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Rh successions and battles of kings; the victories of saints of Leinster.

Then follows this impressive outline of the field and the fair of Carman:—

This remarkable poem, coming down to us from remote antiquity, is one of the many proofs Ireland has to offer of the early civilization and refinement of her people. There are invaluable stores of ancient Gaelic learning and poetry still concealed in the museums and libraries of Europe. "These old poems show," says Prof. O'Curry,