Firbolg
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Firbolgs,
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Firbolg
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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
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)
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
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
Then Cuchulain drew his sword and sought to smite Ferdia over the rim of his shield; but the giant Firbolg flung him off.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
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
The Coming of the Firbolgs Who were the Firbolgs, and what did they represent in Irish legend?
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
The Firbolgs, a rude people, held Ireland for a long period.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
This race remained to the historic period, as the Silures in Great Britain and the Firbolgs in Ireland.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.
The spears of the Danaans, we are told, were light and sharp-pointed; those of the Firbolgs were heavy and blunt.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
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