The first inhabitants of Ireland, according to a legend quoted by Keating from the Saltair   of  Caiseal,   were   " three   virgin daughters of the wicked Cain."    " Some others  say  it  was  three   fishermen  un¬willingly driven by a storm from Spain," Keating adds; "and as the island pleased them   they   returned   for   their   wives." Having come back to Ireland they were overtaken   by   the   Deluge   at   Tuaidh-Inbhear and drowned. According to the l.cabhar Gabhala, Ceasair with three men and fifty maidens embarked in ... 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