The Story of Ireland: A Narrative of Irish History from the Earliest Ages to the Insurrection of 1867, Written for the Youth of Ireland |
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... Norman landing .... The meeting of Eva and Strongbow ... Queen Scota unfurls the " Sacred Banner " . Recital of the Bardic Tales in Ancient Erinn .. St. Columba led blindfolded into the Convention ... 17 26 49 55 78 95 112 119 The Death ...
... Norman landing .... The meeting of Eva and Strongbow ... Queen Scota unfurls the " Sacred Banner " . Recital of the Bardic Tales in Ancient Erinn .. St. Columba led blindfolded into the Convention ... 17 26 49 55 78 95 112 119 The Death ...
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... Alexander Martin Sullivan. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN FOL ADATION II . HOW IRELAND FARED UNDER THE MILESIAN DYNASTY . How the Norman adventurers got a foothold on Irish soil ༄ཎྜམྦྷ 106 108 112.
... Alexander Martin Sullivan. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN FOL ADATION II . HOW IRELAND FARED UNDER THE MILESIAN DYNASTY . How the Norman adventurers got a foothold on Irish soil ༄ཎྜམྦྷ 106 108 112.
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... and manufactures of Ire- land were , as the early Latin writers acquaint us , famed in all the marts and ports of Europe . III . - HOW THE UNFREE CLANS TRIED A REVOLUTION 22 THE STORY OF IRELAND . How the Anglo-Norman colony fared 135.
... and manufactures of Ire- land were , as the early Latin writers acquaint us , famed in all the marts and ports of Europe . III . - HOW THE UNFREE CLANS TRIED A REVOLUTION 22 THE STORY OF IRELAND . How the Anglo-Norman colony fared 135.
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... Norman invasion , the Irish princes appeared to be given over to a madness marking them for destruction ! At a time when consolidation of national author- ity was becoming the rule all over Europe , and was becoming so necessary for ...
... Norman invasion , the Irish princes appeared to be given over to a madness marking them for destruction ! At a time when consolidation of national author- ity was becoming the rule all over Europe , and was becoming so necessary for ...
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... Normans . The term ' kings with opposition ' is applied to nearly all who reigned between king Brian's time and that of Roderic O'Connor " ( the Norman invasion ) , " meaning thereby kings who were unable to secure general obedience to ...
... Normans . The term ' kings with opposition ' is applied to nearly all who reigned between king Brian's time and that of Roderic O'Connor " ( the Norman invasion ) , " meaning thereby kings who were unable to secure general obedience to ...
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A. M. Sullivan amongst ancient Anglo-Irish Anglo-Norman Ard-Ri arms army bards battle blood brave Brehon Laws Brian brother camp castle Catholic cavalry chief chieftain Christian chronicles Church clan Columba command Connacht Conor Danes Danish death Deirdri Desmond Diarmid Dublin Dungannon earl earl of Desmond enemy England English king Erinn event faith Fiachy fight force fought Geraldine glorious hand head heart Henry hills historian Holy honor Hugh Hugh O'Neill hundred Ireland Irish army Irish history Irish nation Irish princes island land Leinster Limerick M'Gee M'Murrogh Malachy marched Milesian military monarch Morrogh Mullaghmast Munster murder Naeisi never night noble Norman O'Donnell o'er O'Neill O'Sullivan Offaly once pagan parliament Patrick patriotism Pope reign Roderick royal ruin saint says sent side soldiers soon sovereign story Strongbow struggle sword Tara thousand throne tion treaty troops Tuatha de Danaans Tyrconnell Ulster valor victory Williamite wounded young
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Page 488 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Page 65 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among the ruins of lona.
Page 482 - De Barri's wood, the British soldiers burst, The French artillery drove them back, diminished and dispersed. The bloody Duke of Cumberland beheld with anxious eye, And ordered up his last reserve, his latest chance to try. On Fontenoy, on Fontenoy, how fast his generals ride! And mustering come his chosen troops, like clouds at eventide. Six thousand English veterans...
Page 458 - Far dearer the grave or the prison, Illumed by one patriot name, Than the trophies of all, who have risen On Liberty's ruins to fame.
Page 643 - I have nothing to say that can alter your predetermination, nor that it will become me to say with any view to the mitigation of that sentence which you are here to pronounce and I must abide by.
Page 482 - King Louis madly cried: To death they rush, but rude their shock — not unavenged they died. On through the camp the column trod — King Louis turns his rein: "Not yet, my liege...