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" Every one who is white [of skin], brown [of hair], bold, honourable, daring, prosperous, bountiful in the bestowal of property, wealth, and rings, and who is not afraid of battle or combat — they are the descendants of the sons of Milesians in Erinn. "
The Home and Foreign Review - Page 160
1864
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 37

Literature - 1889 - 1060 pages
...Milesians, Dananns, and Firbolgs : Every one who is white of skin, brown of hair, bold, honorable, daring, prosperous, bountiful in the bestowal of property,...— they are the descendants of Milesius in Erinn. blood under Cromwell there existed traditions of differences in complexion and size between at least...
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Lectures on the manuscript materials of ancient Irish history

Eugene O'Curry - 1861 - 834 pages
...the Firbolgs, fir Domhnanns and Gailiuns, and the Tuatha Dé Danann, and the Milesians. " Every one who is white [of skin], brown [of hair], bold, honourable,...of battle or combat ; they are the descendants of the sons of Milesius, in Erinn. " Every one who is fair-haired, vengefiil, large ; and every plunderer...
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THE MONTH: A MAGAZINE AND REVIEW

The Month A Magazine and Review - 1868 - 658 pages
...Milesians, gives, from very old authorities, the following descriptive particulars of each. ''Every one who is white of skin, brown of hair, bold, honourable,...of battle or combat ; they are the descendants of the sons of Milcsius in Erinn. " Every one who is fair-haired, vengeful, large ; and every plunderer;...
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A History of the City and County of Cork

Mary Francis Cusack - Cork (Ireland : County) - 1875 - 644 pages
...Firbolgs, Fir Domhnanns and Gailiuns, and the Tuatha-de-Dananns and the Milesians : — " Every one who is white [of skin], brown [of hair], bold, honourable,...of battle or combat — they are the descendants of the sons of Milesians in Erinn. "Every one who is fair-haired, vengeful, large, and every plunderer,...
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The Aryan Origin of the Gaelic Race and Language: Showing the Present and ...

Ulick Joseph Bourke - Celts - 1875 - 588 pages
...MacFirbis, the genealogist, writes of the Milesian, a race to -which he himself belonged : " Every man who is white of skin, brown of hair, bold, honourable, daring, prosperous, bountiful in battle or combat — they are the descendants of the sons of Milesians in Erinn." All these different...
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The Aryan Origin of the Gaelic Race and Language

Ulick J. Bourke - Celts - 1875 - 570 pages
...MacPirbis, the genealogist, writes of the Milesian, a race to which he himself belonged : " Every man who ia white of skin, brown of hair, bold, honourable, daring, prosperous, bountiful in battle or combat — they are the descendants of the sons of Milesians in Erinn." All these different...
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The Aryan Origin of the Gaelic Race and Language

Ulick J. Bourke - Celts - 1875 - 570 pages
...MacFirbis, the genealogist, writes of the Milesian, a race to which he himself belonged : " Every man who ia white of skin, brown of hair, bold, honourable, daring, prosperous, bountiful in battle or combat — they are tha descendants of the sons of Milesians in Erinn." All these different...
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Our Nationalities ...

James Bonwick - Ethnology - 1880 - 544 pages
...Firbolg origin. Mac Firbis, to whom the present learned are much indebted, has these words : " Every one who is white of skin, brown of hair, bold, honourable,...prosperous, bountiful in the bestowal of property, and who is not afraid of battle and combat, these are the descendants of Milesius in Erin." He thus...
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Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland, Volume 2

Lady Wilde - Folklore - 1887 - 404 pages
...MacFirbis, who, I suppose, claimed descent from the sons of Milesius, wrote about them : " Every one who is white of skin, brown of hair, bold, honourable,...prosperous, bountiful in the bestowal of property, and who is not afraid of battle or combat, they are the descendants of the sons of Milesius in Erin."...
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Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland, Volume 2

Lady Wilde - Folklore - 1887 - 392 pages
...of skin, brown of hair, bold, honourable, daring, prosperous, bountiful in the bestowal of property, and who is not afraid of battle or combat, they are the descendants of the sons of Milesius in Erin." This high panegyric is only equalled by the prose and verse compositions...
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