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THE HISTORY OF IRELAND, From the Earliest Kings of the Realm Down to Its Last Chief. Complete In Two Volumes. By Thomas Moore, Esq. Published in 1890 by P.J. Kennedy, Excelsior Catholic Publishing House, New York. Two 8” x 5” decorated cloth hardcover volumes. Illustrated with frontis portraits. Volume I = 712 pages; Volume II = 671 pages.
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Thomas Moore was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter who achieved great acclaim during his lifetime and whose legacy is still felt today. He is often considered Ireland\'s National Bard and is to Ireland what Robert Burns is to Scotland. His life and achievements are commemorated in several places: by a plaque on the house where he was born, by busts at The Meetings and Central Park, New York, and by a bronze statue near Trinity College Dublin.
One of Moore’s most ambitious achievements was his fascinating and richly detailed history of Ireland, beginning with the earliest kings. Moore intended to bring his history up to the 19th century, however he left the work unfinished upon his death, having completed four volumes.
This rare, handsome and complete two-volume set contains the full text of Moore’s original four volumes and covers all the centuries, “From the Earliest Kings of the Realm Down To Its Last Chief.” Here you will read of the early Irish kings of Tara, Picts, Druids, Celts, early invaders such as the Viking Ragnar Lothbrok and the Danes, Ireland’s pagan period, St. Patrick, alliances with Scotland, conflicts with England and its long succession of oppressive monarchs, famous and bloody wars, the effects of the Reformation in Ireland, and much more.
To give you a better idea of the scope of this tremendous history, I have furnished below a detailed and painstaking summary of the Contents of both volumes.
I hope you will take a moment to have a look.
Contents Are:
VOLUME ONE:
CHAPTER ONE: Celtic Origin of the Irish * Different fortunes of Ireland and Britain . * Phoenician Intercourse with the Irish * The Belgae, or Fir-bolgs * Objections answered; Authority of Tacitus * Homer\'s Knowledge of Isles beyond the Pillars from the Phoenician Voyagers * The Argonautica; Ireland named Iernis * A Work of the Age of Aristotle names the two chief British Isles * Albion and Ierne * The Phoenicians keep their Trade secret * The Western or Tin Isles first explored by the Massilian Greeks * The Periplus of Hanno * Characteristic Features of Ancient Ireland * Inscription at Tangiers * Authority of Herodotus * Ancient Ireland better known than Britain: Authorities * Geography of Ptolemy * Tacitus; Life of Agricola * Intercourse of Ireland with the Phoenician Spaniards * The Title, Sacred Isle; Authority of Plutarch; Diodorus Siculus * Geography of Strabo; Ireland likened to Samothrace * Traditions of Ireland; Intercourse with Gallicia * Opinions of Antiquaries
CHAPTER TWO: The earliest Superstitions traceable in the Monuments of Ireland * Three Stages of Superstition * Magi, or Druids * Sun Worship * Moon Worship * Fire and Water Worship * Sacred Fountains * The Field of Slaughter; Child-sacrifice * Round Towers of Ireland * Opinions about them * Christian Emblems on tbose of Swords and Donoughmore * Probably Fire Temples * Connection of Sun Worship with Astronomy * The Round Towers called Celestial Indexes * Beyond the Reach of Historical Record * Other ancicnt Monuments of Ireland; the Cromleach * The Lia Fall, or Stone of Destiny * Rocking Stones * Sacred Hills * The Dynasts inaugurated thereon * Barrows and Cairns * Sacred Groves and Trees
CHAPTER THREE: Irish Druidism; of a mixed Character * Different from that of Gaul, as recorded by the Romans * British Druids not mentioned by Caesar; the Inference * Early Heathen Pre-eminence of Ireland
CHAPTER FOUR: Learning of the Irish Druids; Ancient Language * Phoenician and Irish Alphabets * Early Use of Letters in Ireland * Proofs thereof * Ogham Character *. . Introduction of the Roman Character * Mistaken Identity of the Irish Language with the Punic of Plautus * Astronomical Skill of the Irish Druids
CHAPTER FIVE: Opposite Opinions respecting ancient Ireland * Mixture of Truth and Fable * Fabulous Accounts of Parthelan * The Fir-bolgs * The Tuatha-de Danaan * Milesian or Scotic Race
CHAPTER SIX: Colonisation of Ireland * Spanish Settlers * Supposed Gaulish Colony * Question whether the Beigre were Celtic or Teutonic * Colonisation of the south-western Parts from Spain * Various Spanish Colonies * The Scythic or Scotic Settlements * Fabulous Accounts by the Bards * Recent Date of the Scotic Colony * Proofs thereof * Antiquarian Errors * The Picts * The ancient Britons and Welsh probably not the same Race * Radical Differences between the Gaelic and Cumraig * The Picts were the Progenitors of the Welsh * Of Cimbric Origin * Romances of the Round Table
CHAPTER SEVEN: Reign of Kimbaoth * Of Heber and Heremon, Sons of Milesius * First Coming of the Picts * Gold Mines * Classes distinguished by Colours * The royal Legislator Ollamh Fodhla * His Institutions; Convention of Tara * Chronicle of Events; Psalter of Tara * Palace of Emania * Reign of Hugony the Great * Reign of Conary the Great; Osslanio Poems * Privileges of the Bards; abused by them * The Bardic Order reformed; Conquovar * Expedition of Agricola to Britain * An Irish Traitor in the Roman Camp * The Irish aid the Plots against the Romans .* Beigio Revolt and Massacre * Carbre Cat-Can raised to the Throne * Disinteresteduess of his Son Moran; Moran\'s Collar * Second Revolt (of the Attacots) * Tuathal the Acceptable * Assembled States at Tan * Boarian Tribute * Jurisprudence; the Eric * Feldlim the Legislator; Con of the Hundred Battles * Irish Settlement in Argyleshire; Carbry Rlada * The Irish exelusively called Scoti; North Britain called Albany * Cormao Ulfadha * His Accomplishments and Achievements * State of Religion * Reeluse Druidesses * Fin-Mac-Cumhal, by Moderns called Fingal * Oisin and Osgar * The Fianna Eirinn, or Militia of Ireland * Slaughter of them * Groundless Pretensions of Scotch Writers; Forgeries of Boece * Fabric of Buchanan, Mackenzie, &c * Destroyed by. Stillingfleet * Forgeries of Macpherson * Examination thereof * Historic Value of the Imposture * None but Irish Books among the Highlanders * Long Connection of the Irish and Highlanders * Expedition of Theodosius * Battle of Dubeomar; the Druid of the bloody Hand * A six Days\' Battle * Irish Invasion of Britain * Nial of the Nine Hostages * Passes from Britain to Armorio Gaul * Providential Captivity of an Armorican Youth * Dathy, the last Pagan King of Ireland
CHAPTER EIGHT: Credibility of Irish Annals; Tigernach; the Four Masters * Nennius and Geoffry of Monmouth * Collation of Annals * Reception of Christianity in Ireland * Its easy Adoption * Record of Events continued * Its Authenticity
CHAPTER NINE: Early State of the Heathen Irish * Features visible to this Day * Partition of Sovereignty * Succession; Tanistry * Exchange of Subsidy and Tribute * Cause of Discords * And of the Want of a National Spirit * Division of Lands and Goods upon each elective Succession * Gavelkind; Females excluded * Natural Children admitted with Legitimate * Custom of Slavery * Social Contrasts * Urged respectively in support of adverse Opinions * Examination of Autheritics * Ancient Contrasts of Manners visible at the Close of the last Century in Ireland * The early Britons of ill Repute like the Irish * Testimony of St . Jerome * Early Irish Navigation; Currachs * Himilco’s Voyage * The great Road from Galway to Dublin * The great Road from Dover to Anglesey, called \"the Way of the Irish\" * The Inference * The Irish Raths or Hill-fortresses * Curious and costly Remains dug up * Coal Works * Swords of Brass like these found at Camus
CHAPTER TEN: Mission of St . Patrick * His Success with little Violence * His judicious Conduct * Adopts the Pagan Customs * The Heresiarchs, Polagius and Celestius * Palladius * Sketch of the Life of St . Patrick * Born near the Site of Boulogne-sur-mer * Made Captive by Nial of the Nine Hostages * Carried Captive to Ireland * Escaped or released from Bondage * His Studies at Tours * His Remembrances and Dreams of Ireland * Arrives there * Sudden Conversion of Diche * His old Master, Milcho, an inveterate Heathen, would not see him * Doherty’s Description * His Paschal Fire; Prophecy of the Magi * He preaches at Tara, before the King and States * Tolerant Genius of Paganism * Revisits the Scene of his Dream * Converts two Princesses * Destroys the Idol of \"The Field of Slaughter\" * His successful Career * Establishes the See of Armagh * Writes his Confession * Dies in his Retreat at Sabhul * The Irish Poet Sedulius, or Sheil
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Retrospect of Christianity in Britain * Britain reluctantly separates from Rome * The Letter styled \" The Groans of the Britons\" * The Three Devastations of Britain * Peaceful Triumphs of Religion in Ireland * Establishment of the Sons of Erck in North Britain * Power of the Hy-Nial Family * Kenneth Macalpine vanquishes the Picts * The Apostle Columbkill * Historic Use of Lives of Saints; Montesquicu; Gibbon * Dependence of the Church of Ireland on Rome * Mistaken opinion of Archbisbop Usher * Prayers for the Dead * Pilgrimages * Marriage of the Clergy
CHAPTER TWELVE: Parentage of Columbkill * Why so named * His Labours * His Mission to the Western Isles * Death of Conal, King of the British Scots * St . Columbkill revisits Ireland * Interferes on behalf of the Bards * Death of the Saint * St . Columbanus, also Irish; often confounded with him * Reign of Diarmid * Last Meeting at Tara * Retrospect of the Institution of Nunneries * St . Brigid of Kildare * Career of Columbanus abroad * He rebukes King Thierry * His Courage and Labours * Arrives at Milan * Founds the Monastery of Bobbio; dies * His Writings
