Hecateus of Abdera (6th century B.C.) says that the Egyptians, formerly being troubled by calamities, in order that the divine wrath might be averted, expelled all the aliens gathered together in Egypt. "Once, when a pestilence had broken out in Egypt, the cause of the visitation was generally ascribed to the anger of the gods. As many strangers dwelt in Egypt, and observed different customs in religion and sacrifice, it came to pass that the hereditary worship of the gods was being given up in Egypt. The Egyptians, therefore, were of opinion that they would obtain no alleviation of the evil unless they removed the people of foreign extraction." "The most distinguished of the expelled foreigners (from Egypt) followed DANAUS and Cadmus into Greece; but the greater number were led by Moses into Judea."

"Diodorus Siculus 40:3:1-3 says, "The aliens were driven from the country, and the most outstanding and active among them banded together and, as some say, were cast ashore in Greece and certain other regions; their leaders were notable men, chief among them being DANAUS and Cadmus. But the greater number were driven into what is now called Judea, which is not far distant from Egypt, and was at that time utterly uninhabited. The colony was headed by a man called Moses, outstanding both for his wisdom and for his courage."

This sea voyage wasn't a problem because these men were DANITES -- a seafaring people who "abode in ships" anyway (Judges 5:17). The rest of the DANITES went to Judea. They received a small alottment of land which was inadequate for their needs, so Joshua gave them permission to expand beyond Canaan's border. They travelled up the Jordan valley and settled at Laish. After awhile, they moved on to Smyrna and then Greece. When God takes people "out of his sight," the phrase simply means "away from Palestine." Most of the DANITES did not go into Assyrian captivity. They left Palestine before Jeroboam II because they don't appear in the geneology of 1 Chronicles 5. DANES were from inland Lachish who were taken captive to Assyria. Tuatha de DANAAN were coastal Danites who escaped captivity and fled to northern Ireland. Diodorus of Sicily 1:28:5 says the "Athenians ... are colonists from Sais in Egypt."

Strabo 5:2:40 says "DANAUS, the father of fifty daughters on coming to Argos took up his abode in the city of Inarchos and throughout Hellas (i.e. Greece) he laid down the law that all people hitherto named Pelasgians were to be named DANAANS." This was the basis of MYCENAEAN civilization. Cyprus was anciently called YADNANA (Isle of the DANAANU). The word MYCENAE comes from the Hebrew "Machaneh" or "Mahaneh-Dan" (Heb. Camp of Dan) (Judges 18:12) These DANITES attacked their kinsmen, the Zarahites, in Troy and fought the Trojan War. They became the ruling people in Greece and were the Argive "DANAI" of Homer's Iliad (mentioned 147 times) and Odyssey (13 times). "DANAI (is) a name given to the people of Argos, and promiscuously to all the Greeks, from DANAUS their king" (p.191, Lempriere). The great Greek philosophers were all northern Irishmen -- "Ulstermen." Greek classics are histories about the northern "IRISH" or Ulstermen. When Tiglath-pileser invaded northern Israel in 741 B.C. (2 Kings 15:20), there is no mention of "DAN" being invaded. This indicates they migrated by sea.

Herodotus tells us that the Lacedemonians (Spartans) were in his day the most "powerful" and "eminent" branch of the Dorian Greeks (1:55;1:66) and the most "learned" (4:76). They received their name from Dorus, son of Helen. Under Dorus they lived at the foot of Mount OLYMPUS, and some of them migrating, became known as MACEDNI. Lycurgus brought their laws from CRETE (1:65). "the chiefs of the Dorians are really genuine EGYPTIANS" (6:53) They wore a "linen tunic with a FRINGE hanging round the legs" (cp. Deut.22:11-12) and their religious customs forbid wearing "WOOL in the temple" (2:80) (cp. Ez. 44:17). They have no dealings with STRANGERS (1:63) (Deut. 7:1-6). The Lacedaemonians were KINDRED with the "house of Heracles in Sparta" (8:115) who was Hercules or SAMSON the DANITE. In 1 Maccabees 12:20-22 we read that the SPARTANS and JEWS are both ABRAHAM'S children. Josephus repeats this quote and adds an important detail: "Areus, King of the Lacedemonians, to Onias, sendeth greeting ... we have discovered that both the JEWS and the Lacedemonians (SPARTANS) are of one stock, and are derived from the kindred of ABRAHAM ... This letter is four-square; and the seal is an EAGLE, with a DRAGON in his claws" (Ant.12:4:10). That is the tribal emblem of DAN! Spartans were DANITE. Also in Josephus' Antiquities 14:10:22 we read that the ancestors of the city of PERGAMUS were always FRIENDS to the JEWS even in the time of Abraham (see also Ant.13:5:8 & Wars 1:26:1).

