After some time, loth son of Breoghan, learned in the sciences, was sent from Spain to explore Ireland. Landing in Ulster with thrice fifty chosen warriors, he was approached by the natives who addressed him in Gaelic or Scoitbhearla. He and they spoke a common tongue, loth explained, because Gaedheal had been teaching the public schools in Scythia before their ancestor Neimheadh left that country for Ireland. Loth then proceeded, with two-thirds of his ship's company,   to  Aileach  Neid.    There  he  was welcomed  ... Read More

The Lia Fail, or Stone of Destiny was said to roar under each King of Ireland on his being chosen. It was in destiny, says Hector Boetius in his History of Scotland, that a king of the Scotic nation should reign wherever this stone was kept. Feargus the Great, son of Earc, having proposed to style himself king of Scotland, sent to his brother Muir-cheartach for the stone that he might sit on it for the purpose of being proclaimed King of ... Read More