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... dwelling of O'Haedha , the chief of that Ithian race . He had been contracted early in life to Matha , elder daughter of O'Driscol , VOL . 1 . * Bantry - bay . B the Canfinny , or head of the sept so named THE INVASION. ...
... dwelling of O'Haedha , the chief of that Ithian race . He had been contracted early in life to Matha , elder daughter of O'Driscol , VOL . 1 . * Bantry - bay . B the Canfinny , or head of the sept so named THE INVASION. ...
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Gerald Griffin. the Canfinny , or head of the sept so named , which was another branch of the same Milesian stock . By The sun of a summer day had risen over the summit of Sliabh Owen , and the first breeze of morning had brushed the ...
Gerald Griffin. the Canfinny , or head of the sept so named , which was another branch of the same Milesian stock . By The sun of a summer day had risen over the summit of Sliabh Owen , and the first breeze of morning had brushed the ...
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... heads and necks stretched out , with gaping faces , and with staring eyes . Some ran in groups to the summits of surrounding eminences ; some scram- bled to the roofs of the scattered shielings * and peillicest of the valley ; and ...
... heads and necks stretched out , with gaping faces , and with staring eyes . Some ran in groups to the summits of surrounding eminences ; some scram- bled to the roofs of the scattered shielings * and peillicest of the valley ; and ...
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Gerald Griffin. holding their infants high above their heads , that the babes might look upon their chieftain , and behold the spectacle from which they were them- selves shut out . After a brief interval , the expected procession was ...
Gerald Griffin. holding their infants high above their heads , that the babes might look upon their chieftain , and behold the spectacle from which they were them- selves shut out . After a brief interval , the expected procession was ...
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... head a barrad , or bonnet , edged with a band of gold , from under which his hair flowed over his neck and shoulders in abundant ringlets . The close - fitting truis , a kind of plaided hose , dis- played the symmetry of his well ...
... head a barrad , or bonnet , edged with a band of gold , from under which his hair flowed over his neck and shoulders in abundant ringlets . The close - fitting truis , a kind of plaided hose , dis- played the symmetry of his well ...
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