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Ireland’s five waves of invaders

Oct 25th, 2008 | By Fiona | Category: Sample articles

Ireland had five waves of invaders, according to traditional history:
Cessair, the granddaughter of Noah, brought a ship with 50 girls and 3 men to Ireland. All of them died, mostly in the Flood, except for Cessair’s husband, Fintan.
The Partholons fled to Ireland from Greece after a failed attempt to take over the throne. They died [...]