Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland . ^ Castle Caulfield. Tyrone, an inland county of Ulster, was inhabited in the time of Ptolemyby the Scoti. It was afterwards known as the district or kingdom of Kinel-Eoghain, and frequently called Tyr-owen, from which its present name isderived. From the earliest period of the Irish annals it was known as the chiefseat of the ONials, a race who were, accord
Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland . ^ Castle Caulfield. Tyrone, an inland county of Ulster, was inhabited in the time of Ptolemyby the Scoti. It was afterwards known as the district or kingdom of Kinel-Eoghain, and frequently called Tyr-owen, from which its present name isderived. From the earliest period of the Irish annals it was known as the chiefseat of the ONials, a race who were, according to Camden, kings in Irelandbefore Christianity, tyranizing it in Ulster before the coming of St. in the time of Henry III. the royal dignity attached to them ; thatmonarch, in a letter to the Irish princes, styles ONeil king of the people ofTir-oen. The chiefs of the race fill a large space in history, making their terri-tory eminently conspicuous. The careers of the ONeills, who flourished duringthe Tudor era, attracted particular attention, and are subjects of thrilling interestto romancers, poets, and historians. Shane ONeill assumed the sovereignty ofUlster, and maintained so vigorous a war against the English th
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