Author: MaghtochairPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752521937
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.
Inishowen: its History, Traditions, & Antiquities
Author: MaghtochairPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752521937
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.
Inishowen, Its History, Traditions and Antiquities - Part One: Its Legendary History
Author: MoghtochairPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291439862
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
This edition presents the opening chapters of 'Inishowen, Its History, Traditions and Antiquities', first published by Michael Harkin in 1867 under the pen name of 'Maghtochair'. The book sweeps through Inishowen's ancient, medieval and modern history. We hear of its mythical past - the Tuatha De Danaan, the Milesians and the story of Niall of the Nine Hostages from whom it is claimed the O'Neill dynasty and St. Columbkille were descended. Accounts are given of the Viking raids, the arrival of Strongbow and the final dismantling of Gaelic Ireland, with the defeat of the great Ulster Chieftains, the O'Neills and O'Donnells, at the Battle of Kinsale in 1607. As well as the history and topography of Inishowen, we learn of its archaeology. The cairns, burial sites, standing stones, druidic temples and forts conjure up its pre-Christian era. After the coming of St. Patrick the archaeology is of ancient round towers, chapels, churches and monasteries, including the ancient Abbey at Fahan.
Inishowen, Its History, Traditions and Antiquities - Part Two: Its Parishes
Author: MoghtochairPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291440836
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
This edition presents the those chapters of 'Inishowen, Its History, Traditions and Antiquities' which deal with its parishes, first published by Michael Harkin in 1867 under the pen name of Maghtochair. Each parish is illuminated with insights into its history, topography and archaeology. The cairns, burial sites, standing stones, druidic temples and forts conjure up its pre-Christian era. After the coming of St. Patrick the archaeology is of ancient round towers, chapels, churches and monasteries, including the ancient Abbey at Fahan. We read of the clergy, and schools; all interspersed with colourful stories of rebels, murders, legends, illicit stills and folklore, along with superstitions that once abounded about them.
Inishowen: its history, traditions, and antiquities; containing a number of original documents ... with numerous notes from the Annals of the Four Masters ... By Maghtochair
Author: Maghtochair (pseud.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Inishowen: its history, traditions, and antiquities; containing a number of original documents ... with numerous notes from the Annals of the Four Masters ... By Maghtochair
Author: Maghtochair (pseud.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Inishowen
Author: Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 9781900935173
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publications
Author: Bibliographical Society of IrelandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Field Day Review 8 (2012)
Author: Deane, S., and Deane, C.Publisher: Field Day Publications
ISBN: 094675554X
Category : Authors, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Field Day Review, the finest essays in Irish Studies
Showdown at the Red Lion
Author: Charles Van OnselenPublisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN: 1868426238
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
Johannesburg, South Africa, was ? and is ? the Frontier of Money. Within months of its founding, the mining camp was host to organised crime: the African 'Regiment of the Hills' and 'Irish Brigade' bandits. Bars, brothels, boarding houses and hotels oozed testosterone and violence, and the use of fists and guns was commonplace. Beyond the chaos were clear signs of another struggle, one to maintain control, honour and order within the emerging male and mining dominated culture. In the underworld, the dictum of 'honour among thieves', as well as a hatred of informers, testified to attempts at self-regulation. A 'real man' did not take advantage of an opponent by employing underhand tactics. It had to be a 'fair fight' if a man was to be respected. This was the world that 'One-armed Jack' McLoughlin - brigand, soldier, sailor, mercenary, burglar, highwayman and safe-cracker - entered in the early 1890s to become Johannesburg's most infamous 'Irish' anti-hero and social bandit. McLoughlin's infatuation with George Stevenson prompted him to recruit the young Englishman into his gang of safe-crackers but 'Stevo' was a man with a past and primed for personal and professional betrayal. It was a deadly mixture. Honour could only be retrieved through a Showdown at the Red Lion.
Lough Corrib, Its Shores and Islands: with Notices of Lough Mask
Author: William R. WildePublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291406751
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
An 1867 account of all that is historic, picturesque, and beautiful in this grand Lough Corrib region, with its sacred islands, its ancient battle grounds, raths, and tumuli; its splendid ruins of castles and abbeys, written by a man who knows and loves it well.