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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... arrived : but his sons all responded quickly to the summons ; and the widowed queen , their mother , Scota , placed herself at the head of the expedition , which soon sailed in thirty galleys for " the isle they had seen in dreams ...
... arrived : but his sons all responded quickly to the summons ; and the widowed queen , their mother , Scota , placed herself at the head of the expedition , which soon sailed in thirty galleys for " the isle they had seen in dreams ...
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... arrived before the king and his assembled courtiers and druidical high priests , St. Patrick , undismayed , proclaimed to them that he had come to quench the fires of pagan sacrifice in Ireland , and light the flame of Christian faith ...
... arrived before the king and his assembled courtiers and druidical high priests , St. Patrick , undismayed , proclaimed to them that he had come to quench the fires of pagan sacrifice in Ireland , and light the flame of Christian faith ...
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... arrived at a mem- orable point in Irish history ; we are about to pass from pagan Ireland to Christian Ireland . Before doing so , it may be well that I should tell you something about matters which require a few words apart from the ...
... arrived at a mem- orable point in Irish history ; we are about to pass from pagan Ireland to Christian Ireland . Before doing so , it may be well that I should tell you something about matters which require a few words apart from the ...
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... arrived safely in his province , and immediately set to work to excite against king Diarmid the numerous and powerful clans of his relatives and friends , who belonged to a branch of the house of Niall , distinct from and hostile to ...
... arrived safely in his province , and immediately set to work to excite against king Diarmid the numerous and powerful clans of his relatives and friends , who belonged to a branch of the house of Niall , distinct from and hostile to ...
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... arrived an event for Columba full of excru- ciating trial - it became necessary for him to revisit Ireland ! His presence was found to be imperatively required at the general assembly or convocation of the princes and prelates of the ...
... arrived an event for Columba full of excru- ciating trial - it became necessary for him to revisit Ireland ! His presence was found to be imperatively required at the general assembly or convocation of the princes and prelates of the ...
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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...