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An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800

CHAPTER XII
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In Irish, _gaill_ is the nom., and _gall_, gen.
[195] _Streets_ .-- In Armagh the buildings were formed into streets and wards, for the better preservation of monastic discipline.

Armagh was divided into three parts--_trian-more_, the town proper; _trian-Patrick_, the cathedral close; and _trian-Sassenagh_, the home of the foreign students.
[196] _Michaelmas_ .-- Annals, p.371.Another fearful thunderstorm is recorded in the Annals for 799.

This happened on the eve of St.
Patrick's Day.

It is said that a thousand and ten persons were killed on the coast of Clare.

The island of Fitha (now Mutton Island) was partly submerged, and divided into three parts.


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