
	Where results make sense

Topic: Fir Bolg

	Fir Bolg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Irish mythology the Fir Bolg (Fir Bholg, Firbolg) were one of the races that inhabited the island of Ireland prior to the arrival of the Gaels.
		The Fir Bolg are likely derived from the historical Belgae, known from Gaul and Britain, and related to the historical Builg of Munster; the Fir Domnann are probably related to the British Dumnonii; and the Gailуin are another name for the Laigin, who founded Leinster.
		The Fir Bolg were given, as a place of settlement, the Aran Islands and surrounding coastland (the largest of these Islands, Inishmore--Árainn--is home to a fortress allegedly related to Aengus and the Fir Bolg, Dún Aengus).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fir_Bolg (668 words)

	IRISH & SCOT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fir Bolg, again, is the name of Gann and Sengann with their people; to them the name Fir Bolg properly belongs, for it is they who were carrying the earth in the bags {bolg}.
		Fir Domnann, from "digging the earth" was it said: that is Fir Dmanfuinn, that is the men who used to deepen {doim-nigim} the earth.
		However, it is correct to call them all Fir Bolg in general, for it is in the bags for carrying the earth they came over sea to Ireland, and they are one immigration and one race and one principality, though they came on different days, and landed in different creeks.
	www.geocities.com /amuse_amenace/irishscot.htm (3871 words)

	fir - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		fir any tree of the genus Abies of the family Pinaceae (pine family), tall pyramidal evergreen conifers characterized by short, flat, stemless needles and erect cylindrical cones that shed their scales rather than dropping off the tree whole.
		Firs, valued and cultivated for their fragrance and beauty, are found chiefly in alpine regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
		Fir wood is usually light and soft but is sometimes used for interior finishing and for crates and boxes.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-fir.html (312 words)

	[No title]
		The Fir Bolg exist as either individual communities (with all the differing ties of allegiance, power and rivalry that this entails) where they have settled free of the influence of others, OR they exist as a subject race to the Tuatha De Danaan, "ceiles" to their monarchical rulers.
		The Fir Bolg are a proto-type for the pagan Irish of Pendragon.
		Fir Bolg Enchanters may also add their Industry skill number as a bonus to the casting of spells on two conditions: the enchanter must be enspelling an item (weapon, article of clothing or piece of jewellery etc), and this must be performed in the enchanter's workshop, assisted by Sacred Space spells.
	pages.prodigy.net /chaos-digest/chaos-digest/chaos-digest-v25n07.txt (3207 words)

	Celtic Myth and Legend: The Gaelic Gods: Chapter VI. The Gods Arrive
		They consisted of three tribes, called the "Fir Domnann" or "Men of Domnu", the "Fir Gaillion" or "Men of Gaillion", and the "Fir Bolg" or "Men of Bolg"; but, in spite of the fact that the first-named tribe was the most important, they are usually called collectively after the last.
		But the Fir Bolgs had druids of their own, and, in the end, they put a stop to these enchantments by counter-spells, and the air grew clear again.
		The envoy of the Fir Bolgs looked with wonder at the "beautifully-shaped, thin, slender, long, sharp-pointed spears" of the warrior of the Tuatha Dé Danann, while the ambassador of the tribe of the goddess Danu was not less impressed by the lances of the Fir Bolgs, which were "heavy, thick, pointless, but sharply-rounded".
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/celt/cml/cml10.htm (3189 words)

	Myths and Legends: Celtic: Invasions
		It was done by a people known as the Fir Bolg, descendants of the Children of Nemed, from Greece.
		The Fir Bolg were the first to establish a social and political order to Ireland.
		In the First Battle of Moytura the king of the Fir Bolg was slain and Nuada, the king of the Tuatha De, was severely injured when his arm was cut off at the shoulder.
	library.thinkquest.org /25326/Celt/invasions.html (3468 words)

