After some years the Egyptians made war on Sru, grandson of Gaedheal. So he and his host set out in four ships for the island of Crete 2 where he died. Thence they sailed under Eibhear Scot to Scythia where, Giolla Caomhain tells us, they came into conflict with their kinsmen. After five generations they were expelled, and eventually reached an island on the Caspian Sea.    Having spent a year on the island, they set sail in three ships, sixty in each ... Read More

Partolan, who was the first to " occupy " Ireland, came three hundred years after the Deluge.    His course was from "Middle Greece" through the Torrian or Mediterranean Sea to Sisilia, and thence, with his right hand to Spain, till he reached Inbhear Sceine in West Munster after a voyage lasting two months and a half.    With him were his faithless wife, Deal-gnaid ;   three sons, Ruaidhri, Seangha and Leighlinne with their wives, and a host of a thousand.    His followers included ... Read More