Cessair: Ireland's First Arrival and the Pre-Flood Mystery
The Woman Who Came Before the Deluge According to Ireland's ancient texts, the very first person to set foot on the Emerald Isle wasn't a warrior king, a druid priest, or even a male leader. It was a woman. And she arrived before Noah's Flood. Her name was Cessair (also spelled Cesair or Ceasair), and her story—preserved in the Lebor Gabála Érenn (Book of the Taking of Ireland)—is one of the most remarkable and overlooked origin myths in Western literature. While most nations trace their founding to conquering heroes or divine ancestors, Ireland claims its first inhabitants were refugees from the Biblical apocalypse , led by a woman who had been refused entry to Noah's Ark . This isn't a minor detail in Irish mythology. It's the foundation story. The beginning of everything. And it raises profound questions about what the Irish actually believed about their origins—and what they might have been trying to preserve. The Story of Cessair: Fleeing the Floo...