A History of the Irish Nation: Social, Ecclesiastical, Biographical, Industrial and AntiquarianJ. G. Murdoch, 1876 - 956 pages |
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... Royal Irish Academy O'CONNELL REFUSES THE OATH Scene of the Battle of Aughrim 867 888 889 · 891 892 Head of Ox Scene of the Battle of the Boyne 893 913 EXILED AT HOME IN AMERICA Goldsmith's Mill at Auburn 924 . 925 The Treaty Stone ...
... Royal Irish Academy O'CONNELL REFUSES THE OATH Scene of the Battle of Aughrim 867 888 889 · 891 892 Head of Ox Scene of the Battle of the Boyne 893 913 EXILED AT HOME IN AMERICA Goldsmith's Mill at Auburn 924 . 925 The Treaty Stone ...
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... Royal Irish Academy . Fairs in ancient Ireland were by no means mere assemblies for relaxation ; they were occasions for celebrating public events , festivals , and funerals , for promulgating laws , for feats of arms . In this poem the ...
... Royal Irish Academy . Fairs in ancient Ireland were by no means mere assemblies for relaxation ; they were occasions for celebrating public events , festivals , and funerals , for promulgating laws , for feats of arms . In this poem the ...
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... this , I have myself seen , within the last sixteen years , lofty , lime - built castles , built of limestone ; and at this day , after they have fallen , there remains nothing 36 STABILITY OF THE OLD BUILDINGS AND ROYAL RATHS .
... this , I have myself seen , within the last sixteen years , lofty , lime - built castles , built of limestone ; and at this day , after they have fallen , there remains nothing 36 STABILITY OF THE OLD BUILDINGS AND ROYAL RATHS .
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... ROYAL RATHS . of them but an earthen mound to mark their sites , nor could even the antiquarians easily discover that any edifices had ever stood there at all . ' Compare these to the buildings which were erected hundreds and thousands ...
... ROYAL RATHS . of them but an earthen mound to mark their sites , nor could even the antiquarians easily discover that any edifices had ever stood there at all . ' Compare these to the buildings which were erected hundreds and thousands ...
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... Royal Irish Academy Temair , choicest of hills , For [ possession of ] which Erinn is now devastated , t The noble city of Cormac , son of Art , Who was the son of great Conn of the hundred battles : Cormac , the prudent and good , Was ...
... Royal Irish Academy Temair , choicest of hills , For [ possession of ] which Erinn is now devastated , t The noble city of Cormac , son of Art , Who was the son of great Conn of the hundred battles : Cormac , the prudent and good , Was ...
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