Note 16 — GENERAL INTRODUCTION.
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The Irish were early known as Scots, and O'Halloran derives the name from Scota, high priest of Phœnius, and ancestor of Mileseuis.
Me quoque vicins pereuntem gentibus, inquit, Munivit Stilicho. Totam cum Scotus Iernem, Movit et infesto spumavit remige Thetys. By him defended, when the neighboring hosts Of warlike nations spread along our coasts; When Scots came thundering from the Irish shores, And the wide ocean foamed with hostile oars.