Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

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 [...]

The Fomorians were soon avenged for Neimheadh‘s con¬duct towards them. Their leaders, More and Conang, settled in Toirinis, where they had built a fleet, and enforced a tribute of two-thirds of the children, the corn and the milch kine of the men of Ireland. This tribute had to be given them every year on the [...]