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152 THE SCANDINAVIANS. AND
Stein," 1
another in 1641 to William Kirtly, of " a
small plot near the Long Stone of the Stein," 2
again
in 1679 to William Christian of ground at Lazers
Hill, " near the Long Stone of the Stein,"* and from
the Earl of Anglesey of "a parcel of the strand
at the Long Stone of the Stein over against the
College." 3
Scandinavian
origin of the
Long
The name of "the Stein" connected with the
stone,
pillar stone may not be considered sufficient evidence
of Scandinavian origin, that name not being found
in Irish manuscripts, or in any record earlier than
the Anglo-Norman invasion. But it should be re-
collected that there are no Hiberno-Danish writings
extant, and that the Irish who called it " the Green
of Ath Cliath," and allude to it as a place of council, 4
never used the Scandinavian name for it, or for any
part of Ireland, while on the contrary the Anglo-
Norman monks, the charter writers of their country-
men, rarely, if ever, used an Irish name when any
other existed, and invariably called the city, and
even the provinces by their Scandinavian names.
As we proceed, however, to the other monuments
1
Acts of Assembly. Corporation blockade round Ath Cliath." TWrf,
Records. chap. Ixxxvi., p. 151. [Mr.Haliday
1 Ibid. cites " Book of Danish Wars, MS.
3 Acts of Assembly. Easter, T.C.D.," and obtained this infor-
1602. Ibid. mation no doubt from his friend
4 " Brian was then on the plain the Rev. Dr. Todd, then editing
in 1867
of Ath Cliath in council with the this MS., published only
nobles of the Dal Cais (Wars of after Mr. II. 's death. It is only
the Gaedhil with the Gaill, chap. right to say that the latter passage
lxxxviii.,p. 155), and again "After in full is "and he (Brian) came to
this the men of Mumhan and of Cill-Maighnenn (Kilmainham) to
Connacht came to the Green of the Green of Ath Cliath." Mr. II.
Ath Cliath and made a siege and had never seen this.]