	Origin Legends
		The Fir Bolg was not advanced in knowledge (of metal working and invention), rather he worked on the land tending to domestic animals and agriculture.
		The Fir Bolg and the Dananns were seen as a mysterious minority in the years that followed their downfall at the hands of the
		They prevailed and drove the Fir Bolg off the mainland and onto the coastal islands where they were forced to make their last stand.
	homepage.eircom.net /~johnnyr/sites/1998-celtic/mythrace.htm (1532 words)

	Aldana Steel: Chronicle - Synopsis: Ancient Wars (Secundus 1669?...)
		The ogre and his two large Fir Bolg companions were not exactly fothcoming with assistance, but as Juan insisted, they did agree to take the "ancient ally" and his companions to the king.
		Constanza explained that they had fallen under obligation to both the Sidhe and the Fir Bolg and were simply trying to fulfil their obligations so they could leave the island.
		It was he who, in addition to instructing her on Fir Bolg etiquette, had revealed the king's worry over the Tuatha De Danann in exchange for her promise that no harm would come to him from the heroes' bargaining with the king.
	www.tlucretius.net /7thSea/Story/Synopsis_AncientWars.htm (1483 words)

	[No title]
		The druid foresaw that the coming of the Tuatha de Danu, another tribe of the children of Nemed were coming and it spelt death for the Nemedian Fir Bolg who dwelt in Eireann.
		Then the Babd arrived at Tara to spy upon the Fir Bolg and cast dark clouds, the beasts left the field.
		It is because of this that the Tuatha de Danu chose to fight 'equal combat, with equal numbers on each side' and that the Fir Bolgs strength in numbers did not aid them in the first battle of Moy Tura.
	www.khaoshq.fsnet.co.uk /Changeling/FIRHistory.html (1273 words)

	The Milesian Legends
		In time the Fir Bolg escaped from Greece and returned to Ireland, which had lain waste for two hundred years after the light of their ancestors.
		In the second battle of Mag Tuired the Fir Bolg and Formorians united against the Tuatha de Danann but were again defeated, after which the Tuatha de Danann became the undisputed sovereigns of Ireland.
		Their descriptions of the invasions of Cessair, Partholan, Nemed, the Fir Bolg and the Tuatha de Danann are essentially identical although obviously the result of different manuscript traditions.
	members.aol.com /lochlan6/mlegend1.htm (2589 words)

	[No title]
		It was then that the Fir Bolg poet, Fathach, went forward in front of them to describe their fury and spread the report of it.
		The Fir Bolg had firmly stationed their props and columns, and marshalled their battalions on the level of Mag Nia (which, henceforth, was called Mag Tured, the Plain of Props).
		Bres made his way into the ranks of the Fir Bolg to avenge his king, and came to the spot where Eochaid was urging the battle, and fortifying his fighters and exhorting his heroes and encouraging his captains and arranging his combats.
	www.maryjones.us /ctexts/1maghtured.html (8393 words)

	Tailtiu
		Tailtiu was a noble Rígh-bhean, or Queen, of the Fir Bolg, the race of peoples who inhabited Ireland before the coming of the Tuatha De Dannan.
		One year the Fir Bolg had a bad harvest and many were starving.
		Long was the sorrow, long the weariness of Tailtiu, in sickness after heavy toil; the men of the island of Erin to whom she was in bondage came to receive her last behest.
	www.celtictale.com /our_gods/tailtiu.htm (394 words)

	The United Kingdom - Danaan and Prydaan
		This third group had arrived in stages —the Fir Galiaan or 'men of valour' had arrived first as explorers, the Fir Domnaan or 'men of the earth' had followed them to establish farms, and the Fir Laigaan or 'men of learning' had been last.
		The rejected fourth migration resented the rulers of the island, and made fun of their heroic names by calling them collectively the Fir Bolg, or 'men of bags' —a reference to their enslavement by the Philistines back in Greece, during which they had been set to work transporting earth in bags.
		However, in Irish folklore the Danaan were always Faery, like the Prydaan, while the Fir Bolg were not, which supports the theory that they took their name upon their religious conversion.
	www.angelfire.com /home/thefaery3/index.html (1326 words)

