NOTES. 1) Brien Baromhe, the great monarch of Ireland, who was killed at the battle of Clontarf, in the beginning of the 11th century, after having defeated the Danes in twenty-five engagements. 2) Munster. 3) The palace of Brien. 4) This alludes to an interesting circumstance related of the Dalgais, the favourite troops of Brien, when they were interrupted in their return from the battle of Clontarf, by Fitzpatrick, prince of Ossory. The wounded men entreated that they might be allowed to fight with the rest. ,,Let stakes (they said) be stuck in the ground, and suffer each of us, tied to and supported by one of these stakes, to be` placed in his rank by the side of a sound man.“ ,,Between seven and eight hundred wounded men (adds O'Halloran) pale, emaciated, and supported in this manner, appeared mixed with the foremost of the troops; never was such another sight exhibited."- - History of Ireland, book XII. chap. 1. 5.,,In every house was one or two harps, free to all travellers, who were the more caressed, the more they excelled in music.“ — O'Halloran. Anmerkungen. 1) Brien Baromhe, der große König von Irland, fiel in der Schlacht bei Clontarf, im Anfange des 11ten Jahrhunderts, nachdem er die Dänen in fünfundzwanzig Gefechten besiegt. 2) Munster. 3) Brien's Pallast. * Dies bezieht sich auf einen denkwürdigen Umstand, der von den Dalgais, Brien's Lieblingstruppen, erzählt wird, als sie in ihrem Rückmarsch aus der Schlacht bei Clontarf von Fizpatrick, Prinzen von Ossory, unterbrochen wurden. Die Verwundeten ba= ten, in Gemeinschaft der Undern fechten zu dürfen. — Laßt Pfähle (sagten fie) in die Erde stecken, und gestattet jedem von uns, an einen der Pfähle ge= bunden und von demselben gestüht, in sein früheres Glied an der Seite eines gesunden Mannes einge= reiht zu werden.“ „Sieben bis achthundert verwundete Kämpfer (fügt O'Halloran bei), bleich, erschöpft und in dieser Art gestüßt, erschienen in den vordersten Schaaren eingereiht; - etwas Aehnliches war nie gesehen.“ Geschichte von Irland, Buch XII. Cap. 1. 5) In jedem Hause waren ein oder zwei Harfen, zum freien Gebrauch aller Reifenden, denen man um so mehr Huld erwies, je mehr sie sich in der Musik hervorthaten." — D'Halloran. 6) These verses are meant to allude to that ancient haunt of superstition, called Patrick's Purgatory. ,,In the midst of these gloomy regions of Donegall (says Dr. Campbell) lay a lake, which was to become the mystic theatre of this fabled and intermediate state. In the lake were several islands; but one of them was dignified with that called the Mouth of Purgatory, which, during the dark ages, attracted the notice of all Christendom, and was the resort of penitents and pilgrims from almost every country in Europe." ,,It was," as the same writer tells us,,,one of the most dismal and dreary spots in the North, almost inaccessible, through deep glens and rugged mountains, frightful with impending rocks, and the hollow murmurs of the western winds in dark caverns, peopled only with such fantastic beings as the mind, however gay, is, from strange association, wont to appropriate to such gloomy scenes." Strictures on the Ecclesiastical and Literary History of Ireland. ") ,,The inhabitants of Arranmore are still persuaded that, in a clear day, they can see from this coast Hy Brysail or the Enchanted Island, the Paradise of the Pagan Irish, and concerning which they relate a number of romantic stories."- Beaufort's Ancient Topography of Ireland. 8),,This brought on an encounter between Malachi (the Monarch of Ireland in the tenth century) and the Danes, in which Malachi defeated two of their champions, whom he encountered successively, hand to hand, taking a collar of gold from the neck of one, and carrying off the sword of the other, as trophies of his victory.". -Warner's History of Ireland, vol I. book IX. 9) An hereditary order of Chivalry in Ulster, esta blished long before the birth of Christ. |