Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-27


G vasion of Ireland by the Nemedian.
under King of Nemedius, coming from
the far distant Black sea. They fine
, another race In the country, the For.
, morians, a barbarous and piraticaI
tribe, with whom they wage incess
: ant war, and who finally triumph ovei
n them and drive them out of the island
! | The scene represented Il contest be
, tween the Nemedians and the Formo'
reans. The ground is covered with
dead bodies, while dozen warriors
are engaged in haud-to-hand strug'
gle with javelens and sword
The third invasion of Ireland by
Della, king of the Firbolgs, decendents
of the ancient Neomedians, was return
to Ireland from the north OF Europe
after centuries of absence. King Della
is seated on his throne surrounded by
his warriors and bards, sentencing to
death the Formarians whom his men
have captured.
The fourth invasion of Ireland
by Meadh, King of the Tuatha De Den.
an, another tribe decended from the
Nermedians and who return to Ireland
from Greece, where they had been
living for centuries. They We're skill
ed IN wizardries, great Druids and
through their magic art, overcame the
Frbolgs and seated on the throne
Meadh. of the silver hand, so called,
because, having lost his band in bat.
tie, its place was supplied by one of
pure silver. The tableau represented
la Drudical festival. The
warriors are standing az
the altar, around which are a dozen
stone cromlechs, with sacrifical offer
ings burning on them. The Druid re-
eli es the lamentations which will
bring about the defeat of the enemy.
Fifth and last, invasion of Ireland
by the Gael under Meledh. from whom
the Irish people of to-day are de-
scended. The Gael are seen in the act
of discriminating from their boats and
taking possession of the new land.
These five tableGux show the gradu-
III improvement and civilization of
the Irish. The Nemedi ms, for in
stance, were clad only i'm skins and
boosted no other weapons than rude
flint spear, whereas the Gael wore the
finest steel armor and possessed VA
riety of weapons, shields, swords,
spears, etc.
A HOST OF LEGENDARY KINGS
of early Ireland follow. First among
them Eochead. who married the
daughter of Prince David of Wales,
and thus established friendly relations
with Albion. The tableau represented
a marriage ceremony after the Druidi- |
cal. fashion. The kings palace is Il
very rude affair, rooted with peat and |
supported by rough pillars of straw. |
The ID. uid pronounces the benedic ion,
while the harpers and bards wait in at
tendance to furnish music for the mar
riunp 1T aud N uin,r A
plots of Eochesd.
SCOTT,
king OF the Irish nation, $40, Il. c..
returning from the chase and bringing
with him stag he has Just slain. ScLtl
stops at peasants house,
rude stone cabin, surrounded by a
containing dozens OF chick
ems, dogs, geese and other domestic
fowls and animals.
KING MILEsIUs AND HIS COURT.
Ireland has made wonderful prog
ress since the day of Scott. The pal
ace of Tara is represented here, beau
tiful building. King Milesius and IA
council of his warriors are discussing
the condition of his country.
IREAL Fade, THE PROPHET. !
The last of the Milasian kings of !
Ireland. The king and his counsellors
ire out walking when they encounter I
n field Il party of Irish peasants. 1t
8 to the latter that the king prophe-
sies, foretelling to each Of them his
fate.
COuHrSHip OF THE PoEr ossIAN.
The king and princess are seated be-
meath royal. canopy, surrounded by
their attendants, and witnessing the
contest that is going on in the arena.
Ossian overcomes all the other war
riors, Stays four of them and obtains
the hand of the princess as II reward
for his courage.
KING NAL OF THE NINE HERIrAGEs,
the last and most celebrated of all the
pagan kings of Ireland. returning
home, in his new chariot, with his ,
soldiers, having before him the
plate and silver vessels he has cap.
tured in his incursions into Albion and
Gaul, the greater portion of which two
countries lie conquered, extending his
conquests very nearly to the gates of
Rome.
ST. PATRICK
King Laeghere or Leary,
the celebrated scene at
Tara, when st Patrick is invited to
the great Druidical festival of lighting ,
the fires of Baals. and SO eloquently +.
shows the beauties of Christianity
there that the king becomes Chris
tian on the spot and compels all his
to do the same.
THE LAST RALLY or pRUIDIsM
against Christianity, when the Druids,
who feel their power weakening, make
one last struggle for the old religion, {
and are crushed out by the Christian :
king of Leinster. The scene repre-
sented is the battlefield wherein the l
pagan forces met with overwhelming /
defeat
The ratification of n treaty between {
some of the nine kings of Ireland, who I
were nearly always engaged in inter.
necine strife with each other. The /
scene is laid In one of the nine royal ,
palaces, building with broad Grim j
son arches and crowned with males.
+ic dome. I
KING TERGEsIus {
,utting OF the noses of the tax resisters, Z
who refused to pay the Leinster cattle
AK, which kept ancient Ireland al wa . Z
n hot water. A church, whose stee- y
pies rose almost as high as any house !
IN the streets through which it passed, u
stands in the foreground. In the gate e
way is the venerable king aud his :
laughter experimenting the job OF q
cutting of the noses of The refractory 4
peasants. A party OF oflicer4 and sol i