	City of Heroes WarCry™ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Please note the Fir Bolg existed for the duration of the Haloween 2004 event, and it is unclear if we will see them again.
		The Fir Bolg said this can't be paid, the time of goodwill has now passed.
		Streng led the Fir Bolg to the fort and met with the injured,
	coh.warcry.com /index.php/content/compendium/villians.php?id=42 (388 words)

	Corvus '02 - Killarney
		In approximately 400 BC, the next wave came with the Fir Bolg or Iverni.
		The name Fir Bolg means, "bag men." One explanation often given for this name is that they exported Irish earth to the Greeks to protect their cities from snakes.
		The tales of Cuchulainn, Deirdre, and Curoi are all attributed to them; it is thought that the great Irish saga 'Tain' tells of the Fir Bolg's battles with the next invasion group, the Gaels.
	members.aol.com /corvusireland/kil.htm (916 words)

	Life Technology™ News.
		The story of their invasion of Ireland and subsequent war with the Fir Bolg (the previous inhabitants) is a fascinating chronicle of ancient Irish history.
		The Fir Bolg were defeated, but they had given such a good fight that the Tuatha let them keep Connaught and took the rest of Ireland.
		The Tuatha were a highly civilized people, and tradition holds that the Fir Bolg held their conquerors in high esteem.
	www.lifetechnology.org /blog/2006/10/tuatha-de-danann.html (791 words)

	fir - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about fir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Douglas firs of the genus Pseudotsuga are native to western North America and the Far East.
		Over the hedge on one side we looked into a plowed field, and on the other we looked over a gate at our master's house, which stood by the roadside; at the top of the meadow was a grove of fir trees, and at the bottom a running brook overhung by a steep bank.
		I am not--but I shall be there--in the fir grove behind the house, with two horses.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /fir (222 words)

	Jim Fitzpatrick - Mythology - The Earliest Invasions of Ireland
		It is significant that the Fir Bolg are the first of the Labor Gabála invaders with a definite place in history, however uncertain that place might be.
		The Gaileoin are identified with the Laighin, the tribe who gave their mane to Leinster(Laighean), and the Fir Domhnann of Connacht are no doubt related to the Dumnonii of Cornwall in Britain and the Damnonii of Scotland.
		The Nemedians - The Fir Bolg - The Tuatha De Danann
	www.jimfitzpatrick.ie /mythology/bolg.html (226 words)

	City of Heroes Official Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It was during a war between the Fomori and the other Irish residents that the Fir Bolg came to Ireland.
		The Fir Bolg were peaceloving people, who were not necassarily good nor evil, they were just there.
		What the Fir Bolg did not was that the Tuatha de Dannan were equally skilled, and equally strong.
	boards.cityofheroes.com /showflat.php?Number=6980321 (579 words)

	www.celtos.de (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Not much action in turn 1, the Fir Bolg advance towards the Sidhe army.
		The Fir Bolg army is still out of range and advances toward the Sidhe.
		The Zombie units are moved in front of the army to cover the rest of the troops from enemy missile fire.
	www.celtos.de /battlereport/sidhevsfirbolg/05.htm (168 words)

	RealMagick Article: Celtic Gods and Heroes: The Gods of Ancient Ireland by John Patrick Parle
		The next colonizers were the Fir Bolgs, who some experts believe were the Celts' representation of the pre-Celtic indigenous peoples of Ireland.
		The Fir Bolgs were said to be the first to divide Ireland into its historical provinces: Leinster, Munster, Connaught, Meath, and Ulster.
		In the age when the Fir Bolgs and Fomors roamed Ireland, the gods and goddesses made their appearance on the feast of Beltaine.
	realmagick.com /articles/76/1776.html (2296 words)

	Skipper LeGrange - ParagonWiki
		The Fir Bolg have been battling the Tuatha de Dannan for centuries, and things haven't gotten any more friendly since the two groups have been trapped in Croatoa together.
		Apparently the Fir Bolg have gotten their hands on a book of runes that the Salamancans were using to keep the worst of the monsters out of the village.
		As the Fir Bolg enter the doorway, they disrupt the separation between the real world and the spirit world, thus making it possible for them to eject the Tuatha into our reality.
	paragonwiki.com /index.php?title=Skipper_LeGrange (1565 words)

