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Ireland and the Making<br />

of Britain<br />

wards was stayed by the impenetrable wall of ice. Thus<br />

at least from the time of Columcille onwards Irish explor-<br />

ers were attempting, and attempting with extraordinary<br />

success from the point of view of the resources at their<br />

disposal, that exploration of the northern latitudes which<br />

with all the aids of modern civilization has been even now<br />

only partially accomplished.<br />

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