TODD, James Henthorn. Ed. by. The War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill [Cogadh Gaedhil re Gaillaibh] or The Invasions of Ireland by the Danes and Other Norsemen. From the original text. With translation and introduction. With two coloured plates, specimens from the Book of Leinster and Dublin Manuscript.
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London: Longmans, Greene, Reader and Dyer, 1867. First edition. Medium octavo. pp. ccvii, [1], 348, + errata. Title printed in red and black. Brown cloth, titled in gilt. Previous owner‟s signature and initials in pencil. A fine copy.
Contents: Description of the manuscripts used in forming the Irish text of the present work; The author, and age of the work; Summary of the contents of the work, with topographical and historical explanations of the text. Appendix: (a) The fragment of this work preserved in the Book of Leinster; (b) Chronology and genealogy of the kings of Munster and of Ireland, during the period of the Scandinavian invasions. Maelseachlainn‟s Description of the Battle of Clontarf, from the Brussels‟ MS; Genealogy of the Scandinavian Chieftains named as Leaders of the Invasions of Ireland. With Tables of the Genealogy of (A) Olaf the White, King of Dublin, and (B) of Gormo Gamle, called by the Irish Tomar. Tables of the Genealogy of the Hy Ivar, or Descendants of Ivar, (A) Limerick Branch, (B) Dublin Branch, (C) Waterford Branch. Tables of the Descendants of Cearbhall (or Carroll), Lord of Ossory and Danish King of Dublin, (A) Descendants of Cearbhall by his Sons, (B) Descendants of Cearbhall by his Daughters.
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