In Irish mythology Míl Espáine (Latin Miles Hispaniae, Soldier of Spain) is the ancestor of the final inhabitants of Ireland, the "sons of Míl" or Milesians, who represent the Goidelic Celts. The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branches of Celtic mythology. ... Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... In Irish mythology the Milesians or Sons of Míl Espáine were the final inhabitants of Ireland, representing the Goidelic Celts. ... Goidelic is one of two major divisions of modern-day Celtic languages (the other being Brythonic). ... This article is about the European people. ...

His given name was Golam. He served as a soldier in Scythia and Egypt, before, remembering a prophesy that his descendants would rule Ireland, he set off to the west, getting as far as Spain where he fought several battles before dying, never seeing Ireland himself. His wife Scota and his uncle Íth, who had spied Ireland from a tower, sailed to Ireland where Íth was killed by the Tuatha Dé Danann. When his body was brought back to Spain, Míl's eight sons and Íth's nine brothers invaded Ireland and defeated the Tuatha Dé. Scythia was an area in Eurasia inhabited in ancient times by people probably speaking Indo-Iranian languages, known as the Scythians. ... This article is about a mythical people of Ireland. ...

See also

• Lebor Gabála Érenn