Eriu

Family: Tuatha de Danaan · Role: queen · First appears: The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Landing · Part 1

Life events

• Eriu was beaten back after fighting the Gael.(The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Battle of Tailltin · 📍 Tailltin)
  • “And Eriu was beaten back to Tailltin, and as many of her men as she could hold together;”
• Eriu was killed in the rout of the Men of Dea.(The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Battle of Tailltin · 📍 Tailltin)
  • “And their three kings were killed in the rout, and the three queens of Ireland, Eriu and Fodhla and Banba.”

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

• married with Mac Greine “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 Battle of Tailltin

• married with Mac Greine “they were attacked by Eriu, wife of Mac Greine, Son of the Sun, and she having a good share of men with her.”

Also listed in Tuatha de Danaan — Minor Figures

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