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INISFAIL , a poetical name for See also:Ireland. It is derived from Faul or Lia fail, the celebrated See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, identified in Irish See also:legend with the stone on which the See also:patriarch See also:Jacob slept when he dreamed of the heavenly See also:ladder. The Lia-fail was supposed to have been brought to Ireland by the Dedannans and set up at See also:Tara as the " inauguration stone " of the Irish See also:kings; it was subsequently removed to See also:Scone where it became the See also:coronation stone of the Scottish kings, until it was taken by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James VI. of See also:Scotland to See also:Westminster and placed under the coronation See also:chair in the See also:Abbey, where it has since remained. Inisfail was thus the See also:island of the Fail, the island whose monarchs were crowned at Tara on the sacred inauguration stone.
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