In medieval Irish myth, the Fir Bolg (also spelt Firbolg and Fir Bholg) are the fourth group of people to settle in Ireland. They are descended from the...

tell of battles fought by the Tuatha Dé Danann, the first against the Fir Bolg, and the second against the Fomorians. Maigh Tuireadh is typically anglicised...

Seincheineoil, a territory occupied by the Firbolg and led by Cian d'Fhearaibh Bolg. The area was invaded by the Gaelic tribe of Colla da Chrioch from the Kingdom...

the people of Cessair, the people of Partholón, the people of Nemed, the Fir Bolg, the Tuatha Dé Danann, and the Milesians. The first four groups are wiped...

Sláine (Sláinge, Slánga), son of Dela, of the Fir Bolg was the legendary first High King of Ireland, who cleared the forest around Brú na Bóinne. He reportedly...

Luchtaine and Goibniu Eochaid mac Eirc - High King of Ireland, the last Fir Bolg king and the first king to establish a system of justice Fiacha Cennfinnán...

Na Fir Bolg is a folk music festival, held annually in Vorselaar, Belgium. The festival always takes place on the first weekend of July. The festival started...

Íomar Fir Bolg (fl. 5th/6th century AD) was an early Irish Saint. Writing on 5 November 1838, John O'Donovan reported that his field work for the Ordnance...

County Donegal, and Morc son of Dela (note that the first generation of the Fir Bolg were also said to be sons of Dela). After Nemed's death, Conand and Morc...

Fir Bolg was a legendary joint High King of Ireland with his brother Genann, succeeding their brother Rudraige. His wife was Etar. When the Fir Bolg invaded...

Dela, of the Fir Bolg, was a legendary High King of Ireland, succeeding his brothers Gann and Genann. His wife was Anust. When the Fir Bolg invaded Ireland...

Ruadhraighe), son of Dela, of the Fir Bolg was the legendary second High King of Ireland, succeeding his brother Sláine. When the Fir Bolg invaded Ireland the five...

are killed and the survivors leave Ireland. Their descendants become the Fir Bolg. The word nemed means "privileged" or "holy" in Old Irish, and "seems to...

mythology Sreng (often misinterpreted as Streng) was a champion of the Fir Bolg or Men of Bolg. Armed with an iron club or mace, he faced Nuada, king of the Tuatha...

II's Lordship of Ireland in 1171. The High Kingship is established by the Fir Bolg, and their nine kings are succeeded by a sequence of nine kings of the...

Joseph. Les Mabinogion, Volume 1, Thorin, 1889, p. 200. Lewis, Timothy. "Bolg, Fir Bolg, Caladbolg" in Ryan, J. (ed.), Féil-sgríbhinn Eóin Mhic Néill, Dublin...

Tuireadh on the west coast, in which they defeated and displaced the native Fir Bolg, who then inhabited Ireland. In the battle, Nuada lost an arm to their...

for seven years before they came to Ireland. They made contact with the Fir Bolg, the then-inhabitants of the island, and Nuada sought from them half of...

Fir Bolg was a legendary joint High King of Ireland with his brother Gann, succeeding their brother Rudraige. His wife was Cnucha. When the Fir Bolg invaded...

believed that some had moved further west and he equated them with the Fir Bolg in Ireland. The Roman province of Gallia Belgica was named after the continental...

"Fiacha [of the] little white head"), son of Starn, son of Rudraige, of the Fir Bolg, became High King of Ireland when he overthrew his great-uncle Sengann...

Bucket 16 episodes 2016 War & Peace Prince Vassily Kuragin 5 episodes 2016 Fir Bolg Spencer Episode: "Nochtadh" 2018 Counterpart Alexander Pope 7 episodes...

(modern spelling: Foidhbhgen - "the despoiler") son of Sengann of the Fir Bolg became High King of Ireland when he overthrew his cousin Rinnal son of...

Using their magic, the three sisters incite fear and confusion among the Fir Bolg army, conjuring "compact clouds of mist and a furious rain of fire" and...

the Book of Invasions, Tailtiu was the wife of Eochaid mac Eirc, last Fir Bolg High King of Ireland, who named his capital after her (Teltown, between...

The Fir Domnann were a people named in Irish legendary history. The name Fir Domnann is based on the root dumno-, which means both 'deep' and 'the world'...

Eochaid (modern spelling: Eochaidh), son of Erc, son of Rinnal, of the Fir Bolg became High King of Ireland when he overthrew Fodbgen. He was the first...

for example, Latin vir (as in virility) and Gaelic fear (plural fir as in Fir Bolg) both mean a male human. It is likely that wer forms part of a compound...

along with his brother Gann, by Nemed Sengann mac Dela, son of Dela of the Fir Bolg, a legendary early High King of Ireland in the 16th or 20th century BC...

Irish mythology, Rinnal (Rindal, Rionnal, Rinnan) son of Genann of the Fir Bolg became High King of Ireland when he overthrew Fiacha Cennfinnán. He is...