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Irish Legends & Folklore:
Jeremiah and Tara Tephi: Jeremiah the prophet went to Egypt after the destruction of Jerusalem in 600 BC with his scribe Baruch and two of the daughters of King Zedekiah. From there, set sail for Spain where one daughter married into Spanish Royalty. Leaving Spain the group went to Ireland. The other daughter alledgedly married Irish prince Eochaid. Obscure as this may sound, the biblical account says: "The King of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah and all the princes of Judah". (Jeremiah 51:10) We also read that just before Jerusalem was destroyed, a remnant of Judah escaped to Egypt. They took with them Jeremiah, Baruch and the King's daughters. (Jeremiah 43:5-7) Eochaid was a common name in Irish royalty. The Tara Tephi legend is possible, but we have no documented evidence,

JEREMIAH AND TEA TEPHI: Jeremiah's voyage & Poem of Tea Tephi JEREMIAH'S VOYAGE
An old man arrives on an Island with a small group of people in 583 BC. He brings the daughter of a King, a scribe named Simon Brug and some relics. The powerful Milesian High King of all Ireland allows the old man complete control. Apparently incidental to all this, is the fulfilling of a 500 year old prophecy. Jeremiah was much more than a prophet. He held a high level position in the kingdom of Judah and was the grandfather of King Zedekiah. II Kings 24:18. Most importantly, Jeremiah was God's Trustee of the Bloodline and the Throne of David. Jeremiah's commission has always puzzled scholars. First, Jer 1:10 says that God set him "over the nations, not nations (in general). This is repeated with the word kingdoms; the kingdoms. The bible is concerned with only one people, the twelve tribes of Israelites. Jeremiah was to "throw down" AND "build and plant" the Israelite nations. First we'll look at the Biblical account. Jer 15:11-14 tells us Jeremiah is going to a brand new place he "knowest not." Isaiah 41:1-3 tells us that a "righteous man from the east" was put over nations and kings. This man would not travel by foot (on land). Jer 41:10 establishes the presence of the "king's daughters" in the group with Jeremiah. Then we find Jeremiah and the girls going to the Egyptian city of Tahpanhes. In fact, there is an ancient structure there that bears the name, "Palace of the Jew's daughters." Isaiah Chap 37:31, tells us that a "remnant of Judah" shall escape and "take root downward." God told Jeremiah he'd be treated kindly by the Babylonians and die a natural death. Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe and Ebed-Melech, the Ethiopian, are also told they'd be spared. The probable number in Jeremiah's traveling band was five: Jeremiah, Baruch, Ebed-Melech Tea Tephi and her sister. Only one place in the world claims to have the grave of the prophet Jeremiah. Only one country's history tells of an old man, and his scribe Brug bringing a king's daughter from Egypt. Only one country claims the Harp of David for it's Arms. Only one country has Jerrys coming out of it's ears. IRELAND.

Although accounts of Jeremiah's arrival and work in Ireland differ in some details, the basic elements of each tale are the same. The Stone, known as the "Stone of Destiny" came from Spain, and before that, from Egypt. It came in the company of an aged guardian, who was called "Ollam Folla", (Hebrew for revealer or prophet). Accompanying the man was an eastern king's daughter, Tea Tephi, who married Eochaidh (Eremhon). The aged guardian became the most influencial Statesman and Spiritual leader of Ireland. An inscription found in a tomb located in Schiabhla-Cailliche, near Oldcastle, County, Meath, Ireland, not far from Tara has Thirty-some stones with strange markings upon them, lying in the sepulchral chamber within the huge cairn of stones which make up the tomb. A large carved stone outside the tomb is till pointed out as Jeremiah's judicial seat. Our confirmation lies on those thirty stones in the cairn.

One interperation, by George Dansie of Bristol, says the stones show a Lunar Eclipse, in the constellation of Taurus and a conjunction of the planets Saturn and Jupiter in Virgo. The prow of a ship is shown in the center, with five lines indicating the number of passengers it carries. On the left, a part of the ship, perhaps the stern, is shown with only four passengers, one having been left behind, as indicated by the line falling away from the ship. The wavy line indicates the passage of the ship across the ocean, terminating at a central point on an island.
The stellar and planetary alignment of the inscription gives a date of 583 BC. This date allows just the right amount of time for our little band to go to Egypt, and return to Palestine briefly before making their way to Spain, then Ireland.

THE VOYAGE OF THE TRAVELLING TRUSTEE TEA TEPHI
The tale of a Prophet, an Egyptian Princess and Simon Brug (Baruch) a Scribe. They Landed in Ireland about the same time that the destruction of Jerusalem took place, bearing with them a great chest and a stone wrapped in a banner. The Princess married the Zarahite King, Eochaidh II. Ard-dath, Ard-righ, or Heremon (horse man of all Ireland), and their son was Irial. I, (M.R. Munro Faure) give quotations from old Irish verse: The praises of Tea Tephi, daughter of Lughaidh (equivalent in Erse of Bethel) are sung as:

"The Beautiful One with a Royal Prosperous Smile."
"Tephi (Hebrew beautiful) the most beautiful that traversed the Plain."
"Temor of Bregia, whence so called."
Relate to me O learned Sages, When was the place called Temor? Was it in the time of Parthalon of battles?
Or at the first arrival of Caesaire? Tell me in which invasions did the place have the name of Tea-mor?
O Tuan, O generous Finchadh, O Dubhan, Ye venerable Five Whence was acquired the name of Te-mor?
Until the coming of the agreeable Teah, the wife of Heremon of noble aspect. A Rampart was raised around her house. For Teah the daughter of Lughaidh (God's House). She was buried outside in her mound. And from her it was named Tea-muir. Cathair, Crofin not inapplicable. Was its name among the Tuatha-De-Danaan. Until the coming of Tea - the Just, Wife of Heremon of the noble aspect? A wall was raised around her House. For Tea the daughter of Lughaidh, (And) she was interred in her wall outside, So that from her is Tea-mor. A habitation which was a Dun (Hebrew court) and a fortress, Which was the glory of murs without demolition, On which the monument of Tea after her death, So that it was an addition to her dowry. The humble Heremon had A woman in beautiful confinement Who received from him everything she wished for. He gave her whatever he promised, Bregatea a meritorious abode (Where lies) The grave, which is the great Mergech (Hebrew burial place) The burial place which was not violated. The daughter of Pharaoh of many champions, Tephi, the most beautiful that traversed the Plain. She gave a name to her fair cahir, The woman with the prosperous royal smile, Mur-Tephi where the assembly met. It is not a mystery to be said A Mur (was raised) over Tephi I have heard. Strength this, without contempt, Which great proud Queen have formed The length, breadth of the house of Tephi, Sixty feet without weakness As Prophets and Druids have seen.