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	Giant-- Firbolg (Monstrous Manual)
		Of all the giant-kin, the firbolg is the most powerful, due to natural intelligence and considerable magical power.
		Firbolgs appear to be normal humans, except that they are over 10 feet tall and weigh over 800 pounds.
		Firbolg society is close-knit and centered around the family or clan.
	mmadnd.chat.ru /MM00114.htm (694 words)

	Firbolg Giant
		Gathering and hunting an area up to 20 miles from their homestead is how they obtain the rest of their food. Meat is used in small quantities for most meals, although major celebrations always include a large roast of some sort.
		The favored class of the firbolg is fighter.
		Firbolg clerics are called shamans and can choose two of the following domains: Animal, Earth, or War.
	www.enworld.org /cc/converted/crypt/firbolg.htm (664 words)

	Dark Age of Camelot - Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Firbolgs, led by the King Eochai and his champion Streng, were defeated during the first battle at Mag Tured.
		But the Firbolgs are not vindictive, and the defence of Hibernia is the prime objective.
		Firbolgs and Celts are allied and have been living peacefully for a long time now.
	daoc.goa.com /news/hibrecarticle.php3?id_article=123&id_rubrique=45 (1470 words)

	Ireland History - Early Irish Tribes, Septs and Clans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In a famed battle at Southern Moytura (on the Mayo-Galway border) it was that the Tuatha De Danann met and overthrew the Firbolgs.
		So bravely had the Firbolgs fought, and so sorely exhausted the De Dannann, that the latter, to end the battle, gladly left to the Firbolgs, that quarter of the Island wherein they fought, the province now called Connaught.
		The remains of many great stone forts built by the Firbolgs in their defense against the Laigain tribes can still be seen in remote areas of western Ireland.
	members.aol.com /hgurski3/ireclans.htm (4766 words)

	Genealogy: Children of Danu
		The Firbolgs or Fir Bolgs were descendants of the surviving Nemedians who fled from Ireland to Greece.
		The Firbolgs' last king was Eochaid Mac Eirc, whose wife, Tailtiu, was the foster mother of Lugh Lamfata, the Danann hero and solar god.
		Below is the family tree of the Firbolgs, during the arrival of Tuatha Dé Danann and the First Battle of Magh Tuiredh.
	www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/danufamily.html (978 words)

	The Firbolg, Character Guide, Land Of Cain RPG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Their skin is a normal fleshy pink, with any shade of hair color, although blonde and red are most common.
		The flesh and skin of firbolgs are unusually dense and tough.
		All firbolgs have the following magical powers, usable once per day, when they are not engaged in combat: detect magic, diminution (as double the potion), fools' gold, forget, and alter self.
	home.chatfirst.com /landofcain/char/firb.html (570 words)

	Maine Mor, Lally Mullally Family History
		Amlaff, as a hostage of the Firbolgs, was part of the bargaining power the Firbolgs held over the Gaels.
		Amlaff was slain, and with him died the Firbolg’s leverage against the Gaels.
		He prayed to God, who caused the Firbolgs to be swallowed into the earth at the bog of Magh Liach.
	www.lallylaw.com /gen/lally/history4.html (455 words)

	Book of Invasions
		The Firbolgs were actually descendants of the Nemedians, who fled Ireland from both the war against the Fomorians and the plague that ravaged their population.
		The Firbolgs were often seen as inferior people, and strangely, quite primitive to the Tuatha Dé Danann, and later the Milesians.
		The Firbolg warrior Fer Díad, was the companion of Cú Chulainn.
	www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/invasions.html (6595 words)

	magoo.com: Pre-Milesian Irish Kings by Hugh McGough
		During the 37 year reign of the Firbolgs, their king Eochaid was known as a just and generous monarch.
		In 3303, the Tuatha De Dananns invaded Ireland and conquered the Firbolgs.
		She is one of the Mother Goddesses of early Ireland, the ancestress of the Tuatha De Danann, who later dwindled to the Daoine Sidhe, the fairies of Ireland.
	www.magoo.com /hugh/pre-milesian.html (2157 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When she let the Firbolgs in, Conor became alarmed and sent two of his best warriors (one of these was the famous Cuchhillian) to Connacht with some men to pursue and kill the Firbolgs.
		The Firbolg leader was Carbri Cinn Cait which translates as Carbri "leader of the unfree ones." Carbri had all the Milesians, who came to the banquet, murdered.
		Many Milesians began to be disturbed by the increasing power of the Firbolgs during Elinn's rule and plotted to restore the family of Fiacha by choosing his exiled son, Tuathal, as their leader.
	users.ev1.net /~gpmoran/mrn4b.htm (2921 words)

