then took over as king. A third battle was fought against a subsequent wave of invaders, the Milesians, from the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula (present-day Galicia and Northern Portugal), descendants of Míl Espáine (who are thought to represent the Goidelic Celts). The Milesians encountered three Tuatha Dé Danann goddesses, Ériu, Banba and Fodla, who asked that the island be named after them; Ériu is the origin of the modern name Éire, and Banba and Fodla are still sometimes used as poetic names for Ireland. Their three husbands, Mac Cuill, Mac Cecht and Mac Gréine, were kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann at that time, and asked for a truce of three days, during which the Milesians would lie at anchor nine waves' distance from the shore. The Milesians complied, but the Tuatha Dé Danann created a magical storm in an attempt to drive them away. The Milesian poet Amergin calmed the sea with his verse, then his people landed and defeated the Tuatha Dé Danann at Tailtiu. When Amergin was called upon to divide the land between the Tuatha Dé Danann and his own people, he cleverly allotted the portion above ground to the Milesians and the portion underground to the Tuatha Dé Danann. The Tuatha Dé Danann were led underground into the Sidhe mounds by Manannán mac Lir and Tir na nOg onto a flowery plain/plain of honey attested to in the Voyage of Bran. The Four Treasures The Tuatha Dé Danann brought four magical treasures with them to Ireland, one apiece from their Four Cities: Dagda's Cauldron The Spear of Lugh Lia Fáil (The Stone of Fal) Claíomh Solais (The Sword of Light) Tuatha Dé Danann High Kings of Ireland The following is a chronology from the Annals of the Four Masters; based on reign-lengths given in Geoffrey Keating's Forus Feasa ar Erinn. Nuada's original reign lacks a precise start date. Nuada (first reign) AFM unknown-1897 BC; FFE unknown-1477 BC Bres AFM 1897-1890 BC; FFE 1477-1470 BC Nuada (final reign) AFM 1890-1870 BC; FFE 1470-1447 BC Lugh AFM 1870-1830 BC; FFE 1447-1407 BC Eochaid Ollathair AFM 1830-1750 BC; FFE 1407-1337 BC Delbáeth AFM 1750-1740 BC; FFE 1337-1327 BC Fiacha AFM 1740-1730 BC; FFE 1327-1317 BC Mac Cuill, Mac Cecht and Mac Gréine AFM 1730-1700 BC; FFE 1317-1287 BC Additional references In the Irish version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius, the chief men of science of the