O'Connor, chief, of the prostrated people of his Nation, SOUMIS PAS VAINCUS London Printed for Sir Richard Phillips. & C. BEING THE HISTORY OF THE GAAL SCIOT IBER: OR, THE IRISH PEOPLE; TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS IN THE MAY 20 '37 941.51 0:5 CONTENTS. PART I. Gives the traditionary account of the origin of the Scythians-the emigration of a tribe of that race from their original land to the southward of the river Oxus-their passage of the Tigris and Euphratestheir dominion of western Asia—the invasion of their land by the Assyrians-the building of Babel by the Assyrians-the flight of Ardfear or Noah, the supreme chief of the Scythians to Ardmenia-his death and burial-the reign of Japheth in Ardmenia-the election of Og, son of Japheth-the emigration of a colony from Ardmenia to Thrace, &c.—the conquest of Iberia by Og-the emigration of a colony from Ardmenia to the north of Caucasus-and to Numidia in Africaand from thence to Spain; from which time it gives the authentic history of the emigration of a tribe from Iberia to Spain-of the introduc. tion of the Phoenician letters into Galicia, in Spain, by Eolus-of the institution of the order of Olam teachers, or wise men-of the emigration of a tribe from Gallicia to Aquitania-of the regulation of the priesthood—of the discovery of Britain by the Phoenicians—of the separation of the isles of Scilly from the main land-of the invasion of Spain by Sesostris of Egypt, the battle of Samur, and the fall of Eocaid Golam -of the departure of the Prince Ith from Galicia to explore an island westward of Britain-of his death-and the return of his son with the survivors-Lugad's relation of the adventure-of the emigration of the king, princes, nobles, Olam, and a colony from Breoccean, in Galicia, to the western island. PART II., Gives an account of the arrival of this colony on the western Isletheir conquest of the island, which they call Eri-their covenant with the preceding rulers, by which they retained the sovereignty of the country now called Connaught-the establishment of the aborigines on the borders of Loc Erne-the division by lot of the remainder of the island amongst the two sons, and one grandson of Eocard Golam -the present Munster, Leinster, and Ulster-the contention of the kings of Deas and Gaelen, the battle of Cesiol, fall of the king of Deas, and the usurpation of the title of Erimionn by the king of Gaelenthe arrival of a company of Phoenicians-the attempt to introduce image worship into Eri-its failure-the death of Er, king of the 700110 |