Breogán
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Breogán, son of Brath, is 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 Breogan." it is mentioned that way in Galicia's anthem.
According to Gaelic legend embodied in the 11th-century compilation Lebor Gabála Érenn, the "Book of Conquests", King Breogán, the founding father of the Galician Celtic nation, 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 Ireland. There, they were received by the Tuatha Dé Danann (ancient tribe who occupied Ireland before the actual Gaelic celts). Suddently Breogán got ambushed by the Tuatha Dé Danann, and they managed to kill one of Breogan's sons, Ith. Decades after, Míl Espáne, Breogán's grandson, took vengeance upon the Tuatha Dé Danann and embraced a full masive invasion towards Ireland in order to conquer it.
This tale is mostly described in the last chapter of the Lebor Gabála Érenn (Book of the takings of Ireland), that explains about the Milesians (a reference to the Galician people as the sons of Míl Espáine).
A colossal statue of Breogán has been erected near the Tower of Hercules
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