Firbolg [part 3] part 3. From John O'Donovans footnotes in his second edition translation of The Annals of the Four Masters: " looks very strange that our genealogists trace the pedigree of no family living for the last thousand years to any of the kings or chieftains of the Tuatha-De-Dananns, while several fami- lies of Firbolgic descent are mentioned as in Hy-Many, and other parts of Connaught. See Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, p. 85-90, and O'Flaherty's Ogygia, part iii. c. 11. The tract above alluded to as in the shape of a dialogue between St. Patrick and Caoilte Mac Ronain, preserves the ancient names of many monu- ments of both these colonies, as well as of their conquerors, the Gaedhil or Scoti, now lost to tradition, and is, therefore, well worthy of pub- lication. There are two imperfect vellum copies of it extant, but from the two a perfect copy could probably be obtained ; one in the Bod- leian Library, Laud. 610, fol. 123 to 146, and the other in the Book of Lismore, the original of which is in the possession of the Duke of De- vonshire, and a fac-simile copy in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy." Elsewhere it is said that the Firbolgs were Bolgs or Belgi or Belgium district Gaelic Gaulic tribes, or "Men of the Bags". What would be so significant about a culture to be known for its bags? Bag pipes...??!! Keating says it was the canvas curarh bag boats they traveled in from Greece !!. The Firbolgs ruled Ireland for only 36 years, but survived in Ireland and Leinster lineages to the modern day. (per Keating #) Are you a descendant of these Ireland Ancestors ?? =welcome>about>help> back(to"start")>(back(to"Greece")>Firbolg>part2>part3

More on the Firbolg Historian Mac Firbis 1650, summerizes the following stereotype from "an old book" of poetry: "Everyone who is black-haired, who is a tattler, guileful, tale-telling, noisy, contemptable; every wretched, mean, stolling, unsteady, harsh, and inhospitable person; every slave, every mean theif, every churl, everyone who loves not to listen to music and entertainment, the disturbers of every council and every assembly, and the promoters of discord amoung people, these are the descendants of the Firbolgs, of the Gailiuns of Liogairne, and of the Fir Domhnanns, in Erinn. But, however, the descendnats of the Firbolgs are the most numerous of all these." Who were these (related?) people catagories? Add your opinion or research to the topic and contact us. [ Join Us Here ] to learn more about these Ireland Ancestors.