Dearbhail's Song

Ireland is an ancient land whose origins are lost in the mists of mythical prehistory. Fortunately much of this prehistory has been preserved by the seanchaithe or traditional story tellers who would relate the sagas of great warriors long past around turf fires at night. In time, these traditional stories were written down by scribes, but some what imperfectly. However, the closest any of these manuscripts come to a history is Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of Invasions), which relates the a...