One of the ancient mysteries that we uncovered in our quest to rediscover mysterious Ireland was the ancient origins of the Irish. According to the most ancient texts of Ireland, corroborating evidence in the Bible and other ancient texts, and actual archaeological and anthropological findings, it is clear that the Irish were largely descended from Magog, the second son of Japheth, the son of Noah (of Noah's Ark fame). The descendants of Magog came to the sacred isle in a series of "invasions", the most recent of which was the Milesians, better known to history as the Gaelic peoples, or "Gaels":

"The Gaels were only the most recent of a series of peoples who had invaded the sacred island over the millennia. According to the primary ancient historical text of Ireland, the Lebor Gabala Črenn, “The Book of the Invasions of Ireland”, there were a total of 5 peoples who had invaded Ireland before the coming of the Gael: the Cessair, the Partholónians, the Nemedians, the Fir Bolg and the Tuatha dé Danann. The Milesians were the final invaders recorded in the Lebor, and are considered to be the first of the Gaelic peoples to inhabit Ireland. However, though only the Milesians were considered to be true Gaels, all of these invading peoples — save the Cessair — were related to the Milesians, as they were all descendants of Magog, the son of Japheth, the son of Noah. As it says in the Lebor,

Magog, of him are the men of Scythia and the Goths, that is, the Gaedil. Magog had five sons, Baath, Ibath, Barachan, Emoth, Aithechta. As for Baath, his son was Feinius Farsaid, father of the Scythians. As for Feinius Farsaid, he was son of Baath s. Magog s. Iafeth [Japheth]. As for Ibath, one of the two sons of Magog, his son was Alainus. He had three sons, Airmen, Negua, Isicon. Airmen had five sons, Gotus, Uiligotus, Cebitus, Burgandus, Longbardus. Negua had four sons, Vandalus, Saxus, Bogardus, Longbardus. Isicon, the third son of Alainus, had [five] sons, Francus, Romanus, Albanus, a quo Albania in Asia Minor, and Albanactus ... a quo western Alba, and Britus, from whom are called the islands of Britain. Then was the world divided into three divisions: Europe, Africa, Asia. Seventeen years before the scattering of the languages there came the first man of the seed of Iafeth into Europe, Alainus s. Ibath s. Magog s. Iafeth s. Noe. Alainius, of him are the Franks and the Romans. And his three sons came with him, Armen, Negua, Isicon: so that on the hither side they begat those sons of whom we have heard: Saxus s. Negua s. Alainus s. Ibath s. Magog s. Iafeth s. Noe, of him are the Saxons. Emoth s. Magog, of him is the people of the north of the world. Barachan [was another son of Magog]. Aithechtaig s. Magog, of his progeny are the peoples who came into Ireland before the Gaedil — Partholón [was the first]. Nemed was of the family of the son whom Partholón left in the east, Adla s. Partholón. Also the children of Nemed, the Gaileoin and Fir Bolg and Fir Domnann and Tuatha dé Danann.

The descendants of Magog, though not elucidated in Genesis 10, are fully laid out in the Lebor Gabala Črenn, as the inhabitants of Ireland are primarily of Magogian ancestry. Magog, according to the Lebor, had five sons, from whom proceeded the Scythians, the Gaels, and numerous other Central Asian and European peoples of note whose allotted lands were originally what is now Central Asia. However, they had greatly increased their lands through conquest so that the descendants of Magog at their peak occupied a wide band of territory that bordered on the north with what is now Central Europe and Russia, on the south with what is now Italy, Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, on the east with what is now China and on the west with the Atlantic Ocean. It is in these lands where the sons of Magog finally settled."

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