Historical Memoirs of the City of Armagh: For a Period of 1373 Years, Comprising a Considerable Position of the General History of Ireland ; a Refutation of the Opinions of Dr. Ledwich, Respecting the Non-existence of St. Patrick; and an Appendix, of the Learning, Antiquities, and Religion of the Irish Nation |
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Page xxv
... arms had never pene- trated : ‡ and it is stated by Xiphilin , out of Dio , that the old Britons occupied a portion of the country even on the north side of the Roman wall . " The Britons , " says that author , " were divided into two ...
... arms had never pene- trated : ‡ and it is stated by Xiphilin , out of Dio , that the old Britons occupied a portion of the country even on the north side of the Roman wall . " The Britons , " says that author , " were divided into two ...
Page 101
... arms of almost all the country round Lough Neagh . Wherever he advanced , rapine and devastation marked his progress . In Munster also , the Norwegians and Easterlings swept the land with such an irresistible force , that they soon ...
... arms of almost all the country round Lough Neagh . Wherever he advanced , rapine and devastation marked his progress . In Munster also , the Norwegians and Easterlings swept the land with such an irresistible force , that they soon ...
Page 104
... arms . Armagh was again plundered as well as Finne - Ceanach- ta , and Lismore . Mental anguish and bodily fatigue sank the gallant Concobar prematurely to the grave , in the twelfth year of his reign . He was succeeded by Nial III ...
... arms . Armagh was again plundered as well as Finne - Ceanach- ta , and Lismore . Mental anguish and bodily fatigue sank the gallant Concobar prematurely to the grave , in the twelfth year of his reign . He was succeeded by Nial III ...
Page 110
... arms , and retired to their apartments , lest the presence of so many warriors might terrify the ladies , on their entrance into the ban- quetting room . The wished - for moment arrived . The daughter of Melachlin and her companions ...
... arms , and retired to their apartments , lest the presence of so many warriors might terrify the ladies , on their entrance into the ban- quetting room . The wished - for moment arrived . The daughter of Melachlin and her companions ...
Page 118
... arms jumped into the sea , where they both perished . This example was imitated by Conall and Seagda , by whom Tor and Magnus were destroyed in a similar manner . † In this battle the Danes were totally defeated by the Momonians , and ...
... arms jumped into the sea , where they both perished . This example was imitated by Conall and Seagda , by whom Tor and Magnus were destroyed in a similar manner . † In this battle the Danes were totally defeated by the Momonians , and ...
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Page 302 - Out of every corner of the woods and glynnes they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them ; they looked like anatomies of death, they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
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Page 303 - ... they could find them ; yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves ; and if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue therewithal; that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast...
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Page 302 - And no spectacle was more frequent in the ditches of towns, and especially in wasted countries, than to see multitudes of these poor people dead with their mouths all coloured green by eating nettles, docks, and all things they could rend up above ground.
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