Volume 1

The beauties of Ireland. Being original delineations, topographical, historical, and biographical, of each county / By J.N. Brewer. Illustrated with engravings, by J. & H.S. Storer, after original drawings, chiefly by Mr. Petrie.

  • Brewer, J. N. (James Norris)
Date:
1825-1826
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Credit: The beauties of Ireland. Being original delineations, topographical, historical, and biographical, of each county / By J.N. Brewer. Illustrated with engravings, by J. & H.S. Storer, after original drawings, chiefly by Mr. Petrie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    river Briga,’’ (the river Brigus of Ptolemy is now termed the river Barrow) “‘ for their limit, and whose chief city is called Brigantia.”’ Under the description of the “‘ eastern side,’’ he includes the tract of coast ‘ which reaches from the Sacred Promontory as far as Rhobegdium. The Menapii, inhabiting the Sacred Promontory; had their chief city apa Hee river Modona, (the river Slaney) called by the same name.”’ The distance between this part and « Menapia in Dimetia’’ (St. David’s in. South Wales) he states to be thirty miles. Beyond these people, the Cauci had their metropolis, Dunum, (supposed to be Dunamase, in the Queen’s County) and the river Oboca (Avon-more) washed their. ov m ries. ‘ Both these nations were undoubtedly: of Teutonic origin ; sir ancestors first passed over, though, most probably, a little while before Czesar’s arrival in Britain.’ . but it is not known at what precise time t Beyond the tribes last mentioned were the Bblan&, «© whose chief city was Mediolanum, upon the river Lebius. More to the north was Lebarum,* the city of the Voluntii, whose rivers were Vinderust+ and Buvinda, (the river Boyne). The Damnii occupied the part of the island lying above these people, and contiguous to the Rhobogdii. Their chief city was Dunum.”’ Having thus noticed the tribes who inha author proceeds to specify the people who 0 ecupied the interior. abited the coast, our « The Coriondii bordered upon the Cauci and Menapii, above the Brigantes: the Scotti possessed the remaining part of the island, which from them took the name of Scotia. Among many of their cities, the remembrance of two only has reached our times ; the one Rheba, on the lake and river Rhebius ; the other, rabicr situated at the east side of the river Senus.”’ (dobel In the preceding pages we have confined our reiniati to such subjects concerning the early population of Ireland, as can scarcely * Probably the Laberus of Ptolemy, the site of which city is now unknown. + The Vinder ius of Ptolemy is described by Sir J. Ware as ‘* the bay of Carrickfergus, or the mouth of the river Lagan, which there dischargeth itself into the sea.”’