An Chraobh Airgid

People

The sons of Míl

Meic Míled

The last invaders in the Book of Invasions: the Gaels.

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In Lebor Gabála Érenn they sail from Spain to avenge their kinsman Íth, and land at Inber Scéne on the first of May, where their poet Amairgen sings as he sets his right foot on the shore. Three queens of the Tuatha Dé, Banba, Fódla and Ériu, meet them on their way, and each asks that the island bear her name. At Tara Amairgen judges that they must go back out over nine waves and land again if they can. The druids raise a storm against them, and Donn is drowned in it; and they beat the Tuatha Dé Danann at Tailtiu.

Kin and bonds

In the tales

  • The Children of Lir A jealous stepmother, a druid’s wand, and four children who must live nine hundred years as swans.
  • The Song of Amairgen A poet sets his right foot on Ireland and sings that he is the wind on the sea. Three queens of the old gods meet him, and each asks for the island’s name.

See also

  • Amairgen The poet of the sons of Míl.
  • Banba The first of the three queens who asked that Ireland bear her name.
  • Donn son of Míl The eldest son of Míl, who said he owed Ireland to no one, and did not live to enjoy it.
  • Ériu The woman whose name became Ireland’s.
  • Fódla The second of the three queens who asked that Ireland bear her name.
  • Inbhear Scéine The Kenmare River. The long sea inlet where Amairgen set his right foot on Ireland.
  • Sliabh Eibhlinne The Slieve Felim Mountains. The hills where Fódla met the sons of Míl.
  • Sliabh Mis The Slieve Mish Mountains. The mountains where the sons of Míl met Banba, the first of the three queens.
  • Tailtin Teltown. Where the sons of Míl beat the Tuatha Dé, and the old gods lost Ireland.
  • Teamhair The Hill of Tara. Seat of the high kings, and of the stone that cried out.

Sources

Medieval manuscript. Written down by Irish scholars between the eighth and seventeenth centuries.

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