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Eochaid mac Eirc - High King of Ireland, the last Fir Bolg king and the first king to establish a system of justice; Fiacha Cennfinnán - High King of Ireland; Fodbgen - High King of Ireland; Gaillimh iníon Breasail - mythical woman from whom the river and city of Galway derive their name; Gann and Genann - joint High Kings of Ireland
With English colonies going back to the 1550s, Ireland was arguably the first English and then British territory colonised by a group known as the West Country Men. Gaelic Ireland was finally defeated at the battle of Kinsale in 1601 which marked the collapse of the Gaelic system and the beginning of Ireland's history as fully part of the ...
A Concise History of Ireland; A History of Gaelic Ireland from the Earliest Times to 1608 (1893) English as We Speak it in Ireland (1910) Ireland's Battles and Battlefields; Irish Names of Places; Old Irish Folk Music and Songs; A Social History of Ancient Ireland, 2 vols. (1906) The Story of Ancient Irish Civilisation (1907) The Wonders of ...
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe is a non-fiction historical book written by Thomas Cahill. Cahill argues a case for the Irish people 's critical role in preserving Western Civilization from utter destruction by the Huns and the Germanic tribes ...
The Young Ireland movement had come to believe that in the wake of the failure of the Repeal Association, violence was the only alternative. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] O'Mahoney took part in the failed Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 , [ 3 ] [ 5 ] which largely fell apart as British authorities had become well aware of it before it commenced.
Irish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was originally passed down orally in the prehistoric era.In the early medieval era, myths were written down by Christian scribes, who Christianized them to some extent.
A culture hero is a mythological hero specific to a group of people (cultural, ethnic, religious, etc.), who changes the world through invention or discovery.A typical culture hero might be credited as the discoverer of fire or agriculture, songs, tradition, law or religion, and is usually one of the most important legendary figures of a people, sometimes as the founder of its ruling dynasty.
The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero is a 2016 non-fiction book by American author Timothy Egan.The books details the life and times of Thomas Francis Meagher, from his rise as a public speaker during the Great Hunger, his time in Tasmania, his leadership of the Irish Brigade during the American Civil War, and his final adventure to Montana.