1000 BC - 900 BC 

                                                                                                                                                    *52.Nuadha Fionn Fail - *56.Duach Fionn

       Over the next two Millenniums from 1000 B.C to 1000 AD there were to be 40,000 Ring forts constructed throughout Ireland, which would be later discovered, with 1,000 of these situated in Co. Cork in Southern Munster alone, which were basically the dwellings of the Celts who existed in Ireland during this period of time and they were to be known as raths / lios / duns / cahers or cashels, which had all originally started to be developed in the Bronze Age and would still be continued to be constructed up until the coming Cambro - Norman Invasion in 1167 AD. They were to be surrounded with, from one to four circular ramparts, such as at Staigue in Co. Kerry in Desmond / Southern Munster in the south - west of the Munster Province, and those situated on the Aran Islands off of the west - coast of the Connacht Province, with a well known fort / rath of this type being the Grianan of Ailech in Co. Donegal in the north - west of the Ulster Province, which was to be still under construction up until the year 100 BC on Mount Grianan, which is 800’ high, where Nuada the renowned Scythian Tuatha De Danann King had been interred, as it was previously an ancient tomb that over time had become a royal residence of note. Later on in the 5th Century AD it was to become, at first, the main fortress of the Gaelic Milesian Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Ui Felim Dal Cuinn "northern' Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Kings of Ailech who were to eventually evolve into the O Neills / O Nialls and O / Mac Loughlins of Ulster. Later still when the O Neills expanded eastwards into Co. Antrim and to the south - west in Co. Tyrone it was to be taken over by their close kinsmen the "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill Sept of the O Dohertys / Ui Dochartaigh and it would also be sacked by their other close kinsmen the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill Sept who at that period in time would be also expressing their particular overall authority also in the Ulster Province, who were themselves situated at their rath / fortress to the south of there at Tara / Temhair in the Midlands / Midhe / Meath in Northern Leinster. Later on again in 1101 AD it was also to be sacked by *108.Murtogh / Muirchertach O Brian the Gaelic Milesian Heberian Dal gCais / Dalcassian) 44th King of Cashel / Munster and 180th King of Ireland - with opposition while he too would be expressing his personal authority also over the "northern" Ui Niaill Septs. Other Ring forts / cahers, that also occur as groups, are at Tara itself in Co. Meath in the south - east of Northern Leinster, at Cruachan / Rath Croghan in Co. Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province, and at Eamhain Macha / Armagh in Co. Armagh in the south - east of Ulster, while the hill forts / duns are much larger, as they were built more for defensive reasons, such as those also there at Eamhain Macha, and at Knock Aulin near Kilcullen in Co. Kildare in Central Southern Leinster. To the south east of Old Castle in Co. Meath in Northern Leinster also is Hag's Mountain / Slieve na Calliagh and the Cairn Bawn Mountain, which are very ancient burial grounds, where there are 30 Passage Graves. (One of these is believed to be the actual grave of *44.Eochy / Eochaidh / *Ollamh Fodhla  - the Law Giver who had been the Gaelic Milesian Irian 27th King of Tara / Erinn who originaly laid down the tenets of the Irish Brehon Law.      

      As the new metal, known now as Iron, continued to come into use, the actual Iron Age evolved and it became more available on the Continent, and this created turmoil among the Aryan speaking races who then began to migrate from the south of Germany at that time and included among these Aryan peoples were not only the Celts, but also the Teutonics of Northern Europe who also had fair hair and fair skin and were tall with blue eyes, who were to first make their appearance in Germany, Scandinavia and the Netherlands. (Among them were to be the Visi - Goths, the Ostro - Goths and the Vandals who later evolved to become the actual Germanic and Scandinavian races known as the Angles, the Jutes, the Saxons, the Vikings and their offshoot the Normans.) The Teutonics would not come into Ireland until near the end of the 8th Century AD, known then as the Fair Foreigners / Fionn Gall and the Black Foreigners / Dubh Gall Vikings, which up to then was to allow Ireland an acual continuing Celtic history of well over 2,000 years, as the Celts on the other hand had arrived into Ireland over a very prolonged period, with the main players originally being the Scythian Bactrians, the Scythian Partholonians, the Scythian Nemedh, the Scythian Teutonic Fir Bolg, the Scythian Tuatha de Danann, the Scythian Gaels, the Scythian Laigin and the Scythian Cruithin Gaelic Picts.

    The ancient Celtic language period from 1500 BC had been Q Celtic, which from now on was to become not only Goidelic, but also P Celtic / Gallo Britannic (Iron Age) then Gaulish, Britannic and Pictish, giving rise to the Brythonaid / Brythonic peoples also giving rise to West Brythonic, the Welsh Midlands and the Welsh / Wealas themselves in the 6th Century AD, and further on still the Brythonic was then to give rise to South West British / Devon and Cornwall and Breton / 6th Century AD and Cornish / 6th Century AD. 

962 BC. *52.Nuadha Fionn Fail the Gaelic Milesian Heremonian 39th King of Tara / Erinn who had previously ruled Ireland for 40 years, was slain this year by his successor *54.Breas Rioghacta.  

962 - 953 BC. *54 Breas Rioghachta was to be the Gaelic Milesian Heberian 40th King of Tara / Erinn who was the son of *53.Art Imleach the previous 38th King of Erinn.

953 - 952 BC. *46.Eochaidh Apach became the second Celtic Gaelic Ithian 41st King of Tara / Erinn descended from 35.Ithe and his son, 36.Lewy / Lughaidh.

952 - 930 BC. *48.Fionn became the Celtic Gaelic Milesian Irian 42nd King of Tara / Erinn, who was a son of 47.Bratha, after he had defeated the Gaelic Ithian King, *46.Eochy / Eochaidh Apach at Tara.

930 - 910 BC. *55.Seidnae Innaraidh became the Celtic Gaelic Milesian Heberian 43rd King of Tara / Erinn, who was a son of *54.Breas Rioghacta the previous 40th King of Tara / Erinn, and he was to be the first to pay his warriors and put them under discipline as previously they only received their booty as a reward.

910 - 904 BC.*54.Simeon Breac became the Celtic Gaelic Milesian Heremonian 44th King of Tara / Erinn, who was a son of 53.Aodhan Glas, a son of *52.Nuadha Fionn Fail the previous 39th King of Tara / Erinn after he had *55.Seidnae Innaraidh the previous Heberian 43rd King of Tara / Erinn horribly put to death, and was to rule for 6 years until he too was to be killed by *56,Duach Fionn.

904 - 894 BC.*56. Duach Fionn became the Celtic Gaelic Milesian Heberian 45th King of Tara / Erinn, who was the son of *55.Seidnae Innaraidh the previous 43rd King of Tara / Erinn, who had him torn asunder just as he had done to his father. 

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