Legend tells us that King Milesius of Spain first saw Ireland from the top of a tall tower in Brigantia. He sent his uncle to explore and he died on the mission. Enraged, Milesius invaded the country with his eight sons, five of whom drowned in the attack. But three landed - Heber, Ir, and Heremon - and took the country. After the death of Milesius, Heber and Heremon divided the country between them, with Heber taking control of the south. They began to reign in 1699 B.C., the first of one hundred eighty three Kings or sole Monarchs that governed Ireland, successively, for two thousand eight hundred and eighty five years from the first year of their reign, to the submission to King Henry II of England, who was also of the Milesian race by his mother Maude, a descendant of Heremon. All of the Kings of Munster, indeed all of the McCarthys, are descended from Heber.