Findrias, Murias, Gorias and Falias

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Findrias, Murias, Gorias and Falias: the four mythical cities from which the Tuatha Dé Danann (mythological conquerors of Ireland) were said to have emigrated. These cities an dtheir treasures are emntioned in William Butker Yeats's poem "Baile and Aillinn} (1903)

   They know all wonders, for they pass
   The towery gates of Gorias,
   And Findrias and Falias,
   And long-forgotten Murias,
   Among the giant kings whose hoard,
   Cauldron and spear and stone and sword,
   Was robbed before earth gave the wheat;