Above : Seven State. (5th to 10th Centuries, based upon "Book of Rights") The existence of the seven states of Ireland about the time of St. Patrick is testified as has been already mentioned by an authority which is accepted as originating in his time. This is the book called " teAOdfi n<i g-CeAf\c " or the " Book of Rights " . This important work was traditionally ascribed to St. Benignus, the disciple and successor of St. Patrick, and O'Donovan believes that ... Read More

Above : Picture Of Robert Fitz-Stephen In the month of May, 1169, the first body of the adventurers arrived under the leadership of Robert Fitz-Stephen and others. About 2,000 strong, they landed at Bannow Bay in the extreme south of the present county of Wexford. The district was part of Ui Cinnsealaigh, and the people of the open country were loyal to their chief. But on the one side lay Waterford, and on the other Wexford, and the Norse inhabitants of both towns ... Read More