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Page iv
... Irish General , whom Fingal , after rallying the routed Caledonians , and displaying prodigies of valour , kills with his own hand . These are strange per- formances for a man at the age of an hundred . Both ends of this hypothesis have ...
... Irish General , whom Fingal , after rallying the routed Caledonians , and displaying prodigies of valour , kills with his own hand . These are strange per- formances for a man at the age of an hundred . Both ends of this hypothesis have ...
Page vi
... Irish nation : which is a more probable story than the idle fables of Milesian and Gallician colonies . Diodorus Siculus mentions it as a thing well known in his time , that the inhabitants of Ireland were originally Britons ; and his ...
... Irish nation : which is a more probable story than the idle fables of Milesian and Gallician colonies . Diodorus Siculus mentions it as a thing well known in his time , that the inhabitants of Ireland were originally Britons ; and his ...
Page xi
... Irish histories , which place the death of Fingal , the son of Comhal , in the year 283 , and that of Oscar and their own celebrated Cairbre , in the year 296 . Some people may imagine , that the allusions to the Roman his- tory might ...
... Irish histories , which place the death of Fingal , the son of Comhal , in the year 283 , and that of Oscar and their own celebrated Cairbre , in the year 296 . Some people may imagine , that the allusions to the Roman his- tory might ...
Page xvii
... Irish tribes in the minority of Cormac king of Ireland , upon intelligence of the invasion , assembled his forces near Tura , a castle on the coast of Ulster , The poem opens with the landing of Swaran , councils are held , battles ...
... Irish tribes in the minority of Cormac king of Ireland , upon intelligence of the invasion , assembled his forces near Tura , a castle on the coast of Ulster , The poem opens with the landing of Swaran , councils are held , battles ...
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... Irish tribes , in the minority of Cormac , king of Ireland ) sitting alone beneath a tree , at the gate of Tura , a castle of Ulster ( the other chiefs having gone on a hunting party to Cromla , a neighbouring hill , ) is informed of ...
... Irish tribes , in the minority of Cormac , king of Ireland ) sitting alone beneath a tree , at the gate of Tura , a castle of Ulster ( the other chiefs having gone on a hunting party to Cromla , a neighbouring hill , ) is informed of ...
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ancient arms art thou Atha Balclutha bards battle beam beauty behold bend blast blood blue streams Cairbar Caledonians Calmar car-borne Carril Carthon Cathmor cave chief cloud Comala Cona Connal Cormac Cromla Cuchullin Dargo dark daughter death distant dost thou Druids dwelling echoing Erin eyes fame father feast feeble fell field Fillan Fingal Foldath friends Gaul ghosts gray grief hair hall hand harp hear heard heath heroes hill Ireland Irish king of Morven king of swords Lego lift light Lochlin maid midst mighty mist moon Morni mossy mournful Nathos night Oscar Ossian poem poet poetry race renowned rise roar rock rolled rose rushed Scotland Selma shield sigh silent song sons soul sound spear spirit Starno steel stood storm strangers stream Strutha Sul-malla Swaran sword tears Temora thee tomb Torman Trenmor Ullin Uthal vale voice warrior waves wind youth