	The Antis War
		However, none of their volunteers, selected from several races and ethnicities including Fir Bolg, were able to wield the power that Antis' had discovered.
		Antis, meanwhile, retreated to a small, barren island several miles away from the Fir Bolg reservation #5 (See Chapter 18: The First Dannan Expansion for information on the original conquest of the Fir Bolg homeland, and Chapter 27: Fir Bolg Society for information regarding their minority status and oppression).
		The Fir Bolg sent a small fleet of five ships towards the island, carrying members of the Bolg militia and several Fir Bolg druids.
	www.fortunecity.com /rivendell/lucky/1066/history/antiswar.htm (505 words)

	Ireland's OWN Myths & Magic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the time of the arrival of the Tuatha de Danann the race inhabiting Eire was known as the "fir Bolgs" who were divided into three tribes.The "fir Domnann" controlled North Munster, South Munster and Connaught.
		Morrigu and her fellow war godesses created fogs, rainstorms and larva to fall on the Fur Bolgs so that they had to take shelter for three days until their own druids overcame the enchantments.
		The surviving Fir Bolgs were given Connaught to live in and to this day there are those that claim ancestory to that ancient tribe.
	irelandsown.net /tuatha.html (483 words)

	Nuada Silverhand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the misty legends of ancient Ireland, the Tuatha De Danaan contended with the Fir Bolg for possession of the land.
		Nuada, the king of the Tuatha De Danaan, faced Sreng, the champion of the Fir Bolg.
		The remaining Fir Bolg agreed to confine themselves to the northwestern corner of Ireland, known as Connacht.
	www.laughingraven.com /nuada.htm (241 words)

	Brit-Am Tape 5 by Yair Davidiy
		The first group of the Fir Bolg were THE FIR BOLG PROPER: "Fir" means men and Bolg derived from the Hebrew Bela(g)h son of Benjamin (Genesis 46;21).
		The Fir Bolg are identified by researchers with the Belgae9 who in the 100s b.c.e.
		The third group of the Fir Bolg (Men of Bolg) were THE FIR DOMNU or “Men of Domnu: The people of Domnu are somehow connected with the Fomorians who are sometimes considered the "gods of Domnu".
	britam.org /tape5.html (3082 words)

	the five invasions of ireland Irish mythology Steve Blamires
		The first of these was the Fir Bolg who, as we have just seen, were believed to be descendants of Nemed; so they were, in a sense, returning to their rightful lands.
		The word Fir means men and the word Bolg can mean bag so the name Fir Bolg may mean 'Men of the Bag' and there are various legends explaining how they got this curious name.
		The Fir Bolg were only in possession of Ireland for thirty- seven years before the Tuatha De Danann invaded and drove them out to Islay, Rathlin, the Isle of Man, and Arran.
	www.aislingmagazine.com /aislingmagazine/articles/TAM24/TheFive.html (3422 words)

	The Tuatha Dé Danann and the Fir Bolg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Tuatha Dé Danann and the Fir Bolg were tribes who fought for control of legendary Ireland, the Fir Bolg were the original inhabitants and refused to share the land with the Tuatha Dé Danann.
		On the first day, the Fir Bolg are victorious and kill many of the Tuatha Dé Danann, building a cairn from the heads of the fallen.
		The Tuatha Dé Danann won the third day, and themselves built a cairn of Fir Bolg skulls.
	www.btinternet.com /~alan.catherine/wargames/tdd.htm (239 words)

	Aldana Steel: Creatures - Fir Bolg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On Bryn Bresail, the Fir Bolg are traditional enemies of both the Sidhe and the Tuatha De Danann.
		Inasmuch as the heroes understand it, the Fir Bolg are (or were) allies of the Syrneth race called the Thalusai, while the Domae were aligned with the Sidhe.
		The heroes visited the Fir Bolg court when, stranded on Bryn Bresail, they performed a service for the Queen of the Sky.
	www.tlucretius.net /7thSea/Characters/Firbolg.htm (168 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)