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''De réir an LGÉ, tháinig an chéad dream go hÉirinn le trí long i gceannas [[Ceasair|Ceasrach]], iníon Bith mhic Naoi (neamh-bíobalta). Cailleadh dhá long, agus tháinig an tríú ceann i dtír daichead lá roimh an [[Geineasas|Díle]], le Ceasair, naonúr ban is daichead eile agus triúr fear: Bith, [[Fintan mac Bóchra]] agus Ladra. Roinneadh na mná i measc na fir, agus roghnaigh gach fear bean amháin mar chéile: Fintán le Ceasair, Bith le Barrfhionn agus Ladra le Alba. Ba ghearr go bhfuair Ladra agus Bith bás ámh, agus ba é Ladra an chéad fhear a churadh faoi i n-uaigh i nÉirinn. Le teacht na Díle, d'éag cách seachas Fintán. '' 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.
[[File:Bantry Bay near Foilakilly - geograph.org.uk - 1229006.jpg|thumb|''Bantry Bay, where Cessair and her followers are said to have landed]]▼
▲[[File:Bantry Bay near Foilakilly - geograph.org.uk - 1229006.jpg|thumb|''Bantry Bay, where Cessair and her followers are said to have landed]]
''In an earlier version of the tale, the first woman in Ireland is [[Banbha]].{{sfn|Koch|2006|p=165}} Banba, [[Fódhla]] and [[Ériu]] were [[Triple deity|a trio]] of land goddesses and their husbands were [[Mac Coill]], [[Mac Céacht]] agus [[Mac Gréine]] (son of the Sun). It is likely that Ceasair, the three men and their three wives are a Christianized replacement for them.{{sfn|Carey|1994|p=21}}<ref name=monaghan85>Monaghan, lch. 85</ref> Fintán/Mac Cuill may also be linked to the [[Bradán feasa]], which gains all the world's knowledge after eating nine hazelnuts that fall into [[Tobar Chonnla]]. The women who accompany Ceasair appear by their names to represent the world's ancestral mothers; they included Alba (ancestor of the Britons), Espa (Spanish), German (Germans), Gothiam (Goths), Traige (Thracians), and so forth. Thus "their arrival can be read as creating a microcosm of the whole world's population in Ireland". Several other companions echo the names of ancient Irish goddesses.<ref name=monaghan85/>
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