The general history of Ireland

The general history of Ireland

Full title: 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. A succinct Account of the Reigns of all the Kings of Ireland, with the several Attempts and Invasions upon that Island. IV. 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, to guard themselves from the Surprizes and frequent Incursions of the Scots and Irish. V. 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 I. 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, with many curious Amendments taken from the Psalters of Tara and Cashel, and other authentick Records, by Dermo'd O Connor, Antiquary of the Kingdom of Ireland. Illustrated with above one hundred and sixty Coats of Arms of the ancient Irish, with particular Genealogies of many noble Families, curiously engraved upon forty two Copper Plates, by the best Masters.

Keating, Geoffrey, 1570?-1644

London : Printed by J. Bettenham, for B. Creake, at the Bible in Jermyn Street, St. James's

MDCCXXIII 1723

[8], vi, xxiv, [10], 563 [i.e. 559, 3], 12 pages, 41 leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait, map ; 35 cm (Fol)

Circulated in manuscript during the late seventeenth century as 'Foras feasa ar Éirinn'.
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'. - With a list of subscribers.
The last six leaves contain genealogies.
Pp. 109-112 omitted.

Inscription: William D. O'Ryan 1 August, 1959.

Gift of Daniel Woolf

English

DA93 .K43 1723,
English Short Title Catalogue, T122585