The Complte History of Ireland,: From the Earliest Times: Being Compiled from a Connected Continuation by Approved Standard Writers. Embellished with Magnificent Steel Engravings, from Designs Taken Expressly by W. H. Bartlett, EsqR. Martin & Company, 1845 - Ireland |
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... Irish as well as of the old British language , confesses that the most ancient names of places , rivers , mountains , and , we may add , of cities , too , in Britain are pure Irish ; that both the Welch and Cornish are re- plete with ...
... Irish as well as of the old British language , confesses that the most ancient names of places , rivers , mountains , and , we may add , of cities , too , in Britain are pure Irish ; that both the Welch and Cornish are re- plete with ...
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... Irish Grammar , that he has met with no less than thirty - two ways of writing this ogham , so common and well known was it even then . The Irish had , besides this , occult manners of writing by fixing on one or two consonants , and ...
... Irish Grammar , that he has met with no less than thirty - two ways of writing this ogham , so common and well known was it even then . The Irish had , besides this , occult manners of writing by fixing on one or two consonants , and ...
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... Irish , and Pictish . To this let me add , that even admitting an early and universal Celtic , yet how far does the prayer in ques- tion , being found to be pure Irish , prove The learned Dr. Raymond , a fellow of this ? The Irish are ...
... Irish , and Pictish . To this let me add , that even admitting an early and universal Celtic , yet how far does the prayer in ques- tion , being found to be pure Irish , prove The learned Dr. Raymond , a fellow of this ? The Irish are ...
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