Lexicographical Neighbors of Shiring
Literary usage of Shiring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of English History by Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling (1910)
"But the shiring of Ireland was purely the result of the ... Now, though we cannot
distinctly trace all the steps of the shiring of Ireland, ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1904)
"2 The preamble to both Statutes is worth quoting as showing the principle on
which this policy of shiring was based :—" Whereas divers and sundry robberies, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Part of Munster had been included in the system of shiring generally attributed
to King John. ... Under Ferrol a practically new shiring was carried out. ..."
4. Illustrations of Irish History and Topography, Mainly of the Seventeenth by Caesar Litton Falkiner, Fynes Moryson, Josias Bodley, Luke Gernon, William Brereton, Albert Jouvin (1904)
"But Perrot was recalled in disgrace in 1588, and the business of shiring Ireland
was arrested for nearly twenty years. With O'Neill taking full advantage of ..."
5. Illustrations of Irish History and Topography: Mainly of the Seventeenth Century by Caesar Litton Falkiner, Fynes Moryson, Josias Bodley, Luke Gernon, William Brereton, Albert Jouvin (1904)
"But Perrot was recalled in disgrace in 1588, and the business of shiring Ireland
was arrested for nearly twenty years. With O'Neill taking full advantage of ..."
6. Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly (1836)
"... of half-shiring the county; and it is understood that the town of Palatine,
with her supervisor, are also now in favor of the project of half-shiring. ..."
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