" When, therefore, the Formorians claimed
to come from Africa, they simply meant that they came from the West--in
other words, from Atlantis--for there was no other country except
America west of them.
They possessed Ireland from so early a period that by some of the
historians they are spoken of as the aborigines of the country.
The first invasion of Ireland, subsequent to the coming of the
Formorians, was led by a chief called Partholan: his people are known in
the Irish annals as "Partholan's people." They were also probably
Atlanteans. They were from Spain. A British prince, Gulguntius, or
Gurmund, encountered off the Hebrides a fleet of thirty ships, filled
with men and women, led by one Partholyan, who told him they were from
Spain, and seeking some place to colonize. The British prince directed
him to Ireland. ("De Antiq. et Orig. Cantab.")
Spain in that day was the land of the Iberians, the Basques; that is to
say, the Atlanteans.
The Formorians defeated Partholan's people, killed Partholan, and drove
the invaders out of the country.
The Formorians were a civilized race; they had "a fleet of sixty ships
and a strong army.
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