Overview: Aengus Og son of the Daghda and Bionn (Goddess of the river Boyne) is the love god of Irish Mythology. Aengus means ‘true vigour’. Aengus Og, God of Love: Four bright birds hovered over his head. The birds represented his kisses. He brought love singing into the hearts of any a maiden and youth. […]
Nuadhu of the Silver Arm
Overview Nuadhu was the King who led the Tuatha Dé Danann into Ireland. He brought the great sword of Nuadhu from which no opponent ever escaped. This sword was one of the four special gifts the Tuatha brought with them. His army defeated the Fir Bolgs, but he lost his arm in the battle and […]
Nemed
Overview Arrived in Ireland with his wife Macha his four sons and their wives and twenty other Nemedians. Nemed had lost all but one of a fleet of thirty two boats. The nine Nemedians became settlers who cleared, like Partholon, the forests of Ireland to create twelve more fertile plains. The Nemedians also had to […]
Book of Invasions – 6: The Sons of Mil
The Tuatha de Dannan ruled Ireland for a long time, and during that time, the land prospered. Summers were never too hot, nor winters too cold. The forests were bountiful, and there was always enough for everyone to eat. One day, the High King of Ireland died, and left his kingdom to his three sons. […]
Book of Invasions – 5: The Second Battle of Moy Tura
In the first Battle of Moy Tura, the Tuatha de Dannan were victorious, but a terrible wound was inflicted on their king, Nuada: his arm was cut off. The physician of the Tuatha de Danan, Dian Cecht, went to work on Nuada, and made a beautiful arm for him out of silver, that worked just […]
Book of Invasions – 4: The First Battle of Moy Tura
The Fir Bolg, sensible, hard-working and humble though they were, ruled in Ireland for only a short time. On a day thirty-seven years after they defeated the Formorians, a great mist descended, and in this mist, boats landed, and a wonderful race of tall, blond, beautiful people came to the land. These were the Tuatha […]
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