To Ireland from the Continent

Most early histories of Ireland make brief mention of the inhabitants before the arrival of Milesius. Four "waves of invaders" are usually mentioned, the most prominent and permanent of which is stated to have arrived with "Mile de Espagne", Miledh the "Warrior of Easpain", Mil Espian and his family the Milesians. Likely from the Celtic Galacia area of Spain, that Gaelic Clann Chief and his family's Irish language influence is said to have permiated the island culture and genealogy through to the modern day.

The antiquarian immigrants from Spain to Ireland were the:

While some of the predecessors may have been killed in battles defending their Ireland home; and some discount the earliest settlers as mythological or hero-dieties only; it is also said that many of these or previous peoples have survived and merged into the modern day population. Some claim to the extent that each wave only took on a minority role as victor administrators and aristocratic leadership over the existing populous.

Historian Philip O'Sulivan wrote about some of these early Ireland Ancestors for the King Philip of Spain.

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The Sisterhood of Spain

Spain in a general sense, is called by themselves Espania, encompassing most of the Iberian Penisula and referenced by a common culture and geography, with varient languages and automomous regions until about 1492, and the mergers of Aragon and Castille. In the northwest, Galacia, maintains Celtic traditions.

Spain and Ireland have had much interplay throughout history, some of which will be referenced further herein.

## "The Black Irish" -- some have proposed a dark-eye black-haired Moorish "swarthy" influence in some sectors from Spanish shipwrecks off the Galway coast.

## The crown of Spain sponsored and supported the Gaelic aristocracy, including army and government employment to many exiles in the "Flight of the Earls" circa 1600.

## More about Ireland and Spain.


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