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- Milesius of Spain (by Jim Kinsella? )
http://www.kinsella.org/history/milesius.htm
"Who in his youth and during his father's lifetime went into Scythia,where he was kindly received by the king of that country, who gave himhis daughter in marriage, and made him general of his forces. In thiscapacity Milesius defeated the king's enemies, gained much fame, and thelove of all the king's subjects. His growing greatness and popularityexcited against him the jealousy of the king, who, fearing the worst,resolved on putting Milesius privately out of the way, for openly hedared not attempt it. Milesius, having heard of the king's intentions,slew him, left Scythia, and retired into Egypt with a fleet of sixtysail. Pharaoh Nectonileus, then king of Egypt, being informed of hisarrival, and of his great valor, wisdom, and conduct of arms, made himgeneral of all his forces against the king of Ethiopia, then invading hiscountry.
Here, as in Scythia, Milesius was victorious. He forced the enemy tosubmit to the conquerors' own terms of peace. By these exploits Milesiusfound great favor with Pharaoh, who gave him (he being then a widower)his daughter in marriage, and kept him for 8 years afterwards in Egypt.
At length Milesius took leave of his father-in-law, and returned toSpain, where he arrived, to the great joy of his people, who were muchdisturbed by incessant wars, and the intrusion of foreign nations, afterthe death of his father and during his own long absence from Spain. Hehad no sooner arrived than he set about extirpating the foreigners andrestoring peace to his distracted people, in which he soon succeeded.
He had but just attained this object when a great dearth and famineoccurred, which lasted for 26 years. Milesius looked upon this as a justpunishment from heaven on him and on his people for their negligence innot seeking the country destined for their final abode, so long foretoldby the Druid, Cachear, as already mentioned, the time limited by theprophecy being now almost expired. To expiate his fault and to complywith the will of his gods, Milesius, with the general approbation of hispeople, sent his uncle Ithe, with his son Lugadius and one hundred andfifty gallant men, to visit Ireland, and to bring back an account ofthese western islands.
Ithe and his companions having visited Ireland for the purpose ofinspection, were honorably received and entertained by the native Irish,who, finding Ithe to be a man of great wisdom and knowledge, referredtheir disputes to him for settlement. His decisions having met with theirmutual and entire satisfaction, he exhorted them to practice the virtuesof forbearance, peace, and love, adding much in praise of theirdelightful, pleasant, and fruitful country. He then took his leave ofthem to return to his ship and go back to Spain. No sooner had he gonethan the chiefs began to suspect the object of his visit, and, to preventhis returning with an army to invade their country, they pursued andovertook him before he had time to reach his ship. They attacked hisparty, put them to rout, and mortally wounded himself at a place calledMagh Ithe, in the County Donegal. His son having rescued his mangledbody, brought it back to Spain and exposed it to public view, thereby toexcite his friends and relations to avenge his murder. The exposing ofthe dead body of Ithe had the desired effect, for thereupon Milesius madegreat preparations to invade Ireland, but before he could effect thatobject he died, leaving the care and charge of the expedition to his 8sons. Milesius was a very valiant champion, a great and fortunatewarrior, and prosperous in all his undertakings.
The 8 sons of Milesius were not forgetful of their father's command, forsoon after his death, with a numerous fleet well manned and equipped,they set forth from Brigantia (now Corunna) in Galicia, and sailedprosperously to the coast of Ireland, or "Innis Fail."
After many difficulties, and the loss of many of their ships and men in astorm which arose, they landed and conquered the natives of the island ina pitched battle, in which they lost a great number of their men, and 6of the 8 brothers, sons of Milesius. " Fromhttp://www.kinsella.org/history/milesius.htm
Jim Kinsella (jim@kinsella.org) Ancient Kinsella Lineage
http://kinsella.org/history/famline.htm
"Information taken from O'Hart's "Irish Pedigrees" and Rev. P.L.O'Toole's"History of the Clan O'Toole" "
David F. Dale in "The History Of The Scots, The Picts And The Britons"reports
Bregon was a Scythian noble who was expelled from Egypt and, with a partyof Scythians & Egyptians (perhaps also Greeks) , eventually settled in"Spain". An uncle Ith saw Ireland from a tower he had built, went overto instigate, got involved in arbitrating in a dispute between threebrothers, rivals for the High Kingship, and was later killed by them.