	[No title]
		The Firbolgs, as they came to be called, were highly regarded at that time to be a savage civilization-fearing people, and The Celts made it a point to steer clear of them.
		The Firbolgs explained that they were the ruling council of their race and that there was much they could learn from each other.
		The Firbolg leader, known as Garris was given a seat on the ruling council, and Sharpeye was reinstated to his former position.
	home.houston.rr.com /keepersoath/Camelot/history.html (1338 words)

	Humanoids
		Their motivations are different than those of smaller folk; for example, they often try to live up to the ideals of storm giants, making them seem even more strange to lesser folk.
		Firbolgs must earn double the experience points of the base class to advance each level (for a fighter, 2nd level at 4,000, 3rd at 8,000, and so on).
		Firbolg Shamans: Firbold shamans must earn triple the experience points of the base clerical class to advance as shamans.
	www.fortunecity.com /rivendell/tekken/393/humanoid2.html (3188 words)

	Part I: Part I Book I: Fight with the Firbolgs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But the Firbolgs, the Men of the Bag, that were in Ireland before them, and that had come from the South, saw nothing but a mist, and it lying on the hills.
		And it is the message Bres sent to the Firbolgs, that if they would give up one half of Ireland, his people would be content to take it in peace; but if they would not give up that much, there should be a battle.
		The Firbolgs gathered their men together then, and they came with their eleven battalions and took their stand at the eastern end of the plain of Magh Nia.
	www.allstarz.org /religioustext/neu/celt/gafm/gafm03.htm (1902 words)

	Gaurgan
		Gaurgan was born in the deeps of the Zachar forest, which is located far northwest from the city of Shadow.
		Firbolgs promised to take care of the forest, and the elves left their powerful enchantments upon it to kee the forest safe.
		Luckily, the greenskins could never stand a chance again the well-trained firbolg troops, and rather soon there was not a single greenskin left in all nearby lands around the forest.
	www.firedragon.com /shadowgate/players/gaurgan.htm (895 words)

	The Moytura Record
		While we are awaiting the appearance of the Firbolg and Dé Danann it were well, perhaps, to recount something of their antecedents as the story is told us by our ancestors.
		The Firbolgs, on consultation, determined to send a picked champion of their forces to enter into communication with the strangers, and to ascertain what there intention was.
		The Dé Dananns, on the other hand, had heard from their shanachies of how the scion of one of the captains who had of old emigrated from Eire, had returned with power and numbers, and was even then in possession of the destined isle.
	homepage.eircom.net /~cloghogue/sites/record/record1a.html (528 words)

	The O'Brien Clan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Firbolg king was killed and the hand of the De Danann king, Nuada, was severed.
		Unlike the uncultured Firbolgs, the Tuatha De Danann were highly civilized and skilled in the crafts.
		The Firbolg and the Tuatha De Danann, who occupied the land before the Milesians invaded, were not exterminated, but dominated by the less numerous but more powerful Milesian aristocracy and soldiers with superior weapons of iron.
	www.obrienclan.com /celt_hist.html (1321 words)

	Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The races that occupied the land when the so-called Milesians came, chiefly the Firbolg and the Tuatha De Danann, were certainly not exterminated by the conquering Milesians.
		The possession of the country was wrested from the Firbolgs, and they were forced into partial serfdom by the Tuatha De Danann (people of the goddess Dana), who arrived later.
		Totally unlike the uncultured Firbolgs, the Tuatha De Dannann were a capable and cultured, highly civilised people, so skilled in the crafts, if not the arts, that the Firbolgs named them necromancers, and in course of time both the Firbolgs and the later coming Milesians created a mythology around these.
	www.pioneernet.net /connolly/ireland.htm (618 words)

	Firbolg
		Firbolgs appear to be normal humans, except that they are over eight feet tall and weigh over eight hundred pounds.
		Their homes are built from trees cleared from around the house.The clan does keep a field for harvest, but only enough to supplement their diet.
		Firbolgs receive the race skill known as Charge, this skill allows a Firbolg to slam into an opponent knocking them of balance and disrupting casting.
	www.shatteredlands.org /firbolg.htm (451 words)

	DeDanaan » A Celtic Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Firbolgs (the name means “bag men”, leading most historians to believe they were laborers who carried out the earth in excavation projects.
		The Firbolg were the descendants of the surviving Nemedians who escaped a plague in Ireland to find shelter in Greece.
		The Firbolgs were left Connacht, the De Danaan ruled the rest of Ireland.
	dedanaan.com /untilled-fields-of-irish-history/a-celtic-chronology/2 (1506 words)

	The Firbolgs and Danaans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At the time of their approach to the island, it was held by a kindred race, the Firbolgs lately returned from Greece, to which country they had fled when routed by the Fomorians.
		The Firbolgs being defeated, were allowed to people the islands off the western coast; and it is supposed that Dun Aengus in Arran, and other stupendous caisiols (stone forts), are the architectural remains of this brave but unsuccessful people.
		The ancient martial games and marriage-fairs held at Tailtean, now Teltown, in Meath, were instituted in honour of Tailte, wife of the brave Firbolg king slain at Moy-tuir.
	www.allstarz.org /religioustext/neu/celt/lfic/lfic085.htm (595 words)

