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In Irish mythology Ferga son of Eber Finn was joint High King of Ireland with his brothers Ir, Orba and Fearon, after they overthrew Muimne, Luigne and Laigne, sons of Eremon. They ruled for half a year before being overthrown by Irial Fáith, son of Eremon. Although many of the manuscripts containing texts relating to Irish mythology have failed to survive, and much more material was probably never committed to writing, there is enough remaining to enable the identification of four distinct, if overlapping, cycles: the Mythological Cycle, The Ulster Cycle, the Fenian Cycle and the... In Irish mythology Eber Finn (Heber, Eibhear) was a son of Míl Espáine who participated in the Milesian conquest of Ireland. ... The office of High King of Ireland (Irish: Ard Rí Érenn) was in origin a pseudohistorial construct of the eighth century that placed a king of all Ireland atop the fragmented pyramid of kingship that actually existed at that time. ... In Irish mythology Fearon son of Eber Finn was joint High King of Ireland with his brothers Ir, Orba and Ferga, after they overthrew Muimne, Luigne and Laigne, sons of Eremon. ... In Irish mythology Eremon or Heremon was a son of Míl Espáine who participated in the Milesian conquest of Ireland, defeating the Tuatha Dé Danann at Tailtiu. ... In Irish mythology Eremon or Heremon was a son of Míl Espáine who participated in the Milesian conquest of Ireland, defeating the Tuatha Dé Danann at Tailtiu. ...



Preceded by:
Muimne, Luigne
and Laigne
High King of Ireland
(with Ir, Orba
and Fearon)

AFM 1681 BC
FFE 1269 BC
Succeeded by:
Irial Fáith


The High Kingship of Ireland was a pseudohistorical construct of the eighth century AD, a projection into the distant past of a political entity that did not become reality until the ninth century. ... In Irish mythology Fearon son of Eber Finn was joint High King of Ireland with his brothers Ir, Orba and Ferga, after they overthrew Muimne, Luigne and Laigne, sons of Eremon. ... Signature page from the Annals of the Four Masters Entry for A.D. 432 The Annals of the Four Masters or the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters are a chronicle of medieval Irish history. ... Seathrún Céitinn, known in English as Geoffrey Keating, was a 17th century Irish clergyman, poet and historian. ...


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IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - World Indoor Championships 2004 - news (1001 words)
In the men's 200m, Birmingham silver medallist Joseph Batangdon of Cameroon in lane five had already caught, Leslie Djhone at the end of the first bend and thus could control the race ahead of the 4x400m silver medallist in Paris, setting a season's World best of 20.57 as Djhone improved his season best to 20.77.
While Patricia Girard had decided to end her winter season, before the French championships, two other athletes, Linda Ferga Khodadin (8.08) and Reina Flor Okori (8.10) had already reached the qualifying standards this season while Fanny Gérance was just two hundredths short.
Experience finally prevailed as Linda Ferga dipped under 8 seconds (7.97) for the first time this season for second place while Gérance was third in 8.14 and Okori fourth in 8.16.
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De fikk god hjelp fra nordmennen om bord på ferga fordi de sa at sabotørene var flyktninger som skulle gjemme seg under dekk.
Etter at de hadde plassert sprengstoffet gikk de av ferga og sa at de skulle hente noe de hadde glemt.
Det var allikevel en stor påkjenning for sabotørene å vite at om bord på ferga kunne det kanskje være familie eller venner, men de kunne ikke advare noen av de 53 fordi operasjonen var strengt hemmelig.
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