The Story of Ireland: A Narrative of Irish History from the Earliest Ages to the Insurrection of 1867, Written for the Youth of Ireland |
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... Lords Justices .. 353 Authentic portrait of Owen Roe O'Neill SC3 Depositing the captured English Standards in ... Lord Edward Fitzgerald ...... . A scene from the Irish exodus ..... 447 451 477 513 561 43X 851 -SKETCH- OF THE LIFE ...
... Lords Justices .. 353 Authentic portrait of Owen Roe O'Neill SC3 Depositing the captured English Standards in ... Lord Edward Fitzgerald ...... . A scene from the Irish exodus ..... 447 451 477 513 561 43X 851 -SKETCH- OF THE LIFE ...
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... Lord Mayor , but he declined the honor . While he was in jail a committee had been formed to present him with a national testimonial , but he declined to receive it , as it took a pecuniary shape ; and a sum of £ 300 which had been ...
... Lord Mayor , but he declined the honor . While he was in jail a committee had been formed to present him with a national testimonial , but he declined to receive it , as it took a pecuniary shape ; and a sum of £ 300 which had been ...
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... Mononia or Munster , St. Pat- rick accidentally pierced through the sandal - covered foot of the king with his pastoral staff , which terminated in THE STORY OF IRELAND . 47 How the lord president gathered an army of four thousand men.
... Mononia or Munster , St. Pat- rick accidentally pierced through the sandal - covered foot of the king with his pastoral staff , which terminated in THE STORY OF IRELAND . 47 How the lord president gathered an army of four thousand men.
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... Lord had borne for man's redemption . In the year of our Lord 493 , on the 17th of March — which day is celebrated as his feast by the Catholic Church and by the Irish nation at home and in exile - St . Patrick departed this life in his ...
... Lord had borne for man's redemption . In the year of our Lord 493 , on the 17th of March — which day is celebrated as his feast by the Catholic Church and by the Irish nation at home and in exile - St . Patrick departed this life in his ...
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... Lord and Saviour of the world . ' Ah , you have indeed an illustrious Father . But what are your names ? ' ' Our names are Virginity , Wisdom , and Pro- phecy ; and we come to leave thee no more , to love thee with an incorruptible love ...
... Lord and Saviour of the world . ' Ah , you have indeed an illustrious Father . But what are your names ? ' ' Our names are Virginity , Wisdom , and Pro- phecy ; and we come to leave thee no more , to love thee with an incorruptible love ...
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A. M. Sullivan amongst ancient Anglo-Irish Anglo-Norman Ard-Ri arms army bards battle blood brave Brehon Laws Brian brother camp castle Catholic cavalry chief chieftain Christian chronicles Church clan Columba command Connacht Conor Danes Danish death Deirdri Desmond Diarmid Dublin Dungannon earl earl of Desmond enemy England English king Erinn event faith Fiachy fight force fought Geraldine glorious hand head heart Henry hills historian Holy honor Hugh Hugh O'Neill hundred Ireland Irish army Irish history Irish nation Irish princes island land Leinster Limerick M'Gee M'Murrogh Malachy marched Milesian military monarch Morrogh Mullaghmast Munster murder Naeisi never night noble Norman O'Donnell o'er O'Neill O'Sullivan Offaly once pagan parliament Patrick patriotism Pope reign Roderick royal ruin saint says sent side soldiers soon sovereign story Strongbow struggle sword Tara thousand throne tion treaty troops Tuatha de Danaans Tyrconnell Ulster valor victory Williamite wounded young
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Page 488 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Page 65 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among the ruins of lona.
Page 482 - De Barri's wood, the British soldiers burst, The French artillery drove them back, diminished and dispersed. The bloody Duke of Cumberland beheld with anxious eye, And ordered up his last reserve, his latest chance to try. On Fontenoy, on Fontenoy, how fast his generals ride! And mustering come his chosen troops, like clouds at eventide. Six thousand English veterans...
Page 458 - Far dearer the grave or the prison, Illumed by one patriot name, Than the trophies of all, who have risen On Liberty's ruins to fame.
Page 643 - I have nothing to say that can alter your predetermination, nor that it will become me to say with any view to the mitigation of that sentence which you are here to pronounce and I must abide by.
Page 482 - King Louis madly cried: To death they rush, but rude their shock — not unavenged they died. On through the camp the column trod — King Louis turns his rein: "Not yet, my liege...