History of Sligo, County and Town, From the Earliest Ages to the Close of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth - With Illustrations From Original Drawings and Plans #228327

With regard to the various traditions noted in this work, it has been Observed that, Although legends are not history, they form no unimportant portion of it, for they often paint to us the character and sentiments of the age better than history itself, and in the present instance they, at least, give us notions formed at the earliest period.