Firbolg
Americannoun
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Firbolgs,
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Firbolg
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By their magical and healing arts the Danaans gained the victory, and the Firbolg king was slain.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
The Firbolg king, however, objected to this arrangement; and it was decided, in a council of war, to give battle to the invaders.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack
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 James Joyce
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 Mary Frances Cusack
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
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 Mary Frances Cusack
This was another Bres, not the envoy who had treated with the Firbolgs and who was slain in the battle of Moytura.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
Dolmens found in, 53; oppression in, of the Firbolgs, 102, 103 Greek-s.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
The Tuatha de Daanans and Firbolgs, who possessed the country before the Milesians, had vanished more than a thousand years before the most ancient annals we possess were written.
From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by T. O. Russell
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
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