The Annals of Ireland: Translated From the Original Irish of the Four Masters (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

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To complete the present publication in the best manner, excessive labour has been encountered, and great expenditure incurred, but no trouble or cost has been spared to render the work as perfect as possible, and a copy of it should be found in the public and private Libraries of the United Kingdom, for without these Annals the real his tory of Ireland must remain unknown, as they contain, together with full historical memoirs of the anglo-normans and English in Ireland, by far the most copious and accurate accounts, and interesting information ever published on the Milesian Irish their Kings, Princes, Chiefs, and Clans - their laws, manners, and customs - their religious, literary, and charitable institutions, Colleges, Churches, Monasteries, and Houses of Hospitality - their Bards, Brehons, eminent Ecclesiastics, and learned men - their Music and Minstrels - their arts of War and Peace; but are particularly rich in accounts of their military affairs, their forces and arms, their heroes and warriors, their battles and Victories and, altogether, furnish a full and impartial record of the most important events in the entire range of Irish History.

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