Miled

Family: Gael · Role: leader · First appears: The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Landing · Part 1

Miled was the leader of the Sons of the Gael, whose first attempt to land in Ireland at Inver Slane was hindered by enchantments. They sailed along the coast and at last landed at Inver Sceine in the west of Munster; at Teamhair, Amergin, his son, demanded that the sons of Cermait Honey-Mouth surrender the kingship or risk battle.

When the Men of Dea raised a great enchanted wind against the Gael, Miled’s sons were scattered among the ships. Donn (son of Miled) and Ir drowned, and Colpa was drowned trying to reach land; Arranan recognized the storm’s unnatural force. Of Miled’s sons, only Heber, Heremon and Amergin remained. Scota, Miled’s wife, died in the battle of Tailltin. Later, Caoilte described himself as one “of the sons of Miled that wither and fade away.”

Relationship record

Life events

The sons of Miled made their first attempt to land in Ireland but were hindered by enchantments.(The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Landing · Part 1 · 📍 Inver Slane)
- “It was at Inver Slane, to the north of Leinster, the sons of Gaedhal of the Shining Armour, the Very Gentle, that were called afterwards the Sons of the Gael, made their first attempt to land in Ireland to avenge Ith, one of their race that had come there one time and had met with his death.”
The sons of Miled made a landing at Inver Sceine in the west of Munster.(The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Landing · Part 1 · 📍 Inver Sceine)
- “And when they were hindered from landing there by enchantments, they went sailing along the coast till at last they were able to make a landing at Inver Sceine in the west of Munster.”
Amergin demanded that the sons of Cermait Honey-Mouth surrender the kingship or risk battle.(The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Landing · Part 1 · 📍 Teamhair)
- With: Amergin Cermait Honey-Mouth
- “And Amergin went to them, and it is what he said, that they must give up the kingship there and then, or they must leave it to the chance of a battle.”

The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Landing · Part 1

child: Amergin “Amergin, one of the sons of Miled, spoke to her then, and asked her name, and she said it was Banba, wife of Mac Cuill, Son of the Hazel.”
child: Eremon “She came on to where Eremon, one of the sons of Miled, was, and sat down before him, and he asked her who was she, and she said: ‘I am Eriu, wife of Mac Greine, Son of the Sun.’”

The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Landing · Part 2

child: Arranan “And as soon as the Men of Dea saw they had left the land, they took to their enchantments and spells, and they raised a great wind that scattered the ships of the Gael, and drove them from one another. But Amergin knew it was not a natural storm was in it, and Arranan, son of Miled, knew that as well, and he went up in the mast of his ship to look about him.”
child: Donn (son of Miled) “And the ship that Donn, son of Miled, was in command of was parted from the others by the dint of the storm, and was broken in pieces, and he himself and all with him were drowned, four-and-twenty men and women in all.”
child: Ir “And Ir, son of Miled, came to his death in the same way, and his body was cast on the shore, and it was buried in a small island that is now called Sceilg Michill.”
child: Heremon “And Heremon, another of the sons of Miled, with his share of the ships, was driven to the left of the island, and it is hardly he got safe to land.”
child: Colpa “And the place where he landed was called Inver Colpa, because Colpa of the Sword, another of the sons of Miled, was drowned there, and he trying to get to land.”
child: Heber “Five of the sons of Miled in all were destroyed by the storm and the winds the Men of Dea had raised by their enchantments, and there were but three of them left, Heber, and Heremon, and Amergin.”
child: Amergin “Five of the sons of Miled in all were destroyed by the storm and the winds the Men of Dea had raised by their enchantments, and there were but three of them left, Heber, and Heremon, and Amergin.”

The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Battle of Tailltin

married with Scota “And Scota, wife of Miled, got her death in the battle, and she was buried in a valley on the north side of the mountain near the sea.”
child: Ir “Ulster was divided between Eimhir, son of Ir, son of Miled, and some others of their chief men.”
younger kin: Eimhir “Ulster was divided between Eimhir, son of Ir, son of Miled, and some others of their chief men.”

The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Bodb Dearg · Part 2

child: Caoilte “There is no wonder in that,” said Caoilte, “for I am of the sons of Miled that wither and fade away, but she is of the Tuatha de Danaan that never change and that never die.”

The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Tadg in Manannan's Islands · Part 2

child: Heremon “That is the dun of the royal line of the kings of Ireland, from Heremon, son of Miled, to Conn of the Hundred Battles, that was the last to go into it.”

The Gods · The Fate of the Children of Lir · Part 5

child: Donn (son of Miled) “to Inis Geadh and to Accuill, the place Donn, son of Miled, and his people that were drowned were buried, and to all the western islands of Connacht, and they used to go back to Inis Gluaire every night.”

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Extracted from the original text of Gods and Fighting Men. Made with Rho MD.