Firbolg
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Bres proposed to the Firbolg that the two races should divide Ireland equally between them, and join to defend it against all comers for the future.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
It was a Firbolg in the borrowed cloak of a Milesian; and he thought of his friend Davin, the peasant student.
From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce, James
Son of Erc, Firbolg king, husband of Taltiu, or Telta, 103.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
John MacNeill has pointed out Finn’s connexion with a Firbolg tribe, and maintains that the Fenian cycle was the property of the subject race.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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
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