'The Firbolgs-----‘bagmen’ in Irish-----were the mythical people who are said to have inhabited the island before the arrival of the Celts. If there were still any of them around today, they could no doubt claim prior and proper possession of the place, in resistance to Celtic colonialism.'
From Terry Eagleton, Nationalism and the Case of Ireland.
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I'll bet you weren't the only one to think that, Lenin; but enough of these crazy counter-factuals!
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