Cogadh Gaedhel Re GallaibhJames Henthorn Todd Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1867 - 348 pages The first part of the work contains an account of the arrival of the Norsemen in Ireland, especially in the Munster district. The second part of the work is devoted to the history of the Dal Cais, or Munster chieftains, particularly of the hero Brian Boroimhe (Boru), King of Ireland, and his death in the Battle of Clontarf. The appendices contain a translation of the Book of Leinster, the chronology and genealogy of the kings of Munster and of Ireland during the Scandinavian invasions, a description of the battle of Clontarf, and genealogy of the Scandinavian chieftains named as leaders of the invasions of Ireland.--Cf. introd. |
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... fleet is dated by our Annals in the same year in which a fleet of sixty ships landed at Dublin , ' and plundered the plains of Liffey and Bregia . But if our author intended the order of his narrative to be chronological , the sixty ...
... fleet is dated by our Annals in the same year in which a fleet of sixty ships landed at Dublin , ' and plundered the plains of Liffey and Bregia . But if our author intended the order of his narrative to be chronological , the sixty ...
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... fleet came and settled on the river of Liffe , and Magh Bregh was plun- dered by them , both country and churches . fleet lands their ra- XVII . There came after that a very greats fleet into A great the south of Ath - Cliath , and the ...
... fleet came and settled on the river of Liffe , and Magh Bregh was plun- dered by them , both country and churches . fleet lands their ra- XVII . There came after that a very greats fleet into A great the south of Ath - Cliath , and the ...
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... fleet of Oduinn , and the fleet of Griffin , and the the princi- fleet of Snuatgar , and the fleet of Lagmann , and the tains who fleet of Erolf , and the fleet of Sitriuc , and the fleet of Munster . Buidnin , and the fleet of Birndin ...
... fleet of Oduinn , and the fleet of Griffin , and the the princi- fleet of Snuatgar , and the fleet of Lagmann , and the tains who fleet of Erolf , and the fleet of Sitriuc , and the fleet of Munster . Buidnin , and the fleet of Birndin ...
Contents
DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUSCRIPTS USED IN FORMING | ix |
THE AUTHOR And Age of the Work | xix |
SUMMARY OF THE CONTENTS of the Work WITH TOPO | xxviii |
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ačt Aedh Aedh Finnliath Airtri Annals of Inisfallen Annals of Ulster Armagh Ath Cliath barony battle battle of Clontarf bliadain Book of Leinster Brian cač Cais Caisel called Cashel cata Cathal cend Cenn chap chieftains Cill Clann Clontarf Cluain Conaill Conaing Congalach Connaught Cormac Dal-Cais Danars Danes Danish death Domhnall Donnchadh Dublin Dún Dunlang Erend Erinn Fergal Flann fleet foreigners Four Masters Gaedhil Gaill gall gallaib grandson hostages iarsin Imar imorro Inis Irish Ivar Keating killed king of Ireland king of Leinster king of Munster Laighin Limerick Loch Mael Maelmordha Maelsechlainn Magh Mahoun Malachy marbad Mathgamhain Meath mentioned mór Muman Mumhain Murchadh Neill Niall Norsemen O'Donovan ocup ocur ocus ro Ogyg Olaf Cuaran omits plundered poem probably reads reign Sitric slain Tara Temhair tribe Turgesius uair uile victory Waterford words