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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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407:Míl Espáine
188:Goídel Glas
158:king named
66:. They are
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552:Celtiberia
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400:John Carey
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590:Footnotes
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405:The name
350:Chronicle
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251:Mac Cuill
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1403:Uí Néill
1376:Nobility
1288:Language
986:1287 BC
738:11 March
672:, pp.5-6
584:Gallaeci
578:See also
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546:via the
516:Lia Fáil
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343:, Saint
327:Analysis
228:Hispania
156:Scythian
124:Hispania
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308:Éremon
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