HIBERNIA  , in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography, one of the names by which See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland was known to See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and See also:

• ROMAN

Roman writers . Other names were lerne, Iuverna, Iberio . All these are adaptations of a See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem from which also See also:

• ERIN

Erin is descended . The See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island was well known to the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans through the reports of traders, so far at least as its coasts . But it never became See also:

• PART

part of the Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . See also:

• AGRICOLA (originally SCHNEIDER, then SCHNITTER), JOHANNES (1494-1566)
• AGRICOLA (the Latinized form of the name BAUER), GEORG (1490-1555)
• AGRICOLA, CHRISTOPH LUDWIG (1667-1719)
• AGRICOLA, GNAEUS JULIUS (A.D. 37-93)
• AGRICOLA, JOHANN FRIEDRICH (1720-1774)
• AGRICOLA, MARTIN (c. 1500-1556)
• AGRICOLA, RODOLPHUS (properly ROELOF HUYSMANN) (1443-1485)

Agricola (about A.D . 8o) planned its See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest, which he judged an easy task, but the Roman See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government vetoed the enterprise . During the Roman occupation of See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, Irish pirates seem to have been an intermittent See also:

• NUISANCE (through Fr. noisance, nuisance, from Lat. nocere, to hurt)

nuisance, and Irish emigrants may have settled occasionally in See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales; the best attested See also:

• EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart)

emigration is that of the Scots into See also:

• CALEDONIA

Caledonia . It was only in See also:

• POST

post-Roman days that Roman See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization, brought perhaps by See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian missionaries like See also:

• PATRICK, SIMON (1626–1707)
• PATRICK, ST

Patrick, entered the island .