HISTORICAL SKETCHES

OF THE ANCIENT

NATIVE IRISH

AND

THEIR DESCENDANTS;

ILLUSTRATIVE OF THEIR PAST AND PRESENT STATE

WITH REGARD TO

LITERATURE, EDUCATION, AND ORAL
INSTRUCTION.

BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON.

If ever on thy eyelid stood the tear

That pity hath engender'd-drop one here.-Cowper.

Yet that population is endowed by nature with great mental vivacity, and
a remarkable aptitude for every species of intellectual labour.-Thierry.

EDINBURGH;

PUBLISHED BY

OLIVER & BOYD, TWEEDDALE-COURT;

AND

GEO. B. WHITTAKER, AVE-MARIA-LANE, LONDON.

1828.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

DEPOSITED BY THE LIBRARY OF THE

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Oct. 21, 1939

Oliver & Boyd, Printers.

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In adversis etiam fida.

то

THE DESCENDANTS OF THE ANCIENT

NATIVE IRISH,

AND TO ALL WHO BEFRIEND THEM,

THESE PAGES ARE INSCRIBED BY

THE AUTHOR.