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265:, who ruled Ireland at the time. Evidence suggests that Tuath Dé were the main pagan gods of Ireland. Íth is then killed by unnamed attackers and his men return to Iberia. The eight sons of Íth's brother Míl (also called Míl Espáine, 'of Hispania'), lead an invasion force to avenge his death and take Ireland. After they land, they fight against the Tuath Dé and make for
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Irishmen and women fled to Spain as a result of political and military turmoil in their homeland. The belief that the Gaelic Irish were descended from Míl Espáine and his Spanish followers was current in Spain as well as Ireland, and as a result the Irish in Spain were given all the rights and
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Ireland was a literary fabrication, but it was accepted as conventional history by poets and scholars down until the 19th century". For centuries, the legend was used in Ireland to win and secure dynastic and political
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Ireland's dynasties back to Milesian Gaels such as Éremon and Éber. Modern scholars, however, believe that these were fictional characters and that the writers were attempting to give the medieval dynasties more legitimacy.
146:(The Book of the Taking of Ireland), an Irish work which was first compiled in the 11th century AD by an anonymous writer, purports to be a history of Ireland and the Irish (the Gaels). It tells us that all mankind is descended from
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82:, who represent the Irish pantheon of gods. The two groups agree to divide Ireland between them: the Milesians take the world above, while the Tuath Dé take the world below (i.e. the
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1463:Dál nAraidi
1448:Dál Fiatach
1421:Dalcassians
1411:Clan Donald
1223:Gaelic type
1205:Early Irish
606:Carey, John
560:Goídel Glas
407:Míl Espáine
188:Goídel Glas
158:king named
66:. They are
50:sons of Míl
2474:Categories
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2345:Tír na nÓg
2335:Otherworld
1989:Fomhoraigh
1903:Mac Gréine
1832:Dian Cecht
1768:Bé Chuille
1431:Eóganachta
1407:Clan Colla
1164:Brehon law
1113:Penal Laws
1103:Jacobitism
552:Celtiberia
524:Brian Boru
400:John Carey
295:Otherworld
259:Mac Gréine
204:Israelites
200:the Exodus
84:Otherworld
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2261:Creatures
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2213:Éber Donn
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2114:Partholón
2068:Mug Ruith
1911:Mac Cecht
1907:Mac Cuill
1783:Bodb Derg
1720:Tuatha Dé
1558:Gael Linn
1471:Cíarraige
1467:Conmaicne
1440:Dál Riata
1415:Uí Mháine
1399:Connachta
1381:Genealogy
1304:Old Irish
1138:Gaeltacht
1063:Dál Riata
590:Footnotes
520:Charles I
405:The name
350:Chronicle
312:Éber Finn
255:Mac Cecht
251:Mac Cuill
116:Partholón
46:Milesians
21:Milesians
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2377:Teamhair
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2048:Caillech
2007:Cethlenn
1931:Morrígan
1921:Manannán
1883:Fuamnach
1823:Delbáeth
1763:Bánánach
1655:Category
1617:Uí Ímair
1494:Scottish
1403:Uí Néill
1376:Nobility
1288:Language
986:1287 BC
738:11 March
672:, pp.5-6
584:Gallaeci
578:See also
564:Lia Fail
546:via the
516:Lia Fáil
475:(1571),
371:Hibernia
343:, Saint
327:Analysis
228:Hispania
156:Scythian
124:Hispania
76:Hispania
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2319:Uaithne
2208:Breogán
2165:Sengann
2152:Fodbgen
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1970:Goibniu
1954:Nechtan
1878:Flidais
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1510:Related
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427:Miletus
417:. Some
396:Tacitus
392:Orosius
376:Galicia
366:Hiberia
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287:Amergin
240:Galicia
236:Corunna
232:Breogán
202:of the
184:pharaoh
172:Scythia
168:Japheth
166:'s son
54:Ireland
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2180:Sláine
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2041:Others
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2027:Ethniu
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1974:Credne
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1939:Nemain
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1850:Ernmas
1840:Airmed
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512:Stuart
466:Legacy
438:Goídel
362:Iberia
345:Jerome
318:. The
316:Cashel
308:Éremon
224:Iberia
72:Iberia
40:, 1911
2396:Texts
2292:Items
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2185:Sreng
2119:Nemed
1997:Balor
1950:Nuada
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1916:Macha
1868:Fódla
1864:Banba
1855:Étaín
1836:Miach
1818:Dagda
1793:Brian
1778:Boann
1730:Abcán
1608:Celts
1459:Ulaid
1425:Déisi
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1351:Irish
1343:Clans
1324:Irish
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1159:Ogham
1029:Gaels
556:Scota
447:Scoti
300:sídhe
291:verse
275:Fódla
271:Banba
180:Scota
120:Nemed
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2002:Bres
1964:Ogma
1945:Neit
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1391:List
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1217:Manx
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884:ISBN
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380:Gael
378:and
368:and
283:trio
279:Ériu
277:and
267:Tara
257:and
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148:Adam
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