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		Tigernmas was the son of Fallach and a descendant of Eremon.
		Tigernmas' reign marked one of darkest and bloodiest period.
		Tigernmas was famous for introducing the idol worship of Crom Cruach.
	www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/highkings.html (6370 words)

	Tigernmas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tigernmas was a pre- Christian High King of Ireland, 13th in the Milesian line.
		A descendant of Eremon, he took the kingship when he overthrew Conmael, a descendant of Eber Finn.
		According to the Annals of the Four Masters, after his death Ireland was without a High King for seven years, before Eochaid Ãtgudach took the kingship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tigernmus (295 words)

	Druids
		The only source in the Irish literature that indicate that Irish worshipping a god, in the usual sense, come at the reign of the high king, Tigernmas.
		Tigernmas was said to have introduced the worship of Crom Cruach.
		During the reign of Tigernmas, this high king had introduced the worship of Crom Cruach, where people were sacrificed before the stone idol of Crom Cruach.
	www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/druids.html (8818 words)

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		'Tigernmas, son of Fallach (or Ollach) took the kingship of Ireland after that...
		It is to him the bright Goidil used to bowit is from his worship many the slayings that the plain bears the name Mag Slecht.
		Thither came Tigernmas, prince of Tara long ago, one Samain Eve, with all his host...
	www.mcgovernonline.com /mcgop51.htm (439 words)

	Keith Hunt - Druids - truth about #5 - Page Five
		The first reference is to Patrick preaching at Tailltenn and arguing against the 'burning of the first born progeny', while the second reference is to the worship of the idol Cromm Cruach at Magh Slecht.
		To Cromm Cruach human sacrifices were offered in the form of 'the firstlings of every issue, and the chief scions of every clan.' This concept of the 'first born' as sacrifices seems more in keeping with Hebrew Biblical tradition, via Christianity, than Celtic custom.
		In the 'Leabbar na Nuacbongbbala' (Book of Leinster), there is a prose account of the idol and the death of Tigernmas with a multitude of his people while in the act of frenzied worshipping, an echo of the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah which might have seized the imagination of the Christian writers.
	www.keithhunt.com /Druids5.html (2870 words)

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		Known as 'Lord of Death', Tigernmas is credited with the introduction of gold mining and of silverwork to Ireland.
		Some authorities have it that Tigernmas was a renegade Roman legion commander; this may be supported by the nature of the cult of Crom which has strong Eastern connections.
		While Tigernmas himself was killed in one of these frenzies, his descendants are still with us in the form of the O'Conor family of Co. Roscommon who hold the title of O'Conor Don.
	irlande.ifrance.com /culture/a-z01.htm (3798 words)

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		It is possible that Tigernmas hopes to get to my father through me. You know, force my father to come get me wage war, try to beat him and win the kingdom.
		Pretending that it was a ball, she threw it with such speed and accuracy that it struck Tigernmas' throat, made a fine slit in it, and continued around the table.
		Since their lives were linked with that of Tigernmas, that would mean that he would have to be dead as well.
	ashyraine.shanock.com /writings/QueenGwen.html (4456 words)

	Tigernmas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		In his reign gold was mined near the Liffey, and skillfully worked by Inchadhan.
		Tigernmas was the first to introduce idolatry into this country, about 100 years after the Milesians arrived.
		This monarch set up the famous idol called Crom Cruach (the crooked heap) on the plain of Magh Sleaght, now Fenagh, in Co. Leitrim.
	www.kinsella.org /history/tigernma.htm (138 words)

	RealMagick Article: The Twilight of the Celtic Gods by John Patrick Parle
		Tigernmas reigned about a century after Eremon, and legends say he was the first on Ireland to make ornaments of gold and to dye clothing.
		According to the stories, Tigernmas disappeared with the majority of Irishmen while worshiping a god named Cromm Cruaich.
		Conchobar was said to have lived about the time of Christ and was well known in myth; his rule in Ulster was the centerpiece of that cycle of legends.
	www.realmagick.com /articles/30/2130.html (2887 words)

	Ethlinn biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Therein one version states Lugh Lámhfada is "Lug mac Ethlend maic Tigernmais" and another states "Ethnen m.Smretha m.Tigernmais".
		As Tigernmas is credited with introducing the worship of the god Crom Cruaich, it seems to connect Balor and Crom in some way.
		The name Ethlinn is still famous today, as the Queen of New Age singers Enya is named after her.
	ethlinn.biography.ms (306 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Crom Cruach
		Parents sacrificed one third of the children to him on Samhain in exchange for a fertile growing season.
		His worship was said to have been introduced by King Tigernmas.
		Patrick cursed and destroyed the idol and stopped his worship.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Crom_Cruach (354 words)

	Stem of the Irish Nation, Heremon to Art Eanfhear
		Foll-Aich: his son; was kept out of the Monarchy by Conmaol, the slayer of his father, who usurped his place.
		Tigernmas: his son; was the 13th Monarch, and reigned 77 years; according to Keating, he reigned but 50 years; he fought twenty-seven battles with the followers of the family of Heber Fionn, all which he gained.
		In his reign gold was mined near the Liffey, and skilfully worked by Inchadhan.
	www.araltas.com /features/heremon.html (2157 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Ethniu
		James Bonwick, in his book "Irish Druids and Old Irish Religions" (1894), equates Tigernmas with Balor.
		As Tigernmas is credited with introducing the worship of the god Crom Cruach, it seems to connect Balor and Crom in some way.
		The name Ethniu is still famous today, as the Queen of New Age singers Enya is named after her.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Ethlinn (618 words)

