Dunraven, Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-Quin, Earl of, 1812-1871, Stokes, Margaret, 1832-1900 · London, G. Bell and Sons · leaf 339
nt use of certain ornamental designs characteristic of the lateCeltic period which had been common to Britain and Ireland before the Roman occupationof Britain. The reason why the Irish Church persevered in the erection of such small buildingsas places of worship may be sought for in the character… … Doorway, Kilmalkedar. Of the Romanesque of Ireland. 191 of clanship pervaded the Church, and this spirit, as Dr. Todd has observed, is the key toall Irish history. The Church was composed of small independent families, each honouringits bishop as its chieftain, and holding him to be the spiritual…
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