	Lahnna
		Many firbolgs weren't too keen on having so many strangers come into their village at first, but after a while they began to get used to the small crowds.
		Early next morning, Lahnna, being the curious firbolg that she was, saw the fighters sparring with their swords in the outskirts of the forest.
		Most firbolgs as well as the group of fighters, remained in defiance to defend the village.
	www.firedragon.com /shadowgate/players/lahnna.htm (1012 words)

	VN Boards - Hibernia's new Race: Centaurs anyone?
		Firbolgs are a key figure in Irish/Celtic history and mythos.
		Firbolgs, if I remember correctly, were Greek titans who were enslaved by the gods.
		(Firbolgs means bag men) One day however they used their bags to build a huge boat and their symbol of slavery became one of liberty.
	vnboards.ign.com /message.asp?topic=51349534 (2332 words)

	Giant-kin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The mythology of the Forgotten Realms has it that the mother of all giants, Othea, cheated on her unfaithful husband, Annam, the father of giants, with Ulutiu.
		Othea and Ulutiu they sired the four giant-kin races: Firbolgs, Verbeegs, Voadkyn and Fomorians.
		Othea also sired the ogre and troll races with Vaprak.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giant-kin (93 words)

	Spotlight on Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The British Empire Nation of Firbolgs is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service.
		Firbolgs's national animal is the Unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Sovereign.
		Firbolgs is ranked 63rd in the region and 98,589th in the world for Largest Soda Pop Sector.
	www.nationstates.net /cgi-bin/index.cgi/-1/page=display_nation/nation=firbolgs (253 words)

	St. Grellan of Hy-Many
		The Firbolgs were obliged to pay a large tribute to Grellan, which included seven white cows from each chief, and seven garments from each chieftans wife; and this tribute was guaranteed by the King of Connacht.
		However, while in captivity, Amlaff managed to offend a Firbolg official, their chief lawgiver, through a romantic entanglement with his wife.
		Saint Grellan raised his crozier towards the heavens, and prayed for divine intervention, and it is said that the land turned into a quagmire under the feet of Cían and his host of warriors.
	www.patrick.larkin.org /grelly.htm (1380 words)

	Irish Republican Writers - Internment by John McGuffin
		All three warrior bands had their poets and the seanachies, who chanted their deeds in imperishable song and story which, down the dim ages, have since held spell bound the clan of the Gael.
		But when, in pursuance of this, the bearers were bearing his body across the river, a great wave swept it from their shoulders, down the stream, and cast it up at Ros na Riogh, where, according to his wish, he was then buried.
		Tara, which attained the climax of its fame under Cormac, is said to have been rounded by the Firbolgs, and been the seat of kings thenceforth.
	www.burnsmoley.com /text/irishrace1.php (6219 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Except for occasional raids by a group called Fomorians, seafaring raiders from Tory Island, the Firbolgs controlled Ireland until the appearance of a another people said to have originated in "Greek Scythia" known as the Tuatha de Danann (tuatha means people.
		The Firbolgs were left Connacht, the De Dannan ruled the rest of Ireland.
		One of the reasons Maeve was able to have another army in the field so quickly was because hardly a family in Connacht did not have at least one of its members killed by Cuchullain.
	users.ev1.net /~gpmoran/CeltChron1.htm (5288 words)

	Fairy History and the Tuatha de Danann (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Firbolgs were a civil and pleasant people, but wished to remain undisturbed in their home.
		On the fourth day of the battle, the king of the Firbolgs, Eochaid, was felled at what is now called Traigh Eothaile.
		The remaining Firbolgs were offered their choice of the provinces of the island, and they chose Connacht, which their ancestors occupy to this day..
	members.aol.com /xtirnanogx/page/history.html (626 words)

	The Storyteller's Gift: The Coming of the Tuatha de Danann to Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although they landed in north-west Connacht, the Firbolgs, that were in Ireland before them, saw nothing but a mist lying on the hills where they landed.
		Sreng returned to the FirBolgs with the missive that the de Danaan would be content with one half of Ireland, but failing that, there would be battle.
		The de Dannan gave the remaining FirBolg their choice of provinces and they took Connacht; and Sreng and his people lived there and their children after them.
	merganser.math.gvsu.edu /myth/sidhe2.html (732 words)

	Hurling - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It can travel at up to 150 km/hour (93 miles per hour), and a good strike of the hurley can propel the ball over 80 metres (262 feet).
		The game of hurling is first mentioned in a description of the Battle of Moytura (13th century BC), where the mythical Tuatha de Danaan defeat the Firbolgs in a game of hurling, and later in a battle.
		Hurling has been mentioned in several other old Irish sources since, and the game has enjoyed popularity through the ages.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Hurling (668 words)

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