Firbolg
[ feer-buhl-uhg ]
noun,plural Fir·bolgs, (especially collectively) Fir·bolg.Irish Legend.
any member of the pre-Celtic inhabitants of Ireland who were defeated by the Tuatha De Danann.
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Tradition assigns it to ngus, a Firbolg chief who lived about two thousand years ago.
Romantic Ireland; volume 2/2 | M.F and B. McM. MansfieldIn each of the three islands are found ancient forts or duns, which are traditionally attributed to the Firbolg or Belgic race.
Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum | John HealyA third band, the Firbolg proper, took possession of Munster.
In the dim days of Fomorian and Firbolg, and for ages after, Erin was a land of forests, full of wild cattle and deer and wolves.
Ireland, Historic and Picturesque | Charles Johnston
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