It says that Ireland was settled three times by three different groups, with 'Partholomus' arriving first from Iberia with a thousand followers who multiplied until they numbered four thousand, before dying of plague in a single week. The earliest surviving reference to Partholón is in the Historia Brittonum, a 9th-century British Latin compilation attributed to Nennius. After some years, they all die of plague in one week. They arrive on the uninhabited island about 300 years after Noah's Flood and introduce farming, cooking, brewing and building. In most versions of the tale, Partholón is the leader of the second group of people to settle in Ireland, the Muintir Partholóin (People of Partholón). 'Partholón' comes from the Biblical name Bartholomaeus ( Bartholomew), and may be borrowed from a character who appears in the Christian pseudo-histories of Saints Jerome and Isidore of Seville. Partholón (modern spelling: 'Parthalán') is a character in medieval Irish Christian pseudo-history, who is said to have led one of the first groups to settle in Ireland. ( October 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations.
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