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THE GALICIAN ORIGIN OF IRELAND

From Galiza departured the sons of Milé, the legendary ancestor of Irish people. He was son of Bilé, one of the names of the god of Death, and this is the reason because Galiza is identyfied with the god of death in the Celtic Mythology.
According to the Book of Conquests and Arbois de Jubainville, Breogán, from the race of Milé, builded in a place called Brigántia a tower from which his son Ith made out the Irish coasts, "in a winter night in which if the air is clear, the man's view reaches the farest". Ith embarked along with three times thirty warriors and landed in the south-east of Ireland. In these times, the island belonged to Tuatha De Dannan, the gods of the day, the life and sciences and over her ruled the three sons of the god Dagdé. This three kings were gathered in the fortress of Airlech (near Dorry, Donegal) to distribute the Neit's estate, the god of war. Ith was well welcomed and the three kings asked him to arbitrate in the distribution. His sentence was his condemnation: "Act according to the laws of justice. The country you inhabitate is good, productive of fruits, honey, cheese, and fishes and it's warm, with no excesses of cold or hot". The three kings thought that Ith wanted to apoderarse of Ireland and decided to kill him. His expedition pals retrieved his corpse and they swear to avenge his memory.
Along with 36 chieftains to the front, each of them with his ship and his family, the race of Milé returned to Ireland. The three kings asked for a term to deliberate if they did battle or they gave hostages as a pledge for an agreement. They was granted the asked term and the sons of Milé moved away from the coast to a distance of nine waves. The Thuatha De Dannan song magic poems which raised a terrible wind that blowed the fleet toward the open sea. The sons of Milé knew that they were victims of an enchantment because the topsailmen checked that in the top of the masts didn't blow the wind. Amairgen, the wiseman of the expedition, song a prayer to the Irish land and the wind changed in an auspicious direction. Eber Dond, the elder of the sons of the race of Milé, misinterpreted this fact as a sign of success and said: "I will blow with the sword and the spear to all the inhabitants of Ireland".
Such words been uttered, the winds changed again, a storm was raised, the ships were scattered and the whole crews disappeared. Regathered the ships, the third landing was the definitive one. In the battle of Taltiu the three kings of Thuatha De Dannan perished and the sons of Milé took possession of Ireland.



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