Stories of persons and places in Europe . hardly a leader son performed themost heroic deeds, but inthe afternoon he was slain,just as the tide of battlewas turning in favor ofthe Irish. All of Briansother sons perished even the young grand-son, only fifteen years ofage was found dead withhis hand still grasping thehair of a Dane whom hehad killed. Saddest of allthe aged Brian himself,while praying in his tentwas slain by a Dane whohad made his way thither from the field. But none of these calamities made the Irish soldiers paused for nothing until the Danes wer


Stories of persons and places in Europe . hardly a leader son performed themost heroic deeds, but inthe afternoon he was slain,just as the tide of battlewas turning in favor ofthe Irish. All of Briansother sons perished even the young grand-son, only fifteen years ofage was found dead withhis hand still grasping thehair of a Dane whom hehad killed. Saddest of allthe aged Brian himself,while praying in his tentwas slain by a Dane whohad made his way thither from the field. But none of these calamities made the Irish soldiers paused for nothing until the Danes were beaten back. It has been said that the sun of Ireland set in a flash of glory, meaningthat the brilliant victory at Clontarf closed her career of greatness. AfterBrians death king Malachy again became high-king and for eight years thecountry continued to prosper. But when he died civil wars began. Brian had set a bad example in taking the government away from a goodking and all the ambitious princes were not slow in following it after. BLARNEY CASTLE. 150 Persons and Places in Europe. Malachys death. For more than a hundred years they strove and foughtwith each other, sacrificing their countrys good for their own selfish aims,and thus prepared the way for Henry II. of England to step in as a peace-maker and afterward demand their allegiance in return for his services. A Transplanted Nation.—When the Irish, after a struggle of fourhundred years, had been compelled to submit to the English, afresh calamitybefell them. The English as a nation became Protestants, while the Irishremained Catholics. Bitter hatred sprang up between the two sects and theEnglish determined to put an end to Catholicism in Ireland. The Irish roseagain and battled for their faith as heroically as they had for their independ-ence, but they were defeated. Elizabeth took away the lands of their mostgallant defenders and gave them to her English favorites. Nearly the wholeprovince of Munster was planted in


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