Excerpt from An Inquiry Concerning the Primitive Inhabitants of Ireland: Illustrated by Ptolemy's Map of Erin, Corrected by the Aid of Bardic History 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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.