Download or read book Inishowen its History Traditions Antiquities written by Maghtochair and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.
Download or read book Inishowen Its History Traditions and Antiquities Part One Its Legendary History written by Moghtochair and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition presents the opening chapters of 'Inishowen, Its History, Traditions and Antiquities', first published by Michael Harkin in 1867 under the pen name of 'Maghtochair'. The book sweeps through Inishowen's ancient, medieval and modern history. We hear of its mythical past - the Tuatha De Danaan, the Milesians and the story of Niall of the Nine Hostages from whom it is claimed the O'Neill dynasty and St. Columbkille were descended. Accounts are given of the Viking raids, the arrival of Strongbow and the final dismantling of Gaelic Ireland, with the defeat of the great Ulster Chieftains, the O'Neills and O'Donnells, at the Battle of Kinsale in 1607. As well as the history and topography of Inishowen, we learn of its archaeology. The cairns, burial sites, standing stones, druidic temples and forts conjure up its pre-Christian era. After the coming of St. Patrick the archaeology is of ancient round towers, chapels, churches and monasteries, including the ancient Abbey at Fahan.
Download or read book Inishowen Its History Traditions and Antiquities Part Two Its Parishes written by Moghtochair and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition presents the those chapters of 'Inishowen, Its History, Traditions and Antiquities' which deal with its parishes, first published by Michael Harkin in 1867 under the pen name of Maghtochair. Each parish is illuminated with insights into its history, topography and archaeology. The cairns, burial sites, standing stones, druidic temples and forts conjure up its pre-Christian era. After the coming of St. Patrick the archaeology is of ancient round towers, chapels, churches and monasteries, including the ancient Abbey at Fahan. We read of the clergy, and schools; all interspersed with colourful stories of rebels, murders, legends, illicit stills and folklore, along with superstitions that once abounded about them.
Download or read book Inishowen its history traditions and antiquities containing a number of original documents with numerous notes from the Annals of the Four Masters By Maghtochair written by Maghtochair (pseud.) and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Inishowen its history traditions and antiquities containing a number of original documents with numerous notes from the Annals of the Four Masters By Maghtochair written by Maghtochair (pseud.) and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Publications written by Bibliographical Society of Ireland and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Field Day Review 8 2012 written by Deane, S., and Deane, C. and published by Field Day Publications. This book was released on 2015 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Field Day Review, the finest essays in Irish Studies
Download or read book Lough Corrib Its Shores and Islands with Notices of Lough Mask written by William R. Wilde and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-05-04 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An 1867 account of all that is historic, picturesque, and beautiful in this grand Lough Corrib region, with its sacred islands, its ancient battle grounds, raths, and tumuli; its splendid ruins of castles and abbeys, written by a man who knows and loves it well.
Download or read book The West of Ireland Its Existing Condition and Prospect Part 3 written by Henry Coulter and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-01-23 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is presented the final eleven chapters of Henry Coulter's book 'The West of Ireland: Its Existing Condition and Prospects', first published in 1862. They relate to Counties Sligo, Donegal, Leitrim and Roscommon. The book offers local historians and genealogists access for the first time to the specific sections of this important historic source related to the North West of Ireland. Coulter reports on poor harvests, the prospect of impending famine and the state of agriculture and trade. He gives an account of Belleek Porcelain, the Creevilia Ironworks and other development, while reporting on the decline of the landlord and Rundale systems and the emergence of tenants' rights. It is bound to interest those researching the history of the North West of Ireland and those with ancestral roots in the area. This edition has been enhanced by the inclusion of an index and extensive footnotes not found in the original or in other scanned editions of the book.
Download or read book A Journey throughout Ireland During the Spring Summer and Autumn of 1834 Vol 1 Part 1 written by Henry D. Inglis and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-03-06 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part I of Henry D. Inglis' ""A Journey throughout Ireland, During the Spring, Summer and Autumn of 1834,"" Vol. I is an account of Inglis' journey from Dublin, through Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Cork. His mission was to establish if Ireland was an 'improving county' and his detailed observations are of great interest to family and local historians as they give important insights into living standards in both towns and country, as well as the relationship between the gentry, middlemen and the tenantry of the time. To make this important text as accessible as possible and yet remain faithful to the original, Clachan editors have edited it carefully, updating certain disused symbols, spelling and punctuation. We have also provided an index and scholarly footnotes.
Download or read book Highways and Byways in Donegal and Antrim Part One Donegal written by Stephen Gwynn and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young man, Stephen Gwynn travelled through Counties Donegal and Antrim on a bicycle, enabling him to take a close-up view of the townlands, rivers, lakes and historic sites he visited. This is his account of his trip through Donegal. His loving interest in its history brings this accounts to life, revealing as it does, the hidden stories and associations behind the evocative exterior of the land. We get an account of ancient Gaelic Ireland: its holy places and its warriors - the O'Donnells and O'Neills. We hear of their tragic demise and the confiscation of the land they had to abandon. Though this book was written over a hundred years ago, the old Ireland he wrote of has left a lasting impression on the landscape, though it is fast fading. A reader who shares his passion for fishing and cycling will gain the additional pleasure of reliving these experiences as they were over one hundred years ago.
Download or read book The Ould Lammas Fair written by Sean O'Halloran and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great folk song of 'The Ould Lammas Fair of Ballycastle O' is a celebration of one of the oldest and most popular fairs in Ireland. It still has the power to draw visitors from far and wide and is a not-to-be-missed event for the locals. It is full of history. For older folks, it is a time to remember 'the scene that haunt' the memories. For the younger folk, it is an occasion to tune into the excitement of a by-gone times. - When else would one enjoy the unsophisticated taste of dulse and yellow-man except, of course, when - like in the song - on the pouting lips of a Mary-Anne. But the ancient reach of the Lammas Fair goes much further. Its origins are immersed in pre-history, in times long before the message of St Patrick was heard in Ireland, when gods of light and fertility were celebrated. This booklet, an updated publication of the original written in the 1966, retraces much of what is known and some of what can only be guessed at about the origin and development of this truly traditional event.
Download or read book Showdown at the Red Lion written by Charles Van Onselen and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johannesburg, South Africa, was ? and is ? the Frontier of Money. Within months of its founding, the mining camp was host to organised crime: the African 'Regiment of the Hills' and 'Irish Brigade' bandits. Bars, brothels, boarding houses and hotels oozed testosterone and violence, and the use of fists and guns was commonplace. Beyond the chaos were clear signs of another struggle, one to maintain control, honour and order within the emerging male and mining dominated culture. In the underworld, the dictum of 'honour among thieves', as well as a hatred of informers, testified to attempts at self-regulation. A 'real man' did not take advantage of an opponent by employing underhand tactics. It had to be a 'fair fight' if a man was to be respected. This was the world that 'One-armed Jack' McLoughlin - brigand, soldier, sailor, mercenary, burglar, highwayman and safe-cracker - entered in the early 1890s to become Johannesburg's most infamous 'Irish' anti-hero and social bandit. McLoughlin's infatuation with George Stevenson prompted him to recruit the young Englishman into his gang of safe-crackers but 'Stevo' was a man with a past and primed for personal and professional betrayal. It was a deadly mixture. Honour could only be retrieved through a Showdown at the Red Lion.
Download or read book Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland written by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Index of archaeological papers published in 1891, under the direction of the Congress of Archaeological Societies in union with the Society of Antiquaries.
Download or read book The Friar s Curse written by Michael Quigley and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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