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Atlas AND Cyclopedia of Ireland
PART I.
A COMPREHENSIVE DELINEATION OE THE. THIRTY-TWO COUNTILS.
With a Beautifully Colored Map of Each, Arranged Alphaheiically, Showing
Over 11,000 Cities, Towns, Villages and Places of Public Interest.
By p. W. JOYCE, LL.D.
EMBRACING OVER TWO HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE NATURAL, SCENERY, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ABBEYS,
ROUND TOWERS AND OTHER ROMANTIC AND HISTORIC PLACES, REPRODUCED BY EMINENT
ARTISTS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS ESPECIALLY TAKEN FOR THIS WORK.
PART II.
THE GENERAL HISTORY,
AS TOLD KY
A. M. SULLIVAN,
And Continued by P. D. NUNAN.
A Complete and Authentic History of Ireland, from the Earliest Ages. With Graphic Descriptions of thi
Battle of Clontarf Strongbozv's Invasion, Death of Roderick O'Connor {Last King of Ireland),
Cromwell's Invasion, Siege of Derry and the Battle of the Boytte; Siege of Limerick,
Penal Laws, The Volunteers, The United Irishmen, Catholic Emancipation
and Repeal, TIte Young Irelanders, Fenian Insurrection, Home
Rule and Land League Agitations, bringing it down
almost to the United Irish League.
EMBELLISHED WITH PORTRAITS OF THE LEADING STATESMEN, ORATORS, POETS AND MARTYRS OF THE
EMERALD ISLE, TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL PAINTINGS OF HAVERTY,
REYNOLDS, LESAGE AND OTHERS.
NEW YORK :
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190o.
Copyrighted, 1900.
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LEADING IRISH FAMILIES.
INTRODUCTION.
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Heraldry is defined as the art or science of
blazoning or describing in appropriate technical
terms coats of arms and other heraldic and armor-
ial insignia. The system is of very ancient origin.
AVe can trace it back to the Jewish tribes ; anil
subsequently we find it in a more elabojate form
in the leading families of Greece and Rome, who
bore distinguishing symbols, illustrative of, or
pertaining to, deeds of valor or merit performed by
their ancestors.
In its modern sense, liowever, the heraldic art
dates from the time of the Crusades, and was re-
duced to its jiresent perfect system by the Frencli ;
and it was not until that period that the crest or
cognizance was generally adopted. The crest is a
device worn on top of the shield, usually placed on
a wreath, and was worn by kniglits and otlier
personages of rank, when clad in armor, to dis-
tinguisli tliem in battle, and as a mark for their
followers and supporters. At first these badges
were worn on the helmet, to render them more
plainly visible, or on the arm, but in later times
were transferred to the shield or armor.
An erroneous idea is entertained by some, that
heraldic symbols denote an aristocratic or ex-
clusive class, and is undemocratic in its origin and
permanency. On the contrary — and this is es-
pecially true of the Irish-Milesian families — these
badges of distinction were the reward of personal
merit, and could be secured by the humblest as
well as the highest. They are to-day the tes-
timonials and warrants of bravery, lieroism, and
meritorious deeds of our ancestors ; and they appeal
to the pride of the intelligent and enlightened
descendants of these distinguished families to-day,
as the valiant deeds and self-sacrificing acts of
contemporary persons would to their posterity-
The antiquity of Irish heraldry antedates that
of any other people, ancient or modern. It is
universally conceded that a high order of Irish
civilization prevailed many centuries anterior to
the evolution of modern European peoples, or the
foundation of the oldest of the Continental nations.
" See she smiles upon the touchstone on her distant youth,
Looking down her line of leaders and of workers for tlie truth;
When the sun of art and learning yet was in the Orient ;
When the might of Babylonia under Cyrus' hand was spent ;
When the Sphinx's introverted eye turned fresh from Kgypt's
guilt ;
When the Roman bowp.a to Athens, -sFban th"! "■ r thenou was
built;
When the Macedonian climaz closed the commoowealiho ot
G reece ;
When the wrath of Roman manhood burst on Tarquin for
Lucrece ;
When the Norman, Teuton, Briton left his primal woodland
spring ;
When his rule was might and rapine, and his law a painted
king,—
Then was Erin rich in knowledge, then from out her OlUm's
store,
Conned to-day by sage and student, grew her ancient Mor;
Then were reared her mighty builders, who made temples to
the sun ;
There they stand, her old Round Towers, showing how the
work was done ;
Thrice a thousand years upon them, staining all our later
art, —
Warning fingers raised to tell us, we must build with reverent
heart. "
Nearly a thousand years previous to the Chris-
tian era, we find tlie prototype of modern Par-
liamentary government in the triennial Parliament
established at Tara, where, in addition to the func-
tions of government, one of the chief objects of the
assemblage was to preserve historic and family
descent of all the Milesian-Irish clans and fam-
ilies. At these assemblies it was the custom for
each chief or head of a clan to hang his shield over
liis seat ; and on these shields were emblazoned
devices emblematic of some glorious deed or
praiseworthy act of the owner. In time the var-
ious branches or offshoots of the family adopted
the heraldic symbol. Many of these latter added
to the original, or adopted others of their own, —
a circumstance which accounts for the fact that
many Irish families of to-day have two or more
coats of arms.
Many of these devices, as in heraldic designs
among all peoples, were bizarre and fantastic,
though fotinded on some fact or tradition pertain-
ing to the bearer or his ancestors. Some of them
are so remote as to be lost in mists of antiquity ;
while others are of comparatively modern origin.
Perhaps the oldest and most renowned of all
Irish armorial symbols is the Red Hand of Ulster,
the ceuturied badge of the O'Neills. It dates from
the landing of the sons of Milesius. According to
tradition, two of the chieftains had agreed that
whosoever first touched the "Isle of Destiny "
after leaving the vessels in their small boat.-;,
should possess the right of selection over the por-
tion of the land he was to rule. One seeing hia
INTRODUCTION.
riyal gaining apace, drew his sword from the
sheath, and cutting off his left hand, hurled the
gory member to the shore, and thus overcame
his rival. Hence the bloody hand has since been
the chief badge of his descendants.
Again, it will be observed that the lion and the
serpent figure largely among the emblematic sym-
bols of the Irish clans. Both these are likewise
derived from tradition of the early Milesian
period. During the long continued migration of
the Milesians from the East, they sojourned for
a time in North Africa, before arriving in Spain,
and while there, according to the legend or fact,
one of the chiefs during a morning's hunt slew
three lions single-handed, a deed of valor ever
afterward perpetuated by his descendants in their
heraldic history. Another legend relates that a
distinguished member of the clans was cured of
the bite of a venomous reptile by gazing on the
brazen image of the serpent erected by Moses, as
narrated in Scripture.
Many of the Irish clans and prominent families
have preserved their mottoes, or watch-words,
which usually represent some characteristic of the
family, or sometimes the war cry of the clan.
Others never adopted a motto, just as many never
adopted a crest. In the Middle Ages, and the pre-
ceding centuries when Ireland was the centre of
European learning, Latin was the language of the
Bchools and courts and diplomacy, as well as of the
eburch, and many of the Irish mottoes were trans-
lated into that tongue, while some retained their
mottoes in both.
During the invasions of the Danes, and subse-
quently during the centnriesof the Anglo-Noriniin
invasion and protracted system of destruction,
much of the records of leading Irish families were
lost ; as the Anglo-Norman invader in his repeated
confiscation of the Irish lands sought by the de-
struction of the ancient records to remove all
vestige of the original ownership.
During the period of the penal laws, when the
Irish emigrated to the Continent and attained the
highest distinction in civil and military station
in almost every country from Spain to Russia,
many of them were ennobled by the sovereigns
and governments whom they served. These rec-
ords of their valor and worth form an added or-
nament to their ancestral Irish inheritance, and
are given in this collection, and their kindred may
justly and proudly retain the double honors so
bravely and nobly won.
Many of the most distinguished Irish families
also come of that patriotic stock descended from
the Norman invaders, who intermarried with the
Irish, adopted the Irish language, manners and
customs, and became known in Irish history as
being " more Irish than the Irish themselves."
Some also whose names are of more modern ex-
traction, as the Emmets, Mitchels, Parnells and
others, while not of direct Irish descent, form a
portion of the glorious galaxy of Irish patriotism.
INTRODUCTION.
Mr. JohnMitchel justly remarks, in one of his
historical works, tbat the yireatest conquest Eng-
land ever made was to ^aiu the ear of the world.
In the case of Ireland especially, she has for cen-
turies possessed not onl.v its soil, but the advan-
tage of telling the story of its people from her
own viewpoint, while preventing them from
making themselves heard in their own behalf.
Down almost to within the memory of living
men, education, even in its most rudimentary
form, was a felony in Ireland, on the correct
principle that the most effective method of sub-
jugating and despoiling a people is to keep them
in enforced ignorance.
"In tluit black time of law wrought crime, of stifling
woe and tbrall,
There stood supreme one foul device, one engine worse
than all:
dim whom they wished to keep a slave, they sought to
make a brute —
They banned the light of heaven — they l)ade instruction's
voice be mute.
Gods second priest — the Teacher— sent to feed men's
minds with lore^
They marked a price upon his head, as on the priest's
before.
?or, well they knew that never, face to face beneath
the sky.
Could Tyranny and Knowledge meet, but one of them
should die.
That fettered slaves will link their might until their
murmurs grow
'I'o that imperious thunder-peal which despots quail to
know;
That men who learn will learn their strength — the weak-
ness of their lords —
Till all the bonds that .gird them round are snapt like
Samson's cords.
This well they knew, and called the power of ignorance
to aid:
3o might, they deemed, an abject race of soulless serfs
be made —
When Irish memories, hopes, and thoughts, were withered,
branch and stem,
A race of abject, scwUess serfs, to hew and draw for
them."
In all countries the national history occupies
a primal place in their schools and public institu-
tions of learning, but Ireland is an exception.
Irish histor.v has never occupied in modern times
in Irish universities, or the so-called Queen'a
Colloge.s, the honorable position which every
other countr.y in the world but Ireland assigns
to the cultivation of its peculiar past. In
schools established under the English govern-
ment for the professed benefit of the people of
Ireland it has been systematically ignored and
suppressed. A few years ago a member of the
Queen's University — the latest ijroduct of Eng-
lish education in Ireland — had the temerity to
deliver a lecture on Irish history before the
students of Queen's College, Belfast. Had the
lecturer not ceased to be a student of the Uni-
versity, he would have been expelled for his pro-
fanity in introducing the name of Ireland within
the walls of a college paid for by the Irish people,
and dedicated to the united so-called sanctities
of loyalty and uonsectarianism. With a vigor
more violent than argumentative, he was attacked
inside the university, and out of it, for liaving
dared to speak of the country of Burke and Sher-
idan, of Grattan and O'Connell, in the presence
of an Irish audience. He had even the honor of
being made the subject of a "<iuestion," in the
House of Commons, and of being gravely cen-
sured, by some ostensibly solemn members of
Parliament, as "a person of seditious tenden-
cies."
When the present system of national schools
was established in Ireland, it was with the pro-
fessed purpose of weaning the youth of the
country from Irish ideas and aspirations. All
reference to Irish history, literature, and national
thought was rigorously eliminated, while the
excellencies of the British constitution, and the
benefits of British rule were set forth in diversi-
fied profusion. It was fondly hoped that the
seeds of lo.valty to British rule might thus be
implanted, and Ireland be converted into a West
Britain. But the attempt was doomed to
ignominious failure. Once place the weapon of
knowledge in the hand of youth, and the posses-
INTEODUCTION.
jor when grown to manhood will wield it as he
wills. So it has been in Ireland. In no coun-
try is national literature more generously pat-
ronized, and liberally diffused. For ages the
spirit of nationality was sustained and trans-
mitted by the wandering bards, the traditions of
the clans and families, and the legends and
associations that cling, like ivy round a ruin, to
every spot of the storied island.
But to the exiled Irish, and their descendants,
even such channels and reminders of the history
of their fatherland were denied. Compelled to
combat for an existence among strangers, under
new and adverse conditions, they had little time
or opportunity to devote to the memories or
glories of the past. Yet with a marvelous tenac-
ity they carried with them, retained and trans-
mitted to their children, the inheritance of their
ancestors, and to this, in a great measure, may
be attributed the status and moral solidarity
which the Irish race occupies throughout the
world to-day.
For, as Edmund Burke profoundly remarks, a
man who is not ])roud of his ancestry will never
leave after him anything for which his posterity
may be proud of him.
It is none of our purpose in these brief re-
marks to advert to the reasons why the Irish and
those of Irish descent, especially in America,
should be skilled in the histor.v of their race.
Here we are forming a great world-power, evolu-
tionizing a new nationality, and to that national-
ity, combined of the best elements of Europe,
the Irish hav« contributed, perhaps, the most
essential part. A clamorous minority, indeed,
chatter about Anglo-Saxonism, at once a mis-
nomer and absurditj"; but the cold fi^cures of the
Btatistius of emigration show that Europe, not
England, is the mother country of America, and
that to the buihling of our nationhood Ire-
land has contributed the grt-utest share. These,
and kindred facts, are'systematically ignored by
English writers, and their American imitators,
but they no longer dare to dispute them. A new
Bchool of history has been inaugurated, founded
on modern Hoionlific historical research ; and the
record of Ireland, as a civilizer, in the days
when Europe, after the break-up of the Roman
Empire, was a congerieH of bloody factions and
races, is now not only recognized but proclaimed
by all modern authorities.
As we live in a busy age and country, how-
ever, we must adapt ourselves to our require-
ments and environment; and hence the pub-
lishers of the present work have placed within
the reach of all Irish-American readers, and
sympathizers of oppressed peoples, the most
complete, condensed and lucid work on Ireland
that has ever been published. It is an epitome
of Ireland, in all her phases, a panoramic view
of the ancestral island, which can be appeciated
equally by the learned or unlearned, ana read
and scanned by all readers with pleasure and
instruction. Ireland — geographical and topo-
graphical, picturesque, and historic, with her
ancient ruins looking down on us with prehis-
toric venerableness, her antiquities, defying the
acutest modern research, her churches, abbeys
and monasteries telling in their eloquent remains
"the power and faith of old," all are here pre-
sented in the most authentic form and in the
best style of modern art. No expense has been
spared in i)resentiug in the most engaging
form the Ireland of the Past and the Present to
the reader; and at a price that will bring it
within the reach of all.
It is needless to advert to the beauties of Iris'i
scener.v — which are unsurpassed — or theremin; -
cences that meet the tourist at every turn, or
the manifold attractions that Ireland presents to
all in her varying phases, changeful as her
skies, aad beauteous as her lields, and inspiring
as the story that surrounds her.
To those who have been born in the Emerald
Isle this work will be of personal interest, con-
taining, as it does, maps of the thirty-two coun-
ties of Ireland; to those who have never visited
its shores, its scenes of picturesque loveliness,
which excite the- admiration of every traveler,
will be an incentive to see them in reality, when,
opportunity allows; while those to whom higher
aspirations appeal will turn to the lessons which
the pages of this work present to them, and, in
reading tue record of their ancestors, will realize'
the meaning of the poet:
■'Tlicy loft >is a treasure of fit and wrath,
A spur to our cold blood set.
And we'll tread that path, with a spirit that hath
Assurance of victory yet."
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ANTRIM.
NAME. — The old form was Aentruihh, or Aent-
rebh, which probably means either "one tribe"
or "one habitation :" but this is not quite cer-
tain. Antrim town gave name to the county.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Length, from
"The New Bridge" over the Lagan, near Lis-
burn, to the Giant's Causeway, 54:| miles:
breadth, from Island Magee to Toome on the
Bann, 30 miles: area, 1191 square miles: popu-
lation, 421,943.
SURFACE. — An almost uninterrupted succes-
sion of hills and uplands, a kind of irregular
plateau, long and narrow, extends along the
coast from Belfast Lough to Fair Head, with a
narrow belt of well cultivated land between it
and the sea. Near Larne the mountains run
down to the sea, forming maguiticent scenery.
From this plateau the land slopes inland, so that
many of the main streams have their source near
the sea, and flow west and southwest to Lough
Neagh and the Bann.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— The chief moun-
tain summits are — Slemish (1,437), near the cen-
ter point of the county, memorable as the scene
of St. Patrick's early life : Trostan (1,811), Slieve-
anee (1,782), Slieveanorra (1,G76), and Slievena-
hanaghan (1,325), all four near Cushecdall : a lit-
tle north of these, and west of Cushendun, Agau-
garrive (1,225), and Crockaneel (1,321): Knock-
layd (1,695), a fine detached mountain mass near
Ballycastle: Collin Top (1,42G), Carncormiek
(1,431), and Soarns Hill (l,32(i), west of Gleuarm :
Divis (1,561), Black Mountain, (1,272), Squires
Hill (1,230), and Cave Hill (1,188), all near Bel-
fast: Carn Hill (1,025) and Toppin (928) near
Carrickfergus.
DOAST-LINE.— The coast, nearly the whole
way round from Carrichfergus to Portrush, is
broken into a succession of fine cliffs, pierced by
many ravines, through which mountain streams,
short and rapid, tumble into the sea. Cliffs
formed of basaltic columns extend for many
miles along the north coast, and attain their
_ost striking development in Fair Head and the
Giant's Causeway. A most picturesque road
runs along the whole coast from Carrickfergus to
Ballycastle.
HEADLANDS.— The chief headlands (going
regularly round the coast) are — Bengore Head
(367), of which the Giant's Causeway forms 'a
part : Kinbaue or "White Head, topped by a cas-
tle ruin ; Benmore or Fair Head (636), with its
great ranges of basaltic columns : Torr Head, a
spur from Carranmore Hill (1,254), 1| miles
inland : Garron Point, a grand cliff, near which
is the singular detached tower-like sea rock —
Cloghastucan : Ballygalley Head : the Gobbins,
a series of lofty basaltic sea cliffs on the east side
of Island Magee : Black Head and "White Head,
as you come toward Carrickfergus.
ISLANDS. — Kathlin, or Raghery Island, off
the north coast: area, 5 J square miles: shores
abrupt and steep: highest point Slieveacarn
(447), ou the west end: in the northeast extrem-
ity are the ruins of Bruce's Castle, where Robert
Bruce took refuge in the winter of 1306. The
other islands are mere sea rocks, viz., the little
group of the Skerries, near Portru.sh : Maidens,
near Larne, with two lighthouses; and Muck
Island, near the coast of Island Magee.
BA"YS AND HARBORS.— Belfast Lough lies
between Antrim and Down : Larue Lough, a
shallow inlet 5 miles long, confined on the east
by the long, narrow peninsula of Island Magee :
Ballygalley Bay : the sheltered little Bay of Glen-
arm; and near it, on the north, Carnlough Bay:
Red Bay, at the mouth of the Glenariff River,
with its remarkable caves ; Murlough Bay, near
Fair Head : Ballycasole Bay : "White Park Bay,
east of Bengore Heed.
RIVERS. — The Bann forms the western bound-
ary from where it issues out of Lough Neagh to
the point where it enters Londonderry, a distance
of about 27 miles : the Lagan runs on the southern
bouudary from near Moira to its mouth — about
22 miles. The Six-mile "S\'ater, flowing by Bally-
clare into the northeast corner of Lough Neagh,
near the town of Antrim : the Larne "Water, hav-
ANTKiM.
ing its source near that of the Six-mile Water,
but flowiug in an opposite direction, falls into
the sea at Lai-ne : the MaiUj running southward
by Cullybacky, Galgorm, and Eandalstown, into
the northeast corner of Lough Xeagh : the Glen-
whirry River and the Kells Eiver, which form
one stream, flowing west by Kells into the Main :
the Braid flows west, by Broughshaue and Bally-
mena, into the Main : the Glenravel Water and
the Clogh River, forming one stream, flow south-
west into the Main, near Closrh Mills : the Bush
flows north, by Armoy and Bushmills, into the
sea near the Giant's Causeway : the Carey and j
the Gienshesk, two mountain streams run into
the sea at Ballycastle; the Glendun, which falls
into the sea at Cushendun : and near it on the
south, the Glenaan, running by Cushendall : the [
Gleniiriflf, flowing through a beautiful glen into
Red Bay, near Cushendall: the Gleuarm River
flowing by Glenarm.
LAKES. — A large portion of Lough Neagh be-
longs to this county. Lough Beg, an expansion
of the Baun, a little below Lough Neagh, about
3 miles long and | mile wide, contains several
islands. Lough Guile, a small lake 7 miles east
of Ballymoney, gives name to the surrounding
parish : Portmore Lake, between the southeast
shore of Lough Neagh and the village of Ballin-
derry, circular, and about a square mile in area :
Lough Mourne, 3 miles north of Carrickfergus.
TOWNS.— Belfast (•208,1'22, of whom -23,917
belong to Ballymacarrett, that part of Belfast :
lying in county Down), the assize town, at the
mouth of the Lagan, the greatest nianufactnring
and trading town in Ireland — chief scat of the
linen trade. Carrickfergus (4,792), on the shore
of Belfast Lough, with its fine old castle perched
on a rocky peninsula: halfway between Belfast
and Carrickfergus lies Whiteabbey (1,452), with
itH tIax-Hpiiiuing mills: and nearer Belfast, still
on the HJjoro, is Whitohouse (975).
Following the coast, we come to Larne (4,71G),
in li beautiful spot near the mouth of Larne
L<.)UgL, with the old castle of Oldorfleet ojiposite
it, on the Curran peninsula: Glenarm (1,276)
Htnnds in a lovely valley, noarj.v surrounded by
mountains, and is nut.ed for its beautiful scenerj':
Ballyca-Htlo (1,440), in a fine valley on the north
coast, A'ith Knocklayd towering over it: Por-
truHh (1,322), on a sharp projecting jtoint in the
northwest corner, much frequented as a "vaier-
ing-plaee; 3 miles east from which is the ancient
castle of Dunluce, perched on a rock high over
the sea.
Lisburn (10,755 — of whom 2,446 are in that
part of the town belonging to county Down),
stands on the Lagan (flax-spinning, weaving,
bleaching) : Ballymena (8,883), on the river
Braid (manufactures, trade in linen and yarn) :
Legoniel (3,497), 3 miles northwest from Bel-
fast: Ballymoney (3,049), within 3 miles of the
Baun (linen, brewing, tanning). Antrim (1,647),
on the Six-mile Water, where it enters Lough
Neagh, gives name to the county ; near it stands
a round tower; and 2 miles west, on the shore
of the lake, are the fine ruins of Shane's Castle.
Ballyclare (1,475), on the Six-mile Water.
Bushmills (1,103), on the river Bush, near Por-
trush — noted for its distillerj-.
MINERALS. — On the north coast at Fair Head,
coal is found ; the coal mines were worked there
in very ancient times, as is shown by the remains
of old coal pits and antique mining tools. There
are salt mines at Carrickfergus ; and excellent
iron ore is raised in tlie valley of the Glenr.'tvel
River.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESx<jNA-
TIONS. — The northern part of Antrim, north
from the Glenravel River, was the ancient terri-
tory of Dalriada, commonly called Ruta, or the
Route ; all from that south was part of the old
territory of Dalaradia. This latter part of An-
trim (from the Glenravel to the Lagan, and
west to Lough Neagh and the Baun) was, in
later ages, called North or Lower Clannaboy (or
Claudeboye), to distinguish it from South Clan-
naboy, in county Down — both Clanuaboys being
the territory of the O'Neills. Clannaboy (the
whole, or the greater jiart) was more ancientlj-
called Trian Coiigaill. The plain between the
rivers Banii and Bush was the ancient Elne or
Ele. The district extending from the barony of
Lower Massareene to the barony of Lower Toomo
(inclusive) was anciently called Hy Tuirtre; an
the old territorj- of Moyliuuy lay between th
rivers Six-Mile Water and Glenwhirry.
The rugged districit from Larne to Ballycastle
— the territor.v of the MacDonnells — was, and is
still, known as the Glens or Gl.vnns of Antrim;
HO called from eight of those ravines mentioned
AN'L'KLM.
The Followiufr are the Glens : 1 — Glen-
shesk, through which runs the river Shesk
into Ballycastle Bay; 2 — Glendun, through
which the Glendun River runs, by Cushendun ;
3 — Glencorp, a little valley at the northeast of
the parish of Layd, near Glendun; "4 — Glenaan,
traversed by thf) Glenaan Kiver; 5 — Glenbally-
luon, throuiih which runs the Jiallynion River,
joining the Glenaan, near Cusliendall; 0 — Glena-
riff; 7 — Glencloy, the vallfey running from
Carnlough up toward Collin Toij; 8 — Gleuarm,
the valley traversed by the Glenarm River.
ILLXJSTJRA.TIOISrS.
CARRICK-A-REDE. Near the village of Bal-
lintoy, is the basaltic crag of Carrick-a-Rede —
the Rock in the Road — -with a flying bridge over
a chasm more than eighty feet deep, connecting
it with the mainland. The island is two and a
half acres in extent, on which is a small cottage
built as a fishing station. The bridge consists
of two ropes or cables fastened to rings in the
rock on either side, and a guide rope running
parallel, and a boarded footpath. Over this
women and children pass, carrying great loads,
but to the inexperienced its crossing is a danger-
ous feat. The rock derives its chief interest from
its being a fishing station for salmon, that
annuallj' coast along the shore in search of rivers
to deposit their spawn. Their passage is inter-
cepted by the rock, and the fish secured in the
sweep of the nets. The rock is much frequented
by tourists, attracted by the novelty of the feat
of crossing the bridge.
ROUND TOWER. —A little to the north
of the town of Antrim stands one of the finest
specimens of the Round Towers in the
north of Ireland; it is ninety-five feet high,
tapers upward, diminishing from fifty-two feet in
circumference at the base, to thirty-six near the
top. The door is twelve feet from the ground,
and is of a square form. Over the entrance
there is a device in open stonework, resembling
a Maltese cross, which would strengthen the idea
of these towers having been erected within the
Christian period. It is the opinion of the learned
Dr. Petrie that this tower was built by Goban
Saer in the seventh century, a celebrated archi-
tect of that age, to whom also is ascribed the
erection of those of Kilmacduagh and Kilbannon,
near Tuam. The iieculiarity of the doorway and
open cross will be readily understood from the
accompanying engraving.
LORD ANTRIM'S PARLOR, GIANT'S
CAl/SEWAY. — The accompanying picture repre-
sents one of the apartments of the Giant's Cause-
way, in the County of Antrim, one of the most
monumental wonders of nature. This natural
cave derives its name from the story or tradi-
tion that one of the lords of Antrim once gave a
feast within its gloomy and imposing walls.
This great natural wonder is of basaltic forma-
tion, and comprises three divisions, the Little
Causeway, the Middle Causeway, and the Great
Causeway. The perpendicular pillars, which are
so regularly placed as to impress the spectator
with the belief that they had been fashioned by
the hand and brain of some Titanic architect,
number nearly forty thousand, are prismatic in
form, and embrace any number of sides from
three to nine; the whole area covering about
three acres, yet all the chistering columns ar-
ranged and fitted:
"With skill so like, yet so surpassing art,
With such design, so just in every part.
That reason pauses, doubtful if it stand
The work of mortal, or immortal hand."
GLENARM. — Glenarm, embosomed in a bea^.
tiful vale opening to the sea, presents an
attractive view-, with the turrets of the castle,
and the picturesque surroundings like a
moving tableau. Tiiere is not in Ireland a
more fascinating and romantic little town; the
beauty and variety of the adjacent scenery, and
the dell-like tranquillity of the town and valley
in which it is situated, are well calculated to
attract the notice of the visitor and make an
impression not soon to be effaced. The pros-
ANTRIM.
pect from the adjacent basaltic cliffs, 200
feet in height, is extremely interestiug, em-
bracing the castle -with its minarets and gilded
vanes embosomed in the woods of the richly-
planted park; while just below are seen the sil-
very waters of the beautiful bay of Glenarm tran-
quilly sleeping between the lofty precipices
which guard it upon the north and south, and far
along northward the varied and picturesque coast
as far as the Garron Point and the fort-crowned
hill of Dumane.
GLENAEM CASTLE.— Glenarm Castle has
only been occupied as the family seat of the
McDonnells, earls of Antrim, since 1750,
after the destruction of their former summer
abode at Ballymagarr.v. The gateway to the
castle, a lofty barbican, is approached by a
bridge crossing the river; and beneath its arch
a beautiful carriage drive leads round to the
entrance hall. The edifice has been modernized
and rendered one of the most elegant and com-
modious mansions in the island. The demesne
is especially worth.v of admiration, occupying a
long and deep glen or ravine, well wooded and
watered b.v a beautiful stream abounding in trout
and salmon, inclosed by lofty cliffs on the north
and south; a natural cascade called the Bull's
Eye forming a pretty feature in the walk along
the river, which is broken into a series of charm-
ing waterfalls. The hill of Slieve Mish, where
the cajitive boy St. Patrick tended the swine of
the chieftain Milcho.
DUNLUCE CASTLE.— Among the remark-
able features of the north coast of Antrim
are the castles which crown its cliffs. Some
of them are on insulated rocks, others upon
the margin of steep precipices, and all illustra-
tions of the active and warlike character of the
ancient inhabitants. Dunluce Castle, in Irish
"the strong fort, " is situated on an insulated rock
120 feet above the sea level, and is probably
the most i)icture8<^iue ruin in Ireland. Con-
nection with the mainland is formed by
a single wall not more than eighteen inches
broad, the chasm at each side being nearly
eighty feet deeii. It is built of columnar basalt,
in many instances so placed as to show their
fiolygonal sections. It is a very anciiait fortrciss,
and was according to the Four Masters founded
about the year of the world 3668. It was cap-
tured by the McQuillans from the English in
1513, and was taken by the McDonnells of
Antrim in the reign of James the First. Its
history is so strange and checkered as to be
akin to romance.
SHANE'S CASTLE.— This edifice, now in
ruins, was the ancient seat of the O'Neills,
the most powerful of the Irish septs. It-
stands in the midst of a beautiful demesne ex-,
tending from Randalstown to and along the}
shores of Lough Neagh for a distance of thread
miles. The river Main flows through thd^
grounds and is crossed by an ornamental bridge,
connecting them with the Deer-park, which is of
considerable extent. The castle was destroyed
by fire in 1816, nothing being saved but the
famil.v papers. At present a portion of the
stables are converted into a residence ; all that is
left of the castle being some ruined towers, and
the fortified esplanade, upon which is a conserva-
tory. The castle derives its name from Shane
O'Neill, John the Proud, one of the most re-
doubtable foes the English power met in
Ireland. He was assassinated at a banquet at
the instance of the Lord Deputy, who kept his head
spiked for months on the tower of Dublin Castle.
CAEEICKFERGUS.— Carrickfergus is said
to have derived its name from Feargusa,
or Fergus, who was lost off the coast of the
locality before the birth of Christ. Among
the many historical reminders of this place
is the castle, which is, perhaps, the only one
of the very ancient castles at present in a
habitable condition. Situated on an insulated
rock, jutting out into the bay, it commands the
approach to the opulent city of Belfast, and as a
military position has been always regarded as of
much importance. At a very early period it was
Kclocted as the site of a fortress, being one of the
most celebrated of the military posts in the time
of the Dalaradians, and ever since it has occu-
pied a prominent ])ositi()n in the annals of the
country. The castle was built by the celebrated
John Do Courcy, in 1178, who received a
"grant" from Henry II. of all the land he might
conquer in Ulster. Carrickfergus remained as
the great stronghold of the English for centurieb.
In 1(541, it fr(Miu(intly changed masters, being
alternately in the hands of the Scotch, English
and Irish.
ANTIUM.
PORTUUSH.—Portrush is regarded as the
port ot Uoleraiue, and is a pretty towu of over a
thousand inhabitants. It is situated within the
shelter of a noble headland ioiming a penin-
sula, consisting of a large and picturesque rock,
which has long been a subject of great interest to
geologists. Steamers ply between the town and
Glasgow, Liverpool and Londonderry. The
scenery is very picturesque; embracing the Sker-
ries islands, Dunluce to the east, and beyond the
gigantic cliffs that overhang the causeway. Be-
tween Dunluce and Portrush are the famous
White Rocks and caves, among them that known
as the Priest's Hole, so called from its being the
hiding-place of a priest after the Rebellion, who
on being tracked and discovered by the soldiers,
leaped to death in the seething waves below
rather than surrender.
ALBERT ME.MOl'JAL, \iELFAST. Among
the many splendid architectural structures in
Belfast, few if any are more imposing and grace-
ful than that shown in the present engraving. It
consists of a clock tower in sculjjtured stone, and
stands at the foot of High Street. It was erected
as a memorial to the late Prince Albert, Consort of
Queen Victoria, by ijublic subscription, and
was completed in 1870. It is of Venetian-Gothic
style, and is 1-17 feet in height. In a niche facing
High Street stands a statue of the prince. Aa
Belfast is the center of the loyalists in Ireland,
such a memorial must l)e taken to typif.v their
sentiments, instead of those of the great mass of
the Irish people. Belfast is a thoroughly modern
city, its growth and prosperit}- being the product
of the present century, owing to its favored posi-
tion, and its being the center of the linen trade.
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ARMAGH.
NAIME. — County named from city. The name
belongs to pagan times, and existed long before
the time of St. Patrick. The oldest form is Ard-
Macha, which means Macha's height : this Macha
being a semi-m.ythical heroine, the founder of
the palace of Emania, 300 years B.C.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Length, from
north to south, 33 miles : breadth from east to
west, 21 miles : area, 512| square miles : popula-
tion, 163,177.
SURFACE. — The northern part — comprising
the two baronies of Oneilland — is flat, with much
bog. The greater part of the rest of the county
consists of gentle hills, for the most part culti-
vated, or in pasture, with fertile valleys between.
Toward the southern border it becomes more
hilly, till the upland culminates in Slieve
Gullion.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— Slieve Gullion
(1,893), one of the finest detached mountains in
the kingdom, rise abruptly from the plain.
From its position, in the midst of a level coun-
try, it commands from its summit a view scarcely
exceeded by that from any other mountain in
Ireland. Near the top is a small, deep lake,
celebrated in fairy legend. On the very summit
is a great earn of stones, in which is an artificial
cave formed of dry masonry. In this cave,
according to legend, dwelt an enchantress, the
fairy daughter of Culand, the nij'thical smith of
the Dedannans. The Newry Mountains lie about
2 miles west of the town of Newry : liighest sum-
mit— Camlough Mountain (1,385), separated from
Slieve Gullion by a deep valley ; and Ballymac-
dermot Mountain (1,010). The Fews Mouutiiins
run uortli and south through the two baronies
of Upper and Lower Fews — to which they have
given name — forming a long, low range, now in
great part cultivated ; of which Dcadman's Hill
(1,178), Carrigatuke, or Armaghbrague Mountain
(1,200), Darigry (1,093), Tullyneill (1,014), and
Mullyash (1,034) — this last in Moiiagliun — all
lie near Newtown Hamilton, to the north and west.
Vicar's Cnrn (810), lying 3 miles west of Mar-
kethill, is a remarkable hill, having a cam, with
a curious cave on top. Three miles south of
Newry is Fathom Mountain (820) : at the ex-
treme southeast corner, on the boundary, and
belonging partly to Louth, is Anglesey Moun-
tain (1,349). Round Forkhill, on the south
border, are several low hills, the highest of
which is Slievebrack (896), a mile northwest
from the village.
KIVEES.- — The Upper Bann enters Armagh
near Carrick Blacker : and from this to where it
enters Lough Neagh (12 miles) it flows through
this county. The Blackwater, flowing into the
southwest corner of Lough Neagh, forms, for
nearly the whole of its course, the boundary be-
tween Armagh and Tyrone. The Callan Eiver,
flowing by the city of Armagh, and the Tall
Kiver, running by Rich Hill, join together, and
the united steam enters the Blackwater 1 mile
below Charlemont. The Cusher Eiver, formed
by the junction, near Mountnorris, of two small
streams (the Creggan and the Blackwater), flows
by Tanderagee, and joins the Bann 1 mile above
Portadowu. The "White Eiver runs south through
Newtown Hamilton, and takes, as it goes along,
the successive names of Cullyhanna Eiver, Creg-
gan Eiver, and (in Louth) the Castletown Eiver,
(from three villages so called), joining the sea at
Dundalk. Parallel to this, and 2 or 3 miles east
of it, flows the Cully Water (formed by the junc-
tion of the Dorsey and Ummeracam), which
enters Louth, and joins the Castletown River.
Between this and Slieve Gullion is the Forkhill
River, which lower down is called the Kilcurry
River, aud enters Lonth to join the CulJy Water.
The Fane forms the southwest boundary for
about 3 miles. The Tynan River takes name
from the village by which it flows, and joins the
Blackwater at Caledon.
LAKES. — In the southwest corner, north and
west of Crossmnglen. is a group of small lakes,
chief of whi<^li are — Eoss Lake, a mile in length,
a small part of wliic^h belongs to Monaghan:
Louf-'li Patrick: St. Peter's Jjakc (half belonging
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COUNTY OF
ARMAGH
En^Uah Milts
Banmies ikus .UPPER ORIOR
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to Monaghan) ; Kiltybane Lake, Lisleitrim Lake,
and Culljhauua Lake. Canilouiih — a loiiti, narrow
sheet of water — lies in the valley between Cam-
Jougb Mountain and Slieve Gullion. Clay Lake
is in the west, near the village of Keady. In
tbe north, bordering on Lough Neagh, are
Lough Gullion, near the mouth of the Upper
Banu; and, somewhat more to the west, the
three lakes of Derrylileagh, Derryadd, and
Annagarriff.
TOWNS.— The city of Armagh (10,070) is the
metropolitan see of all Ireland : the cathedral
was originally founded by St. Patrick, about the
year 457, on a commanding site, given to him by
the local chief — Daire. That portion of Newry
which lies in this county has a population of
5,657 (the whole population of the town being
14,808). Lurgan (10,135), in the northeast
corner, is a neat and improving town : Portadown
(7,850), on the Upper Bann, is a busy, thriving
town. Keady (1,598) stands on the stream run-
ning from Clay Lake into Callan River. Tan-
deragee (1,592) is on the Cusher River, with
Tanderagee Castle crowning the hill over it :
Markethill (874) is a flourishing little town, near
which is Gosford Castle, with its fine demesne.
Newtown Hamilton (898) is beautifully situated
in the midst of the Fews Mountains : Rich Hill
{595), in a pretty spot on the Tall River, 5 miles
from Armagh. Crossmaglen (872) is in the
southwest corner: Charlemont (247), on the
Blackwater, was formerly an important place, as
it commanded a pass across the river : the old
castle remains, and is now occupied by military.
■Charlemout and Moy, at the other side of the
river, really form one town.
MINERALS. — Limestone is quarried plenti-
fully round the city of Armagh — the liner part
of which is good marble.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— This county formed a part of the
ancient kingdom of Oriel. The eastern part of
the kingdom of Oriel was called Oirtheara (pron.
Or'hera, and meaning "eastern people"): it was
the territory of the O'Hanlous, and the name is
still preserved in that of the two baronies of
Orior. The old territory of Hy Niallain is now
represented in name and position by the two
baronies of Oneilland. On the southern shore
of Lough Neagh, round the mouth of the Bann,
was situated the ancient district of Hy Breasail,
or Clanbrassil.
The palace of Emania — -which was tbe resi-
dence of the kings of Ulster from about
300 i!.c. to A.D. 332 — was situated a mile
and a half west of the jjresent city of
Armagh. The remains of this old royal residence
are there still, consisting of a great circular rath,
or ramr)art of earth, with a deep fosse, inclosing
11 acres, within which are two smaller forts.
The ruin still keeps the old name; for it is uni-
versally known as the "Navan Fort." The
Gaelic name is Eamhuin, pronounced Aven
(of which Emania.is a Latinized form) ; and when
the "n" of the Gaelic article ("an") is placed
before this — as is done in many other names — it
forms 'n Eamhuin, which is exactly represented
in sound by Navan. In the first century a.d.
this palace was the residence and training place
of the militia called the Red Branch Knights,
under Conor Mac Nessa, the Ulster king ; they
lived in, and took their name from, one of the
houses, called Craobh-ruadh (pronounced Cree-
veroe), or the "Red Branch," and this house
left its name on the adjacent modei'n townland
of Creeveroe.
The finest part of ancient Irish romantic litera-
ture has reference to these Red Branch Knights
and their exploits. Their chief heroes were
Cuchullin — the mightiest champion of all —
who lived at Dundalgan (see Louth); Conall
Carnagh ; Leary the Victorious; Fergus Mac
Roy; and the three sons of Usna, namely Naisi,
Ardan, and Aiule. The three sons of Usna hav-
ing been treacherously put to death by king
Conor Mac Nessa, in violation of the solemn
guarantee of Fergus Mac Roy, a large band of
warriors, wuth Fergus at their head, left Ulster
and entered the service of Maive, queen of Con-
naught. Soon after, queen Maive, with an army
of Connacians, aided by the exiled Ulstermen,
made a raid into Ulster and brought away a
great spoil of cattle, especially from the district
called Quelne (see Louth); and thus a war
was begun between the two provinces which
lasted for seven years. During this war the
mighty hero Cuchullin defended Ulster against
the Connacians, and against his own exiled
countrymen ; and his exploits, and tbe general
events of the war, form the subject of the
ARMAGH.
ancient Ii-ish epic, the Tain-bo-Quelne (see also Armagh, ifs Bellanaboy, or the Yellow Ford ;
Louth). I where, in 1598, a great battle was fought, in'
The highest point of the Fews Mountain | which Hugh O'Neill, earl of Tyrone, defeated
(probably Carrigatuke) was anciently called Slieve Sir Henry Bagenal; and Bagenal himself and
Fuad, and was celebrated in old Irish romance.
On the '^allan River, about 2 miles north of
1,300 of his men were slain,
however, lost its old name.
This ford has
ILLXJSTR^TIO:Nr.
THE CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL.— The see
of Armagh was originally founded by St.
Patrick, about the year of 457, and is the pri-
matial see of all Ireland. After the Anglo-Nor-
man invasion, the question of eccesiastical
supremacy was bitterly fought between the
Lish incumbents of St. Patrick's see and the
Archbishops of Dublin, who upheld the English
interest. The latter took the title of "Primate of
Ireland," while the Archbishops of Armagh,
fortified themselves by assuming the title of
"Primate of all Ireland." The distinction is
maintained to the present day, the Protestant
bishops even of both sees claiming the distinc-
tive titles. The ancient Cathedral of Armagh
was appropriated by the Protestants during the
so-called Reformation, and has been since "re-
stored" by the Robinsons, Beresfords, and other
Protestant bishops of that see, though it was
never restored to its Catholic owners. It has
been surpassed, however, by the magnificent
Catholic Cathedral, shown in the accompanying
engraving, which was begun by Archbishop
Crolly, about fifty years ago, and completed by
ArcliViiishop Dixou. It is one of the finest of
modern ecclesiastical structures.
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CARLOW.
i^AMEi. — County named from the town. The
Did name of tbe town is Cetlierlocli (pronounced
Keherlogh), meaning "quadruple lake" (Gaelic,
Celier, four) ; and the tradition is that the Bar-
row anciently formed four lakes at the place
where the town now stands ; but of these lakes
there is now no trace.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Length, from
the Pollmounty Eiver at the southern end, to
the northern boundary near Eathvilly, 32| miles ;
greatest breadth at right angles to this, from
Black Bridge on the Diuin Biver in the west, to
the boundary line beside Ballyredmond House
near Clonegall in the east, 20 miles; area, 346
square miles; population, 4G,.5GS.
SURFACE. — Nearly the whole of this county
is level, forming a part of tbe great central plain
of Ireland, and it is generally fertile and well
cultivated : at the extreme southeast, and at the
extreme west, it is skirted by mountains.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— The Mount
Leiuster and Blaakstairs Mountains, which form
a continuous range, run for nearly their whole
length (about 16 miles) generally on the border
of the counties of Carlow and Wexford. Begin-
ning at the northeast, Greenoge (1,399) and
Kilbrannish (1,33.5); both west of Newtown-
barry, lie wholly in this county. At the
southern base of Kilbrannish Mountain is the
Gap or Pass of Corrabut, traversed by a road
running east and west betw<!en this hill and
Mount Leinster. The boundary runs over the
summit of Mount Leinster (2,610), a conHi)icuous
mountain, tlie culminating point of the whole
range. Knockroe (1,746) is 2 miles further
south. South of tliis is Scullogue Gap, which
separates the range of Mount Leiuster from that
of the Blackstairs, forming the onl.y carriage-
roud pass across the mountains. South of the
Gap, the summit of Blackstairs Mountain (2,409)
lies on the boundary. That part of the county
west of the Barrow (the barony of Idrone West)
is hilly, rising in several places to over 1,000
f-et.
KIVEliS. — On the western side, the Barrow.
where it flows by Carlow town, forms for 5 miles
the boundary between Carlow and Queen's
County; next flows through Carlow for 11 miles;
and for 19 miles more forms the boundary be-
tween Carlow and Kilkenny. On the eastern
side, the Slaney runs southward through the
county for 18 miles, and for 3 miles more forms
the boundary between Carlow and Wexford;
after which it enters Wexford. The Burren
Eiver rises on the northern slope of Mount
Leinster, and flowing northwest, through the
middle of the county, joins the Barrow at Car-
lo\.'. The Derreeu, which enters Carlow from
Wicklow, joins the Slaney 3 miles below Tul-
low : it rises in the southern slope of Keadeen
mountain, east of Baltinglass in Wicklow, and
is then called the Douglas, flows southwest for
some distance, and then forms for a mile the
boundary between Wicklow and Carlow, after
which it enters Carlow: fiu-ther on it forms
again the boundary between Wicklow and Car-
low for five miles, and then finally enters Carlow,
ending its course in the Slaney a little further on.
The Clody rises in Mount Leinster, and flow-
ing eastward, joins the Slaney at Newtownburry,
running the whole way on the boundary between
Carlow and Wexford. The Mountain Eiver and
the Corries Eiver (also called, in the lower part
of its course, the Black Eiver or Dinin Eiver)
both join the Barrow at Borris. The Pollmounty
forms the extreme southern boundary, and is
joined from the northeast by the little river
Drummiu. The Lerr rivulet, joining tlio Barrow
3 miles north of Carlow town, forms a small part
of the northern boundary.
TOWNS.— Carlow (7,185), on the Barrow, ,^ist
where the Burren Eiver falls into it, the assizt
town, is a neat, cheerful-looking town, of which
the town of Graigue, (1,287), on the other side
of the river (in Queen's county), forms a part.
The remains of the old castle are on a hill over
the Barrow. In the town is the Ronum Catholic
cathedral, near which is "Carlow College."
Proceeding down the Barrow, we come to Leigb-
Hnbridge (835), 8 miles below Carlow, with tbe
BRIDGE, CARLOW.
DUBLIN STREET, CARLOW
COURT HOUSE CARLOW
JAUNTING CAR.
CAHLOW.
"Black Castie" — the ruin of an Anglo-Normp-n
stronghold — near the bridge ; and two miles be-
low this is the pretty town of Bagenalstown
(2,141), of which many of the working classes
are employed in preparing the granite and "Car-
iow flags" (see next paragraph) quarried in tne
vicinity. B^4j^(l,017), on the Dinin, near where
it joins the^Rirrow, is romantically situated in
the midst of a rugged district. The other
towns are Tullow (1,977) on the Slaney, in the
midst of a lovely country ; west of which a mile
and a half is "Castlemore Moat," one of those
old forts so numerous in the country, a con-
spicuous representative of it? class. Hacked'?- i
town (721), placed on a hili, is in the northeast |
corner of the county ; three miles south of which
is the hamlet of Cloumore, or as it was anciently
called Clonmore-Mogue, once a very celebrated
religious establishment, founded in the sixth
century by St. Maidoc or Mogue (who was not
the same as Ht. Maidoc, the patron of Ferns in
Wexford). Near the northern boundary of the
county is the village of itathvilly (30z;, oeside
which is the large fort or rath v.'hich gives narno
to the village and parish.
MINERALS. — The eastern half, ana part of
the west, of the county produces fine granite for
building. The Castleeomer coal fiem (in Kil-
kenny) just touches Carlow at the extreme west-
ern side, so as to include a small portion of the
barony of Idrone West. lu connection with
these coal fields there is a kind of sandcitone that
splits into layers and large slates, well known as
"Oarlow flags."
ANCIENT Dn^ISIONS AND I^ESiGNA-
TIONS. — ^Moy-Fea was the old name of a plain
lying in the barony of Forth. There were two
districts in Leinster anciently called lotharta
(pronounced Foharta) : one was called Totharta-
Fea, because it included the old plain of Moy-
Fea, above mentioned : and it is now represented
by the barony of Forth. "Ai't, the sou of Conn
the Hundred-fighter (king of Ireland, a.d.
123) succeeded to the throne a.d. 165, and
immediately on his accession he banished
from Munster his uncle, Ohy Finn Fothart, who
had aided in the slaying of (Joun. Ony pro-
ceeded to Leinster; and the king oi that prov-
ince bestowed on him and hip sons certain dis-
tricts, the inhabitants ot wLieh were afierw.vici
called Fotharta, from their ancestor C^hy Finn
Fothart. Of tiiene the two princiinil still retain
the name, viz., the baronies of Forth in Wexford
and Carlo w."
Hy Folimy was the name of a tribe and dis-
trict in the present barony of Rathvilly : the old
name is still preserved in that of the town of
Tullow-O-Felimy, now commonly called Tullow.
The tribe of Hy Drona gave their name to a
territory extending on both sides of the Barrow
— part in Kilkenny and part in Carlow: and
that part of it l.ving in Carlow is still represented
in name and position by the two baronies of
Idrone.
The present poor village of Old Leighlin, west
of the Barrow, was once an episcopal see : its
first bishop was St. Laserian or Molaise (pro-
nounced Molash'a) who lived in the end of the
6th and the beginning of the 7th century, and
who had 1,500 monks under his rule at Leighlin.
