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Brian Oswald Patrick Donn-Byrne. Ireland - The Rock whence I was Hewn
Ireland - The Rock whence I was Hewn
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FOREWORD. BY. The Right Hon. T. P. O’Connor
DONN BYRNE’S FIRST POEM. Published in Harper’s Magazine, 1911
IRELAND: THE ROCK WHENCE I WAS HEWN
I
TARA ONCE THE SEAT OF IRISH KINGS
II
A GIVING, LOYAL PEOPLE
IRELAND’S PLACE NAMES HAVE COLOUR AND CHARM
IRISH BULLS OFTEN REFLECT EFFORTS AT SUBTLE NUANCES OF SPEECH
INTRICACIES OF GAELIC POETRY
BLACK DESPAIR WAILS FROM IRISH PIPES
THE WORST HAUNTED HOUSE IN THE BRITISH ISLES
III
ROMAN MISSIONARIES LAID FOUNDATION OF IRISH CIVILISATION
BASQUE AND CELTIC ARE NOT RELATED
GAELIC IS A DIFFICULT TONGUE
MASONS AND ARTIFICERS ONCE HAD A SEPARATE LANGUAGE
MYSTERY SHROUDS IRELAND AFTER ROME’S NOBLE RETREAT
RICH MONASTERIES ATTRACTED NORSE RAIDERS
KING BRIAN RID THE ISLAND OF THE NORSE
HOW THE BRITISH CAME TO IRELAND
ELIZABETH RECONQUERED IRELAND
IRISH PROFIT BY DEFEAT
IV
LEGEND AND LITERATURE ENHANCE INTEREST OF MANY SPOTS
WHERE BRUCE TOOK REFUGE
RIOT HAS WROUGHT HAVOC IN DUBLIN
INTO A WORLD OF GLENS
WHERE SPENSER WROTE “THE FAËRIE QUEEN”
THE BLARNEY HOAX
THE MAJESTIC SHANNON IS BEING THROTTLED
AMONG CONNEMARA’S PEAKS
V
MONUMENTS THAT LEAVE THE HEART COLD
IRELAND OF THE THATCHED COTTAGE
VI
THE PASSPORT TO TIR NAN OG
