The Fair Hills of Ireland
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250 THE FAIR HILLS OF IRELAND ch. viii Athlone marks more than the ford of the Shannon.
It was also a terminus of the Eskir Riada, a natural causeway which led from Meath and Kildare through the treacherous expanses of the Bog of Allen. This line of drift-pravel hills crosses Ireland from Dublin to Galway Bay, and the ford marked the point where the Shannon bursts through the barrier. Thus the town, built on spurs of the Eskir, stands high rela- tively to the level of the surrounding country, a...nd on the West meath bank its highest point is marked by the lanceate spire of a modern Catholic Church — resembling in this matter almost every town in Ireland.
The town has no history in the early days of Ireland, though the name of the ford occurs constantly in Irish annals. Dr. Joyce thinks that Luan was a franklin, charged with the duty of hospitality, who maintained here a place of lodging, and that the place was called after him, Ath Luain, Luain's Ford. But when we cannot have historic certainty it is as well to take what is most picturesque, and for my etymo- logy I would sooner go to the Tain B6 Cuailgne.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
250 THE FAIR HILLS OF IRELAND ch. viii Athlone marks more than the ford of the Shannon.
It was also a terminus of the Eskir Riada, a natural causeway which led from Meath and Kildare through the treacherous expanses of the Bog of Allen. This line of drift-pravel hills crosses Ireland from Dublin to Galway Bay, and the ford marked the point where the Shannon bursts through the barrier. Thus the town, built on spurs of the Eskir, stands high rela- tively to the level of the surrounding country, a...nd on the West meath bank its highest point is marked by the lanceate spire of a modern Catholic Church — resembling in this matter almost every town in Ireland.
The town has no history in the early days of Ireland, though the name of the ford occurs constantly in Irish annals. Dr. Joyce thinks that Luan was a franklin, charged with the duty of hospitality, who maintained here a place of lodging, and that the place was called after him, Ath Luain, Luain's Ford. But when we cannot have historic certainty it is as well to take what is most picturesque, and for my etymo- logy I would sooner go to the Tain B6 Cuailgne.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Gwynn Stephen Lucius to read onlineMoreLess
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