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The McGovern's
Table of Contents

Dedication Page 3
McGovern Coat of Arms and Crest - Notes Page 4

Preface

 Page 6
Authors Introduction Page 7
Sons and Daughters of Summer Page 8
The Celts Page 9
The UI-BRIUIN of Breifni Page 14
How the McGovern's got to Tullyhaw Page 15

How they lived in Old Ireland

 Page 18
The Book of the MAGAURAN Page 19
The Royal Cemetery of the McGovern Chiefs Page 23

McGovernland: Head seat of Poetry and Religion

 Page 24
McGovern Castles Page 24
St. Patrick and Crom in Tullyhaw Page 25
The Date of St. Patricks Arrival in McGovern Land Page 27
Joseph Henry McGovern(1850--1922) Page 28
The Irish Invasions of Scotland - The Dalriada Page 29


Edmund MaGauran, Warrior Primate of Ireland

Page 31
The Kingdom of Glan Page 33
Ballinaglera and Glan, Air: 'The Men of the West.’ (song) Page 34

The Green Field of Glan (song)

 Page 36

The Kingdom of Glan- Continued

 Page 38

The Shannon Pot

 Page 40
Folklore Page 40
Lakes Page 45
Rivers Page 45

The Monuments

 Page 46

Customs at certain Times of the Year

 Page 47
Past McGovern Personalities Page 49
Present McGovern Personalities Page 50
Crom (Cenn) Croich of Magh Slecht Page 51

McGovern entries in The Annals of Ireland
(The Four Masters)

 Page 56
McGovern Chieftains in Dunaire MagShamhradhain Page 62
The MAGAURAN (MCGOVERN) DUANAIRE Page 63
Dalriada - Irish Immigration to Scotland Page 66
The Three Septs of Gauran or Govern Page 66
More on theDruids Page 71
The Adventures of the Sons of Ecochaid Mugmedon Page 76
Aidan Gabhran, Seventh King of Scotland Page 81
McGovern or MaGauran Castles Page 81
Breifne Page 82
Geography of Mag Sleacht Page 83
Intro to the Book of the McGovern's Page 91
Book of the McGoverns - Dunaire MagShamhradhain - L. McKenna Page 94

 

 
 
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