History Of Clonmel

Author : William P. Burke
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ISBN 13 : 9781331064756
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (647 download)

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Download or read book History of Clonmel (Classic Reprint) written by William P. Burke and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Clonmel The district of Clonmel in the beginning of documentary history was inhabited by a Celtic tribe who bore the name of the Deisi. Traces of an older people, probably non-Aryan, exist in some place names, those especially of prominent natural features, such as rivers and mountains. But whence this older race or races were, and what influences economic, customary or religious, they exercised on the Celtic Deisi cannot be determined at the present stage of ethnological inquiry. The story which the Deisi told of themselves was this: they originally occupied a territory in Meath, now the barony of Deece, and were descended from a common ancestor, Fiacha Suidhe, brother of Con of the Hundred Battles who in the second century of the Christian era was monarch of Ireland. About the year 278 having attempted to place their chief, Aongus on the throne, they were defeated and driven into Munster, where Olioll Olum, king of that province settled them in the present County of Waterford. Increasing in power and numbers they passed the Suir towards the end of the fifth century, and drove the Ossorians out of the district north of the river which henceforward was known as Deise Tuaisceart or North Deise. Such, cleared of preternatural accretions, was the traditional account. Whatever truth it may contain, it is to be noted that the aboriginal name of the locality Mas Femin ran with the Celtic Deise Tuaisceart far into the historic period and the inference is that neither Ossorians nor Deisi supplanted the older race but simply conquered and coalesced with them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.