Firbolg
noun
any member of the pre-Celtic inhabitants of Ireland who were defeated by the Tuatha De Danann.
Firbolgs
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pluralof Firbolg.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But the Firbolgs, the Men of the Bag, that were in Ireland before them, and that had come from the South, saw nothing but a mist, and it lying on the hills.
From Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory
The Firbolgs marched from Tara to meet them; but Nuada, anxious for pacific arrangements, opened new negociations with King Eochaidh through the medium of his bards.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack
But a reasonable agreement followed: the Firbolgs were allotted the province of Connacht for their territory, while the Danaans took the rest of Ireland.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
The Firbolgs, a rude people, held Ireland for a long period.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
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 Joseph Wild
