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... became tenants from year to year , but if they served for three generations they acquired rights to the possession of land . The Flath could have Bothacks or Fueders of any class on his land . The Ceiles alone had political rights ...
... became tenants from year to year , but if they served for three generations they acquired rights to the possession of land . The Flath could have Bothacks or Fueders of any class on his land . The Ceiles alone had political rights ...
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... became a brigadier in the French service . It remained on the Continent until 1802 , when it was transferred to Sir Hugh O'Donel , of Newport , in the county of Mayo . In 1814 his widow began proceedings in Chancery against Ulster King ...
... became a brigadier in the French service . It remained on the Continent until 1802 , when it was transferred to Sir Hugh O'Donel , of Newport , in the county of Mayo . In 1814 his widow began proceedings in Chancery against Ulster King ...
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... became their teachers without fee or reward . " This passage of Bede should never be quoted without a recollection of the comment presented by Lord Lyttleton , who styles it " a most honourable testimony , not only to the learning , but ...
... became their teachers without fee or reward . " This passage of Bede should never be quoted without a recollection of the comment presented by Lord Lyttleton , who styles it " a most honourable testimony , not only to the learning , but ...
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... became so merged in the general interests of the clan as not to produce the evils which arose from the arbitrary rule of petty chiefs . This comparative confidence had its own peculiar evil ; the country was unprotected , and when ...
... became so merged in the general interests of the clan as not to produce the evils which arose from the arbitrary rule of petty chiefs . This comparative confidence had its own peculiar evil ; the country was unprotected , and when ...
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... became missionaries , carrying to the outer world the sublime truths of Christianity and philosophy . In the year A.D. 795 the first attack of the Danes upon the coast of Ireland was made . They laid waste the island of Rathlin , off ...
... became missionaries , carrying to the outer world the sublime truths of Christianity and philosophy . In the year A.D. 795 the first attack of the Danes upon the coast of Ireland was made . They laid waste the island of Rathlin , off ...
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