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Patrick's Island and Lambay on the east, Clear Island on the south, and Inismurray on the northwest, so well protected by the sea from disturbance at home, were, by that very isolation, terribly exposed to these foreign raiders from the sea. Howth, Moville and Bangor, all on peninsulas, all by the seashore, enjoyed a like immunity and were open to a like danger.
The transepts with their chevron mouldings and the principal doorway are of that period, and we may regard them as an offering in expiation of the early heathen raids on Lambay, Saint Patrick's Isle, and the early schools of the church.
The fleet crossed the Channel in a single night, and the next morning were under Lambay Island, where they had run in for shelter. Here news was brought them that Dublin Castle was taken.
Three years later the Gentiles plundered Lusk on the mainland opposite Lambay, but in that same year they were twice defeated in battle, once by Cairbré son of Catal, and once by the king of Ulad.
"'Then don't think of it, said I. 'We have come out for pleasure, not to make our friends sick, or terrify them. It does very well for us men. "'There you are, Dirk, with your insolent sneers about women's nerves and female cowardice. Now, nothing but Lambay will content me what say you, ladies? "A general reply of approval met this speech, and it was carried by acclamation.
Within even a very short distance from the capital, there are landscapes which, for form, outline, and colour, equal some of the most celebrated spots of continental beauty. One of these is the view from Bray Head over the wide expanse of the Bay of Dublin, with Howth and Lambay in the far distance.
Against this peaceful solitude the raiders came, burning and plundering, and when they rowed away again in their long ships towards the north, a smoldering black ruin bore testimony that they were indeed Gentiles, unblessed by Christian baptism. Three years later the little island of St. Patrick, six miles north of Lambay, met with a like fate.
"Hitherto our destination had not been mentioned, and as all the party appealed to Lady Agnes, I could not be less gallant, and joined them in their request. "'Well then, what do you think of Lambay? said she, looking at the same moment towards the skipper. "'We can make it, my lady, said the man, 'but we'll have a roughish sea of it, for there's a strong point of westward in the wind.
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