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^U]i m b^hoU cj^c-dc \\\<i)t van liirnictni t^U •• 

 f fuic tis fjrbrtt Irvtc. 6firc m trh^ Uat. 



certT) flrct)5 r^o ct^oni. rat) 5^6 <oii ttcnnTtig. 



bf^m rtii iii«3?' 5^T)llfe-. criotti dii com Irttitifa. 

 1 5ott i»ie-ajt riiele-acct ■) 6. 



« I fiiould rather read ttlOrirlrt, ruin, deftruaion -, becaufe nothing Is more 

 certain than the conftant enmity between the two provinces, from an early period, 

 and the prefent county of Clare the bone of contention. The Conacians claimed 

 it, as being included in the partition of Leth Thuath, or northern Ireland. At an 

 early period the Momonians were obliged to make Ft-m-^'i C/olSmh, or fword land, 

 of all the weftern coaft ; as they were, after the death of Goll, of many other parts. 

 How early and how clear can we trace the foedral fyftem in Ireland ! 



p The hair was an eflential ornament to the free Celtic warriors ; for which 

 reafon Clovis got the name of Cheve/u, as then ruling over a free people. In Ireland 

 he could not appear in arms, nor was he permitted to appear candidate for any 

 employment in the ftate, who wanted his hair. The celebrated CucuUin, being 



^ ' foiled 