Ancient Hebrew and Chaldee authorities say that "DAN bore on his standard a crowned serpent or basilisk held in the claws of an eagle" (Mazzaroth 41). " Colonel Gawler says "DANAUS ... was said to be the son of Belus, sometimes spelt Bela, which strongly resembles BILHAH" (Gen.30:4,6).

Eldad Hadani, a classic 10th century A.D. Jewish historian, says, "In Jeroboam's day DAN refused to shed his brother's blood; and rather than go to war with Judah he left the country and went in a body to Greece and to Denmark." The History of Ireland by Moore says the Irish bards tell us that "The TUATHA de DANAAN ... after sojourning some time in Greece ... set sail for Ireland." The Psalter of Cashel confirms this by saying: "The TUATHA de DANAANS ruled in Ireland for about two centuries, and were highly skilled in architecture and other arts from their long residence in Greece, and their intercourse with the Phoenicians." Gladstone's 'Juventus Mundi' testifies that the TUATHA de DANAAN of Ireland came from the DANAI of Greece. Keating's History of Ireland, page 43, describes their invasion of Ireland but then adds that those "TUATHA de DANAANS" left in Greece "came to a resolution of quitting the country for fear of falling into the hands of the Assyrians; accordingly they set out, and wandered from place to place till they came to Norway and DENmark." "The JUTES and DANES of DENMARK took their names from the JEWS and DANITES (p.54, Vetus Chronicon Holsatiae), sons of ISRAEL. "Cyprus was called Ia-Dnan 'The Island of Dan(an).' The same people were called Danuna, and under this name they appear as rulers of the Plain of Adana in Cilicia" (p. 108, Cyrus Gordon's Before Columbus). Saxo Grammaticus also says these DANITES sailed to Scandinavia.

Since Benjamin, Manasseh, Ephraim, Zebulun, Asher, Naphtali and Dan didn't drive out the Canaanites from the land (Judges 1:21-36), some Phoenicians (Canaanites) also came to Ireland and settled in the south. Certain S. Irish today claim descent from them. These are the "FENIANS" (Phoenicians) also known as Sinn Feiners. Numbers 33:55 and Joshua 23:13 say that these Canaanite Irish would be "THORNS in your SIDES" and they have been thorns to the English in the form of the IRA terrorists. The part of Spain conquered by the Phoenicians was called "Eis Feine" in the Chronicles of Eri.

DAN was a pioneering clan (Deut.33:22) and the great rivers and waterways of Europe bear witness to the tribe's habit of naming places "after their father DAN" Judges 18:29). The Island of Cyprus was called "YaDNANa" (Isle of DAN). A people called DANUNA appear as rulers of the Plain of ADANA in Cilicia. Crete's JarDANus River, the DANube, the DANaster (D'NIESTER), the DANapris (D'Nieper), the Russian DON, the RhoDANus (now the Rhone), DANzig on the CoDANus Gulf (now the Baltic), SweDEN, ScanDINavia and DENmark (DAN'S Land). The Rhine used to be called EriDANus. The Po and Vistula were also both called EriDANus. There is a River DON in Aberdeenshire and another in Yorkshire. On the latter stands DONcaster which, on an old map, is spelled DONcastre. Devonshire is the modern name for DANnonia. In Northern Ireland we find DANSlough, DUN Laoghaire, DUNkellin River, DANsower, DANmonism, DUNdrum, DUNdalk, DONegal Bay, and city, KillyDONNell, DUNlewy DONaghadee (meaning "DAN my witness"), DUNglow, LonDONderry, DINgle, DUNgarven DAN Solairse,DAN Sovae (meaning "Dan in exile"), DAN Swerick (Literally "Dan's resting place" on Ptolemy's map of Ireland) and DUNSmore. In Scotland the River DOON, DUNdee, DUNraven, AberDEEN and DUNcansby Head.

