From the sons of Ith, the first of the Gael to get his death in Ireland, there came in the after time Fathadh Canaan, that got the sway over the whole world from the rising to the setting sun, and that took hostages of the streams and the birds and the languages.

It was at Inver Slane, to the north of Leinster, the sons of Gaedhal of the Shining Armour, the Very Gentle, that were called afterwards the Sons of the Gael, made their first attempt to land in Ireland to avenge Ith, one of their race that had come there one time and had met with his death.

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude.

There is no gilding of setting sun or glamor of poetry to light up the ferocious and endless toil of the farmers' wives.