Category: History - Other
Ireland is, perhaps, more remarkable than any other country in the West of Europe for the number, the variety, and, it may be said, the _nationality_ of its antiquarian remains. An archæologist upon arriving in Dublin will find, within ready access of that city, examples, many...
Ireland is, perhaps, more remarkable than any other country in the West of Europe for the number, the variety, and, it may be said, the _nationality_ of its antiquarian remains....
3. CHAPTER IIIt is now admitted by all competent authorities that the works scattered throughout Ireland, varying from the rude structures known as cromlechs and the gigantic chambered cairn...
4. CHAPTER IIIIn the _Senchas-na-Relec_, or ‘History of the Cemeteries,’ a tract in the _Leabhar-na h-Uidhre_, we have a list of the regal cemeteries of Erin during a long period prior to the...
5. CHAPTER IV.The _Deerpark Monument._--The interesting megalithic monument in the Deerpark, Hazlewood demesne, four miles east of Sligo, differs from any other known monument in the British...
6. CHAPTER V.NECESSITY FOR DISPOSAL OF DEAD--INHUMATION AND CREMATION IN BRITISH ISLES AND CONTINENT--BALLON HILL--CARROWMORE--DYSART--METHODS OF BURIAL--ORIGIN OF CREMATION--RELIGIOUS SENTI...
7. CHAPTER VI.The wooden huts or wicker and clay dwellings of the primitive inhabitants of Ireland were quick to decay; but the raths, lisses, duns, and cashels, the remains of their camps an...
8. CHAPTER VII.Primitive man everywhere seems to have used stone, wood, and bone in the manufacture of weapons before he advanced to a knowledge of the use of metal. The terms ‘Stone,’ ‘Bronze...
9. CHAPTER VIII.COPPER CELTS--BRONZE--ITS ANTIQUITY AND SOURCE--BRONZE CELTS--THE FLAT CELT--THE FLANGED OR WINGED CELT--THE SOCKETED CELT-- CELT MOULDS--SWORDS--RAPIERS--BROAD SCYTHE-SHAPED SW...
10. CHAPTER IX.The systematic exploration of lacustrine habitations in the latter half of the nineteenth century has achieved remarkable success; and the results are among the most satisfactor...
11. CHAPTER X.It was long considered an established fact that the churches of Ireland, previous to the twelfth century, were altogether constructed of wood, or wattles daubed with clay. It wa...
12. CHAPTER XI.Churches like those described in the last chapter, we have every reason to believe, were constructed before the Anglo-Norman invasion of this kingdom. How long the style continu...
13. CHAPTER XII.Early Christian graves were usually marked by stones nowise differing from the pagan pillar-stone, except that in some instances they were sculptured with a cross. These were of...
14. CHAPTER XIII.Round towers of about 18 feet in external diameter, and varying in height from 60 to about 110 feet, are frequently found in connection with the earlier monastic establishments...
15. CHAPTER XIV.DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY CHRISTIAN ART--BELLS--THE BELL OF ST. PATRICK--THE SHRINE OF ST. PATRICK’S BELL--THE SHRINE OF ST. SENAN’S BELL--THE SHRINE OF ST. MURA’S BELL--BRONZE BELLS...
16. CHAPTER XV.FOUNDATION OF ABBEYS AND CHURCHES--JERPOINT ABBEY, CO. KILKENNY-- CATHEDRALS OF ST. PATRICK AND CHRISTCHURCH, DUBLIN--ABBEYS OF NEWTOWNTRIM AND BECTIVE, CO. MEATH--CHURCHES OF C...
17. CHAPTER XVI.The castles of Ireland are exceedingly numerous and vary from the single keep-tower of the predatory chieftain to the defensive fortresses erected under the Anglo-Norman barons...
18. CHAPTER XVII.Although it is certain that the Danes, at an early period, encompassed with ramparts and towers several of the cities and towns which they held in Ireland, their works have long...