DAN was noted for its maritime activities (Judges 5:17) also left its name along the Mediterranean coast. Some examples of this are SarDINia (meaning "dispersed DAN") and MauriDANia (meaning "colony of DAN") "after the name of DAN their father" (Joshua 19:47). Keating in his "History of Ireland," tells us that: "The DANAANS were a people of great learning and wealth: they left Greece after a battle with the Assyrians and went to Ireland and also to DANmark or DANmares (meaning "DAN'S Coun-try"). The old inhabitants of Ireland were called DANONIANS. The Irish Gaelic word "DUN" or "DUNN" means "JUDGE," just as "DAN" does in Hebrew. Many of the policemen, politicians and judges in America today are of Irish descent because "DAN shall judge his people" (Gen. 49:16).

When Jeremiah arrived in Ireland, he brought with him Tea Tephi, the ark of the covenant, the tables of the law, Jacob's stone and the Urim and Thummim. These items enabled DAN to "JUDGE his people." Later DANES fought against their kinsmen, the Angles, Saxons and Jutes, to enter Britain. They came across the North Sea, during the ninth and tenth centuries, from DENmark and ScanDINavia. Henry Wheaton's History of the Northmen says Scandinavia was originally called Scania until Roman historian Pliny the Elder added the tribal name of DAN due to their settling there. Hannay says Scania developed from "SAK-ani" meaning "Country of the SAKS" (European and Other Race Origins, p. 181). Many of these DANES were DANites. After a long struggle with the Saxon kingdom, which was predominant under Alfred the Great, the DANES under Canute gained the upper hand and the kingdom was gradually welded together -- ready for the final consolidation under William the Conqueror when the rearguard of wandering Israel arrived at the Appointed Place.

Israelites named towns in Palestine after "BAAL" such as Baal-meon, Baal-gad, Baal-ath, Baal-shalisha, Baal-tamar, Baal-peor, Baal-hazor, Baal-zephon, Mt. Baala-ah and others. This same rare phenomenon is found in Ireland: Baal-y-Bai, Baal-y-gowan, Baal-y-Nahinsh, Baal-y-Castell, Baal-y-Moni, Baal-y-ner, Baal-y-Garai, Baal-y-nah, Baal-y-Con-El, Baal-y-Hy,Baal-y-Hull-Ish, Baal-Nah-Brach, Baal-Athi, Baal-Dagon, etc. proving that Israelites emigrated to Ireland.

Why Don't the English and the Irish Get Along?

There are five main peoples who have inhabited IRELAND. So, let us see who the first Irish settlers were.

1.) The FIRBOLG

“The races that occupied the land when the so-called Milesians came, chiefly the Firbolg and the Tuatha de Danaan, were certainly not exterminated by the conquering Milesians” (The Story of the Irish Race, Seumas MacManus, p. 1).

The 3,500-year history of the Irish people is one of the most well-preserved accounts, because it was conveyed from one generation to the next by the bards and storytellers. The ancient records were not recorded in books of writing that could be destroyed, but were instead passed down by the spoken word in long, rhyming verse. Not until the Four Masters, MacFirbis and Keating preserved the bards’ words in the 17th century did Ireland have an official written history.

The Firbolg probably arrived in the middle of the second millennium B.C. According to Keating, they were of the posterity of Magog, son of Japheth (History of Ireland, Irish Texts Society, Book I, p. 139). Some scholars believe these people may well have been associated with the seafaring Phoenicians (Feni) who were well known to have mined copper, lead, tin and gold in the British Isles. Irish gold is still a sought-after precious metal and new gold mines have recently been opened in Counties Tyrone and Wexford.

2.) The TUATHA DE DANAAN

The Firbolgs’ hold on the isle was soon to be challenged by a new invader, the Tuatha de Danaan. The word Tuatha means “tribe” and the tribe of Dan descended from Israel.

In Judges 5:17, the Israelite judge Deborah (ca. 12th century bc) sang, “Why did Dan remain on ships?” The Danites were well known as seafarers along with their Phoenecian neighbours, sailing the Mediterranean and beyond the “pillars of Hercules” (Gibraltar) into the Atlantic Ocean and on to Britain and Ireland. Some suggest that they made their first migration from Egypt just before the Exodus (1446 B.C.) and that a second wave followed in 1213 B.C.

MacFirbis in the mid-17th century wrote that “everyone who is fair-haired, of large size, fond of music and horse riding, and practices the art of magic is of the Tuatha de Danaan descent” (History of Ireland, Thomas Kelly, p. 25).