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Paschal Differences * Letter of Pope Honorius * Deputation to Rome * Its Return and Report * Effect of the Controversy beneficial * Cummian, an Irish Saint, opposed to Columbanus * Mutual Tolerance * St. Aldan and King Oswald (Anglo-Saxon); See of Lindisfarne, called the Holy Isle * Rapid Succession of Irish Kings; the Inference * Gallus rounds the Abbey of St . Gall (Switzerland) * Irish Missionaries in France * Irish Missionaries in Brabant * Irish Missionaries on the Rhine * Solar Eclipse; the Yellow Plague * Hospitable Reception of Foreign Students in Ireland * Disputation at the Monastery of St. Hilda * Controversy of the Tonsure * Northumbrian Expedition to Ireland * King Egfrid, the Aggressor, slain * Paschal System of Rome established by Adamnan * St . Killan, Apostle of Franconia * Divorce of Gellana by the Persuasion of the Saint * She causes him to be waylaid and murdered * The Scholastic Philosophy originated with Irish Divines * Decay of Irish Learning at the Approach of the Eighth Century * Virgilius, or Feargal * His Conjecture of the Sphericity of the Earth * Accused of Heresy therein * Is made a Bishop, and canonised * Clement and Aibinus, Irish scholars; become known to Charlemagne; their curious Device * Reference to Denina, Tiraboschi, and Muratori * Dungal; his Letter to Charlemagne * Greek Ecclesiastics attracted to Ireland * The Saxon Scholar Aldheim * Sedulius the Second and Donatos * John Scotus, called Erigena * Translates into Latin the Greek Writings supposed of Dionysus the Areopagite; his consequent Mysticism * His Notions of God and the Soul * Denies the Eternity of Punishment * Fables of his being known to King Alfred * His Character
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Review of Learning and the Arts * Value of the Argument of the Want of MSS Remains * Remains preserved by the Annalists * Origin and Use of Rhyme * Early Connection of Poetry and Music * The Irish Harp * Excellence of Early Music * Irish Psalmody * Church Architecture * State of Agriculture * Works Is Metal, Stone, and Colours * Chariots used in War and Travelling * The Brehen Laws
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Invasion of Ireland by the Danes * The Island of Raglin laid waste by the Danes * The Lochlanders * Supposed Intercourse of the Irish with the northern Nations preceding the Birth of Christ * Arrival of the Norwegians in Iceland * Papas, or Irish Priests * Black Strangers and white Strangers * A strong Similitude between the political Institutions of Britain and Ireland at the Time of the Northern Invasion * Reign of King Nell of the Shewers * Boarian Tribute * Invasion of Leinster by the Monarch Fergall * Battle of Aimhain * General State of Ireland at this Period * Weakness of the Monarchy * Neetmok * The Great O\'Neill of the Nine Hostages * The North Hy-Niells and the South Hy-Niells * Increasing Strength of the Throne of Munster and its cause * Daigais or Daicassians * Cause of the Weakness of the Monarchy * The Reign of the Monarch Aldus * Devastations of the Danes * Conflicts with the Northmen * Political Connection of the Irish Kings with Charlemagne * Privilege of the Irish Clergy * Inroads of the Monarch into Leinster
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Achievements of Ragnar Lodbrog, the Sea King * Traditions of the Northmen respecting Ireland * Arrival of Turgeslus with a large Fleet in Ireland * Hatred of the Northmen to Christianity * Persecution of the Saxons, its Cause * Reign of Concobar * Depredations of the Danes * The Monastery of Banchor * The Invasions of the Danes repelled by the Ultonians * Lethlobar, King of Dalaradia * Carbry, King of Hy-Kinsellagh * Dissensions of the Irish among themselves * Life and Triumphs of Feldiim, King of Munster * Death of the Monarch Concobar * Death of Feidiim, King of Miinster * Death of Turgeslus and Expulsion of the Foreigners * A romantic Account of his Death
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Arrival of Reinforcements of the Danes * Alliances between these Foreigners and the Natives * Demoralising Effect thereof * Divisions among the Northmen themselves * Arrival of three Norwegian Brothers, Aniaf, Iver, and Sltrio * A Tax called Nose-money imposed on the Irish * Death of the Monarch Melachlin, and the Succession of Aodh Flnilath * Exploits of Aniaf the Dane * Death of Aodh FlniUth * Reign of Flan Slona * Retrospect of the Affairs of the Scots of North Britain * Reign of Cormac Mac Culinan, King of Munster * Death of Cormac at the great Battle of Moylene * His Character * Death of the Monarch Flan Slona
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: State of Learning and Literature amongst the Irish to the Ninth Century *.ASngus, the learned Hagiologist * Fothadh the Poet * Death of Maoimura, the Historian * Flann Mac Lonan chicf Poet of all Ireland * King Cormac Auther of the salter of Cashel * King Cormac\'s Chapel on the Rock of Cashel * Date and Progress of Stone Architecture, in Ireland * Round Towers * Account of the Culdees * Bishops styled Princes * Usurpation of the See of Armagh by Laymen
CHAPTER NINETEEN: Accounts of the Danish Transactions in Ireland * Traditions concerning Ragnar Lodbrog * Expulsion of the Danes from Dublin by the People of Lelnster * Reign of the Monarch Nicll Glundubh, his Successor Donogh * Heroic Character of the Roydamna Murkertach; his Victorics over the Danes * Exploits of Callachan, King of Cashel * Alliances between the Northmen and the Irish * Battle of Brunanburh * Norse Account of this great Battle * Irish Mode of Fighting * Conversion of the Northmen; the abcxs Abbey of St . Mary\'s, Dublin * founded by them * The Church of Slane burned by the Danes * Probus, the Historian of St . Patrick, perished in the Flames * Subdivision of the Royal Power adopted by the Northmen in Ireland; the weakening Effects of such Policy * Triumphal Progress of the Roydamna through the Kingdom * Takes Callachan Prisoner * Death of the Roydamna * Death of the Monarch Donogh
CHAPTER TWENTY: Early Life of Brian Born * His first Battle under his Brother Mabon * Their Defeat * The Victory of Sulcheld over the Danes of Limerick achicved by Brian Born * Murder of Mabon * Accession of Brian to the Throne of all Munster; Attacks and defeats the Murderer of his Brother * Death of the Monarch Congelach * Accession of Domnal * A pretended Charter of the English King Edgar * Death of Domnal, and Succession of Malachy the Great * Power of the Kingdom of Munster increased considerably under Brian * Malachy the Great gains a great Victory over the Danes * His \"Noble Proclamation\" * The Battle of Tara * Defeat of the People of Leinster by Brian * Growing Jealousy between Brian and Malachy; the sacred Tree in the Plain of Adoration at Adair cut down by order of Malachy * Invasion of Leinster by Malachy * An Army marched against him by Brian * A Convention between the two Kings * Renewal of Hostilitics * They again form a Treaty of Peace * Their joint Victories over the Danes * Renewal of their mutual Hostilities * Brian invades the Territory of Malachy
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: Usurpation of the Throne of Tara by Brian * His triumphant Progress through the Country * His Victory over the Southern Hy-Niells in Athlone * The Battle of the Wood of Tulka * Brian\'s Vigorous Policy * Gifts and Privileges bestowed by him on the Church * State of the Country under his Dominion * An unusually long Interval of Peace * Disturbed by the Restlessness and Perfidy of the People of Leinster. * Invasion of Heath * Malachy defeated by the People of Leinster * Applics for Assistance to Brian * Is refused * Preparations of the Northmen, in League with the Lagenians, for a Descent upon Ireland * The great Battle of Clontarf, and its Consequences * Assassination of Brian * His Burial * A Review of the Life and Actions of Brian Boru * Patriotism of the Irish
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: State of the Schools of Ireland in the Tenth Century * Armagh still visited by Strangers * Eminent native Scholars daring this Period * Probus Chicf Lecturer of the Scbool of Slane * Eochaldh O\'Floinn, a Bardic Historian * Kenneth O\'Artegan, a Poet * A School established by the Irish in England, called \" Glastonbury of St . Patrick.\" * The Monasteries of the Scots or Irish in France and Germany * An Irish Bishop named Israel at a Synod held at Verdun * Fingen, an Irish Abbot of Celebrity * The Literary Works of an Irish Ecclesiastic named Duncan * Numbers of Bishops from Ireland on the Continent; Efforts made by Council to disqualify them
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: Restoration of the Monarch Malachy * His Victories over the Northmen * The Battle of the Yellow Ford * Death of Malachy * Social State of Ireland at this Period * Decline of Religion and Morals througheut the Country * Ecclesiastical Abuses * Corbes and Erenschs * Comorban * Succession of the Monarchy suspended * Provisional Government established * The Kingdom of Munstor ruled Jointly by Tctge and Donchad, the Sons of Brian * Murder of Teige through the Contrivance of his Brother * Donchad titular Monarch of Ireland * His complete Overthrow * Turlough, his Nephew, aspires to the Throne * Death of Donchad * Turlough Monarch of Ireland * Death of Dermot * Events of Turlongh\'s Reign * Godfred, King of the Dublin Danes * Murchad the first Irish King of the Danes * Death of Turlough * Letter of Lanfranc to Turlough * Character of Turlough