The ruin of the old cathedral is still there.
Another famous center of religion was St.
Mullins on the Barrow, in the extreme west of
the county, so called from St. Moling, who
founded the church in the 7th century.
About a quarter ot a mile south of Leighlin-
bridge, in the townland of Ballyknockan, is a
great old moat or fort over the Barrow which is
the remains of the palace of Dinu Ree, the most
ancient residence of tne kings of Leinster. In
connection with this old palace we have the fol-
lowing piece of half-legendary history. In the
third century before the Christian era, Cofl'a the
Slender murdered the king of Ireland and his son,
usurped the throne, and banished the young
heir, Lavra the Mariner, grandson of the king.
Lavra fled first to Munster, and from that t»
Gaul. He entered the service of the Gaulish
king; and after having greatly distinguished
himself, he returned to his native land with a
small army of foreigners to wrest the throne
from the usurper. He landed at the mouth of
the Slaney, and being joined by a number of
followers, marched to the palace of Dinn Ree, in
which Coffa the Slender was then holding an
assembly with 30 native princes and a guard of
700 men. The palace was surprised by night,
and all the inmates — king, princes and guards —
were burned to death. Lavr.° then became king,
and ieigucd ior I'J y ehj;r
CAVAN.
NAME. — Ths town of Cavan (whicli gives
name to the county) has its own name from the
remarkable hollow in which it stands; Gaelic,
Cabhan (pron. Cavan), a hollow — cognate with
Latin cavea, and English cabin.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— From the main
bod.v of the county a long neck extends north-
west. Taking this pro.iection into the measure-
ment, the exti'eme length from the northwest
near Lough Macnean, to the southeast near
Kingscourt, is 57^ miles, and its breadth from
the southwest near Lough Kinale, to the north-
east point near Cootehill, 27 miles; area, 746
square miles; population, 129,476.
SURFACE. — All the northwest' pro.iecti<5n,
west of the Woodford River and Ballyconnell, is
upland or mountainous — lofty, rugged, boggy
and bleak. The rest of the county is a plain of
undulations — a series of low round hills, with
here and there a few considerable elevations, in
many places much interspersed with lakes and
bogs.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— The chief sum-
mits in the northwest lie on the boundary. The
highest is Cuilcagh (2,188), with its northern
slope in Fermanagh, a fine mountain, rendered
conspicuous in many of its aspects by the W'hite
quartz stones strewed over its surface. South of
this, 1| miles, is Binbeg (1,774). Tiltinbane
(1,949) lies on the boundary with Fermanagh, 2
miles northwest of Cuilcagh; near its base the
Shannon rises. These three, with several others,
form a chain, which bounds on the northeast the
fine valley of Glengavlin, traversed by the Owen-
more River and the Shannon. On the southwest
side of the valley are Benbrack (1,648), (be-
tween Avhich and Cuilcagh i.s the Gap of Bella-
valley, the entrance from the east to Glengavlin) ;
and Sliovcnakilla (1,793), on the boundary, slop-
ing on the Cavan side into Glengavlin, and on
the Leitrim side to Lough Allen.
Four miles southeast of Cavan town rises the
conspicuous hill of Slieve Glah (1,057); and
Bruse Hill (851), near which is Bruse Hall,
'ies 5 miles west of BelJauanagh.
In the eastern end of the countj", 3 miles east
of Bailieborough, is Coruasaus (1,027), a re-
markable hill, with the little lakelet Loughan-
leagh, on its eastern slope, celebrated for its
medicinal qualities.
RIYERS. — Several important rivers run
through this county that belong only in small
part to it. The Shannon rises in the northwest
extremity. The source is a pool called Lugna-
shinna, near the western base of Tiltinbane
Mountain, on the north side of Glengavlin : from
this the river flows for 7 miles till it touches
Leitrim; next it runs for a mile and a half
on the boundary between Cavan and Leitrim;
then it enters Leitrim; and after another
mile and a half falls into Lough Allen. The
Owenmore flows west through the valley of
Glengavlin, and joins the Shannon about 2 miles
below Lugnashinna. This is, properly speaking,
the real head water or main stream of the Shan-
non, though it is not called by the name.
The Oweuayle, running south on the western
boundary line between Cavan and Leitrim, joins
the Shannon just before the latter enters Lough
Allen. The Claddagh rises, on the southeast
slopes of Cuilcagh Mountain, and, flowing
through Swanlinbai', enters Fermanagii for
Lough Erne; it is joined at Swanlinbar by the
Blackwater — called in the early part of its course
the Oweiisallagh.
The Woodford River runs for the greater part
through Cavan ; issuing from Garadice Lough
(in Leitrim), and flowing by Ballyconnell, it
forms for the rest of its course — to Upper LougL
Erne — the boundary between Cavan and Fer-
managh. The Erne, from its source in Lough
Gowna, to near where it enters Upper Lough
Erne, belongs to this county.
The Annalee flows west into Lough Oughter,
passing by the villages of Ballyhaiso and Butlers-
bridge : in the early part of its course it is called
the Annagh, flowing from Lough Sillau and
through Lough Tacker, near Shorcock. The
Annalee is joined by the Dromore River, which
rises in Dromore Lough, on the boundary of the
GENERAL VIEW OF CAVAN.
CHURCH STREET. CA\'AN.
COURT HOUSE, CAVAN.
FARNHAM STREET, CAVAN.
CAVAN.
couuty jjoar Cootehill, and a little further on by
the Buuut^o stream from the north. The Black-
water rises on the eastern slope of Benbrack,
and ilows southeast near the boundary with
Leitrim till it enters Garadice Louy;h. The
Inuy, flowing through Lough Sheelin and Lough
Kiiiale, forms for some distance the boundaries
between this county and those of Meath and
Westmeath.
The Meath Blackwater flows for 2 to 3 miles
through Cavan from its source in Lough Ramor.
The Moynalty River, flowing southeast from its
source near Bailieborough, forms, for 5 to 6
miles, the boundary between Cavan and Meath,
entering Meath 2 miles above Moynalty.
LAKES. — The center of the county, especially
that portion occupied by the two baronies of
Upper and Lower Loughtee, is broken up by
innumerable small lakes, the intervening ]iortions
of land being thickly populated and well culti-
vated, and in many parts — especially along
the lake shores — beautifully wooded. Lough
Oughter is an extraordinary complication of
water : a large lake broken up into a number of
small sheets by promontories, peninsulas," and
islands, of all shapes and sizes — wooded, verdant,
and cultivated. It contains among others the
islands of Eoiiish, Trinity (in which are the
ruins of Trinity Abbey), and Inch : and on a
rock in the midst of the lake stands Clogh-
Oughter Castle in ruins.
On the southern boundary is Lough Sheelin,
more than half of which belongs to Cavan, a
beautiful lake, nearly 5 miles long by about 2
miles broad. Near this is the smaller Lough
Kinale, of which less than half is in Cavan.
Lough Gowna, which is very much broken up —
something like Lough Oughter — lies on the
southwestern boundary, and belongs in part to
this county.
Lough Eamor, near the southeast border, is
about 4 miles long, with an average width of
I mile, and is diversified with a number of lovely
little wooded islands.
In the east, near Shercock, is the pretty Lough
oillan, and the two smaller Loughs, Tacker and
Barnagrow. Brackley Lough, nearly a square
mile in extent, lies in the northwest, near the
village of Bawnboy.
TOWNS.— Cavan (3,050), the county town,
lies in a hollow overtopped by one of those
round grassy hills so common in this part of the
county, with the beautiful demesne of Farn-
ham in its neighborhood. Cootehill ( 1,789),
near tlie northeast boundai-y, is a neat, well-
built town, in the midst of a beautiful district,
well cultivated, and diversified with lakes and
woods. Belturbet (1,807), on the Erne, between
Lough Oughter and Lough Erne, is a prosperous
little town, with a large distillery; communica-
tion by barges with Lough Erne, and through
the Ulster Canal (which joins the Erne a little
below the town) with Lough Neagh.
Bailieborough (1,091), in the east of the
county, is a very neat town, with an unusual
number of public institutions. Kiugscourt (932)
is at the extreme eastern corner, beside the finely
wooded demesne of Cabra. Virginia (663) is a
pretty little town, beautifully situated on the
north shore of Lough Kamor; Ballj'jamesdufi
(731) lies 6 miles west of Virginia. Arvagh
(716) is prettily situated on the shore of the
little lake Garty, at the western boundary.
Ivillashandra (709), near the west shore of Lough
Gowna, is perched on a ridge in the midst of a
number of beautiful lakes.
MINERALS.— The Connaught coal field ex-
tends into Cavan, comprising a small jjortion of
the county in the northwest, bordering on Lough
Allen; and coal is found also near Kingscourt
and near Shercock. The high land near Swan-
linbar produces iron ore ; and lead and copper
ores are found near Cootehill.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— This county was anciently called East
Brefny or Brefny O'Reilly; for it was the patri-
mony of the O'Reillys: the county Leitrim form-
ing West Brefny or Brefny O'Eourke. Croghan,
near Killashandra, was the place where the
O'Rourke used to be inaugurated prince of
Brefny.
The plain lying round Ballynfagauran, on the
boundary with Leitrim, was the ancient Moy-
slecht, where, the pagan Irish worshiped their
chief idol Crom-Cruach. Here, according to
the bardic history, the pagan monarch Tiernmas
and three-fourths of the men of Ii-eland were
killed in some supernatural way while worship-
ing Crom-Cruach. Many centuries after, the
idol was destroyed by St. Patrick.
CLARE.
JS'AME. — The county is named from the little
town of Clare, near the mouth of the Fergus : and
this got its name from a bridge of idanks by
which the Fergus was crossed in old times : the
Gaelic word clar signifying a board or plank.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— This county has
water all round (namely, the Atlantic, the Shan-
non, and Lough Derg) except for 40 miles of its
north and northeastern margin, where it is
bounded by Galway. Greatest length from Loop
Head to the boundary near Lough Atorick on the
northeastern border, 67 miles; breadth from
Limerick to Black Head (nearly, but not quite,
at right angles to the length), 42 miles; breadth
from Black Head to the shore west of Bunratty
(at right angles to the length), 35 miles; area,
1,294 square miles; population, 141,457.
SURFACE. — It may be stated in a general way
that the northern part and the eastern margin are
mountainous or hilly ; and the middle and south
form a broad plain, occasionally broken u]) by
low hills, and in one place by a considerable
mountain (Slievecallan). The barony of Burren
in the north is an extraordinary region of lime-
stone rock, rising into hills of bare gray lime-
stone, the intervening valleys or flats being also
composed of limestone, with great blocks strewn
over the surface, both hills and valleys being
relieved here and there by lovely grassy patches
of pure green.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— The highest
summit of the Burren district is Slieve Elva
(1,109), a conspicuous flat-topped mountain;
Cappauawalla 1,028) rises direct over Bally vaghan
Bay; and in the east of the same district is
Slievecarran (1,075).
Ou the northeast margin are Turkenagh and
Cappaghabaun (1,126), which may be regarded as
offshoots of the Slieve Aughty range, on the Gal-
way side of the boundary. Further south, near
the east border, runs the Slieve Beruagh range
to wliich belong the two adjacent hills of Glen-
nagalliagh (1,746 and 1,458), rising over Lough
Derg near Killaloe, and a mile further west
Cragnamurragh (1,729).
Slievecallan (1,282), 6 miles east of Miltown
Malbay, though not the highest, is the most re-
markable mountain in Clare, rising isolated from
the plain, and commanding a view of the whole
county. On its side is a celebrated cromlech,
with an Ogham inscription. Northwest of
Limerick is a low range of heights locally well
known as the Cratloe Hills.
COAST LINE.— From Limerick to Loop
Head — not following the windings of the coast —
is about 55 miles ; and from Loop Head to Black
Head ou the Atlantic side, about 50 miles. This
last coast, for almost its whole length, is a suc-
cession of cliffs. At Eoss, 3 miles northeast
from Loop Head, are two very wonderful natura'i.
bridges spanning the waves. At Kilkee the
coast abounds in caves, sharp-edged cliffs, and
castellated rocks, standing up like pillars in the
sea, and quite detached from the mainland. But
the Cliffs of Moher are the crowning glory of
this coast. They begin at Hag's Head, and form
a continuous rocky w-all, perpendicular or over-
hanging, for four miles, vai'ying in height from
400 to 668 feet, broken into the most fantastic
forms and tunneled into innumerable caves by
the action of the waves. At the northern ex-
tremity there is a steep and dangerous jiathway
down the face of a cliff called Ailleuasharragh,
by which the sea margin may be reached ; and
when the tide is out one can walk for a long dis-
tance at the very base of the great wall of rock.
HEADLANDS.— Beginning at the north-
east, and going regularly round the coast:
Aughinish Point, on the north of the entrance to
Aughiuish Bay. Black Head, forming the
northwest angle of the county, is a tine rocky
promontory, rising at its highest point to 1,041
feet, not perpendicular like the Cliffs of Moher,
but in a gradual slope, with a road winding all
round halfway down between the summit aihl
the sea. Doolin Point: Hag's Head, the end of
a bold projection whicli defines on the north Lis-
cannor ]5ay : Cream Point and Sjianish Point
two rough scarped projecting sea rocks near\
Miltown Malbay : Lurga Point, opposite Mutton
CLAKE.
Island: Donegal Point, dctiuiiig Farriby Bay on
the xiortii : Foohagb Point, a little south of
Kjlkee. Loop Head, the extreme end of the
loug peninsula between the Shannon and the
Atlantic Ocean, is a bare headland rising 200
feet straitiht from the waves. At the very ex-
tremity of the head is an island — a mere pillar
of rock with perpendicular sides standing out of
the waves — separated from the mainland by a
fearful chasm, not more than 20 or 30 feet wide,
and 200 feet deep; at the bottom of which the
sea is always raging even in calm weather. The
island rises exactly to the level of the mainland,
from which it seems to have been separated by
some convulsion : and though it looks perfectly
inaccessible, it contains some remains of primi-
tive buildings of ecclesiastical or sepulchral
origin. The people call the old building Dermot
and Grania's Bed, which is the usual popular
name for a cromlech. On the Shannon shore are
Kilcredaun Point, near Carrigaholt, and Kil-
kerriu Point, on the south of Clonderalaw Bay.
ISLANDS. — The whole group of islands in
the estuary of the Fergus belongs to Clare. The
chief are Inishmore or Deer Island, close by the
western shore : Inishmacowney, south of it ; near
which is Canon Island, crowned with the ruins
of a monastery (for Augustiuiau canons) : Inish-
loe, east of this: Inishcorker lying just outside
the village of Killadysert: and near the eastern
shore, Inishmacnaghtan.
In the Shannon, outside Kilrush, is Scattery
Island, by far the most remarkahle island belong-
ing to Clare, once a celebrated seat of religion
and learning (founded by St. Seuau in the fifth
century), and now containing the ruins of "seven
churches" and a round tower, as memorials of its
former importance. Hog Island lies between
Scattery and the mainland.
A little south of Kilkee is Bishop's Island, a
mere sea rock, flat and grassy on top, with a per-
pendicular wall of rock all round, nearly inacces-
sible, yet containing the ruins of a primitive
religious establishment. Mutton Island, or
Inishkeeragh, rough and rocky, lies outside Mil-
town Malbay. This is the island anciently called
Inis-Fithi, of which there is historical record
that in the year 804 it was severed into three
parts in one night by a great storm. The por-
tions severed from the main body are two lofty
masses of rock rising out of the waves immedi«
ately north of the island.
St. Thomas' Island lies in the bend of the
Shannon, a mile and a half above Limerick.
BAYS AND HARBORS. —In the Shannon:
the broad estuary of the Fergus, containing a
large number of islands, all low and grassy,
affords ample facilities for navigation: the deep
bay of Clonderalaw is further west: next is Kil-
rush Harbor, and the landlocked shallow bay of
Poulanishery, with its oyster beds: Carrigaholt
Bay lies outside the village, from which it has
its name: between which and Loop Head are
Einevella Bay and Kilbaha Bay.
On the Atlantic coast, three miles from Loop
Head, is Ross Baj', which is noted for its two
natural bridges, under which the sea is continu-
ally dashing, very beautiful, and almost as regu-
lar as if put up by human hands. Nest is Moorw
Bay at Kilkee, horseshoe shaped, and sheltered
from the Atlantic swell by the low reef called the
Duggerua Rocks. AVhat is called Mai Bay is
merely the sea west of Miltown, and is really no
bay at all: Liscannon Bay, atLehiuch, is defined
on the north by the promontory of Hag's Head.
I On the north is Blackhead or Ballyvaghan Bay,
I near which to the east are the two deep bays of
Muckinish and Aughinish (or Corranroo). On
the shore near the halmet of Burren are the
famous Burren oyster beds.
RIVERS. — The Shannon, with Lough Derg,
bounds Clare for about 70 miles, viz., from
near Searriff Bay in Lough Derg, the whole way
to Loop Head, except for about G miles a>
Limerick city, where a small portion of the
couiity Limerick lies on the right bank of the
river. Between Killaloe and Limerick are the
"Falls of Doonass, " where the river rushes over
a series of rocks, forming one of the finest rapids
in the kingdom. The Fergus, which, with its
tributaries, drains a large area of the middle of
the county, rises in the barony of Corcomroe, a
few miles northwest of Corrofin, and flowing
through Inohiquin Lough, Lough Atedaun, and
others, it passes by Ennis and Clare, and opens
out by a broad estuary into the Shannon. The
Moyree Eiver coming from the borders of Galway
in the northeast, joins the Fergus after flowing
through Dromore Lake; the Claureen River runs
east through the barony of islands, and joins the
CLARE.
Fergus just above Ennis. The Latoon Creek,
called in the earlier part of its course the Ardsollus
River, falls into the Fergus at the top of the
estuary. This river, in several parts of its course,
disappears in limestone canvers, especially near
Tulla, where it rushes through the extraordi-
nary Caves of Tomeen.
The River Graney issues from Lough Graney
in the barony of Tulla, and passing through
Lough O'Grady, falls into Lough Derg at Scariff
bay; its headwaters are two streams that fall
into Lough Graney, viz., the Bleach River,
which comes from the east, rising iu Lough
Atorick, on the boundary between Clare and
Galway, and the Drumaudoora coming from the
west. Just where the Gi-auey issues from Lough
Graney it is joined by the Caher River. The
Owenogarnej' issues froui Doon Lake, iu the
barony of Lower Tulla, near Broadford ; after
passing Six-mile bridge it takes the name of the
Bunratty River, and joins the Shannon at Bun-
ratty ; at the mouth, just where the last bridge
crosses the river stands Bunratty Castle, built in
the 13th century, the largest and finest ruin of
its kind iu the whole county.
riie Inagh or Cullenagh River rises about 4
miles southeast of Slievecallan ; flowing tc the
northwest it passes through Drumcnllaun Li-ke :
it Eiinistimou it falls over a ledge of rocks, form-
ing a beautiful cascade; and 8 miles lower enters
Liscaunor Bay at Lohinch. The Doonbeg or
Cooraclare River falls into Doonbeg Bay, north-
east of Kilkee; and a little north of this are tlie
Creegh River, and the Annageerah. The Aille
River flows from Lisdoonvarua iuto the ocean
near Doolin Point.
LAKES. — Clare abounds iu small lakes, many
of them bleak, and sun'ounded by bog and
heath; but others among the most picturesque
in Iielaud. Inchiquin Lake, near Corrofin, is a
lovely lake, a mile iu length, with a hill (Cantlay
or Couutlay), celebrated in legend, rising over
its western shore; and a fine castle ruin on tlio
north side, the autnent residence of the O'Briens,
earls of Inchiquin; the lake gives name to the
barony of Inchiquin. This is the westernmost
of n chain of small lakes, of which the principal
ari!- Lough Atedaun, Lough Cullaun, Lough
Georgo, and Muckanagh Luke; to the north of
this Inst is Lough Bunny; and to the aouth of it
Dromore Lough. East of Dromore Lough, near
the village of Crusheen, is the beautiful Inchi-
cronan Lake, with a fine demesne, and the ruins
of an abbey and of a castle on its shore.
Another group lies in the southeast, between
the village of Six-mile bridge and Tulla. Be-
ginning on the west, the chief of these are Fin
Lough and Roscroe Lough, 3 miles east of New
market-on-Fergus ; northeast of these is Lough
Cullaunyheeda, nearly round, and 1 mile in
diameter; next, Clonlea Lake; and still further
east Doon Lough.
Lough Graney, in the east, 2i miles long by |
mile broad, lies iu the midst of hills; south of
which is the smaller Lough O'Grady; and 6
miles northeast of Lough Graney is Lougb
Atorick, on the boundary with Galway.
Lickeen Lake, Smiles northeast of Ennistimon,
is IJ mile long. Doo Lough, li miles long, lies
G miles southeast of Miltowu Malbay.
TOWNS.— Ennis (G,307), the assize town,
stands on the Fergus, nearly in the center of the
county. In the town are the ruins of the Fran-
ciscan abbey, founded in the 13th century; and
2 miles to the north are the church ruin and
round tower of Drumclifl:, a far more ancient
foundation. Kilrush (3,80.5) is at the head of a
little inlet of the Shannon, iuto which steamers
lily; a very prosperous town, with an extensive
trade. Kilkee (1,6.52), on the shore of a lovely
little inlet of the Atlantic (Moore Bay), is one of
the finest watering places iu Ireland, and is cele-
brated for its splendid cliff scenery. Killaloe
(1,112), iu the east, on the Shannon, just where
it issues from Lough Derg, 14 miles above
Limerick, was iu old times a great religious cen-
ter, and is etill a bishop's see: it has several
interesting church ruins; and near the town are
the remains of Kincora, the ancient palace of
Brian Boru.
The other towns on the margin, going regu-
larly round, ai'e : Scarrifif (785), near the head
of Scarriff Bay, in Lough Derg; Nowmarket-on-
Fergus ((il8), 2 miles east of the Fergus estuary;
Killadysart (5G0), on the Shannon, at the west-
ern corner of the estuary of the Fergus; the fish
iug village of Carrigaholt (3G()), west of Kilrush,
with its old castle ruin on a rock over the bay,
is the cajiital of the Looj) Head peninsula; Mil-
town Malbay (1,400), in the west, a mile and &
CLAUE.
half from trie coast, near the heautiful horseslioe
bay iiicl'j.ied l)y Si)aiiish Point and Calierrusli
Point, is much frequented as a bathing place.
Ennistimon (1,331), on the Inash or CnllenaiJtli
Eiver, 2 miles from the head of Liscanno Bay,
is beautifully situated among pretty hills and
plantations, and just beside a lovely waterfall.
On the north coast is Ballyvagliau, i. small but
prosperous village, locally important from its
position on the shore of Galway Bay.
The other inland towns are : Clare or Glare
Castle (790), near the mouth of the Fergus;
a mile from which, toward Eunis, near the
shore of the Fergus, are the interesting ruins
of Clare Abbey, erected by Donald O'Brien,
king of Munster, at the close of the 12th century.
Tulla (758), 10 miles east of Ennis, which gives
name to the two baronies of Tulla; south of this
is Sixmilebridge (44G), on the Owenogaruey, 8
miles northwest of Limerick city. In the north-
west are Corrofin (579), on the Fergus, iu a
lovely situation between luchiqniu Lake and
Lough Atedaun; and Lisdoonvarna, at the head
of the little river Aille, 6 miles north of Ennis-
timon, which was until lately a mere hamlet, but
is now a noted health resort, on account of its
sulphur spas, and is growing fast iu population
and prosperity.
^IINEEALS. — Sandstone flags, like the flags
of Carlow, are produced ro'und Kilrush, Kil-
kee, and Ennistimon. Excellent slates are
found at Broadford, near Killaloe; but the jirin-
cipal quarries of Killaloe slates are in Tipperary,
at the other side of the Shannon. At Bally-
hickey, east of Ennis, and atMiltown near Tulla,
there are valuable lead mines, which produce
also silver combined with the lead.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— Clare anciently belonged to Connaught,
but was annexed to Munster in the 4th century
A.D. It formed aiiovtiou of the ancient kingdom
of Thomond. The old territory of Corco-Baskin
included the whole of the southwestern penin-
sula, namely, that portion now occupied by the
two baronies of Moyarta and Clonderalaw. Hy
Caisin, the territory of the Macnamaras, lay in
the baronies of Upper Bunrattyand Upper Tulla.
Hy Fermaic or Kinel-Fermaic, the district of the
O'Deas, was in the present barony of Inchiquin.
Immediately south of Hy Fermaic was the old
district of Hy Cormac, the territory of the family
of O'Hehir, lying between the river Fergus and
Slievecallan, and comprising the whole of the
barony of Islands, except the parish of Clon-
dagad, which belonged to Corco-Baskin. The
old district of Corcomroe occupied all that terri-
tory in the north now covered by the two baron-
ies of Corcomroe and Burren. From this
territory the celebrated Corcomroe Abbey took
name, the fine ruins of which lie 4 miles east
from Ballyvaghan.
Kincora, the ancient palace of Brian Boru,
king of Ireland (slain at Clontarf, a. d. 1014), was
at Killaloe; and the ruins of the old mounds and
fortifications still remain.
The Cratioe Hills, northwest of Limerick, were
anciently called Slieve-oy-an-ree, the mountain
of the death of the king, from the following cir-
cumstances. Ohy Moyvane was king of Ireland
from A.D. 358 to 365; his queen was Mongfinn,
whose brother, Criffan, became king on the death
of Ohy. Mongfinn, wishing that her eldest son
Brian should be king, administered poison to
the king her brother on a little island in the
river Moy in Mayo, and iu order to hide sus-
picion, she herself drank some of the poison
before giving it to Criffan. Mongfinn died of
the drink, and Criffan, feeling that he had been
poisoned, instantly set out for Munster ; but on
crossing the Cratioe Hills he sank under the
effect of the draught and died: hence the name.
Mongfinn 's wicked act was vain, however; for
on Criffan 's death, the great king Niall of
the Nine Hostages, sou of Ohy Moyvane by
another wife, Carinua, ascended the throne of
Ireland.
(LAKE.
ILLXJSTR^TIOI^S.
KILLALOE. — This ancient ami historic town
is connected with the Tipperary side of the
Shannon by a curious old bridge of nine-
teen arches. The town once enjoyed great
celebrity as the residence of the Munster
kings, among them Brian Boru who reigned
there both as king of Munster and chief mon-
arch of Ireland. A mound or fort is all that now
remains of the palace of Kincora, so famed in
song and story. Killaloe was formerly an im-
portant military position, placed as it is between
the Arra and Slieve Beruagh Mountains at the
only foi-dable part of the Shannon. Here it was
that Sarsiield performed his splendid feat of in-
tercepting and blowing up Kiug "William's artil-
lery train on its way to aid in the siege of
Limerick. It is a noted place for angling, the
broad meres and rapids of the Shannon here
affording excellent opportunity for that sport.
ENNISTYMOX.— The county of Clare pos-
sesses many interesting remains and a memo-
rable record, though in latter days, like many
ather, especially of the western counties, it
has fallen off in commercial importaiiOB and
population. "Within its boundaries the O'Briens,
Lords of Thomond, exercised control for cen-
turies, and at Kincora, King Brian Boru, when
chief monarch of Ireland, dwelt. This terri-
tory was "granted" by Kiug Edward I., of
England, to Thomas de Clare, Earl of Glouces-
ter, but the O'Briens maintained their struggle
for the retention of their domains with such
energy and persistence that the intruders were
ultimately driven out. Not until 156.5, was
Thomond converted into shire-ground ; the last
Irish sept who possessed control were the Mc-
Mahons — a different family from the McMahons
of Mouaghan. Of the towns, Eunistymon — near
the head of Liscannor Bay — is one of the most
noted, though not the largest, in Clare. The
name is derived from luis-Dimain-Dimain's
holm, or island — and is situated in a setting of
exquisite natural surroundings. The cascades
or rapids of the Ciilleuagh Kiver, which flows
through it, are attractive, and elicit the admira-
tion of visitors.
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CORK.
NAME.— lu the 6th century St. Fiubar
founded a monastery on the edge of a marsh near
the mouth of the river Lee, round which a city
subsequentlj' sprang up. Hence the name of the
city, Cork, which is a shortened from of the
Gaelic word Corcach, signifying a marsh.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Cork is the
largest count.y in Ireland. Length, from Crow
Head at Dursey Island in the southwest, to the
northeastern corner at Kilbeheny near Mitchels-
town in the northeast, 98 miles : greatest length,
from Crow Head to Youghal, 102 miles; breadth,
from the boundary at the Mullaghareirk Moun-
tains in the northwest, to Eobert's Head, south
of Cork Harbor, 54 miles; ai'ea, 2,890 sq. miles;
population, 495,007.
For legal purposes the county is divided into
East Piiding and West Eiding.
SUEFACE. — Cork is on the whole a moun-
tainous county. The most rugged part is the
west, where the mountains generally run in
chains east and west, forming part of the great
mountain group that covers the western parts of
Cork and Kerry. In the middle and soutiieast
thei'e are stretches of champaign land, but \vith
mountains and hills always in near view.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— North of Bantry
Bay the Caha Mountains lie on the bound-
ary of Cork and Kerry, the Miskish Moun-
tains being their continuation to the west, ex-
tending to the very point of the peninsula. Of
these the most remarkable summits are Hungry
Hill (2,251), just on the boundary near Bear-
haven; and Sugarloaf (1,187), a conical hill, a
little west of Glengarriff. East of these is a
mountain group, containing within its circuit
the Pass of Keimaneigh (a splendid gorge lead-
ing from the valley of the Owvane to the valley
of the Lee) and the lake of Gougane Barra ; of
this group the chief summit is the iiue conical
hill of Shehy (1,797), at the head of the Owvane
Valley.
Nortli of these lies another east and west
range, beginning on the west with the Derrynas-
aggart Mountains (2,133), lying on the bound-
ary of Cork and Kerry, midway between Macroom
and Killarney ; east of these, still keeping the
same general direction, is the longer range of
the Boggeragh Mountains, culminating in
Musheramore (2,118), rising over Mill Street^
east of these again, and still in the same direc-
tion, are the Nagles Mountains, which terminate
near Fermoy. This whole range, from the west
end of the Derrynasaggart Mountains to Fermoy,
is more than 40 miles in length. The Boggeragh
Mountains and the Nagles Mountains define on
the south the valley of the Blackwater; which
has on the north the Ballyhoura range, extend-
ing into Limerick; and east of these are the Kil-
worth Mountains, between Kilworth and Mit-
chelstown.
The northwest angle of the county, near
Newmarket, is a region of mountains. In the
midst is Taur (1,329); while in the north the
Mullaghareirk Mountains (1,341) form for part
of their course the boundary of Cork and
Limerick.
In the extreme southwest, Mount Gabriel
(1,339), over the village of Skull, is very con-
spicuous, as rising quite detached in the rnid"'*;
of a great plain..
COAST LINE.— The coast is broken up the
whole way round, from Youghal to Kenmare, by
numberless ba.vs and inlets, and exhibits every
variety of configuration — tall cliffs, broken
rocks, rugged promontories, and sandy beaches.
HEADLANDS.— Knockadoon Head is the
turning I'oint of the coast south of Youghal :
Power Head, and Eobert's Head, at either side
of Cork Harbor: the Old Head of Kinsalo, to the
west of Kiusale Harbor, is a long jieninsula,
with its narrow isthmus in one place pierced
across quite through by a sea cave: the Seven
Heads and Galley Head, east and west of Clona-
kilty Bay : Toe Head, west of Castlehaven. Cape
Clear is the southern point of Capo Clear Island:
Mizon Head is (lie most southerl.y point of the
muiiil.iiiil ijf liiLind. Muntervar.v or Sheep
CORK.
Head is the extreme point of the long peninsula
between the bays of liantry and Dunmanus:
Dursey Head, the western end of Dursey Island,
and near it is Crow Head on the Mainland.
Cod's Head and Kilcatherine Point stand at both
sides of Coulag'h Bay, in the Kenmare estuary.
ISLANDS. — Beginning at the west: Dur-
sey Island stands at the extreme end of the
Peninsula of Bear, 4 miles long, hilly and full of
rooks. In Bantry Bay are Bear Island, opposite
Castletown Bearhaven, G miles in length, high
and rocky; and at the head of the bay near
Bantry, Whiddy Island, which is low and fertile.
Cape Clear Island at the extreme south (3 miles
long; area, 2^ square miles), rojky and with pre-
cipitous shores, is now a telegraph station, where
the first news is heard of ships homebound from
America. Sherkiu Island, between Cape Clear
Island and the mainland, is nearly the same size
as Cape Clear Island. Numerous small islands
lie near, such as Bingarogy, Hare Island, Horse
Island, etc. In Cork Harbor are Great Island,
Little Island, and Foat.v, all beautifully diversi-
fied; Haulbowline, a military dejjot; and Spike
Island, a well known convict station.
BAYS AND HAEBOKS.— Youghal Harbor,
at the mouth of the Blackwater, lies between
Cork and Waterford : next to which is Bally-
cottin Bay. Cork Harbor, the opening of the
Eiver Lee, with a narrow entrance, is one of the
finest and safest harbors in the empire. Kinsale
Harbor is at the mouth of the Bandon River:
Courtmacsherry Bay, at the mouth of the Arigi-
deeu Eiver: the sandy Bay of Clonakilty comes
next: Rosscarbery Bay lies west of Galley Head.
Glaudore Harbor and Castlehaven lie near each
other, and are both noted for the beauty of their
coast scenery : Baltimore Bay and Roaring Water
Bay are both near Cape Clear. On the western
side of the county are the two great inlets, Dun-
manus Bay and Bantry Bay, the latter about 30
miles long, with an average width of about 4
miles; off Bantry Bay are Bearhaven, sheltered
by Bear Island; and Glengarriff Harbor, cele-
brated for its splendid scenery. Kenmare Bay
belongs for the most part to Kerry, oS which,
on the Cork coast, are Ballydouegan Bay,
Coulagh Bay, and Ardgroom Harbor, which lies
partly in Cork and partly in Kerry.
RIVERS.— By far the greatest part of this
county is drained by the three main rivers, the
Blackwater, the Lee, and the Bandon, and their
tributaries; they run nearly jiarallel, their gen-
eral direction being east; and all three bend
south toward the mouth.
The Blackwater rises in Kerry, half a mile from
the boundary with Cork, on the side of Knocka-
nefune Hill, 4 miles northwest from the village
of Kingwilliamstowu. It first runs east to the
boundary; then turning south, it forms the bound-
ary between Cork and Kerry for 11 miles (not
following the very small windings) ; then turn-
ing east, it enters Cork, through which it flows
from that turning point in a direction generally
east, for about 54 miles, to Kilmurry, when it
forms for 2 miles the boundary between Cork and
Waterford. Entering Waterford, it continues
its eastern course as far as Cappoquin, whence it
turns abruptly south, and for the last three miles
of its course, at Youghal, again forms the bound-
ary between Cork and Waterford. The scenery
of the Blackwater is celebrated for its beauty;
the finest part, however, belongs to the county
Waterford.
The chief tributaries of the Blackwater that
belong to this coiiuty are : On the right or south-
ern bank : the Bride, which flows east, parallel to
the main stream, and entering the county Water-
ford, joins the Blackwater below Cappoquin the
Tourig, which joins about 1 mile above Youghal,
and the Glen Eiver, which flows from the slope
of Mushera Mountain, and joins the main stream
near the village of Bauteer. On the left or
northern bank : the Allow and the Dalua unite at
Kanturk, and 2 miles further down flow into the
Blackwater; the Awbeg (Spenser's Mulla) rises
in the Ballyhoura hills, and flows by Buttevant
and Doneraile into the Blackwater near Castle-
townroche ; and the Eunshion and the Araglin,
both of which join near Kilworth.
The Lee rises in the romantic lake of Gougane
Barra, and flowing eastward for four miles, it
expands into the long winding lake of Incha-
geela or Lough Allua: it continues its eastern
course through a long and beautiful valley, with
a continued succession of demesnes and villas
and many old castle ruins on both sides, till it
expands into the broad Lough Mahon below
Cork, when it turns south and enters the sea
between two bold headlands.
COKK.
Tributaries of the Lee : Ou the left bank : the
Sullaue and the Laney, which unite at Macrooni,
and join the Lee a little lower down; the Martin
Eiver, flowing through Blarney, into which flows
the Blarney Eiver, after which the united stream
joins the Shournagh, which, a little lower down,
falls into the Lee: the Glashaboy, flowing
through the pretty glen and village of Glanujire,
a little below Cork; and still lower down the
Owenuaeurra, flowing by Middletou. The only
affluent of any consequence ou the right bank is
the Bride, which joins the Lee 7 miles above
Cork.
The Bandon rises on the side of Owen Hill, 5
Hides west of Dunuiauway, and flowing by Duu-
uianway, Baudon, and lunishannon, enters the
sea at Kinsale. It receives as tributaries the
Caha Eiver, which rises in Shehy Mountain, and
joins a little above Dunmanway: the Blackwater,
joining G or 7 miles lower down : and the Briuny,
joining near Inuishanuon; these three are all on
the left bank of the Bandon.
On the extreme southern coast, the Arigideen
flows into Courtmaciherrj' Bay ; and the lien, by
Skibbereen into Baltimore Bay.
The Coomhola, the Owvaue, and the Mealagh
flow into Bantry Bay near Bantry. The Owvane,
rising in the glens of the two mountains Shehy
and Douce, flows tiii'ough a flue valley traversed
by the road from Bantry to Macroom, at the head
of which is the Pass of Keimaneigh ; and the
Mealagh, entering Bantry Bay at the historic
shore of Duunamark, falls over a ledge of rock
into the sea, ending its course in a fine cascade.
The four Mile "Water flov,-s into the head of
Duunianus Bay, at Carrigboy.
L.\KE8. — Small .and unimportant: the onlj'
lakes of any consequence lie on the course of
the Lee. This river rises in Gougane Barra
Lake, a small body of water, completely sur-
rounded by abrupt mountains and precipices,
except on the east side where the Lee issues from
it. There is a little island in the lake containing
the ruins of a primitive religious establishment,
founded in the 6th century b.v St. Finbar, who
afterward founded Cork. Four miles lower down
the river expands into the long, winding, beauti-
ful Lough Allua, or Lake of Inchigeela. Li
the mountainH over Bantry, Glengarriff, and
Uear Island, there are hundreds of small lakes.
TOWNS.— Cork (80,124), t^^ chie: trading
and commercial city of the southern half of Ire-
land, was originally built on an island inclosed
by. two braucnes of the Lee; but in later times
it has been extended far beyond on both sides of
the river. The city has a most picturesque ap-
pearance, as many of the streets and jmblic build-
ings are built ou the slopes or crown the summits
of the 'itt ■ uills over the Lee. The environs
are ve^> beautiful, especially down the river,
whose steep banks are studded with villas.
Below Cork are a number of towns and villages,
all prettily situated ou the mainland and island
shores of the harbor. Queenstown (9,755), the
chief of all, a flourishing town, is built ou the
sloping shore of Great Island, with the streets
rising in tiers from the water's edge Proceed-
ing down the river from Cork, the first town is
Ballintemple (1,166), on the right hand; next is
Blackrock (707), with its castle on a rock jutting
into the harbor; on the left is Glaumire, at the
opening of a pretty glen. Passage "West (2,440)
lies on the right shore of the narrow channel
between Great Island and the mainland; and
Monkstown (381), 2 miles lower down, is on the
same shore.
On the Lee, 4 miles above Cork, is BallincoUig
(1,130), where there is a military depot and large
powder mills. The following are on tributaries
of the Lee : Macroom (3,099), on the pretty river
SuUane, near where it runs into the Lee, with
its fine old Anglo-Norman castle. On the Martin
Eiver, 5 miles from Cork, is the lovely little vil-
lage of Blarney, well-known for its flourishing
tweed factory, and for its fine old castle ruin,
the ancient residence of the ]\Iac Carthys. Near
where the Owennacurra flows into Cork Harbor
stands Middletou (3,358), midway between Cork
and Youghal. Lower down is Cloyue (1,126), a
little east of Cork Harbor, a very ancient ecclesi-
astical town, with an old cathedral and a round
tower.
A number of towns and villages stand on the
banks of tlie Blackwater. Beginning at the
mouth: "Youghal (5,39(i), an ancient town,
abounding in military and ecclesiastical ruins.
Sir Walter Ealeigh lived in Youghal, and his
house stands there still. Passing by Cappoijuin
and Lismore, both in Waterford, we come to
I Fermoy (6,454), with large military barracks;
CORK.
aud Mallow (4,439), in a beautiful situation in
the midst of a most picturesque country, which
is covered all over with demesnes and villas.
The following towns are on tributaries of the
Blackwater: Kanturk (1,859), at the confluence
of the two rivers Allow and Dalua, 2 miles from
the Blackwater; 4 miles higher up on the Dalua
is Newmarket (885). Millstreet (1,476), on the
Iftlle river Fiuow, stands at the head of a fine
valley, 2 miles from the Blackwater. On the
Awbeg are Buttevant (1,409), and Doneraile
(1,208), both beautifully situated, with Spenser's
residence, Kilcolmau Castle, in their immediate
neighborhood ; and Castletownroche (820), near
the junction of the Awbeg with the Blackwater.
On the Fuushion are : Mitelielstowu (2,4()7), near
the base of the Galty Mountains, with Mitchels-
town demesne and castle beside it, the finest
modern baronial residence in Ireland ; Glanworth
(577), with abbey and castle ruins; and Kil-
worth (598) near the junction with the Black-
water, with its beautiful demesne, containing the
ruins of Cloghlea Castle.
The towns on the Bandon River are : Kinsale
(5,38(5), at the mouth, built at the base and up
the side of the hill that rises over the harbor — an
important fishing station; Bandon (3,997); and
Dunmanway (2,049), in the midst of rocky hills.
The towns on the coast not yet enumerated
are, beginning on the west : Castletown Bear-
haven (1,028), opposite Bear Island, the only
town of any consequence in the extreme western
part of the county ; within a mile of which, on a
little creek, are the ruins of the O 'Sullivan's
castle of Duuboy; Bantry (2,632), finely situ-
ated at the head of Bantry Bay, and overtopped
by beautiful hills; Skibbereen (3,631), in the
extreme south, at the mouth of the lieu Eiver;
Eosscarberry (693). one the great ancient eccle-
siastical centers; and Clonakilty (3,676), at the
head of Clonakilty Bay.
The only town of any consequence not con-
nected with an important river ornear the sea, is
Charleville (2,266), a good trading town, ou the
northern boundary, near the base of the Bally-
houra Mountains.
MINERALS.— In the barony of Duliallow
there is an extensive coal field, which is worked
at Dromagh, 3 miles southwest of Kanturk.
Copper ore is found in various places, the chief
mines being those of AUihies near Castletown
Bearhaven, and the Cappagh mine on the west
coast of Roaring "Water Bay, near Skibbereen.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— The present countj' nearly coincides
with the ancient sub-kingdom of Desnioiid, or
South Munster.
Corca-Laighdhe (pronounced Corkalee), the
old territory of the O'Driscolls, originally com-
prised all the southwestern district from Court-
macsherry Bay west to Bantry Bay, but subse-
quently it became much more restricted.
The peninsula between Roaring Water Bay
aud Dunmanus Bay was the ancient Ivahagh, the
territory of the O'Mahoneys.
Off the point of Durse.v Island are three soli-
tary sea rocks, now called in English the Bull,
the Cow, aud the Calf : they are celebrated in
legendary history as the place where Donn, one
of * ae Milesian brothers, perished in a storm,
Iw'ch the crew of his ship: whence they were
jailed Tigh-Dhuiun (pronounced Tee-Yine),
I which name is still well known among the Gaelic-
speaking people.
Several of the old territories are still repre-
sented in name and position by the jiresent
baronies. Thus the old district of Beauntraighe
is the present barony of Bantry : Cairbre, now
the liaronies of Carbury : Muscraighe, the baron-
ies of Muskerry : Duthaighe-Ealla, the barony of
Duhallow: Feara-Muighe, the baronj' of Fermoy,
called in later ages the Roches' Countr.v.
CORK.,
ILLUSTRATIONS.
CEMETERY OF THE CHRISTIAN
BROTHERS, AND GRAVE OF GERALD
GRIFFIN. — The cemetery of the Christian
Brothers of the North Cork Monastery, Fair
Hill, will be always a place of pilgrimage to the
lover of literature who may chance to visit the
vicinity. There, amid a number of graves bear-
ing on modest headstones the names of the
saintly dead, lie the remains of Gerald Griffin,
one of the most eminent writers and purest char-
acters which his country possesses. His name
in religion — Brother Joseph — is graven on the
stone beneath which repose the ashes of the
author of "The Collegians. " As iKJet and novel-
ist, he will always hold a front place in Irish
literature. Having after many vicissitudes and
sufferings achieved fame and the reward it
brings, he renounced the world, and became an
humble teacher as a member of the Christian
Brotherhood of Cork. He died in 1840, aged 38
years.
CLOYNE ABBEY. — The little town of
Cloyne is situated on the east side of Cork
harbor, about three miles from the shore.
The bishopric of Cloyne was founded by St.
Colman in the sixth century. The cathedral
which also dates from a very ancient period is a
low cruciform structure, but has been so fre-
quently repaired and jmtched that it is wholly
devoid of architectural beauty. Close to the
cathedral is a round tower, one of the most curi-
ous and ancient in Ireland. Originally it was 92
feet in height, but on the night of January 10,
1794, it was struck by lightning, and its conical
top and three of its lofts with the bell was
destroyed. An embattlement was subsequently
built around the summit, making its present
height 102 feet. The ancient name of the town
was Chiaine-uambach, meaning "retreat of the
caves, "from the number of caves in the limo-
Btono rock in the vicinity.
SHANDON CHURCH.— The Church of St.
Anne, Shandon, standing on an eminen(;o on
the north side of Cork City, though uupreteu-
tiouH, and in fact somewliat bizarre, has acquired
a i>rominenco second to no church or cathedral
in Ireland. This it owes to the genius of I'atlur
Pront (Rov. Francis O'Mahoney), who immor-
talized it in his inimitable lyric of "The Bells of
Shandon." The church has no style of archi-
tecture, and has a curiously disproportionate
steeple, or rather tower, which has caused the
.structure to be aptly likened to a pepper caster.
It was built in 1722, and two of its sides are of
hewn limestone, and the other two of red sand-
stone— the one taken from the old Franciscan
Abbey, and the other from the ruins of Lord
Barry's Castle. The church possesses a chime
of sweet-toned bells, however, and the memories
of their music followed the genial Father Prout
through life, and every Corkonian repeats with
him :
"On this I pouder
Where'er I wander.
And thus grow fonder.
Sweet Cork, of thee.
"With tliy bells of Shandon,
That soimd so grand on
The pleasant waters
Of the river Lee."
BLARNEY CASTLE.— There is, perhaps, no
ruin in Ireland that has acquired such world-
wide celebrity as Blarney Castle from the legend
ascribing to it the power of endowing any one
who kisses a certain stone of the structure with
an. irresistible faculty of persuasion, and which
Milikin, Father Prout and others have popular-
ized. Milikin's "Groves of Blarney" was written
in ridicule of the high-sounding, nonsensical
verses of some of the village poets of his time.
Blarney Castle stands in the village of that
name, and is about six miles from Cork. It was
built by Cormac MacCartby "The Strong," a.d.
1449, and was the stronghold of the chieftains of
that sei)t. All that remains now is the donjon
keep, 120 feet in height; and the walls, 18 feet
in thickness, add to its great strength. The
inner courtyard was 8 acres in extent. The
castle sustained may sieges and attacks in the
Anglo-Irish wars. The process of kissing the
Blarney stone is a somewhat perilous venture, and
few tourists care to risk it.
GLENGAREIFF CASTLE.— This castle de-
rives its chief interest from its location, the
famous Glengarriff, which has always been the
delight and the desjiair of tourists. Its natural
FRANCIS S. MAHOXY.
(Father Prout.)
CORK.
l)eauties are so many and varying that dewcrip-
tion fails to give an adequate idea of it. It :nu3t
be seen to be appreciated. One English tourist
avers that all the concentrated beauties of the
region of Killarney could not equal it, though,
Glengarriff — "the Craggy Glen" — is but three
miles long and a quarter of a mile in breadth.
"What," writes Thackeray, "sends ijicturesque
tourists to the llhiue and Saxon Switzerland?
Within live miles around the pretty inn of Glen-
garriff there is a country, the magnificence of
"which no pen can give an idea. I would like to
"be a great prince, and bring a train of painters
over to make, if they could, and according to
their several capabilities, a set of pictures of the
place." The castle is at present the residence of
the Earls of Bantry.
THE MALL.— This line thoroughfare runs at
right angles to the Grand Parade, and is the
street where the chief professional men and
merchants of the city do business. The city was
originally built on an island, and the South
Mall at present occupies the site of one of the
intercepting branches of the river, which a cen-
tury ago formed by its southern side a tri-
angular island, the other sides being Charlotte
Quay and Morrison Quay. The city of Cork,
the southern metropolis of Ireland, and admi-
rably situated for trade and commerce, contains
not only many beautiful streets and buildings,
but, in the language of a tourist, presents such
an attractive prospect as to equal that of the Bos-
phorus. It is also noted for the intellectual char-
acter of its people, and its many excellent educa-
tional and public institutions. It has also long
been the chief emigration port from Ireland.
PATRICK'S BRIDGE.— Cork is the third
city of Ireland in pi»i)ulation and importance,
and from its situation might be one of the
first cities of Eurojje wore Ireland's commercial
poasibilities develoiiod under a native govern-
ment. It is built on what was once marshy
islands, whence its name, "Corcagb," signifying
a marsh, or laud overllowed by the tide. The city
is of great antiquity, and has been the scene of
many stirring events. The site of the ancient
city is an island, which divides the river Lee
into two channels, which after passing i-ound
unite below it. Several bridges connect the
island with the mainland on either side, the
most modern of which is presented in the present
illustration. St. Finn Bar, who died at Cloyne,
A.D. G17, built a monastery and cathedral here
and thus laid the foundation of the future city.
