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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... events which I have myself witnessed ; I have be- sides collected information orally from those whom I believed to be at once well informed and honest . I have consulted few books , but have been materially aided by Mr. Sullivan's New ...
... events which I have myself witnessed ; I have be- sides collected information orally from those whom I believed to be at once well informed and honest . I have consulted few books , but have been materially aided by Mr. Sullivan's New ...
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... - writers , not only throw a flood of light upon many periods of our history heretofore darkened and obscured , but may be said to have given to many of the most important events in our annals an The death of King Conor Mac Nessa.
... - writers , not only throw a flood of light upon many periods of our history heretofore darkened and obscured , but may be said to have given to many of the most important events in our annals an The death of King Conor Mac Nessa.
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... events in our annals an aspect totally new , and in some instances the reverse of that com- monly assigned to them . Mr. Haverty's book is Irish history clearly and faithfully traced , and carefully corrected by recent invaluable ...
... events in our annals an aspect totally new , and in some instances the reverse of that com- monly assigned to them . Mr. Haverty's book is Irish history clearly and faithfully traced , and carefully corrected by recent invaluable ...
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... events by this means , was , at first , unguarded or unregulated by any public authority , and accordingly led to much confu- sion , exaggeration , and corruption ; but we have positive and certain information that at length steps were ...
... events by this means , was , at first , unguarded or unregulated by any public authority , and accordingly led to much confu- sion , exaggeration , and corruption ; but we have positive and certain information that at length steps were ...
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... events were loosely hand- ed down by unregulated " hearsay " which no one was charged to guard from exaggeration and corruption , some of the facts thus commemorated became gradually distorted , until after great lapse of time ...
... events were loosely hand- ed down by unregulated " hearsay " which no one was charged to guard from exaggeration and corruption , some of the facts thus commemorated became gradually distorted , until after great lapse of time ...
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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...