Scoil: Clochar na Toirbhirte (uimhir rolla 969)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. Stray Notes on the History of the Barony of Forth and Bargy (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   formed a lake or lough called from Garman Loch Garmain. The harbour was afterwards styled Loch Garman. The Slaney and its harbour figure prominently in the Invasion of the Firbolgs and Picts and Milesians.

   An Irish poet of the twelfth century writes of it:-

   
   "King of the Lake, this lake to the South,

   Loch Garmain of the bright poets,

   Branching- head haven of the ships

   Assembly plain of the light boats.

   
   It is where the hosts came

   To Port Cael Rinna of the co-drinking

   From the man which they brought here

   It is from it Raymond is called

   
   This name Raymond is preserved in the point of the Raven, and Hantown Channel represents another ancient landmark - abhainn tonn - the river wave. The town of Menapii occupied this district also in Ptolemey map the name of Wexford is given as the name Menapii. 580 years before the Christian Era - Loch Garman was the most ancient market for Irish made mentioned in history.

   The Danes settled here about 888 A.D. and built a new town which they called

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

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