He was the first bishop of Cork.
FERMOY SQUARE.— The pretty town of
Fermoy is situated on the beautiful Blackwater,
about twenty miles to the southeast of Cork
A century ago it was a poor and insignificant
village. John Anderson, having large barrack
and mail-coach contracts with the government,
gave an impetus of prosperity to the place, and
the town has since retained its success. Its
proximit3' to the harbor of Queenstown, and
its being the seat of a military barracks of
some 3,000 of a garrison give the town a
considerable trade. A stone bridge consist-
ing of thirteen arches sjians the river at this
point, and though built in 1689, it is still as
solid as ever. The ancient Gaelic name, Feara-
muighe-Feine, signifying "Men of the Plain,"
has been anglicized to Fermoy. The town is
clean and tastily laid out, the square being one
of the most attractive spots to be desired.
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DONEGAL.
NAIME. — The town of Donegal was so called
from an old dun or fortress, wLich got the name
of Dunnan-Gall, the fortress of the Galls or
foreigners — these foreigners being Danes, who
settled there at an early jieriod. County named
from the town.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Length from
Inishowen Head to Malinmore Head, 84 miles;
breadth from Bloody Foreland to the boundary,
X little south of Castelfiun, 41 miles; area, l,870i
square miles; population, 20G,035.
SUKFACE.- — -Donegal is a region of moun-
tains and long valleys, and there is a large extent
of bog and waste. The only moderately level
land lies in the east half of the barony of Eaphoe,
and in the south half of the barony of Tirhugh.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— 1 1 the north-
west of the count.v the two ranges of the Derry-
veagh Mountains and the Glendowan Mountains
run jjarallel, from northeast to southwest, inclos-
ing the splendid valle.v of Glen Beagh. The
highest summit is Dooish (2,147), in the middle
of the Derryveagh range, over Lough Beagh.
To tlie west again of the Derryveagh range is a
third irregular range, running in the same direc-
tion; containing Errigal (2,4GG), the highest
mountain in Donegal, rising over DunlewyLake;
and northeast of this, Mukish (2,107), a great
flat-topjied mountain.
Southeast of Gweebarra Ba.v, and northeast of
Glenties, is a fine mountain group, of which
Aghla (1,901) forms the center.
The barony of Banagh is traversed from end to
end by a range which may be said to cover the
whole peniuj ila. In the east end is the .short
independent range of Croaghgorm or Bluestack
(2,219); and in the west are Slievo League
(1,972) rising sheer from the sea on the south
coast, and Slievcatooe.v (1,515) over the sea in
like manner on the north coast. This range
continues to the northeast through the barony of
liaphoe toward Letterkenny, and contains
Guugin (1,805), Boultypatrick (1,415), and Cark
<1,205).
The peninsula of Iriislioweu is in great part
mountainous, the culminating summit being
Slieve Suaght (2,019) in the center. In the
peninsula of Fanad, west of Lough Swillj', is the
small but remarkable range of Knockalla (1,203) ;
and Lough Salt Mountain (1,540) rises conspicu-
ously, west of the head of Mulroy Lough.
COAST LINE.— The coast is broken the whole
way round, presenting a grand succession of
bays, promontories, cliffs, and islands.
HEADLANDS.— Beginning at the northeast;
Inishowen Head, the northeast extremity of
Inishowen, and Malin Head, its northwest
extremity; Dunaff Head and Fanad Head, at
both sides of the mouth of Lough Swilly ; Horn
Head, a lofty rock rising precipitously over the
sea at the west side of Sheep Haven ; Bloody
Foreland; Dawros Head, which is the end of the
peninsula of Dawros, between the bays of Gwee-
barra and Loughros More; Malinmore Head, the
most westerly point of Donegal. Carrigan Head,
Muckros Head, St. John's Point, and Doorin
Point all project south into Donegal Bay.
Immediately west of Carrigan Head, Slieve
League rises 1,972 feet steep from the sea; and
the coast from Carrigan Head round by Glen-
columkille to Loughros Bay exhibits the grand-
est combinations of cliff scenery in Ireland.
ISLANDS. — Tory Island lies 8 miles from
the mainland; it is about 2^ miles long, and
stands out of the sea so as to appear like a great
collection of towers and i:)innacles ; it contains
the ruins of an ancient ecclesiastical establish-
ment (including a round tower) founded in the
7th century by St. Columba. Aran Island con-
tains nearly 7 square miles, and rises 750 feet
over the sea. Ncwth and south of Aran are
numerous small islands, the chief of which are
Inishsirrer, Gola, Owey, Cruit, Eutland, Inish-
free, and Koaninish. The island of Inch in
Lough Swilly contains nearl.v 5 square miles, and
has a summit (Inch Top) 732 feet high. The
little island of Rathlin O'Byrne is near Malin-
more Head. Between Ballyness Bay and Tory
are the three small islands, Inishbofin, Inish-
dooey, and Inishbeg. Northeast of Malin Head
DONEGAL.
is the small rock.v island of IniHlitralmll, the
most northerly land belonging to Ireland.
BAYS AND HAEBORS.— The two deep bays,
Lontih Foyle and Lough Swilly, nearly in-
sulate the barony of Inishowen; Trawbreaga
Bay pierces far into luishowen, south of Malin
Head ; Mulroy Bay is separated from Lough
Swilly by the peninsula of Fanad ; Sheep Haven
is separated from Mulroy Bay by the i^eninsula
of Rosguill. Ballyness Bay is the usual embarking
place for Tory Island. South of Bloody Fore-
land are the bays of Gweedore and Inishfree;
and south of Aran Island are those of Trawenagh
and Gweebarra. Separated from Gweebarra Bay
by the peninsula of Dawros, are the two bays of
LoTighrosmore and Loughrosbeg. Glen Bay,
overtopped by lofty precipices, opens out from
the solitary Glencolumkille ; and at the otlier
side of Malinmore Head is Malin Bay, Fiutragh
Bay, Mac Swyue's Bay, and Inver Bay, which
are branches of Donegal Bay.
RIVERS. — The Foyle separates Donegal
from Londonderry. The Foyle is formed by two
main streams, the Finn and the Mourne, which
join at Litford. The Finn, rising in Lough
Finn, and flowing east, belongs wholly to Done-
gal. The Deele joins the Foyle a mile north of
Lifford.
The Eask flows from Lough Eask by Donegal
town into Donegal Bay; and of the several small
feeders that run into Lough Eask, one, the
Lowerymore, is remarkable as traversing the
magnificent Gap of Barnesmore. Beside the
Eask, Donegal Ba.v receives from the north the
Eany Water at Inver Bay, the Buulackey near
Dunkineely, and the Glen River into Teelin Bay.
In the west of the county, the Owenea and the
Oweutocker flow into Loughrosmore Bay at
Ardara; the Gweebarra into Gweebarra Bay, and
the Gweedore into Gweedore Bay. Through
Glenbeagh a stream flows northeast, which takes
successively the names Owenbeagh, Owenarrow,
and Lackagh, falling at last into Sheep Haven.
The river Swilly, flows east by Letterkeuney into
the head of Lough Swilly ; and into the same bay
flow? the Leaunan.
Into Donegal Ba.v, in the extreme south, flow
the Erne, having a fine fall at Ball.vshaunou ; and
the Bradoge at Bundoran. The little river
Termon enters the north end of Lough Erne.
LAKES.- — Donegal is noted for its fine moun-
tain lakes with siilendid scenery. Lough Erne
lies on the south boundary. Eight miles east
of Donegal tow^n, and 4 miles north of Pet-
tigo, is Lough Derg, over 3 square miles in
extent, and containing St. Patrick's Purgatory,
which has hear for man.v ages a celebrated place
of i.)ilgrimage. Lough Eask lies 3 miles north-
east of Donegal. In tlui north. Lough Beagh,
one of the finest mountain lakes in Ireland, occu-
pies the bottom of Glen Beagh; and lower down,
at the mouth of the valley, near the head of Sheep
Haven, isGlenlough. Dunlewy Lake and Lough
Nacung lie at the very base of Errigal Mountain;
and under the opposite base is Lough Altan.
East from Gweebarra Bay in the beautiful Lough
Finn at the base of Aghla; and near it are the
small Lough Muck and Lough Barra.
TOWNS. — Beginning in the southwest and
going round the margin: Ballyshannon (2,840)
stands at the mouth of the river Erne, near
where it forms a fine cascade over a ledge
of rocks, the old cataract of Assaroe : there is a
salmon fishery; and the town is celebrated in
legend and romance. Four miles southwest of
Ballyshannon, on the shore of Donegal Bay, is
Bundoran (703), a favorite watering place,
Donegal (1,41G) is in a beautiful situation at the
mouth of the river Eask, at the head of an inlet
from Donegal Baj% surrounded by hills; just
beside it stands the fine old ruins of Donegal
Castle, and also the ruins of a monaatery. West-
ward from this is Killybegs (764), on the north
shore of Donegal Bay — the capital of the penin-
sula— where a good deal of fishing is carried on.
On the north side of the peninsula is Ardara
(.5.52) ; sis miles northeast of this is Glenties
(487). Passing Dunglow (468) we come to Dun-
fanaghy (598), near Horn Head, the chief town
of all this remote district. Rathmelton (1,406)
stands just where the river Leaunan falls into
Lough Swill.v. Letterkenny (2,188) is on the
river Swilly, near its mouth ; and on the east
shore of Lough Swill.y is Buncrana (764), a
watering place. Moville (1,129) stands on the
east shore of Inishowen ; and in the interior is
Carndonagh (726), the capital of the peninsula
Lifford 511, the assize town, on the Fo.vle, may
be regarded as a part cf Strabane, on the Derry
side of the River; and the circuit ends at the
DONEGAL.
pretty village of Pettigo (468), near Lough
Erne.
The towns iu the interior are Raphoe (986),
^vest of Liffonl, an ancient episcopal see; and
Ball.vbofey (1,009) and Stranorlar (420), near each
other on the river Finn.
MINERALS. — Very fine white marble is found
at Dunlewy, at the base of Errigal Mountain.
Near Raphoe there is a formation of steatite, a
soft kind of stone, easily carved and very durable.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— Donegal was the ancient Tirconnell,
inhabited by the Kinel Counell, who were de^
scended from Couall, son of the great king Niali
of the Nine Hostages (a.d. 378-405), and who
possessed nearly the whole of Donegal ; their
inauguration place was the Rock of Doon, near
Kilmacrenan.
Four miles northwest of Derry, on a hill, is
Greenan-Ely, the ruins of Aileach, the ancient
palace of the O'Neills, the kings of Ulster, who
were also for many ages the kings of Ireland.
ILLXJSTRA.TION^S.
DONEGAL CASTLE.— The town of Donegal
IS beautifully situated on a bay of the same
name, and does a thriving trade. To the
tourist, the great object of attraction is its splen-
did old castle, the ancient seat of the O'Dounelis,
lords of Tirconnell. The ruin, compared with
others in the island, is in a tolerably good state
of preservation, and from what remains it must
have been a noble mansion, and worthy of the
rank of these once powerful chieftains. Two
magnificent sculptui-ed chimueypieces, in the
style of James I., still remain in a very perfect
state. The grand hall on the ground floor, is
arched, from which several smaller apartments
open; and upstairs the grand bancjueting hall
was lit by several Gothic windows, which look
out u]ion the bay; and at one end are the re-
jnaiiis of a great ba.v window the entire height
of the chamber, which bespeaks its ancient mag-
nificence. This ruin derives a melancholy inter-
est from the affecting history of the life and
adventures of Red Hugh, the last of the powerful
line of the princes of Tirconnell and lords of
Donegal.
DERRYBEG CHAIEL, GAYEEDORE.— The
:itructnre lierewith shown i^aunot be said to
have any special claim on the tourist's attention
as nu ccciesiastical edifice. It is neither im-
posing nor pretentious, but like pastor and
people is "racy of the soil," and typical of
Irish faith, and unflinching devotion to father-
land. Its iiastor, wlioHc iiortruitis )>rGsented in
the foreground, came into prominence during
the Laud League agitation, for his attitude and
labors in behalf fif liis peoide. especially during
the famine of 1879 and 1880, in that locality.
The parish is situated in a bleak corner of the
northwest Donegal coast, and is somewhat
barren, and under the old rack-renting system
suffered severely. During the famine and agita-
tion mentioned, Father McFadden, by his ap-
peals for charity, saved many of his people from
death by starvation, and kept them in line in
support of the national cause. Police Inspector
Martin, who attempted to arrest him during holy
mass, with the malicious design of outraging the
religious feelings of the congregation, was killed
by the infuriated people. Father McFadden was
arrested, but could not be held amenable for the
result, though he suffered much persecution at
the hands of his enemies.
MOYILLE.— This delightful spot is one of
the most attractive places in Ireland. There
the pleasure steamers ply constantly in summer,
discharging their hosts of citizens seeking
the invigorating air of sea and mountain.
The town is handsome and well laid out. and
is much visited as a watering place, and by
persons attracted by the wild and interesting
scenery of the locality. The Squire's Carn is
not quite three miles to the west, from which a
I noble view may be obtained; and a still better
from the mountain of Craigmimadde.v, equidis-
tant to the north, w^hich not only embraces a
beautiful panoramic view of the lough and of
the Derry Mountains, but a lengthened prospect
of the causeway cliffs. Every spot in the vicin-
ity has some tradition, and every mile a legend.
The territory was originally the stronghold «f
the Kinel Owen, and later of the O'Dohertys.
DONEGAL.
iilJNDOKAN. — A few miles distant from the
town of Bcallysliainion is the pretty villa!j;e
of Bundoran, near the mouth of the harbor.
It is, says Mr. S. C Hall, much frequented
by sea-bathers, and is exceedingly healtliy ;
the wide ocean immediately facint^ it, and a
line of mountains inclosing it from harsh winds.
It is the most attractive summer resort in the
whole northwest of Ireland. The scenery of
the locality is peculiar, the action of the sea
having wrought the seacoast, as in other portions
of the northern temjiest-beaten coast, into strange
forms. One of these, called the Fairy Bridge, is
composed of an arch 24 feet in span, "with
a perfectly formed and detached causeway 12
feet in breadth." All around the Donegal
coast the cliffs and headlands are magnifi-
centl.v striking, where here and there as in the
case of Bundoran, a quiet, pretty village is
nestled on some sheltei-ed bay or river.
BALLYSHANNON.— This pretty town is
situated on the southeast corner of Donegal
Ba.v. It iiresents an attractive appearance
from the steep hill on which it is built,
and its two jiarts on ))oth sides of the Erne are
connected by a splendid bridge of IG arches.
The name in Celtic, Bel-atha-Seanaigh, signifies
"the Mouth of Shanagh's Ford." There is a
fine waterfall nearly 20 feet high and 150 yards
wide extending the entire breadth of the river
a few hundred yards below the bridge. There
is what is known as the famous "Salmon Leap."
The basin into which the torrent falls is literally
alive with these fish, and curious as it may seem
the salmon are able to spring up the falls, anu
make their way up the river to the placid lake.
The town possesses the remains of an ancient
castle, which was the scene of a defeat of the
English forces under Sir Conyers Clifford, in
1507.
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DOWN.
NAME. — Downpatrick took its name from the
great dun or fort near the cathedral, which was
called Duu-Keltair, tlie fort of the hero, Keltar.
The name of Patrick was added to commemorate
the saint's connection with the place.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Length, from
Cranfield Point at the mouth of Carlingford
Lough to the shore near Donaghadee, 49 miles;
breadth, from Lisburn to the shore near Ard-
glass, 25 miles; area, 957 square miles; popula-
tion, 272,107.
SURFACE.— The chief i.hysical feature of
Down is the grand range of the Mourne Moun-
tains; near the center is the much smaller range
■of Slieve Croob; all the rest of the county is an
«udless succession of cultivated hills, valleys, and
^mall plains.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— The Mourne
Mountains extend for about 15 miles in length
from Carlingford Lough to Newcastle; they form
■one of the finest rang' s in Ireland, and as the.v
rise direct from the sea they are seen in their full
Iieight. ■
The chief summits are the following: Slieve
Donard (2,796), at the northeast extremity, the
liighest mountain in Ulster, whose summit is
■only 2 miles from the seashore at Newcastle.
Slieve Commedagh (2,512) lies 1 mile north-
west of Slieve Donard : Slieve Bearnagh (2,39^1)
and Slieve Meel (2,237), are about 2 miles west
-of Slieve Commedagh. Chimne.y Rock (2,152)
rises straight over the sea, li miles southwest of
Slieve Donard : Slieve Bingian (2, -14:9) stands 3
miles southwest from Slieve Donard. Toward
the southwestern extremit.v. Eagle Mountain
(2,084) and Shanlieve (2,055) lie close together:
and towering over Eosstrevor, at the southwest
extremity of the range, is Slieve Martin
(1,595).
The Slieve Croob range, 7 miles long, lies to
the north of, and runs uearl.v parallel with, the
Mourne Mountains. Chief summits, Slieve
■Croob (1,755), on the side of which is the source
■of the Lagan : Cvntlieve (1,416) and Slievenabo-
ley (1,069) lie further west: and at the eouthwest
end is Deehommed (1,050).
COAST LINE.— Except by the deep inlet ot
Strangford Lough, the coast is not much broken.
For the greater part it is rocky, scarped, and
dangerous, having few prominent headlands, and
few ba.vs or harbors of shelter.
HEADLANDS.— Grey Point, at the south of
the entrance to Belfast Lough : Ballyferis Point,
south of Donaghadee : Ballyquintin Point, the
extreme south point of the Ards peninsula, and
Killard Point, at both sides of the entrance of
Strangford Lough: St. John's Point, a bold,
rocky promontory marking the east of Dundrum
Ba.y : Kiugsallin Point,iu Dundrum Baj' : Craulield
Point, the extreme southern end of the county.
ISLANDS. — There is quite a little archipelago
of islets in Strangfcu'd Lough, the chief of which
are : Mahee Island, the ancient Nendrum, on
which Bishop Mahee, a contemporary of St.
Patrick, established a monastery and school, and
which still retains some ruins of the old build-
ings, including the remains of a round tower:
Beagh Island, north of Mahee : Castle Island,
south of it; and Chapel Island, near Gre.v Abbey,
at the other side of the Lough. The little group
of the Copelaud Islands lies outside Donaghadee,
of which two are inhabited, and one contains a
lighthouse: Gun Island is a little to the north of
Ardglass: Green Island lies at the entrance of
Carlingford Lough.
BAYS AND HARBORS.- Belfast Lough
seijarates Down from Antrim. The two little
ba.vs of Bangor and Ballyholme lie near each
other on the north coast: Donaghadee harbor is
partly artificial, but is not much used : Cloghy
Ba.v and Milliu Bay lie on the ocean side of
Island Magee. Strangford Lough or Lough
Cone is shallow and incumbered with sandbanks:
Ardglass Harbor and Killough Bay are two im-
portant harbors of refuge. Dundrum Bay is
open and exposed, but it has an inner sheltered
ba.v running up to Dundrum. Carlingford Lough
sp]iaraies Down from Louth.
DOWM.
RIVERS. — Except the ^ann and the Lagan,
which drain the west of the county, all the rivers
of Down are small. The Baun, rising in the
Mourne Mountains, flows through Down till it
enters the county Armagh, 2 miles below Gilford.
The Lagan rises in Slieve Croob, runs through
Down to near Moira, and forms the boundary
between Down and Antrim for the rest of its
course. The Ravernet, a considerable affluent
from the south coast, joins the Lagan a mile
above Lisburn. The Blackwater runs into the
west side of Strangford Lougli at Ardmillan. The
Ballynahinch River, flowing east through Bally-
nahinch, and the Carson's Dam River, flowing
south through Crossgar, join at Kilmore, and the
united stream is called the Annacloy River, and
lower down the Quoile River, falling into the
southwest angle of Strangford Lough, near
Downpatrick. The Ballybanuon River flows from
Slieve Croob into Dundrum Bay at Murlough
House, near Dundrum; theBurreu River and the
Shimna River run into Dundrum Bay at T^evp-
castle. In the south of the county, the Annalong
River flowing into the sea at Annalong, the Kil-
keel River at Kilkeel, the White "Water falling
into Carlingford Lough near Greencastle, and the
Kilbroney River at Rosstrevor, all flow down the
slopes of the Mourne Mountains. The Newry
Kiver or Glenree River, rising near Ruthfriland,
and passing by Newry, flows into Strangford
Lough at Warren Point : from Newry down to its
mouth it is called the Narrow "Water.
LAKES. — Down touches Lough Neagh by a
long neck west of Moira. All the other lakes of
the county are small and unimportant. The little
Loughbrickland Lake, in the west, gives name to
the town of Loughljrickland. Halfway between
Ballynahinch and Dromore is Lough Aghery, and
near it on the northeast is Lough Erne : nearer
to Saintfield are Long Lough and Creovy Lough.
Louiih Money and Loughinisland Lake lie near
Downiiatrick. Beside Castlewellan is Castle-
wellan Lake, and ;5 miles southwest from the vil-
lage is Lough Island Reavy.
TOWNS.— Newry (14,808, of which 5,057 are
in that jiart of the town belonging to Armagh), a
town of considerable trade and manufacture.
Proceeding round the coast from Newry: Warren
Point (1,887) stands at the mouth of the Narrow
Water: and 3 miles east of this is Rosstrevor
(70G), one of the most beautiful spots in Ireland.
Kilkeel (1,452) is near the extreme south end of
the county: Newcastle (840), at the base of Slieve
Donard, is much frequented as a watering jilace;
and a little further north, on the inner Dundrum
Bay, is the village of Dundrum, with the fine old
ruin of John De Courcey's castle near it. Kil-
lough (748) and Ardglass (691) stand near each
other, the latter having a fine old castle ruin.
Entering Strangford Lough, we pass in the
strait, first on the left hand, the pretty village of
Strangford (434), and a little further in, at the
opposite side, the prosperous town of Portaferry
(1,647). On the western shore of the Lough ia
Killyleagh (1,835), and the well-to-do town of
Comber (2,1G5) at the head of a little creek: and
at the head of the lough, half a mile from the
shore, is Newtownards (8,676), a business-like
and prosperous town (muslin weaving). Return-
ing southward along the eastern shore of the
lough, we pass first Grey Abbey (679), with its
fine abbey ruins; and 3 miles further south, Jvir-
cubbin (609).
Near Grey Abbey, on the ocean side of Isl^ij>,
Magee, is Ballywalter (595). Donaghadee
(1,861), on the northeast corner, is the packet
station, and the nearest port to Scotland ; 5 miles
west of this is Bangor (3,006), which was in
former days one of the most celebrated religious
establishments in Ireland. Lastly, on the shore
of Belfast Lough, is the important little town of
Holywood (3,293).
The following are inland : Downpatrick
(3,419), the assize town, the burial place of St.
Patrick. Banbridge (5,609), on the Upper Bann,
a good business town (linen weaving) ; and 4
miles lower down on the same river, Gilford
(1,324), with flax and linen industries like Ban-
bridge. On the Lagan are Dromore (2,491), and
lower down Moira (461). Rathfriland (1,572)
lies to the northeast of Newry : Ballynahinch
(1,470) is in the center of the county: and 3
miles northeast of it is the neat town of Saintfield
(769). Hillsborough (797) is 4 miles south of
Lisburn : and Castlewellan (892) lies 4 miles
west of Dundrum. That ]iart of Belfast named
Ballymacarret belongs to Down, and contains a
population of 23,917: and a portion of Lisburn,
containing a population of 2,446, also belongs to
this county.
DOWN.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— Tbis county formed a i>art of the an-
cient territory of Dalaratlia. Upper or South
Clannaboy occupied the district now included in
the two baronies of Upper and Lower Castlereagh.
The old naTiie of the Mourne Mountains was
lieanna-Iioirche (pron. Banna-Borka). The
Dane's Cast in the west, a little to the south of
Gilford, is a part of the ancient rampart dividing
the two kiufidoms of Oriel and Uiidia.
ILLTJSTH^TIOISJ^S.
DOWNPATRICK CATHEDRAL.— This cathe-
dral is built on the site of a cathedral, one of the
most ancient edifices in Ireland, which was de-
stroyed by che Danes, and in which, it is said,
the remains of St. Patrick, St. Bridget and St.
Columbkill were buried. It was erected by Ma-
lachy O'Morgair, Bishop of Down, in 1140, and
was burned during the war of Edward Bruce,
was restored in 1412, again burned by Lord
Deputy De Grey in 1538. In 1790 the present
structure was erected on its ruins. A handsome
east window divided by muUions into twelve
compartments, in the choir, aiJpears to be the
only window remaining of the splendid edifice
erected in 1412, and destroyed by De Grey. The
present structure comprises a nave, choir and
aisles, with a lofty square tower at the left end,
embattled and pinnacled, giving the cathedral,
which stands on a hill, a massive and imposing
appearance. The interior is richly ornamented.
From 1538 to 1790 the church at Lisburu served
as a cathedral.
GREY ABBEY.— This once famed- edifice, the
ruins of which now alone remain, was built in
the year 1193 by Africa, wife of the Norman
Knight, John De Courcy, and daughter of God-
fred, king of the Isle of Man, for a community of
Cistercian monks. The extent and character of
the remains give evidence of its former splendor,
the stately windows of Gothic structure show-
ing a beauty of design and richness of art, though
now overgrown with ivj-, and crumbling in de-
cay. The cells, dormitories and other buildings
for tlie uses of the former inmates are wholly in
ruins, only enough remaining to trace the com-
pass of ground occupied bj' the entire structure.
The vicinity of the ruins is highly picturesque,
and is much frequented by visitors. The Abbey
was destroyed during the great rebellion of 1641,
and was partly restored by the first Lord Mont-
gomery in 1685, into whose hands it had fallen.
THE QUAY, BANGOR.— Bangor, said to be
derived from Baue-Choraidh, the White Choir,
was famous as a seat of learning, and a "city of
the saints" in olden times. St. Comhgall
founded an abbej- there in 552, the fragments of
which still exist, and laid the foundation of the
great school to which students from all parts of
Europe resorted, and whose fame became world
wide. Its seminary, directed by St. Carthagus,
is declared to be the germ from which Oxford
arose. King Alfred having obtained his professors
from Bangor when he founded or restored that
university. In 818, the ruthless Northmen de-
scended on the establishment and slew more than
900 of the 3,000 monks that resided there.
Bangor was within the dominion of the O'Neills,
and the remains of a castle, still in good con-
dition, stands on the Quay. Bangor is to-day a
favorite watering place, and contains in summer
a large villa population from the neighboring
city of Belfast.
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DUBLIN.
NAME. — The city, which y;!ive name to the
county, got its own name from the river. The
LiliEej', near where the old city stood, formed a
pool which was called Dubh-liun, meaning "black
pool" (dubh, black; linn, a pool); and the name
is applicable to the river at this day. The more
ancient name was Ath-cliath (pronounced Ah-
clee), the ford of hurdles, from the old hurdle
bridge bj' which the Liffey was originall.y crossed
(ath, a ford; cliath, a hurdle).
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Length, from
the summit of Kippure ^Mountain, south of Dub-
lin city, to the river Delvin, near Balbriggan, 32
miles ; breadth, from Howth Head to Clonee,
near Lucan, 16| miles ; area, 354| square miles.
Population, 418,910.
SURFACE. — On the south this county is
skirted by mountains; the rest of the countj' is
level, or intersv>ersed with low elevations, all in
grass or in cultivation.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS. —Kippure (2,473)
stands 12 miles nearly due south of the city, and
belongs partly to Wicklow, the boundar.y line
passing over its summit. Two miles northwest
from this is Seefingan (2,3(54), also ou the
boundary. These two mountains tower over the
head of Glennasmole, ou the west side of which,
4 miles further north, is Knockannavea (1,289),
and 2 miles west of this are Saggart Hill (1,308)
and Knockandinuy (1,025), over the village of
Saggart. Six or seven miles south of Dublin are
a number of hills, forming a beautiful screen,
visible from almost every part of the city, the
chief of which are Killakee Mountain (1,761),
Glendoo Mountain (1,929), and Prince William's
Seat (1,825), all three on the boundar.y line with
"Wicklow; Tibradden (1,540) and Kilmashogue
Mountain (1,339) project forward toward Dub-
lin. The Two Eock Mountain (1,699) and the
Three Rock Mountain (1,479) slope down to-
ward the cast directly to Kingstown. The beau-
tiful hills of Dalkey and Killiue.v (474) rising
directlj Over the sea, form the terminating spur
of the ) ange.
From the summits of all these hills there is a
magnificent view of the greht jilain of Dublin,
with the Mourne Mountains in the distance to the
north. They are pierced by several ravines, of
which the most striking are the Slade of Saggart,
through which is carried the road from Dublin
to Blessingtou ; the Gap of Ballinascoruey, lead-
ing west from Glenasmole; Glendoo or Glen-
culleu, between Tibradden Mountain andGlendo©
Mountaiu; and the Scalp, an estraordinar.y gorge
cut right through the hill on the road from Dub-
lin to Enniskerry.
COAST LINE. — The coast is considerably
broken by inlets. The greater part is sandy, but
there are in several places low cliffs of limestone;
and at Howth and Dalke.y the shore is precip-
itous. In some luirts the strand is very beauti-
ful, for instance at Balbriggan; and the "Velvet
Strand" between Malahide and Howth is one of
the finest strands in Ireland.
HEADLANDS.- — The two rocky peninsulas of
Rush and Portraiiie lie at the opposite sides of
the inlet of Turvey. The promontory of Howth
rises to the height of 560 feet, and presents a suc-
cession of splendid sea cliffs nearly the whole
way round; and at Dalkey and Killiuey is
another series of fine cliffs terminating in Sor-
rento Point, opposite Dalkey Island. Howth,
Dalkey and Killiney are noted for their fine views
both seaward and landward.
ISLANDS. — ^The Skerries group, off the town
of Skerries, consists of St. Patrick's Island, on
which is a very ancient church dedicated to St.
Patrick; Shenick's Island; and Colt's Island.
About 4 miles from the coast at Skerries is the
Rockabill rock, on which is a lighthouse. Lam-
bay Island, 2| miles from Rush, is 418 feet high,
and presents rocky cliffs to the sea nearly the
whole way round; it contains 596 acres, much of
which is iiasture laud. The rocky, picturesque
little island of Ireland's Eye lies a mile off
Howth, and contains the ruins of the church of
the Three Sons of Nessan, belonging to the
seventh century. The little island of Dalkey
contains a Martello tower, and also a very ancient
church ruin.
DUBLIN.
BATS AND HARBOES.— Beginning on the
north, the little harbor of Loughshinny lies a
mile north of Rush. Immediately south of Rush,
straight opposite Lambay Island, is Rogerstown
or Turvey Bay ; next is Malahide Bay, and just
north of Howth, Baldoyle Bay, all three well
sheltered, but so shallow and sandy as to be of
little use. Howth Harbor is artificial, and was
erected at great expense ; but it is now little used
except as a rendezvous for fishing vessels. Dub-
lin Bay, celebrated for its fine scenery, is in-
closed on the north by the Hill of Howth, and on
the south by Dalkey Hill, G miles asunder; it is
6 miles deep, and its shores are thickly studded
with beautiful towns and villas. There is an
artificial inner harbor formed by two walls, the
South 'Wall and the Bull AYall, which keep out
the heavy swell, and prevent the accumulation of
sand. At Kingstown there is a very tine arti-
ficial harbor. Near this is the little harbor of
Bullock. Ivilliuey Bay has a fine curved sandy
beach which extends south to Bray.
RR'EES. — The Liffey enters this county at
Leixlip ; and from this to its mouth at Eingsend
is about 12 miles. The Dodder rises on the
slopes of Kippure, and for the first part of its
course flows through Glennasmole, a very fine
valley G miles long, celebrated in ancient legend,
and now well cultivated and inhabited : after a
most picturesque course the Dodder joins the
Liffej' at Ringneud. The Tolka, which rises in
Moath, passing by Glasnevin, flows into Dublin
Bay, near Clontarf. The Broad Meadow Water
and the Ward River, both of which rise in
Jlcath, flow into Malahide Bay. The pretty
little river Delvin forms for nearly its whole
course the northern boundary, separating Dublin
from Meath. On the south the Bray River
separates the counties of Dublin and Wicklow.
TOWNS.— Dublin, the capital of Ireland, is
situated at the mouth of the Liffey. What is
called the "City" has a population of 249,002;
but Dublin has far outgrown the limits of the
"City" and if Rathmines, Ratligar, and the Pem-
broke Town.sliipbo included, as they ought to be,
the population is about 300,000. Kingstown
IH/iHV,)^ on the south side of Dul)liii Bay, a
flourishing town, formerly (tailed Dunleary, is the
mail packet stntion between Dublin and England,
and the chief Htatif>n for the steamers plying to
Holj'head and Liverpool. Near Kingstown, on
the Dublin side, is Blackrock (8,902), and on the
other side is Dalkey (3,234), both very beauti-
fully situated. Adjoining Dalkey is Killiney, in
a still more lovely situation on the slope of Kill-
iney Hill.
North of Dublin along the coast are the follow-
ing: Clontarf (4,210), the scene of the battle in
whfbh the Danes were defeated by Brian Boru in
1014: Howth (909), on the north side of Howth
Hill, with its fine abbey ruins; near which is
Baldoyle (577), on the shore of Baldoyle Bay:
Malahide (G70), whose castle, a very fine and
most interesting baronial residence, is still in-
habited by its lords. A little inlana is Swords
(1,088), once an important ecclesiastical center,
and still retaining the ruins of a church, a round
tower, and the remains of the archiepiscopal
palace. The long straggling street of Rush
(1,071) comes next; and 3 miles inland is Lusk
(357), chiefly remarkable for its church ruins
and round tower. Skerries (2,227), an important
fishing station, stands in a beautiful situation,
its main street running parallel to the shore: and
lastly, Balbriggan (2,443), celebrated for its
hosiery.
On the Liffey, above Dublin, is Chapehzod
(1,583), most picturesquely situated; and higher
upLucau (G91), which was formerly the residence
of the Sarsfield family, and gave the title of earl
to the celebrated Patrick Sarsfield, the defender
of Limerick. Immediately west of Dublin, and
near the Liffey, is Kilmainham (5,391); and 4
miles west of this is the village of Clondalkin
(379), which is remarkable only for its perfect
round tower. Near Dublin, in the south, is the
little town of Terenure (1,143), which is fast
becoming incorpoi'atcd with Dublin; and a mile
further on is the faded village of Eathfarnham
(746). Dundrum (492), 3 miles south of the
city, is now growing to bo a favorite suburban
residence. That portion of Bray lying in the
county Dublin has a population of 2,148.
MINERALS.— At Ballycorus, 3 miles from
Bray, there is a lead mine, which yields also
silver.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— The old district of Cualanu belonged
chiefly to Wicklow, but it extended north to
within a short distance of Dublin. The level dis-
DUBLIN.
trict l.yiiif;' between Dublin and Howth was an-
ciently called Moy-Ealta-Edar, or the plain of
the bird Hooks of Edar (from Edar or Howth).
That part of the county lyinu: north of Howth
was called Fingall, it'., the Jiiie or tribe of the
Galls or Danes; and to this day it retains the
name, and the people are called Fingallians.
The Hill of Howth was the ancient Ben- Edar,
i.e., the Ben or peak of Edar, a legendary hero.
Criffan, king of Ireland in the lirst century, had
his residence on Howth, and his palace, Dun-
Criffau, stood near where the lighthouse now is.
ILLXJSTR^A.TIO^S,
BANK OP lEELAND.— This magnificent
edifice, on the north side of College Green, was
formerly the Irish House of Parliament, and is
reminiscent of some of the noblest associations in
Irish history. "Within its walls were heard some
of the loftiest bursts of eloquence that adorn the
legislative annals of any country. There Grat-
tan, Curran, Flood, Plunket and other oratorical
giants struggled in intellectual combat, and
there were witnesseel some of the most inspiring
acta of patriotism, and unhappily, too, some of
the basest acts of treachery that ever befell a
people struggling for freedom. The building is
of rare artistic and classic beauty, being unsur-
passed in elegance, grace and symmetry by any
edifice in Euroiie. Stiange to say, the name of
the genius who designed this marvelous speci-
men of architecture is unknown. It is built of
Portland stone, "and derives all its beauty from
a single impulse of tine art, and is one of the few
instances of form only, expressing true sym-
metry." The grand Ionic portico in front is 147
feet in extent.
O'CONNELL MONUMENT.— This magnifi-
cent monument to the Irish Liberator stands near
the northern end of O'Connell Street (formerly
Sackville Street), the chief thoroughfare of Ire-
land's capital. It was raised by national sub-
scription, and cost £12,000. It was designed by
the distinguished xrish sculptor, Henry Foley,
who did not live to see his great work completed,
though the model was practically finished at the
time of his death. The cornerstone was laid in
August, 1SG4. The figure of the great tribune is
13 feet high, and tlie sculptor had completed the
head shortly before his death. Around the
drum on which the statue stands are four winged
victories, while 50 figures, l-l of statuesque pro-
portions, the pi-iuciiial being Erin trampling on
broken fetters and pointing with uplifted hand
to the statue above, are grouped immediately
above. There are also 4 shields representing the
4 provinces of Ireland.
MORTUAEY CHAPEL AND O'CONNELL 'S
TOWEE, GLASNEVIN. — Glasnevin is the
Cam|)o Santo of Ireland, where repose the re-
mains of most of the orators, statesmen and
patriots who have won the affections of the Irish
people during this century. The cemetery,
which is one of the most beautiful in Europe,
was established through the instrumentality of
O'Connell, as a burial place for Catholics, and
has been enlarged until it contains 69 acres.
O'Connell 's remains were removed to the crypt;
where they now repose in 18G9. The crypt is
tastefully decorated and colored, and is an object
of great interest. On the walls are O'Connell 's
dying words: "My heart to Eome, my body ta
Ireland, my soul to Heaven." The commemora-
tive round tower, fit monument for the great
patriot, has an elevation of 1.30 feet. The mor-
tuary chapel erected close to the tower is of
Dalkey granite, and carved in Eomanesque -'n
the style of Irish architecture.
GEATTAN'S STATUE, COLLEGE GREEN.
— In the storied plaza of College Green, Dublin,
one of the most conspicuous features is the noble
statue of Henry Grattan, by Foley, erected by
the city corporation in 187G. The great orator
and patriot is represented as he appeared when
moving the Declaration of Irish Eights, which be
supported in one of his most celebrated orations.
The statue is appropriately set on the old parade
grouml of the volunteers, and facing the statues
of Goldsmith and Burke, the three greatest mas-
ters within their respective spheres of the Eng-
lish language — Grattan for concentration. Gold-
smith for grace, and Burke for magnificence.
DUBLIN.
To the lelt is the old Irish Pailiaiueut House,
the scene of so many of Grattan's triumplis. The
spot where the statue stands was choseu as a site
for the Prince Albert Memorial, but through the
efforts of the late A. M. Sullivan, author of the
"Story of Ireland," it was reserved for Grat-
tan's statue, while the other was chaLged to the
'awn of the Eoyal Dublin Society.
THE EOTUNDA.— The Kotunda, one of the
aiost noted structures in Dublin, used chiefly
for meetings, balls and exhibitions, stands at the
corner of Rutland Square, at the end of Upper
O'Connell Street, and contains a splendid series
of rooms, admirably adapted for the purposes
intended. Among them may be mentioned a
ballroom, 86 feet; and card room, 6G feet; tea
room, 54 feet; hall, 40 feet; grand supper room,
8(5 feet; minor supper room, 54 feet; waiting
room, 36 feet; 4 dressing rooms, each 20 feet; a
servants' hall 40 feet; vestibule, 20 feet; all of
proportionate breadth, beside many other ap-
partments and offices. Many memorable meet-
ings have been held within the precincts of the
Rotunda, among them the conference that sat
from November 18 to 21, 1873, when the
Home Rule League which afterward developed
into the Land League and National League was
formed.
MALAHIDE CASTLE.— This castle is one of
the oldest and best preserved of any of the early
Anglo-Norman castles in Ireland. Malahide was
granted to Richard Talbot by Henry II., and
it has been in the possession of this family until
the present day, save during a short period,
when it was occupied by one Myles Corbet, a
regicide, who was forced to abandon it, after
the Restoration of Charles II. The castle lias
been re-edified on many occasions, but always in
keeping with its ancient character, and maliing
it to the present day representative of the olden
time It is an extensive square structure,
flanked by circular towers, and stands on an
eminence to the left of the little village. The
interior possesses many features of interest,
among them a splendid hall, said to be the pur-
est specimen of Norman architecture in the coun-
try. A collection of rare paintings and portraits
by the old Dutch and Italian masters adorn the
venerable mansion.
VICE-REGAL LODGE, PHCENIX PARK.—
This large but rather plain and unpretentious
edifice is the summer residence of the Lord-
Lieutenant of Ireland. It was purchased from
the Earl of Leitrim in 1784, and stands near the
principal road through the park. The park con-
tains 1,752 acres, 160 of which form the demesne
of the Yice-Regal Lodge. The drive from the
Dublin Gate to Castlenock Gate is considerably
more than 2 miles. It is a magnificent and de-
lightful recreation ground, and admirably well
kept, and is considered by many to be unequaled
in beauty by any inclosure or pleasure ground
in the British Islands. Near to the Vice Regal
Lodge is the residence of the Chief Secretary for
Ireland, also surrounded by a demesne; while
throughout the jiark are also residences and
buildings for the use of the Rangers, the Royal
Hibernian Military School, the headquarters of
the Royal Irish Cou.stabulary, and other public
buildings f(jr the use of the government officials.
ST. STEPHEN'S GREEN.— This inclosure,
the largest city square in Europe, occupying a
square mile, was transformed into a park a few
years ago, through the munificence of Lord
Ardilauu. It was formerly the Tyburn of Dub-
lin, and many malefactors were executed there.
Tiie building of the Catholic University, the
Royal College of Surgeons, the College of Science,
and the Wesleyau College form portions of the
lines of fine houses on each side of the green.
Mcrrion Square, where stands the house in
which O'Connell resided for many years, during
the zenith of his power, Leiuster Square, Fitz-
William and Mountjoy Squares, surrounded by
the residences of the aristocracy, are also embel-
lisiiments of which any city might be proud.
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FERMANAGH
NAME. — The county took its niiino froin the
tribe called Fir-Monach, or the lueu of Mouach,
aud these were uaiiied from their ancestor Mon-
ach, fifth in descent from Cahirmore, king of
L-eland from a.d. 120 to 123. Monach settled
on the shore of Lough Erne about the end of the
3d century, and his posterity ultimately spread
themselves over the whole county.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Greatest length
from the boundarj-, near Kosslea, in the south-
east, to the northwest iioint 3| miles west of Bel-
leek, 45 miles; average breadth about 21 miles;
area, 714 square miles; population, 84,879.
SURFACE. — Fermanagh may be described as
a trough, in the bottom of which lies the great
chain of lakes formed by the two Loughs Erne.
A belt one or two miles wide along the lakes at
both sides is level ; but beyond this, on either
side, northeast and southwest, the country is
nearly all mountainous or hill.v, the two ranges
of upland forming the sides of the trough.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— The two high-
est summits stand on the middle of the southwest
boundary, and belong partly to Cavan, namely
Cuilcagh (2,188) and Tiltinbane (1,949), which
have been noticed in Cavan. North and north-
west from these the chief summits are Belmore
Mountain (1,312), G miles west of Enniskillen,
well known for its splendid cliffs and its ancient
Be])ulchral monuments : near this to the west is
Ora More (854). Two miles southwest from
Derrygonnelly is Kuockmore Cliff (919), a con-
spicuous and precipitous rock noted for its caves,
containing ancient inscriptions; and near this on
the west is Trustia (989). Northwest of Derry-
gonnelly is the conspicuous hill of Shean North
(1,135), rising in broken acclivities directly over
Lough Erne ; and near this again to the west,
Drumbad (1,009). In the barony of Knock-
ninny, in the south of the county, is Slieve
Rushen (1,2(59), near the boundary of Cavan;
and the verdant Kuockninny (628), remarkable
for its beauty, and for the fine view from its
summit.
The chief summits at the other side of the
lakes, beginning at the southeast are : Slieve
Beagh, on the point of junction of the three
counties, Fermauagh, Tyrone, and Monaghan,
celebrated in legendary history : it includes sev-
eral summits, one of which, Dooharn (1,255), ia
wholly in Fermanagh. Carnmore (1,034) lies
east of Lisnaskea; Brocker (1,046) is on the
boundary with Tyrone, north of Tempo; and still
nearer to Tempo, at itii southwest side, is Topped
(909). Tappaghan (1,112), in the north, near
the village of Lack, belongs more to Tyrone than
to Fermauagh.
RIVERS. — The great drainage artery of the
county is the river Erne, which belongs for the
greater part of its course to Fermanagh. In its
passage by Belleek, after issuing from Lower
Lough Erne, it falls over a ledge of rocks, form-
ing a very fine cascade. Into the Erne or into
its expansions, flow a number of rivers down the
sides of the trough from the northeast and south-
west. In the south the Woodford River, coming
from Cavan, forms part of the boundary between
Fermanagh and Cavan, and flows into the head
of Upper Lough Erne. Northwest of this the
Clodagh or Swanlinbar River belonging partly
to Cavan, flows into Upper Lough Erne. The
Arney rises in Leitrim, but that part of its course
from Lough Macnean to the ri.ver Erne lies in
Fermanagh. The Sillees drains several small
lakes, and flowing southeast by Derrygonnelly,
joins the Erne a mile above Enniskillen. The
Roogagh, a small, rapid river, flows west into
Lough Melvin at the village of Garrison.
On the northeast side of the county the Cole-
brooke River (called in its upper coui'se the Many
Burns) flows by Maguire's Bridge into Upper
Lough Erne ; and the Tempo River runs by
Tempo and joins the Colebrooke a mile below
Maguire's Bridge. The Bellanamallard River
flows by Bellanamallard into Lower Lough Erne.
Further to the northwest the Kesh River (called
in the early part of its course the Glen Derragh)
flows by Ederney and Kesh, and near it on the
west the Bannagh, both running into Lower
Lough Erne. The Termon River, flowing by
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Pettigo into tbe same lake, forms part of tbe
boundary between Fermanagh and Donegal.
LAEES. — Uiiper and Lower Longb Erne be-
long almost exclusively to Fermanagh and stretch
through nearly the whole length of the countj',
dividing it into two almost equal longitudinal
sections. The two lakes are connected by the
river Erne, and from the point -where the river
issues from the Fpper Lake to its junction with
the Lower Lake, the distance is 10 miles follow-
ing the windings, or 8 miles direct.
The Upper Lake is very complicated, and
greatly broken up by islands and peninsulas,
like Lough Oughter in Cavan ; it is 10 miles
long, with an average width of about 2 miles;
greatest width at the northwest end, 3| miles.
The Lower Lake, measuring along its curved
southwest shore, is 18| miles long, or measuring
direct from near Enniskillen to the mouth of the
river Termon, near Bop Island, 16 miles; great-
est width, 5| miles.
These lakes, though possessing no grand moun-
tain features, can vie with most other Irish or
British lakes in the quiet and gentle beauty of
their scenery.
On the southwest border is Lower Lough Mac-
nean or Lough Nilly, belonging to Fermanagh,
except a very small portion which runs into
Cavan. Near it is the larger sheet of Upper
Lough jVIacnean, 4| miles long, about half of
which is in this county'. At the extreme west
end is Lough Melvin, a small part of which be-
longs to Fermanagh. In JJrumgay Lake, "2 miles
north of Enniskillen, are some remarkable
"craunoges," or ancient artificial island habita-
tions. Numerous small lakes lie scattered
through other parts of the county, especially
round Ujiper Lough Erne.
ISL.VNDS.— The islands in the two lakes Erne
are very numei-ous: in popular estimate tliere
arc SO.'), but this is an exaggeration. In the
Ujpper Lake the chief islands are Trannish, luish-
corkisli and Naan, all about the middle, and
Belleisle, at the north extremity. In the Lower
Lake, Boa Island, at the northwest end, is 4|
miles long. Near it to the southeast are Lusty-
jnoro, LuHtylieg, Oruniuish, and Hare Island.
Near tlie eastern shore are Crevinishaughy and
Inishroakill, and close by the southwest shore is
Inisbinacsaint, containing an ancient chun^h
ruin, and giving name to the adjacent parish.
The most celebrated of all is Devenish, 2 miles
below Enniskillen, where a monastery was founded
in the 6th century by St. Molaise (pron. Mo-
lash'a), which for ages continued to be one of
Ireland's chief seats of religion and literature.
The island still contains a most interesting series
of church ruins, and a perfect round tower, one
of the finest in Ireland.
TOWNS.— Enniskillen (5,712), the assize town,
is built on an island formed bj- two branches
of the river Erne, with suburbs on the main-
land at both sides, situated in the midst of a
beautiful and well-cultivated country. Begin-
ning at the southeast extremity of the county,
and proceeding with the left hand to Lough Erne,
we come first to Newtown Butler (421), on the
summit of a hill, northeast of which, in tbe ex-
treme east of the county, is the village of Eosslea
(328). Lisnaskea (793), near Upper Lough Erne,
was anciently the inauguration place of the
Maguires, chiefs of Fermanagh : and near it, in
the north, is Maguire's Bridge (513), on the
Colebrooke Eiver. The village of Tempo (417),
is on the Tempo Eiver. Irvinestown or Low-
therstowu (795), stands near the border of
Tyrone. Kesh (2G8) and Ederny (317) are on
the Kesh Eiver. In tbe southwestern half of the
county are Derrygonnelly (277), 2 miles from
tbe shore of Lower Lough Erne ; and in the ex-
treme northwest end, on the river Erne, beside a
beautiful cascade, is Belleek (280), a small vil-
lage, now coming into jirominence on account of
its manufacture of tbe well-known "Belleek
Pottery."
