The Midland Septs and the Pale: An Account of the Early Septs and Later Settlers of the King's County and of Life in the English Pale |
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... carried back the dead body of Ith to Spain . The Book of Conquests states that Tor Breógain , the tower of Brigantia , was the place . After having exposed the slain hero's body on the sea shore , in the sym- pathetic presence of the ...
... carried back the dead body of Ith to Spain . The Book of Conquests states that Tor Breógain , the tower of Brigantia , was the place . After having exposed the slain hero's body on the sea shore , in the sym- pathetic presence of the ...
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... carried it to Cruachan . He also describes the Lia Fail as an idol stone . Was this little horseman an idol or a statue ? It is strange enough that this horseman has representations of the three magic things the Tuatha - de - Danann ...
... carried it to Cruachan . He also describes the Lia Fail as an idol stone . Was this little horseman an idol or a statue ? It is strange enough that this horseman has representations of the three magic things the Tuatha - de - Danann ...
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... carry out the plantation of Wicklow , than Art MacMurrough , who had been suspected and imprisoned and then released , and em- bittered , attacked the forces of the Pale . Carlow was captured and the royal troops were defeated at Kells ...
... carry out the plantation of Wicklow , than Art MacMurrough , who had been suspected and imprisoned and then released , and em- bittered , attacked the forces of the Pale . Carlow was captured and the royal troops were defeated at Kells ...
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... Sheriff of Meath , by carrying off no less a personage than the Lord Deputy of Ireland in 1439. The account in the Four Masters is that " the King of England's Viceroy arrived in CHAPTER VI IRELAND UNDER THE LANCASTRIAN KINGS.
... Sheriff of Meath , by carrying off no less a personage than the Lord Deputy of Ireland in 1439. The account in the Four Masters is that " the King of England's Viceroy arrived in CHAPTER VI IRELAND UNDER THE LANCASTRIAN KINGS.
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... carried on their petty feuds with one another , or allowed their sympathies to get the better of their reason . The Irish statutes of the reigns of Henry VI . and Edward IV . fully reveal the feebleness of the Execu- tive and the ...
... carried on their petty feuds with one another , or allowed their sympathies to get the better of their reason . The Irish statutes of the reigns of Henry VI . and Edward IV . fully reveal the feebleness of the Execu- tive and the ...
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Page 277 - 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 275 - I have heard some great warriors say, that, in all the services which they had seen abroad in foreign countries, they never saw a more comely horseman than the Irish man, nor that cometh on more bravely in his charge...
Page 42 - tis sweeter to bleed for an age at thy shrine Than to sleep but a moment in chains. Forget not our wounded companions, who stood § In the day of distress by our side ; While the moss of the valley grew red with their blood, They stirred not, but conquered and died.
Page 265 - English had learned it, they used it with more insolence, and made it more intolerable; for this oppression was not temporary, or limited either to place or time; but because there was every where a continual war, either offensive or defensive, and every lord of a country and every marcher made war and peace at his pleasure, it became universal and perpetual; and was indeed the most heavy oppression that ever was used in any Christian or heathen kingdom.
Page 278 - ... 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; they did eat...
Page 216 - Essex, and after mentioning his " fern table, and fern forms, spread under the stately canopy of heaven," he notices what constitutes the real power of every monarch, the love, namely, and allegiance of his subjects. " His guards, for the most part, were beardless boys without shirts; who in the frost wade as familiarly through rivers as water-spaniels. With what charm such a master makes them love him, I know not ; but if he bid come, they come ; if go, they do go ; if he say do this, they do it.
Page 226 - ... into all the west parts of the world ; the long inlets of many navigable rivers and so many great lakes and fresh ponds within the land, as the like are not to be seen in any part of Europe ; the rich fishings and wild-fowl of all kinds ; and lastly, the bodies and minds of the people endued with extraordinary abilities of nature.
Page 273 - White as the snow, or as the foam of the wave, was her side ; long was it, slender, and as soft as silk. Smooth and white were her thighs ; her knees^ were round and firm and white ; her ankles were as straight as the rule of a carpenter.
Page 218 - 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 colored green by eating nettles, docks, and all things they could rend up above ground.
Page 114 - Parliament, and such causes, considerations, and Acts affirmed by the King and his Council to be good and expedient...