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: Munster divided between the three Sons of Turlough * Contest between Murkertach and Dermot for that Throne * Dermot assisted by M\'Lochlin, Prince of Alichla * M\'Lochlin Competitor with Mnrlcertach for the Sovereignty * Division of the Kingdom * Interposition of the Ecelesiastical Autheritics * Alicnation of Church Property * Grant of the City of Cashel to the Church * Invasion of Ulstor * Destruction of the Palace of the Princes of Alichla * Ireland threatened with Invasion by Godred Crovan * Descent of Magnus on her Sheres * Marriage of his Son with Murkertach\'s Daughter * Defeat and Death of Magnus * Arnulf de Montgomery assisted by Murkertach in his Rebellion against Henry I * Marries a Daughter of Murkertach * Defeat of Murkertach on the Plains of Cobha * Death of Murkertach * Bishops of the Danish sees in Ireland consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury * Correspondence of the Irish Kings with the two Prelates Lanfranc and Anseim * Affairs of the Church * Doherty’s Description * Ecclesiastical Irregularities * St Bernard\'s gloomy Picture of Ireland .* . Synod held at Fiodh-Engusa * Synod of Rath-Breasail, for the Regulation of the Dloceses
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: Learned Irishmen of the Eleventh Century * Tigernach the Chronicler * Great Value of his Annals * Dates of Eclipses preserved by him * Proof of the Antiquity of Irish Records * Marlanus Scotus * Account of his Works * St. Corman, a Patron Saint of Austria * Hellas, of the Monastery of Monachan, introduced first the Soman Chant at Cologne * Monastery erected for the Irish at Erford * Another at Fnida * Poems of Mac Liag, the Secretary of Brian Boru * Flann and Gitia-Corman, Metrical Chronographers * Gilla-Moduda, a Metrical Chronographer * Visit of Suigenus, Bishep of St. David\'s, to the Schools of Ireland * English Students at Armagh
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: Interregnum of Fifteen Years * Contentions among the Irish Princes for the Monarchy * Tordeivach O\'Connor the successful Candidate * Account of the Reigns of the O\'Brian Princes * Battle of Moinmor * Decline of Tordeivach\'s good Fortune * Is opposed by O\'Lochlin, King of Tyrone * Interference of the Clergy in the Quarrels of the Princes * Its salutary Effects * Death of Tordeivach * Synod of Sells * Palliums distributed by the Pope\'s Legate Paparo * Labours and Death of the great Saint Maiaeby * First Introduction of Tithes into Ireland * Misrepresentations of the Irish Church corrected * Murtogh O\'Lochlin acknowledged King of Ireland * His Contention with Eochad the King of Ulldia. * Is killed in Battle * Synod at Mellifont * Synod of Meath * Roderic O\'Connor, King of Connaught, succeeds to the Monarchy * Great Convention at Athboy * Abduction of the Wife of O\'Ruarc by Dermot * Supposed, but erroneously, to have been the immediate Cause of the Invasion of Ireland by the English * Enmity between O\'Ruarc and Dermot * The latter, expelled from his Dominions, embarks for England * Designs of Henry II. upon Ireland * Obtains a Grant of that Island from Pope Adrian IV
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: Letters Patent granted by Henry IL to Dermot * Return of Dermot to England * He applies to Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke, surnamed Strongbow * The latter assents to his Proposal * Maurice Fitz-Gerald and Robert Fitz-Stephen, both Normans, and maternal Brothers to Strongbow, engage in the Service of Dermot * Dermot\'s return to Leinster * His critical State by his rash and weak Movement * Arrival of Robert Fitz-Stephen * The first Landing of the Anglo-Normans in Ireland * Attack and Surrender of Wexford * Dermot obtains Possession of Wexford * He fuifils his Engagements to the two Norman Brothers * Invasion of Ossory by Dermot and his Allies * The Convocation of the Princes and Nobles of the Land in general at Tare * Dermot invested at Ferns by Roderle *, A Compact entered into between Roderle and Dermot * Insincerity of Dormot * Defeat of the Monarch Roderlo * Arrival of Raymond le Gros * O\'Faolan, Prince of the Desics, and O\'Ryan of Idrone, march against Raymond le Gros * Barbarity towards the Irish Prisoners taken at Waterford * Strongbow, his Arrival with his Fleet near Waterford * Is joined by Raymond le Gros * They attack Waterford * And take Possession of it * Reginald, a Dano-Irish Lord, and O\'Faolan, Prince of the Deslos, on the Point of being pat to death by Raymond * They are rescued by the Interposition of King Dermot * The Marriage of Strongbow with Era, Daughter of King Dermot * 8ack and Ruin of Waterford * Defection of Hasculf, Governor of Dublin, from Dermot * St . Laurence O\'Toole, Archbishep of Dublin, solicited by the Citizens to intercede with Dermot in their Behalf; his Exertions * Taking of Dublin by abcxs Dermot * Escape of Hasculf and a Number of the leading Citizens to the Orkney Isles * Cormac M\'Carthy, King of Desmond, his successful Attack on the Garrison of Waterford, left by Strongbow for the Defence of that City * Milo de Cogan intrusted with the Government of Dublin through the Recommendation of Strongbow * The Excess of Barbarity which marked the Course of the Confederate * Chiefs through the Parts of Heath under the Government of O\'Ruarc * Weakness of Roderic * Orders the unoffending Son of Dermot to be beheaded; at the same Time, a Grandson of that Prince; also a Hostage he had received from him, the Son of his Foster-brother, O\'Coallagh * Remarkable Synod of Armagh * Slavery among the Irish
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: Alarm of Henry at Strongbow\'s Progress * Henry\'s Edict * Strongbow despatches Raymond le Gros with a Letter to the English King * Death of Dermot M\'Murrough, King of Lelnster, at Ferns * Succession of Earl of Pembroke to the Throne of Leinster * Attack of Hasculf on the City of Dublin * His Repulse and Death * Exertions of St. Laurence O\'Toole to expel the English from Ireland * Strongbow returns to defend Dublin * Negotiations between Strongbow and Rodorlo * Fitz-Stephen Besieged in the Fort of Carrig * Strongbow intrepidly sallies from Dublin to relieve him * Treacherous Conduct towards Fitz-Stephen * He surrenders and is thrown into Prison * The Irish, in a Panic, set fire to Wexford * Strongbow retires to Waterford * Strongbow repairs to England * Makes his Peace with King Henry * King Henry lands in Ireland * O\'Ruarc makes a fruitless Attack on the City of Dublin * Deputation of the Citizens of Wexford wait on King Henry * Receives the Submission of several of the Irish Princes King Henry helds his Court in Dublin * O\'Ruarc of Breffny joins him * Synod held at Cashel * Decrees of the Synod * Council held by Henry at Lismore * Laws enacted by him * Grants of Lands to Hugh de Lacy and others * Henry removes to Waterford * Henry returns to England .
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: Conference of Hugh de Lacy with O\'Ruarc * Death of O\'Ruarc * Strongbow retires to Ferns * Marriage and Death of De Quinoy * Strongbow obeys the Mandate of King Henry to join him in France * Rivalry between Hervey and Raymond * Strongbow returns to Ireland * Raymond placed at the Head of the Army * Sea Fight at Waterford * Command of the Forces committed to Hervey of Mont-Maurice * Raymond is recalled * Raymond is married, at Wexford, to Basilia, the Earl\'s Sister * Meath over-run and despoiled by Roderic * His Retreat * Raymond makes himself Master of Limerick * Bull of Pope Adrian promulgated * O\'Brian of Themond besieges Limerick * Raymond\'s Successes * Treaty between Henry and Roderio
CHAPTER THIRTY: False Notions concerning the Conquest of Ireland * First Appointment of an Irish Bishop by Henry * Death of Strongbow * Basilia summons Raymond to Dublin * Entrusts the Custody of Limerick to O\'Brian * Remains of Strongbow interred in Christ\'s Church in Dublin * Character of Strongbow * Fitz-Aldeim appointed chief Governor * Jealousy entertained of the Geraldinea * Death of Maurice Fitz-Gerald * Illiberal Conduct of Fitz-Aldeim to his Sons * Successes of the Irish in Meath * Character of Fitz-Aldeim\'s Government * Expedition of De Courcy into Ulster . Prophecies of Merlin and St . Columba * Council convoked by the Pope\'s Legate * Dissensions in the Family of Roderle * Unsuccessful Expedition of the English into Connaught * Henry constitutes his Son John Lord of Ireland * Grants of Lands to Fitz-Stephen and others * Fitz-Aldelm recalled from the Government * Hugh De Lacy appointed his Successor
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: Unsuccessful Incursions of John de Courcy into Ulster * Removal of Hugh de Lacy from the Government * His Reinstatement in the Government * Death of St. Laurence O’Toole * His Parentage and early Life * His Character * Canonisation of Lawrence O’Toole * John Cuming elected Archbishop of Dublin * A Bull issued by Pope Lucius III., exempting the Diocese of Dublin from a great Part of the Jurisdiction exercised over it by the See of Armagh * Murder of Milo de Cogan and young Fitz-Stephen, with four other Knights * Dermod Macarthy, King of Desmond besieges the Town of Cork * Richard de Cogan, Brother to Milo, takes his Place as the Associate of Fitz-Stephen in the Government * The Landing of Philip Barry with a considerable Force * Giraldus Cambrensls * The Abbey of Dnnbrody founded and endowed by Hervey of Mount-Maurice * Two Monasteries erected in Meath for Augustine Canons by Hugh de Lacy * The Benedictine Priory of the Island of Neddrum, also the Priory of St. John the Baptist, founded by John de Courcy * The Origin of the disgraceful Feuds which distracted the domestic Relations of Roderle O\'Connor explained * Increasing Popularity of Hugh de Lacy * Philip of Worcester Deputy Governor of Ireland * John Earl of Moreton and Lord of Ireland knighted by his Father at Windsor; embarks at Milford Haven with a large Force * Arrival of, in Waterford * His Expedition into Ulster * His grinding Exactions from the Clergy * Prince John\'s contemptuous Reception of the Irish Chiefs who came to welcome him on his Arrival in Ireland * Determination on the Part of the Chieftains to seek Revenge for those Insults * Policy pursued by Prince John\'s Courtiers calculated to aggravate rather than remove these revengeful Feelings * The Erection of three Forts or Castles at Tipperary * The Castle of Ardfinnan attacked by Donald O\'Brian, Prince of Limerick * The brave Robert Barry, who accompanied Fltz-Stephen into Ireland, taken and slain in an Assault on Lismore * An Attack upon Cork by MacCarthy resisted by Theobald Walter * Success of the English Arms in Meath * Recall of Prince John and his Advisers to England * The Government, both Civil and Military, placed in the Hands of De Courcy * Assassination of De Lacy
