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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... O'Donnell's welcome home . The Conflict before Armagh .. Dunboy besieged . The last struggle of Mac Geoghegan . 161 169 201 207 238 249 257 295 303 " The Flight of the Earls " 327 The Princes received by the Pope ... 337 Mac Mahon ...
... O'Donnell's welcome home . The Conflict before Armagh .. Dunboy besieged . The last struggle of Mac Geoghegan . 161 169 201 207 238 249 257 295 303 " The Flight of the Earls " 327 The Princes received by the Pope ... 337 Mac Mahon ...
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... . Under the name of Cathach or Fightu , the Latin Psalter transcribed by Coiumba , enshrined in a sort of portable altar , became the national relic of the O'Donnell clan . For more than a thousand years it was 62 THE STORY OF IRELAND .
... . Under the name of Cathach or Fightu , the Latin Psalter transcribed by Coiumba , enshrined in a sort of portable altar , became the national relic of the O'Donnell clan . For more than a thousand years it was 62 THE STORY OF IRELAND .
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... O'Donnell family , and at present belongs to a baronet of that name , who has per- mitted it to be exhibited in the museum of the Royal Irish Academy , where it can be seen by all . It is composed of fifty - eight leaves of parchment ...
... O'Donnell family , and at present belongs to a baronet of that name , who has per- mitted it to be exhibited in the museum of the Royal Irish Academy , where it can be seen by all . It is composed of fifty - eight leaves of parchment ...
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... O'Donnell . The lord justice , while assembling his forces , employed the time , moreover , in skilfully diplomatizing , play- ing the insidious game which , in every century , most largely helped the Anglo - Norman interest in Ireland ...
... O'Donnell . The lord justice , while assembling his forces , employed the time , moreover , in skilfully diplomatizing , play- ing the insidious game which , in every century , most largely helped the Anglo - Norman interest in Ireland ...
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... O'Donnell lay ; Around his couch in bitter grief his trusty clansmen wait , And silent watch , with aching hearts , his faint and feeble state . The chief asks one evening to be brought into the open air , that he may gaze once more on ...
... O'Donnell lay ; Around his couch in bitter grief his trusty clansmen wait , And silent watch , with aching hearts , his faint and feeble state . The chief asks one evening to be brought into the open air , that he may gaze once more on ...
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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...