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— Fermanagh belonged in former daj-s
to the Maguires, so that it was for many ages com-
monly known as "Maguire's Country."
Enniskillen was anciently called Inis-Cetblenn,
tbe island of Ketblenda, wife of "Balor of tbe
mighty blows," a mythical hero, chief of tbe
ancient sea robbers called "Fomorians. " (See
Sligo.)
Belleisle, in Upjier Lough Erne, formerly be-
longed to the family of Mac Manus, and from
them it received its old name, Ball.vmacmanus or
Senat Macmanus. It is memorable as having
been the residence of tbe great Irish scholar,
Cabal Maguire, dean of Cloger in the 15th
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century, who coiupiicJ the "Aunals of Ulster,"
a inost valuable historical work whii^h Htill re-
mains to lis.
The district lyiu^ between Lough Melvin and
Lough Erne was the ancient Too raw ; and the
baronies of Clankelly and Clanawley retain the
names of old tribes and of the districts they
inhabited.
ILLTJSTH^TIOI^S.
TULLY CASTLE.— This ancient edifice is
situated on the southern shore of Lough Erne,
in the midst of beautiful surroundings. It
stands on a promontory that juts into the lake,
and dates from the Elizabethan period. It was
the fortified mansion of a Scotch faujily named
Hume, and is of the usual class erected by the
first Scotch settlers, who disinherited the native
owners of the soil — a keep or castle turreted at
the. angles, and surrounded by an outer wall.
Originally, it was 50 feet long, and 21 feet
broad, the wall being 100 feet square, 14 feet
high, with four Hankers for defense. In 1(541 it
was captured and wrecked by Kory, brother of
Lord Maguire, and 60 of its inmates killed. It
was never afterward rebuilt. The ruins of
another castle — Monea — of the same period are
a few mileS'to the southeast.
DEVENISH ISLAND.— This island, a gem in
the bosom of Lough Erne, is one of the most
interesting sjiots in Ireland to the tourist and
antiquary. It contains several ancient remains,
among them the monastic house of St. Molaisse,
who died in 563, and a round tower, both here-
with shown. The establishment was several
times plundered by the Danes, but was rebuilt
about 1130. It was a small, quadrangular struc-
ture, and in latter times was converted into a
church. Up to the beginning of this cenairv it
stood in its original form, but little now remains
of this relic of thirteen centuries ago. The
round tower is considered one of the most
])erfect in Ireland, and is in an excellent state
of preservation. "With the cone, it is 74 feet
high, and is 48 feet in circumference. The sculp-
tures on it are curious and artistically exe-
cuted. The various ruins in the vicinity tend to
give the spot a color of venerableness and
sanctity.
HIGH STEEET, ENNISKILLEN.— Euniskil-
len, the county town of Fermanagh, is situated
on an island of 62 acres in the river connect-
ing the upper and lower Loughs Erne. It
consists principally of one long street, with a tall
church spire as the chief figure. The town is
noted for the part taken by its inhabitants in the
Revolution of 1688-90. Originally it was the
stronghold of the Maguires, who retained jiosses-
sionof it down to 1612, when James I. "granted"
it to one Cole, whose descendants possess the
major portion of it still. The town is connected
with the mainland by bridges, and is attractive
and striking in its appearance and surroundings.
It has always been regarded as an important
military position, commanding the route from
Ulster to Connaught. The British military bar-
racks at present occupy the site of one of the
ancient castles of its former possessors.
TULLY CASTLE, LOUGH I'.KNh,.
DEVENISH ISLAND, LOUGH ERNE.
GALWAY.
I
NAME. — Tbe river flowing by tbe city of Gal-
way (now the Corrib Eiver) was auciently called
Gailleamh (pron. Galliv); this gave name to the
city, and the city to the county. Gailleamh
probably means "rocky river," from gall, a rock.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Greatest length,
from the bend of the Shannon near Eyrecourt in
the east, to Aughrus Point in the west, Qi miles;
greatest breadth from the boundary south of
Gort, to the boundary near Ballymoe in the
north, 53 miles; area 2,452 square miles.
Population 242,005.
SUEFACE.— That part west of Lough Corrib,
about one-third of the whole county, is nearly
all mountains, lakes, and moorland. The
southern border, including a good part of the
baronies of Loughrea and Leitrim, is also moun-
tainous; and west of this, in the baronies of
Kiltartan and Dunkellin, there is much rugged
rocky surface, a continuation to the north of the
Burreu Hills in Clare. All the east of the county,
namelj', the whole of that part east of Lough
Corrib, is level, occasionally interrupted with low
bill-ridges; containing a deal of beautiful fertile
land, and also much dreary bog and morass.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— The Twelve
Pins in the barony of Ballynahiuch form the
finest mountain range in Galway, and one of the
finest in Ireland, a succession of conical peaks
overtopping numerous splendid valleys and lovely
lakes. The highest summits are Benbaun
(2,395), and Bencorr (2,.33G). East of the
Twelve Pins is the Joyces' Country, a region of
bare limestone mountains and deep ravines. The
Pai-try Mountains run for some distance on the
boundary between Galway and Mayo, east of
Killnry Harbor: of which Maumtrasna (2,207)
and Devil's brother (2,131)— this latter towering
over the bead of Killary Harbor — belong to both
counties. In the south the Slieve Aughty range
stretches in a curve from northwest to southeast,
for about 13 miles; chief summits, Cashlaun-
drumlaban (1,207) and Scalp (1,074).
COAST LINE.— The coast from Killary Har-
bor, all the way round to Cashla Bay, is an in-
terminable complication of bays, inlets, creeks,
islands, peninsulas, and headlands; from Cashla
Bay to Galway is a stretch of shore almost
straight and unbroken ; east of this, several
small inlets indent the land from the head of Gal-
wa.v Bay. But though the Galway coast has a
great deal of rock margin, it presents very littls
lofty or bold clifif scenery.
HEADLANDS. — ^Beginning at the northwest:
Einvyle Point stands on the north of the entrance
of Ballynakill Harbor; next is Aughrus Point,
the most western point of all the mainland of
Galway ; south of this is Slyne Head, from which
the coast turns eastward. Mace Head is at the
south of the entrance of Bertraghboy Bay; next
is Golam Head, formed by a little island.
ISLANDS.— The coast of the barony of Bally-
uahinch is skirted with innumerable islands and
sea rocks. On the south are the Aran Islands,
sheltering Galway Bay on the west, consisting of
three chief islands, Inishmore on the west, Inish-
maan in the middle, and luisheer on the east; and
the little group of the Branuock Islands, at the
western extremity of Inishmore.
North of Inishmore is Gorumna, which is 4^
miles long; near which on the west is Letter-
mullau, and on the north Lettermore, 3| miles
long. West of this is the little St. Macdara's
Island, held in great veneration in honor of the
old patron St. Macdara, and containing the ruina
of his primitive church : near it is Croaghnakeela.
Omey Island lies at the south side of Aughrus
Point; and immediately west of the Point is the
far more interesting High Island, or Ardoilen,
which contains the ruins of a primitive monastery
founded by St. Fechin in the 7th century.
At the head of Galwa.v Bay is Tawin Island.
The island in Lough Corrib belonging to Gal-
way are: Inchagoill, which contains the head-
atone of Lugnat, St. Patrick's nephew, the oldest
inscribed Christian monument in Ireland Inish-
raacatreer : Ardillaun ; and near the end of the
long western arm of the lake, Castlekirk. a mere
GALWAY.
rock, almost, covered with the ruins of a castlo,
namely CastleVirk, or the Hen's Castle.
Iniscaltra or Holy Island, in Louj^h Dorg, be-
longs to this county. St. Camin founded a mon-
astery on it in the 7th century, which became
one of Ireland's great ecclesiastical centers; and
the island has now a most interesting group of
ruins, namely, a round tower, several churches,
some as old as the time of St. Camin, and one
that was erected, or re-edified, by the great king
Brian Boru.
BAYS AND HARBORS.— Gal way Bay lies
between Galway and Clare, off which to the east
are Oranmore Bay and Anghinish Bay. West of
Galway Ba.v, opposite Aran, are Cashla Bay,
Greatman's Bay, and Kilkieran Bay. Next in
the west is the beautiful bay of Bertraghboy, G
miles deep. Ballyconneely Bay lies south of the
peninsula of Slyne Head ; and north of it, Man-
nin Bay. Near this is Ardbear Bay, at the head
of which is Clifden ; Ballynakill Harbor lies south
of Rinvyle Point. The long winding inlet of Kil-
lary Harbor (which separates Galway from
Mayo), and the smaller Salrock Harbor near it,
are both celebrated for their splendid mountain
scenery.
RIVERS.— The Shannon, with Lough Corrib,
bounds this county on the east and southeast for
about 40 miles. The Suck (for which see Ros-
common) joins the Shannon near Shannon bridge.
The Bunowen, called in the higher part of its
course the Clonbrock River, flews southeast by
Ahascragh into the Suck, near Ballinasloe;
higher up, the Suck is joined by the Shiveu
River.
The Corrib River, flowing by Galway town,
pours the superfluous waters of Lough Corrib
and Lough Mask into Galway Bay, running a
short course of 5 miles from Lough Corrib to the
sea. On the east side, the Clare, or Claregalway
River, a considerable stream coming southward
from Mayo, the Cregg River, and the Black
River (between Galway and Mayo) flow into
Lough Corrib; and into the same lake on the
west side run the Owenriff and the Bealana-
brack, both noted for beautiful scenery.
In the western part of the county the Dawroo
River runs into Ballinakill Harbor, and the
Owenglin by Clifden into Ardbear Bay.
LAKES. — The great lake feature of Galway is
Lough Corrib, the largest lake in Ireland except
Lough Neagh, and far finer than Lough Neagh
in the scenery of its shores. Lough Mask and
Lough Derg both lie on, and form imrt of, the
boundary.
That part of the county west of Lough Corrib
is studded with innumerable lakes. Lough
Inagh, Derryclare Lake, Lough Garroman, Bal-
lynahineh Lake, and Kylemore Lake, all lie at
the base of the Twelve Pins, and are all cele-
brjited for their beautiful scenery. Lough Shin-
dilla. Lough Ardderry, Lough Anillaun, and
Lough Bofin, are on the road from Galway to
Clifden. In the south of the county. Lough
Cooter lies near Gort, and Loughrea beside the
town of Loughrea.
TOWNS.— Galway (15,471), the assize town,
on the river Corrib. Two miles above Galway,
on an expansion of the Corrib, is Menlough
(427) ; and south of Galwa.y, at the head of Kin-
varra Bay, is Kinvarra (498). On the eastern
border are Portumna (1,252), on Lough Derg,
with castle and abbey ruins; Eyrecourt (668);
and Ballinasloe (4,772, of whom 947 are in Ros-
common), on the Suck, noted for its great horse,
sheep, and cattle fairs. Inland in this eastern
jiart of the county are the following: Gort
(1,719), in the southwest corner; northeast of
this is Loughrea (3,159), a prosperous town in
the midst of a fertile district ; further north, on
the road from Dublin to Galway, is the ancient
town of Athenry (1,030), with its fine castle and
abbey ruins; still more ancient is Tuam (3,567),
toward the northern border, now a well-to-do,
prosperous town, which dates its origin from a
monastery founded there in the Cth century by
St. Jarlath. North of Tuam is Dunmore (COS);
and to the west, near the boundar3^ of Mayo, is
Headford (779).
In the western division of the county, the only
towns of consequence are Oughterard (834), in a
lovel.v situation on the Owenriff; and Clifden
(1,287), the capital of all this westei'n district,
quite a modern town, built at the head of Ard-
bear Bay.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.^— There were several districts in Con-
naught called Coumacne, one of which, Con-
macne-mara, is now called Connemara. All that
part of (iahvay west of Lough Corrib and Lough-
GAL WAY.
Mask was anciently called lar Connaught, or
West Connaught; but the name is now usually
applied to the barony of Moj-cullen. The old
territory of Hy Many, the country of the
O'Kellys, extended from the Shannon to Galway
Bay : the eastern part of it, now occupied by the
barony of Longford, was the O'Madden's coun-
try, called Sil Anm/?ada; and the southwestern
part, now occupied by the baronies of Kiltartan
and Dunkellin, was called Aidue or Hy Fiachrach
Aidne. A part of the barony of Eoss lying be-
tween Killary Harbor and the western arm of
Lough Corrib, is called the Joj'ces' country : the
Joyces, a family of Welsh extraction, settled
there in the thirteenth century ; and to this day
the inhabitants are almost all Joyces.
II.LXJSTR^TIO:^^S.
LYNCH'3 CASTLE.— The city of Galway at
one time carried on a large commerce with
Spain, an intercourse that has shown its effects
to the present in the appearance and character of
the people, and the buildings and streets of the
town. Among the buildings the only perfectly
preserved example of Spanish architecture is
Lynch 's Castle, a large, stately edifice, at the
corner of Shop and Abbeygate Streets. Its
decorations, ornamental mouldings and pictur-
esque cornices denote its Spanish character,
which less than a century ago was noticeable in
most of the chief buildings of the city. The
Lynchs were one of the thirteen so-called Tribes
of Galway, all of whom were of Anglo-Norman
descent ; their prominence may be measured by
the fact that during a period of 1G9 years, 84
memViers of the family were mayors of the city.
Lynch 's Castle here depicted was the home of
the family for several generations. The tragic
story of James Lynch, Warden of Galway, who
hanged his son for murder, 1493, is famous in
history and romance.
WEST BRIDGE AND FATHER DALY'S
CHAPEL. — Of the three bridges connecting the
old and the new portions of the city of Galway,
on each side of the river that drains Lough
Corrib, that known as the West Bridge is the
most striking, and is among the finest bridge
structures in Ireland. It is of modern construc-
tion, and occupies the site of another built in
1442, by Edmond Lynch, at his own expense.
Overlooking this bridge is the handsome edifice
called Father Daly's chapel, which is an object
of interest from the priest whoso name it bears.
Father Peter Daly devoted his talent and ener-
gies to advance the material as well as the spirit-
ual interests of the people of Galway, notably in
1850, on the occasion of the government inquiry
to ascertain the best harbor in Ireland for a
traus-Atlantic packet station.
FISH MARKET.— A singular community
called the Claddagh, numbering about 5,000
souls, forms a suburb of the city of Galway.
They are all fishermen, possess their peculiar
customs, intermarry only with each other, and
have alwaj's kept aloof from the surrounding in-
habitants whom they regard as "transplanters."
They have a primitive code of laws by which
they are governed, and never appeal to any out-
side courts of justice. They annually elect a
"king" or head man on St. John's eve, and he
exercises almost absolute power in some respects
The Claddaghites are peaceable, industrious and
sober, and notably hospitable to strangers.
Though differing from the other inhabitants of
Galway, in dress, habits, customs, and their
Irish dialect, there is no marked difference in
their personal appearance. The accompanying
picture shows a group of these women in the
Galway fishmarket, the trade of which the Clad-
dagh people monopolize.
EYRE SQUARE. — The accompanying picture
represents a i^ortion of Eyre Square, a principal
part of the city of Galwaj', and which contains
many of the chief buildings, residences, hotels,
railway station, and statues of eminent citizens.
Galway Bay is acknowledged to be the finest
in Ireland, and being 500 miles nearer to
America than Liverpool, would, were it not
for British commercial selfishness, be a flourish-
ing center of trade and commerce. From the
earliest times, the town was a famous trading
port with Spain, and its merchants were cele-
GALWAY.
brated for their commercial enterprise and
■wealth. The older parts of the city retain to the
present day melancholy vestiges of its departed
prosperity and greatness. These, says a modern
writer, exhibit generally tokens (jf the commercial
habits of the people rather than of their military
character. The people of Galway, however, ex-
perienced their full share of tlie wars and mis-
fortunes of the invader, and always maintained
their high character for courage and patriot-
ism.
CLIFDEN CASCADE.— Clif den, in Conne-
mara, is a modern town, there being only one
house on its site as late as 1815. It is situated
in the midst of some of the wildest and most im-
posing scenery in Ireland, and excites the ad-
miration of every traveler. It is more Swiss-like
*/han any other portion of the island. It owes its
origin to Mr. John D'Arcy, a landed proprietor,
who recognized the advantage of having a sea-
port town in this remote locality, Init though the
town flourished its founder did not, for through
his expenditures and liberality he lost his jirop-
erty under the Encumbered Estates Act. The
Owenglen River rushes past the town, forming a
picturesque and attractive waterfall, breaking
through the rocks in a series of fascinating cas-
cades. The castle, a modern castellated man-
sion, is a short distance to the east of the town
and is surrounded by beautiful and magnificent
scenery. In loveliness and grandeur the locality
surpasses many of the most celebrated continental
scenes.
KYLEMOEE CASTLE.— This picturesque
and beautiful castellated residence was erected
b.v the late Mr. Mitchell Henry some years ago
and is one of the most handsome and romantic-
ally situated mansions in Ireland. The Pass of
Kylemore — meaning great wood — has been al-
ways considered equal in grandeur to the famed
gap of Dunloe in Kerry, or Barnesniore in Done-
gal, while the Lough of Kylemore is scarce un-
surpassed by the Lakes of Killarney. The pass
is 3 miles long, and the lough 2, and | mile
wide. Doaghrue to the north of the pass rises to
a height of more than 1,700 feet, its huge, rugged
crags jutting out of the dense wood that gives
the pass its name. On the north side of this
height and on the border of the lough stands
the magnificent castle shown in the accomjiany-
ing engraving, its turrets half-hidden behind
the dense foliage.
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KERRY.
NAME. — Fergus, ex-king of Ulster, one of the
Red Branch Kniglits, in the time of Conor Mac
Nessa (see Armagh,) had a son named Ciar (pron.
Keer), who settled in Muuster. Ciar's descen-
dants, who were called from him, Ciarraighe
(pron. Keeree), possessed the district l.ving
west of Abbeyfeale; and this district, which
took the name of the tribe, ultimately gave
name to the whole county — Ciarraighe, now
Kerry.
SIZE AND POPULATION. —Greatest length
from Tarbert on the Shannon to Bolus Head, 69
miles; breadth froraMweelin Mountain, 1-4 miles
east of Kenmare, to Ballydavid Head at Smer-
wick Harbor, 53i miles; area, 1,853 square miles;
poiiulation, 201,039.
SUEFACE.— The north part of the county,
consisting of the barony of Iraghticonor and the
greater part of the barony of Claumaurice, is
moderately level; all the rest, with some trifling
exceptions, is mountainous.
MOUNTAINS.— The Kerry Mountains form
part of the great group that covers the west and
southwest of both Cork and Kerry; like those of
Cork they generally run in chains east and west;
and they inchido the grandest combination of
mountain scenery, the most tremendous preci-
pices, and the finest valle.\'s, in Ireland.
Three chief chains, each with minor subdivi-
sions, stand out very prominentl.v, running west-
ward to the end of the three peninsulas of Corka-
guiny, Iveragh and Bear, the Bear chain belong-
ing partly to Cork. The middle chain is divided
toward the west into two distinct chains, by the
valley of the river Inny. Toward the eastern
end it includes Macgillicuddy's lleeks, of which
Carrantuoliill (3,414), a grand peaked moun-
tain, is the highest summit in Ireland. Near
Carrantuohill are Beenkeragb (3,314) half a
mile toward the north, and Caher (3,200), a mile
to the west. Tho Gap of Dunloe, a magnificent
ravine, cuts right aci'oss the chain from north to
south, seiiaruting the Beeks from tlie Killarney
Mountains, which are the continuation of the
chain to tho cast. Of these the chief summits
are Tomies (2,413), Purple Mountain (2,639)
fine conical peak, and Tore (1,764), a massive
hill with iirecipitous sides, all three looking
down on the Lakes of Killarne.v — the two former
on the west side the last on the soutli : and,
lastly, the great mountain mass of Mangerton
(2,756). Near Mangerton are Stoompa (2,281)
and Knoekbrack (2,005). The continuation of
the Killarney Mountains to the east brings us to
the beautiful twin peaks. The Paps (2,268), close
together, with a high narrow pass between them.
"West of the Eeeks the most conspicuous moun-
tains are Druug (2,104), and west of it, Knock-
nadober (2,266), both rising from the very shore
of Dingle Bay; and 4 miles south o : Drung,
Coomacarrea (2,542).
In the southern division of these Iveragh
Mountains, south and southeast of the ralley of
the river Inny, areBoughil (2,065), northwest of
Kenmare; Mullaghanattin (2,539), a few miles
west ot it; and Coomcallee (2,134), 4 miles west
of the village of Sneem.
The whole of the Corkaguiny or Dingle penin-
sula is a mass of mountains, which form a con-
tinuous chain like a great backbone, traversing
the peninsula from east to west, and sloping
precipitously down to the sea on all sides. They
begin on the east with the Slieve Mish range,
rising directly over Tralee Bay, of which the
highest summits are Baurtregaum (2,796), and
Cahirconree (2,715). Beeuoskee (2,713) stands
in the middle of the peninsula; and northwest
of this is the grand mountain of Brandon (3,127),
directb' over the sea. St. Brendau, from whom
this mountain received its name, was a native of
this district, and lived in the beginning of the
6th century. He is often called Brendan the
Navigator on account of his famous voj'age in
which it is said he spent seven years sailing
about in tho Atlantic Ocean. He set out on his
vo.yage from a bay under Brandon Mountain,
and his little oratory, which is held in great
veneration, is still to be seen on tho ver.y sum-
mit. This great Corkaguiny range is abruptly
terminated on the west by Mount Eaglo (1,696),
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westerly point of the mainlaud of Ireland.
In the soutLern or Boar peninsula, the Caha
Mountains lie on the boundary with Cork, as
does the Derrynasaggart range, northeast of
jhem. Kuockboy (2,3'21) rises over Glen,;;'arriff
No;;theast of Tralee the Glannaruddery Moun-
tains (1,097), run nearly north and south; and
west of these are Stack's Mountains (1,170).
The moory hills east and northeast of Castle-
island are well known as Slieve Lougher, though
the name is not now often marked on maps.
Their highest summit is Mount Eagle (1,417).
At the northern end of the county, Knocka-
nore (880) rises over the Shannon mouth, and
though not lofty, is conspicuous Ijj^ its isolation.
On the shore at the western base of this hill is
the village of Ballybunnion, noted for its fine sea
caves.
COAST LINE.— The coast is pierced by deep
bays which cut the land into long and narrow
peninsulas and from these larger bays innumera-
ble smaller ones branch off, presenting an in-
finite variety of the finest seacoast scenery the
whole way round from Tarbert to Kenmare.
HEADLANDS. — Beginning at the north: Beal
Point marks the commencement of the opening
of the Shannon into the ocean : Kerry Head, a
bold promontory, the southern point of the
mouth of the Shannon : Brandon Head is a grand
cliff under Brandon Mountain. Sibyl Head,
Clogher Head, Dunmore Head and Slea Head,
are at the extreme west of the Corkaguiny penin-
sula. Bray Head, a tall cliff, is the southwestern
end of Valentia Island; south of which is the
still more lofty promontory of Bolus Head, the
extremity of the rugged peninsula that separates
St. Finan's Bay from BaJlinskelligs Bay; east of
this, at the other side of Ballinskelligs Bay, is
Hog's Head; and lastly Lamb's Head, at the
mouth of the Kenmare Eiver.
ISLANDS. — The largest is Valentia, which
lies at the extremity of the Iveragh peninsula;
it is 7 miles long, and rises 888 feet over the sea.
Proceeding southward from Valentia, Puffin
Island lies outside St. Finan's Bay; Off Bolus
Head are the Skellig Rocks ; the largest one, the
Greater Skellig, stands like an enormous pillar
714 feet out of the sea, and though neaily inac-
cessible, has on it the remains of a very ancient
religious establishment which has been for ages
a place of pilgrimage; there are two lighthouses
on this rock. The rocky and lofty island of
Scariff (83i) feet high) lies in front of Darrynane
Bay, and near it is the smaller island of Deenish,
of much the same character. In the Kenmare
River or Bay at the Kerry side are the islands of
Sherky, Rossdohan, and Rossmore.
Going northward from Valentia, the Great
Blasket, at the end of the Corkaguiny peninsula,
is 3| miles long and very narrow and lofty ; it
has tremendous sea cliffs on the northwest side
which run in a continue is line the whole length
of the island; one peak, Croaghmore, is 961 feet
over the sea, and another, Slievedonagh, 937;
each presenting an almost perpendicular wall of
rock to the sea. Near this is Inishtooskert, 1
mile in length and 573 feet high, on which is a
little church called St. Brendan's oratory ; and
west and southwest of Blasket is Tearaght, 602
feet high; southwest of Groat Blasket are the
two high rocky islands, Inishvickillane and In-
ishnabro. All these rise in lofty cliffs from the
sea, the whole group presenting a sublime ap-
pearance from the mainland. The Magharees or
Seven Hogs, a cluster of sea rocks, lie at the
northern extremity of the long jieninsula that
separates Tralee Bay from Brandon Bay. Lastly,
in the Shannon, near Ballylongford, is Carrig
Island, with the fine old castle of Carrigafoyle
near the shore, the ancient residence of the
O'Conors-Kerry.
BATS AND HARBORS.— Beginning on tho
north, Balb'heige Baylies south of Kerry Head;
Tralee Bay and Brandon Bay, west of Tralee,
are both nearly circular, and are very well shel-
tered ; Smerwick Harbor is near the extremity of
the Corkaguiny peninsula. Dingle Bay (includ-
ing Castelmaine Harbor) is about 25 miles long,
with an average breadth of about 7 miles; is
overtopped by mountains on both sides, and is
noted for the splendid scenery of its shores. At
the head of Dingle Bay is Castlemaine Karbor,
sheltered in the outside by the two long sandy
peninsulas of Inch from the north side, and
Rossbehy from the south; and off the north side
of Dingle Bay are Dingle Harbor and Ventry
Harbor, both well sheltered — the latter cele-
brated in legend. Between Valentia and the
mainland is Valentia Harbor. At the south-
KERRY.
western extremity of the Iverairli peninsulas are
St. Fiiiau's Bay, and Ballinskelligs Bay, and
Darrynane Bay, tbis last liavina; on its shores
Darryuane Alibey, formerly the residence of
Daniel O'Connell. The mouth of the Kenniare
River, or Kenmare Bay, separates Kerry from
Cork, but belongs for the greater part to Kerry.
Branching ofi from it on the south are Kilmakil-
log Harbor, and Ardgroom Harbor, the latter
belonging partly to Cork.
EIYEKS. — Beginning on the north, and tak-
ing the rivers in their order: The Shannon
■washes the north shore of Kerry from Tarbert to
the mouth. The Blackwater rises in Kerry, then
runs on the boundary between Cork and Kerr.^',
and next enters Cork.
The Casheu runs into the Shannon mouth, and
is formed by the junction of the Galey (which
rises in Limerick), the Feale (which rises in
Cork), and the Brick (whose chief headwater is
the Shanow); the Feale (which forms the bound-
ary for 13 or 14 miles) being joined from the
Kerry side by the Clydagh, the Owveg, and the
Smearlagh. The little river Lee flows by Tralee
into Tralee Bay, and gives name to the town —
Tralee, the traigb or strand of the Lee.
The Maine, which receives the Brown Flesk as
tributary, flows into Castlemaine Harbor. Into
the same harbor flows the Laune, which carries
off the overflow of the Lakes of Killarney; it
receives as tributai'ies the Gweestiu from the
northeast, and from the south the Gaddagh,
which runs in the Hag's Valley under Carrantuo-
hill, and the Loe flowing through the Gap of
Duuloe. The lieautiful river Flesk flows through
the fine valley of Glenflesk into the Lower Lake
of Killarney, receiving high up in its course the
Loo and the Clydagh, this latter, which draws
some of its waters from Cork, being jiroperly the
headwater. The Gearhameen drains the splen-
did vale Of Coomyduff, or the Black Valley, and
flowing eastward under the very base of the
Eeeks, joins the Upper Lake; before entering
tlie Jake it is joined by the Owenreagh. The
Glanbfiliy flows through the fine valley of Glan-
behy into the head of Dingle Bay, and near it
on the oast is tlie Caragh, which, before it enters
the bay, exiiands into the lovely Lough Caragh.
Tlie r^'rla runs by Cahirsiveen into Valentia
Harbor. The Inny drains the valley separating
the two Iveragh Mountain ranges, and falls into
Ballinskelligs Bay ; and near it, and parallel to
it, is the Cummeragh, falling into Lough Cur-
rane. The Eoughty flows through a fine glen
(which gives to the surrounding barony the name
of Glanarought), and entering the sea at Ken-
mare, opens out into the great estuary called
Kenmare River, or Kenmare Bay. The Sheen
(called in the early jiart of it course the Baurea-
ragh River) joins the Eoughty on the south
bank opi)osite Kenmare; the Slaheny joins it a
little higher uj) on the same bank, and through
Kenmare itself runs the pretty river Finnihy,
also into the Kought.v.
LAKES. — The glory of Kerry is its combina-
tion of lake and mountain scenery. The laJses
of Killarne.v are three in number — the Upper
Lake, the Middle Lake, and the Lower Lake.
The Lower Lake, or Lough Leane, the largest of
the three, is 5 miles long by about 2| miles
broad ; it contains several islands, the two prin-
ciple being Innisfallen, noted for its beauty, and
containing the ruins of the celebrated Abbey of
Innisfallen, founded in the 7th century by
St. Finan the Leper, and Boss Island (which is
now connected with the mainland), on which
stands the fine old ruin of Ross Castle. A tor-
rent flowing into this lake down the side of
Tomies Mountain forms the beautiful O'Sulli-
van's cascade. Middle Lake, or Tore Lake, or
Muckross Lake, is 2 miles long by three-quarters
of a mile wide; it issejiarated from Lough Leane
by the lovely peninsula of Muckross, on which
are the ruins of Muckross Abbey, and by the lit-
tle island of Dinish. The Upper Lake is 2^
miles long by | mile broad; it contains a
number of islands, the chief of which are EiJgle
Island, Ronayne's Island, and Stag Island; and
it is by far the wildest of the three in its scen-
ery. The Galway's lliver, flowing into it from
the south, forms the cascade of Derr.ycunnihy.
The Upper Laki^ is connected with the Lov\er
and Middle Lakes by a channel 3 miles long —
lialf river, half lake — called the Long Eange,
over the north bank of which rises a lofty rock
called the Eagle's Nest, noted for its fine echoes.
All three lakes are overhung by splendid moun-
tains, their shores and islands are well wooded,
and their scenery is unequaled for softness,
freshness and beauty. Near the Upper Lake
KERlti.
and beside ti.^^ road from Killunicy to Keuiniare is
Looscaunaj^h Xiough.
The Devil's Piiuch Bowl (called iu Gaelic
Poulaniffriu, or the bole of hell), near the Hum-
mit of Mangerton, is au extraordinary mountain
tarn; a stream flowing from it tumbles into the
Middle Lake and forms in its course the beauti-
ful Tore Waterfall. Under a stupendous preci-
pice between Mangerton and Htoompa is the
deep glen called Gleuacappal, in which are three
small lakes, Lough Erhagh, Lough Managh, and
Lough Garagarry; and near this last is the large
circular Lough Guitane. On the south side of
the Kenmare Eiver are Inchiquin Lough and
the two lakes of Cloonoe, all three beside each
other. West of Killarney, near the head of
Dingle Bay, is the beautiful Lough Caragh, o|
miles iu length, with Carrantuohill towering
over it. Lough Curraue, or Waterville Lake, is a
fine sheet of water near Ballinskelligs Bay; and
6 miles northeast of it are Lough Derriana and
Cloonaghlin Lake, both of which send their over-
flow of water to Lough Currane by the Cum-
meragh Eiver.
The word coom is used very often in Kerry to
designate deep basin-like hollows among the
mountains; it is used as a topographical term in
other parts of Ireland, but it is more common in
Munster — -especially in Kerry and Cork — than
elsewhere. A vast number of the cooms of the
Kerry Mountains contain lakes ; as, for instance,
Coomasaharn, near Drung Hill, in which the
Glanbehy Eiver rises. Some of these cooms give
names to the hills which rise over them, as in
the case of Cooraacarrea Mountain, south of
Drung.
TOWNS.— Tralee (9,910), the assize town,
stands on the little river Lee, near where it
enters Tralee Ba.v. Killarney (G,G51), is situ-
ated a mile east of Lower Lake. The other
inland towns are Listowel (2,965), in the north
pe-rt of the county on the Feale; in the east Cas-
t'aisland (1,4(30), on the Maine.
Beside Tralee, the towns on or near the coast
are, beginning on the north, the stirring little
town of Tarbert (712) on the Shannon; near it
Ballylongford (829), on a creek of the Shannon ;
Castlegregory (597), on the western shore of
Tralee Bay; Dingle (1,833), on Dingle Bay is I
the capital of the Corkaguiny peninsula; Mill- 1
town (().■$()) stands near tne mouth of the Maine,
near itisKillorgliu (1,028), on the Laune, where
it enters Castlemaine Harbor. Cahersiveen
(2,003), the capital of the Iveragh peninsula,
stands on a creek of Valentia Harbor, and
lastly, the pretty town of Kenmare (1,279) stands
in a deep valley at the mouth of Eouglity Eiver.
MINEEALS.— On the island of Valentia there
are valuable quarries of flags and roofing slates.
Copper ore is found at Muckross and at Ardfert;
also near Cahersiveen and in Glanarought. The
stones called Kerry diamonds, which are very-
like real diamonds, are found among the rocks on
several parts of the coast, especially near Dingle
and near Kerry Head.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— Kerry anciently formed one of the five
Munsters, namely, lar-Muman, or West Munster.
The district between Tralee and the Shannon,
and west of Abbeyfeale, was the original Ciar-
raighe, from which Kerry derived its name. It
was often called Ciarraighe-Luachra, from Sliabh-
Luachra, or Slieve Lougher. '
Eemains of antiquity, both Pagan and Chris-
tian, are more numerous, and in many respects
more interesting, in Kerry, than in any other
county of Ireland. They are more abundant in
the peninsula of Corkaguiny than elsewhere.
The most curious and interesting early Chris-
tian oratory in Ireland is at Gallerus, on the
southern shore of Smerwick Harbor; it is very
small, rectangular in plan, and the side walls
curve upward till they meet in a ridge so as to
form a roof. At Kilmalkedar, a mile from Gal-
lerus, there is another oratorj-. Both those
buildings are coeval with the introduction of.
Christianity into Ireland; and beside each the?
is a pillar-stone with an inscription in Eomai.,
letters.
Staigue Fort, near West Cove, on the north
shore of the Kenmare Eiver, is the most per-
fectly preserved circular stone caher in Ireland
At Fahan, southwest of Ventry, just at the base
of Mount Eagle, there is a whole village of
ancient beehive- shaped stone-roofed houses, the
most curious collection of the kind in the
country.
On a shoulder of Cahirconree Mountain, near
Tralee, is an immense Cyclopean fortress, built
up in the usual pagan fashion, of very large
KERRY.
Btones without cement. This is the caher or for- i the caher of Curoi. He lived in the tiue of
tress of Curoi MacDara, -who was king of all this Conor MacNessa, in the first centurj'; and he i»
southwest part of Munster; and the luouutain
still preserves his nauie, for Caherconree means
one of the chief characters in several of
ancient tales of the Red Branch Knights.
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ILLXJSTJl^TIO^srS.
MUCKROSS ABBEY, KILLARNEY.— From
its scenic surroundings, being built ou an arm
of one of the Lakes of Killarney, the remains of
Muckross Abbey are among the most interesting
of any in Ireland. The beautiful and secluded
spot was selected by "the Monks of eld," as an
ideal place for a holy life of meditation and
prayer. The Abbey was erected on the site of
an ancient church which was destroyed by fire
in 1192. It was built for the Franciscan monks,
Dy one of the McCarthys, Princes of Desmond,
in 144:0, but according to the Annals of the Four
Masters, the most reliable authority, a century
earlier. It was repaired in 1602, and also in
1626. It is to-day in a fair state of preservation.
Within the choir is a huge vault containing the
tombs of the McCarthys Mor, and of the
O'Dououghes of the Glens whose descendants
were interred there as late as 1833.
O'CONNELL JHEMORIAL CHURCH, CAHIR-
CIVEEN. — This beautiful structure is an eccle-
siastical monument to the emancipator of the
Catholics of Ireland, and is due to the energy,
and religious and patriotic zeal of Very Rev.
Canon Brosuan, of Cahir-civeen. It is in the cen-
ter of a picturesque and romantic district, and
close to Dorrynaue, famed as the seat and birth-
place of O'Connell. In its vicinity are the ruins
of an ancient monastery founded by the monks
of St. Finbar in the 7th century. O'Connell was
accustomed to attend Mass in the old chapel of
Cahir-civeen, and from his entliusiastic delight
in the wild scenery of the locality, and his love
of roaming amid its grand and inspiring views
of mountain, crag, and dale, when temporarily
withilrawn from the cares of more serious dutj',
we may easily imagine that he would prefer
such a memorial as this beautiful church in this
dpot to the grandest monument that could bo
erected to his memory, in city or court.
KENMARE.— Kenmare is a small but pretty
town, in the ancient "Kingdom of Kerry," and
is situated in the vicinity of some of the wildest
and most romantic scenery in the south of Ire-
land. It is approached by a fine suspension
bridge, the only one of note in Ireland, callej
Landsdowne Bridge, after the master of the
estate. The town is of comparatively modern
date, having been founded in 1670 by Sir Will-
iam Petty, one of the most disreputable of Eng-
lish adventurers in Ireland, and progenitor of
the Landsdowne family. During the English
revolution of 1688, it was forced to capitulate to
King James' army. The inhabitants, being
English and Protestant, deterjuiued to embark
for Bristol ; but after the fall of Limerick most
of them returned. The convent of St. Clare,
herewith shown, has become noted of late years,
especially through the work of Sister Mary
Frances Clare, a convert from Protestantism, and
author of works on Irish and religious subjects.
DERRYCUNNIHY COTTAGE, BRICKEEN
BRIDGE, AND GLENA COTTAGE, KILLAR-
NEY.— It is unnecessary to more than allude to
the world-famed Lakes of Killarney. They have
been at once the delight and the despair of the
tourist. The marvelous, ever-changing scenery
of the locality, the beauty, grandeur and sublim-
ity of everything around this enchanting spot
have defied such word-painters as Wordsworth,
Scott, and Macaulay, who declare that no lan-
guage can adequatelj' describe their wondrous
loveliness and fascinations. The lakes, whicli
are three in number, the Upper, Tore, and Lower,
were renowned from the most remote times for
their natural beauty, and after the introduction
of Christianity, for the number and extent rtf
their nu^nasterics, churches, and schools.
Derrycuiinihy, which gives its name to one of
the most beautiful of cascades, is a favorite meet
for the hunt; Gleua Cottage, built by the earls of
Kenmare for the accommodation of strangers, is
situated in the midst of the most enchanting
scenery; and Brickoen Bridge sjjans by a single
arch the stream dividing Muckross Peninsula
fro-ii Brickcen Island.
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NAME. — The town of Kildare took its name
from a little church or cell built by St. Brigid,
in the end of the 5th ceutury, under a great
oak tree. This church, which was the germ
round which grew up a great religious establish-
ment that flourished for many ages afterward,
was called Cill-dara, the church of the oak; and
the old oak tree stood there for several hundred
years after the time of St. Brigid; and in mem-
ory of her it was held in great veneration. The
town gave name to the county.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Greatest length
from north to south, 42 miles; greatest breadth
from east to west, along the northern frontier, 26
railes; area, 654 square miles; population, 75,804.
SURFACE: HILLS.— Kildare is the levelest
county in Ireland. There are some hills over
1,000 feet high in the east margin, which are the
mere outskirts of the Wicklow Mountains. To
the northwest of Kildare town a low range of
heights called the Bed Hills, or the Dunmurry
Hills, runs from southwest to northeast; the
highest, which lies 3 miles northwest of Kildare,
has an altitude of only 769 feet ; and a little
range may be said to be terminated by the
round-topped Hill of Allen (676), which is the
most remarkable, and which is rendered con-
spicuous by a tall pillar on its summit. This
hill gives name to the' Bog of Allen. Dun
Aillinne, or Knockaulin (GOO), a round hill near
Old KilcuUen, in the southeast of the county, is
more remarkable for its antiuuities than for its
elevation. A considerable area of the flat part
of the county iu the west and northwest is occu-
pied by portions of the Bog of Allen. Near the
town of Kildare is the Curragh, the finest racing
ground in the empire; 6 miles long by 2 miles
broad, and containing 4,858 acres. It is a gen-
tly undulating plain, covered with a tine velvety
elastic swai'd, perpetually green. From the
most remote period of Irish histor.v the Curragh
has been used as a racecourse, and its impor-
tance in old times, may be inferred from the
numerous raths or forts and other ancient earth-
•works scattered over its surface.
EIVEBS.— The Boyne rises in Trinity Well,
at Carbury Hill, in the northwest of the county;
flows first through this county, next forms for
3| miles the boundary with Kings Count.y, and
then with Meath for 7| miles, after which it
enters this last county. The Liffey, coming
from "Wicklow, enters Kildare near Ballymore
Eustace, and just on the boundary tumbles over
a series of rock ledges, forming the fine cascade
of Pollaphuca; it sweeps in a curve with many
windings through Kildare, and enters the county
Dublin at Leixlip. Less than half a mile above
Leixlip it falls over another ledge of rock, and
forms the beautiful waterfall of the Salmon Leap.
In the west, the Barrow first touches Kildare
near Mouasterevin, where it forms the boundary
with Queens County for a mile ; next crosses a
corner of Kildare at Monasterevin for 2 miles ;
then again runs on the boundary with Queens
County for 7| miles; next runs through Kildare
for 6 miles, and lastly forms the boundary again
with Queens County for 7| miles, when it finally
leaves Kildare.
Nearly all the other streams of the county are
tributaries to the Boyne, the Liffey, and the
Barrow. On the north, the Rye Water flows
eastward partly on the boundary with Meath
and iiartly through Kildare, and joins the Liffey
at Leixlip. The Lyreen runs to the northeast,
and passing b.v Maynooth, joins the Rye Water
a mile below the town. The Blaekwater, for the
most part a boggy and sluggish stream, rises iu
Kildare, and flowing to the northwest by Johns-
town, forms ftu' aliout 6 niilps the boundary be
tween Kildare and Meath, after which it enters
Meath to join the Boyne. The Garr in the
northwest joins the Boyne near Ballyboggau
Bridge. The (j'ushaling, the Crabti'ce River
and the Black River, all unite on the western
boundary of the county and form the Figile,
whicli llows first thi'ough Kings County, then
crossing an angle of Kildare, it forms the boun-
dar.v between Kildare and Queens Count.y, till
it joins the Barrow beside Monasterevin. The
Slate River, rising near Prcjsperous, flows west-
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between Kiklure and Kini^s County for about a
mile, wben it outers Kiuf^is County to join the
Figile. The Cushina, coming from Kiuga
County, and flowing eastward, forms three miles
of th'e boundary b.etween Kildare and Kings
County, and joins the Figile just where the lat-
ter enters Kildare. The Finuery comes from
the west and joins the Barrow 4 miles above
Athy. The Greese rises near Dunlavin in
Wicklow, and flowing southwest across the
southern angle of Kildare, joins the Barrow near
the southern extremity of the county. The
Lerr, running parallel with the Greese, flows
into the Barrow at the southern boundary.
TOWNS.— Athy (4,181), in the south of the
county, on the Barrow, a good business town,
connected with Waterford by the Barrow and
Suir, and with Dublin bj' the grand canal.
Higher up on the Barrow is Monasterevin
(1,044), beside which is the fine demesne of
Moore Abbey. Rathangan (683), (! miles nearly
due north of Monasterevin, stands on the Slate
River. Toward the middle of the county are
Kildare, Newbridge, and Naas. Kildare (1,174)
was in old times one of Ireland's great religious
centers, which is still evidenced by its round
tower and fine church ruins standing conspicu-
ously on a ridge partly occupied by the town.
Newbridge (3,372) is on the Liffey, a neat town
with large military barracks. Naas (3,808) is
the assize town, and has much retail trade.
In the northeast of the county are Celbridge
(988) and Leixlip (741), both on the Liffey, the
latter just on the bourdary of the county, in a
lovely situation near the waterfall that has given
name to the town (Leixlip is a Danish word
\neaning salmon-leap). Near the north margin
of the county, west of Leixlip, is the neat town
of Maynooth (1,278), now remarkable as contain-
ing the college for the education of the Roman
Catholic priesthood. It contains the ruins of
the castle of the Fitzgeralds, earls of Kildare, the
ancestors of the Duke of Leinster, whose fine
demesne of Carton lies beside the town. West
of Maynooth is Kilcock (721).
In the southern end of the county is Castle-
aermot (675), on the river Lerr, in which there
was in old da.vs an important religious establish-
ment, and which now contains a round tower.
several crosses, and some beautiful abbey ruins.
Kilcullen, or Kilcullcn Bridge (783), is prettily
situated on the Liffey near the southeast margin
of the county ; a mile and a half south of which
is Old Kilcullen, containing the ruins of a
round tower, of a monastery, and of some old
crosses, the remains of an important ecclesiasti-
cal foundation. Ballymore Eustace (629) stands
in a very pretty situation on the Liffey, two
miles below Pollaphuca waterfall.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.^— The northeast part of the county, viz.,
the baronies of Salt, Ikeathy and Oughteranny,
Clane, and part of those of Naas and Connell,
formed the ancient Hy Faelan. Up to the end
of the 12th century it was the territory of the
O'Byrnes, who, however, were about that time
driven out, and took refuge in the mountain
districts of Wicklow, where they afterward be-
came powerful.
The southern half of the county, from the Hil'
of Allen southward (excluding the two baroniet
of Offaly), was the old territory of Hy Murray,
which had Hy Faelan on the northeast, Offaly
on the noithwest, and Leix (see Queens County)
on the west. This was the original home of the
O'Tooles, who, like the O'Byrnes, were driven
out by the Anglo-Normans about the end of
the 12th century, and settled in Wicklow, in the
district lying round the Glen of Imaile, near
Balliuglass.
The two baronies of East and West Offaly form
a portion of the ancient sub-kingdom of Offaly,
which also included a portion of Kings and
Queens counties. That part of Kildare through
which the Liffey flows was formerly called Life
or Moy Life, the river dividing it into East Life
and West Life. From this plain the present
name was given to the Liffey, whose old name
was Rurthach.
In this county there were anciently three royal
residences. The kings of Leinster lived at Naas
till the 10th century, and the great high mound
beside the town is the remnant of the old palace.
Another palace of the Leinster kings (namely,
Dun-Aillinue) was on the hill of Knockaulin,
near Kilcullen, and the great old circular fortifi-
cation of the palace still surrounds the summit
of the hill. Perhaps the most noted of the three
was the Hill of Allen, anciently called Alma, -5
KILDAEE.
miles north of Kildaie, on wbieh was the resi-
deuce of Finn the sou of Cumal, one of the most
celebrated of all the ancient Irish hevoes. The
hill is now rendered very conspicur ^ by a tall
pillar on its summit, in the ereciion of which
the vestiges of Finn's old palace fort were nearly
obliterated. There are very remarkable forts
also at Ardscull, 3 miles northeast of Athy,
and at Mullamast, 2| miles east of Ardscull,
anciently called Maistean ; these great forts
are the remains of the residences of kings or
chiefs.
ILLTJSTRA.TIO^S.
MATNOOTH COLLEGE.— This celebrated
institution is devoted to the education and train-
ing of the Irish Catholic priesthood. About
one-half of the priests of Ireland, and many in
other lands have passed through Mayuooth.
The course comprises eight years, and the
system and high standing of the professors make
the institution the peer of auy ecclesiastical
establishment in Europe. It was founded in
1795 by the Irish Parliament, not so much as an
act of justice or generosity, as a means of avert-
ing by home education the evils likely to arise
to Great Britain from committing the education
of the Irish ijrieathood to foreign teachers on the
continent, which the Irish people were com-
pelled to do previous to that date. But the
Maynooth priests did not turn out to be loyal-
ists, as was confidently expected. The iiresent
edifice was erected in 1846 from designs by
Pugin. In 1869, by the Disestablishment Act
the yearly grant of £26,360 was commuted to a
capital sum of £36,940, which, with additional
private bequests, suffices to conduct the institu-
tion as before.
CASTLEDERMOT ABBEY.— This splendid
relic of Irish ecclesiastical architecture dates its
origin from about the year 800, when it was
built by Diarmid, son of King Aedh Eoin, of
Ulidia. During the Danish incursions and the
Anglo-Norman wars it was repeatedly plundered
and burned, but was as often rebuilt or restored,
until the year 1650, when it was partly destroyed
by the sacrilegious Cromwcllian soldiery, and in
the turbulent and persecuting period that fol-
lowed, it was left to decay. Yet enough of the
structure remains to attest its former splendor,
the archwaj'S and some of the windows still
being in a fair state of preservation. It was the
home of the Franciscans, that heroic order that
during the penal days so unflinchingly braved
the sword of persecution, and faithfully minis-
tered to the Irish Catholics. There are many
other abbeys and remains of noted structures in
the county of Kildare, around which storied
memories cling as thickly as the ivy that covers
their walls.
ROUND TOWER CASTLEDERMOT. —
This illustration jiresents otxe of the finest speci-
mens of Ireland's round towers It is situated
in an old cemetery near a chapel and the ruins
of a Norman arch. It is considered by an-
tiquaries to be one of the oldest round towers in
Ireland, and well illustrates the lines:
The pillar towers of Ireland, how wondrously they stand.
By the lakes aud rushing rivers through the valleys of
our land,
In mystic file throughout the isle they lift their heads
sublime;
These gray old pillar temples, these conquerors of time.
O, may they stand forever while one symbol doth impart,
To the mind one glorious vision or one proud throb to the
heart,
Wliile lh<' lircast ncedeth rest, may these gray temples last.
