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More than 2,500 years ago, in the sixth century B.C., Navan was the Palace of Nuadh of the Silver Hand, king of Ulster.
Nuadh was called Nuadh of the Silver Hand because he had one of his hands cut off by Sreng at the first Battle of Moytura, fought in the West, and he had an artificial-hand made out of silver, by Diancecht the physician, with which he could hold a weapon. After the Battle of Moytura he was obliged, under the laws of Ulster, to name a regent, because no-one who was disfigured could rule and lead an army into battle.
Nuadh elected Bressail mac Elatha, the eldest son of Elatha who was king of Cornwall, as his regent for seven years, but Bres was greedy and selfish and taxed the people so heavily that they became poor and miserable.
After the destruction of Jerusalem and Solomon's Temple in 588 B.C. by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Jeremiah the Bible Prophet brought the daughter of king Zedekiah of Jerusalem, from the line of David, who was from the Pharez branch of Judah, to Ireland in 583 B.C., via Gibraltar. Jeremiah also brought Jacob's Pillar Stone (Bethel), which became the Throne of David - the Lia Fail Stone (of Destiny), which is today called the Stone of Scone, along with The "Lost" Ark of the Covenant.