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The Round Towers of Ireland; or, The History of the Tuath-De-Danaans — Henry O'Brien

The Round Towers of Ireland; or, The History of the Tuath-De-Danaans

Henry O'Brien

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 546 pages

A Victorian antiquarian history of Ireland's round towers and the legendary Tuath Dé Danann. Henry O'Brien gathers lore, etymology and speculation to argue that the towers and the Tuatha Dé Danann have ancient eastern connections. It is a notable example of imaginative nineteenth-century scholarship for readers interested in Irish mysteries and antiquarian debate.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. THE ROUND TOWERS OF IRELAND
  2. CONTENTS
  3. INTRODUCTION
  4. SYNOPSIS
  5. DEDICATION OF THE FIRST EDITION
  6. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
  7. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  8. CHAPTER I.
  9. CHAPTER II.
  10. CHAPTER III.
  11. CHAPTER IV.
  12. CHAPTER V.
  13. CHAPTER VI.
  14. CHAPTER VIII.
  15. CHAPTER IX.
  16. CHAPTER X.
  17. CHAPTER XI.
  18. CHAPTER XII.
  19. CHAPTER XIII.
  20. CHAPTER XIV.
  21. CHAPTER XV.
  22. CHAPTER XVI.
  23. CHAPTER XVII.
  24. CHAPTER XVIII.
  25. CHAPTER XIX.
  26. CHAPTER XX.
  27. CHAPTER XXI.
  28. CHAPTER XXII.
  29. CHAPTER XXIII.
  30. CHAPTER XXIV.

and 11 more chapters

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