Bright prophets of tlie future, as preachers of the past.
Castlederiiiot possesses many other rel'cs of
antiquity.
In the same county there are other round
towers at Kildare, Killashee, Oughterard, Old
Kilculleu and Taghodoe.
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KILKENNY.
NAME.— The city of Kilkenny, which gave
name to the count.y, received its own name from
a church founded by St. Canice, which was
called Cill-Chainnigh, the church of St. Canice.
St. Canice was abbot of Aghaboe in Queen's
County, where he had his principal church ; he
died in the year 598.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Greatest length
north and south, from the bend of the Suir at
Moonveen, west of Waterford city, to the north
angle of the county near the village of Clogh,
45 miles ; breadth east and west, from the Bar-
row, near Graigueuamanagh, to the western
boundary, 23 miles; area 796 square miles;
population 99,531.
SURFACE: HILLS.— The whole north mar-
gin of the county is moderately upland and hilly.
The hills that occupy the barony of Fassadinin,
and the north of the barony of Gowran, are com-
monly called the Castlecomer Hills, and some-
times the Slievemargy Hills, from the adjacent
barony of Slievemargy in Queens County, into
which thej' extend. But though the elevations
in this northern part of the county are sometimes
up to 1,000 feet over the sea level, there are few
or no conspicuous hills among them, as they
slope very gradually, and the plain on which
they stand is itself 300 or 400 feet above the sea
level. South of the city of Kilkenny, and west
of the Nore, extends a great plain diversified
with gentle undulations. The eastern part of
the county south of the Powerstown Eivor, and
also the south part, including the baronies of
Iverk and Ida, are also hilly and upland. Near
the eastern margin, two miles south of Graigue-
namanagh, is Brandon Hill (1,694), the highest
elevation in the whole county. The two series
of hills covering tjie north of tiio barony of Iverk,
are commonly called the Booley Hills. All this
hilly region is ver.v sirailnr in character to the
Castle-comer and Gulmoy districts in the north.
BIVERS. — The Nore, coining from Queens
County, runs through Kilkenny in a direction
generally toward the south-southeast, and pass-
ing by Ballyrajiget, Kilkenny, and Thoniastown,
joins the Barrow on the east side, 2 miles above
New Boss. The Barrow, coming from Carlow,
first touches Kilkeuuj- at Duninga; and from
that south to where it enters the Suir at Snow-
hill House (about 36 miles following the wind-
ings) it forms the eastern boundary of the
count.v. The Suir, coming from the west, first
touches the southern end of the county at the
month of Lingaun Eiver, a mile below Garrick-
on-Suir; and from that to the junction of the
Barrow (about 22 miles following the windings),
it forms the southern boundary. All the other
rivers are tributaries, either immediately or
ultimately, to these three.
Tributaries of the Nore beginning on the
north : The Owbeg, coming south from Queens
County, forms the boundary between Kilkenny
and Queens County for the last 3 miles of its
course, and joins the Nore 2 miles above Ball.v-
ragget, receiving the Glashagal just above the
junction. The Diniu, noted for its fioods
(hence the name, meaning Vehement Eiver),
comes south from Queens County, and passing
by Castlecomer, joins the Nore 4 miles above
Kilkenny. One of the tributaries of the Dinin,
coming from Queens County and Carlow on the
east, is called by the same name, Dinin ; and
this Dinin receives from the south the Cool-
cullen, which forms a part of the eastern boun-
dary. A little lower down there are two other
tributaries (of the large Dinin), joining at oppo-
site banks, the Miickalee on the left and the
Cloghagh on the right. Two miles above the
mouth of the Dinin, the Nore is joined on the
other bank by the Nuenna, flowing from the
west by Freshford. The King's Eiver, flowing
eastward from Tipperar.v through Callan and
Kells, joins the Nore 4 miles above Thoniastown :
a mile above Callin the King's Eivor is joined
from the north by the Munster Eiver, which for
tlie greater i)art of its course forms the boundary
between Kilkenny and Tipperary. A little bo-
low Callan the King's Eiver is joined by the
Owbeg from the southwest, and ntmr Knlls, by
the Glory Eiver from the south A mile above
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Thomastown the Little Arrigle flows into the
Nore from the southwest; and 3 miles below the
same town the Arrigle from the south.
The tributaries of the Barrow (beside the
Nore) from the Kilkenny side, are the Monefelim-
and the Powerstowu River, both which join
the main stream near Gowran. The Kilkenny
tributaries of the Suir are the Lingaun, which
comes from Tipperary, and forming the boun-
dary for 7 miles, flows into the Suir 2 miles be-
low Carrick ; and the Blackwater, which, pass-
ing by Mullinavat, joins the Suir a mile above
the city of Waterford. The Blackwater is joined
near Mullinavat by the Pollanass, from the
northeast.
LAKES. — The only lake in the county is the
small Lough Cullen, near the southern extrem-
ity, 3 miles north from Waterford; which is
only remarkable for the numerous legends in
connection with it.
TOWNS.— The city of Kilkenny (12,299), on
the !Nore, the assize town, may be called the in-
land capital of Ireland. It has been from the
earliest times a place of importance, both as re-
gards eccelsiastical and civil affairs, and it is one
of the most beautifully-built and one of the most
interesting towns in Ireland. It contains a
round tower and many other fine ecclesiastical
ruins, and also Kilkenny Castle, the seat of the
great family of Butler or Ormand, beautifully
situated on the margin of the Nore.
Beside Kilkenny, the towns on the Nore are
the following: (beginning on the north) Bally-
ragget (741), which took its rise from the castle
built by the Butlers in the 15th centur.y, the
ruins of which yet remain. Thomastown (1,067),
in a beautiful spot on the convex side of a bend
of the river, with several castle and abbey ruins.
A mile and a half above the town, near the point
of junction of the Arrigle with the Nore, is
Jerpoint Abbey, erected in the 12th century
by Donogh MacGillapatrick, king of Ossory, one
of the most beautiful ecclesiastical ruins in Ire-
land. About three miles north of Thomastown
are the round tower and church ruins of Tulla-
herin; the tower very well preserved, but with-
out the conical cap. Inistioge (570), is a neat
town in a lovely narrow valley along the Nore.
Freshford (733), is on the Nuenna.
On the King's River, near the western margin
of the county, is Callan (2,340) with its fine
abbey ruins; east of Callan, near the village of
Kella, is the round tower of Kilree, with an old
Celtic cross beside it. At Kells itself are the
fine remains of a priory, founded in 1183 by
Geoffrey Fitz Robert. Further north on this
west margin is Urlingford (847) ; two miles
northeast of this is Johnstown (456), near which
is the once celebrated Bally sjieuan Sjia.
In the north, on the river Dinin, is Castle^,
comer (1,182). Graignenamanagh (1,172), at
the eastern margin, stands in the midst of hills,
in a beautiful situation on the Barrow, with fine
abbey and castle ruins. Higher up on the Bar-
row is the village of Goresbridge (501); three
miles west of which is Gowran (618). In the
south, Mullinavat (399) stands on the Black-
water; and the barony of Iverk is studded with
little villages, the chief of which are Mooncoin
(644), and Pilltown (396).
MINERALS.— The great Leinster coal field
extends into Kilkenny, and occupies the greater
part of the barony of Fassadinin and the north
margin of the barony of Gowran. The limestone
which occupies the great central plain of the
county becomes a fine black marble in the dis-
trict lying round the city of Kilkenny. This
"Kilkenny marble" is richly variegated with
fossil shells; it is quarried extensively in great
blocks, which are manufactured into chimney
pieces, tombstones, and various kinds of archi-
tectural ornamental work.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.—The greater part of the county Kil-
kenny was included in the ancient sub-kingdom
of Ossory. The old district of Hy Duach was
coextensive with the present barony of Fassadi-
nin. The present village of Rosbercon, on the
Barrow, retains the name of the old territory or
barony of Hy Bercon, which lay west of the Bar-
row, and comprised a good part of the present
barony of Ida; and the southern part of Ida was
the old barony of Igrine. The barony of Ida
itself represents the old territory of Fi-Deag-
haigh ; and the barony of Iverk is the ancient
district of Hy-Erc.
About two miles below Ballyragget, on the
Nore, was situated a wooded district called in
ancient times Arget-ros, or Silver-wood. It was
here, according to the bardic history, that Enna
KILKENNY.
the Spoiler, one of the very early kings of Ire-
land, made silver shields, and distributed them
among his chiefs. In this district also, on the
bank of the Nore, in the parish of Eathbeagh,
Eber and Eremou, the two first kings of Ireland the name of Eathbeagh to the parish.
of the Milesian colony, erected a fort, in which
Eremon afterward died. This fort, which was
called Eathbeagh or Eathveagh, still remains; it
is well known by its old name, and it has fi^'wu
ILLTJSTR^TIOI^S.
■ ST. CANICE'S CATHEDEAL.— This is one
of the most imposing ecclesiastical structures in
Ireland. Although among Irish churches, in-
ferior in size only to Christ Church and St.
Patrick's, Dublin, it possesses a lightness and
grace rarely found in buildings of its capacity.
Acording to Ware it was founded about the year
1180 by Bishop O'Dullany, who transferred the
old see of Ossoiyfrom Aghadoe to Kilkenny, and
was not completed until two centuries later. It
is said to have been erected on the site of a
building coeval with the introduction of Chris-
tianity into Ireland, and derives its name from
Cauice or Canicus, a holy man, who built a cell
near the spot. The church is cruciform in shape,
and is 226 feet in length and 123 feet in breadth.
In architecture and ornamentation it is a splen-
did type of mediaeval art; but bears the marks
of the iconoclastic Cromwelliaus in 1650. It
has been in a great measure restored. Within a
few feet of the church stands a round tower 108
feet high and 40 feet in circumference.
ST. KIEENAN'S COLLEGE.— This splendid
structure is one of the finest of modern Irish in-
stitutions of learning. The saint whose name it
bears is said to have preceded St. Patrick in his
mission by thirty years, and to have been the
first to preach the Christian faith in Ireland.
He is also said to have been the founder of the
see of Ossory, early in the 5th century, at a
place call Sagir, in the Kings County. The
chair of St. Kiernau, a curious stone seat, stands
in the north transept of the old cathedral of St.
Canice. There is, perhaps, no city in Ireland
that contains so many interesting, striking, and
picturesque ruins as Kilkenny, or that has been
the scene of more important historical events.
For many years it was the capital of the English
Pale, and many parliaments were held tbere
from 1309 down, noted chiefly for the atrocious
laws enacted against the native Irish.
EUINS AT KELLS.— Kells, a place of great
antiquity, though now reduced to a small hamlet,
is situated on the Kings Eiver. Its ruins of
churches and castles, however, strikingly attest
its former importance. It was founded by
Geoffi'ey Fitz-Eobert, one of Strongbow's fol-
lowers, as a point of vantage to resist the Tip-
perary clans, who for a long period gave the
invader no peace. This invader, like many
other of the Anglo-Norman intruders of the time,
was pious enough to build a monastery in 1183,
on the land of which he had despoiled the native
owners. He filled the priory with monks from
Cornwall, and endowed it with large possessions.
The prior was a lord of parliament, and the
establishment over which he presided was one of
the largest and richest of the jieriod, as may be
seen in the extent of its ruins to-day. It was
dissolved by Henry VIII. in the thirty-first year
of his reign. The whole district is dotted with
anti(iuities, many of them in a perfect condition.
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KINGS.
NAME. — Kings County and Queens County
were formed into shire ground in tlie reign of
Philip and Mary, and received their present
names in honor of the king and queen.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— The county is
irregular and broken in shape, and it is not easy
to fix on suitable dimensions. Greatest length
from the Ollatrim Kiver near Moneygall, at the
southwestern corner, to the boundary near
Edenderry in the northeast, 52 miles (but the
straight line between these extreme points
falls, for about halfway, outside the county);
breadth from Cloumacnoise on the Shannon to
the boundary near Frankford, 19 miles, or from
Banagher to Arderiu mountain, 17 miles; area
772 square miles; population, 72,852.
SURFACE. — The east margin of the great
southwestern projection is mountainous or up-
land ; in the barony of lower Philiiistown in the
north there are a few inconsiderable hills. All
the rest of the county is iliit, and much of it,
especially in the northwest, fiat without any [
relief whatever. A considerable part of the Bog
of Allen belongs to Kings County; and bogs
and morasses — some small, some stretching for
miles — ^cover a large area of the county. The
eastern jirojection and the barony of Garrycastlo,
in the west, are parti(;ulary distinguished by the
prevalence of flat bogs and fens.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— A considerable
section of the Slieve Bloom Mountains lies
within the boundary of this county, in tlie
barony of Ballybritt; of which the chief sum-
mits are Arderin (1,733), on the boundary of
Queens County, the highest of the Slieve Bloom
range; under which on the noi-th side is the
deep Gap of Glendine, one of tho two passes
lending across tho range.
(Sec Queens County, for another pass.) Two
miles southwest of Arderin is Farbreague (1,411),
also on the lioundary. Knocknaman (1,113),
standing on the west, detaclied from tlie general
range, rises over the village of Kinnitty; and
between this and .\rderin lies Carroll's Hill
(1,584). Northeast of these, Wolftrap (1,584)
stands on the boundary ; and near it on the
northwest is Spink (1,087).
The rest of the county is su3h a dead level that
trifling elevations count as remarkable hills.
Croghan Hill (769) in the north of the county, 4
miles north of Philipstown, rising quite detached
in the midst of the great plain, is a conspicuous
object, and affords an immense view from its
summit.
EIVEES. — The Shannon forms the western
boundary for 23 miles. The Little Brosna, com-
ing from Tipperary, runs to the northwest
through the southwestern extremity of the coun-
ty for 7 miles, after which it forms the boun-
dary with Tipperary for 13 miles till it falls into
the Shannon. Its chief head-water, the Bunow,
which flows across the corner of Tipperary by
Eoscrea, rises in Kings County, northeast of
Eoscrea, and draws some of its head feeders from
Queens County. The Barrow, flowing easterly,
forms the south boundary of the eastern extrem-
ity for 9 miles, except at the middle of this space
— at Portarlington — where a corner of Queens
County projects northward to the other side of
the river. In the northeast, the Boyne, coming
from the east (from Kildare), forms the boun-
dary for nearly 4 miles. West of this the Yellow
River, coming from the interior of Kings
County, and joining the Boyne, forms the boun-
dary for the last 3 miles of its course; and west
of this again the Mongagh (w^hich joins the
Yellow Eiver) is the boundar.\- for 5 or G miles.
The southwest corner is bounded and separated
from Tipperary for 2i miles by tho Ollatrim
Kiver. All the streams of the interior of the
county are tributaries, either immediately or re-
motely to the foregoing.
In the northwest the Blackwater drains a
large area of the bogs of the barony of Garry-
castle, and joins the Shannon 3 miles below
Shannon Bridge. A little south of this tho
Brosmi, coming from Westmeath, flows toward
tlie southwest through Kings County for about
KINGS.
26 miles, paasing by Clara and Ferbane, and
joins the Shannon near Shannon Bridge, 2 miles
above Banagher. The Brosna has the following
affluents belonging wholly or partly to this
coi'nty: The Gageborough River, couiiug from
th^ north, joins just a mile below Clara. The
Clodiagh, coming from Queens Couutj', enters
Kings County at Monettia Bog, and flowing
northwest joins the Brosna 2 miles below Bally-
cumber. The Clodiagh itself is joined by the
Tullamore River, which flows west through Tul-
lamore and joins two miles below the town, and
by the Silver River, from the northeast, which
joins the Clodiagh a little above the mouth of
the latter. Another Silver River flows from the
Slieve Bloom Mountains, first westerly through
Frankford and then northward, and joins the
Brosna a little above Ferbane; and the Boora,
running northward from Lough Boora, also joins
the Brosna 2 miles above the mouth of the Silver
River.
In the extreme south, the Camcor flows wesu-
ward from Slieve Bloom through Birr or Par-
sonstown, and joins the Little Brosna half a mile
below the town. In the eastern part of the county,
the Figile flows southward through Clonbulloge ;
then crossing a corner of Kildare, forms for a
little way the boundary between Kings County
and Kildare, till it joins the Barrow near Monas-
terevin. The Figile is joined from the west by the
Cushina (which flows first through Kings County
and afterward forms the boundary for 3 miles
between it and Kildare), and from the east by
the Slate River, coming from Kildare. Higher
up the Philipstown River flows eastward through
Philipatown and joins the Figile at Clonbulloge.
LAKES. — Lough Boora, half a mile in length,
lies a little north of Frankford ; Lough Coura
lies nearly midway between this and Birr, and is
about a mile in lengtii ; Lough Annaghmore is
on the boundary, east of Frankford, and is about
the same size as the last; Pallas Lough, north-
east of Frankford, is a mile in length, and very
narrow; Lough Fin, nearly circular, and half a
mile across, lies near the Shannon at the north-
western boundary.
TOWNS.— Tullamore (5,098), on the Tulla-
more River, the assise town, is an excellent busi-
ness center: east of which is Philipstown (829),
on the Grand Canal, and near the Philipstown
River. Birr or Parsonstown (4,955) stands oa
the Camcor River, just where it enters the Li'.tle
Brosna; beside it stands Parsonstown Cast a,
where are some of the finest reflecting telescopi*
in the world, erected by Lord Ross. Edenderry
(1,555) is on the east margin, near the Boyne,
and not far from the northeast extremity of a
branch of the Bog of Allen; and on the Shannon,
in the west, is Banagher (1,192). Clara (956),
in the north of the county, is watertd by the
Brosna; Frankford (559) lies near the middle of
the southeast boundary, on the Silver River. In
the southwest projection is Shinrone (448), and
near the very extremity, just beside the boun-
dary of Tipperary, is Monegall (376). That
liortion of Portarlington lying in Kings County
contains a population of 842.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGxNA-
TIONS.— The old territory of Ely OX'arroll-
the inheritance of the O'Carrolls — included the
southwest portion of this county, viz., the baro-
nies of Ballybritt and Conlisk ; but it also ex-
tended into Tipperary. This whole territory
was in old times counted part of Munster, though
the Kings County portion of it is now in
Leinster. A part of Ely O 'Carroll — coextensive
with the barony of Ballybritt — was called Kinel
Farga, and was held bj' the O 'Flanagans.
The old district of Fircall included the pies-
ent baronies of Eglish, Ballyboy, and Bally-
cowan. It was the territory of (he O'Molloys,
and was iuclude-l in the ancient province of
Meath. There were several territories called
Delvin in different parts of Leinster and Con-
naught; one of which, Delvin-Ethra or Dehin-
Mac Coghlan, was in this county; it was nearly
coextensive with the barony of Garrycastle, and
was tiie patrimony of the family of Mac Coghlan.
The barony of Kilcoursey was the old Munter-
Tagan, the district of the O'Caharneys, Siuach^,
or Foxes. The barony of LTpper Philijistown
formed part of Clanmaliere, the country of the
O'Dempseys, which also extended into Queens
County.
On a high bank over the Shannon, 9 miles be-
low Atlilone, is Clonmacnoise, one of the great-
est, if not the very greatest, of all the ancient
religious establishments of Ireland. It was
founded by St. Ciaran (or Kieran) in the Cth
century, and flourished for many ages afterward.
KINGS.
It was aaopted as the burying place of the kings
of Ii-eland belonging to the southern Hy Neill
race ; and numberless kings and chiefs retired to
it to spend their old age in meditation and
prayer. Even to this day it is the most cele-
brated and the most frequently used of all the
ancient cemeteries of Ireland. It contains the
ruins of many churches (popularly called the
"Seven Churches"), two round towers, old
crosses, and many ancient tombs.
II.LTJSTR^TIOl^.
EIRE CASTLE.— This edifice is one of the
most interesting in Ireland from its romantic
and historical associations. Birr derives its
name from Biorra, an ancient abbey, founded by
St. Brendan. A great battle was fought there
in the 3d century between Cormac, son of Con
of the Hundred Battles and the people of Mun-
eter. The district originally formed a part of
Ely O'Carroll, and the castle was the seat of the
O'Carroll chieftains. It was "granted" by King
Henry II. to Philip de Worcester, but its owners
defended their territory so vigorously and per-
sistently that it frequently alternated between
its English and Irish masters. It was not in-
cluded in Kings County until the reign of James
I. 1ha,t monarch assigned it to Laurence Par-
sons, brother of Sir William Parsons, surgeon-
general. Cromwell attacked it, and his son-in-
law Ireton took it in 1650, and it was again
beseiged in the Jacobite war of 1688-90. It has
been noted in recent years as the residence of
the Earl of Boss — descendant of the Parsons —
famed for his astronomical pursuits, and his
great reflecting telescope. The castle has been
renovated so often that it is practically a modern
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LEITRIM.
NAME. — The county took its name from the
villuge of Leitrim, near the Shannon, 4 miles
above Carrick-on-Shauuon. The Gaelic form of
the name is Liath-druim (prou. Leedrim), sig-
nifying gray ridge (liath, grey ; druim, a ridge
or long hill) ; and there are more than forty
places of the name in Ireland.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— The county
consists of two parts, almost wholly separated
from one another by Loiigh Allen. The north-
west part touches the sea, having a coast of 2^
miles on Donegal Bay. The greatest length of
■ the two parts taken together, from Donegal Bay
to the southern extremity near Drumlish in
Longford, is 51 miles ; breadth of the northwest
part, from the boundary near Ballintogher in
Sligo to Upper Lough Macnean, 17 miles;
breadth of the southeast part, from Lough
Boderg to the boundary near Killygar, 18 miles;
area, (513 square miles; poijulation, 90.372.
SURFACE.— The northern half of the county
is all mountainous or hilly, with the exception of
a narrow east-and-west belt extending in breadth
/i-om Donegal Bay to Lough Melvin and the river
Du.¥. The north part of the other half, viz., that
part east of Lough Allen, is mountainous, being
occupied by a portion of that mountain group
that covers also the northwest projection of
Cavan. The south iiart, viz. , the barony of
Mchill, jind the southern portions of the baro-
nies of CaxTTigallen and Leitrim, is moderately
level, but in many places '.t is interrupted by
low heights and ridges.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— The most Re-
markable mountain in the whole ^«unty is Slieve
Anierin (1,922), whose summit is 2| miles east
of the shore of Lough Allen ; a little northeast of
which is Bencroy (1,707). Slievenakilla (1,793),
east of the head of Lough Allen, stands on the
boundary with Cavan. In the northwest portion
f ' the county there is an endless succession of
summits of all heights up to 1,700 feet. Two
miles west of Manorhamilton is the conspicuous
mountain of Benbo (1,365). The summit ol
Truskmore (2,113) is in Sligo, but a part of its
eastern slope extends into Leitrim.
EI VERS. — The Shannon, coming from Cavan,
forms the boundary for a mile and a half ; then
crossing the narrow neck connecting the two
parts of Leitirm for another mile and a half, it
enters Lough Allen; and from that down to
a point a little below Roosky, a distance of about
35 miles (following the larger windings) it forms
the western boundary of the county. On the
northeast, the stream flowing from Upper Lough
Macnean to Lough Melvin— called the Kilcoo
River in the lower half of its course — forms the
boundary between Leitrim and Fermanagh.
The river Drowes has a course of 4 miles from
Lough Melvin to Donegal Bay, the first mile of
which is in Leitrim, and the last three -s i'zie
boundary between Leitrim and Donegal. This
little river is mentioned in Gaelic records as
having from the most ancient times separated
Connaught from Ulster, and it still continues the
boundary between the two provinces. The Kiico
River receives the Lattone from the Leitrim side;
and near it on the west are the Ballagh River
and Glenaniff River, both flowing into the head
of Lough Melvin. North of Lough xMelvin,
the Bradoge, flowing to the west from Ferma-
nagh, forms for 2 miles the boundary between
Leitrim and Donegal, after which it enters
Dongel. In the extreme northwest the Duff
(called the Black River in the earlj' part of its
course), forms the boundary between Leitrim
and Sligo for 2 miles ; then crosses Leitrim for 2
miles; and lastly, forms again the boundary be-
tween the same two counties for a mile, till it
enters Donegal Bay. South of this the Diffreen
runs west into Glencar Lake.
The Bonet rises in Glenade Lake, in the
barony of Eosclogher, and flows first southeast
through Glenade, one of the most beautiful val-
le.vs in the whole district; then gradually curv-
ing, it passes by Drumahaire and falls into
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Lough Gill, flowing through a succession of
lovely landscapes through its whole course.
The Owenmore or Seardan passes through Man-
orhamilton, and falls into the Bonet a mile below
the town.
To the north of Lough Allen the Owenayle,
flowing southward, forms the eastern boundary
(between Leitrim and Cavan) for 4i miles till it
falls into Shannon. The Yellow Eiver rises in
the glens between Bencroy and Slievenakila, and
flows westward into Lough Allen ; and the Stony
Eiver runs down the side of Slieve Anierin into
the same lake. On the west side, Lough Allen
receives the Diffagher Eiver and the Owengar,
•which unite and flow into the northwest corner
of the lake. The Arigua flows to the southeast
for several miles on the boundary between Lei-
trim and Sligo, after which it enters the county
Eoscommon, and ultimately falls into the Shan-
non where it issues from Lough Allen. South-
east of Lough Allen, the Aghaeashlauu flows
southward down the slopes of Bencroy Mountain
and into Lough Scur, the overflow of which is
poured into the Shannon at the village of Lei-
trim. Near this on the east, the Yellow Eiver
flows south and east, by the village of Ballina-
more into Garadice Lough.
L.\KES. — Leitrim, like the neighboring coun-
ties of Fermanagh, Cavan, and Eoscommon, is
dotted all over with lakes. Lough Allen, in the
middle (a small part of which belongs to Eos-
common), is 8| miles long and 3 miles broad at
its north or widest end. It is nearly surrounded
with hills, so that it occupies the bottom of a
basin, down the slopes of which rivers pour into
the lake from every side.
The following lakes lie round the margin of
the county, beginning on the north and going
from left to right: Lough Melvin and Upper
Lough Macnean have been spoken of in Fer-
managh; Derrj'cassan Lake (part of which be-
longs to Cavan), from which the "Woodford Eiver
in Cavan issues ; Glasshouse Lake, also on the
boundary with Cavan. Passing over several
small lakes we come to those on the Shannon,
viz., Lough Bofin and Lough Boderg. Lastly,
Lough Gill, Glencar Lake, and Cloonty Lake,
all which are mentioned in Sligo.
The chief lakes in the interior are: in the
uurth part of the county the lovely Glenade
Lake, a little over a mile in length, occupying
the head of a flne valley, which is traversed by
the Bonet Eiver issuing from the lake. The
small lake of Munakill lies near Manorhamilton;
and the larger lake of Belhavel is east ol Druma-
haire. In the interior of the southern part of
the county, Garadice Lough, or Lough Finvoy,
a very beautiful sheet of water, 2| miles in
length, lies near the east margin. Lough Einn,
near Mohill, is 3 miles in length; Lough Scur,
a mile and a half long, and the smaller lake of
Carrickaport, both lie southeast of Drumshambo;
east of these is the irregularly shaped St. John's
Lake, about 2 miles in length. The small lakes
scattered over this southern portion of the county
are numeroiis beyond description.
TOWNS.— Carrick-on-Shanuon (1,384), the
assize town, Mohill (1,117), and Baliinamore
(526), are all in the southern division of the
county. In the center of the northern division
is Manorhamilton (1,225), standing in the midst
of a lovely country ; and at the south corner of
Lough Allen is Drumshanbo (544).
MINEEALS. — Lough Allen occupies the cen-
ter if the great Connaught coal dist. ict, a con-
siderable portion of which belongs to Leitrim.
There are ooal pits in several places round the
lake, especially at and near Slieve Anierin, the
coal being raised for smelting purposes. AVhat
is called the Arigna iron district belongs partly
to Leitrim, and partly to the county Eoscom-
mon. Iron ore abounds on Slieve Anierin, and
the mines were worked for a long period. The
very name of the mountain shows that the pres-
ence of iron was known ages ago, when the name
was imposed; for Slieve-an-ierin signifies the
"Mountain of iron."
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— This county was formerly called Brefny
O'Eourke; it was the principality of the
O'Eourkes, and from the same family the village
of Drumahaire was often called Bally -O'Eourke.
Brefny O'Eourke included also a part of the
northwest extremity of Cavan. The barony of
Eosclogher was formerly, and is still, known by
the name of Dartry ; and was possessed by the
family of Mac Clancy. The southern or level
part of the county, the territory of the Mao
Eannalls, or Eoynolds was called Moy Eein, and
often Munter Eolais.
LIMERICK.
NAME. — The Gaelic form is Luimneach (in-on.
Limnagh), which was formerly uiiplied to a por-
tion of the Shannon, and thence to the city (like
Dublin, Sligo, Galway, etc.). But Luimneach
must have been originally applied to a ptiece of
land (probably on King's Island, on which part
of the city now stands), for it means a "bare
spot" (from lorn., bare, with the posttix neach),
and there are several other places in Ireland
bearing the same name, variously modernized
Limerick, Limnagh, Lumnagh, Lomanagh, Lum-
ney, etc.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Greatest length
from the bend of the river Feale, 2 miles south-
west of Abbeyfeale in the west, to the boundary
at Galt.ymore in the east, 50 milci? ; greatest
breadth from Moutpelier on the Shannon in the
north, to the Ballyhoura Hills on the southern
border, 33 miles; average lireadth, about 23
miles; area, 1,064 square miles; population, 180,-
682.
SUEFACE. — The northeastern corner lying
east of the Shannon and Limerick cit3^ is moun-
tainous, covered by a continuation of that Tip-
perary group whose principal summit is Keeper
Hill. The southeast corner, namely, the greater
part of the barony of Coshlea, is also mountain-
ous, being occupied by a continuation of the
3alty range (the whole range extending west to
Charleville) and by other hills not immediately
connected with the Galtys. The whole western
part of the county lying west of Eathkeale and
DromcoUiher is a continued succession of hills and
uplands. All the center of the county is a great
plain, almost surrounded by the mountain bul-
warks above mentioned The plain is broken up
.somewhat toward its borders by ridges and de-
tached hills, but is very Hat in the middle, and
also toward the Shannon on the north. This
plain contains the finest land in Ireland ; and
that part of it sweeping round by Hospital, Kil-
mallock, and Bruree, is a portion of the district
called fioni its richness the "Golden Vale,"
which stretches eastward into Tipperai'y toward
Cashel.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— In the north-
east, separated from the Tipperary JMountains
on the nortn by the narrow vale of the Clare
Kiver, the Slievefelim iMountains, or Slieve
Eelim (sometimes also called the Twelve Hills of
Evlinn), run east and west through the north
part of the barony of Owueybeg, the chief sum-
mits being Cullaun (1,523), toward the east end;
and about 3 miles east of this again rises the de-
tached mountain, Knockastanna (1,467), sepa-
rated from Cullaun by the valley of the Bilboa
Kiver.
In the southeast the Ballyhoura Mountains
run east and west for about 6 miles on the bor-
ders of Limerick and Cork. The principal sum-
mits are Seefiu (1,702), rising straight over the
village aud valley of Glenasheen, and having on
its south side the pretty mountain glen of Lyre-
na-Grena. Near Seefiu on the northwest is
Blackrock (1,696), with a great precipice on its
northeastern face; and 3 miles to the west is
Carron (1,469), on the boundary of Cork and
Limerick. Immediately east of Seetin is
Knockea (1,311), east of which again is the fine
detached mountain of Knockeennamroanta
(1,319); between which aud Knockea is the
ancient pass of Barnaderg, now called Eedchair,
leading from the plain of Limerick to the plain
of Cork. At the north side of the valley, over
the village of Ballyorgau, is the sharp pea> of
Barnageeha (1,196).
Five miles from the Ballyhoura Mouiitains to
the northeast is Slievereagh (1,439), lying north-
east of Kilfinane, and overlooking toward the
north the rich plain of the "Golden Vale. " The
Ballyhoura Mountains are a continuation to the
west of the Gaity Mountains, a grand range, the
western part of which belongs to Limerick, and
the eastern part to Tipperary, the highest sum-
LLMEIUCK.
mit of tbe whole range, Galtymore (3,015),
standing ou the boundary. »
In the extreme southwest the Mullaghareirk
Mountains run east and west, the western irnrt in
Limerick and the eastern part in Cork, or partly
on the boundary. The chief summits belonging
to Limerick are Knockanade (1,070), and
Knockawarriga (1,007); 4i miles east of Knocka-
nade is Mullaghanuish (1,189).
In tlie western part of the county the chief
Summits are Kuockanimpaha (1,132), Sugar Hill
(1,090), and Barnagb Hill (907), all near each
other, and about 4 miles west of Newcastle.
Near the extreme western boundary is Knocka-
thea (801).
Several detached hills rise from the level part
of the county ; for instance, round Lough Gur,
near Bruff, are a number of beautiful hills; and
in the baronies of Clanwilliam and Connagh in
the northeast, round the villages of Pallas Greau
and Caherconlish, the country is bi-oken up by a
series of lovely pastoral bills. The most re-
markable hill of this kind is Knockfeerina (949),
2 miles east of Ballingarry, overlooking the
whole plain of Limerick ; it has a great earn on
its summit; and both mountain and earn are
celebrated in fairy legends. Tory Hill, a mile
and a half northeast of Groom, though only 374
feet high, is a striking feature in the midst of
tbe great plain around it.
COAST LINE.— From Limerick city down to
roynes the Limerick shore of the Shannon is
low, except indeed that Aughiuish Island rises
to the height of 105 feet. Foyues Island is 196
feet high, and from that downward is a succes-
sion of bluffs from 100 to upward of 300 feet over
the river. There is a succession of mansions
and demesnes the whole way down from Limer-
ick to Tar))ert, rendering the coast very beauti-
ful as viewed from the Shannon.
ISLANDS. — Foynes Island is nearly circular,
and about a mile in diameter, with the pretty
village of Foynes opposite it on the mainland,
tbo terminus of the railway from Limerick.
Near tiiis on the east is the larger island of
Aughinish, separated from the mainland by a
very narrow channel. King's Island at Lim-
merick, surrounded by two brauclios of the
Shannon, is a mile in length, and is partly cov-
ered by the city.
HIVERS. — The Shannon first touches Limerick
a mile above O'Brieusbridge, and from this down
to Tarbert, a distance of 48 miles, following the
windings of the shore, it forms the boundary of
the county, except for G miles partly above and
partly below Limerick city, where a small por-
tion of Limerick county lies on the right bank
of the river. A little below Limerick the river
becomes very wide, and from that down to its
mouth it is a noble estuary, fully deserving
Spenser's description, "The spacious Shenan
sjjreadiug like a sea." "With some trifling ex-
ceptions, which will be noticed, the whole of
the county Limerick is drained into the Shannon.
In the northeast of the county the Mulkear
(or Mulkern as it is sometimes called), joins the
Shannon about halfway between Limerick city
and Castleconnell. The Mulkear is formed by
the following tributaries: From the north the
Newport River comes from Tipperary, having in
the early part of its course among the Tipper-
ary Hills, the same name as the main stream —
Mulkear; the Anuagh River joins the Newport
River, and the combined stream falls into the
Mulkear near Barringtou's Bridge (this com-
bined stream during its short course of less than
three miles having two different names in succes-
sion as it flows along); the Annagh or Clare
River, as it is called in the early part of its
course, flowing westward under the north base
of the Slievefelim Mountains, and forming a jiart
of the boundary between Limerick and Tipper-
ary. The Bilboa River, the Dead River, and the
Cahernahallia River, all of which rise in Tipper-
ary, are the chief headwaters of the Mulkear.
West of the Mulkear the little river Groody falls
into the Shannon a little above Limerick city;
and the Ballynaclogh River about the same dis-
tance below the city. On the north bank of the
Shannon, 3 miles below the city, the Crompaun
River forms for its whole course the boundary
between Ijimerick and Clare.
The Maigue rises near Milford, in Cork (west
of Charleville, and running north for about 2
miles, toucjies Limerick) ; then turning eastward
it runs for a short distance partly on the boun-
dary of Cork and Limerick, and partly in Limer-
ick; next turns north, and flowing by Bruree,
Groom and Adare, through the magnificent jilain
of Limerick, joins the Shannon 9 miles below
LIMERICK.
Limerick city. TLe Maiyue has tLe following
tributaries ; tLe Loobah rises in Slicvereagli,
northeast of Kilfimiaue, and •winding westward
by Kilmallock, joins the Maigue a mile and a
half above Bruree. The Morning Star rises be-
tween Ballylanders and Galbally (in the barony
of Coshlea), and llowing to the northwest, falls
into the Maigue two miles below Bruree. The
Oamoge comes from that part of Tipperary lying
near Kuockloug, in the east of Limerick, pass-
ing by Knockloug and receiving the Mahore as
tributary (which runs through Hospital), it turns
westward and joins the Maigue a mile above
Croom. Toward the mouth, the Maigue receives
the Barnakyle River from the east.
The Deel rises in Cork, 2 or 3 miles south of
Milford (near the source of the Maigue), runs in
a general direction to the north, and leaving
Newcastle a mile to the west, it flows through
Kathkeale and Askeatou, and joins the Shannon
a mile below this last town. Above Newcastle it
receives the Buuoke on the west bank, and the
Owenskaw on the east, and near Newcastle it is
joined on the left bank by the Daar, and by the
combined streams of the Ehernagh, the Dooally,
and the Arra, these two last joining at Newcastle.
"West of the Deel, the Shannon is joined by
the Robertstown River at Foyues, by the White
Eiver at Loghill, and b.v tlie Glin River at Glin.
In the southwest, the Feale, rising in Cork,
forms the boundar.v between Limerick and Kerry
for 7 miles, after which it enters Kerr.v. From
Limerick, the Feale receives as tributaries, the
Allaghaun, rising in the Mullaghareirk Moun-
tains; the Oolagh, which rises in Sugar Hill,
west of Newcastle; and the Galey, which draws
its headwaters from Knockanimpaha and the
uplands round it, but enters Kerry before join-
ing the Feale.
Of the southeast corner of the county a por-
tion is drained into the basin of the Suir, and a
small iiart into that of the Blackwater. The
Aherlow River flows by Galbally, then runs for
3 miles on the boundary between Limerick and
Tipperar.v, after which it enters Tipperary to
join the Suir. The Fuushion, flowing first south-
ward down the slope of Galt.vmore, separates
Limerick from Tipperary for 5 or C miles, then
turning westward at the junction of the three
counties, it forms the boundary between Limer-
ick and Cork for 5 miles, after which it enters
Cork to join the Blackwater. From Limerick
the Funshion receives at Kilbcheny, the Betha-
nagh (Spenser's Molana), flowing south from a
deep glen in the Galtys; and further on to the
west, the Ahaphuca Eiver and the Keale Eiver
(flowing by Ballyorgan) join at the bridge of
Ahaphuca, on the boundary of Limerick and
Cork, after which the united stream is called the
Ownnageei-agh or Sheep River, which forme the
bound.-.j- of the two counties for half a mile, and
then enters Cork to join the Funshion.
LAKES. — The only lake of an.v consequence
in the whole county is Lough Gur, 3 miles north
of Bruff. It is ui]ward of a mile in length, and
irregular in shape, surrounded b.y lovelj' hills;
and on its islands and round its shores there are
numbers of most interesting remains of antiquity
• — castles, cromlechs, sepulchral chambers, stone
circles, and circular raths or forts.
TOWNS.— Limerick (38,5G2), a very ancient
city, built on a plain, part being on the King's
Island, but the chief portion on the mainland.
It contains man.y interesting remains of antiq-
uity, among them being the old cathedral founded
in the 12th century, and rebuilt in the 1.5th ;
King Jolin's Castle ; and a jjortion of the old town
walls. Three miles southwest of Limerick are
the remains of the ancient priory of Mungret, an
establishment of great antiquity ; it was formerly
a celebrated center of learning, and is said to
have had at one time 1,500 monks. Above
Limerick, on the Shannon, is Castleconnell (330),
in a lovely situation near the falls of Dunass (see
Clare), with the fine old castle of the O'Briens
on a rock in the village. The lovely little
town of Glin (812) stands on the Shannon shore,
near the northwest corner of the count.v.
Towns on the Maigue and its tributaries:
Adare (5G1) is situated 7 miles in a straight line
from the mouth of the Maigue, a ver3' pretty
village, with interesting ruins of abbeys,
churches, and castles in and near it, and having
the Earl of Dunraven's beautiful residence,
Adare Manor, beside it. Six miles below Adare,
near the mouth of the Maigue, is the old castle
of Carrigoguunel, one of the most singular ruins
in the country, perched on the top of an abrujit
rock overlooking the rich plain all round.
Croom (747) stands 5 miles above Adare, beside
LIMERICK.
•which is Crooru Casi.r sne of the stronghohls of
the Fitzgeialds, from wL.ch they took theii- war
cry of Crom-Aboo ; two miles east of Croom is
Monasteranenagh Abbey, one of the finest eccle-
siastical ruins in Ireland ; and one mile west of
the town are the very ancient church ruin and
round tower of Dysert. Bruree (472) is 8 miles
above Croom. Hospital (G67), in the east of the
county, stands on the Mahore, one of the head
streame of the river Camoge. On the Morning
Star is Bruff (1,600); and near the source is the
village of Bally landers (438). On the Loobagh
is Kilmallock (1,027). The town rose round a
monastery founded in the Gth century by St.
Mochelloo or Mallock. In after ages it was the
capital of the Fitgeralds, Earls of Desmond; and
it is now the most interesting town ju Ireland
for its remains of antiquity. There are still two
fine castellated gateways in good preservation,
with a considerable portion of the old town
walls. The abbey of SS. Peter and Paul stands
within the town, and a portion of it is still used
for divine service. The Dominican friary is
situated beside the river a little to the northeast
of the town, a very tine old ruin, containing a
pointed window, the most beautiful in Ire-
laud. Along the street of the town many of the
ancient bouses still remain fitted up as modern
dwellings. Near the source of the Loobagh ic
Kiltiuane (1,398), on the sloi)e of a hill overlook-
ing the great plain of Limerick, a good business
town, with an ancient triple-fossed fort of great
size beside it. Two miles from Kiltinane toward
the west is the groon round hill of Ardpatrick
having on its summit a burying ground, with
the ruins of a very ancient abbe.y church and a
portion of a round tower. Ballingarry (795)
stands on a stream that joins thf Maigue on the
left bank a mile below Adare.
Towns on the De(^l and its tributaries: Two
miles from tlic mouth is Askeiiton (891), with
beautiful abbey ruins, and an ancient castle
of tlio Earls of Desmond on a high rock ; beside
the town the Deel tumbles over a ridge of rocks,
forming a jpretty waterfall. Seven miles south-
west of Askeatijn, near the village of Sbana-
golden, is a little hill with two ])eaks, one of
which is crowned witli the fine old ruins of
Shanid Castle, from which the Knights of Glin
took thei'r war cry, Shanid-Aboo; the other iicak
has an ancient circular fort on its summit.
Higher up on the Deel is Rathkeale (2,549),
which is, nest to Limerick, the most important
town in the county. Newcastle (2,186) stands
on the Arra within a mile of the confluence of
this little river with the Deel, another important
and prosperous town. Dromcolliher (633) stands
near the boundary of Cork, on a smal stream,
one of the headwaters of the Deel.
In the west of the county, Abbeyfeale (965)
stands on the Feale, where it separates Limerick
from Kerr^'; the town took its name from an
abbey founded in the 12th century, the fine
ruins of which still remain beside the river. In
the northeast, Cappamore (954) stands on the
Bilboa River.
MINERALS. — The mountainous district in
the west of the county is a part of the great
Munster coalfield, and coal is raised for local
purposes in several places. About 7 miles from
Limerick, on the road to Askeaton, there are
quarries of fine marble of a reddish brown color.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— All that part of Limerick lying west of
the Maigue, together with the barony of Coshma
(lying chiefly east of the river), was called Hy
Fidgente or Hy Carbery. It was the territory
of the O'Donovans, who were driven out of it in
1178, and fled to Cork and Kerry. The present
barony of Small County was the ancient Deis-
Beg. In this district is the hill now called
Knockainy (with the village of Knockainy at its
foot), formerly called Aiue, or Aiue-Clich, from
the territory of Cliach or Ara-Cliach, which lay
round the hill. That part of the barony of
Coshlea lying between Knockloug and the south-
ern boundary near Ballyorgan, was the old dis-
trict of Cliu Mail.
Olioll Olum, king of ]\runster iii the 2d cen-
tury, had his palace at Bruree, whence it got its
name, Brugh-righ, the brugli or fort of the king.
It continued to be a royal seat for ages after-
ward, for the O'Donovans, chiefs of Hy Fidgente,
had their principal residence there; and there
are still remaining extensive raths or forts, the
fortifications of the old jialace. The tomb of
Olioll Olum — a great (-romlcch — stands on a hill
near the church of Duiitryleaguo, between Gal-
bally and Knocklong in this county.
The following baronies still retain the names
LIMERICK.
of the o)J territories from which tiioy were
formed: Coonagh, the district of Hy Cuiiuacli;
Owneybeg is Uaithue (pron. Ooiia); the baro-
nies of Connello represent Hy Conall Gavara; and
Kenry is the old Caenarifihe (pron. Kaiu-ree).
The round green hill of Kuocklong, now
Clowned with the ruins of a castle and of a
church, was the ancient Drum-Davary. In the
3d century Cormac Mac Art, king of Ireland,
marched southward to exuct tribute from Mun-
ster; and he was opposed by Fiacha Mullahan,
king of the province, who encamped his army
on Drum Davary, Cormac's army being on the
opposite hill — Slieve Claire, now Hleive Reagh.
After a series of battles Cormac was repulsed:
and Drum Davary thenceforward and to the
present day retains the name of Knocklong, o»-
the hill of the encampment.
ILLXJSTR^TION S.
THE TREATY STONE.— It was on this his-
toric stone, celebrated in song and story, that
the famous "Treaty of Limerick" was signed be-
tween the Irish and the Williamites, when the
city of Limerick had capitulated, after one of
the most heroic defenses in history. But it was
infamously broken "ere the ink wherewith 'twas
writ could dry." The treary consisted of two
parts, civil and military, and both were violated.
Hence Limerick has since borne the title of "The
City of the Violated Treaty." Even in the very
place where the treaty was agreed to and signed
it was most flagrantly repudiated, and the
atrocious Penal Laws were most rigorously
applied. It was the memory of this infamous
treachery that inspired the Irish regiments when
at the battle of Fontenoy they swept the English
from the held to the cry, in tlie Irish tongue,
"Remember Limerick and English faith. " The
Treaty Stone was placed in its present position
on a fine pedestal, near the foot of Thomond
Bridge, bv the municipal authorities some years
ago.
THE SARSFIELD STATUE.-Few names
in Irish history are more fondl.v cherished by
"the sea-divided Gael" than that of Gen. Patrick
Sarsfield, the commander of the Irish forces at
the siege of Limerick. He was not a great
diplomat or commander, like Hugh O'Neill, nor
can he be said to have evinced genius of a high
order in any respect, but he was the impersona-
tion of honor, chivalry, courage and patriotism,
in a word an epitome of the best qualities Df the
Irish race. His mother was a sister of the cele-
brated Roger, or Rory O 'Moore, of 1641 fame;
while on his paternal side, as his name implies,
he was of Anglo-Norman blood. His heroic
defense of Limerick ; his dashing exploit in
destroying King William's artillery train; his
sulise(iuent career in France, where with his
troop he laid the foundation of the famous
Irish Brigades, and his death of wounds received
at the battle of Landen are familiar to all readers
of Irish history. The magnificent monument
here shown was erected in 1881, largely through
the instrumentalit.v of the late patriotic Bishop
Butler, of Limerick.
ADARE ABBEY. -^Adare, one of the most
beautiful places in the province of Munster, is
rich in ancient archaeological remains, among
them those of several religious houses. Of these
a number are situated within the beautiful park
of the Earl of Dunraveu, including the Black
Abbe.v herewith shown. It was built in 1279 by
John, first Earl of Kildare. " Nearby is a castle of
the Desmonds, which "much incommoded the
English," during the Elizabethan wars. The
ruins of some of these were repaired by the late
Earl of Dunraven, a well-known antiquarian, so
completely as to secure them for centuries to
come. One of them he appropriated to the
Protestant service, and another, the monastery
of the Holy Trinity, or Black Abbey, for Catho-
lic worship. It consists of a nave and choir,
and is surmounted by an embattled to^\er, still
in an excellent state of preservation.
KING JOHN'S CASTLE AND THOMOND
BRIDGE. — This massive and gloomy structure
was erected in 1205 by King John, son of Henry
II., and "lord of Ireland." Conjmanding the
only entrance to Limerick over the Shannon it
was for centuries the object of contending parties
in the various wars, and the marks of cannon
balls that its walls bear, give evidence of its
LIMERICK.
Btrengtn, and the sieges and battles of which it
was the center. It was one of the strongest for-
tresses erected b.v the isormans, and is still for-
midable looking and solid. About a century
ago the battlements were dismantled. The seven
towers are connected by massive and high walls.
The interior is at present used as a barracks.
Thomond Bridge, shown in the engraving, occu-
pies the place of the old bridge, also built by
King John and taken down in 1838. The cele-
brated Treaty of Limerick was signed on a large
stone near the old bridge, on the Clare side of
the river.
ASKE.\TON ABBEY.— Askeaton. Abbey, like
most of the ruins of the old castles, abbeys and
"Lurches in the county of Limerick had its
'Mrigln in the wealth and power of the Desmonds,
the noble Geraldine princes. It was founded in
1420 by James, seventh Earl of Desmond, for
conventual Franciscans, and in 1490 was re-
formed by the Observantine friars. A chapter
of the order was held in the sacred edifice in
15G4. After the overthrow of the Desmond
power in the reign of Elizabeth, the abbey shared
the general fate of the Irish monasteries. An
unsuccessful effort to restore it was made by the
confederated Catholics in 1G48; and though it
has since been left to decay, it is, still in a fair
state of preservation. The windows, arches-,
and other portions of the structure attest its for-
mer beauty and grandeur. The transept con-
tains many ancient tombs, among them that of
James, fifteenth Earl of Desmond, who died,
1558.
