Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above: Aoife, only daughter of Lughaidh Aoife, only daughter to Lughaidh son of Cas ancestor of the Dal gCais, was married to Trad, a druid and chief who had little land. A numerous family having been born to them, Aoife suggested to her father that it would be well if they could have more territory. [...]

Accordingly a host was assembled at the tower of Breoghan ; and the sons of Milidh embarked for Ireland in thirty ships having thirty warriors each besides women and camp-folk. They were accompanied by the queen-mother Scota—Milidh being by this time dead—and forty leaders whose names are commemorated to this day in our place names.x [...]