After some years the Egyptians made war on Sru, grandson of Gaedheal. So he and his host set out in four ships for the island of Crete 2 where he died. Thence they sailed under Eibhear Scot to Scythia where, Giolla Caomhain tells us, they came into conflict with their kinsmen. After five generations they were expelled, and eventually reached an island on the Caspian Sea.    Having spent a year on the island, they set sail in three ships, sixty in each ... Read More

Conciliation Resolved On.— When Lord Leonard Grey left Ireland, in 1540, the strength of the Geraldine League was, to a considerable extent, broken, but yet of the end of the war there was no sign. It had lasted already over six years; there seemed no reason why it should not last six more, or even longer . No sooner was one chief crushed than another rose ; while a raid was being avenged by a counter invasion of the raiding clan's territory, ... Read More