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A SOCIAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT IRELAND,
Treating of the Government, Military System, and Law; Religion, Learning, and Art; Trades, Industries, and Commerce; Manners, Customs, and Domestic Life of the Ancient Irish People.
A Complete Survey of the Social Life and Institutions of Ancient Ireland. All the important Statements are proved home by references to authorities and by quotations from ancient documents.
Part I.—Government, Military System, and Law.—Chapter I. Laying the Foundation—II. A Preliminary Bird's-eye View—III. Monarchical Government—IV. Warfare—V. Structure of Society—VI. The Brehon Laws—VII. The Laws relating to Land—VIII. The Administration of Justice.
Part II.—Religion, Learning, and Art.—Chapter IX. Paganism—X. Christianity—XI. Learning and Education—XII. Irish Language and Literature—XIII. Ecclesiastical and Religious Writings—XIV. Annals, Histories, and Genealogies—XV. Historical and Romantic Tales—XVI. Art—XVII. Music—XVIII. Medicine and Medical Doctors.
Part III.—Social and Domestic Life.—Chapter XIX. The Family—XX. The House—XXI. Food, Fuel, and Light—XXII. Dress and Personal Adornment—XXIII. Agriculture and Pasturage—XXIV. Workers in Wood, Metal, and Stone—XXV. Corn Mills—XXVI. Trades and Industries connected with Clothing—XXVII. Measures, Weights, and Mediums of Exchange—XXVIII. Locomotion and Commerce—XXIX. Public Assemblies, Sports, and Pastimes—XXX. Various Social Customs and Observances—XXXI. Death and Burial. List of Authorities consulted and quoted or referred to throughout this Work. Index to the two volumes.
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A SMALLER SOCIAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT IRELAND.
Traverses the same ground, Chapter by Chapter, as the larger work above; but most of the quotations and nearly all the references to authorities are omitted in this book.
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THE STORY OF ANCIENT IRISH CIVILISATION.
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A SHORT HISTORY OF IRELAND
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A CHILD'S HISTORY OF IRELAND,
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OUTLINES OF THE HISTORY OF IRELAND
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A CONCISE HISTORY OF IRELAND
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With Introductory Chapters on the Literature, Laws, Buildings, Music, Art, &c., of the Ancient Irish People. Suitable for Colleges and Schools. New and enlarged Edition, bringing Narrative down to 1908.
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THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF IRISH NAMES OF PLACES.
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IRISH LOCAL NAMES EXPLAINED.
In this little book the original Gaelic forms, and the meanings, of the names of five or six thousand different places are explained. The pronunciation of all the principal Irish words is given as they occur.
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OLD CELTIC ROMANCES.
Thirteen of the most beautiful of the Ancient Irish Romantic Tales translated from the Gaelic.
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A GRAMMAR OF THE IRISH LANGUAGE.
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