Breoghan (Brigus) King of Galicia [60842]

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Breoghan (or Brigus) was king of Galicia, Andalusia, Murcia, Castile, and Portugal\emdash all of which he conquered. He built Breoghan's Tower or Brigantia in Galicia, and the city of Brigantia or Braganza in Portugal\emdash called after him; and the kingdom of Castile was then also called after him Brigia. It is considered that "Castile" itself was so called from the figure of a castle which Brigus bore for his Arms on his banner. Brigus sent a colony into Britain, who settled in that territory now known as teh counties of York, Lancaster, Durham, Westmoreland, and Cumberland, and, after him were called Brigantes; whose posterity gave formidable opposition to the Romans, at the time of the Roman invasion of Britain.

Part II of Irish Pedigrees, or The origin and stem of the Irish nation, by John O'Hart, published 1892, pages 44-55


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Breoghan King of Galicia, Andalusia , Murcia , Castile , and Portugal

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Breogán, son of Brath, a mythical Celtic king from Galicia . Multiple accounts exist about him, but he is seen as the mythological father of the Galician nation. His sons are Ith and Bile (Belenus ).
Galicia is sometimes described poetically as the home of Breogán or in Galician language , "fogar de Breogán", as it is mentioned that way in Galicia's anthem .
According to Gaelic legends compiled in the 11th-century Lebor Gabála Érenn , the "Book of Conquests", King Breogán constructed in Brigantium (ancient Celtic town, currently known as A Coruña ) a massive tower of such a grand height that his sons Ith and Bile could see a distant green shore from its top. The glimpse of that distant green land lured them to sail north to that Ireland . Once in Ireland, they were received by the Tuatha Dé Danann (ancient tribe who occupied Ireland before the Celts) who ambushed the Galicians and managed to kill one of Breogan's sons, Ith. Decades after, Míl Espáine , Breogán's grandson, took vengeance upon the Tuatha Dé Danann and invaded Ireland with the intention of defeating them and settling in the Ireland.
This tale is mostly described in the last chapter of the Lebor Gabála Érenn in reference to the Milesians or "Sons of Míl" who, according to this legend, would be the first wave of Celts arriving into Irish shores (the Tuatha Dé Danann were not Celts).
A similar story about a monk who saw a green island from the top of the tower of Brigantia was written in the 9th-10th century in Galicia. The manuscript is called Trezenzonii de Solistitionis Insula Magna (Monk Trezenzon and the Big Island).
A large statue of Breogán has been erected near the Tower of Hercules .

Breoghan married.