Topic summary
Goídel Glas
In medieval Irish and Scottish legend, Goídel Glas (Old Irish pronunciation:; Latinised as Gaithelus) is the creator of the Goidelic languages and eponymous ancestor of the Gaels. The tradition can be traced to the 11th-century Lebor Gabála Érenn. A Scottish variant is recorded by John of Fordun (d. 1384).