Scota

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Scota
1. I [L, Irishwoman]. Second wife of Míl Espáine in the pseudo-history Lebor Gabála [Book of Invasions], the daughter of a pharaoh, Nectanebus, and one of several eponyms of the Irish [i.e. L Scotti] people. She bears Míl two sons, Eber Finn and Amairgin (1). After the death of Míl, she joins the Milesian invasion of Kerry. Her name may have been commemorated at Glenn Scoithin [Scota's Glen], where a large boulder (35 feet high), Leath Scoithin, bears an ogham inscription put in place by modern enthusiasts; the site, better known as Foley's Glen, lies by the stream Finglas near Tralee.

2. [L, Irishwoman]. Wife of Niúl, the son of Fénius Farsaid, and mother of Goídel Glas. Like the younger and better-known Scota (1), with whom she is often confused, Scota (2) is reputedly the daughter of an Egyptian pharaoh.

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