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: On the Subject of Henry\'s Grant of Ireland to John, and the supposed Effects of that Measure considered * The Translation of the Remains of the three great National Saints, Patrick, Columba, and Brigid * Deposition of O\'Loghlin, Prince of Tyrone * Death of Roderic O\'Lacherlair, his Successor * Restoration of O\'Loghlin * His Death * The Invasion of Connaught by Cornelius O\'Dermot and De Courcy * Retreat of De Courcy from Connaught, and Re-establishment of O\'Connor * Murder of Roderic O\'Connor * Death of Henry IL * The kindly Feelings of Richard L towards his Brother John * On the Question of Henry\'s Grant of Ireland to his Son John * The Curia Regis, or Common Council, held by Henry at Lismore, styled prematurely a Parliament * At what Time Parliaments, properly so called, began to be held by the English in Ireland * The Subject considered * Views of Molyneux on the Subject * Hugh De Lacy, Son of the first neetmok Lord of Meath, appointed Deputy Governor of Ireland by King John * Dissatisfaction and Retirement to Ulster of John De Courcy in Consequence * Cathal O\'Connor, of the bloody Hand * The Abbey of the Hill of Victory founded by him * Death of Donald O\'Brian, King of Themond and Ormond * Numerous religious Establishments founded by him * Carbrach, son of Donald, raised to the Sovereignty * William Marshall, second earl of Pembroke, appointed Governor of Ireland * His Administration * Its Results * The Successes of Cathal of Connaught, and Mac Carthy of Desmond * Hamo de Talols appointed Governor of Ireland in place of Earl Marshall, who resigned * His forcible Invasion of the Property of the Church, notwithstanding the angry Remonstrances of Cuming, Archbisbop of Dublin * Recall of Hamo, and Appointment of Meylor Fitz-Henry to the Government * Death of Roderic O\'Connor * His Character * His Efforts to revive the aimost extinct Learning of the Country * Glolia Moduda, Author of a Metrical Catalogue of the Kings of Ireland * Celsus, or Cellach, Archbishop of Armagh, his Death * Some Remarks respecting the Social Condition of the Irish People at this Period * The Character of Giraldus as a Censor * Some of his Charges against the Irish Clergy; his Account of the State of Manufactures and the useful Arts among the Irish
VOLUME TWO:
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE ~ KING JOHN: Condition of Ireland * Dissensions among the Natives * Contentions between Cathal and Carrach for the Principality of Connaught * Cathal surrenders to King John two-thirds of Connaught * Rivalry between John de Courcy and Hugh de Lacy * De Courcy sent Prisoner to England; his Title to the Earldom of Leinster transferred to Hugh de Lacy * King John undertakes a Military Expedition against Ireland * Exaction and Cruelty of the English * Cathal, Prince of Connaught, pays Homage to tho English Crown * Flight of William de Brarla and the De Lacys; Capture of the Wife and Daughter of the former by King John * The De Lacys return to Ireland, and are reinstated in their Possessions * Massacre of the Inhabitants of Dublin by the Septs * Introduction of English Laws and Usages by King John * He returns to England, leaving John de Grey to the Administration of Affaire in Ireland * Peaceable Disposition of the Inhabitants
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR ~ KING HENRY III: Accession of Henry III, and appointment of the Earl of Pembroke as Protector * Grant of the Great Charter to his English Subjects in Ireland * Difference of the two Charters * Exclusion of the Natives from all Share of English Laws and Liberties * Hostilities between Hugh de Lacy and the young Earl of Pembroke * Surrender of their Principalities by the Irish Chiefs * Henry\'s Brooch of Faith towards Cathal * He bestows the Principality of Connaught on Henry de Burgh * The People of the Province, in Defiance of the Royal Authority, proceed to elect another Chief * Rebellion of Eichard Earl Marshal * Treachery practised towards him * His Death * Feidiim, Chief of Connaught, visits England * Subject of his Conference with Henry * Henry\'s Disputes and Warfare with the Welsh * Is joined by the Irish Forces under Maurice Fitz Gerald and tho Prince of Connaught * Death of Fitz Gerald * Henry\'s Disputes with Ireland * Admission of a few Natives only to the Participation of English Law * Threatened Invasion of Henry\'s Dominions in Gascony * Henry makes a Grant of the Kingdom of Ireland to his Son Prince Henry * Reservations in that Grant * Renewed Hostilities with Wales * Prince Edward defeats the Irish Force sent to the Assistance of the Welsh * Death of O\'Neill, and 850 of his Followers, in an Encounter with Sir Stephen Longespe, Lord Justice of Ireland * Rising of the Mac Carthys of Desmond * Massacre of a Number of Geraldines * Contention between the De Burghs and Geraldines * The King recalls the Lord Justice, appointing David Barry in his stead * Peace restored between tho two rival Houses * David Barry replaced by Sir Robert de Ufford * Administration of Sir James Audiey * The Natives rise up in Arms * The Prince of Connaught takes the Field against Walter de Burgh, Earl of Ulster * Close of Henry\'s Reign
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE ~ EDWARD I: The Irish Petition Edward regarding the Extension to them of the Laws of England * Revolt of the Natives * Incursion of the Scots into Ireland * Robert de Ufford succeeds Genevil as Lord Justice * Battle of Glandelory and Defeat of the English * Treachery and Cruelty of Thomas do Clare * His Wars in Thomond * Edward calls upon the English Lords to consider the Petition of the Irish regarding the Extension of the English Law * The King favourable to this Extension * Continued Fends between the Geraldines and De Burghs * Ascendancy of the latter * Richard Earl of Ulster, the Head of the De Burgh Family, invades Meath * John Sandford, Archbishop of Dublin, Chief Governor * The Statute entitled \"An Ordinance for the State of Ireland\" * Contest between De Vescy and the Baron of Offaley * De Vesey retires to France, and the King bestows on Offaley the Lordships of Klldare and Bathangan * Triumph and Insolence of the latter in consequence * Truce between the Geraldines and Do Burghs * A Parliament assembled * New Division of the Kingdom into Counties * Other Acts passed by this Parliament * John Wogan joins the King in Scotland with a Select Force * Tranquillity in Ireland under the Government of Wogau * Renewed Revolt of the Scots * The Irish Forces again summoned to attend the King * Savage Murders committed by the English and Irish * Regulation of the Coinage of Ireland
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX ~ EDWARD II: The King recalls Gaveston * Espouses Isabella, Daughter of Philip the Fair, and appoints Gaveston Eegent * Discontent of the Barons and Expulsion of Gaveston * The King appoints him Lord-Lieu tenant of Ireland * Rivalry between Gaveston and the Earl of Ulster * Gaveston recalled to England and succeeded by Sir John Wagan * Parliament at Kilkenny * Conflicts between Richard Earl of Ulster and the De Clares * English Feuds * Defeat of the Lord Justice * Truce between Edward and the Scots violated through the Impatience of both Parties * War between England and Scotland * Edward summons the Irish Chieftains to his aid; they refuse to obey the Call * Continued Exclusion of the Irish from Justice * Interest felt by the Irish in the Fortunes of Robert Bruce * Bruce takes refuge in Ireland; his Expedition from thence attended by his Irish Friends * Victory of Bannockburn; its Effects on the Minds of the Irish * Deputies sent by them to invite Bruce to Ireland * Edward sends over John de Hothum to treat with the Irish Lords * Edward Bruce appears off the Coast of Antrim * Is joined by the Irish * De Burgh summons his Vassals, and marches in pursuit of the Invaders; joined by Feidlim Prince of Connaught * Bruce crowned King of Ireland * Defeat of De Burgh * Feidlim O Connor joins the Seots * Battle between the O\'Connors * Continued Successes of Bruce \"* Policy of the English Government towards Ireland * Feidlim O\'Connor takes the Field * Battle of Athenry; Defeat of the Irish; and Death of Feidlim * Robert Bruce joins his Brother in Ireland * Supposed Treachery of the De Lacys * Success of the English Arms * Bruce, with a large Force, advances towards Dublin * Arrest of the Earl of Ulster * Intrepidity of the Citizens of Dublin * Bruce retires into Kilkenny; Sufferings of his Army * Inactivity of the English * Parliaments held at Kilkenny and Dublin * Retreat of Bruce into Ulster * Returns to his own Dominions * Arrival of the new Lord Justice Sir Roger Mortimer, afterwards Earl of March * Liberation of the Earl of Ulster * Petition of the Irish respecting the holding of Parliaments * Disaffection among the Clergy * Sentence of Outlawry passed against the De Lacys * Famine in Ireland * . Edward Bruce again takes tho Field * Death of Bruce and Defeat of his Army\" * Disaffection of the Clergy; the Pope addresses a Letter to them * O\'Neill, Prince of Tyrone, his memorable Remonstrance to the Pope * State of the Country from Civil Wars * State of the Irish Church * Iniquity of the Laws governing Ireland * Extinction of the Order of Knights Templars
