Survey of Tullaroan, Or Grace's Parish, in the Cantred of Grace's Country, and County of Kilkenny: Taken from the Statistical Account, Or Parochial Survey of IrelandFaulkner Press, 1819 - 160 páginas |
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... of farmers ; they are intro- ducing divisions of rooms , plastered walls , built up fire places and grates , and in this respect the houses of the better farmers are tolerably comfortable ; but the 16 . Statistical Account.
... of farmers ; they are intro- ducing divisions of rooms , plastered walls , built up fire places and grates , and in this respect the houses of the better farmers are tolerably comfortable ; but the 16 . Statistical Account.
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... respect to the state of their yards ; dung must be made , and they rejoice more in its accumulation before their doors , than in the neatest appearance that could be presented to them . When sufficient employment shall be found , rents ...
... respect to the state of their yards ; dung must be made , and they rejoice more in its accumulation before their doors , than in the neatest appearance that could be presented to them . When sufficient employment shall be found , rents ...
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... respecting this parish , before the invasion of the English ; but the rude works of its semibarbarous in- habitants preceding that event are in many places still discernible . Though such are not objects of general research , yet as ...
... respecting this parish , before the invasion of the English ; but the rude works of its semibarbarous in- habitants preceding that event are in many places still discernible . Though such are not objects of general research , yet as ...
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... respecting them . Mr. Gibbon observes , that " the " primitive choice of every word must have had a cause and a meaning : each name was derived from some accident , or allusion , or quality of " mind or body ; and the titles of the ...
... respecting them . Mr. Gibbon observes , that " the " primitive choice of every word must have had a cause and a meaning : each name was derived from some accident , or allusion , or quality of " mind or body ; and the titles of the ...
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... respecting the final issue of the revolution the comfortable products , which such a vast sale of timber must have given . In a country bordering on the confines of the Atlantic ocean , the shelter afforded by masses of wood , even ...
... respecting the final issue of the revolution the comfortable products , which such a vast sale of timber must have given . In a country bordering on the confines of the Atlantic ocean , the shelter afforded by masses of wood , even ...
Términos y frases comunes
acres potatoes acres wheat ancient Antiquities appears arable bally Ballylinch baron of Courtstown branch Butler Callan Carew church Clare county of Kilkenny county of Tipperary court Courtstown Courtstown Castle crown culm daughter descendants Desmond died ditto domini duke earl of Desmond earl of Ormond Edward eldest Elizabeth England English estates farmers feudal Fitz Fitz-Gerald Garret Gerald Grace family Grace of Courtstown Grace of Gracefield Grace's castle Grace's country Grace's Parish Gracefield branch granted ground heir Henry hills improvement Ireland Irish James John Grace Kildare KILKENNY CASTLE Kilmanagh king king of Leinster lands leaving issue Legan Leinster lime Liveries lord deputy lord of Decies manor married meadow miles Monastic oats patent possession Proprietors queen Queen's county rath Raymond le Gros reign rent rest grazed Richard Grace Robert Grace seneschal sheep Sheffield sir Oliver Grace Strongbow survey tion town townland Tullaroan vale Walsh wife William le Gras
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Página 106 - Our calmer judgment will rather tend to moderate than to suppress the pride of an ancient and worthy race. The satirist may laugh, the philosopher may preach ; but Reason herself will respect the prejudices and habits which have been consecrated by the experience of mankind.
Página 106 - A lively desire of knowing and of recording our ancestors so generally prevails, that it must depend on the influence of some common principle in the minds of men.
Página 86 - ... meeting one Day forty Men, Women and Children, near the Wood of Kildonan, who were coming for greater Security to live within his Quarters, caused them all to be killed. Some Soldiers of the King's Army being taken in a Village in Grace's Parish, Colonel Axtel caused all the Inhabitants of the said Village to be apprehended, hanged three of them, and sold the rest to the Barbadoes.
Página 36 - The walls of this tower were of considerable thickness, and the rests and fire-places within showed it to have originally admitted five floors. From the sides of this great square tower, two wings extended, which terminated on the east and west with round towers. The east front consequently exhibited on its southern angle, one of these round towers, and further northwards...
Página 22 - The possession of extensive districts rewarded these military chieftains, and from such splendid acquisitions the services of their own subordinate adherents were also largely recompensed. Among these princely grants was that of Grace's country to Raymond le Gros. This consisted of a vast tract of land, comprehending, it is said, the barony of Cranagh, and extending northwards by the liberties of Kilkenny and the river Nore, to the borders of the Queen's County ; and thence southwards along the borders...
Página 35 - A tradition prevails that the castles of Tullaroan and Courtstown were distinct structures, and the former having been destroyed in a hostile irruption of the Irish, the latter was erected on a different site. The ruins of this edifice evinced considerable grandeur, as well as great strength. They exhibited the spirit of a powerful chieftain, and the taste of a feudal age. Courtstown castle consisted of an outward ballium or envelope, having a round tower at each angle, and also at each side of an...
Página 35 - Castle consisted of an outward ballium of envelope, having a round tower at each angle, and also at each side of an embattled entrance to the south, which was further defended by a portcullis. Within this area, or outward court, comprehending about an acre of ground, stood the body of the castle, enclosing an inner court of an oblong form.
Página 86 - ... who was his heir, and of what age; in order to entitle the king to his marriage, wardship, relief, primer-seisin, or other advantages, as the circumstances of the case might turn out.
Página 122 - ... of prey, Deaf to the forceful cries of gnawing hunger, And piteous plaintive voice of misery, (As if a slave was not a shred of nature, Of the same common nature...
Página 36 - ... its southern angle one of these round towers, and further northwards stood a similar tower, flanking a portal which led into the inner court formerly furnished with a portcullis.— Between this last flanking round tower and a square tower at the northern angle was a spacious room or hall, of an oblong shape, occupying the entire space. The north front consisted of a high embattled wall connecting two square towers, and inclosing the inner area on that side.