Excerpt from The Annals of Ireland: Translated From the Original Irish of the Four Masters To complete the present publication in the best manner, excessive labour has been encountered, and great expenditure incurred, but no trouble or cost has been spared to render the work as perfect as possible, and a copy of it should be found in the public and private Libraries of the United Kingdom, for without these Annals the real his tory of Ireland must remain unknown, as they contain, together with full historical memoirs of the anglo-normans and English in Ireland, by far the most copious and accurate accounts, and interesting information ever published on the Milesian Irish their Kings, Princes, Chiefs, and Clans - their laws, manners, and customs - their religious, literary, and charitable institutions, Colleges, Churches, Monasteries, and Houses of Hospitality - their Bards, Brehons, eminent Ecclesiastics, and learned men - their Music and Minstrels - their arts of War and Peace; but are particularly rich in accounts of their military affairs, their forces and arms, their heroes and warriors, their battles and Victories and, altogether, furnish a full and impartial record of the most important events in the entire range of Irish History. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www. forgottenbooks. com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. | The Annals of Ireland by Owen Connellan, Paperback | Indigo Chapters