Ireland's crown of thorns and roses; or, The best of her history by the best of her writers, a series of historical narratives that read as entertainingly as a novel .. . illity. Be that as it may, certain it is that Brian was everyinch a king. Neither on the Irish throne, nor on that ofany other kingdom, did sovereign ever sit more splendidlyqualified to rule; and Ireland had not for some centuriesknown such a glorious and prosperous, peaceful and happytime as the five years preceding Brians death. He causedhis authority to be not only unquestioned, but obeyed andresj^ected in every corner of
Ireland's crown of thorns and roses; or, The best of her history by the best of her writers, a series of historical narratives that read as entertainingly as a novel .. . illity. Be that as it may, certain it is that Brian was everyinch a king. Neither on the Irish throne, nor on that ofany other kingdom, did sovereign ever sit more splendidlyqualified to rule; and Ireland had not for some centuriesknown such a glorious and prosperous, peaceful and happytime as the five years preceding Brians death. He causedhis authority to be not only unquestioned, but obeyed andresj^ected in every corner of the land. So justly were thelaws administered in his name, and so loyally obeyed through-out the kingdom, that the bards relate a rather fanciful storyof a young and exquisitely beautiful lady, making, without theslightest apprehension of violence or insult, and in perfectsafety, a tour of the island on foot, alone and unprotected,though bearing about her the most costly jewels and orna-ments of gold. A national minstrel of our own times hascelebrated this illustration of the tranquillity of Brians reignin the well-known poem, Rich and rare were the gems Sculpture on Window. Cathedral Church. Glendaloiigh: Beranger, Petries Round Towers. CHAPTER IX. DARK TIMES IN IRELAND. About this time the Danish power all over Europe hadmade considerable advances. In France it had fastened it-self upon Normandy, and in England it had once more becomevictorious, the Danish prince, Sweyne, having been proclaimedking of England in 1013, though it was not until the time ofhis successor, Canute, that the Danish line were undisputedmonarchs of England. All these triumphs made them turntheir attention the more earnestly to Ireland, which they sooften and so desperately, yet so vainly, sought to win. Atlength the Danes of this country—holding several of the largesea-port cities, but yielding tribute to the Irish monarch-seem to have been roused to the design of rallying all th
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