The Historic Literature of Ireland: An Essay on the Publications of the Irish Archaeological Society, Founded A.D. 1840, for the Printing of the Genealogical, Ecclesiastical, Bardic, Topographical, and Historical Remains of Ireland
The Historic Literature of Ireland: An Essay on the Publications of the Irish Archaeological Society, Founded A.D. 1840, for the Printing of the Genealogical, Ecclesiastical, Bardic, Topographical, and Historical Remains of Ireland
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: ...Iar-Connacht in a most ample and attractive manner. He appears for this purpose to have carefully examined all the manuscript authorities; and among his illustrations will be found numerous original documents of the greatest interest--from the Papal Bulls relative to the ancient ecclesiastical affairs of the district, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: ...Iar-Connacht in a most ample and attractive manner. He appears for this purpose to have carefully examined all the manuscript authorities; and among his illustrations will be found numerous original documents of the greatest interest--from the Papal Bulls relative to the ancient ecclesiastical affairs of the district, to the curious will of "nimble Dick Martin." He has thus succeeded in giving an accurate picture of the men and manners in former days of that great province, of whose history and antiquities he is naturally looked on as the guardian, and in which some of the most important events in our annals were transacted. In 1846 appeared the Society's " Miscellany? the principal contents of which are: --An Irish Poem, attributed to St. Columba or Colum-Cille, a valuable specimen of the Irish language at a remote period. "DeConcilio Hibernian," A.D. 1297, the earliest known record of an Anglo-Irish Parliament. An elegant and pathetic poem by the author of "Cambrensis Eversus," in which he states his reasons for not returning to his native land. The Obits of the Carmelite Monastery of Kil-Cormick, now Frankfort, in the King's County. The Irish Charters from the "Book of Kells" relative to the pro The Miscellany of the Irish Archaeological Society, vol. i. Dublin: for the I. A. S. 1846. t This venerable and splendid volume is now preserved among the manuscripts of the University of Dublin. "Ireland," says a late English writer, "may justly be proud of the 'Book of Kells.' This copy of the Gospels, traditionally asserted to have belonged to St. Columba, is unquestionably the most elaborately executed manuscript of early art now in existence, far excelling, in the gigantic size of the letters in the ...
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