O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890 · Boston, Ticknor and company · leaf 200
)le. They conquered the Fir-bolirs, and ruled Ire-land for two cen-turies, till conqueredin their turn l)v the]\Iilesians, who camefrom Spain. (An-cient Irish annalistscall them Scythians.)All these weaponswere made of finebronze, as were allthe weapons of theIrish down to aboutFiRBOLo cRAisECH.… … ANCIENT WEAPONS USED IN IRELAND. 177 The ancient Irish, also, used slighter, pointedspears (the slegh and the Jaiglivi) for both thrust-ing and throwing; some splendid bronze speci-mens of these are preserved in the Museum ofthe Eoyal Irish Academy.
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