Goibniu

In Irish tradition, as in many others across Europe, the smith was a figure of special power and a little set apart from ordinary people.

In the mythology of early Ireland, the smith of the gods was Goibnu, one of the Tuatha de Danann, the divine race who were said to have ruled Ireland before the coming of the Gaels.

Goibnú forged weapons for the gods in their great battle against their enemies, the Fomorians, and the old stories tell that he could make a spearhead with three strokes of his hammer and that every weapon he made would strike true and kill.

He also brewed a feast of ale, which kept those who drank it from age and death.