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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... thousand years ago , brought to light full corroboration of this fact , at least , that a battle of great slaughter as fought upon the exact spot some thousands of years ago . See page 13 . THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR 16 THE STORY ...
... thousand years ago , brought to light full corroboration of this fact , at least , that a battle of great slaughter as fought upon the exact spot some thousands of years ago . See page 13 . THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR 16 THE STORY ...
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... thousand years , the population of the island were distinguished in two classes -the Free Clans , and the Unfree Clans ; the former being the descendants of the Milesian legions , the latter the descendants of the subjected Tuatha de ...
... thousand years , the population of the island were distinguished in two classes -the Free Clans , and the Unfree Clans ; the former being the descendants of the Milesian legions , the latter the descendants of the subjected Tuatha de ...
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... thousand years before Christ ) society was classified into seven grades , each marked by the number of colors in its dress , and that in this classification . men of learning , i . e . eminent scholars , or savants as they would now be ...
... thousand years before Christ ) society was classified into seven grades , each marked by the number of colors in its dress , and that in this classification . men of learning , i . e . eminent scholars , or savants as they would now be ...
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... thousand years before the birth of Christ . To this assembly were regularly summoned : - Firstly - All the subordinate royal princes or chieftains ; Secondly - Ollaves and bards , judges , scholars , and histor- ians ; and Thirdly ...
... thousand years before the birth of Christ . To this assembly were regularly summoned : - Firstly - All the subordinate royal princes or chieftains ; Secondly - Ollaves and bards , judges , scholars , and histor- ians ; and Thirdly ...
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... thousand years subse- quently Ireland was to wear , then lay helpless and abject at the mercy of the Irish hosts ; the Britons , as history relates , abso- lutely weeping and wailing at the departure of the enslaving Roman - legions ...
... thousand years subse- quently Ireland was to wear , then lay helpless and abject at the mercy of the Irish hosts ; the Britons , as history relates , abso- lutely weeping and wailing at the departure of the enslaving Roman - legions ...
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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...