The Story of Ireland: A Narrative of Irish History from the Earliest Ages to the Insurrection of 1867, Written for the Youth of IrelandP. J. Kenedy, 1892 - 657 sider |
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... victory's shore- We swear to revenge them ! -No joy shall be tasted , The harp shall be silent , the maiden unwed , Our hails shall be mute , and our fields shall lie wasted , Till vengeance is wreak'd on the murderer's head ! Yes ...
... victory's shore- We swear to revenge them ! -No joy shall be tasted , The harp shall be silent , the maiden unwed , Our hails shall be mute , and our fields shall lie wasted , Till vengeance is wreak'd on the murderer's head ! Yes ...
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... victory was due , accord- ing to the annalist Tighernach , to the prayers and songs of Columba , who had fasted and prayed with all his might to ob- tain from Heaven the punishment of the royal insolence , and who , besides , was ...
... victory was due , accord- ing to the annalist Tighernach , to the prayers and songs of Columba , who had fasted and prayed with all his might to ob- tain from Heaven the punishment of the royal insolence , and who , besides , was ...
Side 63
... victory , on the condition of being supported on the breast of a clerk free from all mortal sin . It has escaped as by miracle from the ravages of which Ire- land has been the victim , and exists still , to the great joy of all learned ...
... victory , on the condition of being supported on the breast of a clerk free from all mortal sin . It has escaped as by miracle from the ravages of which Ire- land has been the victim , and exists still , to the great joy of all learned ...
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... victory , he set forth upon the task of retribution . His first effort , the old records tell us , was directed against the Danes of Limerick , who were Don- ovan's allies , and he slew Ivor , their king , and his two sons . Foreseeing ...
... victory , he set forth upon the task of retribution . His first effort , the old records tell us , was directed against the Danes of Limerick , who were Don- ovan's allies , and he slew Ivor , their king , and his two sons . Foreseeing ...
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... victory , his son Flann . This engagement awakened Brian to a sense of the danger at hand . He quickly despatched an auxiliary force , under his son Morrogh , to Malachy's aid ; but the Danes , driv- en into their walled city of Dublin ...
... victory , his son Flann . This engagement awakened Brian to a sense of the danger at hand . He quickly despatched an auxiliary force , under his son Morrogh , to Malachy's aid ; but the Danes , driv- en into their walled city of Dublin ...
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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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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...