Looking through my books I came across 2 quotes that might relate to your question
1 ' The Fir Bolg are found in myth as the next colonizers of ireland .. varying traditions say that they came from Greece and ...curious stories are told of their life in greece but these are somewhat factitious and obviously do not belong to the earliest tradition ' ( C.Squire 'Mythology of the Celtic people' )
2 ' The Dedannan (?equated with the Danaans ), the successors of the Fir Bolg ..in the course of their wanderings spent some time in Greece where they learned magic and other curious arts .' ( P.W.Joyce 'Old Celtic Romances' )
Philip
Subject: VIRGIL: Re: Greek origins of the Irish? Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 12:30:49 GMT0BST
Dear Virgilians, I hope this inquiry isn't too tangential for this list... I am looking at how the Troy story was invoked in later medieval Irish adaptations of Virgil and Dares, and recently came across an assertion that puzzles me. Stanford, in his _Ireland and the Classical Tradition_, maintains that the Irish "were encouraged to see themselves as descended from the Greeks" (as opposed to the Roman or Trojan origins claimed by the English and the French), but does not supply specific bibliography to support this. Does anyone happen to know anything about the supposed Greek origins of the Irish, or know where I might look to find out more about this? Many thanks in advance! --Sylvia Sylvia Federico School of English University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT
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