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アイルランド神話では、'''カー・イボルメース'''（Caer Ibormeith）はコナハトのシド・ウアムイン（Sid Uamuin）の王子エサール・アヌブアイル（Ethal Anbuail）の娘である。1年以上続いた[[オェングス]]の夢の中で、カー・イボルメースがベッドの横に立っていたが、[[オェングス]]が手を伸ばすと彼女は消えてしまうのだった<ref>https://aliisaacstoryteller.com/2015/10/06/the-aisling-not-so-sweet-dreams-in-irish-mythology/, The Aisling Not so Sweet Dreams in Irish Mythology, 2015-10-06, aliisaacstoryteller, 2017-12-09</ref>。カーはサムハインのたびに、日没から1日だけ人間の姿になり、その後は白鳥に戻り、その姿で1年間過ごし、次のサムハインで再び人間の姿になった。
[[オェングス]]は夢の中のこの少女を探して竜の口の湖に行き、150人の少女が二人一組で鎖につながれているのを見つけた。その中に彼の少女カー・イボルメースもいた。[[オェングス]]は白鳥の姿のカーを見分けることができれば、カーと結婚してもいいと言われた。その後、[[オェングス]]は白鳥に変身し、スレイン近くのボイン川にある[[オェングス]]の住居であるブルナ・ボイン（宮殿）へと飛び去った。の住居であるブルナ・ボイン（宮殿）へと飛び去った。二人は美しい音楽を歌いながら移動し、アイルランド中の聴衆を三日三晩眠らせたという<ref name=MJ-Oengus>[http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/oengus.html The Dream of Oengus] , https://web.archive.org/web/20131124041701/http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/oengus.html# , 2013-11-24 , The Celtic Literature Collective</ref>。
[[Óengus]] went in search for this girl in his dreams at the [[lake of the Dragon's Mouth]] and found 150 girls chained in pairs, his girl Caer Ibormeith, among them. Óengus was told he could marry Caer if he could identify her in her swan form. He chose correctly and with that Óengus turned himself into a swan and they flew away together, to the [[Brú na Bóinne]]/palace on the River Boyne near [[Slane]], which was his long standing place of residence. The pair sang beautiful music as they went, that put all listeners throughout Ireland asleep for three days and nights.<ref name=MJ-Oengus>[http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/oengus.html The Dream of Oengus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131124041701/http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/oengus.html# |date=2013-11-24 }} The Celtic Literature Collective</ref> Caer would marry with [[Óengus]] of the [[Tuatha de Dannan]], and, amongst other things, become foster-mother of [[Diarmuid]].
The story of [[Fionnuala]] and the other [[children of Lir]] shares the motif of transformation into swans, as swans and the associated [[crane (bird)|crane]]s ("grús") share Irish mythological reverence due to, especially in the latter case, being equally at home in flight, on land, and in water, which made it an especially magical creature able to transition to other worlds. Moreover, as the tall Crane stands upright when on land, it was associated with shape-shifting, back into human form.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://aliisaacstoryteller.com/2015/11/16/the-ritual-of-the-crane-dance-curse-in-irish-mythology/|title=The Ritual of the Crane Dance Curse in Irish Mythology|date=2015-11-16|work=aliisaacstoryteller|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-GB}}</ref>
