Lagin
A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
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Lagin, Laigin, Laighin, Laighnigh, Lagenians [people of Lug (?)]. Early Celtic people who invaded
Ireland before the advent of written records, giving their name to the province of
Leinster. They were placed second in the order of Celtic invaders, after the
Érainn. They settled not only in what is now Leinster but also in other parts of the island, including large portions of
Connacht. Thomas F. O'Rahilly (1946) argued unconvincingly that they were a
P-Celtic people and only adopted genealogies implying a
Q-Celtic origin after the dominance of the
Goidels in Ireland. Their ancestor deity,
Labraid Loingsech, was thought to have invited 2,200 foreigners back with him from the continent of Europe, who became the Lagin. According to their own invasion legend, they were Gaulish in origin and invaded Ireland from
Brittany (Armorica). The
Annals of the Four Masters set this after 431 BC, the
Book of Leinster after 307 BC. Contemporary scholarship suggests a much earlier date. They brought with them the
Domnainn and the
Galióin.
Bibliography
See Thomas F. O'Rahilly , Early Irish History and Mythology (Dublin, 1946), 17–24, 101–20;
Alfred P. Smyth , Celtic Leinster (Dublin, 1982).
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