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... says Camden , " that , struggling with time in the foggy , dark sea of antiquity , may not run upon rocks ? " I have not for- gotten the force of this query , nor do I imagine that I have escaped the dangers therein indicated . I do not ...
... says Camden , " that , struggling with time in the foggy , dark sea of antiquity , may not run upon rocks ? " I have not for- gotten the force of this query , nor do I imagine that I have escaped the dangers therein indicated . I do not ...
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... says Pinkerton , " for denying to Ireland a series of kings older than any in Europe . " And Sir James Mackintosh says : " In one respect Irish history has been eminently fortunate . The chronicles of Ireland , written in the Irish ...
... says Pinkerton , " for denying to Ireland a series of kings older than any in Europe . " And Sir James Mackintosh says : " In one respect Irish history has been eminently fortunate . The chronicles of Ireland , written in the Irish ...
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... says O'Flaherty , " by far outstripped all others in dignity and power . From whom to the death of Nial of the Nine Hostages , in A.D. 405 , everyone in a direct line for fifty generations was either King of Ireland , or king's son ...
... says O'Flaherty , " by far outstripped all others in dignity and power . From whom to the death of Nial of the Nine Hostages , in A.D. 405 , everyone in a direct line for fifty generations was either King of Ireland , or king's son ...
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... says Dr. Warner , " the reader will soon conceive what must be the happiness of the people ; he will see misrule giving place to harmony , insurrection subsiding into tranquillity , and order arising out of confusion . Such was the ...
... says Dr. Warner , " the reader will soon conceive what must be the happiness of the people ; he will see misrule giving place to harmony , insurrection subsiding into tranquillity , and order arising out of confusion . Such was the ...
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... says , " That this piece , what- ever was its date , was a well - known tract and of authority for the succession . and reigns of the monarchs of Erinn in the middle of the eleventh century , is clear , as we find it quoted by Flann of ...
... says , " That this piece , what- ever was its date , was a well - known tract and of authority for the succession . and reigns of the monarchs of Erinn in the middle of the eleventh century , is clear , as we find it quoted by Flann of ...
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Other editions - View all
The O'Conors of Connaught: An Historical Memoir. John O'Donovan,Charles O'Conor No preview available - 2017 |
The O'conors of Connaught: An Historical Memoir John O'Donovan,Charles Owen O'Conor O'Conor Don No preview available - 2022 |
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aforesaid amongst ancient Annals of Loch army Athlone Ballintober barony battle Belanagare Bingham Brian brother Burgh Burke castle of Roscommon Castlerea Cathal Crovedearg Catholic Charles O'Conor chief Clanricarde command commissioners Connor county of Roscommon daughter death defeated Denis O'Conor Dermot died Dillon Donnell Dublin Earl English estates father Felim forces Four Masters Galway gent granted heirs Henry honour hostages Hugh O'Conor Don Hugh Oge Irish chieftains justiciary King of Connaught King of England King of Leinster king's kingdom kingdom of Ireland Knight Leinster letter Lord Deputy Lordship M'Dermot Majesty Majesty's Major Owen marched married Meath Moylurg Munster O'Brien O'Conor Sligo O'Donnell O'Donovan O'Kelly O'Neill O'Rourke Oge O'Conor Owen O'Conor parliament peace possession province quarter of land queen rebellion reign Richard Bingham Roderic O'Conor Rory royal Sir Hugh O'Conor Sir John sovereignty subsequently taken Teige territory thence thereof took town Tulsk Turlough Ulster unto whilst
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Page 214 - ... after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves ; and if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue therewithal; that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast...
Page 214 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 352 - May, in the sixteenth year of our Reign, of England, France and Ireland; and of Scotland the one and fiftieth.
Page 352 - GEORGE the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c.
Page 214 - And no spectacle was more frequent in the ditches of towns, and especially in wasted countries, than to see multitudes of these poor people dead with their mouths all coloured green by eating nettles, docks, and all things they could rend up above ground.
Page 2 - The chronicles of Ireland, written in the Irish language, from the second century to the landing of Henry Plantagenet, have been recently published, with the fullest evidence of their genuineness and exactness. The Irish nation, though they are robbed of...
Page 358 - ... contained, from time to time and at all times hereafter, be and shall be firm, valid, good, sufficient, and effectual in law towards and against us, our heirs, and successors, according to the true...
Page 2 - Every one who is white [of skin], brown [of hair], bold, honourable, daring, prosperous, bountiful in the bestowal of property, wealth, and rings, and who is not afraid of battle or combat — they are the descendants of the sons of Milesians in Erinn.
Page 2 - Irish nation, though they are robbed of many of their legends by this authentic publication, are yet by it enabled to boast that they possess genuine history several centuries more ancient than any other European nation possesses in its present spoken language : they have exchanged their legendary antiquity for historical fame.
Page 72 - He was likewise to have under his dominion and jurisdiction all the rest of the island, and the inhabitants thereof, kings and princes included, and was bound to oblige them to pay tribute, through his hands, to the king of England, preserving to that monarch his other rights.