Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above: Gold ore Tighearnmas, whose refiner was Uchadan, was the first to discover a gold mine in Ireland. The gold was smelted at Fotharta, east of Lithfe, and was so plentiful in the district that the people of Leinster got the name of " Laighnigh an Oir." Gold was also found at Killaloe, Derry, Tyrone, [...]

Tighearnmas, the next king of note, reigned forty, some authors say fifty, years and won twenty-seven battles over the descendants of Eibhear. Nine lakes burst over land in his time. He was the first who found a gold mine in Ireland. At Fotharta, east of Lithfe, he had the gold smelted. Uchadan was the artificer [...]