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... in vain established by the successful researches of the antiquarian ; and the wisdom of former ages lies mouldering in records , which perhaps he has had no opportunity of examining . The principal object of the present work , is to.
... in vain established by the successful researches of the antiquarian ; and the wisdom of former ages lies mouldering in records , which perhaps he has had no opportunity of examining . The principal object of the present work , is to.
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... records of Keating , however flat- tering to the pride of an Irishman , will be found but little calculated to add to that steek of useful information , which our modern history so abundantly affords . The memory of his reader is ...
... records of Keating , however flat- tering to the pride of an Irishman , will be found but little calculated to add to that steek of useful information , which our modern history so abundantly affords . The memory of his reader is ...
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... records of our country are rejected as the tales of credulity , and the establish- ed glories of its ancient state are considered the dreams of poetry , or the fabrications of national vanity . The satisfactory and laborious researches ...
... records of our country are rejected as the tales of credulity , and the establish- ed glories of its ancient state are considered the dreams of poetry , or the fabrications of national vanity . The satisfactory and laborious researches ...
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... records composed during the ages of pagan- ism . A long list of 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 ...
... records composed during the ages of pagan- ism . A long list of 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 ...
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... records with triumph , that the Irish monarch of that day , not only was able to repel any foreign invader , but actually sailed to the assistance of the Picts against the Romans , and returned laden with treasure . On the death of this ...
... records with triumph , that the Irish monarch of that day , not only was able to repel any foreign invader , but actually sailed to the assistance of the Picts against the Romans , and returned laden with treasure . On the death of this ...
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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.