History of Kilsaran union of parishes in the County of Louth, being a history of the parishes of Kilsaran, Gernonstown, Stabannon, Manfieldstown, and Dromiskin, with many particulars relating to the parishes of Richardstown, Dromin, and Darver, comprising a large section of mid-Louth . ered a bronze axe, a bone harp peg bearing traces ofthe friction of the harp string, and a bronze plate, with inter-lacing, on the back of which was a rough runic inscription DOMNAL SELSHOFOTH A SOERTH THETA, which has been translated Domnal Seals-head owned thissword. (See Illustrations.) This runic inscription
History of Kilsaran union of parishes in the County of Louth, being a history of the parishes of Kilsaran, Gernonstown, Stabannon, Manfieldstown, and Dromiskin, with many particulars relating to the parishes of Richardstown, Dromin, and Darver, comprising a large section of mid-Louth . ered a bronze axe, a bone harp peg bearing traces ofthe friction of the harp string, and a bronze plate, with inter-lacing, on the back of which was a rough runic inscription DOMNAL SELSHOFOTH A SOERTH THETA, which has been translated Domnal Seals-head owned thissword. (See Illustrations.) This runic inscription is speciallyinteresting as it is the only one that has yet been found inIreland. Though the Danes have left traces of their invasionof Ireland in the names of many places nowhere else have theyleft behind them a rune, so that Greenmount is unique inthis respect. The plate is now in the possession of theRoyal Irish Academy. A French authority, M. Vigfusson,pronounced the letters to be of the eleventh century—pro-bably they are somewhat earlier. General Lefroy seems to have thought the moundDanish and not earlier than 795. The Danes and Norwegianshad however other work to perform—work which was to themmuch less unpleasant, and much more after the taste of sea- Greenmount. 17. Greenmount—Section of in 1870.
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