Fomorians [continued] part 2. Giraldus Cambrensis calls the Fomorians: " Gygantes (quibus tune temporis abundabat insula)", and " pyrati, qui Hiberniam grauiter depopulari con- sueuerant." In the "Annals of Clonmacnoise", as translated by Connell Mageoghegan, it is said that: " these Ffomores were a sept descended from Cham, the sonne of Noeh ; that they lived by pyracie and spoile of other nations, and were in those days very troublesome to the whole world." See A. M. 3330, infra. O'Flaherty thinks that they were the inhabitants of Denmark, Norway, Finland, &d See Ogygia, part iii. c. 56, p. 303. Are you a descendant of these Ireland Ancestors ?? =welcome>about>help> back(to"start")>(back(to"Greece")>Fomorians>part2

Fomorians after The Tower? Did the Fomorians also almost become extinct by the Nemedians? or only the Tory Island population? only the Ireland population? We hear about them again hundred of years later fighting Firbolg and Dananns. The following is typically confusing: See Also: Annals of the Four Masters "and they nearly all mutually fell by each other" ; thirty persons alone of the race of Neimhidh escaped to different quarters of the world, and they came to Ireland some time afterwards as Firbolgs. Two hundred and sixteen years' Neimhidh and his race remained in Ireland. After this Ireland was a wilderness for a period of two hundred years" Add your opinion or research to the topic and contact us. [ Join Us Here ] to learn more about these Ireland Ancestors.