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... land which of late has freed herself from English rule . The sun set in a broad splendour of crim- son and gold ; the seagulls swooped and swerved and shrieked around ; their voices sounded to me like challenges , like calls to victory ...
... land which of late has freed herself from English rule . The sun set in a broad splendour of crim- son and gold ; the seagulls swooped and swerved and shrieked around ; their voices sounded to me like challenges , like calls to victory ...
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... and the sea storms have marked them with the weirdest appearance . The country all around is very bleak and barren - wide desolate tracts of bogs - some peat fields , rocky pasture land , and hills covered 10 GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S DAYS :
... and the sea storms have marked them with the weirdest appearance . The country all around is very bleak and barren - wide desolate tracts of bogs - some peat fields , rocky pasture land , and hills covered 10 GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S DAYS :
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Eleanor L. De Butts. peat fields , rocky pasture land , and hills covered only by heather and gorse and boulders of granite . There are no other houses except Loughna- gurra and the poor people's cabins within nearly thirty miles . There ...
Eleanor L. De Butts. peat fields , rocky pasture land , and hills covered only by heather and gorse and boulders of granite . There are no other houses except Loughna- gurra and the poor people's cabins within nearly thirty miles . There ...
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... land , and never came near Castle Knocklara again . Now this was an omen - so Kevin always ended his story - that from thenceforth and for ever , the O'Rossas would never yield to the Saxon tyrant . How wildly the winds used to howl ...
... land , and never came near Castle Knocklara again . Now this was an omen - so Kevin always ended his story - that from thenceforth and for ever , the O'Rossas would never yield to the Saxon tyrant . How wildly the winds used to howl ...
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... lands , but there has been some talk of his going to join Jack Blake , who has bought a farm in America . It takes a long time for letters about it to go and come from America , so nothing is yet settled , and of late Kevin has spoken ...
... lands , but there has been some talk of his going to join Jack Blake , who has bought a farm in America . It takes a long time for letters about it to go and come from America , so nothing is yet settled , and of late Kevin has spoken ...
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answer arms asked Bally Ballycarrig cave began better boat BODLEIAN LIBRARY brought by-and-bye called Captain Dudley Castle Knocklara Castlebar Charlie craythur cried dared dark Denis Dooncandra door Douay Dublin English Eveleen f'what face fancy father fear feel Geraldine glad gone gorse guessed hand hear heard heart Honor hope Ireland Kevin Killala King's knew Lara laughed Lilian Trevor listen looked Lord Edward Lord Edward Fitzgerald Masther Dinis morning mother never night O'Rossa once Oran passed post chaise prisoner rebels rest Roche Roderick sake Saxon Says the Shan secret seemed Shan van Voght Shane shure side silence soldiers sorry sound speak spoke stairs stay strange sure talk tell Terry thing thought to-day told true trute turned turret uncon Union Star United Irishmen voice wait wish wonder words
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Page 301 - And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all...
Page 40 - Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son [to be} a propitiation for our sins.
Page 37 - ... by day and by night; avail yourselves of the natural advantages of your country, which are innumerable, and with which you are better acquainted than they. " Where you cannot oppose them in full force, constantly harass their rear and their flanks, cut off their provisions and magazines, and...
Page 46 - What have you got in your hand? A green bough. Where did it first grow? In America. Where did it bud? In France.
Page 36 - Rouse all the energies of your souls ; call forth all the merit and abilities which a vicious Government consigned to obscurity ; and under the conduct of your chosen leaders, march with a steady step to victory ! Heed not the glare of a hired soldiery, or aristocratic yeomanry — they cannot stand the vigorous shock of freemen.
Page 36 - ... being in the country is restored to those equal rights which the God of nature has given to all men ; until an order of things shall be established in which no superiority shall be acknowledged among the citizens of Erin but that of virtue and talents.
Page 36 - Your country is free, and you are about to be avenged. That vile government, which has so long and so cruelly oppressed you, is no more...
Page 66 - In the awful presence of God, I, AB do voluntarily declare, that I will persevere in endeavouring to form a brotherhood of affection among Irishmen of every religious persuasion, and that I will also persevere in my endeavours to obtain an equal, full and adequate representation of all the people of Ireland.
Page 40 - Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks to me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me.
Page 115 - Excellency the Lord- Lieutenant full powers to put down the rebellion, and to punish rebels in the most summary manner, according to martial law, does hereby give notice to all his Majesty's subjects, that he is determined to exert the powers...