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A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1855)

Burke, Bernard, Sir, 1814-1892. cn · London, Hurst and Blackett · leaf 191

An illustration from A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1855, leaf 191 — e ancient cantred of Sodliam,which was divided into six disti-icts. Thesecontinued for a long time to be held by theMilesian septs of OMannin (chief of thewhole cantred), Mac Ward, OScun-y, OLon-nan, OCaisin, OGealan, and O^iagin : ofwhom the Irish bard, ODugan, says tliey Chiefs not tn be… … 5 SEATS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 163 principal strongliold. Here OMaunin heldsway till about 1352, when OKelly, king orchief of the Hi-Many, stormed the castle, andhanged its gallant possessor, a summary modeof proceeding by no means rare in those wildtimes. The sept then retreated to the…

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