A Reading Book in Irish History

by P. W. Joyce

[Establishment], the whole house, and all belonging to it.

[Liberal], plentiful.

[Gorget], an ornamental collar for the neck: the Irish gorgets were mostly of gold.

[Bronze], a mixed metal made of copper and tin melted together. The ancient Irish used a sort of white or whitish bronze, which they called findruine [finn´-drin-ă].

[Enamel], a beautiful glassy substance, of various colours, used in metal work.

[Museum], a place where curiosities of all kinds are kept, especially objects belonging to ancient times.

[Artificer], an artist, a worker in metals, bone, wood, &c.

[Old Irish Laws]: these were called the Brehon Laws.

[Commerce], trade with foreign nations.