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New and interefting Lights are thrown on the remote Hiftories of other
Nations as well as of both BRITAINS,

BY

Mr.

O' HALLORAN,

Author of an Introduction to the History and Antiquities of Ireland.

Printed for the AUTHOR, by A. HAMILTON:

And fold by G. ROBINSON, Pater-nofter-Row; J.MURRAY, N° 32, Fleet-street; J. ROBSON,
New Bond-ftrcet: and by Meff. FAULKNER, HOEY, and WILSON, in Dublin.

MDCCLXXVIII,

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lamh laidne

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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

MOROUGH O'BRY EN,

Earl and Baron of INCHIQUIN, Baron of BURREN, and Lord
Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County of CLARE.

MY LORD,

N° nation paid greater attention to its history and

antiquities than the ancient Irish.

The care

of letters was a particular object of state attention; and the laws and ordinances refpecting history, philofofophy, and poetry, became a part of the ftudies of our monarchs *. The numerous univerfities of the

* Teagafc-Cormbhic-Mhic-Art, or the Royal Admonitions of Cormac to his fon Cairbre.