ARRIVAL OF TUATHA DE DANANN
I've placed the story of the arrival of the Tuatha De Dannann in my website for a few reasons:
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The Tuatha Dé Danann (which means the people of Danu) arrived in Ireland bearing with them their stone of destiny called the Lia Fail which they placed on the mound of Tara and ever after the rightful kings of Ireland were chosen when it called out. They also brought the spear of Lugh which ensured victory to whoever wielded it, The Sword of Nuada from whom none could escape and the Cauldron of the Dagda from which none would go unsatisfied.
There is a story that they came to Ireland in flying ships but could not land as the Fomorians had set up a great energy field that they could not penetrate. So they had to circle Ireland nine times before finding a breach in the energy field and setting down on Sliabh an Iarainn (The Iron Mountains) in Co. Leitrim.
They clashed with the Fir Bolg (the men of the bags or pot-bellied ones) who they defeated at the first battle of Magh Tuiredh (Moytura) and routed towards the West of Ireland where they allowed them to stay. After defeating the Fir-Bolg they were challenged by the Fomorians and had to fight another battle this time in Co. Roscommon, which became known as the second battle of Magh Tuiredh, they defeated the great Fomorian warrior Balor, and so laid undisputed claim to the land.
They prospered under their two great heroes Nuada of the Silver Arm and Lugh of the Long Arm. They were eventually defeated by the Milesians at Teltown. As they were a magical people they decided to go underground into another dimension of space and time the entrances to which are at many sites around Ireland; one of the most famous being Brugh na Boinne (Newgrange).
It was reputed that only iron weapons could injure them. They became like gods to the later Celtic people and were worshipped as such. They became known as the people of the Sidhe(mounds) and there are many Faery Mounds in existence in Ireland today.
- Mogh Ruith, married to the hag, was reputed to be the King of the Fir Bolgs
- The Labbacallee Lines have thrown up a series of remarkable coincidences. These lines travel through or extremely close to some of the most important cities, towns, ports, forts, islands and lakes in Ireland. They also travel through or close to places mentioned in folk stories associated with the hag. Moytura, mentioned in this story,is almost directly north of Labbacallee.... on the same line as Carrowkeel cemetery tombs.Teltown is directly on the incredible line that travels through or within fields of the Hill of Ward (Associated with Itlachtga, the daughter of Mogh Ruith), Slieve Gullion, (one of the homeplaces of the hag), Newry and Belfast.
- The concept of an energy field around Ireland interests me. I am interested that this energy field was breached at Sliabh and Iarainn, the mountain of iron. I wonder if this energy field had magnetic properties. Given that the Labbacallee Lines show an intelligence that we do not understand, is it possible that Labbacallee and some other ancient monuments might have been satelitte centres?
- The story of The Leather Bottle tells of the hag and her association with the fairy folk in their underground existence below Labbacallee.
http://www.shee-eire.com/
The Tuatha Dé Danann (which means the people of Danu) arrived in Ireland bearing with them their stone of destiny called the Lia Fail which they placed on the mound of Tara and ever after the rightful kings of Ireland were chosen when it called out. They also brought the spear of Lugh which ensured victory to whoever wielded it, The Sword of Nuada from whom none could escape and the Cauldron of the Dagda from which none would go unsatisfied.
There is a story that they came to Ireland in flying ships but could not land as the Fomorians had set up a great energy field that they could not penetrate. So they had to circle Ireland nine times before finding a breach in the energy field and setting down on Sliabh an Iarainn (The Iron Mountains) in Co. Leitrim.
They clashed with the Fir Bolg (the men of the bags or pot-bellied ones) who they defeated at the first battle of Magh Tuiredh (Moytura) and routed towards the West of Ireland where they allowed them to stay. After defeating the Fir-Bolg they were challenged by the Fomorians and had to fight another battle this time in Co. Roscommon, which became known as the second battle of Magh Tuiredh, they defeated the great Fomorian warrior Balor, and so laid undisputed claim to the land.
They prospered under their two great heroes Nuada of the Silver Arm and Lugh of the Long Arm. They were eventually defeated by the Milesians at Teltown. As they were a magical people they decided to go underground into another dimension of space and time the entrances to which are at many sites around Ireland; one of the most famous being Brugh na Boinne (Newgrange).
It was reputed that only iron weapons could injure them. They became like gods to the later Celtic people and were worshipped as such. They became known as the people of the Sidhe(mounds) and there are many Faery Mounds in existence in Ireland today.