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the magicians and giants of the folk tales as being all of the race of the Gaelic deities. If he is alone responsible he must bear the blame of error, for Domnall Duil buidhe was not of the Dannann, but a mortal warrior of the Gamanraidhe, a Domnonian race in Erris. I presume, therefore, that Otway formed the false equation — Fir Domnonn equals Tuatha De Dannann, i.e. equals the Danish Vikings !

T. J. Westropp.