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The history and topography of Ireland
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The Isle of Man…is equidistant from the north of Ireland and Britain. There was a great controversy in antiquity concerning the question, to which of the two countries should the island properly belong?…All agreed that since it allowed poisonous reptiles to live in it, it should belong to Britain.
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I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till I drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
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Gerald of Wales
Born:
1146
Died:
1223
(aged 77)
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