The general history of Ireland : Containing I. A full and impartial account of the first inhabitants of that kingdom; with the lives and reigns of an hundred and seventy four succeeding monarchs of the milesian race. II. The original of the gadelians, their travels into Spain, and from thence into Ireland. III. Of the frequent assistance the Irish afforded the Scots against their enemies the Romans and Britons, particularly their obliging the Britons to make a ditch from sea to sea between England and Scotland. IV. A genuine description of the courage and liberality of the ancient Irish, their severe laws to preserve their records and antiquities, and the punishments inflicted upon those antiquaries who presumed to vary from the truth; with an account of the laws and customs of the Irish, and their Royal Assemblies at Tara, &c. V. A relation of the long and bloody wars of the Irish against the danes, whose yoke they at last threw off, and restored liberty to their country, which they preserved till the arrival of Henry II. King of England. Collected by the learned Jeoffry Keating, D.D. Faithfully translated from the original Irish language, by Dermo'd O Connor. With many curious amendments taken from the psalters of Tara and Cashel, and other authentick records. Illustrated with above one hundred and sixty coats of arms of the ancient Irish, with particular genelogies of many noble families, curiously engraven upon forty two copper-plates, by the best masters. The second edition. With an appendix, collected from the remarks of the learned Dr. Anthony Raymond of Trim. Not in the former edition.
| Author/creator | Keating, Geoffrey |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Westminster : Printed by J. Cluer and A. Campbell, at the Printing-Office in Union-street, near New-Palace-Yard; for B. Creake, at the Bible in Jermyn-street, St. James's, MDCCXXVI. [1726] |
| Description | 10 unnumbered pages, vi, xxiv, 10 unnumbered pages, 563, that is, 559 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 12 pages;2 unnumbered pages, xv, 1 unnumbered pageplates : illustrations,portrait,map,coats of arms ; 2⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| General note | Circulated in manuscript during the late seventeenth century as 'Foras feasa ar Éirinn'. |
| General note | It was translated into English by Dermot O'Connor, and printed for the first time in 1723 under the title, 'A general history of Ireland'. |
| General note | Titlepage in red and black. |
| General note | Reissue of the original edition of 1723, with cancel titlepage, reset dedication and an appendix with separate titlepage, pagination and register. |
| General note | P.xii od Dr. Keating's preface misnumbered xi. |
| General note | With a list of subscribers. |
| General note | The last six leaves contain genealogies. |
| General note | Pp.109-112 omitted. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from British Library. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, T122588. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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