The History of Ireland From the Earliest Period to the English Invasion
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Turgeis was naught and Meath, and burned Cluain- taken prisoner by Maelseciilainn, mac-nois, with its oraliones, and 'i'ir- son of Maei, ruanaidii, and he was da-glas. Cluain-Ferta. Of St. Brendan, afterwards drowned in Lorn Uair, and many others. — See the Anmi's of tiirou(;u the miracle of God, and the Fmir Mfistcrs, the Anna's of Ulster, Kiaran, and the saints in general. " and the Annals of Clon-mac-nois, from — Four Masters. which these entrias are taken, in order ' Defeats. 'J'hesc engage...ments have to bring Turgeis, or 'I'urgcsius the been cither already mentioned, or will Tyrant, as he is called, to the culmi- be found under the reign of Macl- nating point of his career of devasta- sechlainu. THE HISTORY OF IRELAND. 507 King of Meath, routed thuir host at the battle of GLas Linui, in which fight one thousand seven hundred of the men of Lochlainn were slain. But though numerous were the battles and conflicts wherein the Gaels fought against Turgesius and his Lochlannaigb, still, by means of tlie greatness of his fleet, and of the numerous hosts that it continued to bring over to his aid from Norwegia, and other countries in the north of Europe, it came to pass that he at length succeeded in vanquishing the Gaelic nation, and re- duced it to bondage and serfdom to himself and to his Almur- aigh.
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