Excerpt from On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, Vol. 2: A Series of Lectures Banqueting Hall of Tara in the time of Cormac Mac Airt, as given by Dr. Petrie; no record of the changes which took place at Tara subsequent to that time. Residences of the monarchs of Erinn after the desertion of Tara. Desertion of other celebrated royal residences - Emam'a, Cruaclzan, etc. Division of the people into classes; this division did not impose perpetuity of caste; increase of wealth enabled a man to pass from one rank to ...
Read More
Excerpt from On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, Vol. 2: A Series of Lectures Banqueting Hall of Tara in the time of Cormac Mac Airt, as given by Dr. Petrie; no record of the changes which took place at Tara subsequent to that time. Residences of the monarchs of Erinn after the desertion of Tara. Desertion of other celebrated royal residences - Emam'a, Cruaclzan, etc. Division of the people into classes; this division did not impose perpetuity of caste; increase of wealth enabled a man to pass from one rank to another; crime alone barred this advancement; the qualifications as to furniture and houses of the several classes of Aires or landholders; fines for injury to the house of the Airs Beire' Breitlze'; of the Airs Desa of the aire-ard; of the Aire Forgaill of the king of a territory. Law against damage or disfigurement of buildings and furniture of the house of a B6 Aire; of the house of an aire-desa; of the house of an aire-taise; of the house of an aire-ard. Law directing the provision to be made for aged men. Shape of houses in ancient Erinn construction of the round house; reference to the building of such a house in an Irish life of St. Colman Ela; a similar story told of St. Cumin Fada. No instance recorded of an ecclesiastical edifice built of wicker work; two instances of the building of oratories of wood - story of the oratory of St. Zpioh'ng; quatrain of Rumand Mac Colmaz'n on the oratory of Ratban Ua Suanaiglz account of Rumand writing a poem for the Galls of Dublin; he carries his wealth to Cill Belaigk state ment of seven streets of Gal/s or foreigners at that place; import ance of the account of Rumand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Read Less
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.