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LOUTH.
NAME. — The county took its name from the
village of Louth ; the old form of the name is
Lughmhagh (pron. Loova), of which the mean-
ing is uncertain.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Louth is the
smallest county in Ireland. Length, from the
boundary south of Drogheda to the boundary a
little north of Eavensdale, 29 miles; breadth
variable — ^average 12 or 13 miles; area 316 square
miles; population 77,684.
'" SUEFACE.— The whole of the peninsula be-
tween Dundalk Bay and Carlingford Lough is
covered with mountains except two or three
miles of the point, and two narrow strips at the
sides; these mountains being the continuation
of those Armagh mountains that culminate in
Slieve Oullion. In the south a range of low
heights runs east and west, extending from the
interior of Meath across the boundary near Col-
Ion, and terminating in Clogher Head. All the
rest of tlie county, viz., from the neighborhood
of Collon and Ardee northward to Dundalk, and
taking iu the whole breadth of the county, is
a dead level, well inhabited and highly culti-
vated. •
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— The mountains
that occupy the Carlingford or Coolsy peninsula
are often called the Cooley IMountains. Of
these, Anglesey (1,349) lies on the boundary;
Bouth of this is Clermont Carn (1,674); on the
southern border is Slieve Naglogh (1,024); on
the north border Carlingford Mountain (1,935)
rises straight over Carlingford, at the west side;
and near this again on the south side of Carling-
ford is Baruavave (1,142).
la the south of the county there is nothing
tieserving the iiunio of a mountain; but some of
tho heiglits are renuirkable liy coniparison. Be-
(tinniiiK at tlio west, Wliite IMountain (519) lies
near the boundary with Meatli ; Mount Oriel
(744) stands ono mile northwest of Collon; and
the last elevation of any consei|uence is Castlecoo
Hill (346,) near the coast, a mile and a half
north of the village of Termonfeckin, the range
terminating two miles further on in Clogher
Head.
COAST-LINE.— Round the whole of the Car-
lingford peninsula there is a narrow belt of coast,
for the most part level; but the hills rise up im-
mediately behind, giving the coast on the whole
a mountainous character. From Dundalk Bay
south to Clogher Head the shore is low and sandy.
Clogher Head is high and rocky ; but south of
this the coast again assumes the sandy character,
as far as the mouth of the Boyne.
HEADLANDS. ^ — Greenore Point, two miles
east of Carlingford, is now the terminus of a rail-
way; Ballagan Point is the extremity of the
Carlingford peninsula ; southwest of this is
Cooley Point; Dunany Point is the southern
limit of Dundalk Bay; and Clogher Head is a
scarped promontory 183 feet high, the terminat-
ing point of the range of heights running east-
ward througli the barony of Ferrard.
BAYS AND HARBORS.— Carlingford Bay
lies between Down and Louth ; Dundalk Bay is
about 9 miles across the mouth from Dunany
Point to Cooley Point, and about the same in
depth ; off which, on the north, is Dundalk
Harbor.
RIVERS. ^ — In the Carlingford peninsula the
Big River and the Little River flow southward
through a tine valley, and joining together their
united waters take the name of the Piedmont
River, flowing into Dundalk Bay west of Cooley
Point. The Kilcurry River, the Cullj' Water,
and the Castletown River, all coming from
Armagh, unite and flow into Dundalk Harbor.
The Fane, coming from Monaghan, flows across
the county and enters Dundalk Baj' at Lurgan
Green. The Glydo also crosses Louth, and flow-
ing by Custlobellingham, enters Dundalk Bay at
Annagassan. Its chief headwater is the Lagan,
which, coming from IMoiuighan, forms the boun-
LOUTH.
dary between that county and Louth for 4 miles,
and becomes the Glyde a little lowe/ dowu. The
Dee, coming from Menth, Hows east by Ardee,
and enters Dundalk Bay at Annagassan, having
a common mouth with the Glyde; it is joined on
its right bank by the White lliver, which i)asse8
bj- Dunleer.
In the extreme south, the Boyne first touches
Louth at the mouth of the Mattack, near Town-
ley Hall; flows thence for ;i miles between Louth
and Meath ; next cuts off at Drogheda a small
angle of Louth, which lies on the south of the
river — flowing here for a mile and three-cjuarters
through Louth and for the rest of its course —
three miles — again divides Louth from Meath.
At the point where the Boyne first touches
Louth it receives the Mattock, which, rising in
this county, sej>arates Louth from Meath for
nearly the whole ^' its course, down i6 its
mouth.
TOWNS.— Drogheda (12,297), built on both
sides of the Boyne, 4 miles from its mouth, is an
interesting town, containing many remains of
its old fortifications, and some fine ecclesiastical
ruins. Dundalk (11,913), the assize town, at
the head of Duudalk Harbor, a town of consid-
erable trade and manufacture. Three miles
northwest of Dundalk is Faugharfc Hill, a round
grassy eminence crowned by a large rath or fort;
here Edward Bruce was defeated and slain in
1316 ; and here also St. Brigid, the foundress of
Kildare, was born in the fifth century — her
father's house being probably the old fort.
Near the fort is the ruin of St. Brigid's church;
and also St. Brigid's Well.
Ardee (2,622) stands on the river Dee, and
has two old castles. Carlingford (727) stands in
a very romantic situation, nestling under high
mountains, on a narrow strip of level land be-
tween their bases and the sea; retaining still
some fragments of its w'alls and bastions, the
fine ruins of King John's Castle perched on a
peninsulated rock over the sea, and some abbey
ruins Clogher (662) is beside Clogher Head;
Collon (451) is a very pretty little town in the
southwest, in the midst of wooded hills; Dun-
leer (498), northeast of Collon, is on the White
River; and near the coast of Dundalk Bay, on
the river Gl.vde, is Castlebellingham (541), a
pretty village celebrated for its ale. Southwest
of Dundalk is the village of Louth (261), once
important in an ecclesiastical point of view, but
now very insignificant, and only worthy of notice
as having given name to the county.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— Louth is classical ground. That por-
tion lying between Dundalk and Drogheda,
including the whole lireadth of the county, was
the ancient Murth(!miic, the ]iatrimony of the
hero Cuchullin, the greatest of all the Red
Branch Knights (see Armagh). It was the scene
in which were enacted the chief events of the
ancient Irish heroic romance or epic called the
Tain-bo-Quelne, or the "Cattle-spoil of Quelne. "
The subject of this old ejiic was a seven years'
war between Ulster and Connaught, in which
Cuchullin was the leading character.
The plain of Murthemne was also called in
later ages Maghera-Conaill and also Maghera
Oriel, /.('., the plain of the ancient kingdom of
Oriel. The district of Quelne is the Carlingford
or Cooley peninsula; the Gaelic form of the
name is Cuailnge, which may be represented in
sound by either "Quelne" or "Cooley;" and the
old name is still X'reserved in Cooley Point near
the extremity of the peninsula, and also in the
name of the Cooley Mountains.
Cuchullin's residence still remains. It is now
known as the Moat of Castletown, a conspicuous
high, flat-topped mound or fort, two miles west
of Dundalk. It is well known in the Tain and
other romances by the name of Dundalgan, and
in later ages it gave its name to the town of
Dundalk.
The range of low hills in the south is a part of
the ancient Slieve-Bregh, for which see
Meath.
There are two great groups of ecclesiastical
ruins in this county. Monasterboice, which was
one of the greatest of Ireland's ecclesiastical
establishments, lies 5 miles northwest from
Droghega; it was founded by St. Buite or
Boethius, who died in 522, and now contains the
ruins of two very ancient churches, a round
tower, and three magnificent Celtic crosses
elaborately sculptured. Three miles southwest
from this and five from Drogheda, in a beautiful
valley watered by the Mattock, are the ruins of
Mellifont Abbey. Tt is much less ancient than
Monasterboice, having been founded in the 12th
LOUTH.
centurj'; but it was equally celebrated; and
some most interestiug ruins still remain to
interest tbe visitor.
Three miles above Di-ogheda is the spot where
the battle of the Boyne was fought in 1G90, in
which William Prince of Orange defeated James
Q. King William 's army was encamped the night.
before the battle at the Louth side of the river,
and king James' at tbe Meath side, and the
main conflict was at Oldbridge, which is in
Meath. Tbe monument erected in memory of
Schomberg, William's best general, who was
killed in the battle, stands on a rock in the mid-
dle of the river.
ILLTJSTR^TIOISrS.
THE CELTIC CROSS, MONASTERBOICE.
— Monaster boice, the name of which is derived
from St. Buitbe, a disciple of St. Patrick, who
founded a religious establishment there about
the end of the fifth century, is about five and a
half miles distant from Drogheda, aud jiossesses
ruins of great interest and very remote antiq-
uity. Among them are a round tower and three
crosses, two of the latter being the finest of tbe
kind in Ireland, one of which is shown in the
accoinpauyiug illustration. It is entirely cov-
ered on both sides with sculptured images, the
subjects of which are plainly apparent. The
round tower is 110 feet high, aud must have been
considerably higher, as the cap and upper parts
were destroyed by lightning many years ago.
It is 51 feet in circumference; i.s divided into
five stories, and has a doorway six feet from tlie
ground. The railing was erected to prevent
relic hunters defacing the picturesque re-
mains.
THE CITY OF DROGHEDA.— Drogheda,
meaning the Bridge of the Ford, is situated on
the river Boyne about four miles from its
mouth. Although possessing many interesting
ecclesiastical and architectural remains, it is best
known on account of its historical associations.
It is one of tbe most ancient places in Ireland.
There it was that Heremou, son of Milesius,
landed, after having lost his brothers, Aireach
aud Colpa iu the bay. Drogheda suffered re-
peatedly from tbe incursions of the Danes, and
later from the Anglo-Norman invaders. There
Richard II. held his court in 1895, and, in one
of the parliaments held there tbe famous Poyn-
iug's law was passed, 1494:. In 1641, its Eng-
ish garrison was unsuccessfully besieged by Sir
Phelim O'Neil. But the city is more memora-
bly associated with one of the most atrocious
massacres in buiL^n history — that of tbe garri-
son and the entire inhabitants by Oliver Crom-
well in 1649. Neither age nor sex was spared,
and with his characteristic blasphemous hy-
pocrisy, the Puritan monster disclaimed any
"credit" for the butchery, but gave all the glory
of it to God.
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LONDONDERRY.
NAME. — County named from the city. The
most ancient name of Londonderry -ivas Derry
Calgagh, ?.e., the derry or oak-wood of Calgach.
In veneration for St. Columkille, who erected his
monastery in Derry in 546, it began in the 10th
or 11th century to be called Derry Columkille;
and this continued to the time of James I.,
whose charter, granted to a company of London
merchants, imposed the name Londonderry.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Length from
Magilligan Point to the Balliuderry Eiver, 40|
miles; breadth from the southwestern corner be-
side the Foyle, to the northwestern boundary
near Coleraine, 35 miles; area 816 square miles;
poiiulatiou 164,991.
SUEFACE.— A belt of level land stretches
more than half round the county from Lough
Neagh, by Colerain to the Foyle, six or seven
miles broad along the Bann, but much narrower
along Lough Foyle. There is a large tract of
beautiful level country in the center; and the
8 -uth of the county is mountainous, the southern
border, where it verges on Tyrone, remarkably
so — an almost uninterrupted mass of high moun-
tains.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— In the south-
west, the Sperrin Mountains run in a curve from
near Strabane in Tyrone to near Garvagh in this
county, lying partly in Tyrone, partly on the
border between Tyrone and Londonderry, and
partly in Londonderry. The chief summits
touching or belonging to Londonderry are Sawel
(2,240); a mile to the southwest of it. Dart
(2,040); Meenard (2,061), 3 miles from Sawel,
uearl.v due east, and Oughtmore (1,878) 2 miles
eusrt of Meenard — these four being on the boun-
dary with Tyrone. The following are in Lon-
donderry : Barnes Top (1,506) and Mullaghash
(1,581), northwest of Meenard; and as you go
northoust from this, Craigagh (1,489), near
Oughtmore; Mullaghmore (1,825), AVhite Moun-
tain (1,774), Brown Hill (1,278), and Streeve
(1,282), all four close to each other; Glenshane
M'luntuin (1,507), and Craigmore (1,30()).
boutb of ibeH&, and west of Draperstown, are
Kiiockbrack (1,735), and on the boundary
Slieveavaddy (1,605) and Mullaghturk (1,353);
all these belonging to a range sejiarated from the
Sperrin Mountains by the valley of Glenelly Eiver.
Toward the southeastern corner of the county
stands the short range of Slieve Galliou (1,623),
separated from the Sperrin Mountains by the
valley of the Moyola I<iver. Five miles south of
Londonderry city is Slievekirk (1,219), on the
boundary with Tyrone.
The following are in the interior : Benbradagh
(1,536), northeast of Duugiven; north of this,
Craiggore (1,277), Boyd's Mountain (1,077) and
Keady Mountain (1,101), near Newton Lima-
vady ; and north of the same town, about half
waj' toward Magilligan Point, Binevenagh
(1,260), almost detached, and commanding a
beautiful view on all sides. Loughermore
(1,298) lies southwest of Limavady; and north-
west from Sawe are Meeny Hilll (1,198) and
Straid Hill (1,002).
COAST LINE.— That part of the coast lying
between Portrush aud the mouth of the Bann
is bold, rocky, and cliffy. From the mouth of
the Bann, round b.v Magiligan, the strand is flat
and sandy ; but a mile or two inland there are
fine cliffs and hills, culminating in Binevenagh.
From Bellarena west to the Foyle, both shore
and interior are flat, but well cultivated and very
beautiful. The only cape of any consequence is
Magilligan Point, a sandy projection, confining
on the east the entrance to Lough Foyle. ^
EIVEES. — The Bann, issuing from Lough
Neagh, runs on the boundary between Antrim
and Londonderr.v for a mile, then after flowing
through Antrim for lialf a mile, it expands into
Lough Beg: issuing from Lough Beg, it again
forms the boundar.v for 22 miles down to Cole-
breene; and from that to the mouth, a distance
of 10 mil(!8, it flows through Londonderry. A
mile above Coleraine it falls over a ledge of
rocks, forming the "Salmon Lcaj)" cascade,
where there is a great salmon fishery. On the
west side, the Foyle flows through this county
for the lust 11 miles of its course.
LOlSDONDKUliV.
The Fiiugbau risos at tlin l>iiso of Sawel Moun-
tain, and ruuniujii: northwest, lluws into the
numth of the Foyle. The i'iuif^ban receives as
tributiiries, on the left bank, the Glenrandal,
which rises iu Tyrone, and the Berry Burn, ris-
ing iu Slievekirk ; and (Jii thi; riiiht liank the
Burn Toilet. The lioe rises on the southern
boundary at a great height among the Sperrin
Mountains, and flowing in a general direction
northward, it passes by Dungiven and Newton
Liinavady, and enters Lough Foyle.
The Mooyla flows from the njountains iu the
southwest border, and running first northeast,
nest east, and lastly southeast, it enters tho
northwest corner of Lough Neagh. Like the
lloe, it rises at a great elevation, and is subject
to sudden floods. Its tributaries arc: on tho
light bank, the White Water and the Grange
Water; on the left bank, the Glengomna and the
Douglas. South of this, the Ballinderry Eiver
forms the boundary with Tyrone for the last 8
or 10 miles of it's course, and enters Lough
Neagh; a little higher up it also runs on the
same boundary for a mile and a half. It re-
ceives the Lissan Stream on the left bank, which
flows jiartly on the boundar.y with Tyrone, but
chiefly through Londonderry. The London-
derry tributaries of the Baun, north of the
Moyola, are the following: The Claudy flows
east and joins the Baun half a mile below Port-
gleuone, receiving as tributaries on its left bank
the Cirilagh and the Knockoneill Eiver. Below
this is the Inverroe Water; next the Agivey
River, which is joined on the left bank by the
Aghadowey Kiver and by the Mettican Eiver;
and lastly the Macosquin Eiver.
LAKES. — Lough Neagh forms the boundary
for 8 miles, and Lough Beg for 3| miles. In
the southwest, Lough Tea and the mountain
pool Lough Ouske lie on the boimdary with
Tyrone.
TOWNS.— Londonderry (29,162,) the assize
town, built on a hill rising over the left or west-
i!ru shore of the Foye, is a most picturesque city,
rendered highly interesting by its remains of
antiiiuity, especially the old walls, gates, and
bastions that formerly defended the town. On the
eastern side of the county is Coleraine (5,899),
on the Bann, -4 miles from its mouth. Higher
up, Kilrea (935) is half a mile from the river.
On the Roe are, Newtown Limavady (2,954;);
and Dungiven (7(51), in a beautiful vallcV; with
the ruins of a castle and of a very ancient abbey.
Magherafclt (1,514) stands in the southeast, 4
miles from tho shore of Lough Neagh ; near it, on
the Moyola Eiver, i.s Castledawson (511); a, little
higher up, lUiar but not ([uite on the same river,
Tobermorc (-{47); and higher up still. Drapers-
town, half a mild fn,m the river. Maghera
(1,124), a little to tho north of the Moyola, is a
place of great antiiiuity, with a most interesting
and very ancient church ruin ; Garvagh (708) is
farther north, 4 miles from the Bann; Money-
more (588), in the southeastern coriua-, is a very
neat town; and on the north coast. Port Stewart
(55G) is a pretty watering place, and much
patroujzed.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— Londonderry formed a jiart of the
ancient territory of Tir Owen, i.e., the land of
Owen, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. The
barony of Keenaght represents the ancient ter-
ritory of Ciauachta, or Cianachta of Glengiven,
which was in early times the territory of the
O'Conors; but they were dispossessed a short
time before the English invasion by theO'Cahans
or O'Kaues.
One mile above Coleraine, towering over the
right bank of the river, is a great fort or mound,
one of the largest in the country, now called
Mountsandel, but anciently Dun-da-bheann
(pron. Dundavan'), or the fort of the two peaks
or gables, which was the residence of a chief
called "Niall of the brilliant deeds" a little be-
fore the Christian era, and which is celebrated
in ancient Irish romance. A still more cele-
brated fort lay about 5 miles west of this in the
parish of Dundo; it is now called the Giant's
Sconce, but it was the ancient Dun Kehern,
the residence of Kehern, one of the Eed Branch
Knights. (See Armagh.)
In Roe Park, near Newtown Lima-vadj-, is a
long mound now called "the Mullah" or "Daisy
Hill;" this is the ancient Drumket, celebrated
for the convention held there 574 by Aed, the son
of Ainmire, king of Ireland, which was attended
by the chief people of the country, both lay and
ecclesiastical, among others by St. Columkille,
and in which various important national matters
were settled.
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LONGFORD.
NAME.— The Gaelic form of the name is
Lougphort, which signifies a fortress; the wortl
■was originally applied to the old circular forts,
but iu after ages to the more modern stone cas-
tles. There are about twenty jjlaces in Ireland
called Longford, all so named from fortresses of
some kind. The town of Longford, from which
the county has its name, is called in the annals,
Longford O'Farrell, from the castle of the O'Far-
rells, the ancient proprietors, which was situated
where the ]iresent military barrack stands.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Greatest length,
from the southwest point in Lough Kee near
Black Islands, to the northeast corner near Gul-
ladoo Lough 30| miles; greatest breadth from
the river Inny in the east, to Drumshanbo Lake
north of Drumlish, 18 miles; average breadth
about IG miles ; area i'll square miles ; population
61,000.
SUEFACE: HILLS.— A range of low round
hills extend from the northeast near Lough
Gowua, to the southwest near Newtown Forbes;
of which Cam Clonhugh (912), toward the south-
west end, is the highest summit, a flat-topped
hill, very conspicuous in consequence of rising
in the midst of a great plain. This hill should
have been called Carn Clanhugh, for it took its
name from the Clanhugh (the children or <le-
scendants of Hugh), who were a sept of the
O'Farrells, ancient princes of Annaly. Slieve
Golry 650 a mile and a half southwest of
Ardagh, is another hill conspicuous for the
same reason. These are the only hills worth
mention iu the whole county. All the rest of
the county is flat, iu some places, as long the
course of the Canilin River, quite level and un-
interrupted; iu other places broken up by long
ridge sandhills. In the level portions there is
a Kood deal of bog.
KIVEKS. — The Shanuon bounds the county
on the west from a point, helow IJoosky a mile to
where it opens into Lough Kee at Lanesborough,
a ilistaiicf! of ] 1 inilcH. The l{inu liiver coming
Houtii from Lcitriiii, forms the boundary between
Lieitrim and Longford for 2 miles, then flows
through Longford for a mile, and enters Lough
Forbes. In the same neighborhood the Black
River flows southwest through Longford, and
enters Leitrim to join the Einu River.
The Camlin rises near Granard, and flowing
through Longford town, joits the Shannon 2
miles above Clooudara. The Keenagh or Fallan
River, flowing northwest, joins the Shannon at
Cloondara; but a branch of it connects with the
Camlin, so as to form with that river and the
Shanuou what is called the Island of Clooudara.
The Inny, coming westward from "Westmeath,
forms for 2 miles the boundary between West-
meath and Longford, then flowing for 12 or 13
miles through Longford, and passing by Bally-
mahon, it enters the eastern corner of Lough
Ree. The Inny is joined on the left bank, C
miles below Balb'mahon, by the Tang Eiver,
which, coming from Westmeath, forms for the
last 3 miles of its course the southern boundary
of Longford ; and a little above Ballymahon, by
the Rath River, which also comes from "West-
meath, and flows through Longford for the last
3 miles of its course. The RifEey, another tribu-
tary of the Inny on the right bank, rises near
Edgeworthstown, an 1 flowing southeast, enters
Westmeath.
All the above streams send their waters to the
Shannon. But there is a district in the north-
east which is drained by a number of rivulets into
Lough Gowna, whence the united waters are
carried off by the river Erne.
LAKES. — The lake expansions of the Shannon
that touch Longford are : Lough Forbes, near
Newtown Forbes, and Lough Ree, which forms
the southwestern boundar.v. Along the north-
west boundary there is a lino of small lakes, viz.,
Drumshanbo Lake, Lough Sallagh, Fearglass
Lake, Cloucose Lake, Lough Nahelwy, Doogary
Lake, Gortermore Lake, Tully South Lake,
Beaghmore Lake, and Gulladoo Lake, this last
at the north extremity of the county. These
belong partly each to Longford and Leitrim.
LOJSTGFOKD.
Proceeding on in the Bauie direction ruund tL(!
boundary; near Gulladoo Lake in Lower Lako,
near tlie village of Arvagh in Cavan lying (with
the adjacent lake of Garty in Cavan) in the midst
of a series of pretty hills; a little south from
which is Enaghau Lake. Lough (iowua on the
northeast margin, a very beautiful lake, belong-
ing partly to Cavan, is about (i miles in length,
(xtremely irregular in shape, and greatly broken
up by peninsulas and islands. Lough Kinale
lies on the east border, beside which is the
smaller lake Derragh, which is wholly iu Long-
ford. Gleu Lough lies 3 miles southeast of
Edgeworthstown.
The following lakes are in the interior : In
the northern corner, Corglass Lake, Lough
Naback and Lough Annagh. Killeen Lake, and
Cloonfin Lake lie 3 miles west of Granard.
Gorteen Lake and Currygrane Lake lie imme-
diately south of the village of Ballinalee. Lough
Bannow lies beside Lanesborough ; and south-
east of this, beside the village of Keeuagh, is
another Lough Bannow. In the southern end,
Derry Lake and Derrymacar Lake lie about 4
miles west of Ballymahon.
ISLANDS. — Those in Lough Eee belonging fo
Longford are : In the north end, Incharmader-
mot; a mile south of this is the larger island of
Inchenagh ; and another mile south is Clawinch.
The next is Inchclerauun, or Quaker's Island,
which was in old times the seat of a religious
establishment, founded by St. Dermot in the Gth
century, and which still contains a most interest-
ing group of ecclesiastical ruins, commonly
called, as elsewhere, the "Seven Churches."
The little cluster called the Black Islands lies
south of the southern point of the county, and
lastly, to the northeast of Black Island, is Saint's
Island, on which are the ruins of a church.
In that part of Lough Gowna belonging to
Longford is Inchmore or Great Island, which
contains the ruins of an abbey, called Temple
Columkille, i.e., St. Columkille's Church, which
was the original parish church of, and gave name
to, the surrounding parish of Columkille.
TOWNS.— Longford (4,380), on the river Cal-
min, is the most important town and the best
business center between Dublin and Sligo;
Granard (1,828) is in the northeast of the county.
'R°«ide the town is the "Moat," a very large and
iiigh mound, the remains of the fortified resi-
dence of some old king or chief, similar to others
found in many parts of Irelarid ; it is on the top
of a hill, commanding a great view of the sur-
rounding country, and is a very remarkable
feature in the district. Two miles southeast of
(iranard is the village of Abbeylara, containing
the interesting ruins <jf an abbey from which the
place has its name. Edg(^worthstown (842),
near the eastern margin of the county, is a very
neat town ; it received its name from the family
of Edgeworth, well known in liti'raturo — one
member, Maria Edgewcn-th, being particularly
distinguishe 1. Ballymahon (809) in the south,
stands on the river Inny. Two miles east of
Ballymahon is the village of Pallas, the birth
place of Oliver Goldsmith; and live miles south-
west of Ballymahon, in the county Westmeatb,
is the village of Lissoy, celebrated under the
name of Auburn in the "Deserted Village."
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— The county Longford is co-extensive
with the an lent territory of Annal.v, which was
for some centuries before the invasion the patri-
mony of the O'Farrells. In earlier ages, about
the time of St. Patrick, it formed what was called
North Teffia, to distinguish it from South Teffia.
which comprised a large jiart of Westmeath, the
two Teflias being separated by the river Inny.
A portion of North Teffia, viz., the barony of
Granard, was one of the districts anciently called
Carbery ; and to distinguish it from the other
Carberys this was called Carbery of Teffia.
One of the several districts called Calry was
situated round the village of Ardagh in this
county ; and the name, though no longer applied
to the territory, is jireserved in the name of
Slieve Golry. This hill was in more ancient
times called Bri-Leth; it was the residence
of the Dedauuan fairy prince Midir; and in
some very old Gaelic romantic tales there are
curious fairy legends in connection with it.
At Ardagh a monastery was founded by St.
Mel, a British missionary who was contemporary
with St. Patrick and St. Brigid ; and the place
was and is still held in great veneration. It
contains the ruins of a church, with all the char-
acteristics of extreme antiquity, and it has con-
tinued an episcopal see since the tiL.e of its lirat
bishop St. Mel.
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iViEATH.
NAilE.— The Gaelic form is Midhe (pron.
Mee), which probably means middle ; Meath was
the middle province of Ireland.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Greatest length,
from the Delvin River to Longh Sheelin 47^}
miles ; greatest breadth from the Yellow River to
Ballyhoo Lake, 39i miles ; area, 906 square
miles ; population, 87,469.
SURFACE : HILLS. — Meath is nearly all
level. There are hills in the northwest, of which
one range, lying a little southeast of Oldcastle,
is called Slieve na Calliagli, or the Louglicrew
Hills, the highest elevation being Carnbane (004).
Oil the summits of these hills is en ancient
pagan cemetery, consisting of a most remarkable
group of large cromlechs and sepulchral cliani-
bers, in all respects resembling the great ceme-
tery at Bruga of the Boyne (see General Sketch
of Ireland ; Antiquities). South of this near
Loughcrew House, is Slieve Gullion (640) ; two
miles west of wbioh is Seatin (OGl). All these
hills, thousb low, command extensive views, as
they rise in the midst of a plain. In the barony
of Lower Kells, at the north end of the countj-,
there are bills rising to the beight of 835 feet.
There is a range of bills beginning in the barony
of Upper Slane, which run into Louth, and ter-
minate at Clogher Head (see Louth). The por-
tion of this range lying in Meath is called Slieve
Bregh (753), which lies 4 miles north of Slane.
The Hill of Ward, near Athboy, though only 390
feet high, is locally very remarkable. In various
other parts of the ccunty the plwin is broken up
by low hills, nearly all being cultivated or grass
land.
COAST LINE.— Meufch has a coast line of 7
miles, from the mouth of the Delvin Kiver to the
mouth of the Boyne; it is nearly straight, and
there is a fine sandy strand the whole way,
backed by sund hills.
RIVERS. — The Boyne, coming from Kings
County and Kildare, first touches Meath at tiie
mouth of the Yellow River, at the southwcist
oorner; then forms the boundary between Meath
and Kiklnre for 8 miles; after which it flows
through Meath, passing by Trim, Navan, and
Slane, till it meets the Mattock River at Old-
bridge (for the rest of its course see Louth).
Tributaries of the Boyne: In the northwest,
the Blackwater, flowing from Lough Ramor in
Cavan, runs for a short distance through Cavan ;
then forms for a mile the boundarj' between
Cavan and Meath, after which it enters Meath,
and passing by Kells, joins the Boyne at Navan.
It is joined at Oristown, on the left bank, by
the Mo\'naUy River, which, rising in Cavan,
forms the boundary between that county and
Meath for 7 miles, after which it enters Meath,
taking its name from the village of Moynalty, by
which it flows. T\vo miles above Navan, the
Blackwater is joined, also on the left bank, by
the Yellow River ; and at the point where it first
touches Meath it is joined on the right bank by
the Cross "Water, which forms the boundary be-
tween Meath and Cavan for about 3 miles.
The Boyne is joined at Oldbridge by the Mat-
tock River (for which see Louth); and the
Mattock itself is joined by the Devlins River,
flowing from Slieve Bregh. Two miles above
Trim the Tremblestown River joins on the left
bank, after flowing by Athboy; and a few miles
higher up, the Boyne is joined on the same bank
by the Ston.-^ford Rivei-, which comes imme-
diately from Westmeatb, but rises originally in
]Meath ; a little above this it receives the Dale
River, also coming from "Westmeatb ; and lastly,
still on the left bauk, the Boyne is joined near
Castlejordau by the Yellow River, which forms
for 3 miles the boundary between Kiugs County
and Meath. On the light bank, another Black-
water, a boggy, sluggish stream, joins the Boyne
at Castlerickard in the southwest, near the mouth
of the Dale; on the right bank also, the Boyne
receives the Boycetown River, 2 miles below
Trim. So far the basin of the Boyne.
lu the north of the county, the Doe, rising iu
the neighborhood of Moynalty and Nobbcr, flows
eastward, and enters Louth 2 miles above Ardee.
The Nanny "Water runs south of, and jiarallel
to, the Boy lie, at a distaneo of 3 or 4 miles; it
MEA.TH.
rises a little east of Navan, flows the whole way
aloug a beautiful valley, and ])asKiiif:; by Duleek,
falls into the sea 4 miles south of the mouth of
the Boyne; at Athcarne Castle it receives the
Hurley Biver from the south, whieh rises in
Dublin county. Three miles south of this, the
Delvin River forms the boundary between Meath
and Dublin for 7 or 8 miles, and enters the sea
at Gormanstown.
The river called in Dublin the Broad Meadow
Water (flowing into Malahide Bay), rises in
Meath, near DunshauKhliii, and flowing by Eat-
oath and Ashbourne, enters Dublin near Gree-
noge. The Swords Eiver, a tributary of the last,
also rises in Meath. The Tolka rises a little
south of Dunshaughlin, and flowing to the south-
east, enters Dublin at Clonee at the southeast
corner of Meath. The Eye "Water rises in
Meath ; and forming the boundary between
Meath and Kildare for several miles, enters Kil-
dare at Carton.
In the extreme northwest corner, the river
Inuy rises in Meath and forming the boundai'y
between Meath and Cavan for about -i miles,
enters Lough Sheelin.
LAKES. — Lough Sheelin touches the north-
west projection, and a portion of it belongs to
Meath. The other lakes on the margin are :
Lough Ervey, 1| miles southwest of Kingscourt,
on the boundary with Cavan; Eahan's Lough in
the north, chiefly belonging to Monaghan ;
Ballyhoe Lake near it, belonging partly to
Monaghan, but chiefly to Meath; Croboy Lake
in the southwest, a small pool 3 miles northeast
of Kinnegad, half in AVestmeath; Lough Bane in
the west, half of which belongs to Meath and the
other half to AVestmeath ; and near it, to the
northwest. White Lough and Lough Naneagh,
which are also divided equally by the boundary
line of Meath and Westmeath.
The lakes in the interior are small and unim-
portant. Lough Breaky in the northwest, in the
barony of Lower Kells, lies near the boundary ;
and near it to the east are Whitewood Lake and
Newcastle Lake.
TOAVNS.— Trim (1,586), the assize town, on
the Boyne, a town of great antiquity, with many
remains of its former importance, among others
a fine old castle, and the ruins of several eccle-
siastical establishments, chief among ihem being
the Yellow Steeple. Navan (3,873), situated at
the junction of the Boyne and the Blackwater,
a good trading-town. Kells (2,822), on the
Blackwater, with several very ancient ecclesias-
tical remains — a round tower, a Celtic cross, and
a st'nie-roofed oratory called St. Columb's
Hous(!. Tlie town grew round a monastery
founded there in tlie (ith century by St. Colum-
kille. Oldcastle (952) lies in the northwest
corner of the county ; Athboy (748) in the west,
stands on the Tremblestown Eiver. Duleek
(581), in the east, on the Nanny Water, was in
old times a place of great importance. An abbey
was founded there in the 5th century by the
celebrated St. Cianan or Keenau, its first bishop,
which continued to flourish for many ages ; and
the place now contains the ruins of a mon-
astery,
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— The present county formed a part of
the ancient kingdom of Meath. The two baro-
nies of Deece retain the name of an ancient tribe
called the Desi, who dwelt at the south side of
Tara in the reign of Cormac Mac Art, in the third
century, and who also gave name to the baro-
nies of Decies in AVaterford see (Waterford;.
Tara, the ancient residence of the kings of
Ireland, is situated 6 miles southeast of Navan.
Another very celebrated place in Meath was
Tailltenn, now called Teltown, situated on the
Blackwater, midway between Navan and Kells;
and still another was Tlachtga, which is now
called the Hill of AVard, and is situated near
Athboy.
The chief ecclesiastical centers of Meath were :
Bective, on the Boyne, a few miles below Trim,
where there is a beautiful abbey ruin ; Dun-
shaughlin, in the southeast of the county, now
a poor village, but once important, where St.
Sechnall, nephew of St. Patrick, founded an
abbey in the 5th century : Slane, on the Boyne,
with the fine ruins of an abbey and the ruin of
the hermitage of St. Ere the patron; Skreen, on
a bill, with church ruins, where St. Patrick
lighted the first paschal fire (in the year 433) ;
and Clouard, on the Boyne, in the barony of
Upper Moyfenrath in the southwest, the most
celebrated of all, where St. Finnian established
his great school in the 6th century ; but not a
vestige now remains of the old buildings.
MEATH.
ILLXJSTJlA.TIOISr.
^LANE CASTLE. — This mansion is situated
on a green bank overlooking the Boyne Eiver,
about seven miles from Drogheda. It dates
from the beginning of the seventeenth century,
and is the residence of the Marquis of Conyug-
ham. It was a noted place as far back as the
time of Hugo de Lacj-, within whose "grant"
it came. Close by it, are the romantic remains
of the Hermitage of St. Ere, on the Hill of
Slane, south of the town near the river, in the
shade of a arove of ancient yew trees. St. Ere
was the firsi bishop of Slane, and was conse-
crated by St. Patrick. It was on this historic
spot that St. Patrick first lighted the paschal
fire, and made his first remarkable conversions
in the Island of which he became the apostle.
A fine spring of water, called the Well of St.
Patrick, is situated on the lower walk, near the
Hermitage, and is much resorted to by the de-
vout.
On this spot also are the ruins of an
abbe.y consisting of a belfry and tower, which
form one of the most picturesque objects in the
demesne of Slane Castle.
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MAYO.
NAME. — -The county took its name from the
little village of Mayo (near Balla in the southeast
of the county), which is called in Gaelic Magh-eo
(pron. Mayo), the plain or field of the yew trees;
magh, a plain ; eo, a yew. In the 7th century
St. Colman, an Irish monk, having retired from
the see of Liudisfarne, erected a monastery at
the spot where the village now stands, in which
he settled a number of English monks he had
brought over with him; and for many ages after-
ward it was much resorted to by monks from
England. Hence it came to be known by the '
name of Magheo-na-Saxan, or Mayo of the i
Saxons.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Length, from ^
the boundary east of Ballyhaunis to the coast ;
opposite Eagle Island near Erris Head, 66J miles;
breadth, from Killary Harbor to Downpatrick
Head, 54 miles; area, 2,12G square miles; popu-
lation 245,212.
SURFACE. — The surface of Mayo is very
much mixed and varied. There is a tract of
level land north of Lough Conn, which extends 6
or 8 miles west from Killala Bay. The Mullet
peninsula and a considerable breadth of coun-
try east of Blacksod Bay, are also level. The
district made up of the north part of the barony
of Erris and the northwest of the barony of
Tirawley, is an elevated moor, relieved by a few
mountains; the district south of this — lying
south of the valley of the Owenmore River — from
Lough Conn westward to the western extremity
of Achill Island, is one great mass of mountains.
The peninsula of Murrisk is all mountain, except
a narrow belt of level land along the coast on the
northwest. East of Clew Bay the country is
level. With some few exceptions the rest of the
county is level, namely, the greatest part of t Je
baronies of Gallen, Costello, Clanmorris, Carra,
and Kilmaine.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— Beginning at
the Ho\ithwest. In the south of the jieninsula of
Murrisk, Muilrea (2,688), the highest niountiiin
in Connaugbt, vises straight over Killar.v }[ar-
bor; further east, rising also over the same
harbor, is Bengor'm (2,303), and a mile further
inland, Ben Creggan (2,2y3). On the north side
of the same peninsula is Croagh Patrick (2,510),
rising from the very seashore, a beautiful coni-
cal mountain, perfectly uniform in shape from
whatsover side viewed, and commanding from its
summit one of the finest views in Ireland, in-
cluding the whole of Clew Bay with its number-
less islands. This mountain was the scene of
some interesting episodes in the life of St.
Patrick; and it is celebrated in legend as the
place whence the saint drove all the demon-
reptiles of Ireland into the sea. Between its
base and the sea are the interesting ruins of
Murrisk Abbe.v.
The Partry Mountains are separated from the
Murrisk group by the valley of the Erriff River.
Of this range, which runs from southwest to
northeast. Devil's Mother (2,131), and Maum-
trasna (2,207) lie on the boundary with Galway;
and futher to the northeast is Bohaun (1,29-4).
The vast mountain region west of Lough Conn
begins magnificently with Nephin (2,646), a great
detached dome, seen in its full height from the
shores of Lough Conn. A little further west,
separated from Nephin by a deep valley, is
Birreencorragh (2,295); and passing another
valley west of this we come to another group,
containing Laght Dauhybaun (2369), Nephgin
Beg (2,065), Glennamorig (2,067), and Bengorm
(1,912).
In the moory region north of the Owenmore
River are Slieve Fyagh (1,090), and Benmore
(1,155). In Achill Island, Slievemore (2,204),
in the north, rises over the sea; and in the west
is Croaghaun (2,192), which exactly resembles
Slieve League in Donegal, as it presents to the
sea a face of rock the whole way down from sum-
mit to base — the most tremendous precipice in
Ireland.
COASTLINE.— From Killala iSay west to Broad
Haven Bay tlio coast is the al)ru])t termination of
a IiiLrli table land and i]rcsents to tlie sea a con-
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tinned succession of iit'ii<eniliculai' cliffs broken
iunl pierced by fissures in itn extraordinary way,
some of tlio g:r;indest sea cliffs in Ireland. All
the western coast is broken and infinitely varied;
that of the Mullet peninsula and j-ouiul a great
part of Clew Bay being generally flat; while the
coasts of Achill and of the Merrisk peninsula are
bold and rocky, and in many places magnificent.
HEADLANDS.— Beginning at Killala Bay and
going round from right to left: Benwee or Kil-
■jummin Head marks on the west the entrance to
lillala Bay ; Downpatrick Head, near it, is a
ine, bold, scarped inomontory. Benwee Head is
the turning point of the coast to the southwest;
Erris Head is the nortlnvest extremity of the
oounty; Annagh Head lies on the west side of
the Mullet peninsula. At the west end of Achill
Island is Achill Head, a long sharp point of rock
like a spur projecting from Croaghaun Mountain;
and Emlagh Point is the northwest extremity of
the Murrisk peninsula.
ISLANDS. — The islands of Mayo are very
numerous, and many of the mare large and import-
ant; all the larger islands are inliabited. Achill
Island is the largest round the Irish coast, and
is separated from the mainland by a narrow
strait running north and south, of which the
north half is called Achill Sound. The island is
shaped somewhat like a triangle, measuring
about 15 miles along the base from Achill Beg
Island to Achill Head, and containing .50 square
miles. There is ujuch bog and moor, inter-
sperserJ with patches of arable land; and the sur-
face is ."or the most part elevated, especially in
the nort'i and west, where there are lofty moun-
tains; its coasts abound in great sea cliffs.
Inishbiggle lies between Achill and the main-
land; between that again and the mainland is
Annagh Island ; and immediately beside the
southern extremity of Achill is Achill Beg. To
the east of the southern end of Achill is the
rugged jieninsula called Currauu, which is very
nearly insulated by Bellacraher Bay.
Taking first the islands south of Achill: Clare
Island stands in front of Clew Bay, 3 miles from
Achill; it is -li miles long by about '2 miles
broad, and contains 6 square miles. It rises
1,.5'20 feet at its western side, and presents a fine
appearance from the mainland, looking like a
gigantic fortress standing up out of the sea. Five
miles southwest of Clare Island is Inishturk,
which is 2| miles long, near which on the east is
the little island of Caher; and 4 miles southwest
of Inisliturk is Inishbotiu, which is 4 miles long,
and contains 5 siiuare miles. Beside Inishbofin
on the west is Inishshark, a mile and a-half in
length; and near Inishbotiu on the east are the
two little islands Inishlyon and Davillaun. Out-
side the mouth of Killary Harbor is the small
rocky island of Inisdegil More. In Clew Bay,
near the coast, there is an extraordinary cluster
of islands, almost innumerable, most of them
low and grassy or sandj' ; of which the most im-
portant are Inishlyre and Island More.
North of Achill : Duvillaun !More lies near the
south point of the Mullet peninsula; and 2 miles
west from the south end of the same peninsula
are the two adjacent islands of Inishkea North
and Inishkea South, both of which contain
ecclesiastical ruins, the remains of a nunnery
and its branches established there in the primi-
tive ages of the church liy the virgin saint Kea,
and maintained on the islands for many ages
afterward. North of this, and about a mile from
the shore of the Mullet peninsula, is the little
island of Inishglora, containing the ruins of a
monastery founded in the Gth century in honor
of "St. Brendan the Navig-ator;" it was formerly
believed that human bodies buried or deposited
on this island never corrupted, but remained so
fresh that the hair and nails continued to grow
for years after death.
The long, low sandy island of Bartragia, in
Killala Bay, was the scene of some of St. Pat-
rick's labors in Connaught. The peninsula west
and north of Belmullet, extending from Erris
Head in the north ':o Fallmore in the south is
called The Mullet, and is very nearly insulated,
being connected with the mainland by only a
very narrow neck at Belmullet.
BAYS AND HAKBOES.— Killala Bay, at tee
mouth of the Moy Kiver, lies between Mayo and
Sligo; off which on the west is the small bay of
Rathfrau. Proceeding regularly round the coast,
we come first to Bunatrahir Bay, immediately
west of Downpatrick Head. Broad Haven Bay
strikes deeply between Benwee Head and Erris
Head. Blacksod Bay, a capacious inlet, shel-
tered on the outside by Achill and the Mullet
peninsula, branches inland into Trawmore Bay,
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Tullaghan Bay, Bellacragher Bay, aud Achill
Sound. Keel Bay indeuts the middle of the
south side of Achill Island. Clew Bay fringed
on the east with a complicated cluster of islands,
cuts deeply into the land, is guarded by Clare
Island in front, and is confined at its entrance,
on the north by the Curraun peninsula, aud on
the south by the peninsula of Murrisk, all moun-
tainous; off Clew Bay is Westport Bay at the
southeast, and Newport Bay at the northeast.
On the south of the Miirris peninsula is Killary
Harbor, at the mouth of the Erriff River, which
resembles a Norwegian fiord, being long, narrow,
and winding, and overtopped by towering moun-
tains.
RIVERS. — The Moy, coming from Sligo, en-
ters Mayo 5 miles northeast of Swineford, makes
a semicircular sweep through the county, aud
forms the boundary between Mayo and Sligo
from a point 2i miles above Balliua down to the
mouth. From the Mayo side it is joined (a Jittle
above Foxford) by the Gweestiou River, which
is formed by the rivers Glore and Pollagh. At
the mouth of Killala Bay, the Cloonaghmore
River runs into the little bay of Rathfran. The
river Deel rises in Birreencorragh Mountain, and
after a very winding course enters the upper or
north end of Lough Conn. The Clydagh enters
Lough Oullin at its south end; and the overflow
of both lakes runs from Lough Cullin into the
Moy.
West of Lough Conn, the Crunipaun River
rises in the eastern slopes of Birreencorragh, and
flows into Lough Beltra ; issuing from which it is
called the Newport River, and flows into New-
port Bay. In the southwest of the county, tlio
Erriflf — a very beautiful stream — flows through a
fine valley into tlie liead of Killary Harbor, being
joined on the west or right l)ank Ijy the Owen-
more. In the Murrisk peninsula are the Owen-
wee, running into Westport Bay ; and the Buno-
«en into Clew Bay. The Aille rises in the
Partry Mountains, near the source of tlie Erriff,
and running first north and afterward south, it
enters the head of Lough Mask ; at the turn from
north to SDuth it flows for two miles under
ground.
In tho soutli tlio Robe, flowing in a very wind-
ing course westward, i)aHsos by Holly mount and
Balliurobf, and enters tlio east side of Lough
Mask; near which, a little to the north, the
Manulla flows southward into Lough Carra. At
the extreme southern corner, the Black River
flows west into Lough Corrib, forming the boun-
dary between Mayo and Galway for about 4
miles. And in the southeast the Dalgan forma
the boundary of the same two counties, after
which it enters Galway. In the east of the
countj-, the river Lung, running in a general
direction northeast, sometimes through Roscom-
mon, sometimes through Mayo, and sometimes
on the boundary, falls near Ballaghaderreen
into Lough Garra.
L.4.KES. — The lakes of Mayo are almost in-
numerable. Lough Conn is one of the largest
and finest lakes in Ireland, being 9 miles long,
with an average breadth cf about 2J miles ; area
2-l| square miles; at its lower or southern ex-
ti'emity is Lough Cullin, an expansion in imme-
diate connection with it, shaped like a rectangle,
2| milbC long and 2 miles broad. Lough Conn
drains into Lough Cullin, and this into the Moy
(which runs close by on the east), by a river
channel half a mile long.
In the south, the beautiful Lough Carra i..6
miles long and very intricate in shape; and
south of this are Lough Mask and Lough Corrib,
both on the boundary with Galway. A chain of
lakes stretches from near Westport to Castlebar;
the chief of which are Islandeady Lake, 1| mile
long; and Castlebar Lake, 3 miles long aud very
narrow. Near Newjiort, north of these, is Beltra
Lake, a fine sheet of water, 2J miles long; and
near it on the west Lough Feeagh, with which is
connected Furnace Lake at the southern end.
Lough Carrowmore, 4 miles long, lies in the
northwest, near Belmullet. On the eastern
boundary lies Lough Gara, a small part of which
belongs to this county.
In the south of tlio ^lurrisk peninsula is a
chain of small lakes, viz., Glencullin Lough,
Lough Doo, and Fin Lough, which are remarka-
ble for their beautiful scenery. In the south-
east, near ]5allyliaunia, are Mannin Lake, Island
Lake, Lough Calieer, and Urlaur Lake. Scat-
tered over almost every ]iait of the county are
lakes which would bo remarkable in other coun-
ties, but which are too numerous to mention
here.
TOWNS.— Ballina (^,7(10, of whom 1,442 are
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in that part of the town lying in Sligo) is built
on both sides of the Moy the eassteru or Sligo
suburb being named Ardnaree. The other towns
on the Moy and its tributaries are; Foxford
(Gil), on the main stream; Swineford (1,657), on
a small tributary, and 1| miles from the Moy
itself; and higher up still Charlestown (778),
on another tributai'y.
The following towns are on the coast: West-
port (14,469), a well built and pretty town with
a good trade ; it stands on Westport Bay just
where the mountain stream the Carrowbeg which
runs through the middle of the town enters the
bay. Three miles southeast of Westport is the
hamlet of Aghagower, where St. Patrick during
bis missionary journey through Connaught,
founded a church; the place subsequently grew
to be an important religious center, and it now
contains the venerable ruins of a round tower
and of an abbey. West from Westport Louis-
bnrgh (546) stands on theBunowen River, half a
mile from the shore. In the extreme northwest
of the county, Belmullet (852), a neat little town
standing on the narrow isthmus connecting the
Mullet peninsula with the mainland, is the capi-
tal of all that western district. Killala (700)
stands on the shore of Killala Bay, having a
round tow-er. Newport (688), on NewiiortBay, 3
miles north of Westport.
Near the middle of the county is Castlebar
(3,855), the assize town; and some miles to the
east is Kiltamagh (935). A little to the south of
both of these is Balla (419), now an unimportant
village but once a place of ecclesiastical emi-
nence; St. Mochua founded a church there in the
7th century; and it now contains the ruins of a
church and a round tower. Near this, on the
south, is the hamlet of Mayo, in which are the
ruins of an abbey. This place was very famous
in early ages; prince Aldfrid, afterward king of
the Northumbrian Saxons, was educated here
in the 7th century (among his countrymen, the
colony of Saxon monks established by St. Col-
man) ; and there is extant a poem in the ancient
Irish language in praise of "Inisfail," or Ire-
land, said to have been composed by him.