CHAPTEE THIRTY-SEVEN ~ EDWARD III: State of Ireland on the Accession of Edward III. * Civil Dissensions among the English Families * Irruption and Defeat of Mac Morough * Roger Outlaw, Prior of Kilmainham, appointed Lord Justice * The Natives again Petition for English Law * Insurrections in the South of Ireland * Massacre of English by English at Orgiel * Defeat of the English Troops * The Lord Justice summons to his aid the Earl of Desmond * Desmond takes the Field against the Insurgents * Continued Insurrection * Parliament at Kilkenny * The King appoints the Earl of Ulster Lord-Lieutenant * Sir Anthony Lacy sent over as Lord Justice * Severe Measures of the new Lord Justice * Arrest of Lord Henry Mandeville and the Earl of Desmond * Arrest and Execution of Lord William Birmingham * The King announces his Intention of visiting Ireland, his real Purpose, however, being an Expedition to Scotland * Murder of William do Burgh, the third Earl of Ulster * Release of the Earl of Desmond * Victory gained by the English over the Natives in Connaught * The Earl of Desmond attacks and defeats the Insurgents of Kerry * The Earl of Kildare attacks the Insurgents of Leinster * Roger Outlaw holds the Office of Chief Governor for the fourth time, and dies the following Tear * Arrival of the new Lord Justice, Sir John Darcy * Arbitrary Measures of the English Government * A Parliament summoned to meet at Dublin * The Earl of Desmond and his Party refuse to attend it * Convention at Kilkenny, and Petition to the King * Sir Ralph Ufford appointed Lord Justice; Rigorous Measures adopted by him towards Desmond * Arrest of the Earl of Kildare * Death of Ufford * Eenewal of Hostilities with France * Tranquil State of Ireland * Desmond appointed to the Government of Ireland * His Death * Is succeeded by Sir Thomas Rokeby * Law Reforms * Administration of the Earl of Ormond * The King sends his Son, Lionel Duke of Clarence, as Deputy to Ireland * Measures for the Defence of Ireland * The Duke marches against the Insurgents of Munster * He returns to England * Is twice again appointed to the Office * Parliament at Kilkenny * The Statute of Kilkenny The Duke of Clarence returns to England * Is succeeded by the Earl of Desmond * Sir William de Windsor appointed to the Government * Disturbances in Leinster and Limerick * Arbitrary Conduct of the new Governor * Order issued to Absentees * James, second Earl of Ormond, appointed Lord Justice * Struggles between the Civil and Ecclesiastical Judicatures Foundation of Dublin University
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT ~ RICHARD II: A Council of Regency chosen during the young King\'s Minority * Ordinance against Absenteeism * Edmund Mortimer Earl of March, Son of the Duke of Clarence, sent to Ireland as Lord Lieutenant * His Death; is succeeded by John Colton, and afterwards by Roger Earl of March, Son of the former Lord-Lieutenant * The Desire of the regency to reform the Affairs of Ireland frustrated by the new Lord Justice, Philip de Courtenay * The King\'s Favorite, Robert de Vere, created, successively, Marquess of Ireland and Duke of Dublin * Is invested by the King with the Sovereignty of Ireland * His Death at Louvain * The great Northern Chieftain, O\'Neill, sends in his Submission to the Government * The King resolves to Conduct an Expedition into Ireland * Lands with his Army at Waterford * Panic of the Natives * Submission of O\'Neill and other Chiefs * The King Entertains them in Dublin * Richard\'s projected Reforms * Urgent Eeasons for his Eeturn to England * He leaves the Earl of March as his Lieutenant * Revolt of the Native Chieftains * Death of the Earl of March in a Conflict with the Natives * The Duke of Surrey sent over as Lord-Lieutenant * The King resolves on another Expedition to Ireland, and appoints the Duke of York Regent in his Absence * He marches against Mac Morough * Difficulties of the Royal Army * Returns towards Dublin * Meeting between the Earl of Gloucester and Mac Morough, who refuses to submit * The King receives Intelligence of the Landing of Henry of Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster * He embarks for Milford Haven
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE ~ HENRY IV: Struggle between the Houses of York and Lancaster * Invasion of Scotland by Henry * Ireland Attacked by the Scots * The King Appoints his Son Lord-Lieutenant * The Mayor of Dublin Marches against and Defeats the Insurgents of Wicklow * Murder of the Sheriff of Louth * The Right of the Sword conferred on the Corporation of Dublin * The Lord-Lieutenant returns to England, Leaving as Deputy Sir Stephen Scroope, who afterwards Eesigns the Office to the Earl of Ormond * Infraction of the Truce between England and Scotland * Parliament held at Trim * A Force Despatched against Mac Murough * His gallant Resistance and Defeat * The Duke of Lancaster again appointed Lord-Lieu tenant * Causes the Arrest of the Earl of Kildare * Is Wounded in an Affray * Summons a Parliament at Kilkenny * Returns to England, leaving his Brother, the Prior of Kilmainham, his Successor * Death of Henry * State of Ireland * Restrictions on the Native Irish
CHAPTER FORTY ~ HENRY V: Thomas Cranley, Archbishop of Dublin, Lord Deputy * Continued Hostilities between the English and the Natives * Sir Thomas Talbot elected Lord-Lieutenant * Makes a Martial Circuit round the Borders of the Pale * Reduces to Submission a great number of the Irish Chiefs * Measures for the Defence of Ireland * Petition addressed to the English Parliament * The King summons a Body of Native Irish to join his Standard in Normandy * Their gallant Conduct under the Prior of Kilmainham * Laws against Absentees * Mac Murough taken Prisoner and committed to the Tower * The Lord-Lieutenant summoned to England * James, Earl of Ormond, receives the Appointment * Impeachment of the Archbishop of Cashel * Petition of Grievances to the King * Conflicts between the English and Natives CHAPTER FORTY-ONE ~ HENRY VI: Alliances by Marriage and otherwise between the two Races * The Customs of Gossifred and Fostering * The Earl of March appointed Lord-Lieutenant * His Death * Lord Talbot appointed his Successor * Frequent appointment of Governors during the next ten Years * Severe Measures against Absentees * Desmond\'s Romantic Marriage * Is forcibly expelled from his States * Large Grants to his Successor * Decline of the King\'s Government in Ireland * \"Articles\" of Accusation against the Earl of Ormond * He is appointed Lord-Lieutenant * Extensive Grants bestowed on Desmond * Renewal of the Charges against Ormond * Retires from the Lord-Lieutenancy, and is succeeded by John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury * Richard, Duke of York, appointed Viceroy * Committal of Ormond to the Tower * Intended Duel between Ormond and the Prior of Kilmainham * Reduction of the English Power * Wise Policy of the Duke of York * Cade\'s Rebellion * The Duke of York proceeds to England * The Battle of St. Albans \" * The Defeat of the Yorkists at Blore Heath * The Duke of York takes refuge in Ireland * His Conference with Warwick at Dublin * Makes his public Entry into London * Is defeated and slain at Wakefield * Liberal Conduct of this Prince
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO ~ EDWARD VI: Reduced State of the English Power * Predatory Inroads of the Natives * The Duke of Clarence appointed Lieutenant for Life * The Earl of Desmond his Deputy * Lavish Grants to Desmond * The College of Youghall founded and endowed by Desmond * Establishment of a University at Drogheda * Desmond is succeeded as Deputy by Lord Worcester * Worcester\'s Hostility towards Desmond * Charge of Treason against Desmond * His Execution * The Earl of Kildare appointed Deputy * Institution of the Brotherhood of St. George * The Earl of Ormond restored to Favour * Gerald, Earl of Kildare, appointed Lord Deputy * Marriage of his Sister with Con O\'Neill * Death of the Duke of Clarence, and Appointment of Richard Duke of York to the Office of Lord-Lieutenant * Low State of the Irish Revenue
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE ~ EDWARD V AND RICHARD III: The Geraldines in Power * Parliament in Dublin * Enactment passed at this Parliament * Battle of Bosworth and Death of Richard III
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR ~ HENRY VII: Policy of Henry * Strength of the Yorkists in Ireland * The Family of Ormond restored to Favour * The Earl of Kildare suspected by the King * Henry\'s Cruelty towards the young Earl of Warwick * The Simnel Plot * Movements in his favour * Arrival in Dublin of Martin Swartz with a Body of German Troops, accompanied by the Earls of Lincoin and Lovell * Simnel Crowned at Dublin by the Bishop of Meath * The Anglo-Irish Leaders resolve to invade England * Defeat of the Invaders at Stoke, by Henry * Simnel made Prisoner and transferred to the Royal Kitchen * The King rewards the Loyalty of Waterford * He pardons Kildare * Henry\'s mistaken Policy towards Ireland * Sir Richard Edgecomb ordered to repair to Ireland to receive the Allegiance of the People * Kildare absolved * Henry summons the Lords of the Pale to meet him at Greenwich * Mnrder of the ninth Earl of Desmond * Wars of his Successor with the Irish * Hostilities between O\'Neill and O\'Donnell * Appearance of Another Impostor, Perkin Warbeck * Dismissal of the Earl of Kildare from the Office of Deputy, and his Father-in-law from that of High Treasurer * Walter Fitz Symons made Deputy * The Duchess of Burgundy sends for Warbeck to Ireland * Warbeck invited to the French Court * Withdraws himself privately to Flanders * The Earl of Kildare in Disgrace * . Sir Edward Poynings sent to Ireland as Deputy * His Expedition into Ulster * Kildare suspected of Disloyalty * Parliament at Drogheda * Poynings\' Act * Other Acts passed in this Parliament * “Great Treaty of Commerce\" between England and the Netherlands * Warbeck visits the Scottish Court * Marries the Daughter of the Earl of Huntley * O\'Donnell\'s Visit to Scotland * Arrest of Kildare * His committal to England and Examination * Is acquitted and made Lord-Lieutenant * Warbeck again visits Ireland * Is joined by the Earl of Dosmond * Their unsuccessful Expedition against Waterford * Warbeck escapes to Cornwall * His Execution at Tyburn * Warfare among the Irish Chiefs * Kildare\'s Successes * Confederacy among the Irish * Battle of Knoc-tuadh and Defeat of the Irish * Kildare made a Knight of the Garter
CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE ~ KING HENRY VIII: Kildare continued Chief Governor * Success of his Arms * His Death * Is succeeded by his Son Gerald * Military Exploits of the new Governor * Is summoned to England for Maladministration * Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, appointed Lord-Lieutenant * Secret Designs against Kildare * Violent Proceedings of Desmond * Dissensions between Desmond and Ormond * Surrey effects a Reconciliation between them * His ill Success in Governing Ireland * Returns to England * League between the Scots and Natives * Ormond receives the Appointment of Lord Deputy * Is supplanted by Kildare * Desmond enters into a Treaty with the King of France * Impeachment of Kildare * Is committed to the Tower and afterwards released * Richard Nugent, Baron of Delvin, the new Lord Deputy * Daring Act of O\'Connor, who takes Prisoner the Lord Deputy * Feuds among the English * The Duke of Norfolk\'s (late Earl of Surrey) Opinions respecting Ireland * The Duke of Richmond appointed Lord-Lieutenant * Trinmph of Kildare * Sir William Skeffington Lord Deputy * Removal of Skeffington and appointment of Kildare in his place * Kildare allies himself to O\'Connor and O\'Carrol * Is seriously wounded * Combination against him * Kildare summoned to England * Report on the State of Ireland * Encroachment of the O\'Briens * Condition of the Country * Rebellion of Lord Thomas Fitz Gerald, Vice Deputy * Dublin Castle besieged * Archbishop Allen barbarously murdered * Fitz Gerald invades the Territory of the Earl of Ossory * Endeavours, without Success, to induce Ossory to join him * Truce with the Citizens of Dublin * Sentence of Excommunication passed against Fitz Gerald * Death of Kildare in the Tower * Operations of Fitz Gerald * Applies for Aid to Foreign Powers * Sir William Skeffington lays Siege to Maynooth * Surrender of the Castle * Fitz Gerald takes refuge with O\'Brien * Inactivity of the English Government * Sir John Saintelow appointed Marshal of the Army * Fends among the Chiefs * Destructive Effects of the War * Arrival of Lord Leonard Gray to conduct the War * Sir William Skeffington marches against Offaley * O\'Connor Surrenders * Submission of Fitz Gerald, who is sent Prisoner to England * His Execution, together with his five Uncles * The Destruction of O\'Brien\'s Bridge * Rumoured Return of Lord Thomas Fitz Gerald * Expedition of the Lord Deputy into Offaley, and Expulsion of Brian O\'Connor * That Territory bestowed on the Chiefs Brother * The Castle of Dengen besieged * Conduct of the Brothers * Parley between the Lord Deputy and O\'Connor * Gerald Fitz Gerald, tho Brother of Lord Thomas * The Aid of the Scottish Monarch solicited in his favour * Marriage of Gerald\'s Aunt, Lady Eleanor, to O\'Donnoll * Lord Gray\'s Military Progress through the Kingdom * Charges against him * League between Desmond and O\'Brien * Unworthy Submission to Desmond * Contest between Desmond and Fitz Maurice for Bight of Inheritance * Countenance afforded by Desmond to young Fitz Gerald * Lord Gray suspected of favoring Fitz Gerald * Religious Differences * Supposed League of the Scottish Court with the Irish Chief * Expulsion of the Scotch Refugees * The Geraldine League * Expedition into Munster under the Command of the Lord Deputy and the Earl of Ormond * Submission of the Geraldinea * Defiance of Desmond * \"The Battle of Bellahoe\" * Escape of Gerald into France * His subsequent Adventures
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX ~ HENRY VIII (CONTINUED): Progress of the Reformation in England * Henry\'s Differences with the Pope * Fate of Sir Thomas More * Henry\'s Cruelty * The Act for Abolishing Diversity of Opinions * The Reformation in Ireland * Opposed by Archbishop Cromer * Supported by Archbishop Browne * Parliament in Ireland * Opposition of the Proctors to the Act of Supremacy * Traffic in Spiritual Patronage * Continued Opposition of the Proctors * Bill for their Expulsion from Parliament * Character of Archbishop Browne * Henry\'s Letter to him * Differences between Browne and Lord Gray * Attachment of Official and other persons to the ancient Faith * Comparative Tranquillity of Ireland * Two Archbishops and eight Bishops take the Oath of Supremacy .* Act for the Suppression of Religious Houses * Urgent Requests of Archbishop Browne for a Share of the Religious Plunder * Silence of the Clergy * . Lord Gray returns to England * Differences between Ormond and the late Deputy * Fresh indications of Revolt * Peace concluded with O\'Neill * General Muster of the Irish at Fowro * Mutual Concessions * Desmond supposed to submit * Murder committed by his Brother * Ormond endeavours to conciliate Desmond * Sir Anthony Sentleger, Lord Deputy * Peaceful Disposition of the Native Chiefs * Submission of Mac Morough * O\'Connor at first refractory, at length submits * Parliament held * Henry VIII. assumes the Title of King of Ireland * Chivalrous Conduct of Tirlogh OToole * Submission of Desmond * Meeting of the Lord Deputy with O\'Brian * Parliament at.Dublin attended by the Irish Chiefs * An Act passed conferring on Henry the Title of King of Ireland * Execution of Lord Leonard Gray * Kindness of the King to Desmond and other Chiefs * Arrest of Lord Roche and the White Knight * Submission of O\'Neill and O\'Donnell * Titles bestowed on O\'Neill and other Chiefs * Description of O\'Donnell\'s Dress * Particulars of the Anglo-Irish Peerage * Want of Money in Ireland * Wise Policy of Henry\'s Government * Preparations for the Campaign in France * Irish Troops employed in France * Their Bravery at the Siege of Boulogne * Expedition against Scotland under Lord Lennox * Rumours of the Return of Gerald Fitz Gerald * The Squadron sails under the Command of Lennox and Ormond * Salutary Effects of Sentleger\'s Policy in the Government of Ireland * First Establishment of Local Jurisdictions * Feuds of the Chiefs O\'Mooro and O\'Connor * Appointment of Sir William Bellingham to the Government of the Army * Submission of the two powerful Chiefs O\'Moore and O\'Connor * Growing Disposition of the Native Irish to submit to English dominion * Surrender, by O\'Carrol, of his Territory to the King * Refusal of the Earl of Desmond to attend the Summons of the Lord-Lieutenant * He is carried Prisoner to Dublin * Special Emissary sent from France to Ireland * Journey of the French Envoy into Ulster * Their Visit to Culmore Fort * Their reception by the Chief O\'Donell * Secret Negotiations with the Court of Francs * Introduction of the New Liturgy into Ireland * General Indifference of tho People\' to Religious Changes * General Assembly of the Reformed Prelates and Clergy * Differences of Opinion among them * A Conference appointed at St. Mary\'s Abbey * Its unsatisfactory Results * Plunder and Depredations committed by the Soldiery * Pillage and Destruction of the Church of Clonmacnoise * Tardy Progress of the Reformed Faith in Ireland * Violent Family Feuds between the O\'Neill and his Brother * Dissensions among the Lords of the South * First Performance of the Reformed Service in the Cathedral of St. Paul\'s in London
CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN ~ EDWARD VI: Acknowledgment of the King’s Supremacy by the Native Chiefs * Jurisdictions assigned to the Chieftains * Contentions between the Lord Deputy and the Earl of Ormond * Dismissal of the Chancellor Alen * The Earl of Ormond Poisoned * Military Administration of Sir William Bellingham * The Chiefs O’Moore and O’Connor * Reduction of Leix and Offaley * Submission of the Natives to the English Courts of Law * The Earls of Desmond * Restlessness and Impatience of the Irish under English Rule * Intrigues with Foreign Powers * French Envoys in Ireland * Venantius, Archbishop of Armagh * Pledge of the Native Chieftains of Allegiance to France * Introduction of the New Liturgy into Ireland * Motley state of Religious Affairs * Divisions among the Clergy * Conference * Controversy of the Mass * Plunder by the Soldiery * Interval of Tranquility * Shane O’Neill * Family feuds * Tardy progress of the Reformed Faith * Confusion of Religious Rites
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT ~ MARY: Reappointment of Sentleger to the Government of Ireland * Restoration of Gerald, eleventh Earl of Kildare, to his Titles and Honours * Marriage of the Queen to Philip of Spain * Difficulties as to their Assumption of the Titles of King and Queen of Ireland * Papal Bull constituting the Lordship of Ireland a Kingdom * Sentleger is succeeded by Viscount Fitz Walters (afterwards Earl of Sussex) * Encroachments of the Island-Seots * They are attacked and routed by the Lord-Deputy and the Earl of Ormond * A Parliament called after a lapse of thirteen Years * Religions and Civil Enactments during the Session * Reduction of the Districts of Leix and Offaley to the Jurisdiction of the English Law * Recall of the Lord-Deputy, and appointment of Lords-Justices * Persecutions during this Reign * Remarkable Exemption of Ireland * Expedition of the Earl of Sussex against Donald O\'Brien
