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is inorganic. An Old German *erul- would become *eorul- in West Saxon, and *earul- in Anglian. This is what we find in eatule for *earule. The Germanic ĕ is displaced by i in Gothic; v. Wright, 'Primer of the Gothic Language,' 1899, 64. This i became broken to e (written ) before r and h; ibid. §65. Consequently, we need be at no loss to understand the form handed down by the Byzantine chronographer Georgius Syncellus (c. 800), namely (Symbol missingGreek characters). Procopius (c. 535) wrote (Symbol missingGreek characters), and connected them with Langobards and Gautas. Zosimus (c. 450) connected them with the (Symbol missingGreek characters), and called them (Symbol missingGreek characters) also. Syncellus was describing the operations of the Emperor Gallienus against the Goths and their allies in Greece and Thrace in 267. Mamertinus the panegyrist praises the Emperor Maximianus for his vigour against the Eruli in 289, and gives us an important indication of the position of their homeland—i.e.., of Herulia—which Mr. Chambers, though he quotes the context, has not printed. Mamertinus tells us that the Gauls were threatened with ruin, not only by the Burgundiones and the Alemani, "sed et Chaviones Erulique, viribus primi barbarorum, locis ultimi. . . .in has prouincias irruissent." The Chaviones are the tribe that the critics of 'Widsith' suppose to have been known as "Eowas" (the Ewes). The Eruli, who lived farthest east, may well have been allied with the Gautas.

Now, all these authors, from Mamertinus in 289 to Syncellus in c. 800, spell the name of the Heruli with u or ov. Moreover, Hydatius Lemicensis (c. 460) tells us of the depredations committed in Cantabria by those "Eruli" who went thither in seven ships in 455. Sidonius Apollinaris (†487) describes them thus:—

Hic glaucis Herulus genis uagatur,
Imos Oceani colens recessus.

"The Herul dwelling in the most distant recesses of the ocean" recalls the statement made 200 years earlier by Mamertinus, who regarded the Chaviones and the Eruli as the most distant of (Germanic) barbarians in his time.

In the poem Widsith appears "eastan, of Ongle" (from the East, from Onglia). He is accompanied by the Herulian princess whose people were living "imos oceani recessūs," and whom he was escorting "locis ultimi(s) [Germanicis]" into the "ēthel Gōtena" on the west of the Elbe. Alfred Anscombe. 30, Albany Road, Stroud Green, N.


IRISH FAMILY HISTORIES.

(See 11 S. vii. 483; viii. 124, 173, 213, 335.)

Part II.

Butler Family (Morphew). London, 1716.

The History of the Lavallin Family. 1739.

Doyen de Killerine (Coleraine). Lille. 1771.

The O'Sullivans, by O'Sullivan. 1789.

General Memoirs of the Family of Montmorency, by Col. Hervey de Montmorency. Paris, 1817.

The History of the Brabazon Family. 1825.

Grace Family, an Irish Branch. (In Brewer's 'The Beauties of Ireland,' London, 1820, chapter on Queen's Co., pp. 117-23.)

Genealogie de la Royale et Serenissime Maison de MacCarthy (in 'Archives Genealogiques et Historiques de la Noblesse de France,' Paris, 1836).

Historical Account of the Kennedy Family. 1849.

The O'Briens, by O'Donoghue. 1860.

History of the O'Connors of Connaught, by R. O'Connor. Dublin, 1861.

Eoghan Clan (The O'Moores), by Cronelly. 1864.

Family History, by Cronelly. Dublin, 1865.

MaGillicuddy Archives, by W. M. Brady. London, 1867.

The Earls of Granard, by the Earl of Granard. 1868.

The O'Toole Family. 1870.

The Cromwellian Settlement in Ireland, by J. Prendergast. London, 1870.

The O'Hart Clan, by John O'Hart. 1873.

Coppinger Family, by Dr. Copinger. 1882.

The Coppingers of Cork. 1884.

The O'Meaghers of Skerrin, by O'Meagher. 1880.

The History of the Clan O'Toole, and other Wicklow Septs, by Rev. P. L. O'Toole. 1890.

The Devereux Family of Balmagir, co. Wexford, by G. O'C. Redmond, M.D. Dublin, 1891.

Corry Family, by Lord Belmore. 1891.

The Earls of Barrymore (1769-1824), by J. R. Robinson. London, 1893.

The MacNamara Family, by MacNamara. 1896.

Colpoys of Ballycarr. (Notes in Journal of Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, pp. 71-3, March, 1898.)

The Barry Family, by Barry. Dublin, 1902.

Warren—A History and Genealogy of the Warren Family in Normandy, Great Britain and Ireland, France, Holland, Tuscany, United States of America, &c. (A.D. 912-1902), with numerous pedigrees, by Rev. Thomas Warren, F.R.S.A. Ireland. London, 1903.

Glanna O'Hanluain (The O'Hanlons), Lords of Orior, and Hereditary Standard-Bearers to the Kings of Ulster, by Henry M. J. O'Hanlon. (In Dublin Penny Journal, 1904.)

The Savage Family in Ulster, by G. F. Savage-Armstrong. London, 1906.

The Midland Septs and the Pale: an Account of the Early Septs and Later Settlers in the King's County, by the Rev. F. R. Montgomery Hitchcock, M.A. 1908.

The Maguire Clan, by Dr. Miller Maguire. (Paper read before the Irish Literary Society, London, 22 Feb., 1911.)

The De Burgh Family, by Mr. M. C. Seton. (Paper read before the Irish Literary Society, London, 30 March, 1911.)