Milesians

They held the island until the Gaels, also called Milesians or Scoti, came in and vanquished them.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

As the Milesians were the last of the ancient colonists, and had subdued the races previously existing in Ireland, only their genealogies, with a few exceptions, have been preserved.

An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Mary Frances Cusack 1864

Spain, the eponymous ancestor of the "Milesians," or Celtic-speaking inhabitants of Ireland.

The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints Anonymous

Keating's history and the work of others showed the Irish from the Milesians on were no mean people.

Niall O'Dowd: Ireland Must Now Hit the Reset Button -- A View From the Diaspora Niall O'Dowd 2010

Keating's history and the work of others showed the Irish from the Milesians on were no mean people.

Niall O'Dowd: Ireland Must Now Hit the Reset Button -- A View From the Diaspora Niall O'Dowd 2010

His adoptive father Dr. Bruttenholm (John Hurt) tells him a story loosely based on Irish mythology: the Tuatha Dé Danann (originally probably gods but later depicted as fairies) are engaged in a battle against the human Milesians, from whom the modern Irish are descended.

Movie Review: Hellboy II: The Golden Army 2008

At the end of the war when the Dé Danann are defeated, the pact is made in which the Danaans agree to live in the invisible Otherworld, the land of Faerie, while the Milesians take the visible world.

Movie Review: Hellboy II: The Golden Army 2008

When defeated by the Milesians, the Tuatha De Danaan took refuge in the mounds or sidhe.

Fairies elena maria vidal 2009

When defeated by the Milesians, the Tuatha De Danaan took refuge in the mounds or sidhe.

Archive 2009-05-01 elena maria vidal 2009

He promises to “distinguish each thing according to its nature and show how it is,” a claim similar to the Milesians™.

Doctor, My Eyes 2009