In the southern projection of the county is Bal-
linrobe (2,286), on the river Robe. Southward
from Balliurobe, on the neck of land between
Lough Corrib and Lough Mask, is the hamlet of
Cong (277), containing the beautiful ruins of an
abbey. In the abbey of this place Roderick
O'Conor, the last native king of Ireland, spent
the last 15 years of his life in religious seclusion;
died 1198. The "Cross ^f Cong," the most
beautiful work of ancient Irish art in existence,
is now preserved in the Royal Irish Academy in
Dublin.
In the southeast are Claremorris (1,319); and
not far from it to the east, Ballyhaunis (722),
near the eastern boundary. Near the extreme
east end is Ballaghaderreen (1,598). In the
northeast, a little west of Ballina, is Crossmolina
(765), on the river Deel, near the shore of Lough
Conn.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— The present barony of Erris represents
the ancient Irros Domnann. There were in old
times two districts called Umall, or as they are
often called in English, The Owles, namely —
Upper Umall, south of Clew Baj', now called the
peninsula of Murrisk ; and Lower Umall, extend-
ing along the north side of Clew Bay, whose
name is preserved in the last syllable of the
barony name, Burrishoole. The Umalls were
the patrimony of the O'Malleys. The barony of
Tirawley retains its ancient name and position —
the land (tir) of Awley, who was first cousin to
Owen and Conall from whom Tirowen and Tir-
connell derived their names. (See Donegal and
Tyrone. )
The ancient territory of North Hy Fiachrach
tor Hy Fiachrach of the Moyt lay on both sides
of the Mo.v, including the barony of Tireragh in
Sligo, and all the north of Mayo, viz., the baro-
nies of Tirawley, Erris, and Carra. (See Galway
for South Hy Fiachracht). One of the districts
called Conmacne (see Galway), lay in the south
of this county, viz., Commacue Cuile Toladh,
occupying what is now called the barony of
Kilmaine.
The plain lying immediately to the northeast
of Cong is the ancient Moytura of Cong, or
Southern Moytura (see Sligo, for the Northern
Moytura) where was fought a great battle cele-
brated in romance and legend, in which the
Dedannans defeated the Firbolgs, and took pos-
session of Ireland. The plain is to this day full
of ancient graves, sepulchral mounds, and
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MONAGHAN.
NAME. — The town of Monagban gives name
to the county. The Gaelic form of the name is
Muinechan, a diminutive world signifying "little
shrubbery," from niuiue, a shrubbery, with the
diminutive afiix can.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Length, from
the southeast corner near Ballyhoe Lake, to the
northwest corner at Favor Eoyal, 38| miles;
breadth, from the southwest corner near Eed-
hill, to the boundary east of Milltown, 22 miles;
area, 500 square miles; pojiulation, 102,7-48.
SURFACE. — A part of the northwestern bor-
der is mountainous. That corner of the county
northeast of Castleblayney is covered by a con-
tinuation of the Fews Mountains from Armagh.
Nearly all the rest of the county is hilly, and
may be described as a champaign country,
broken up by a continuous succession of low
hills, in some few places subsiding into an al-
most uninterrujited plain.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— The Slieve
Beagh range runs from southwest to northeast,
and their southeast flank extends into Mouaghau,
occupying part of the northwest border of the
county. The mountain Slieve Beagh itself lies
in the adjacent counties, but it slopes into Mona-
ghau. Eshbrack (1,190) stands just inside the
boundary; and a mile further inward is Eshmore
(1,103). The two mountains Essaglavaue (1,19G)
and Essnaheery (1,078), slope into Monaghan,
but their summits stand in Tyrone. All the
preceding belong to the Slieve Beagh range.
Northeast of Castleblayney, near the eastern
boundary, is Mullyash (1,034), which is one of
the Fews range.
RIVERS. — The western part of the county is
drained into the Erne; in this part the chief river
is the Finn, which runs southwest, partly
through Monaghan, partly through Fermanagh,
and partly on the boundary, and joins the Erne
near the head of Upper Lough Erne. Some of
the headwaters of the Annalee River, which be-
longs to Cavan, come from Monaghan ; the
Bunnoe, for instance (see Cavan), rises to the
east of Newbliss ; another tributary, the Dromore
River, comes from the ('luster of lakes near
Rockcorry ; and a third, the Anuagh River, com-
ing from another chain of lakes near Shercock,
has many of its feeders coming from the interioi
of Monaghan. The Blackwater (flowing by Moy
and Charlemont into Lough Neagh), forms tha
northeast boundary for about a dozen miles, but
never enters the county ; near Glasslough it re-
ceives the Mountain "Water, which runs eastward
from the Slieve Beagh Mountains.
In the east, the County Water, flowing soutli
from Tullynawood Lake, forms the eastern boun-
dary (between Armagh and Monaghan) for 6 or
7 miles, then turning westward into Monaghan,
it falls into Muckuo Lake. In the southeast,
the Clarebane, a short stream, runs from Muckno
Lake to Ross Lake, the first mile being through
Monaghan, and the next half mile — to Ross Lake
— being on the boundary between Monaghan and
Armagh ; from Ross Lake, again runs the Fane,
forming the boundary between Monaghan and
Armagh for the first 4 miles of its course; next
it runs through Monaghan for another 4 miles,
after which it forms for a mile the boundary be-
tween Mouaghau and Louth, and then enters
Louth. In the extreme southeast, the Lagan
River, after issuing from Ballyhoe Lake, runs
northeast, and forms the boundary between
Monaghan and Louth for 4 miles, after which it
enters Louth ; above Ballyhoe Lake its feeders
come from the three adjacent counties, Mon-
naghan, Meath, and Cavan.
LAKES. — The lakes of Monaghnn are very
numerous. Beginning with the barony of Far
ney, at the southern extremity : on the south
boundary is Ballyhoe Lake, the greater iiart of
which belongs to Meath; near it isRahaus Lake,
which touches Meath, but belongs to Monaghan;
beside which is the small Descrat Lake, lying
just inside the boundary ; and northwest of this
is Greaghlone Lake. In the interior of this
barony ; the beautiful Lough Fea, Lough Mon-
alty, and Lough Bougagh, all lie near Carrick'
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macross; five miles north of which is Lough
Nagarnamau.
In the south of the barony of Cremorne, and
near the Louutlary of the barony of Faruey, a
chain of Jakes stretches across the county. At
the east is the tine lake of Muekiio, containing
600 acres, with beautiful swelling shores and
islets; near it on the south is Ross Lake, the
greater part of which belongs to Armagh. West
from this is Lough Egish, about a mile and a
half in length. Still further west is Lough
Morne, Shantonagh Lake, and Bellatrain Lake ;
and near the western border is Lough Bawu,
Lough Derrygoouy, and two sheets of water
named Black Lough: north of which is Lough
Avaghon ; and near it, on the boundary with
Cavan, Ba,raghy Lake.
Northwest of these, near Eockcorry, is a group
of lakes close together ; the largest is Inner Lake,
which is wholly in Monaghan; beside which are
Dvoraore Lake and Drumlona Lake, both on the
boundary with Cavan ; and near them, in the
east, is White Lake, a mile from Eockcorry.
Four miles west of Eockcorry are Annaghmakerig
Lake and Drumgole Lake; and southeast of
these, near the village of Drum, is Long Lake.
In the western corner is the little Laurel Lake,
and near it, on the border with Cavan, Drumcor
Lake. Beside the town of Ball.ybay is the pretty
Lough Major; two miles northeast of which are
the two lakes of Cortiu and Cordoo, beside each
other.
Bound the town of Monaghan are a number of
small lakes; among which are those of Corna-
glare and Knockuturiy, to the southwest of the
town; the two lakes of Mullaghinshigo, to the
northwest of Monaghan, beside Tedavnet; near
which is Shoe Lake; and east of these is Drum-
caw Lake. Beside Glaslough, in the northeast,
ia the beautiful lake of Glasslough, which gives
name to the village; and near it on the north-
west is Emy Lough. On the northwest boundary
is Lough More; southwest, still on the boundary,
is the small Loughuaheery, at the base of the
mountain Essnalicery. Near the western mar-
gin, at the basf of tlie Slieve Beagh Mountains,
are several small hd;fs, among wliich a>-" Drum-
loo Lfnigh and Kilmore J^ougb.
TOWNS.— Monaghan {'i.'W.)), the assize town,
is a i.lace of cnnsidernble trade. Clones (2,21G),
near the western boundary, occupying the suii>-
niit of one of those round hills so numerous in
that district, is a town of ecclesiastical origin,
and of great antiquity, containing some very
ancient church ruins and a round tower, and
also a very large and conspicuous mound or fort.
Four miles east of Clones is the neat village of
Newbliss (404).
Near the southern 'extremity is Carrickmacross
(2,002), with a brewery and a large distillery;
containing also the ruins of a castle said to have
been built by the Earl of Essex. Near the east-
ern boundary, beside Muckno Lake, is the neat
town of Castleblayney (1,810); and near the
middle of the county is Ball.vbay (1,654), in
a pleasant valley, beside the pretty Lough
Mai or.
MINEEALS.— There is a small coal field south-
west of Carrickmacross, a portion of the Lister
coal district; but it is not worked. Near the
eastern border there is lead, but the working of
the mines has been long discontinued.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— In ancient times, down to the reign of
Elizabeth, Monaghan belonged to the powerful
family of Mac Mahon.
The jiresent barony of Farney represents the
old territoiy of Fearnmhagh or the Alder-plain;
the barony of Monaghan is the ancient Hy-
Meith-Macha ; and the two baronies of Cremorne
and Dartree represent the ancient Crioc'i-
Mhughdhorna and Dartraighe.
At a place called Agha-Lederg, in the baron.'
of Farney, a great battle was fought .\.d. 331
which resulted in the destruction of the palace
of Emania (see Armagh). The three Callas,
brothers, sons of Ohy Dovleu, having slain
their uncle the king of Ireland (Fiacha Sravtin-
ne), the king's son, Muredagh Tirech, banished
them from Ireland, and became king himself.
Some time after this the.y returned and became
reconciled to their cousin the king, who supplied
them with an arm.y to make conquests for them-
selves. The.v marched to Ulster, and aided by a
contingent from Connaught, encountered the
Ulster king at Agha-Lederg; the battle lasted
for seven days, and resulted in the defeat of the
Ulstermen and the death of their king. One of
the three brotliers, Colla Menn, was slain in the
Imttle. The two surviving lirothcrs tlien de-
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stroyod the palace of Eiuauin, wliicli thencefor-
ward ceased to be the residence of kings of
Ulster; and they seized on a largo iiart of Ulster,
extending east as far as the Glenree River (flow-
ing by Nevvry; see Down), which was from that
time forth called the kingdom of Oriel.
ILLUSTK^TIOI^.
MONAGHAN CATHEDRAL.— The county of
Mouaghau, derived from Muinehan — "the dwell-
ing of the monks," was anciently known as Mac
Mahon's country, and that powerful and martial
sept retained possession of the territory down to
the reign of Elizabeth, when the head of the clan
was treacherously taken and legally murdered,
and the land converted into shire ground.
Monaghan is the principal town, and though it
possesses few relics of antiquity, the surround-
ing district has its lull share of temples, raths
and towers. It is the residential seat of the
Bishop of Clogher; and its cathedral, erected
during the incumbency of the late bishop Don-
nelly, is one of the most imposing of modern
ecclesiastical structures in Ireland. Clogher is
identical with the Regia of Ptolemy, and was
erected into a bishopric in 493 by St. Macartin
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QUEENS.
MAME.— See Kings County.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Length east and
west, along the southern border, 3i miles;
breadth north and south, 29^ miles; area 6G4
square miles; population 73,124.
SURFACE. — The northwest of the county is
mountainous; the baronies of Cullenagh and
Stradbally are hilly ; as if also the barony of
Slievemargy. All the rest of the county — the
middle, northeast, and h^uthwest — is level, some
portions extremely flat.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.- -The Slieve
Bloom Mountains run on the borders of Kings
County and Queens County, the northeast ex-
tremity of the range lying within Queens
County. The following mountains stand on the
boundary: Arderin (1,733), southwest of it Far-
breague (1,411), and northeast Wolftrap (1,584).
The northeast end of the range is very broad,
opening out like a fan. The eastern wing runs
eastward from Wolftrap Mountain, consisting of
a range of summits called the Cones, about 3
miles long; from the eastern end of which an-
other range called the Eidge of Capard runs for
3 miles to the northeast. The Cones and the
Eidge of Capard are really one curved ridge,
which incloses on the south and southeast the
fine valle.v of the Barrow. The chief summits of
ehe Cones are Barna (1,661), and a mile east of
it Bauureaghcong (1,677), this last marking the
intersection of the Cones and the Ridge of
Capard. One mile southwest of Baunreaghcong
is Baunrush (1,357). At Clarnahinah Mountain,
a mile northeast .of Baunreaglicong, the Ridge of
Capard rises to 1,590 feet; and the Ridiie ter-
minates a'>i the northeast with Antonian (1,114).
Ov«r the north side of the valley of the Barrow
rises Knockanastuiiiba (1,359); and west of this,
and separated from it by another valley, that of
the Gorragh River, is Knockachorra (1,533).
South of the Ridge of Capard is Conlawn Hill
(1,005), the southern outpost of that extremity
of the Slieve Bloom Range. The hills running
from southwest to northeiist tlirongh the baronies
of Cullenagh and Stradbally are c/ton called the
Slieve Lough Hills, and also the Dysart Hills
Between Abbeyleix and Timahoe the Cullenagh
Hills rise to the height of 1,045 feet. At the
southeast extremity of the county the Slieve-
marg.v Hills are a continuation of the Castle-
comer Hills in Kilkenny. Among the Slieve-
margy Hills are elevations of 1,102, 1,098, 1,090,
and 1,044 feet.
RIVERS.— At the northeast end of the Slieve
Bloom Mountains, a number of glens open out
to the northeast, all drained by rivers, '•f which
those on the west side run to the basin of the
Shannon, and those on the east to the basin of
the Barrow. The Barrow itself rises in one of
these — Glenbarrow — between the Ridge of
Capard and Knockanastumba Mountain. It
flows down the side of Barna, the highest of the
Cones, and running first northward, it turns to
the southeast, and first touches Kings County a
mile and a half northeast of Mountmellick, from
which point to Portarlington (6 miles) it forms
the boundary between Kings County and
Queens County. Crossing a corner of Queens
County at Portarlington, it again forms the
boundary of the same two counties for 2| miles;
again crosses a corner of Queens County, and
then runs on the boundary of Queens County
and Kildare for a mile; enters Kildare, and soon
returns to the boundary, on which it runs for 8
miles; next enters Kildare; after which it forms
for the last time the boundary of Queens County,
first for 8 miles with Kildare (beginning a mile
below Athy), and afterward for 6 miles with
Carlow, Avhen it finally leaves Queens County af
Clogrennau.
The following are the Queens County tribu-
taries of the Barrow. The Gleulahan River rises
in Barna Mountain, and flowing in the same
general direction as the Barrow, joins the latter
2 miles east of Clonaslee-. The Owenass River,
rising in Baunraghcong Mountain, flows through
Mountmellick and joins the Barrow a mil§ below
the town, being itself joined 2 miles above the
QUEENS.
town by the Blackwater from the soutb. The
Triogue rises in Cullenagh Mountain, and flow-
ing north through Maryborough, joins the
Barrow a mile below the mouth of the Owenass.
The Bauteogue flows northeast through Timahoe
and Stradbally, and joins the Barrow 5 miles
above Athy. The Douglas runs southeast, and
falls into the Barrow 3| miles above Carlow,
having for tributary on the left bank the Fuer.
At the southern extremity of the county, the
Barrow receives the Fushoge Eiver, flowing
southward.
The Nore, coming from Tipperary, first
touches Queens County near Monahineha Bog ;
next forms the boundary for two miles be-
tween Tipperary and Queens County ; after
which it makes a semicircular sweep of about 24
miles through Queen's County; and forming 2
miles of the boundary between Killkenny and
Queens County, enters Kilkenny 2 miles above
Ballyragget.
The Nore has several important tributaries,
belonging wholly or partly to Queens County.
First, on the left bank : the Delour, flowing
southward from the southern slopes of the
Cones, joins the Nore near the village of Cool-
rain; receiving as tributaries on its right bank,
the Gorteen, the Killeen, and the Tonet, all flow-
ing from SJ' ive Bloom. The Mountrath River,
rising in Bawnrush Mountain, flows south
through Mountrath, and joins the Nore 2 miles
below the town. In the south, the Owenbeg,
flowing southwest, enters Kilkenny, and taking
now the name of the Owveg, forms the boundary
for 3 miles between Queens County and Kil-
kenny, as far as its mouth. The Clogh River
rises south of Lugacurren, and flowing south-
ward, soon enters Kilkenny to form the Dinin.
On the right bank, the Nore receives the Gully
River, which joins a mile north of Durrow. The
Erkina draws its headwater from Tipperary ; but
it soon crosses the boundary into Queens
County, and flowing east by Rathdowney and
Durrow, joins the Ban-ow | mile below the latter
town. Two miles above Durrow the Erikaua is
joined by the Goul, which rises in Kilkenny.
The whole of the Queens County is drained
into the Barrow and the Nore — excei)t the north-
wcst corner. Tliere the Clodiagh, rising in two
glens separated by Knockachorra Mountain,
flows nearly north, and ultimately joins the
Brusua, in the Kings County, which flows to
the yhanuon.
LAKES. — The Qneens County lakes are &mali
and unimportant. On the northwest boundary
is Annaghmore Lake ; and near the eastern
boundary is the small lake of Kelly ville; Emo
Lakes lies beside Emo Castle, in the northeast;
Grantstown Lake is three miles east of Rath-
downey; and Ballyfin Lake lies Itside Eallyfin
House, 5 miles west of Maryborough.
TOWNS.— Maryborough (2,872), the assize
town, is watered by the little river Triogue. In
the north of the county, Mountmellick (3,126),
an excellent business town, stands on the
Owenass Eiver, a mile from its junction with the
Barrow; and on the Barrow itself, on the ex-
treme north boundary, is Portarliugtou (2,357),
of whom 842 are in that part of the town which
stands in the Kings County. Toward the
eastern part of the county on the Bauteogue, is
Stradbally (1,254), a pretty town, partly sur-
rounded by the beautiful demesne of Stradbally
Hall.
On the Mountrath River, two miles from its
junction with the Nore, is Mountrath (1,865);
and half a mile from the Nore itself, in the west
of the county is Borris-iu-Ossory (518). In the
south of the county, on the Erkina, three-
quarters of a mile from its junction with the
Nore, is Durrow (738); west from which is Rath-
downey (1,109), standing less than half a mile
from the Erkina River. Four miles northeast
from Durrow is Balliuakill (630); three miles
from which to the north-northwest is the pretty
town of Abbeyleix (1,103), 1| mile to the east of
the Nore.
MINERALS.— Tbe southeast of the county,
including the Dysart and Slievemargy Hills,
belongs to the great Leinster coal field; but no
coal is raised in the district.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— The ancient territory of Leix comprised
all the southeast of Queens County — the whole
county except the baronies of Tinnehiuch and
Portnahiiich on the north, and the baronies of
Upper "Woods, Clandonagh, and Glannallagh in
the west. It was the inheritance of the
O'Moores, wliose chiel lived on the Rock of
Dunaniase, three miles east of Maryborough — a
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rock risiuij precipitously from tho pliiiu, uiid
still coutaiiiiug on its suiiiniit the ruins of
O Moore's Castle. The baronies of PortnaliincLi
aud Tioualiiuch in the north formed ])art of the
ancient Offaly. Portnahinch barony also formed
part of the territory of Clanmaliere. The baro-
nies of Upper Woods, Clandoiuii^h, and Clarmal-
lagh, formed part of the sub-kingdom of
Ossory,
The Dun of Clopook, 3 miles south of Strad-
bally, is a hiy;h rouk, with an immense ancient
dun or fort occupyiuj^ the whole extent of its
summit. About a mile south from this is an-
other great fort, that of Lugacurren. At the
village of Timahoe, where an abbey was founded
by St. MocLua in the fJth century, there is a
very beautiful round tower, and also the fine
ruin of an Elizabethan castle.
ROSCOMMON.
NAME. — The county takes name from the
town. In the beginning of the 8tb century, St.
Coman founded a monastery where the town now
stands; and the place was called from him Ros-
Comain, Coman's Wood.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Length from
north to south, 59 miles ; breadth from Koosky
to the western corner, -vvest of Lough Errit, 33|
miles; area, 949^ scjuare miles; population, 132,-
490.
SURFACE: HILLS. — Roscommon is on the
whole a level county. The northern end near
Lough Allen is hilly, rising to an elevation of
1,377 fett on the boundarj' with Leitrim at the ex-
treme north corner, and rising to 1,081 feet 2
miles east of the village of Ballyfarnau. In the
northwest, near Boyle, the Curlieu Hills run
on the boundary between Roscommon and Sligo
from southwest to northeast; and though thej-
are not more than 863 feet high, the range is very
conspicuous, both for its fine forms and outlines,
and because it commands very grand views from
its summit level, on account of the flatness of the
country at both sides. In the eastern part of
the county, southeast of Stokestowu, the range
of heights called Slievebawn runs in a general
direction parallel with the Siiannon, attaining an
elevation of 857 feet at their highest point, 4
miles northwest of Lanesborough, at the northern
extremity of Lough Ree. Nearly all the rest of
the county is a plain, in some jilaces interrupted
by low heights, but the greater part ilat, with
much bog and marshy meadow land, especially
along the Suck and the Shannon. Some of the
level districts of Roscommon, as, for instance,
the plain laj ing round Tulsk in the middle, and
the district between Boyle and Elphin — com-
monly called the Plains of Boyle — are among the
fiTiest and ricliest grazing lands in Ireland.
RIVERS. — Tlio Shannon and its expansions
iorm the whole of the eastern boundary, from
Lougli Allen in the north to Shannon Bridge in
the south; and into the Shannon, the whGi3
county, with some trifling exceptions, is drained
The Suck rises in Mayo, a quarter of a mile from
the boundary with Roscommon, nearly midway
between Ball.vhaunis and Lough O'Flyn; crosses
the boundary into Roscommon and falls into
Lough O'Flyn; issuing from which, it runs by
Castlereagh, and first touches Galway near Bally-
moe ; from which point to where it joins the
Shannon near Shannon Bridge (about 56 miles,
following the windings), it forms the boundary
between Galwa.v and Roscommon, except at
Athleague, where it runs for 9 miles through
Roscommon. Beside the main stream, some of
its head-feeders come also from Mayo.
Near Stokestown, a stream called the Scramoge
flows to the northeast into the Shannon.
At the northern extremity of the county tlie
Arigna, flowing southeast from Sligo and Leitrim,
forms for three-quarters of a mile the boundary
between Sligo and Roscommon; flows for the
rest of its course (about G miles) through Ros-
common, and joins the Shannon just where the
latter issues from Lough Allen. The Feorish,
coming from Sligo, and passing by Ballyfarnan,
crosses the north extremity of Roscommon, and
falls into the Shannon two miles below the
mouth of the Arigna. The river Breedoge, in
the northwest of the couut.v, issuing from Lough
Bally, falls into Lough Gara ; and the Lung
River, belonging chiefly to Mayo, forms the
boundary between Mayo and Roscommon in
three several places, and falls into Lough Gara
at its western corner. The Boyle River, a very
full and very beautiful stream, issues from
Lough Gara, and flowing eastward by Boyle,
through the "Plains of Boyle," enters Lough
Key; from which it again issues, and expanding
into Oakport Lake, enters the Shannon A few
of the very small head-streams that fall into
Lough Arrow, send their waters from that lake
northward to Sligo Bay; and this small district
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KOSGOMMOiN.
is the ouiy luirt of lioscoiumou uot belouyiint!! to
the basiu of the Shauuon.
LAKES. — The hikes of Roseoimuon are (luite
as numerous as those of the surrounding coun-
ties. Tlie expansions of the Shannon that touch
Eoscommon are Lough Allen, Lough Boderg,
Lough Botiu, Lough Forbes, and Lough Kee.
tu the extreme north are Lough Skeau and
Lough Meelagh, the former on the boundary
with Sligo. Lough Arrow and Lough Gara
barely touch Koscommon at the northwestern
boundary, but belong almost wholly to Sligo.
The great lake feature of this district is Lough
Key, one of the finest lakes in L-eland, about 2|
miles iu length and the same in breadth, con-
taining 3| square miles; the beautiful demesne
of Rockingham is on its southern shore; and it
contains a number of lovely wooded islands; on
two of which are ecclesiastical ruins, and on a
third the old castle of the Mac Dermotts, the
ancient projirietors of the surx'ouudiug district.
Southeast of Lough Key is Oakport Lake, an
expansion of the river Boyle. A little south of
Lough Key nre the two small lakes of Cavetown
and Clogher; and southeast of these are Corballj'
and Canbo Lakes; west of which, near French-
park, is Lough Bally
In the western corner of the county are Loughs
Errit, Cloonagh and Cloouacolly, beside each
other; east of which is Lough Gliun (which
gives name to the Village beside it), with finely
■wooded snores, an oasis in the midst of a bare
bleak district. South of these, near the village
of Ballinlough, is Lough O'Flyu, which is a mile
and three-quarters in length. A little south of
Elphiu are a number of small lakes, the chief of
which are Lough Clooncullaun and Lough An-
naghmore ; between which and the Shannon is
another group, the chief being Lough Nablahy
and Kilglass Lake, this last 2 miles long. Be-
tween the two last a narrow arm of Lough
Boderg stretches westward for 4 miles. Imme-
diatelj- southwest of Stokestown are three lakes
close together, Cloonfree Lake, Ardakillen Lake,
and Fin Lough between them.
In the baronj- of Athlone, iu the south of the
county, are Lough Funshinagh (2 miles long) ;
near which to the west are Lough Groan and
Lough Cuilleenirwan; and a little further south,
Corkip Lake.
TOWNS. — Koscommon (2,117), the assize
town, with its fine old abbey, founded in the
IHtii century l)y Fclim O'Connor, jiriuce of Cou-
naught (sou of Cabal of the Ked Hand), and still
containing the tomb of the founder; the town
contains also the ruins of a beautiful Anglo-
Norman castle built iu the same century. Boyle
(2,994), in the north of the county, in a pretty
situation on the Boyle River, is a neat and pros-
perous town, with an abbey ruin, one of the best
preserved and most interesting in Ireland. Cas-
tlereagh (1,229), iu the west, stands on the river
Suck. Elphin (997), toward the northeast side
of the county, stands in the midst of a rich dis-
trict; and six miles southeast of it is Stokestown
(837) a well-built town, situated near the north-
ern slope of Slievebawn. That part of Athlone
lying west of the Shannon, in this country, has a
population of 3,683; a suburb of Ballinasloe also
lies in Roscommon, containing a population of
947; and a part of Carrick-on-Shannon, contain-
ing 100 inhabitants, also belongs to this county.
MINERALS.— That part of the north end of
the county verging on Lough Allen belongs to
the Conuaught coal district; and along the
Arigna River are the Arignairon mines.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.—The old district called Moylurg, of
which Mac Dermott was chief, extended from the
Curlieu Mountains on the north, to near Elphin
on the south, and east and west from the Shan-
non to Lough Garra; this district is now known
as the Plains of Boyle. South of this, and con-
terminous with it, laj' Moy-Ai or Maghery-
Connaught (the Plain of Connaught), a beauti-
ful plain extending from Elphin to the town of
Roscommon, and east and west from Stokestown
to Castlereagh. The ancient territory of Hy
Many (for which see Galway) originally included
that part of Roscommon lying south of Lanec-
borough and the town of Eoscommon. This
same i>art of Roscommon also formed one of the
territories called Delvin, of which there wei'e
seven, this one being called Delvin-Nuadat.
That part of Roscommon lying between Elphic
and the Shannon, ajid extending north and south
from Jamestown on the Shannon to the north
part of Lough Ree, was called the Three Tuathas
or Three Territories, these three territories
being Kinel Dofa, which lay between Slieve
ROSCOMMON.
Bawu aud the Shauuon; Corcachlanu, \Yest of
Slieve Bawn; and Tir Briuin of the Shannon,
which lay north of the two others.
At Eathcroghan, midwa.v between Tulsk aud
Bellanagare, are situated the ruins of Crogban,
the ancient palar i of the Jiings of Conuaugi't.
It was erected by Ohj- Feleach, king of Ireland
in the first century of the Christian era, for his
ilaughter Maive, queen ot Coiuaught (see Louth
and Armagh); and it is alnaost as celebrated in
Irish romantic literature as the palace of Emania.
The remains consist of a great fort now called
Rathcroghan, containing a cave in which are
some remarkably-inscribed stones; this rath
being surrounded by a number of others, form-
ing quite a town of raths.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
BOYLE ABBEY.— The Abbey of Boyle was
erected on the bank of the river of that name by
O'Connor, king of Connaught in 1257. Its re-
mains at the present day are noble and imposing.
It was destroyed during the Elizabethan wars
with the northern chieftains, Tyrone and Tyr-
connell, early in the 16th century. "Within its
aisles were interred many noted bishops and
chiefs, and close by, in the cemetery of Kilronan,
is buried Carolau, the last of the line of ancient
Irish bards, who died in 1741. The county
derives its name from St. Coman, who founded
it in 550. He built an abbey, which was super-
seded by the splendid structure erected on the
same site by O'Connor. About the time the
abbey was erected the Anglo-Normans under Sir
Robert de Uflford built a castle near it, the re-
mains of which still exist. On the night of
■August 12, 1599, the English under General Clif-
ford encamped around the abbey, and in the
battle of the Curlew Mountains three days later,
Clifford, many of his officers, and 1,500 soldiers
were slain by Red Hugh O'Donnell and the rest
put to ignominious rout.
ATHLONE CASTLE.— Athione is situated
on both sides of the Shannon, where the river
divides the counties of '^Vestmeath and Roscom-
mon. As the gateway from Leinster to Con-
naught, it has been deemed an important
strategic point, from the Anglo-Norman invasion
to the present day. The castle, once a great
stronghold, was built in the time of King John.
Of the many military events of which it has been
the center, the siege by General Douglas and the
defense by Colonel Grace, and that of Ginkell,
and its defense by St. Ruth are the most nien.ora-
ble. The latter was lost through the arrogant
blindness of St. Ruth, the French commander of
the Irish troops. But no nobler instance of
heroism is recorded in the military annals of any
race or nation than the defense of the Irish gar-
rison. Under a deadly shower of grapeshot and
grenades an Irish sergeant and ten men pro-
ceeded to tear up the planking of the bridge.
All were killed. A second party rushed into
their place and succeeded in accomplishing their
object. All perished but two, who, precipitated
into the water, swam to shore.
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SLIGO.
NAME. — The county was named from the
town of Sligo, ■which itself took its name from
the river Sligeach, river of sligs or shells —
shelly river. Thio river is now called the
Garrogue.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Length from
the river Moy to the Arigna River-, 40| miles ;
breadth from the Lough Gara to Donegal Bay,
38^ miles; area, 721| square miles; population,
111,578.
SURFACE.— The eastern part of the barony
of Carbury, and the southern shores of Lough
Gill, are mountainous. A line of highlands runs
from Ballysadare Bay southwest toward Fosford
in Mayo, having two moderately level districts
on both sides. The rest of the country is level,
interspersed with hilly land.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— The Ox Moun-
wiins begin immediately southwest of Bally-
fadare, and run west-southwest to the boundary
cf Mayo, where they are continued to the south-
west by the Slieve Gamph range, which runs first
(On the boundary of the two counties, and then
into Mayo. The Ox Mountains have several
summits from 1,200 to 1,800 feet high; and
Slieve Gamph attains an elevation of 1,363 feet.
The eastern part of the barony of Carbury, in
the north of tho county, is a mass of mountains.
The highest is Truskmore (2,113) near the boun-
dary, whose summit is in Sligo, but a part of
\iie eastern slope is in Leitrim. Far more strik-
,'r.g and remarkable, however, through not so
elevated, is Benbulbin (1,722), in the middle of
the barony, presenting a scarped precipitious
face to Sligo Bay; and a mile and a half south
of it is Kings Mountain (1,527). Four miles
west of Sligo town is the remarkable isolated
flat-topped hill of Knocknarea (1,078), rising
with a scarped rocky face over the beautiful
plain that lies between its base and the sea. Ris-
ing directly over the son'^h shore of Lough Gill
are the two hills, Slish 367), and Slievedaeane
(900).
In the east of the barony of Tirerrill, near the
boundary, is a range called Bralieve, mnning
from northwest to southeast, and rising to 1,498
feet at its highest point. In the southeast, near
Ballinafad, the Curlieu Hills run on the boun-
dary with Roscommon. In this southeast part
of the county the most remarkable hill is Keish-
corran (1,183), which has on its western face a
precipitous escarpment pierced with some inter-
esting caves. Near this on the east is Carrowkee
(1,062) over the western shore of Lough Arrow.
COAST LINE. — The coast is an alternation of
low sharp rocks and flat sandy beaches, relieved
by a few bold headlands, and in one place by
the grand cliff of Knocknarea.
HEADLANDS.— Lenadoou Point marks the
eastern entrance to Killala Bay; Aughirs Point
pi'ojects north into Sligo Bay; Killaspug Point
is the extremity of the peninsula northeast of
Ballysadare Bay; Roskeeragh Point stands forth
at the extremity of the peninsula that separates
Donegal Bay from Sligo Bay ; and at the north
extremity of the county is another Roskeeragh
Point, near which is the rocky projection of
Mullagnmore.
ISLANDS. — Alaguire's Island lies beside Kil-
laspug Point; Coney Island, about a mile in
length, is at the entrance to Cummeen Strand;
and at the north side of the same strand is
Oyster Island, with a lighthouse. Just outside
Coney Island is Black Rock, with a lighthouse ;
and near Roskeeragh Point is a rocky cluster,
one of which is called Seal Rocks. Northeast of
this, beside the coast at Cliffony, are Conor's
Island and Dernish Island. But the most re-
markable island belonging to Sligo is Inishmur-
ray , in Donegal Bay, a mile in length ; containing
the ruins of the ancient monastery of St. Lase-
rian or Molaise (pron. Molasha); the few inhabi-
tants are very primitive, and have many curious
customs.
BAYS AND HARBORS.— Killala Bay sepa-
rates Sligo from Mayo. Sligo Bay opens east-
ward, and branches into three inlets: Bally-
sadareBay; a middle branch which runs up to
SLIGO.
the tcwn of Sligo; and Druracliff Bay, all very
sandy.
KIVEKS.— The Moy rises at a liigh elevation
among the Ox Mountains, about 2 miles east of
Lough Easky ; flows first southeast, then south-
•n-est, till it enters Mayo; turning northward, it
touches Sligo at a point 2| miles above Ballina,
from which point to its mouth it forms the
boundary between Sligo and Mayo. Its chief
Siigo tributaries are: the Mad River and the
Owenaher from the Ox Mountains; the Lough
Talt liiver issuing from Lough Talt in Slievo
Gamph; and on the south bank, the Owengarve
and the Mullaghanoe. The Leaffouy Eiver flows
'nto Killala Bay. The Easky Eiver is a moun-
tain torrent rising in Lough Easky high up
among the Ox Mountains, and falling into the
sea near the village of Easky.
The Ballysadare Eiver falls into the head of
Ballysadare Bay at Ballysadare; immediately
below the village it tumbles over a series of
shelving rocks, forming one of the finest rapids
in L-eland. The chief tributaries of the Bally-
sadare Eiver are: the Owenmore, which rises in
the south near Lough Gara; the Owenboy,
which rises near the source of the Moy, takes
the name of Owenbeg below the village of Col-
looney, and joins the Owenmore 1| miles above
Collooney; and the Unshin Eiver or Arrow
River, vvhich issues from Lough Arrow, and
■^lowing northward joins the Owenmore.
lu the southeast of the county, the Feorish
enters Roscommon. The Bonet River forms the
boundary between Sligo and Leitrim for a mile.
The Sligo Eiver or the Garrogue, issues from
Lough Gill, and after a course of 3 miles falls
into Sligo bay at Sligo tuwu. North of Sligo
town, tho Drumcliff River flows west into Drum-
cliff Bay. And in the extreme north the Duff
forms part of the boundary between Leitrim and
Sligo, and falls into Donegal Bay.
LAKES. — Lough Arrow, in the southeast, is
t miles long, contain.s 8 square miles, and is
itudded witli a number of beautiful wooded
islets; Lough Gara, on the soutliern border, is 5
miles long, and contains 7 sipiare miles. Lough
Gill is 5J miles long and contains .5J S(]uare
miles; its shores ai'o wooded, and at the south
side overhung by mountains; it contains several
most beautiful lakes in Ireland — almost rivaling
the Lakes ot Killarnej'.
The other lakes on the lioundary are, north of
Lough Gill, Glencar Lake, chiefly belonging to
Leitrim; in ti;e northern extremity, Cloouty
Lake near Cliftony; and the southeast, Skean
Lake, more than half of which is in Roscommon.
The following lakes are in the interior: Lough
Easky at an elevation of 607 feet among the Ox
Mountains; it is more than a mile long, and
sends forth the river Easky northward; and five
miles southwest of it, in Slieve Gamph, Lough
Talt, about the same size. Near Eallj'mote is
Templehouse Lake, a mile and a half long; near
the south end of which is Cloonacleigha Lake.
Two miles south of Collooney is Toberscanavan
Lake; and at the same distance northeast of Col-
loone.v, is Ballydawley Lake.
TOWNS.— Sligo (10,808), the assize town, on
the Sligo or Garrogue Eiver, with good trade
and commerce; situated in the midst of a mc^t
picturesijue country; containing the beauti,ul
ruin of Sligo Abbey, founded in 1'252. Bally-
mote (1,145) in the southeast, with the ruins of
a castle and of a friary near it; Tobercurry
(1,081), in the soutliwest. Ardnaree, the Sligo
suburb of Ballina, lias 1,442 inhabitants.
MINERALS. — The eastern projection of the
barony of Tirerrill, approaching Lough Allen,
belongs to ilie Connaught coalfield, and a portion
of it is also included in the Arigna iron district.
Lead and cojjper mines were formerly worked in
the Ox Mountains; but the works have been long
since discontinued.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— The barony of Tireragh formed a jiart
of the territin-y of Hy Fiachraoh of the Moy (for
which see Mayo). The following baronies repre-
sent ancient territories: Carbury (there were
several other Carburys in Ireland) ; Leiny, the
ancient Luighne; Tirerrill, tho ancient Tir-
Oililla; Corran, andCoolavin, the principality of
INIac Dermott. Immediately east of Lough
Arrow, in the parish of Kilmactranny, is the
Northern Moytura, or ]Mo\ tuva of the Formori-
ans, where, 27 years after the battle of the
Southern Jfoytnra (for which see Mayo), was
fought a battle between the Dedannans and the
Forniorians, in which the Formorians wore de-
lovely islands, and altogether it is one of the j feated and sli>ughtered. Like the Southern Moy-
SLIGO.
tura, the plain ahounds iu seiiulcbral luoiiuineuts
to this day. At 'Druuicliff, 4 miloH north of
Sligo, there was iu old times a great rolijiions
establishment; aiid thtro still remain the rums
of a round tower and some Celtic crosses in a
fail' state of preservation.
ILLXJSTii^TION.
THE CATHEDRAL.— The town of Hligo is
the residence of the Catholic bishop of the
cathedral city of Elphiu, which is some
forty miles distant. The church of St. John iu
Slig'o is called a cathedral, owiug to the fact that
the Bishop resides there. It is a handsome
modern edifice, cruciform iu structure, with a
tall massive tower. The see of Elphiu is oue of
the most ancient in Ireland, having been founded
i^- St. Patrick, about the year 450. He ap-
pointed .\ssicus, a learned and jiious monk, first
bishop, but for the eight succeeding centuries
no regular succession of prelates is mentioned.
There are many remains in Sligo and tlio neigh-
boring vicinity of the ancient religious charac-
ter of the county, some of which will bo found on
another page. The town experienced many
vicissitudes in the various wars since the Anglo-
Norman invasion, and suffered much for its de-
votion to Irish liberty.
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TIPPERARY.
NAME. — The county took its name from the
town of Tippeniry, and this from a once celebrated
well, situated near the main street of the town,
and now closed up. The Gaelic form of the
name is Tiobraid-Araun (pron. Tubrid-Auran)
the well of Ara, from tiobraid, a well, and Ara
{genitive, Aranc), the name of the old territorj'
in which it was situated.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Length, from
the eastern corner of the Knockmealdown Moun-
tains near the village of Ballinamult, to the junc-
tion of the Little BrosnaKiver with the Shannon,
(j6| miles; breadth, from the western boundary
between Emly, and Knocklong to the eastern
boundary 3 miles east of Mullinahone, 43 miles;
area, 1,659 square miles; population, 199,612.
For legal purposes the county is divided into
North Riding and South Riding.
SURFACE. — The western projection, consist-
ing of the barony of Owney and Arra, the south-
western part of Upper Ormoud, and the western
part of the two baronies of Kilnamanagh, are
nearly all occupied with mountains. The greater
part of the barony of Ikerrin, forming the north-
east corner, is mountainous, hilly, or upland.
The southwest also (namely, the barony of Ififa
and Offa West, and the southern part of the
barony of Clanwilliam) is very mountainous,
being occupied by two great ranges (to be
noticed presently in detail) inclosing a fine
valley. The barony of Slieveardagh in the east
is hilly, broken up by the inequalities of the
Tipperary coalfields ; and in the barony of Iffa
and Offa East, northeast of Clonmel, there is
one small but loft.v mountain knot. All the rest
of the county may be said to be level, inter-
rupted by occasional detached mountains or
hills, and in several places broken up bj' low
ridges. The whole of the middle of the county
is occupied by the magnificent plain traversed
by tne Suir. The "Golden Vale," containing
the linest land in Ireland, may be said to be
a branch of this great central plain ; it runs west
from Fethard into Limerick, confined on the
borders of the two counties by Slievenamuck on
the south, and by Slievefelim on the north; and
from this it sweeps westward to Kilmallock and
Bruree.
MOUNTAINS AND H^LLS.— The south-
western extremity of Slieve Bloom just touches
Tipperary at Roscrea. The valley in which
Roscrea stands separates this end of Slieve Bloom
from another range, which begins immediately
south of the town and runs southwest. This is
the Devil's Bit range, which culminates in the
Devil's Bit (1,583), 3 miles from Templemore.
This mountain has a singular gap in its contour
(very conspicuous from the railway), from which
it was formerly called Barnane-Ely, i.e., the
gajjped mountain of Ely (the old territory in
which it was situated), which is still the name
of the jiarish. The other chief summits are
Kilduff Mountain (1,462), Borrisnoe (1,471), and
Benduff (1,399), all near Devil's Bit in a line to
the northwest; and 4 miles southwest of Devil's
Bit, Knockanora (1,429) and Latteragh (1,257).
Southwest of this is a great mountain group
consisting of several minor clusters separated by
deep valleys. The highest summit is Kimalta or
Keeper Hill (2,278), a fine mountain dome,
which towers so conspicuously over the sur-
rounding hills that it seems almost detached.
Four miles southeast of Kimalta is Mauhersl'O'^e
(1,783), near which again are Knoekteige (1,312),
and Knockuasceggau (1,296). The valley of
the Bilboa River separates these from a sub-group
to the southeast, which occupies a good deal of
the two baronies of Kilnamanagh; the chief
summits being Knockalough (1,407), and south
of it Laghtseefin (1,426). The Silvermine
Mountain (1,607), running from west to east 4
or 5 miles in length, lie north of Kimalta, and
are separated from it by the valley of the Mul-
kear River. To the mountain group noticed in
this paragraph belongs Slievefelim, lying in
Limerick.
To the northwest of the preceding, in the
north of the barony of Owney and Arra, are the
TIPPERARY.
Arra Mountains (1,517), rising over the southern
end of Lough Derg; these form a distinct group,
separated from the Silvermiue and Kimalta
mountains by the valley of the Kilmastulla River.
Along the southern border of the county the
Knockmealdown range runs east and west. About
half the range belongs to Tipperary, the south-
ern flank lying in "Waterford. The highest sum-
mit of all, Knockmealdown or Slievecua (2,609),
lies on the boundary.
The Galty Mouutainh run east and vest; they
lie north of the Knockmealdown Mountains, from
which they are separated by a fine valjty six or
eight miles wide: the eastern half of the range
lies in Tipperary and the western half in Limer-
ick. The Galt.y range is one of the finest in Ire-
land, for its altitude, for the maguitieeut and
massive forms of its individual mountains, and
for the deep valleys that pierce the lieavt of the
range, traversed hy mountain torrents, and over-
hung by tremendous precipices. Galtymore
(3,015), the highest of the whole range, lies on
the boundary with Limerick. Slievenamuck
(1,215), a long low range, runs parallel to the
Galtys, a little to the north and separated from
them by the Glen of Aherlow.
In the southeast corner of the count.y the
graud mountain mass of Slievenaman (2,361)
rises from the plain quite detached. Several
subsidiary summits lie round the main peak;
chief among them being Carrickabrock (1,859),
Sheegouna (1,822), and Knockahunna (1,654).
Among the many detached hills of Tijiperary,
one of the most conspicuous is Knockshigowna i
(701) in the north, 5 miles northeast of Cloghjor-
dan, standing in a phiiu quite detached, and
well known for its fairy legends.
RIVERS.— The Shannon and Lough Derg
torm the northwestern boundary, from the month
of the Brosnii downward to a point ft mile above
O'Brien's Bridge. The following are the tribu-
taries of the Shannon' belonging wholly or partly
to Tipperary. In the extreme north, the Little
Brosna, coming from the southeast, runs on the
boundary between Tipperary and Kings County
for the last 13 miles of its course. Its chief
headwater is the Bnnow, which rises in Kings
County northeast of Roscrea (though some of its
Lead streams come from Queens Count.y), (injsses
the corner of Tipperary by Roscrea, and leaving
Tipperary for Kings County, takes the name of
Little Brosna. The Ballyfinboy River rises nea?
Moueygall, and flowing northwest, forms the-
boundary for a mile and a half between Tipper-
ary and Kings County above Cloghjordan, and
passing by Cloghjordan asd Borrisokane, falls-
into Lough Derg at Dromin,'*gh. The Nenagh
River, drawing some of its headwaters from tho-
Devil's Bit, and some from the Kimalta Moun-
tains, runs northwest by Nenagh, and falls into-
Lough Derg. The Nenagh River is joined on
the right bank, a mile below Nenagh, by the-
Ollatrim and the Balliutotty Rivers, which unit&
their waters before the junction (the Ollatrim
forming for 2 miles of its course the boundary
between Kings County and Tipperarj-). The
Newtown River rises in the Arra Mountains, and
falls into Lough Derg at Youghal, near the
mouth of the Nenagh River. The Kilmastulla
River flows west by the northern base of the-
Silveimine Mountains, and enters the Shannon
near Eirdhill. The Newport River flows south-
west by Newport and enters Limerick, its chief
headwater being the Mulkear, which flowa
through the deep glen between the Kimalta and
Silvermine Mountains (this Mulkear finding its-
way ultimately by the Newport River to tho-
Limerick Mulkear). The Clare River, running
west through the glen that separates Slievefelim
from Kimalta, forms the boundary for some-
miles with Limerick, and enters Limerick (tak-
ing now the name of Anuagh) to join the New--
port River. The Bilboa River and its three-
tributaries — the Gortuageragh, the Cahernahal-
lia, and the Dead River — all rise in Tipperary,
and flow into Limerick to the Mulkear. Some
of the headwaters of the Limerick River, the
Camoge, come from that part of Tii)perary Ivinc
round Emly.
The Nore takes its riso in the northern ex-
tremity of tlie Devil's Bit Mountains, about 2
miles cast-northeast of Mollc.^•gall, and flowing
Ciist-northeast for 9J miles tlirt)ugli Tipperary, it.
forms the boundary with Queens County for 2-,
miles further, and then enters Queens County.
Some of the Jiead rivulets of tlio Erikna riso in-
side the boundar.v, or run on it, east of Teniple-
more, and flow imnuuliatley into Queens County.
The Kings Rivar rises by several headwaters in-
Tipperary, the chief of them having its source in*
TIPl'ERARY.
the parLsh of Buolick, nortliwost of the villaj^e of
JJuUinyiarry, auil tiowiiij:;; lir.st southward and
theu eastward, enters Kilkenny 3 miles above
Callaii. Tht, Mnnster Hiver, Howiny: soutii,
forms the bcundary for about 8 miles between
Tipperary and Kilkenny, and then enters Kil-
kenny to join the Kiui;s Kiver.
The Suir rises at the eastern base of Jieuduff
Mountain, one of the Devil's Bit range, 2 miles
southeast of Moneygall, the source being about
2 miles southwest of the source of the Nore, and
lowing first eastward for 5 miles, it turns
abruptly south. It runs in a direction generally
aouth for about 55 miles (following the larger
"windings), when it touches Waterford at a point
■9 miles in direct line southeast of Caher — the
direction of the river from Caher to this point
being southeast. It theu turns abruptly north,
and continuing in this direction for 5 miles, it
turns east; and from the jioiut where it first
touches Waterord down to a mile and a half be-
low Carrick-on-Suir ('24 miles) it forms the
boundary between Tipperary and Waterford.
The following are the Tipperary tributaries of
x^e Suir, beginning on the north: Taking first
the left or eastern bank — the Drish joins a mile
below Thurles; one of its headwaters is the
Black River, and some others of its head rivulets
•come from Kilkenny. The Anner comes south-
ward from near Killeuaule, and joins the Suir 2
imiles below Clonmel ; it is joined on its right
bank by the Honor, the Clashawley (flowing by
Fethard), and the Moyle. The Lingaun rises to
the east of Slievenamau, and flowing eastward,
touches Kilkenny ; theu turning south it forms
the boundary between Tipperary and Kilkenny
to where it falls into the Suir (a mile and a half
below Carrick-on-Suir), a distance of 7 miles.