CHAPTER FORTY-NINE ~ ELIZABETH: Frequent Alterations of the National Creed * Base Pliancy of Public Men, both Lay and Clerical, in matters of Religion * Two honourable Exceptions among the Spiritual Peers * Attachment of the Temporal Lords to the Ancient Faith * Evil effects of attempting Coercion in matters of Faith * Indifference of the great Irish Chieftains to the first Advances of the Reformation * State of Affairs in England * The Spiritual Supremacy restored to the Crown * Resumption of the Government in Ireland by the Earl of Sussex * Character and Designs of Shane O\'Neill * Visit of the Lord-Deputy to him * Various Causes of Internal Discord * Sympathy of the Catholic Powers in the Affairs of Ireland * Rumoured Invasion of Ireland by Franco and Spain * O\'Neill seeks a closer Alliance with the English * Inveterate Hostility between him and Sussex * Expedients for setting the Irish Chiefs against each other * Attack of O\'Neill on the Chief O\'Donell and his Wife * He desires to lay his Submission at the Foot of the Throne * Kindly feeling towards him on the part of the Queen * Skirmishes between O\'Neill and the Queen\'s Forces * He refuses to Surrender O\'Donell as a Hostage * Prepares to repair to England * Secret Plot for the Murder of O\'Neill * Its Failure through the Cowardice of the Plotters * Submission of O\'Neill and Articles of Peace agreed upon * Curiosity Excited in England by him and his Followers * Sussex succeeds in Prejudicing the Queen against O\'Neill * O\'Neill returns to Ireland * State of Affairs on his Arrival * Bitter Feuds between the houses of Desmond and Ormond * Interference of the Queen * The Earls of Desmond and Ormond Summoned to England * Difficulties of O\'Neill\'s Situation * He refuses to perform his Part of the Articles of Peace * Suspected Plots against the Government * Ambitious Designs of O\'Neill on the County of Ulster * His Inroads and Plunder in tho Territory of O\'Donell * Apprehensions of the Lord-Lieutenant of Secret Mischief on the part of O\'Neill * Repugnance of the Queen to the Expense of the Irish War * Defection of the leading Irish Chiefs * Predilection of O\'Neill for the Social Benefits of Civilization * He wishes to form an English Matrimonial Alliance * His Alliance with the Scots * The Peace endangered by a Refusal of his Demands on the Government * Successful Mediation of Sir Thomas Cusake * General Rejoicings * Renewed Hostilities between the Earls of Desmond and Ormond * Engagement between the rival Forces * Desmond wounded * Spirited Declaration ascribed to him * Adherence of O\'Neill to the Stipulations entered into with Sir Thomas Cusake * Inroads of the Island-Scots * They are attacked and routed by O\'Neill * Exceptions taken to O\'Neill\'s Proceedings * He again assumes a Position of Defiance * Refuses a Parley with the Lord-Deputy * His Predatory Excursions on the Northern Captains * His Contempt of the Honours conferred on the Native Chiefs * Renewed Outrages committed by him * Preparations for carrying the War into the Chiefs Territory * Reinforcements to the English Forces * Skirmish at Knockfergus * Death of Randolph, the English Leader * O\'Neill applies for Foreign Assistance * Is Deserted by some of his most powerful Allies * He seeks an Alliance with the Scots of Claneboy * His falling Fortunes * Treacherous Assassination of O\'Neill by the Scots * Indignities offered to his Remains * General Observations on his Character and Career * Favourable Indications in the aspect of affairs * Tirlogh Lynogh succeeds to the vacant Chieftainship * Wretched Condition of Ulster * Sir Henry Sydney\'s Journey into the Country, and its Objects * Disgrace of Desmond * Cruel Fate of his Countess * Vindication of the Severe Measures of Sir Henry Sydney * He is summoned to England by the Queen * The Earl of Desmond committed to the Tower * Return of Sir Henry Sydney to Ireland * James Fitz-Maurice takes the Command of the Geraldi nos, and appeals to the Catholic Powers of Europe * The Earl of Ormoud takes the Field against him * Fitx-Maurice takes the Town of Kllmallock
CHAPTER FIFTY ~ ELIZABETH (CONTINUED): Interest felt by the leading Catholic Powers of Europe in the Affairs of Ireland * Mac Caghwell, titular Archbishop of Cashel, sent as Ambassador to the Spanish Court * Supply of Arms, Ac, sent from Spain * Appointment of Presidency Courts in Munster and Connaught * Bull of Excommunication against Queen Elizabeth * Its Reception in Ireland * Submission and Pardon of several Irish Chieftains * Fierce Struggle between Sir Peter Carew and the Cavanaghs * Submission of Fitz-Maurice * Release of Desmond from Prison * The Earl and his Brother sent Prisoners to Dublin * Secret Plots of Connor O\'Brien, Earl of Thomond * His sudden Flight into France * He obtains his Pardon through the Mediation of Norris, the English Ambassador in France * Stringent Measures of internal Reform in Ireland * Increase of Shires and Sheriffs * Planting of Settlers in the forfeited Parts of the Provinces of Ulster * Made a Cloak for despoiling the Natives * Plan of the Earl of Essex for Colonizing Ireland * Opposed by Sir William Fitzwilliam * The Earl sets out on his Expedition * His Arrival productive of little Apprehension among the Native Chiefs * He is deserted by several of his Companions * Incapacity and Treachery of the Earl of Essex * His Sickness and Death * New Expedients for assisting the Revenue * Remonstrance of the Gentry of the Pale * Ireland included by Gregory XIII. in the Bull Of Excommunication * Singular Adventures of Thomas Stukely * He repairs to the Court of Spain * Visits Rome, and receives a Shower of Honours from His Holiness * Accompanies Sebastian to Africa * His Bravery and Death * Persevering Efforts of Fitz-Maurice at all the Courts of Europe in behalf of Ireland * He arrives at Smerwick with Arms and Ammunition * Rumours among the Natives * Proclamation issued against Fitz-Maurice * Desperate Encounter, and Death * Testimony to his Character * Honours conferred on Sir William de Burgo * The Borderers of the Pale harassed by Rory Oge O\'Moore * He is Slain by the Lord of Upper Ossory * Final Departure of Sir Henry Sydney from Ireland * Murder of Henry Davelsby Sir John of Desmond * Sir John assumes the Command of the Irish Forces * Desperate Encounter and Rout of the Irish * Dissimulation of Desmond * Evidences of his Collusion with the Insurgents * He is declared a Traitor * Noble and Heroic Conduct of his Countess * Appointment of Lord Grey de Wilton to the Government of Ireland * Prepares an Expedition into the County of Wicklow * Foolhardiness of this Enterprise * General Slaughter of the English * Arrival of Spanish Succours at Smerwick * Attack, by Admiral Winter and Lord Grey, of Fort del Ore * Surrender and Massacre of the Garrison * Abject Condition of Desmond * His Death * Observations on his Character * Arrival and sudden Departure of Spanish Vessels
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE ~ ELIZABETH (CONTINUED): Instructions to Sir John Perrot on his Appointment to the Office of Lord-Deputy * General Tranquillity of the Country * Hugh O\'Neill, Earl of Tyrone * Doubtfulness of his Loyalty to the Queen * Recall of Sir John Perrot to England * He falls under the Queen\'s Displeasure * His Death, of a broken Heart, in the Tower * Seizure of young O\'Donell and two Sons of Shane O\'Neill, and their Committal to Dublin Castle * Marriage of Tyrone with a Sister of Sir Henry Bagnall, Marshal of Ireland * Alliance of young O\'Donell (Red Hugh) with Tyrone * Tyrone assumes an Attitude of Defiance * Indications of an approaching Crisis * Sir John Norris sent, as Lord General, to take the Command of the Forces in Ireland * Tyrone openly assumes the Title of \" The O\'Neill\" * Commencement of Active Hostilities * Destructive Encounter * Tyrone denounced by Proclamation as a Traitor * Impolicy of employing the Natives in the English Forces * Commission appointed to settle the Contest in Ireland * Tyrone\'s humble Submission to the Queen * Religion not one of the Causes of the Irish War * Recall of Sir William Russell * Appointment of Thomas Lord Brough as Lord-Deputy * Melancholy Death of Sir John Norris * Siege of Black water Fort * Death of the Lord-Deputy * Tyrone\'s Refusal of the Queen\'s Pardon * He converts the Siege of Black water into a Blockade * Dreadful Extremities of the Garrison * Their Eelief attempted by Sir Henry Bagnall * Battle of Boal-an-ath-a-buidh * Death of Bagnall, and Flight of the English Army * Effects of Tyrone\'s Victory, both at home and abroad * The Earl of Essex appointed Lord-Lieutenant * His ample Powers and pompous Preparations * His Incapacity and Failure * Meeting of Essex and Tyrone at the Ford of Ballyclinch * Truce concluded * Dissatisfaction of the Queen with the Proceedings of Essex * His Return to England * Appointment of Lord Mountjoy to the Government of Ireland * Sir George Carew appointed Lord President of Monster * Important Military Reforms * Plans for intercepting the Return of Tyrone to his Territory * Tyrone succeeds in reaching Home * Angry Proceedings at a Conference between the Earl of Ormond and the Chief of the O\'Moores * Presence of several Native Chiefs at the Celebration of St . George\'s Feast * Administration of Mountjoy, though Vigorous, deficient in Humanity * New Inroads on the People of Leix * Design of embroiling the Natives among themselves * Plan for the Assassination of the Sugan Earl * His Defeat in an Encounter with the English Forces * James Fitzgerald sent to Ireland * His Predilection for the Protestant Faith incurs the Displeasure of the Natives * His Return to the English Court, and Death * Success of the Lord-Deputy\'s Policy in the general Submission to the English Rule * Despotic Privileges of the Government of the Pale * Debasement of the Coin in Ireland * Seanty Succours from Spain * The Lord President empowered to grant a general Amnesty * Offer of large Eewards for the head of the leading Rebels * Declining Fortunes of the Sugan Earl * His Capture by the \"White Knight\" * Expedition of Mountjoy to discover a Pass into Tyrone\'s Country * Sequel to the History of the Sugan Earl * Committal of Florence MacCarthy to the Tower * Rumoured Descent of the Spanish on tho Irish Coast * Arrival of a Spanish Fleet * Landing of the Spanish Forces under Don Juan d\'Agulla * Prompt Measures adopted by Mountjoy * Reinforcements to the English Forces * Proceedings of the contending Parties * Tyrone\'s Military Tactics Sanguinary Conflict between the hostile Armies * Conference with the Spanish Commander * Escape of O\'Donell to Spain * Review of the Course adopted by Don Juan while in Ireland * Flattering Accounts of O\'Donell’s Reception in Spain * The Lord-Deputy\'s Expedition into the North * ConFlagration of the Town of Dungannon and Tyrone\'s Mansion * Progress of the War in Munster * Successful Attempt of O\'Sullivan to regain Possession of tho Castle of Dunboy * Arrival of Spanish Succours * Desperation of the Besieged * Surrender of the Garrison and their Butchery * Influence of this Event on the Proceedings of Spain * Death of O\'Donell * Tyrone\'s Submission * His Restoration to his English Titles and Honours, and full Pardon of his Followers * The Queen\'s Death
CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO ~ KING JAMES: Accession of James generally weicomed in Ireland * The Catholic Party calculate upon increased Support to the Ancient Faith * Disappointment of their Hopes * Several refractory Cities compelled to submit to the Arms of Mountjoy * Proclamation of General Indemnity and Oblivion * Pacificatory Effects of the Proclamation * The great Irish Lords Petition for further Religions Toleration * Mountjoy, with Tyrone and O\'Donell, repairs to England * Sir George Carew appointed the King\'s Deputy * Glowing Description of the Prospects of the Country * Re-imposition of the Acts of Uniformity and Supremacy * Rigorous Measures against the Catholics * Proclamation, banishing all Catholic Priests from Ireland * Remonstrance of the great English Families of the Pale * Petition for Freedom of Religious Worship * Abolition of the Ancient Customs of Tanistry and Gavelkind * The National Antipathy revived against Tyrone * Spies appointed to wateh his Movements * Charges preferred against him * He abandons all hope of Foreign Aid, and prepares for open Hostilities to the Government * Meetings of the Confederate Lords at Maynooth * Treacherous Appearances of General Tranquillity * Intelligence of a secret design for Seizing the Castle of Dublin and Murdering the Lord-Deputy * Flight of Tyrone and Tyrconnell * Tyrone fixes his Abode at Rome * His Death * Extinction of the great Irish House of Hy-Nial, by the Assassination of his Son * Imprisonment, Escape, and Subsequent Pardon of the Lord Delvin * Insurrection of Sir Cahir O\'Doherty * Taking of Culmore Fort, and Massacre of the Garrison * Death of O\'Doherty * Large Accession of Territory to the Crown * Determination of the King to plant Colonies m Ireland * Execution of the Project entrusted to Sir Arthur Chichester * Participation of the Corporation of London in the Plan * Abolition of the Brchon Law * A Parliament summoned, after an interval of twenty-seven Years * Review of Events in the Interim * State of Parties in the new Parliament * Disgraceful Scene on the Election of Speaker * Secession of the Recusant Members * Prorogation of the Parliament * Prototype of the Catholic Association and Rent * Harsh Reception, by the King, of the Irish Delegates * General Act of Pardon and Oblivion * Pacific Temper of the New Parliament * BilI of Attainder passed against Tyrone and his Associates * Assent of the Catholics\' to this Measure * Repeal of old Statutes affecting the Native Irish * Sir Arthur Chichester created Baron of Belfast * Sir Oliver St . John succeeds Sir Arthur Chichester * Fines on Recusants * Oppressive Operation of the Penal Code in Ireland * Articles of Faith issued by Archbishop Usher * Proclamation against the Catholic Clergy * Rapacity of the King * Great Uncertainty of the Titles to Landed Estates in Ireland * Inquiry into defective Titles * Oppressive Acts of the Government in Allotment of Lands * Case of the Byrnes of Wicklow
CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE ~ CHARLES I: Effects, in the beginning of this Reign, of James\'s Prodigality * The King\'s Reliance on the Irish for Replenishing the Treasury * Contract between the King and the Catholic Lords and Gentlemen * Royal Graces * The Parliament summoned * Its Proceedings pronounced Invalid by the Privy Council * Alarm of the Protestant Clergy * Their Declaration condemnatory of the Catholic Faith ... * Recall of Lord Falkland, and Appointment of Lords-Justices * “The Great Earl of Cork\" * Acts of Gross Oppression by the Lords-Justices * Viscount Wentworth, afterwards Earl of Strafford, commences his Career in Ireland * Review of his early Days * His Departure from Patriotic Principles * Appointed President of the Council of the North * His unjust Sentence on Sir David Fowlis * He disgusts the Irish Nobles by his Haughty Demeanour * Seeks a Renewal of the Voluntary Aids supplied by the Irish * Extreme Policy on which he attempted the Government of Ireland * His restrictions on the Nobility and principal Officers * Predilection of the Irish for the Institution of Parliaments * Exigencies of the State * The Kings Antipathy to Parliaments * Unworthy Subterfuge to get rid of the Royal Graces * His Policy in the formation of his first Parliament * Pompons Opening of the Parliament * Ready Grant of Subsidies to the King * Redress of Grievances urged by the Lords * Convocation appointed to consider the Canons of the Church of England * Wentworth\'s Collision with the Clergy * Retention of the Articles of Dr. Usher in the Irish Church * Statutes of Wills and Uses passed * Wentworth\'s Design of humbling the \" Great Earl of Cork\" * Failure of the King\'s Claim to the Plantations of Connaught and Ormond * His Claim acknowledged in Roscommon, Sligo, and Mayo * The County of Galway opposes the Claim * Wentworth\'s Cruel and Unjust Treatment of the Leaders in this Opposition * Submission of the County of Connaught * Death of the Earl of Clanricarde * Wentworth\'s Inhuman Treatment of Lord Mountnorris * Interesting Letter of Lady Mountnorris to Wentworth * Remarks on Wentworth\'s Sentence on Lord Mountnorris * Review of Wentworth\'s Administration in Ireland * His Regulation of the Linen and Woollen Manufactures * His inordinate Desire after Honours * The King\'s Coolness towards him * Is summoned by the King on the breaking out of the Scottish War * Voluntary Contribution for carrying on the War * Wentworth is created Earl of Strafford and Baron Raby * His unwearied zeal in the Royal Interest * Liberal Grant of Subsidies by the Irish Parliament * Improvement of the Revenue under Wentworth\'s Administration * Considerable Augmentation of the English Forces in Ireland * Objections of the New Parliament to the Subsidies voted to the King * Indignation of Charles at the Proceedings of the Parliament * “Remonstrance of Grievances\" * Strafford assumes the Command of the English Forces against the Scots * General Engagement, and Rout of the English Army * Newcastle and the Counties of Northumberland and Durham fall into the hands of the Scots * Gathering Storm around Strafford * Opening of the Long Parliament * General Displeasure of the People at Strafford\'s Proceedings * Strafford\'s Forebodings * His Impeachment for High Treason * Charges preferred against him * Remarks on his Sentence * And on his Toleration in Matters of Faith
CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR ~ CHARLES I, CONTINUED: Secret Plans of the Ulster Rebels * The Earl of Antrim chosen to negotiate with them * His glaring Incapacity for the Office * The O\'Moores and the O\'Connors * Popularity of O\'Moore * Projected Surprise of Dublin Castle * Arrest of the Insurgents * Sir Francis Willoughby appointed Governor of the Castle * Rising of the Ulster Rebels * Great Success of their Operations * Bishop Bedell - Great Respect shown to him by the Rebels * Remonstrance of the Gentry and Commonalty of the County of Ca van * Designs against the Catholics * Sudden Prorogation of the Parliament * Great Meeting of the Catholic Clergy and Laity * Cruelties of Sir Phelim O\'Neill * Disinterested and noble Conduct of his Mother * Outrages in Munster * Kindness shown by the Catholics to the Sufferers * Salutary Measures of the Marquis of Clanricarde * Rout of a Party of English near Drogheda * Lords and Gentlemen of the English Pale volunteer their Services in the Cause of the Crown * General Execution of Prisoners * Case of Father Higgins, a Catholic Priest * Employment of the Rack * Victory of Lord Moore over the Rebels * Mac Mahon taken Prisoner * Archbishop Usher, his Sufferings during the Rebellion * His remarkable Prediction * Sir Henry Tichbourne\'s Account of the Siege of Drogheda * Rewards offered for the Heads of the chief Rebels * Extremity of the Garrison * The Siege raised * Defection of the Lords of the Pale * Conference on the State of the Kingdom * The Defection of the Lords of the Pale followed by a general Insurrection * Causes contributing towards the Result * Synods of Kells and Kilkenny * Resolution to seek Foreign Aid in assertion of their Rights * Prominent part taken by the Clergy * Constitution of the Supreme Council of the Confederate Catholics of Ireland * Powers assumed by it * Petition to the King * Unanimous Election of Owen O\'Neill as \" The O\'Neill\" * Importance of his Accession to the Irish Cause * Active Hostilities throughout the Country * Defeat of the Irish Forces * The Lady Offaley besieged in her own Castle * Her Heroic Conduct * Battles of Kilrush, Tymahoo, and Raconell * A Truce concluded * Petition of the Irish Nobility and Gentry, for an Inquiry into all Murders committed during the War * Cruelties practised by the Lords-Justices towards tho Catholics * Sympathy manifested by the Catholic Powers of Europe * Violent Opposition to the Cessation * Ridiculous Schemes of the Earl of Antrim * Remonstrance of Trim * Projected Settlement of Affairs * Demands of the Insurgents * Tardy Progress of Bight and Justice in the ease of Ireland * Intolerant Spirit displayed by the Protestants, and Rigorous Measures against the Catholics * A new Source of Dissension in the introduction of the Solemn League and Covenant * Monroe appointed to the Command of the Forces in Ireland * Treacherous Seizure of Belfast * Declining Power of O\'Neill * Arrival in Ireland of the Pope\'s Nuncio, Battista Rinuccini * Objects of his Mission * Siege of Toughall * Expediency of a Peace * Treaty concluded * Proceedings of the Warlike Archbishop of Tuam * Battle of Benburb * Death of O\'Neill
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