3.) The MILESIANS

The next wave of migration arrived at the time of King Solomon (circa 1000 B.C.). Solomon’s lineage followed Pharez of the half-tribe of Judah (see Genesis 38:28–30); the other part of the tribe travelled to Asia Minor, becoming known as the Milesians (from the city of Miletus named after Mahol of Judah -- 1 Ki. 4:31). “They were possessed of a high degree of political unity, had a single king, and a wise and constant external policy” (MacManus, p. 7). The Milesians fought the de Danaans, routing them and killing their three kings. They soon established their own royal line and crowned their kings at Tara on the Lia Fail or Stone of Destiny.

The Milesians were later to settle mainly in the north. Their kings were named the Ard Righ (“High Kings” over the lesser kings of the many Irish tribes).

It is stated in very old copies of the "The Book of Invasions" (Irish), that the Milesians from Greece brought the Mosaic Law into Ireland. History records an amazing number of customs and laws introduced into Ireland by the Milesians that closely resemble the statutes and judgments given by Moses to the Israelites during their wilderness years (1446–1406 B.C.). Here are just a few:

“The stock borrowed from a noble… was returned at the end of seven years” (MacManus, p. 293; see Leviticus 25:1–10).

“The greater part of the tribal land was free for the use of all the people of the tribe” (ibid., p. 293; see Leviticus 25:34).

“The system in Ireland was something more like the patriarchal system of the east” (ibid., p. 294).

“‘No person’, says the law, ‘shall be oppressed in his difficulty’” (ibid., p. 294; see Leviticus 25:35).

“He [the priest or king] had to be without physical deficiency or deformity” (ibid., p. 295; see Leviticus 21:17–23).

4.) The FENI

JUDAH married Shua, a Canaanite girl, contrary to God's law (Deut. 7:3). She gave birth to three children: ER, ONAN and SHELAH. ER and ONAN were wicked and God executed them (Gen. 38:1-10). It then became the responsibility of SHELAH to marry TAMAR and to name her first-born son after his dead brother ER (Deut. 25:5-6). He did this (1 Chr. 4:21) and ER'S descendants migrated to Ireland and named it ERIN or EIRE or "ER'S land." The ancient Irish language was ERSE -- a combination of Hebrew and Phoenician. Some ERSE "characters closely resemble the lettering on the Moabite Stone (c. 809 B.C.), and those on the Siloam inscriptions (725 B.C.); and are almost identical with the Anglo-Saxon of the Earle MSS.; which race also came from the stock of Abraham" (JD Massey Tamar Tephi).

Also the name SHELAGH is a popular Irish and Scottish name. Girls are also known as SHELAHS. The Irish are noted for their famous "IRISH LINEN" and this was a distinctive feature of this family. As 1 Chronicles 4:21 says, "The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah, were ER ... the families of the house that wrought FINE LINEN." In southwest Britain is the TAMARUS River.

In the south of Ireland, we find another type with dark hair and eyes, and more akin to the Phoenicians, who traded with the Mediterranean peoples, and had colonies in the south of Ireland and other countries. These Canaanites may be part of the reason for the Irish hostility to the Israelites in Ulster who are of a fair aristocratic type.

5.) The SCOTS

Ireland was for centuries called Scotia. The name is derived from the Scyths. MacManus states, “They (the Gaels) came out of that vast undefined tract, called Scythia… They came to Ireland through Egypt, Crete and Spain” (ibid., p. 8). While in Egypt, Niul, grandson of Gael, married Scota, the Pharaoh’s daughter.

The very name “Gaul” is derived from Gael, these people whom the Greeks called Celts (Keltoi). This establishes the Irish as a Celtic nation, along with the Scots, Cornish, Bretons, Walloons (of Belgium) and Welsh. In fact, the French name for Wales is le Pays de Galles (the land of the Gauls). Celtic ancestry can also be traced to many of the Swiss, as well as the Celto-Iberians in Spain and the Galatians of the New Testament.

The Milesian Ard-Righ took the Lia Fail coronation stone with them to Argyl, Scotland in 478 A.D. and later to Scone. The English brought it to Westminster Abbey to crown most of their kings and queens. Many of the Scottish descendants returned in successive waves of migration to Ulster between 1605–1697, which has aggravated the Feni southern Irish to this day. (See "Who Are the Irish?" by Rod King, March-April 2014, Tomorrow's World)

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