It would be an island which would be found in the track of the setting sun. The journey to Innisfail, the Island of Destiny, took three generations. A banner to honor Gaedhuil was made with a dead serpent mounted on a staff, representing the one used by Moses to heal the boy. Milesius, carried it with him on the search for the promised island. The early peoples of Ireland The Firbolg .
Legend says came from Greece, where they had long been enslaved.
They captured the ships of their masters and sailed to Ireland. The Fomorians were sea rovers and put the Firbolg into serfdom. Tuatha de Danaans were remarkable for their skill in arts and crafts. They may have been more civilized than the Milesians. It was the explorer Ith, who first saw the island.