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Book of the Week; Holinshed’s Irish Chronicle 1577

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Purely for the archaic language and hilarious reporting of historical events. Someone was obviously taking notes during this assembly in 1294 where Lord Justice Vescy and John Fitzgerald baron Offaly traded insults because Holinshed was able to report the conversation over 250 years later .

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