* ''[[Etymologiae]]'' nó ''[[Origines]]'' (luath-7ú haois) le h[[Isidoro Sevilla]]
''TheNíor pre-Christianscriosadh elements,riamh however,go werehiomlán neverámh entirelyna effacedhábhair réamhChríostaí. OneDéantar ofcur thesíos poemsi inndán LGÉamháin, formar instanceshampla, recountsconas howa goddessesghlac fromroinnt amongbandéithe thena [[Tuatha Dé Danann|dTuath Dé]] tookfir husbandschéile fromas thena Gaeil whenagus theyiad 'invaded'tagtha andmar 'colonised'ionróirí Irelandin Éirinn. Furthermore, the pattern of successive invasions which LGÉ preserves is reminiscent of [[Timagenes]] of Alexandria's account of the origins of the [[Gallach]] of continental Europe. CitedLuaite byag thean 4th-centurystaraí historianden 4ú haois, [[Ammianus Marcellinus]], déanann Timagenes (1d aois RC) describescur howsíos thear ancestorsna ofGallaigh, theconas Gaulsa werecuireadh drivenan fromruaig theirorthu nativeóna landsdtíortha dúchais in easternoirthear Europena byhEorpa aag succession ofsraith warscogaí andagus floodstuilte.<ref>{{
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''NumerousCaomhnaítear fragmentsinniu ofóna Ireland's7ú mythologicalagus history8ú arehaoiseanna scatteredblúirí throughoutlíonmhara thede 7thstair andmhiotasach 8thna centurieshÉireann. In hisIna sraith léachtaí ''Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History'', déanann [[Eugene O'Curry]], ProfessorOllamh ofle IrishStair HistoryGhaelach andagus ArchaeologySeandálaíocht atag theOllscoil CatholicChaitliceach Universityna ofhÉireann Ireland,cur discussessíos variousar na genres oféagsúla historicallóiste talessna mentioned in thelámhscríbhinní manuscriptsúd:
<blockquote>''TheBa ''Tochomladh''inimirce wasnó anteacht Immigrationchoilíneachta orab arrivalea of a Colony''Tochomladh'';<ref>[http://dil.ie/41087 andtochomlud]</ref> underagus thisfaoin nameainm theseo, comingdéantar ofcur thesíos severalar colonies ofchoilíneachtaí ''Parthalon'' of, ''Nemedh'', of thena ''Firbolgs'', thena ''Tuatha Dé Danann'', thena ''Milesians'', etcsrl., intoisteach Erinni nÉirinn, arei allscéalta describeddá ingcuid separate talesféin. It isIs probablyamhlaidh fromgur thetiomsaíodh original records of these ancient stories thatan theluathchuid earlyde partna ofLeabhair theGhabhála variouséagsúla Booksó ofbhuntaifid Invasionsna hasscéalta beenársa compiledseo.<ref>{{
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''TheCaomhnaítear earliestan extantcur accountsíos ofis theluaite purportedde historybhréagstair ofna IrelandhÉireann isatá toar bemarthain found in thesan ''Historia Brittonum'' ornó "History ofStair thena BritonsmBriotanach," whicha wascreidtear oncetráth thoughtgur toscríobh havean beensagart written by the Welsh priestBreatnach [[Nennius]] in 829–830 é.<ref>{{
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}}</ref> ThisTá textdhá givescur twosíos separatear accountsleith ofann earlysa Irishtéacs historyseo de luathstair Gaelach. '' The first consists of a seriessraith ofchoilíneachtaí successive colonisations fromón [[Iberian Peninsula|IberiaIbéir]] byag theciní pre-GaelicréamhCheilteacha peoples ofna IrelandhÉireann, allgach of which found their way into LGÉ. The second recounts the origins of the Gaeil themselves, and tells how they in turn came to be the masters of the country and'' agus 'ancestorssinsir' ofna allnGael thego Irishléir. '' Rinneadh tuilleadh forbartha ar an dá scéal seo ag staraithe-filí Gaelacha i rith na 9ú haoise. Sna 10ú agus 11ú haoiseanna, scríobhadh roinnt dánta fada stairiúla, agus seo a leanas ceithre údar agus a ndánta mair a fhiaghtear sa leagan 11ú haois den LGÉ:
* [[Eochaidh Ua Floinn]] (936–1004) [[Ard Mhacha]] – Dánta 30, 41, 53, 65, 98, 109, 111
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