	The Book of Hallowe'en: Chapter III: Samhain
		On the eve of Samhain the gods met them in the second battle of Moytura, and they were driven back into the ocean.
		As Tigernmas, a mythical king of Ireland, was sacrificing "the firstlings of every issue, and the scions of every clan" to Crom Croich, the king idol, and lay prostrate before the image, he and three-fourths of his men mysteriously disappeared.
		This was direct invocation, but the fire rites which were continued so long afterwards were really only worshipping the sun by proxy, in his nearest likeness, fire.
	www.sacred-texts.com /pag/boh/boh05.htm (799 words)

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		The Cromm Cruach cult was a centre of child sacrifice in ancient Ireland.
		It was founded by Tigernmas, said by some to be a renegade Roman commander who may have imported Phoenician practices.
		Subjects had to bring One third of all their offspring to this thing Which stood, surrounded by its twelve stone kin.
	www.artistlaunch.com /artist.asp?artistid=7612 (3190 words)

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		This group of people settled in Donegal and in the Glens of Antrim in Northern Ireland.
		The custom of the Scottish Highland Tartans was first developed by Tigernmas, 13
		During his reign he made a law requiring that each "grade" or class of society be identified by the number of colors of it’s wearer.
	www.geocities.com /judys-space/European/IrishSco.htm (483 words)

	Kali
		One troubling aspect about the name Fola, which was also engraved on the 7 candles, is its similarity to Follach.
		Follach was the father of Tigernmas who used human sacrifice in his worship of Cromm Cruach, a golden idol.
		The period leading up to any Sabbat (ritual feast) is used to prepare for the big night.
	ellisctaylor.homestead.com /Kali.html (1838 words)

	†The†Camelot†Gazette† - Celtic Gods & Goddesses. - Dieties from A to Z. {C}
		The worship of Crom Cruach was said to have been begun by Tigernmas, the Milesian high king of Ireland.
		One Samhain night, Tigernmas and a third of the worshippers were killed in bloody rites, St Patrick was said to have called upon Christ to destroy the gold idol erected in Mag Sleact.
		Cyhiraeth ; The Celtic goddess of streams, a specter who haunts woodland streams, her cry was said to warn of death.
	camelotgazette.sonnexh.com /dieties_c.php?poll_id=4 (717 words)

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		Rhys, who looks like a bodybuilding priviate detective on the high seas, can quote from film noir and kill with a touch when he isn't defrizzing his waist length fall of white curls.
		Cenn Crúaich was said to have been introduced to Ireland by Tiernmas (also spelled Tigernmas), the fifth Milesian king after Eremon.
		He's also credited with being the first to mine and smelt gold in Ireland, and his people were the first humans to discover the process of dying clothes; previously it seems only the the Tuatha Dé Danann knew how to dye clothes.
	www.mojoworld.net /tsds/miscellany.htm (3214 words)

	Baile in Scail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		I have come on account of my fame among you, since my death.
		And I am of the race of Adam: my name is Lugh son of Eithliu son of Tigernmas.
		This is why I have come: to relate to you the length of your reign, and of every reign which there will be in Tara."
	www.ancienttexts.org /library/celtic/ctexts/phantom.html (762 words)

	Barbelith Underground > Conversation > Mount Barbelympus
		Dead were the men of Banba's host without happy strength,
		Around Tigernmas, the destructive man of the North,
		Inchaote: There actually is a 'lither with the name Janus already...but he probably just named his suit after you.
	www.barbelith.com /topic/19222/from/35 (830 words)

	Gentry Investigations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Like the Black Coach, it has a life of its own and frequently redecorates at its own will.
		- "Hail, Cromm Cruach, who slew Tigernmas, Lord of Death, for his pride and his crimes against people." Doyle about Rhys SbM p67
		Small fey who look somewhat like butterflies or birds and are ruled by Queen Niceven.
	gentryinvestigations.com /merry/terms.html (1793 words)

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		He also was said to have established the numbers and types of colors that could be worn by the different classes of Irish society.
		According to both Peter Beresford Ellis ( Irish Mythology) and William and Mary Durning ( A Guide to Irish Roots), Tigernmas "The Lord of Death" introduced the colored system of clothing.
		I'd like to suggest these colors for the different levels of Irish society:Ard Righ - Seven colors: Purple, white, fl, blue, red, green, yellow.
	www.clannada.org /docs/dress.html (3832 words)

	Family Page 143 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Born: in: Married: in: Died: UNKNOWN in: Father: King of Ireland TIGERNMAS Mother: UNKNOWN Other Spouse(s):
		Name: King of Ireland TIGERNMAS Born: in: Married: in: Died: UNKNOWN in: Spouse(s): UNKNOWN
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	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~kraftwerk/fam143.html (1808 words)

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