dée Dána'' (three gods of art), who forged the weapons which the Tuath Dé used to battle the [[Fomorians]]. Alternatively, he is grouped with Credne and [[Dian Cecht]] the [[physician]].<ref>Section 62 of the [[Lebor Gabála Érenn]], available in translation at http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/lebor4.html#55</ref> He is explicitly named as the brother of [[Dian Cecht|Dian Cécht]] and [[Nuada]] in the Second Battle of Moytura (Mag Tuired)<ref>[https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T300011/text075.html ''The Second Battle of Moytura'' Section 74, 75]</ref> Goibniu's unnamed wife was said to be buried in a cave at [[Drogheda]].<ref name="dolmens">{{cite book |last1=Borlase |first1=William Copeland |title=The Dolmens of Ireland |date=1897 |publisher=Chapman and Hall |location=Indiana University |pages=349, 888–890 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wvJMAAAAMAAJ&q=scal+balb&pg=PA802 |access-date=6 August 2019}}</ref>