The Religious History of Ireland: Primitive, Papal and Protestant Including the Evangelical Missions, Catholic Agitations, and Church Progress of the Last Half-centuryKing, 1873 - 313 pages |
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... when Ireland was the quiet abode of sanctity and learning . If we find these to a large extent worthless as materials of real history , it is not because we are without the means of appreciating them 2 RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF IRELAND.
... when Ireland was the quiet abode of sanctity and learning . If we find these to a large extent worthless as materials of real history , it is not because we are without the means of appreciating them 2 RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF IRELAND.
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... means of appreciating them . Translators must have the philosopher's stone if they can trans- mute fables into facts and legends into truth - legends propagated in an age of boundless credulity . Dr. Keating had as little patience with ...
... means of appreciating them . Translators must have the philosopher's stone if they can trans- mute fables into facts and legends into truth - legends propagated in an age of boundless credulity . Dr. Keating had as little patience with ...
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... means those holy places were dese- crated . ' In answer to this foul charge , Dr. Keating says , it must be observed that this irreligious custom had not been practised for many ages , except in the most uncivilised part of the kingdom ...
... means those holy places were dese- crated . ' In answer to this foul charge , Dr. Keating says , it must be observed that this irreligious custom had not been practised for many ages , except in the most uncivilised part of the kingdom ...
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... means • The Pigeon of the Church . ' The Abbot Florence , therefore , directed that his gifted pupil should be always called by this name . 6 Notwithstanding this pleasing promise of his youth , it seems that Columba manifested when he ...
... means • The Pigeon of the Church . ' The Abbot Florence , therefore , directed that his gifted pupil should be always called by this name . 6 Notwithstanding this pleasing promise of his youth , it seems that Columba manifested when he ...
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... means to engage the king in the war which ended in the memorable battle of Cuill Dreimme . He excited the other wars to avenge affronts which he received from different persons , so that his vindictive temper caused the shedding of an ...
... means to engage the king in the war which ended in the memorable battle of Cuill Dreimme . He excited the other wars to avenge affronts which he received from different persons , so that his vindictive temper caused the shedding of an ...
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