An Inquiry Concerning the Primitive Inhabitants of Ireland - Illustrated by Ptolemy's Map of Erin, Corrected by the Aid of Bardic History #247386

Much learning has been abused, and mueh time wasted in endeavours to prove the authenticity of this history. One of the most learned and zealous supporters of the Milesian story, anxious to show that it could not be void of foundation, has, lately, by venturing to specify the tribe which, he says, had emigrated from Spain, unwittingly degraded the family he meant to ennoble — Vide Note 196.