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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... land ; No ! she's a warm and bold land ! Oh ! she's a true and old land , — This native land of mine . " DAVIS . NEW YORK . P. J. KENEDY , Excelsior Catholic Publishing House , 5 BARCLAY STREET . PUBLIC LIBRARY R 259687B ASTOR , LENOX ...
... land ; No ! she's a warm and bold land ! Oh ! she's a true and old land , — This native land of mine . " DAVIS . NEW YORK . P. J. KENEDY , Excelsior Catholic Publishing House , 5 BARCLAY STREET . PUBLIC LIBRARY R 259687B ASTOR , LENOX ...
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... land . The shadow of the famine fell over Mr. Sullivan's youth ; and this , perhaps , imparted to his character a certain sad cast which is to be noticed among most of the Irish people who passed through that terrible ex- perience , and ...
... land . The shadow of the famine fell over Mr. Sullivan's youth ; and this , perhaps , imparted to his character a certain sad cast which is to be noticed among most of the Irish people who passed through that terrible ex- perience , and ...
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... land to land , from the shores of Asia across the wide expanse of Southern Europe , bearing aloft through all their wanderings the Sacred Banner , which symbolized to them at once their origin and their mission , the blessing and the ...
... land to land , from the shores of Asia across the wide expanse of Southern Europe , bearing aloft through all their wanderings the Sacred Banner , which symbolized to them at once their origin and their mission , the blessing and the ...
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... land where they thought to sight it , they simply agreed that the Tuatha de Danaans had by their black arts rendered it invisible . At length they descried the island , its tall blue hills touched by the last beams of the setting sun ...
... land where they thought to sight it , they simply agreed that the Tuatha de Danaans had by their black arts rendered it invisible . At length they descried the island , its tall blue hills touched by the last beams of the setting sun ...
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... land next time , it was not in one combined force , but in detachments widely separated ; some at the mouth of the Boyne ; others on the Kerry coast . A short but fiercely con- tested campaign decided the fate of the kingdom . In the ...
... land next time , it was not in one combined force , but in detachments widely separated ; some at the mouth of the Boyne ; others on the Kerry coast . A short but fiercely con- tested campaign decided the fate of the kingdom . In 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...