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"RAINBOW FARMS" HARNESS HORSES - STANDARDBREDS - PACERS - TROTTERS The Hunter Valley - New South Wales - Australia.
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Irish Heritage Standardbred Yearlings 2003 - 2012 Minis Sweetwaters "Egyptian Kings Smokey (Imp) Shazzally Shazam (Aust) *Mini Weanlings |
Seanchus of Celtic Ireland - 19 1699 BC - Continued At this time Inis Ealga / Erinn was ruled by the 3 sons of Cermna "Milbheoil," namely, Ethur mac Cuil, Cethur mac Cecht and Fethur mac Greine and of these 3 the reigning Tuatha De Danann King at that time was Fethur mac Greine who was married to Eriu, and on coming into contact with the Gaelic Milesians he immediately called on the Gaels to follow the Celtic tradition of chivalry and practise. He requested that they return to their ships and make another landing after 3 days when the Tuatha De Danann would either fight or surrender as the Tuatha De Danann would then be ready to oppose them at the shoreline. If this was their decision and the Gaels succeeded in defeating them they would hand over control of Ireland, and although the majority of the Gaels were against this, 37.Amergin, as their Ollamh / learned one / law giver convinced them that this was the correct moral thing to do. Once the Gaels were all back on board their long craft and had retired beyond the 9 waves required, a great wild storm came up and in the ensuing turmoil that followed many of their ships under the command of the oldest brother, 37.Heber "Donn" were wrecked while the others were driven to the south - west where he and (2) two of his brothers, *37.Ir and 37.Aranan were to be drowned in that region. When the raging storm finally desisted (2) two of the three surviving brothers, *37.Heber "Fionn" and 37.Amergin then landed with what was left of that part of the expedition on the coast of Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province. They then moved inland with their group, where they eventually arrived at the base of the mountain there now known as Sliab Mis near Tralee on the third day, where they soon came up against the Tuatha De Danann forces under Queen Eriu, and a great battle occurred between them. Although the Tuatha De Danann now had the advantage it was the Gaelic Milesians who finally won the day, with the Tuatha De Danann losing over 1,000 of their followers in the battle. The Gaels on the other hand also suffered heavy losses and included among these was Queen Scota the wife of *36.Mil, and her two daughters - in - law, Fas and Mishni "Dairideen" along with many of their Gaelic warriors. Queen Scota was buried on the north side near the sea in Scotia's Grave / Fert Scota, which is in Glen Scoheen / Gleann Scoithin in the Parish of Annagh. Fas, the wife of 37.Un, was killed in the Valley of Fas / Glen Faisi in Co. Kerry, which was later named after her and Mishni "Dairideen" was buried in the Slieve Mish Mountains together with the 300 Celtic Milesian warriors also slain during the battle. *38.Emer, a son of *37.Ir, who had been one of the 5 brothers who were shipwrecked and drowned, was to survive to become the ancestor of the Gaelic Milesian Irian Families in the territory that later became the east of the Ulster Province, and they were originally to have their kingdom throughout the region there that takes in the north - eastern corner in Co. Down and Co. Antrim in the east of Ulster where members of the Mac Guinness and Mac Dunlevy Families were to be their more modern descendants.From *36.Lewy / Lughaidh who was a son of their great - uncle, *37.Ithe, who was to settle his followers in Co. Cork in Southern Munster, descend many of the Ithian - Darinian Families in that area represented by the many Families there of which the O Driscolls were eventually to be of the most importance. *37.Heber "Fionn" - of Fair Complexion pushed on with his remaining Gaelic forces and they continued to fight their way inland towards the north - east of Ireland until they finally reached the mouth of the River Boyne where they came upon his younger brother, *37.Heremon whose ship had been washed around from the Co. Kerry coast in the south - west of the Munster Province further to the north and had been able to land near Drogheda / Droiched Atha (The Bridge of the Ford) above Dublin in the north - east of what is now Northern Leinster. Another of the brothers, 37.Colpa, who was with *37.Heremon, had also been drowned at the mouth of the River Boyne and this region later on became known as Inbhear / Inver Colpa (The Port of Colpa) and the parish in that particular area today is still known as Coelph, a reminder of his part in the expedition.37.Heber "Donn" - of Brown Complexion the eldest son, had also been drowned on Bull Rock, *37.Ir who had also been previously drowned was buried on Skellig Michael off the coast of Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province, as was 37.Arranan who had suffered the same fate and had been buried there also, and Sceine "Dubsaine" the wife of 37.Amergin was also drowned in the river and Inver Scene was later named for her. Other close kinsmen lost where *36.Mil’s sons - in - law, Enda / Enna who died at the Rock of Enda / Carrig Enna and Lewy / Lughaidh who was married to 37.Fial his daughter who was also interred in Fial’s Grave at the Basilkane Dolmen, which is marked today by the Baisteachan Church in Co. Kerry in the south - west of Munster. Fuad was to be killed later in Co. Armagh in the south - east of the Ulster Province were Slieve Fuad was named for him and Cooley / Cuailgne was also killed at what is now the Cooley Mountains / Slieve Cuailgne near Carlingford in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster. The 3 - three surviving Milesian Gaelic brothers, *37.Heremon, *37.Heber "Fionn" and 37.Amergin with their remaining forces then sent off a challenge to the 3 three joint Tuatha De Danann Kings at Tara in Meath / Mide in the south - east of what is now Northern Leinster and they all went into their final battle there at Telltown / Tailten in what is now Co. Meath, which was to last for quite a while. During the battle mac Cecht was slain by *37.Heremon, mac Cuil by *37.Heber "Fionn" and mac Greine by 37.Amergin and their 3 De Danann Queens were also killed during the conflict (At this time the Celtic women still went into battle and also led the armies.) The whole of the Tuatha De Danann forces were to be thoroughly defeated by the Gaels and *37.Heber "Fionn" and *37.Heremon then divided up Eriu / Erinn between them as 37.Amergin, as a Druid, was not eligible under Celtic Law. The remaining Fir Bolg Celts were probably relieved at this time to see their previous over - lords removed, but they would naturally still have resentment as they then became subject to the Gaels whenever it took their fancy and with expansion always occurring in any increasing growing society due to population growth they were to be eventually absorbed into the aristocratic Gaelic Families. +On to the Seanchus of Celtic Ireland - 20
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