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The History of Ireland to the Year 1245, With Notices of the Barony of Boyle
The History of Ireland to the Year 1245 With Notices of the Barony of Boyle Author:John D'Alton General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1845 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: THE HISTORY OF IRELAND, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE YEAR 124.% THE AMAIS OF BOYLE, WHICH ARE ADOPTED AND EMBODIED AS THE RUNNING TEXT AUTHORITY, TERMINATE: A BRIEF ESSAY ON THE NATIVE ANNALISTS, AND OTHER SOURCES FOR ILLUSTRATING IRELAND, AND FULL STATISTICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTICES OF THE BARONY OF BOYLE. BY JOHN D'ALTON, Esq., BARBISTEB AT LAW, M. U. I. A., CORRESPONDING MEMBER 9. A. S., ETC. AUTHOR OF THE " ESSAY ON THE ANCIENT HISTORY, ETC., OF IRELAND," " HISTORY OF THE COUNTY DUBLIN ;" " MEMOIIIS OF THE ARCH- BISHOPS OF DUBLIN ;" " HISTORY OF DROGHEDA," ETC., ETC., ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. DUBLIN: PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR. 1845. [Price to Subscribers, £1.] THE HISTORY OF IRELAND. Establishing their narrative as on the basis of Scriptural Chronology, the Annalists of Boyle commence, as do Tigernach and the Four Masters, with that first colonization of Ireland, of which Nennius, the British historian, also makes especial mention. " In the sixtieth year of the age of Abraham, Partholanus, the son of Seru, the son of Esru, held Ireland, being the first who reigned there." According to the Four Masters, this event occurred in A. M. 2520, in thirty years after which this leader died at Moynealta (Clontarf). The latter annalists also mention the death of his son, Slangius, his interment under a mount(a), in Meath, hence called Slane, and the utter extirpation of these earliest invaders by pestilence. During their occupation, say the Masters, broke out various lakes within the country, as Lough Conn, Lough Mask, and Lough (a) See of Mounts " D...« less