The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-29

OF GlendaouGh. three hundred feet and
| seven cubits the length OF the fireplace,
and seven chandeliers in that palace.
| Twice seven doors in that royal house.
Three times forty imdhas (slecping apart
ments) besides the imdah OF Cormac:
! three times fifty heroes In each imdah
| Cormac." the chroniclcr adds. had nifty
| lawgivcrs. Fifty heroes stood up in the
presence of the king when he was eating.
Three times forty cupbearers in the dun .
three times forty goblets OF carbuncle. of
silver, and Of gold. Fifty above a thou
sand TO be enumerated the household OF
the king,
Great Banquet Hall.
The description quoted understates. in
stead OF eXaggcratlng. the dimensions of
the banqueting hall, Nothing Is imItroba-
bic in the enumeration 1t contains of the
royal household and the royal guests, or
of the gold and silver treasures displayed
at the monarchS board AT the great
assemblies thousand chiefs attended
the Ard Righ's summons, A retinue OF
1900 soldicrs-the number OF heroes
housed i'll the imdhas-would be too great
possessed a great store OF precious ves-
sells set with jewels (the garnet, native
product. was called carbuncle by the Irish
Writers) VIII be believed by all who have
seer the magnificent collection OF gold
vessels In the possession of the Royal
Irish academy, or have read OF the nu-
merous gifts OF jeWeled cups PRESENTS
by Irish chiefs to religious foundations.
II was To the immense crowd assembled
10 celebrate the pagan rites that Patrick
preached at Tara. Before the pagan King,
tile mobiles he and his small band of
"shayen crowns with crooked staffs'
stood and denounced idolatry. 1t Is re-
corded that Patrick made many converts
and baffled the druids at that great en-
counter. He certainly obtained protec-
ton for his person and freedom to teach
the Christian doctrine, but he did not
succeed in converting Laoghaire, the ard
rir-l1 That monarch lived In With
the apostle, but he remained a pagan,
and when he died. In 463. he was inferred;
as befitted pagan king, 'in the external
rampant of his royal rath, to the south
east, with his shield Of valor and with his
face to the south Gas 1t were) fighting
the Lagenians." The next ard righ,
heuceforth the new sect steadily spread
over Ireland.
Expect to Find Treasures.
After the time Of Patrick the monarchs
OF Ireland continued TO reign at Tara
until the death OF Dernid in 563. That
and in punishment for his crime St
Ruadan pronounced a curse on Tara,
prophesying that no future monarch of
Ireland should reside there, The mill
of Dermid's death. The walls Of Its
palaces soon crumbled TO decay; their
foundations have lasted TO our day. Be-
meath the untroublcd soil about these
pagan chiefs. OF warriors, artisans and
slaves By them will be found the Of
fcrings, bronze figures and the like, which
pagans used to place in the tombs Of the
spears and shields. There may be found
gold ornaments, armlets and necklets and
torques such as the golden torQues which
were found on the hill in 1910, In mound
near the modern graveyard. These
torques are OF spiral. or screw shape,
simple in design, but OF great beauty in
in the collection OF the Royal Irish acad-
emy. One OF Them measures five feet
seven inches from one extremity to the
other and weighs 27 ounces . penny
but OF more delicate construction and
lighter, Its weight being II ounces pen
nyweight. These torques must have
lain on the spot where they were found
on the very hilltop for nearly 400 years.
1t seems certain that a Great mass OF
treasures such as these, personal orna-
ments. with drinking cups and domestic
utensils dating from the earliest period
of Irish history down to the time when
Celtic art was at its highest point, un-
debased by the introduction OF foreign
styles. will be. discovered at Tara. 1t is
believed also that, amidst the rude pagan
relics. there win be found relics or the
apostle Of Ireland himself. or OF his com
panions and immediate successors.
PatheticAlly mixed with relics OF 1000
years before. arms of a modern time
may be found. those which the band of
'croppies" held in their desperate stand
on Tara In 1888. And still later relics
may be embellishments from the
| forty bands. remnants OF the thousand
banners which waved around O'Connell
whsn on the the onS 18th Of August lsss he
! sembled on Tara to acclaim him
When the excavation work Is COM
! pleted, SUnion CeltiQue Will undertake
| the erection OF a new hall on the founda-
! tions OF the ancient banqueting hall
| which VIII be at once a museum OF Irish
antiquities. and a central place of meet
Ing, for all those who desire to uphold
| and advance the Celtic cause