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... Islay . The race of Loarn occupied the district of Lorn , the chief stronghold was Dun- olaigh , near Oban . Fergus's original possession appears to have been in South Kintyre , a part of which is 52 MEMORIALS OF ARGYLESHIRE .
... Islay . The race of Loarn occupied the district of Lorn , the chief stronghold was Dun- olaigh , near Oban . Fergus's original possession appears to have been in South Kintyre , a part of which is 52 MEMORIALS OF ARGYLESHIRE .
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... Lorn , Mull , and Iona- ( Cambden's In Scotia ) . Pinkerton says : " It appears that Loch Linny was the northern boundary of Dalriada , for Mull and Iona remained to the Picts - Morven and the rest of that part of Argyleshire , which ...
... Lorn , Mull , and Iona- ( Cambden's In Scotia ) . Pinkerton says : " It appears that Loch Linny was the northern boundary of Dalriada , for Mull and Iona remained to the Picts - Morven and the rest of that part of Argyleshire , which ...
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... Lorn . The place of battle is still called Ath - na - fola , or the ford of blood . " Cath Finnglinne itir da meic Fearchair fota in qui Ainbhceallach jugulatus est die quinte ferie . Id . Septembris . " - ( Tighernac . ) In the ...
... Lorn . The place of battle is still called Ath - na - fola , or the ford of blood . " Cath Finnglinne itir da meic Fearchair fota in qui Ainbhceallach jugulatus est die quinte ferie . Id . Septembris . " - ( Tighernac . ) In the ...
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... of Alpin . " There is reason to infer that Ungust , king of Pikland , upon his conquest of Dalriada , appointed a sovereign - Aod Fin - and that this sovereign was neither of the house of Lorn 70 MEMORIALS OF ARGYLESHIRE .
... of Alpin . " There is reason to infer that Ungust , king of Pikland , upon his conquest of Dalriada , appointed a sovereign - Aod Fin - and that this sovereign was neither of the house of Lorn 70 MEMORIALS OF ARGYLESHIRE .
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... Lorn nor that of Argyle . Of what race then was he ? Common - sense and the usual practice in such cases dictate that Aod was of the Pikish royal race ; and in all probability son of Ungust . But upon the whole , the genealogy of ...
... Lorn nor that of Argyle . Of what race then was he ? Common - sense and the usual practice in such cases dictate that Aod was of the Pikish royal race ; and in all probability son of Ungust . But upon the whole , the genealogy of ...
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Page 237 - Shields sound and warriors fall. As a hundred hammers on the red son of the furnace, so rose, so rung their swords ! Gaul rushed on, like a whirlwind in Ardven. The destruction of heroes is on his sword. Swaran was ' like the fire of the desert in the echoing heath of Gormal ! How can I give to the song the death of many spears ? My ^word rose high, and flamed in the strife of blood.
Page 165 - removed them all from the land of their birth, and scattered them throughout the other districts of Scotland, both beyond the hills and on this side thereof, so that not even a native of that land abode there, and he installed therein his own peaceful people.
Page 167 - Sommerled for the Isles, which were properly his wife's right ; but, as for the lands of Argyle and Kintyre, he would have them restored to himself. Sommerled replied, that he had as good a right to the lands upon the continent as he had to the Isles ; yet...
Page 433 - ... her fathers race. Before the sun should withdraw his beams, she was to cover the spring with a stone, on which sacred and mysterious characters were impressed. One night this was forgot by the unhappy Bera. Overcome with the heat and chace of the day, she was seized with sleep before the usual hour of rest.
Page 236 - As waves, white bubbling over the deep, come swelling, roaring on ; as rocks of ooze meet roaring waves: so foes attacked and fought. Man met with man, and steel with steel. Shields sound, and warriors fall. As a hundred hammers on the red son of the furnace, so rose, so rung their swords!
Page 52 - Gregory sent us baptism, that was in the two and thirtieth year of his reign: and Columba, a masspriest, came to the Picts, and converted them to the faith of Christ: they are dwellers by the northern mountains. And their king gave him the island which is called li [lona]: therein are five hides of land, as men say.