Donn presides over Tech Duinn, the House of the Dead on a rocky island off the Beara Peninsula, where the souls of the Irish gather before passing to the Otherworld.
When the Milesians reached Ireland, Donn insulted the goddess Ériu and refused to honor her name. The druids of Ireland raised a storm in retribution, and Donn was drowned off the coast of Kerry — the first Milesian to die in the land he sought to conquer.
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