As a result the sons of Milid crossed over to Ireland and defeated theTuatha de Dannan who became the sidhe of legend and who from then onlived under ground in Ireland.
The area of "Spain" the sons of Milid came from was Brigantia perhapsin Southern Scotland and Northern England not "Spain".
Below from:
MILESIAN GENEALOGIEShttp://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/history/milesian.html from the Annals ofthe Four Masters. Kindness of Pat Traynor
"ABSTRACTS FROM THE ANNALS OF THE FOUR MASTERS
Compiled in the years 1632-1636 at the convent of Donegal, by the chiefauthor, Michael O'Clery, a monk of the order of St Francis, after asearch of fifteen years throughout the country for the most important ofthe Irish documents.
NOTE: The ANCESTOR of a Clan, as referred to here, is one who begins abranch off the main stem that leads to the founder of that Clan's name.
A QUO = "from which decended;"
ANG. = anglicised. (English translation)
36. MILESIUS OF SPAIN; (GAUL) A valiant warrior, prosperous in all hisundertakings. He was contemporary with Solomon. He planned to invadeIreland to avenge the death of his uncle, ITHE, killed by theTUATHA-DE-DANANS, and also to fulfill a prophesy. His eight sons took onthe charge after his death.
37. HEREMON; IR; HEBER; The three sons of MILESIUS. HEREMON was theseventh son, but the third of these three that left issue. Five werekilled in landing upon the treacherous coast, including IR. AMERGIN, whowas a Druid, was one of the three brothers who survived. HEREMON and hiseldest brother HEBER were jointly, the first Milesian monarchs ofIreland. They began to reign in 1699 B.C., the first of one hundredeighty three Kings or sole Monarchs of the Gaelic, Milesian, or Scottishrace that governed Ireland, successively, for two thousand eight hundredand eighty five years from the first year of their reign, to thesubmission to the Crown of England; King Henry the II; who was also ofthe Milesian race by his mother Maude, of lineal decent from Fergus MorMacEarca, first King of Scotland, a descendant of HEREMON. HEBER wasslain by HEREMON in a quarrel, caused by their wives. AMERGIN was alsoslain by HEREMON over an argument over territory."
IRISH ORIGINS from
MILESIAN GENEALOGIES . from the Annals of the Four Masters.
Kindness of Pat Traynor athttp://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/history/milesian.html
"Adam through Kings of Ireland and Scotland To English Lines"
at Southern Style web site at
http://www.southern-style.com/adam_through_kings_of_ireland_an.htm
"Ancient Uladh. Kingdom of Ulster". In "Irelands History in Maps"
By Dennis Walsh (walshdw@ix.netcom.com) Very extensive information.
"With a Special Focus on Ancient and Medieval Irish Tribes and Septs."
At http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/kilkenny/2/ulster.htm
Jim Kinsella (jim@kinsella.org) Ancient Kinsella Lineage
http://kinsella.org/history/famline.htm
"Information taken from O'Hart's "Irish Pedigrees" and Rev. P.L.O'Toole's"History of the Clan O'Toole" "
The Kinsella Homepage http://www.kinsella.org/
Jim Kinsella, the son of John Kinsella (who collected the information),son of Daniel Kinsella.
Ancient Irish Royalty by Richard Michael Finn
Very thorough. ( dennis@iwindow.com )
http://www.rich.finn.com/ancient.html
THE HISTORY OF THE SCOTS, THE PICTS AND THE BRITONS
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/DavidDale1/Hisco.htm
DAVID F. DALE
e-mail : DavidDale1@compuserve.com
David Dale has done vast amount of research and has produced an excellent
report, which I would highly recommend to anyone interested.
The Clans of Ireland
http://www.irishclans.com/
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