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THE ANCIENT GAMES.
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afford a complete answer to the statements which we see sometimes made, that the Danes conquered the country, and their chiefs ruled over it as sovereigns.'"
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| CRAISECH, with Firbolg fastening and Tuatha Dé Danauu point. | FIRBLOG FIARLANNA,OH CURVED POINTLESS BLADE. | |
The truth is, the Danes never had any permanent settlement in Ireland except in a few seaport towns; and even there they had not much ownership of land, but were sea-traders and merchants.
erfleet, Carnsore, Ireland's Eye, Lambay, Dalkey, Howth, Leixlip, and Oxmantown . . The termination ford is the northern word fiord, or inlet of the sea." (Joyce, "Irish Names of Places.")
