Since I already wrote it out here’s my summary of Irish mytho-history according to the Lebor Gabála Érenn or “The Book of Invasions.”
The first ancestor was a direct descendant of Adam, through Noah. Noah's son Japheth is the forebear of all Europeans. Japheth's has a son called Magog. And his son Fénius Farsaid helped build the Tower of Babel. His son Nel weds Scota, daughter of an Egyptian pharaoh, and they have a son named Goídel Glas. Goídel crafts the Gaelic language after the whole Babel thing and the confusion of tongues.
Goídel's offspring are called the Gaels. They eventually make it to Ireland. Some stay in Iberia because they the Flood was coming.
The Gaels that make it to Ireland are led by Cessair, daughter of Bith, son of Noah.
The Flood comes and a bunch of them die only a guy called Fintán is the only one to survive. He becomes a salmon and later an eagle and a hawk, living for 5,500 years after the Flood, whence he becomes a man again and recounts Ireland's history.
Ireland is then uninhabited for 300 years, until a second group of people arrive. They are led by Partholón, who is descended from Noah through Magog.
These guys reach Ireland and fight a lot with the Fomorians.
“Who are the Fomorians?” I hear you cry. Big giants, they from from the sea as raiders, they hit stuff and take our shit. No one likes them. No one knows how they got there. They can control the weather.
Anyway eventually Partholón and his people all die of plague and Ireland is uninhabited for 30 years.
Third group of people arrive, led by Nemed, another descendant of Magog. The Nemedians fight with the Fomorians, a lot of them die of plague, and who ever didn’t die become oppressed under the Fomorians.
Eventually, they rise up against the Fomorians. The Formorians counter attack and almost all of the Nemedians are killed but some “flee north”
The ones who fled north become the Tuatha Dé Dannan.
Some flee to Greece and are enslaved and made to carry bags of clay and other stuff so they’re called The Bag Boys.
The Bag Boys return to Ireland and set up ten traditional kingdoms and the succession of High Kings.
Eventually the Tuatha Dé Dannan show back up and are now magical. How? Fuck you that’s how.
The Tuatha fight the Bag Boys and win ownership of Ireland. Meanwhile they battle also with the Fomorians who continue to be An Issue.
Nuada, king of the Tuath Dé, looses his arm. So he can’t be king. He’s replaced by Bres who is half Fomorian. (Some Tuatha were into Fomorians) but he was a meanie.
Nuada then gets a silver arm as a replacement.
But apparently that’s too fucking cool for him to be king so they replace it with a meat arm.
The Tuath Dé then fight the Fomorians again.
Nuada dies but the Tuatha win.
Ireland is at peace for 150 years.
Remember those Gaels in Iberia? Well they’ve been doing nothing but staring at Ireland from their tower for God knows how long now and they can’t wait any longer.
Some shenanigans happen and the Gaels arrive en force.
 They fight against the Tuatha who have teams up with the Fomorians against them.
The result of this is the Gaels taking the world above with the Tuatha take the world below or “The Otherworld”
And then the Gaels (Celts) rule Ireland. Forever.
Until the English show up.
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