Transactions of the Ossianic Society, Volume 2Printed under the direction of the Council, 1855 - Ireland Volumes 1-6 include the 1st-8th annual report of the society. |
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aċt agas agas ba agas ní agas tug agus amaċ aṁla ancient Annals Aoibheall atá bards battle Battle of Clontarf Beag bjad Bran Cailleach called Caoilte carbat ċéad Ceann chace chariot Chonáin Ciaran Conan Cork cread Cuailgne Cuchullainn ċum Cumhall Dagdae daṁsa Dearg Diorraing djob do'n Dord druidical druids dúbairt Dublin duine dúinn Eachtach éadon eile Eire fairy Feargus féin Féinne Fenians Fhinn Fionn Mac Cumhaill Fomorians FOUR MASTERS gaċ gaċa geasa Goll hounds Iollann Ireland Irish jiġjon John jona king lájṁ lake laoċ Leannan Sighe leap leat léim liom ljom Loċ Loċa Loch Lughaidh Maynooth Meadb Meidhbh monster mór mountain Munster Murchadh naċ Neoid njor ocus Ogham óir pagan Piast rjaṁ Sechnall Sliabh Society Tain Bo Chuailgne teaċ Tuatha Dedanans tugad
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Page 217 - THAT the history of Great Britain must remain incomplete and defective, until the ancient literary monuments of the Kingdom of Ireland, which now forms an integral portion of the British Empire, have been fully investigated, is a truth requiring but little demonstration. An acquaintance with the annals of the countries whose relations with England have materially influenced her destinies, is indispensable to the inquirer who desires to trace the origin of many of the most important events of European...
Page 106 - Cuailgne of the Badhbh or Banshee who appeared to Meidhbh, "together with seven braids for the dead, of bright gold, in her right hand; a speckled garment of green ground, fastened by a bodkin at the breast under her fair, ruddy countenance, enveloped her form; her teeth were so new and bright that they appeared like pearls artistically set in her gums; like the ripe berry of the mountain ash were her lips; sweeter was her voice than the notes of the gentle...
Page 219 - Erin," now preserved in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy. This learned historiographer died in 1643, m which year, his Sanasan Nua, or Glossary of difficult and obsolete Irish words, was published at Louvain. The peculiar feature of these Annals is, that they supply us with a calm chronological account of the great Celtic tribes, 'who for so many ages constituted the Irish nation, and whose history — which, until the commencement of the seventeenth century, is the history of Ireland — has...