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NOTES.
In limes of paganism, we find, in Ireland, females de-
Toted to celibacy.
There was in Tarah, a royal foundation of this kind,
wherein none were admitted but virgins of the noblest
blood. It WHS called Cluan-Feart, or the place of retire-
ment till death, from cluan, a resting place, and feart, a
grave; as they never quilted the precincts of the temple
from their first reception. The duty of these virgins was
to keep up constantly the fires of Beal and Sahmin.
O'Halloran.
CANTO THE THIRD.
Folio 83.
Thy servant dwells with Kenneth-bawne,
And bids thee to the beatagh's board.
Irish hospitality was so celebrated as to become prover-
bial ; it became an object of state policy ; and laws and
regulations were made by the national council for its con-
duct. Lands ia every part of the kingdom were allotted
for its support ; and the beataghs, or keepers of houses of
In limes of paganism, we find, in Ireland, females de-
Toted to celibacy.
There was in Tarah, a royal foundation of this kind,
wherein none were admitted but virgins of the noblest
blood. It WHS called Cluan-Feart, or the place of retire-
ment till death, from cluan, a resting place, and feart, a
grave; as they never quilted the precincts of the temple
from their first reception. The duty of these virgins was
to keep up constantly the fires of Beal and Sahmin.
O'Halloran.
CANTO THE THIRD.
Folio 83.
Thy servant dwells with Kenneth-bawne,
And bids thee to the beatagh's board.
Irish hospitality was so celebrated as to become prover-
bial ; it became an object of state policy ; and laws and
regulations were made by the national council for its con-
duct. Lands ia every part of the kingdom were allotted
for its support ; and the beataghs, or keepers of houses of
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| Description | "a fine-Eirin : a poem, in six cantos : with notes, intended to delineate the manners and state of society of Ancient Ireland." (Imperfect: missing pages 83-94.) |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.99 |
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| Description | Selected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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