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... kings is thus made out from the earliest ages of the world , such as Partholan and his sons , with his hounds and his oxen , the gigantic Fomerians , the Numidians , the Firbolgs , and the Tuatha de Danans . These ancient records state ...
... kings is thus made out from the earliest ages of the world , such as Partholan and his sons , with his hounds and his oxen , the gigantic Fomerians , the Numidians , the Firbolgs , and the Tuatha de Danans . These ancient records state ...
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... king of Leinster was mar- ried to the daughter of Tuathal , but conceiving an adulterous passion for her sister , pretended his wife had died . He demanded and obtained her sister in marriage ; the two ladies met in the royal house of ...
... king of Leinster was mar- ried to the daughter of Tuathal , but conceiving an adulterous passion for her sister , pretended his wife had died . He demanded and obtained her sister in marriage ; the two ladies met in the royal house of ...
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... king , is cele- brated by historians as the most renowned of all the Irish monarchs . The magnificence and splen- dour of his court , his warlike sons , the number of his generals , his powerful army , their illus- trious leader , Finn ...
... king , is cele- brated by historians as the most renowned of all the Irish monarchs . The magnificence and splen- dour of his court , his warlike sons , the number of his generals , his powerful army , their illus- trious leader , Finn ...
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... King John abolished the Brehon laws of Ireland . The Brehons were all of one family , without any knowledge of civil or canon law . They only retain in memory certain decisions , which by use or length of time obtained force , and , by ...
... King John abolished the Brehon laws of Ireland . The Brehons were all of one family , without any knowledge of civil or canon law . They only retain in memory certain decisions , which by use or length of time obtained force , and , by ...
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... king was interested in supporting the rights of the monarch under whom he derived all his power . The power and government of each provincial king were exactly similar to that of the monarch ; his successor or tainist was elected in his ...
... king was interested in supporting the rights of the monarch under whom he derived all his power . The power and government of each provincial king were exactly similar to that of the monarch ; his successor or tainist was elected in his ...
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Page 100 - Edward, by the grace of God, king of England, lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, to all those that these present letters shall hear or see, greeting.
Page 304 - ... 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 there withal; that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast...
Page 10 - O'Connor, fixed their habitations in deserts, which they cultivated with their own hands, and rendered the most delightful spots in the kingdom. These deserts became cities ; and it is remarkable enough, that to the monks we owe so useful an institution in Ireland, as bringing great numbers together into one civil community.
Page 112 - And those kings were not Englishmen, nor of any other nation but our own, who with pious liberality bestowed ample endowments in lands and many immunities on the Irish Church though in modern times our churches are most barbarously plundered by the English, by whom they are almost despoiled.
Page 304 - 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 242 - ... the Church of Rome: whereas some of our idle ministers, having a way for credit and estimation...
Page 113 - ... the caverns and dens protect us against their insatiable avarice. They pursue us even into these frightful abodes, endeavouring to dispossess us of the wild uncultivated rocks, and arrogating to themselves the property of every place, on which we can stamp the figure of our feet...
Page 275 - Which worked with violent dire effect, And well he stormed Bun-an-Ghundair,8 The stronghold of his rivals and challengers. Hapless it was for the Clan Carthy, That he spent one day in Ibh-Laoghaire ;9 He stormed, demolished, and burned Dunlo the fiery, famed of old for heroes. ply, ' where but in his proper place — still upon the necks of the Butlers.
Page 219 - We," said the justiza to the king, in the name of his high-spirited barons, " who are each of us as good, and who are altogether more powerful than you, promise obedience to your government, if you maintain our rights and liberties; but, if not, not.
Page 100 - Justiciary of Ireland, greeting :" " The improvement of the state and peace of our land of Ireland, signified to us by your letter, gives us exceeding joy and pleasure.