Dr. Wm. Brennan is credited with being the first to refer to Ireland as The Emerald Isle: “When Erin first rose from the dark, swelling flood, God blessed the green island and saw that it was good; the Emerald of Europe, it sparkles, it shone. In the ring of the world, the most precious stone.”
First Person to Call Ireland The Emerald Isle
Jul 3rd, 2013 by admin
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings
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