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Figure in Irish mythology

Cumhall (; ) or Cumhall mac Trénmhoir ("son of Trénmór/Tréanmór" meaning "strong great") is a figure in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology, a leader of the fianna and the father of Fionn mac Cumhaill.

The most important text regarding the family of Finn (son of Cumaill) is Fotha Catha Chnucha ("The Cause of the Battle of Cnucha"), as it is contained in the ancient parchment Lebor na hUidre (LU), dated to the 12th century. Otherwise, the next most important tract is the Macgnímartha Finn ("The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn") copied in a 15th century manuscript. According to the Fotha Catha Chnucha, Cumhall mac Trénmhoir was son of a petty king, and served the High King Conn Cet Chathach "of the Hundred Battles". Cumhall was also Conn's half uncle, his mother being the mother of Conn's father,. daughter of the druid Tadg mac Nuadat, but Tadg refused him, so Cumhall forcibly carried away Muirne in elopement. In Fotha Catha Chnucha Cumhall's wife was the granddaughter to Nuadat who was a druid to king Cathair Mór, but she was granddaughter to Núadu of the Tuatha Dé Danann according to a passage in the Acallamh na Senorach. Also where the former work gives Almu daughter of Becan as Nuadat's wife,Refn|group="lower alpha"|Note that the name is corrupted to "Cumall son of Tredhorn son of Cairbre" in the one passage of Acallmh na Sénorach, located at what is today Castleknock. Goll then took over leadership of the Fianna, as explained in the Magnímartha Finn. Cumhall's wife Muirne was already pregnant with his son, Fionn, and Muirne's furious father Tadg not only refused to accept her back, but ordered her burnt to death. Cumhall's wife however seeks Conn's protection, and in exile she delivers a child which she names Demni. Demni (Demne) later became Finn. Cumhall is reputed to be buried within the grounds of Castleknock College, supposedly under a hill upon which an old water tower now stands.

Attempts to connect Cumhall with Camulus, a Celtic god of war known from Roman era inscriptions, are now largely rejected. Old Irish cumal means "female slave", and it is possible that a noble father was invented for Fionn to obscure an ignoble origin. Alternatively, some early texts call the hero "Fionn mac Umaill", which may indicate his father's name was originally Umall.