/partholon [Celtic](celtic-religion) [Invaders of Ireland](invasions-of-ireland.md) # Partholon --- - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthol%C3%B3n) - The 2nd [invader of Ireland](invasions-of-ireland.md) - He led the first colonization after the flood - He and his people were wiped out by a plague - Hesurvives in modern Irish folklore as a fertility demon - They developed social customs and traditions and began clearing land. But after fighting the simultaneously arriving [Fomorians](fomorians.md) the Partholonians died of a Plauge.