The general history of Ireland / collected by the learned Jeoffrey Keating ; faithfully translated from the original Irish language, with many curious amendments, taken from the psalters of Tara and Cashel, and many other authentic records by Dermod O'Connor ; two volumes in one.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keating, Geoffrey, 1570?-1644?

Contributor:

O'Conner, Dermod.

Standardized Title:

Foras feasa ar Eirinn do réir an athar seathrum céitung, ollamh ré diadhacta. English

Language:

English

Irish

Subjects (All):

Ireland--History--To 1172.

Ireland.

History.

Ireland--Kings and rulers.

Kings and rulers.

Ireland--Genealogy.

Genre:

Genealogy.

Penn Provenance:

Forrest, Edwin, Estate of (donor)

Physical Description:

2 volumes in 1 ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin : J. Duffy, 1841.

Contents:

I. A full and impartial account of the first inhabitants of the Kingdom, with the lives and reigns of 174 succeeding monarchs of the Milesian race

II. The original of the Gadelians, their travels into Spain, and from thence into Ireland

III. A succinct account of the reigns of all the kings of Ireland, with the several attempts and invasions upon that island

(cont.) IV. Of the frequent assistance the Irish afforded the Scots against their enemies, the Romans and Britons ... V. A genuine description of the courage and liberality of the ancient Irish ; their severe laws to preserve their records and antiquities, and the punishements inflicted upon those antiquaries who presumed to vary from the truth ; with an account of the laws and customs of the Irish, and their royal assemblies at Tara, &c.

VI. A relation of the long and bloody wars of the Irish against the Danes, whose yoke they at last threw off, and restored liberty to their country, which they preserved till the arrival of Henry II, King of England.

Notes:

Translation of: Foras feasa ar Eirinn do réir an athar seathrum céitung, ollamh ré diadhacta.

Includes index.

OCLC:

34047190