On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, Vol. 3: A Series of Lectures (Classic Reprint)

Banqueting Hall ofT ara in the time of Cormac Mac A irt, as given by Dr. Petrie; no record of the changes which took place at Tara subsequent to that time. Residences of the monarchs of Erinn after the desertion ofT ara. Desertion of other celebrated royal residences: fimania, CruacJ tan, etc. Division of the people into classes; this division did not impose perpetuity of caste; increase of wealth enabled a man to pass from one rank to another; crime alone barred this advancement; the qualifications as to furniture and houses of the several classes of A ires or landholders ;fines for injury to the house of the A ire Reire~ Breithe ;of the A ireD esa ;of the A ire-A rd; of the A ire Forgaill; of the king of a territory. Law against damage or disfigurement of buildings and furniture ;of the house of a B6- A ire; of the house of an A ire-D esa; of the house of an A ire-T uise; of the house of an A ire-A rd. Law directing the provision to be made for aged men. Shape of houses in ancient Erinn ;construction of the round house; reference to the building of such a house in an I rish life of St. Colman Ela; a similar story told of St. Cumin Fada. No instance recorded of an ecclesiastical edifice built of wicker work; two instances of the building of oratories of wood; story of the oratory of St. Moling; quatrain of Rumand Mac Colmain on the oratory of Rathan Ua Suanaigh ;account of Rumand writing a poem for the Galls of Dublin; he carries his wealth to Cill Belaigh ;statement of seven streets of Galls or foreigners at that place; importance of the account of Rumand. LECTURE XXI. OF BUILDINGS, FURNITURE, ETC. IN ANCIENT ERINN ..... 39 63 (VII.) OF BUILDINGS, FURNITURE ;(continued). Of the Gobban Saer ;mistakes concerning him ;explanation of his name; he was a real personage. Old I rish writers fond of assigning a mythological origin to men of great skill or learning.
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