The Formorians are reputed to have been the earliest occupiers of Ireland after the last Ice Age, according to the Book of Invasions. Tradition has it that they came from North Africa. The term is supposed to be derived from ‘Firmorrichi’ meaning ‘men of Morocco’ although its etymology is far from settled. Thomas Dietrich is happy to accept^[217] the Moroccan connection as he considers early Morocco to have been a colony of Atlantis and so by extension to have brought Atlantean culture to Ireland. James I. Nienhuis seems to have adapted some of Dietrich’s ideas for his Dancing from Genesis blog (Nov. 2007)^(a) , although he does not seem to be clear on the difference between Ireland and Britain, as he places Newgrange in the United Kingdom and has the Formorians settling in Britain rather than Ireland.

^(a) http://dancingfromgenesis.wordpress.com/