Firbolg
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Firbolgs,
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Firbolg
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The Firbolg chiefs had landed in different parts of the island, but they soon met at the once famous Tara, where they united their forces.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances
According to this ancient tract, when the Firbolg king heard of the arrival of the invaders, he sent a warrior named Sreng to reconnoitre their camp.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances
These were the Tuath de Dunans, the Firbolg, and the Scots, or Milesians.
From Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
The Ui Tairrsigh were undoubtedly of Firbolg origin, and MacNeill would account in this manner for the slow acceptance of the stories by the conquering Milesians.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
Son of Erc, Firbolg king, husband of Taltiu, or Telta, 103.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
Another derivation of the name, from coige, a fifth part, is attributed to the Firbolgs.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances
The Firbolgs are vassals of Ailill and Medb, and with the Fir Domnann and Galioin are hostile to Cúchulainn and his men,165 just as Fomorians were to the Tuatha Dé Danann.
From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by MacCulloch, J. A.
Built by the pagan Firbolgs in the first century of the Christian era, these mortarless walls, Cyclopean as they are called, having braved the tempests of nineteen hundred years, still stand.
From The South Isles of Aran by Burke, Oliver J.
When the Dedannans came to invade Erin, they found the country occupied by the Firbolgs, who were by no means inclined to give up quiet possession to the newcomers.
From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown
The second settlement of Ireland is what puzzles historians of to-day—not the old historians, for they, nine out of ten, admit that the Formorians, Firbolgs, and Tuath de Danans, were one and the same people.
From The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 by Wild, Joseph
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