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... taken by them to the limits of their Empire , in the course of which expedition , he was in Jerusalem on the day of days , and witnessed the Crucifixion . " A representative of every race of mankind , " says the legend , " was on the ...
... taken by them to the limits of their Empire , in the course of which expedition , he was in Jerusalem on the day of days , and witnessed the Crucifixion . " A representative of every race of mankind , " says the legend , " was on the ...
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... taken with him from home his red bronze hurl and his silver ball , the little stranger , going in among them , so outplayed all the others , that the attention of the court was drawn to him . And it was then that 1 The name of Cu ...
... taken with him from home his red bronze hurl and his silver ball , the little stranger , going in among them , so outplayed all the others , that the attention of the court was drawn to him . And it was then that 1 The name of Cu ...
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... taken it anyhow . The account of the boasting was carried to the Cuailgne chief , who immediately ordered Maeve's courier back to Con- naught without the bull . Then Maeve , enraged and determined , mobilised a great army for the ...
... taken it anyhow . The account of the boasting was carried to the Cuailgne chief , who immediately ordered Maeve's courier back to Con- naught without the bull . Then Maeve , enraged and determined , mobilised a great army for the ...
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... to make its decisions and decrees respected in every corner of the land . From the Book of Ballymote is taken this interesting descrip- tion of Cormac at that Feis : " His hair was slightly curled , and of golden CORMAC MAC ART 47.
... to make its decisions and decrees respected in every corner of the land . From the Book of Ballymote is taken this interesting descrip- tion of Cormac at that Feis : " His hair was slightly curled , and of golden CORMAC MAC ART 47.
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... taken up . In facing the greatest odds the weapon must not shake in his hand . When a candidate had passed the tests , and was approved as fit for this heroic band , there were four geasa ( vows of chivalry ) laid upon him , as the ...
... taken up . In facing the greatest odds the weapon must not shake in his hand . When a candidate had passed the tests , and was approved as fit for this heroic band , there were four geasa ( vows of chivalry ) laid upon him , as the ...
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Adamnan Alba ancient Irish Ard-Righ Armagh army battle beautiful bishop blessed Book Book of Lismore Brehon Brehon Laws Brian Bridget Britain British called Catholic century chief chieftain Christ Christian church Ciaran Colm Colm Cille Columbanus Connacht Connaught Conor Continent Cormac court Cuchullain Danann Danes death Diarmuid Dublin Eirinn Emain Macha England English Eremon Erin Europe faith fame famous father Fenian Ferdiad Fian fight Fionn Firbolgs foreign France Gael Gaelic gave gold History of Ireland holy honour hundred Irish History Irishman Island king King of Leinster Labraid Loingsech land Latin learning Leinster lived Lord master Meath Medb Milesians Mochuda Moengal monastery monks Munster nation Niall night noble O'Connell O'Curry O'Neill Parliament Patrick Picts poem poet princes reign Roman royal saints Saxon says scholars Scotia Scots seanachies sent silver soldiers sword Tara thou thousand tion Ulster women
Popular passages
Page 681 - Let Erin Remember The Days Of Old Let Erin remember the days of old, Ere her faithless sons betrayed her, When Malachi wore the collar of gold, Which he won from her proud invader; When her kings, with standard of green unfurl'd, Led the Red-Branch .Knights to danger, — Ere the emerald gem of the western world Was set in the crown of a stranger.
Page 498 - Ireland, to be bound only by laws enacted by His Majesty and the Parliament of that Kingdom , in all cases whatever , and to have all actions and suits at law or in equity, which may be instituted in that Kingdom , decided...
Page 699 - In every generation the Irish people have asserted their right to national freedom and sovereignty: six times during the past three hundred years they have asserted it in arms. Standing on that fundamental right and again asserting it in arms in the face of the world, we hereby proclaim the Irish Republic as a Sovereign Independent State...
Page 680 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Page 403 - 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 534 - I have been charged with that importance, in the efforts to emancipate my country, as to be considered the keystone of the combination of Irishmen, or, as your lordship expressed it, "the life and blood of the conspiracy.
Page 699 - IRISHMEN AND IRISHWOMEN: In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition of nationhood, Ireland, through us, summons her children to her flag and strikes for her freedom.
Page 190 - Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, and man — he dies!
Page 216 - This pestilence did no less harm in the island of Ireland. Many of the nobility, and of the lower ranks of the English nation...
Page 612 - I, , do solemnly swear, in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the states thereunder ; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all...