There is a great use among the Irish to make great assemblies together upon a Rath or Hill, there to parly (as they say) about matters and wrongs between Township and Township, or one private person and another. But well I wot, and true it hath been oftentimes proved, that in their meetings, many mischiefs have been both practised and wrought ; for to them do commonly resort all the scum of the people, where they may meet and confer of what they list, which else they could not do without suspicion...

Museum— the darkness does not lift but becomes yet heavier as I think how little we can hold in mind, how everything is constantly lapsing into oblivion with every extinguished life, how the world is, as it were, draining itself, in that the history of countless places and objects which themselves have no power of memory is never heard, never described or passed on.

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Seite 87 - A heap of stones was erected in form of a pyramid, on the top of which the young chieftain was plac'd, his friends and followers standing in a circle round about him, his elevation signifying his authority over them, and their standing below their subjection to him. One of his principal friends delivered into his hands the sword wore by his father, and there was a white rod delivered to him... Wird in 9 Büchern von 1809 bis 2004 erwähnt

Seite xiv Dublin, The King's Inns Library. The National Library of Ireland. ,, The National Museum of Ireland. „ The Royal Irish Academy. t „ The Library of Trinity College. Durham, The University Library. •(•Edinburgh, The Advocates' Library. „ The Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh. Egham, The Royal Holloway College, Egham, Surrey. Eton, The College Library, Eton College, Windsor. Wird in 31 Büchern von 1880 bis 2006 erwähnt

Seite 74 And it is in this earn that Amhalgaidh himself is interred, and it is from him it is named. And every king of the race of Fiachra that shall not be thus nominated, he shall have shortness of life, and his race or generations shall not be illustrious, and he shall never see the kingdom of God'. Wird in 5 Büchern von 1850 bis 2004 erwähnt

Seite 88 - For two causes they built their cairn, namely, first, since this was a custom in marauding, and, secondly, that they might find out their losses at the Hostel. Every one that would come safe from it would take his stone from the cairn: thus the stones of those that were slain would be left, and thence they would know their losses. And this is what men skilled in story recount, that for every stone in Carn leca there was one of the reavers killed at the Hostel. From that cairn Leca in Hui Cellaig... Wird in 8 Büchern von 1910 bis 2008 erwähnt

Seite 67 Assylin in particular; and he, Fedlimid mac Aeda meic Eogain, was proclaimed in a style as royal, as lordly and as public as any of his race from the time of Brian son of Eochu Muigmedoin till that day. Wird in 9 Büchern von 1944 bis 2004 erwähnt

Seite 128 - Among the baggage was found a peck-full of charms, relics, &c., besides an infinite quantity taken from the dead, with a peculiar one on paper, said to be the exact measure of Our Lady's foot, and written in it, ' Whoever wears this, and repeats certain prayers, shall be free from gun-shot, sword, and pike,' respectively, as each desired. Like the battle of Naseby, from a fair day it rained hard during the fight, with thunder and lightning, and afterwards cleared up again. Wird in 11 Büchern von 1817 bis 2004 erwähnt

Seite 41 Ealgach, that raised that earn for himself, in order that he himself, and all those who should obtain the lordship after him, might receive the style of lord upon it. And it is in this earn that Amhalgaidh himself is interred, and it is from him it is named. Wird in 6 Büchern von 1850 bis 2004 erwähnt

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