Partolan, who was the first to " occupy " Ireland, came three hundred years after the Deluge.    His course was from "Middle Greece" through the Torrian or Mediterranean Sea to Sisilia, and thence, with his right hand to Spain, till he reached Inbhear Sceine in West Munster after a voyage lasting two months and a half.    With him were his faithless wife, Deal-gnaid ;   three sons, Ruaidhri, Seangha and Leighlinne with their wives, and a host of a thousand.    His followers included ... Read More

Above : Another Picture Of George III Its importance lay in the frequency with which, when the question of a legislative union between Ireland and England came to be discussed, those who favoured the measure alluded to it as an example of the danger which might arise of the separation of the two countries in the event of a Regency, owing to the selection of different rulers by the Parliament of each. If, however, the question is viewed in the light ... Read More