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FOWLER,JOHN STREET.PASIECROW STREET,3CONTENTS. IN ANCIENTLECTURE XIX. OF BUILDINGS, FURNITURE, ETC., ERINN . V . . . . . . 122 ETC. numberOF Ofthe(VII.) BUILDINGS, FURNITURE, (continued). and succession of the colonists of ancient Erinn. Tradition ascribes no to Parthalon or his their mounds atbuildings people ; sepulchral near Dublin. of the the theDefinitions Li*,Tallaght Rath, Dun, the and the the latter two were of stoneCaiseal, Cathair; ; many modern townland-names derived from these remains ofterms ; " of these structures still exist. Rath na or Bath ofthemany Righ "at Tara the Teach Mdr Milibh or Great House ofKings", ; Amus, the Thousands of Soldiers". Several houses were often included within the same Dun, or Caiseal. Extent of thedemesneRath, Lis, landsofTara. TheRath or CathairofAileach account ofits; building ; the houses within the Rath as well as the latter were of stone ; why called Aileach ? Aileach mentioned AccountFrigrind by Ptolemy. "of the Rath of Cruachan inthe TainBo Fraich. The House of the inBranch". ofaDun Land. The termsRoyal Description Fairy Rath, and Lis to the samekind of enclosure. TheDun, Foradh atapplied Tara. ofthe houseof Cred. Two classes ofDescription builders, the and the CatseaZ-builder listRath-\mi\Aer, of the of ; professors both arts from theBook of Leinster. Dubhaltach Mac FirbissigKs of the hissame list observations in answer tothose whocopy (note) ; the existence of in ancient Erinn.deny The ofstone-building story "Bricnu's Feast of his house his Grianan or sun ; plan ; house" his ; invitation to Conchobar and the Ultonians he sows dissensions; the women the Briathar Ban Uladhamong ; his house was; made of wicker-work. LECTURE XX. OF INETC., ANCIENTBUILDINGS, FURNITURE, ERINN . . . . . . . 2338 ETC. The(VII.) BUILDINGS, FURNITURE, ; (continued). description of in our ancient even when inbuildings andMSS., poetical form, not accurate as to are still valuable for the ofstrictly date, object "these lectures. of the evidenceVeracity respecting the GreatCONTEXTS.vi MacHall" of Tara in the time of Cormac asAirt, givenBanqueting no which took at TaraDr. Petrie record of theby ; changes place to that time. Residences of the monarchs of Erinn aftersubsequent of other celebrated residences