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. The O'Conors of Connaught: An Historical Memoir - Page 2by Charles Owen O'Conor O'Conor Don, John O'Donovan - 1891 - 395 pagesFull view - About this book
| Literature - 1889 - 1060 pages
...Milesians, Dananns, and Firbolgs : Every one who is white of skin, brown of hair, bold, honorable, daring, prosperous, bountiful in the bestowal of property,...of battle or combat — they are the descendants of Milesius in Erinn. blood under Cromwell there existed traditions of differences in complexion and size... | |
| Eugene O'Curry - 1861 - 834 pages
...the Firbolgs, fir Domhnanns and Gailiuns, and the Tuatha Dé Danann, and the Milesians. " Every one who is white [of skin], brown [of hair], bold, honourable,...of battle or combat ; they are the descendants of the sons of Milesius, in Erinn. " Every one who is fair-haired, vengefiil, large ; and every plunderer... | |
| 1864 - 798 pages
...the preface to Duald Mac Firbis, as translated by Professor O'Curry, the following passage occurs:77 "Everyone who is white [of skin], brown [of hair],...of battle or combat ; they are the descendants of Milesius in Erinn. " Every one who is fair-haired, vengeful, large ; and every plunderer;78 every musical... | |
| The Month A Magazine and Review - 1868 - 658 pages
...Milesians, gives, from very old authorities, the following descriptive particulars of each. ''Every one who is white of skin, brown of hair, bold, honourable,...of battle or combat ; they are the descendants of the sons of Milcsius in Erinn. " Every one who is fair-haired, vengeful, large ; and every plunderer;... | |
| Mary Francis Cusack - Cork (Ireland : County) - 1875 - 644 pages
...Firbolgs, Fir Domhnanns and Gailiuns, and the Tuatha-de-Dananns and the Milesians : — " Every one who is white [of skin], brown [of hair], bold, honourable,...of battle or combat — they are the descendants of the sons of Milesians in Erinn. "Every one who is fair-haired, vengeful, large, and every plunderer,... | |
| Ulick Joseph Bourke - Celts - 1875 - 588 pages
...MacFirbis, the genealogist, writes of the Milesian, a race to -which he himself belonged : " Every man who is white of skin, brown of hair, bold, honourable, daring, prosperous, bountiful in battle or combat — they are the descendants of the sons of Milesians in Erinn." All these different... | |
| Ulick J. Bourke - Celts - 1875 - 570 pages
...MacPirbis, the genealogist, writes of the Milesian, a race to which he himself belonged : " Every man who ia white of skin, brown of hair, bold, honourable, daring, prosperous, bountiful in battle or combat — they are the descendants of the sons of Milesians in Erinn." All these different... | |
| Ulick J. Bourke - Celts - 1875 - 570 pages
...MacFirbis, the genealogist, writes of the Milesian, a race to which he himself belonged : " Every man who ia white of skin, brown of hair, bold, honourable, daring, prosperous, bountiful in battle or combat — they are tha descendants of the sons of Milesians in Erinn." All these different... | |
| James Bonwick - Ethnology - 1880 - 544 pages
...Firbolg origin. Mac Firbis, to whom the present learned are much indebted, has these words : " Every one who is white of skin, brown of hair, bold, honourable,...prosperous, bountiful in the bestowal of property, and who is not afraid of battle and combat, these are the descendants of Milesius in Erin." He thus... | |
| Lady Wilde - Folklore - 1887 - 404 pages
...MacFirbis, who, I suppose, claimed descent from the sons of Milesius, wrote about them : " Every one who is white of skin, brown of hair, bold, honourable,...prosperous, bountiful in the bestowal of property, and who is not afraid of battle or combat, they are the descendants of the sons of Milesius in Erin."... | |
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