On the right bank the Suir receives the follow-
ing— the Clodiagh rises among the hills east of
Mauherslieve, and joins 3 miles below Holycross;
it is itself joined by the Cromoge and the Owen-
beg on opposite banks. The Multeen falls into
•the Suir a mile and a half above Golden, receiv-
ing from the north, a little above its mouth, a
tributary also called Multeen. The Ara, flowing
through the town of Tipperary, falls into the
Suir 2 miles above Caher; it is joined b.v the
Aherlow River, which conies from Limerick,
anters Tipperary at Galbally, and flows eastward
througli tlio Vale of Aherlow, one of the finest
glens in Ireland, with the Galtys towering over
it on the south, and Slievenamuck on the north.
Two miles above Ardfinnan the Suir receives the
Thouoge, which rises in the Galty glens; and 3
miles below Ardfinnans, the Tar, which runa
eastward through Clogheen along the northern
base of the Kuockmealdown Mountains, and is
the principal stream that drains the valley be-
tween these mountains and the Galtys; the Tar
itself having for headwater tributaries the Duag
from Kuockmealdown, and the Burncourt River
from the Galt.ys.
The headwater of the Fuushion, which rises
in Galtymore, forms the boundary between Tip-
perary and Limerick for 5 or (5 miles, after which
it turns west and leaves Tipperary, and ultimately
joins the Blackwater.
LAKES. — A portion of Lough Derg belongs
to Tipperary ; all the other lakes of the county
are small and unimportant. Near the summit of
Galtymore, at its northern side, are two very
remarkable mountain pools, overtopped by
precipices. Lough Curra and Lough Diheen;
and a little east of these are Borheen Lough and
Lough Muskry, also on the north slopes of the
Galtys. Baylough, another remarkable moun-
tain tarn, lies above Clogheen, at the mouth cT
the pass that crosses Kuockmealdown.
TOWNS.— Clonmel (9,325, of whom 52 are m
the county Waterford), on the Suir, the chief
town of the county, and the assize town of tho
South Riding; it is one of the most important
of the inland towns of Ireland, and has great
trade; beautifully situated, with the outskirts of
the Cummei'agh Mountains rising directly over
it ou the south side of the river. The following
towns are also ou the Suir: Carrick-ou-Suir
(6,583, of whom 1,1(56 are iu Carrickbeg, a
suburb lying at the south side of the river, in
the county "Waterford), below Clonmel, in the
southeastern corner of the county. Ascending
the river from Clonmel we pass the village of
Ardfinnau (376), with its fine castle ruin perched
ou the summit of a rock, and come to Caher
(2,469), a very pretty town, in a beautiful situa-
tion, under the eastern abutment of the Galtj^s,
with a fine castle ruin ou a rock in the middle of
the river. Passing the village of Golden (380),
with the beautiful old abbey of Athassel a mile
TIPPEKARY.
and a half south of it, just beside the river; and
the village of Holycross, where is one of the
finest ecclesiastical ruins in Ireland, that of an
abbey built in the 12th century; we come to
Thurles (4,850), a flourishing town, with several
ecclesiastical and castle ruins; and lastly, Tem-
plemore (2,800), near the eastern base of the
Devi's Bit Mountain.
T'ae following towns are on tributaries of
the Suir: Fethard (1,926), lying 8 miles north
of Clonmel, and near the western base of Slieve-
Daman, is watered by the Clashawley Eiver, and
has some fine monastic ruins. Mullinahone is
near the Anuer River, not far from the eastern
boundary. Bon-isoleigh (788), lying southwest
of Templemore, is on the little river Cromoge.
In the southwest of the county, is Tipperary
(7,274), on the Ara, almost at the base of Slieve-
namuck Mountain. In the valley between the
Galty and Knockmealdown Mountains are Clog-
heen (1,209), on the Tar; and Ballyporeen (632),
on the Duag, the headwater of the Tar.
On the streams that flow to the Shannon these
towns are situated; Eoscrea (2,801), on the
Bunow; Gloghjordan (644) and Borrisokane
693 , on the Ballyfinboy Eiver. On the Neuagh
River is Nenagh (5,422), the assize town of the
North Riding, with a fine castle ruin ; a very
important inland town. Southwest of this, on
the Newport River, near the border of the
county, is Newport, or, as it is commonly called,
Newport-Tip (938).
The following towns are not connected with
any of the principal rivers : Cappagh White
(629), liorth of the town of Tipperary, at the
base of a hill. Killenaule (829), north of
Fethard prettily situated among hills. Lastly,
Cashel (3,961), tho ancient capital of Munster,
but now a faded town, in tho rich plain of the
Golden Vale. Beside tho town, is "The Rock of
Cashel," a singular detached limestone rock ris-
ing abruptly and precipitously from the plain.
Its flat top contains about 3 acres, and a great
part of this area is covered by the most interest-
ing collection of ruins in the kingdom, clustered
close together; of which the chief are the Cathe-
dral, Cormac's Chapel, a round tower, a castle,
and several residences for the ecclesiastics. Tho
Rock commands a splendid view, and is itself a
conspicuous object for many miles round. Near
the Eock, just outside the town, are the rums oi
Hore Abbey.
MINERALS.— One of the two coal fields of
Munster lies chiefly in Tipperary ; it extends in
length about 20 miles from Freshford in Kilkenny
to near Cashel, and is about G miles broad. In
the Arra Mountains, which rise over Lough
Derg, northeast of Killaloe, are the slate quarries
that supply the well-known Killaloe slates. And
the Silvermine Mountains, a little to the south-
east derived their name from their mines of lead
with a mixture of silver, which were worked in
the last century.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS. — A considerable part of the north and
northwest of Tipperary was originally included
in the ancient sub-kingdom of Thomond or
North Munster; and the middle and southern
part in the sub-kingdom of Ormond or East
Munster. In late times the northern end of the
county was formed into two baronies, and desig-
nated Upper and Lower Ormond by the Earl
of Ormond ; but the name was wrongly applied,
as what is now called the barony of Lowe^
Ormond, and a good part of Upper Ormond, con-
stituted the ancient district of Muskerry-Tire,
which was always a part of Thomond. There
were two other Muskerrys in Tipperarj', viz.,
first; Muskerry-Treherna, now the barony of
Clanwilliam^also called Muskerry-Breogain,
and Muskerry-Quirk, this last name derived from
the family of O 'Quirk, the ancient proprietors;
the little mountain tarn, Lough Muskry, in the
Galtys, still preserves the name of this territory.
Secondly, Muskerry West-of-Fevin, so called as
lying west of Moy-Fevin. Feviu or Moy-Fevin
was the name of the plain south of Slieveuaman,
now called bj' the baronj^ name Iffa and Offa
East.
The Galty Mountains were anciently called
Crotta-Cliach or Slieve-Crot or Slieve-Grod,
which name is still preserved in that of the old
Castle of Dungrod, in the Glen of Aherlow, near
Galbally.
Beside Cashel there were anciently three
ro.val residences in Tipperary. One was Cahor,
the old name of which was Caher-Dun-Jsga ; the
present castle, on the rock in the Suir, occupies
the site of an old circular stone fort or caher,
whicli was destroyed in tlio 3d century; and
TIPPERARY.
that caher was erected on tbe site of a still older
dun or eartlien fort. Tlie second was Dun-Crot,
which is now marked by the old castle of Dun-
grod (mentioned above), a comiiaratively modern
edifice, built on the site of the old dun. The
third wa« Kuockgraffou, about 3 miles north of
Caher, which was the residence of Fiacha Mul-
lehan, king of Munstcr in the 3d century. The
remains of this old iialace are still standing, con-
sisting of a very fine high mound; it is cele-
brated in legend, and the surrounding parish
still retains its name — Knockgraffon.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
ROCK OF CASHEL.— It has been truly said
that all the ecclesiastical ruins not only of Tip-
perary but of all Ireland sink into insignificance
compared with those that crown the far-famed
"Rock of Cashel. " Massive and colossal in
aspect it towers above the level plain of the
"Golden Vale," and pre-^ents an inposiug appear-
ance from all sides. For more than a thousand
years Cashel was the seat of the kings of Munster,
and its history, as Sir "Walter Scott remarks,
"such as Ireland may be proud of." A synod
was held there in the middle of the 5th century by
St. Patrick, .St. Ailbe and St. Declan, when King
Aengus commemorated his conversion to Chris-
tianity by erecting a church on the rock. The
ruins consist of a cathedral founded in the 11th
century, a round tower 90 feet high and 54 feet
in circumference, Cormac's Chapel, named after
the Bisiioii-king, a hall for the vicar's choral,
hunt in 1421, and an Episcopal palace.
HOLY CROSS ABBEY.— This monastic ruin
is considered to rank in popular esteem as one of
the first, if not the very first, iu Ireland. It is
situated on the western bank of the Suir about
seven miles north of Cashel. It was founded in
1182 by Donald O'Brien, king of Limerick, for
the Cistercian monks; but is said to owe its
origin and name to the possession of piece of
the True Cross, presented iu 1110 by Pope Pas-
cal II. to M'.irrough O'Brien, monarch of Ire-
land. It was set in gold and precious stones,
and is said to be still in the possession of the
Catholic authorities of the place. The Abbey is
appropriately built in the form of a cross, with
nave, chancel and transept, and a lofty, square
belfry at the intersection of the cross. In both
transe|>ts are two distinct chapels beautifully
groined. It was endowed with special privi-
leges, and the abbot was a jieer of parliment with
Ihe title of Earl of the Holy Cross.
THUELES 'CATHEDRAL.— The town of
Thurles, is situated on the river Suir, and con-
tains a population of about 5,000. The sur-
rounding country is very fertile and attractive.
It has many historic memories and ancient re-
mains. It was the scene of a great victory by
the Irish over the Danes in the 10th century,
and witnessed the defect of Strongbow by
O'Brien, Prince of Thomond. A monastery of
Carmelites were established there in 130<i.
In 1850 a sj'uod was held in Thurles under
the presidency of Cardinal Cullen, at which
the Queen's Colleges were condemned and the
foundation of a Catholic university recom-
mended. The Archbishop of Cashel resides in
Thurles, and many modern ecclesiastical estal -
lishments lend it an interest for Catholics.
Among these are the Catholic Cathedral, a mag-
nificent edifice capable of holding 7,000 persons,
and the provincial college of St. Patrick, erected
iu 1836.
NENAGH TOWNHALL AND CASTLE.
— Nenagh is the second largest town in the
county of Tipperary, and does a thriving trade.
The town was at once time a stronghold of the
Butlers. It possesses few antiquities, the
"Nenagh Round," the circular keep of the castle
of the Butlers, and one of the largest and most
notable structures of its kind iu the island,
being, perhaps, the most interesting feature.
It was built in the time of King John. Between
it and the courthouse stands the townhall, a
modern structure of handsome design. Nenagh
was converted into an assize town some years
ago, previous to which a summons to court in-
volved a journey of nearly 140 miles. The name
is derived from the Irish word N'Aenach, signi-
fying The Fair, and even at the present day it is
the seat of one of tl- largest yearly "fairs" in
the south of Irpl.iiiil
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TYRONE.
NAME. — The Gaelic form of the name is Tir-
J^oghain (prou. Tir-Owen), signifying the laud
■or territory (tir) of Eoghuu or Owen. This
Owen was son of king Niall of the Nine Hos-
tages, and brother of Conall, who gave name to
Tircounell (see Donegal).
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Length from
the mouth of the Blaekwater at Lough Neagh to
tlie western jioint near Carriekaduff hill, 55
miles; breadth from the southern corner, south-
-east of Fivemiletown, to the northeastern corner
near Meenard Mountain, 37J miles; area, 1,2G0
square miles; I'Oi'ulatiou, 1U7,719.
SUEFACE. — All the northern border is a con-
"tinued succession of mountains, some of them
very lofty. The western angle is occupied by
mountains, a continuation of the alpine region
of Donegal. The southern angle, south of
Clogher, is also mountainous and upland ; and
~there is a small mountain knot southeast of New-
town Stewart, in the barony of Upper Strabaiie.
That portion of the county bordering on Lough
Neagh is a llat, meadowy district, interspersed
with bogs. All the rest of the county is an end-
less succession of gentle hills, fruitful valleys,
pretty glens, and small plains, with a good deal
■of dreary moorland in the northern half, but in-
terspersed, especially in the south, with much
beauty and softness of landscape. On tjie whole
Tyrone is a hillj- county.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— Along the
northern and northeastern margin are the follow-
ing mountains, beginning on the west: Slieve-
kirk (1,219), on the boundary with Londonderry,
» little east of the Foyle. The Sperrin Moun-
tains begin aljout 6 miles northeast of Newtown
Stewart, and run east-northeast, partly in
Tyrone, partly on the boundar.v, and jiartly in
Londonderry. The first summits of any conse-
quence at the end nearest to Newtown Stewart
are Crockrour (1,200), Craignagapple (1,082),
and lialix Hill (1,:«S), all near one another.
■\\eHt of Craignagapple, and immediately over
Strabane, riscH the detached hill of Knockavoe
(972). East of all these is Mullaghclogha
(2,088), nortliwest of which is Tornoge (923).
Then follow Dart (2,OiO), Sawel (2,240), Mee-
nard (2,061), and Oughtmore (1,878), all ou the
boundary, which have been mentioned in Lon-
donderry.
South and southeast of these, at the other side
of the valley of the Glenelly Eiver, are the Mun-
terlony Mountains, of which the chief summits
are Craignamaddy (1,264), Munterlony or Mul-
laghbolig Mountain (1,456), and Carnanelly
(1,851). Mullaghturk (1,353) is on the boun-
dary; and with another valley intervening
Beleevnamore (1,257). In the immediate vicin-
ity of Newtown Stewart are the two hills, Bessy
Bell (1,367) and Mary Gray (828) ; and six miles
southeast of the town, and about the same dis-
tance northeast of Omagh, is the conspicuous
hill of Mullagcarn (1,787).
In the southern end Slieve Beagh stands at
the junction of the three counties, Tyrone,
Monaghau, and Fermanagh; one of its peaks,
1,221 feet high, is in Tyrone; but its highest
summit — 1,255 feet — is in Fermanagh. A range
of upland runs between Ballygawley and Omagh,
locally called the Starbog hills; the highest sum-
mit is Sleivemore (1,033), 3 miles northwest of
Ballygawley. Three miles north of Fivemile-
town is Ballyness Mountain (958). West of
these Brocker Mountain (1,040) stands on the
Ijoundary.
In the western extremity of the county — the
barony of West Omagh — Cross Hill (1,024)
stands .lust inside the boundary; south of this is
Sturrin (814), near which to the southeast, beside
the boundary, is an elevation of 1,059 feet. In
the extreme south of the barony is Dooish
(1,119), and beside it Tappaghau (1,112) which
stands on the boundary, its summit being in
Tyrone.
RIVERS. — The Finn, and its continuation the
Foylc, run on the northwestern boundary for 16
miles, separating Tyrone from Donegal. The
Foyle is formed by the confluence of the Finn
and the Mourne at Lifford. Below Strabane the
Foyle is joined by the Burn Dennet and Glen-
mornan streams, belonging to Tyrone.
The Mourne is formed by the confluence of a
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nuiiiber of imyiortant tril)ntarics, of which the
Derg, the Stiiile, and the Owenkillew, are the
principal. The Derg flows from Lougli Derg in
Donegal, and joins the main stream 2| miles be-
low Newtown Stawart; receiving as trilnitaries
the Mourne Beg, which flows from Lough
Mourne in Donegal (and runs for 5 miles of its
course on the boundary between Tj-rone and
Donegal), and the Glendergau Paver which flows
through a fine mountain valley. The Strule and
the Owenkillew join at Newtown Stewart. The
Strule is formed by the Fairy "Water from the
west, the Drumragh and its tributary the Oweu-
reagh from the south, and the Camowen with its
affluent the Cloghfin from the east. And the
Owenkillew, draining the valley south of the
Muuterlony Mountains, has as tributaries, the
Glenelly River, which drains the long valley be-
tween the Sperrin and Munterlouy Mountains,
the Glenlark, the Coneyglen, the Broughderg,
and the Owenreagh.
In the southeast tlie Blackwater rises among
the hills a little north of Fivemiletown; flows
across the southern extremity of the county for
about 15 miles, after which it forms the boun-
dary of Tyrone (with Monaghan and Armagh) to
its mouth at the southwestern corner of Lough
Neagh, a further distance of about 34 miles (not
following the smaller windings). Its Tj-rone
tributaries are the Torrent, the Oona Water, the
Ballygawley Water, and the Fury Biver.
The Balliuderry Eiver rises a little northwest
of Pomeroy, flows eastward by Cookstown, and
for nearly all the rest of its course runs on the
boundary between Tyrone and Londonderry, till
it falls into Lough Neagh. It receives as tributary
from the northwe,^t, the Lissan Water, which
flows from Lough Fea, runs for some distance on
the boundary, and then enters Londonderry.
In the southwest the district round Trillick is
drained into Lough Erne by the Bellanamallard
Eiver, which belongs in the lower part of its
course to Fermanagh ; and the Fermanagh
streams, the Tempo Eiver the Many Burns, and
the Colebrook, draw their headwaters from
Tyrone.
L.\KES. — Lough Neagh forms jiart of the
eastern boundary from the mouth of the Black-
water to the mouth of the Ballinderry Eiver.
There are no other large lakes in Tyrone ; but
there are many very small ones. On the north-,
eastern border is Lough Fea, about a mile in,
length. Northwest of Pomeroy are Lough
Fiugrean and Loughmacrory, near each other.
Surrounded by the demesne of Baron's Court,
near Newtown Stewart, are three long narrow
lakes. Lough Catherine, a mile in length, and
two smaller ones, Lough Fanny and Lough
Mary; west of which is the small Maghera
Lough. East of Strabane, under Craignagapple
hill, is Moor Lough, from which issues the Glen-
nioruan Eiver.
TOWNS.— Dungannon (4,084), in the east of
the county, an excellent business town, was in
old times the chief seat of the O'Neills. The
following are on the tributaries of the Foyle;
Strabane (4,19(5) stands on the Mourne, and 3
miles south is Seein, or Sion Mills (1,077).
Southeast of this, just below the confluence of
the Strule and the Owennkillew, is Newtown
Stewart (1,079). Still further southea.st, near
the middle of the county, is Omagh ( 4126), the
assize town, on a hill, at the base of which i&.
the confluence of the Camowen and Drumragh
rivers. South of Omagh, on the Drumragh.
Eiver, is Fintona (1,468); west of which, near-
but not on one of the head streams of the Owen-
reagh, is Dromore (62.5). West of Newtown
Stewart, on the river Derg, is Castlederg (756)
with the striking ruin of the castle that gave the
town its name.
Near the Ballinderry Eiver, in the east, is
Cookstown (3,870), near the boundary of the
county. Southwest of Cookstown, on one of the
head streams of the Ballinderry River, is Pomeroy
(438).
The following are on the Blackwater and its
tributaries in the southeast: Moy (579), on the
Blackwater itself really forms one town with
Charlemout, at the Armagh side of the river.
Higher up on the Blackwater, at the extreme
southeastern angle of the county, is Caledoa
(562), a very pretty village, in the midst of a
beautiful, well-cultivated country. Northwest of
this is Aughuacloy (1,333), ^<■ithin half a mile of
the Blackwater. Northwest of Aughnacloy, on
the Ballygawley Water, is the neat and prosper-
ous village of Ballygawley (446). Four miles,
northeast of Dungannon, near the Torrent Eiver,
is Coal Island (677); near which on the norths
TYRONE.
bui, unconnected with any of the Blackwatei'
tributaries, is the stirring little town of Stewarts-
town (823). In the extreme south, in the barony
of Glogher, beside the boundary, is Fivemile-
town (597); near which, on the northeast, is
Clogher, now a poor village, but once a place of
great ecclesiastical celebrity.
MINERALS. — North of Dungannon, and
around the village of Coal Island, is a coal field,
which, though small, is the richest in Ireland.
Along the shore of Lough Neagh, south from
Washing Bay, is found lignite or wood coal.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— The ancient principality of Tir-Owen,
the inheritance of the O'Neills, included the
whole of the present counties of Tyrone and
Londonderry, and the two baronies of Ininhowen
and Raphoe in Donegal.
IJ^LTJSTH^TIOI^.
DUNG ANXON. — Dun crannou (Geanan's Fort)
was the earliest seat of the 0'Neills,and continued
in their possession down to the year 1607. The
O'Neill Castle stood upon a hill crowning the
town, but was destroyed b.v Gerald, ninth earl
of Kildare, and scarce a trace of it left remain-
ing. From the warlike tendencies of this noble
race it was exposed to the constant vicissitudes
of war. There Shane, or John the Proud, held
sway for years, and was virtually ruler of Ulster.
until his treacherous assassination at the instiga-
tion of the English lord deputy ; and this his-
toric locality was the scene of many of the ex-
ploits of Hugh O'Neil, and Sir Phelim the leader
of the great insurrection of 1641. In the parish
church of Dungannon also the delegates of the
Irish volunteers of 1782 met and issued their
declaration that only the king, lords and com-
mons of Ireland possessed the right to make laws
for Ireland.
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WATER FORD.
NAME.— "Waterford," the name of the city
.(which was extended to the county), is Danish;
the old form is Vadre-fiord. The old Gaelic
name, which is still in common use, is Port-
Jarga.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Length from
the western point near Macollop to Cheek Point,
■50| miles; breadth from Clonmel to the point at
Ballynacourty, east of Duugarvan Harbor, 20
miles; breadth from Knockmealdown to the
southern point east of Youghal Harbor, 22|
miles; area, 721 square miles; population
112,708.
SURFACE. — A broad district, extending east
and west, from near Portlaw in the east to
Macollop in the west, is almost uninterruptedly
mountainous; in the middle this mountain
region stretches across almost the entire county
from Clonmel to Dungarvan. That large part of
the county b'ing south and east of this highland
tract is a mixture of gentle hills and dales.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— On the north-
■ern boundary of the western projection of the
county, the Knockmealdown Mountains run
■east and west between Tipperary and Waterford.
The highest summit in the whole range, Knock-
mealdown Mountain (2,C09), lies on the boun-
dary. Under the summit of this mountain, on
the west side, the range is crossed by a high
pass through which runs the mail-coach road
from Lismore to Clogheen, one of the grandest
mountain roads in Ireland. Immediately south
of Clonmel begin the Comeragh Mountains, ex-
tending south-southeast; the southwest part of
the group is commonly called the Monavullagh
Mountains. Knockanaffrin (2,478) lies 6 miles
southeast of Clonmel ; four miles southwest from
Coumshingaun is Seefin (2,387).
In the south the Drum Hills (993) run east-
southeast chiefly through the barony of the
Decies-Without-Drum.
COAST LINE. — Generally speaking, the coast
of Waterford is rock.v, inhospitable, and danger-
ous. Several sandy bays and stretches of sandy
coast interrupt the reeky margin ; but the coast
is, on the whole, not much indented by bays and
harbors.
HEADLANDS.— Cheek Point stands at the
confluence of the Barrow and Suir; south of
which is Creaden Head, projecting eastward into
Waterford Harbor. Swine's Head stands oppo-
site Hood Head on the Wexford side, both mark-
ing the entrance of Waterford Harbor. Browns-
town Head and Great Newtown Head are at
opposite sides of the entrance to Tramore Bay ;
and in the bay itself is Slate Point, a long sandy
projection dividing the outer from the inner
strand. West of this is Dunabrattin Head, near
Knockmahon. Ballyvoyle Head, tow-ard Dun-
garvan Harbor, is a cliff 243 feet high ; and
Helviok Head, at the south side of the entrance
of Dungarvan Harbor, is 231 feet high. South
of this is Mine Head; and at the south side of
Ardmore Harbor are Ardmore Head and Earn
Head.
ISLANDS. — Little Island, nearly a mile in
length and breadth, lies in the Suir below Water-
ford. Sheep Island, Burke's Island, and Green
Island, west of Tramore, are mere sea rocks.
BAYS AND HAEBOES.— Waterford Harbor
separates Waterford from Wexford. Off this is
Dunmore Bay, with cliffs pierced by numerous
caves. A little to the west of Waterford Har-
bor is Tramore Bay, with its extensive sandy
beach. Bunraahon Bay is at the mouth of the
Mahon River. Dungarvan Harbor has also a
very extensive area of sandy strand. Ardmore
Ba.v lies outside the village of Ardmore; west of
which is Whiting Bay. Lastly, Youghal Har-
bor, which separates Waterford from Cork, is
the estuary of the Blackwater Eiver.
RIVERS.— The Blackwater first touches
Waterford beside Kilmurry (in Cork); then
separates this county from Cork for two miles;
next flows through Waterford, as far as the
mouth of the Tourig Eiver, 14 miles; and from
that to the mouth, 3 miles more, it separates
Cork from Waterford. From the place where it
WATEKFORD.
enters Waterford down to Yougbal it exhibits a
continuous succession of the finest river scenes
in Ireland.
The following ai-e the tributaries of the Black-
■water, belonging wholly or partly to Waterford :
On the right bank ; south of Lismore, the
Owbeg, the Bride (rising in Cork), the Glen-
dine, and the Tourig (rising in Cork). On the
left bank; the Gleuinore, the Owennashad, and
the Glenshelane River, come southward from the
Knockmealdown Mountain; the Finisk joins at
Affane, drawing some of its headwaters from
Tipperary; a little south of this is the Goish;
and further south still is the Lickey, which flows
from the Drum Hills.
The Suir first touches Waterford at the mouth
of the Nier ; and from that point to its mouth
bounds the county, except for 4 miles at Water-
ford citj', where a single pari.sh of Waterford
county lies at the north side of the river. The
Waterford tributaries of the Suir are the follow-
ing. The Nier flows west tiirough the fine valley
of Glenahiry, and joins the Suir at Ballymakee.
A little north of this is the Russellstown River.
The Glasha flows north through the pretty
Glenpatrick, and joins nearly opposite Kilshee-
lan. The Clodiagh rises chiefl.v in Knucka-
naffrin, and falls into the Suir 1| mile below
Portlaw; one of its early feeders, the Ire, rises
near Coumshingaun, within 2 miles of the
source of the Nier.
A number of small rivers flow southward into
the ocean. The Woodstown River is a little
west of Tramore. The Mahou River rises near
the sources of the Nier and the Ire, and falls
into the sea at Bunmahou. The Tay rises near
the sources of Nier, the Ire, and the Mahon, and
falls into the sea near Stradbally. The Dalligan
is west of Bally voj'le Head. TheColligan enters
the sea at Dungarvan; one of its early tribu-
taries, the Araghlin rises in Seefiu Mountain.
The Brickey falls into Dungarvan Harbor.
LAKES. — Bally Lough, about half a mile
long, lies betweeu Waterford Harbor and Tra-
more Bay ; Bnllyscaulan Lake, near Tramore, is
still smaller. The lakes of the Comeraghs are all
siunil, but some are very remarkable. Coum-
Bhingaui), one of the grandest mountain lakes in
Ireland, is nearly lialf u mile in length, lies in a
tniiiciidouB chasm on the side of the highest
part of the Comeraghs, with a wall of rock rising
over it at one side, more than 1,000 feet high.
Near it are Crotty's Lough, the two Comeragh
Loughs, and the two Coumstilloge Loughs;
Coumduala Lough is on the side of Kuockauaffrin.
TOWNS.— Waterford (22,-4.57), on the Suir.
noted for its splendid quay. The other towns
on the Suir and its tributaries are as follows : A
portion of Clonmel, containing .52 inhabitants,
lies on the W'aterford side of the river. Carrick-
beg (1,166) is the Waterford suburb of Carrick-
on-Suir. Passage (688), or Passage East, is in
a pretty situation on the shore, where Waterford
Harbor begins to open out with a ferry across
the broad river. Lower down stands the village
of Dunmore (345), on a lovely little bay, a grow-
ing watering place. Below Carrick-on-Suir, oe
the Clodiagh River, is Portlaw (1,891), noted
for its cotton factories, but now less prosperous
than formerly.
The following towns are on the Blackwater.
Lismore (1,860), situated in the mids*' "'. splen-
did and beautiful scenery, with Lismore Castle
beside it, on the top of a cliff over the Black-
water. The town dates its origin from a monas-
tery founded there in the 6th century by St.
Carthach ; and it became one of Ireland's most
celebrated leligious centers. Cappoquin (1,555)
stands at the angle where the Blackwater turns
south, and is beautifully situated at the base of
the Knockmealdovrn Mountains. On the slope
of the mountain over the town stands the Trap-
pist monastery of Mount Melleray. Near the
Bride, 6 miles above its junction with the Black-
water, is Tallow (1,232).
The following towns are on the southern coast.
Dungarvan (6,306), on Dungarvan Bay, is the
second to\vn of the county ; situated on a point
of land jutting out into the bay at the mouth of
the river Colligau; chief business, fishery.
Tramore (2,036), on Tramore Bay, is the best
known bathing place on the coast between Bray
and Youglial.
Kilmacthomas (585), is inland ; situated on
the sloping sides of a deep glen through which
flows the river Mahon.
MINERALS. — The copper mines of Kuockma-
bou, at the mouth of the river ]\Iahon, were long
successfully worked, and were very productive;
i)ut tlie works have lately been discontinued.
WA'J'ERFORD.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— Waterford formed a part of the aucient
eub-kiuiidom of Or'uond. The country of the
whole county of Waterford, as it extended from
Lismore to Creadan Head, and fi(jiii the Suir
southward to the sea; its name is now iireserved
southern Desi anciently included nearly the i by the two baronies of Decies (see Meatb)
ILLUSTRATIONS.
CURRAGHMORE.— This manificent demesne,
situated in the midst of woody scenes, and wild
and varied prospects forming delightful combi-
nations, embraces nearly five thousand acres of
ground, and is the seat of the Poers, or Beres-
fords, marquises of Waterford. The mansion is
of comparatively modern date being erected in
1700 on the site of an ancient castle of which
some portions still remain. The characteristic of
Curraghmore, says Rev. Mr. Ryland, iu his his-
tory of the county, is grandeur; not that arising
from the costly and laborious exertions of man,
but rather the magnificence of nature. The
beauty of the situation consists in the lofty hills,
rich vales and almost impenetrable woods, which
deceive the eye, and give the idea of almost
boundless magnitude. The variety of the scenery
IS calculated to please in the highest degree,
and to gratify every taste; from the lofty moun-
tain to the quiet and sequestered walk on the
bank' oi ihe river, every gradation of rural
oeauty may be enjoyed.
LISMORE CASTLE.— Lismore— "the great
fort" — was one of the most noted scats of learning
iu Ireland, when the island was the great scliool
for all Europe. Over 4,000 students thronged
its halls, among whom, it is stated, was Alfred
the Great. The principal feature of the place
to-day is the castle, which stands on the site of a
famous university. It owes its origin to Henry
II., who visited Lismore when in Ireland, and
was impressed with the strategic value of th«
spot. The structure was erected by his son
King John, iu 1185. Four years lattr it was
captured and destroyed by the Irish, who slew
the garrison, but was subsequently rebuilt. It
has been the scene of many historic eveLts. At
the eastern end is the tower of Eing James, so
called from James II. having rested there during
the War of the Revolution ; and to the rear that
of King John, which derives its name from
being the scene of the first English Parliament
held iu Ireland under his I'residency. The cas-
tle stands on the bank of the beautiful Blacr-
water, and is at present owned by the Duke oi
Devonshire.
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WESTMEATH
NAME.— See Meath.
SIZE AND POPULATION — Leugth from
Atbloue to the boundary point southeast of Glon-
mellon, 43| miles; breadth from Fiunea to Kin-
uegad, 26 miles; breadth from the riv«r Inny,
near Ballynaearrigy, to the boundary near
Rahugh, 21 miles; area, 708| S(iuare miles; iiojiu-
latiou 71,798.
SURFACE. — Westmeath contains no moun-
tains. There are a number of low hills in the
barony of Fore, from 500 to 849 feet high, and a
few in the adjoining baronies of Corkaree and
Farbill. The rest of the county — that is, nearly
the whole area — is level, broken here and there
by low swells and saudridges or eskers, but in
general very flat, with a good deal of bog, espe-
ciallj' in the south and east. But though level,
Westmeath is generally very pretty, abounding
in lovely quiet landscapes.
RIVERS. — ^The Inny, issuing from Lough
Sheeliu at the northern extremity of the county,
forms the boundary between Westmeath anC.
Cavan, during its short run of a mile by the vil-
lage of Finnea, from Lough Sheeliu to Lough
Kinale. Issuing from Lough Kinalo, it flows
southward, forming the boundary between West-
meath and Longford for 6 miles, and then enters
Westmeath beside Camagh Bridge; it continues
its southern course to Lough Derravaragh, which
it enters at its northwestern end ; then flows out
from the long western corner of the lake, and
runs southwest into Lough Iron ; issuing from
which at the northwest corner, it runs west-
wardl.y, forms for 5 miles the boundary between
Westmeath and Longford, and then enters Long-
ford; having again run on the boundary of W^est-
meath and Longford for a mile, it Anally enters
Longford, and ends its course in the northeast-
ern angle of Lough Ree.
The following are the Westmeath tributaries
of the Inny. The Glore rises in Lough (ilore,
near Castlepollard, and flows northwest; the
Gaine flows from Lough Drin and Brittas Lake,
seat of Lough Owel, and enters the western arm
of Lough Derravaragh; the Riffey comes from
Longford, flows southeast, a?id joins the Inn^-
halfway between Lough Derravaragh and Lough
Iron; the Black River comes from Longford,
flows parallel to the Riffey, and enters Lough
Iron; the Ruth River rises near the Hill of
Ushnagh and flowing northwest, enters Long-
ford; the Tang runs on the boundary of West-
meath and Longford for 3 miles, and then joins
the Inny, just where the later touches "West-
meath for the last time; the chief headwater of
the Tang is the Dungolman River.
In the southwest of the county, the Breensford
River runs westward from Twy Lough to Killi-
nure Lough; and the Boor River runs west from
near Moate, and joins the Shannon at the bound-
ary of Westmeath and Kings County.
The Brosna rises near Mullingar, flows south-
westward through the town, and enters Lough
Ennell ; issuing from which at the southern end,
it flows southwestward through Kilbeggan, a
little below which it forms the boundary between
Westmeath and Kings County; then crosses a
corner of Westmeath, and enters Kings County
beside Lisuioyny. The Monaghanstown River
flows southeast and enters Lough Ennell near
where the Brosna issues from it. West of this
the Gageborough River draws its headwaters
from Westmeath, and enters Kings County at
Horseleap to join the Brosna.
All the rivers of the east and southeast flow to
the Eoyne. These are as follows: The Sfnues-
town River draws some of its headwaters from
Meath, near Clonmellon, flows across the north-
east corner of Westmeath, and again enters
Meath ; the Dale flows southeastward, and form-
ing for a short distance the boundary between
Meath and Westmeath a little east of Killucau,
finally enters Meath; the Kinnegad River flows
by Kinnegad, running on the boundary between
Meath and Westmeath, and then enters Meath;
snutiiwest of which, the Milltown River rises in
the barony of Fartullagh, and leaves Westmeath
to join the Yellow River before its confluence
with the Boyne.
Thus the eastern edge of the countj' belongs
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to the basin of the Boyue, and all the rest to the
basin of the Shannon.
LAKES. — Westmeath is remarkable for its
fine lakes. Lough Bee lies on the western border,
of which Lough Killinure and Coosan Lake,
which lie wholly in ^Yest^leath, are ouly branches.
Lough Shelien and Lough Kinale on the
northern border belong chiefly to other counties,
the first to Cavan, and the second to Longford.
Near these on the east, in the barony of Kil-
kenny West, are the small lakes of Doouis, Cree-
gan, Makeegan, Waterstowu, Robin's Lake, and
Twy Lough. Glen Lough, in the northwest,
lies on the boundary with Longford. The three
small lakes, Lough Naueagh, "White Lough and
Lough Bane, in the northeast, are on the bound-
ary with Meath.
Lough Enuell or Belvidere Lake, southwest of
MuUingar, is 5 miles long and 2 miles broad.
Lough Owel, northwest of Mulliugar is 4 miles
long and 2 miles broad. Lake Derravaragh
north of Lough Owel, is 9 miles long, and very
narrow except at the northwest end, where it
widens to S miles; at the southeast end, the
pretty hill of Knockeyon ri.ses directly over the
lake to a height of 707 feet. Lough Iron, north-
west of Lough Owel, is 2| miles long and less
than half a mile broad; a little north of which is
the small Lough Garr. Two or three miles
northeast of Mullingar is a group of small
lakes, Lough Drin, Brittas Lough, Slevius Lake
and Lough Sheever.
LSLANDS.— The following Islands of Lough
Kee belong to "Westmeath ; on most of them there
are diurch ruins. Inchmore; Nuns Island;
Inishturk ; Leveret Island ; Hare Lsland iu the
south, on which St. Kieran erected a church be-
fore he founded Clonmacnoiso, and which now
contains the ruin of a church dedicated to him ;
and Inchbofin, on which St. Ilioc erected a
church in the 0th century, and which still con-
tains some ecclesiastical ruins. In Ijough Ennel
is Great Island, and near it Croinclia or Cormo-
rant Island, on which Malachy, king of Ireland,
died ill 1022. In Lough Owel is Church Island,
on which is tlie ruin of a church.
TOWNS.— Mullingar (4,787), the assize town,
stands on the IJrosna near its source, in the
center of the county, and nearly midway be-
tween Louglis Ennel and Owel. Lower down on
the Brosna, in the extreme south of the county,
is Kilbeggan (1,033). Athlone (6,755 of whom
3,683 are iu that part of the town belonging to
Roscommon), built on both sides of the Shannon
a little below where it issues from Lough Ree, is
the most considerable town between Dublin and
Galway, and was always an important place on
account of commanding a pass on the Shannon.
In this southwestern division of the county, near
the boundary with Kings County, is Moate or
Moate-Grauoge (1,462), beside which is the great
Moat, an ancient fortified dun, which gave name
to the town. In the north of the county, near
Lough Lene, is Castlepollard (852); and beside
the southeast boundary is Kinnegad (424). In
the northeast is the village of Delvin (276), which
retains the name of a very ancient territory ;
near which, beside the boundary with Meath, is
Clonmellon (456).
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— The western half of the county consti-
tute the ancient district of South Teffia, sepa-
rated from North Teffia (see Longford) by the
river Inny. The ancient district of Kineleagh,
possessed by the family of MacGeoghegan, in-
cluded a portion of the south of Westmeath,
nearly coincident with the present barony of
Moycashel. The barony of Kilkenny West is
coextensive with the old district of Curcne.
One of the ancient districts called Delvin, viz.,
Delvin-more or the Great Delvin, was in West-
meath, aud is still represented by the present
barony of Delvin iu the east of the county.
The baronies of Farbill, Corkaree Moygoish, and
Brawney, also retain the names of old historic
districts.
The Hill of Ushnagh, between the village of
Ballymore and Lough Ennel, was constituted a
royal residence by Tuathal the Accejitable, king
of Ireland in the first century, who erected a
jialace on it. He also instituted a yearly meet-
ing to be held on the hill on the first of May and
the succeeding days, at which games were cele-
brated and various pagan rites were performed.
Before this king's time the five jirovinces of Ire-
land met at the Hill of Ushiuigli, and the point
of meeting was marked by a stone called Aill-na-
Mirenn, or the ston(! of tlie divisions; this stone
still remains on the hill, and is now called Cat-
Ushnagh.
Soi^r
WEXFORD.
NAME.— The name Wexford is Danish; the
old form is Weis-liord. The Gaelic name is
Loch-Garmau.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Length from
Hook Head to the boundary near Coolgreany,
55 miles ; breadth from New Ross to Carnsore
Point., 2'J miles; breadth from Mt. Leinster to the
coast noar Blackwater, 23 miles; area, 'JOl square
miles; population, 123,85-4.
SURFACE. ^The northwest margin has a
grand mountain fringe. On the northern fron-
tier, the Wicklow Mountains subsidini; toward
the south, send spurs and offshoots into "Wexford.
A series of high lands begin a little southeast of
New Ross in the west, and run northeast toward
Euniscorthy. A district running from Croghan
Kinsella toward the southwest to Slieveboy irj all
hill.v. -The southeast angle of the eount.y,
namely, the two baronies of Forth and Bargy,
terminating in Carnsore Point, is a dead level,
guarded on the northwest by a small mountain
knot. The rest of the county, constituting far
the greater part, is a plain, diversified by ridges
and isolated hills.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— Between We..-
tord and Carlow run the ranges of Mount Lein-
ster (2,610) and Blackstairs (2,409), separated by
Scullogue Gap, which have been described in
Carlow. Black Rook Mountain' (1,972), 2 miles
east of Mount Leinster, lies wholly in Wexford.
In the north the conspicuous .Croghan Kinsella
(1,987) lies on the boundary with Wicklow.
Southwest of this is Annagh Hill (1,498); and
still further southwest Slieveboy (1,385) — 5 miles
north of Ferns — is the terminating spur of these
hills. Tara Hill (826), which stands quite de-
tached near the coast 3 miles northeast of Gorey,
is verj' conspicuous, and commands a tine view.
Jorth Mountain (776), a long ridg.y hill begin-
ning 2 miles from Wexford, and extending about
4 miles toward the southwest, is a sort of barrier
separating the two level baronies of Forth and
Bargy from the rest of the count.y.
COAST LINE.— The coast is low, and for the
most part sandy, interrupted in a few places by
fringes of rock ; it is unbroken from Kilmichael
Point to the Raven Point; but from this to
Waterford Harbor it is much indented by inlets.
HEADLANDS. — Kilmichael Point in the
north — only slightly i)rojecting — marks the be-
ginning of the Wexford coast. Roney Point,
Glascarrig Point, and Cahore Point can hardly
be called headlands. The Raven Point and
Rosslare Point, which stand at opposite sides of
the entrance to Wexford Harbor, are at the ex-
tremities of two long sandy peninsulas. Gree-
nore Point is at the southern extremity of the
open Bay of Wexford ; and Carnsore Point marks
the sudden and final turn of the coast to the
west. West of this is Crossfarnoge or Forlorn
Point. Clammers Point, scarped and reeky, but^
low, and Baginbun Head, are at the opposite
sides of the entrance of Eannow Bay. Hook
Head is the end of the long, rock-fringed penin-
sula of Hook, which defines Waterford Harbor
on the east ; at the point is the aucient Tower of
Hook, DOW converted into a lighthouse.
ISLANDS. — In Lady's Island Baj-, near Carn-
sore Point, are the two little islets, luish and
Lady's Island, the latter containing the ruins of
a castle built by one of the Anglo-Norman adven-
turers. In Tacumshin inlet, west of this, is the
low sandy islet of Sigginstown. Immediately
south of Crossfarnoge Point are the Saltee
Islands, consisting of Great Saltee, a little more
than a mile in length, and the Little Saltee,
three-quarters of a mile. In Ballyteige Bay are
the Keeragh Islands, a rocky reef, low and dan-
gerous. Bannow Island, a mile in length, liea
just inside the entrance of Bannow Bay; on the
mainland shore opposite it is the old buried town
of Bannow, which has been quite covered up by
the sand within the last 200 .vears. Five miles
east-southeast of Greenore Point is the Tuskar
Rock, a well-known dangerous reef, the scene of
many shipwrecks, now marked b.v a lighthouse
BAYS AND HARBORS.— Wexford Harbor,
at the mouth of the Slaney, is large and shel--
tVEXFOKD.
tered, but shallow and sandy. Outside this, be-
tween Kosslare Point and Greenore Point, is
Wexford Bay. The remaining inlets are all on
the south coast. Lady's Island Lake and Tacum-
shin Lake lie near Carnsore Point. Ballyteige
Bay is broad and open. Baunow Bay east of the
peninsula of Hook is long, narrow, and sandy.
W'aterford Harbor separates Wexford from
Waterford.
EIVEKS.— The Barrow first touches Wexford
at the mouth of the Pollmounty River; and the
western boundary is formed first by this river
and afterward by the united waters of the Bar-
row, the Suir, and the Nore; the whole distance
from the mouth of the Pollmounty River to Hook
Head is about 31 miles. The following are the
Wexford tributaries of the Barrow and the Suir.
One of the head streams of the Mountain River
(which joins the Barrow near Borris, in Carlow)
rises in Wexford, and runs into Carlow through
Scullogue Gap (where it is called the Aughna-
brisky). A little further south the Drummin
River rises in Wexford, but soon enters Carlow.
The Pollmounty River, joins the Barrow 5 miles
in a straight line above New Ross, forming for
the last mile of its course the boundary between
Wexford and Carlow.
The Slaney, from the point where it first
touches Wexford to Newtownbarry, a distance of
3 miles, separates Carlow from Wexford ; it
enters Wexford at Newtownbarry, and Hows
through this county for the rest of its course to
Wexford Harbor. The following are the tribu-
taries of the Slaney belonging wholly or partly
to Wexford. On the right or western bank, the
Clody rises in jMount Leinstor, and joins the
Slaney at Newtownbarry. South of tliis is the
Glasha, flowing from Black Rock Mountain.
The Urrin rises on the east slope of Mt. Leins-
ter, flows southeast, and joins half a mile below
Enniscorthy. The Boro rises in Blackstairs
Mountain, and falls into the Slaney 2^ miles
below Enniscorthy; it has for tributaries the
Miltown Stream on the, left bank, and the
Aughnaglaur on the right bank. On the right
bank the Slaney is joined by the Deny River,
which, coming from Wicklow, forms the boun-
dary between Wexford and Wic^klow for the last
S miles of its course, and joins 2 miles in a
straight line above Newtownbarry. The Bann
rises in the southern slopes of Croghan Kinsella,
Hows south-southwest, and joins 4 miles above
Enniscorthy ; about tke middle of its course it is
itself joined on the right bank by the Lask.
The Sow rises near Ballaghkeen, and falls into
Wexford Harbor.
The following rivers fall into the sea. In the
north the Clonough River. The Owenavorragh
rises near Oulart, flows northward, and then
turning east, enters the sea east of Gorey. The
Owendufif and the Corock run southward into
the head of Bannow Bay.
TOWNS.— Wexford (12,163), the assize town,
on the shore of Wexford Harbor, was the first
place of any consequence taken by the Anglo-
Normans in the reign of Henry II. Enniscorthy
(5,666) is situated on the slope of a steep hill
which rises over the Slaney ; in the town is the
ruin of a very fine Anglo-Norman castle, origin-
ally built by Raymond le Gros, and also some
abbey ruins. Higher up on the Slaney is the
pretty little town of Newtownbarry (960), situ-
ated in a wooded valley traversed by the river.
On the western side of the county is New Rosa
(6,670, of whom 295 are in that part of the
town belonging to Kilkenny), in a beautiful
situation on the Barrow ; it is the second town
of the county, and has considerable trade by the
Barrow. The village of Duncannon (479) is
situated on the shore of Waterford Harbor; and
near it, on a rocky headland over the river, is a
strong military fort with a lighthouse. In the
northeast of the county, three miles from the sea-
shore, is Gorey (2,450). Three-quarters of a
mile from the shore of the Bann is the ancient
episcopal town of Ferns (495), which derived
its origin from a church founded there in the 6th
century by the celebrated St. Aidan, or Maidoc,
its first Ijishop, on a site granted to him by
Branduff, king of Leinster.
MINERALS. — Copper ore is found at Kerloge,
a little south of the town of Wexford; and lead
ore at Caim, northwest of Enniscorthy. Silver
was in former times raised at CloniHinos, at the
head of Bannow Bay, and the ancient mines ard
still to be seen.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
TIONS.— The descendants of Enna Kinsella,
king of Leinster in the 4th century, were called
Hy Kinsella, and gave their name to a large
WEXFORD.
territory in Leinster, which iiicluchid a great
portiou of Wexford; the iiamo of this ohl dis-
trict is still preserved by the luountaiu Cros^hau
Kiusella. The southern Hy Felimy, who after
tbp ^Oth century took the family name of
O'Murcada (now Murjjljy), were seated in the
present barony of Ballaghkeen (see Carlow, for
the nortliern Hy Felimy). The barony of Forth
preserves the name of the old territory of Foth-
arta, for wliicli see Carlow.
ILLXJSTI^^TIOIsrS.
VINEGAR HILL.— Overlooking the historic
town of Enrlseorthy is the equally historic Vine-
gar Hill, an elevation about 400 feet in height.
This spot is chiefly memorable for the bloody
conflicts that occurred there in the great rebel-
lion of 1798. The half-armed, and poorly-led
peasants held their own for a time against the
fully armed 20,000 troops of General Lake, but
were finally overcome. British writers attribute
"atrocities"' to the insurgents during the time
they were in possession of Vinegar Hill, but they
neglect to state that any acts of retaliation that
were exercised were provoked by the British
soldiery, who, not only in Wexford but else-
where, gave no quarter ; and perpetrated on non-
combatants, end women and children, cruelties
and infamies from which even Comanches or
Apaches would shrink. Vinegar Hill will al-
ways remain an undying monument to Irish
valor and patriotism.
ST. PETER'S CHAPEL AND COLLEGE.
— Of the noteworthy modern buildings of
the town of Wexford the most prominent are
the above named, which present an iniiiosing
view from their site on Summer Hill. The
church is elegantly finished and is adorned with
beautiful rose windows, and the college occupies
a foremost place among the Catholic institutions
of learning in Ireland. Wexford is a place of
great antiquity, the town having been founded
b\- the Danes in the 9th century, who named it
Weisfiord or Washford from the shallowness of
the water at low tide. It is situated on the river
Slaney, so called from Slainge, a Firbolg chief
who landed there about 1,300 years before the
Christian era. The town has played a conspicu-
ous part in Irish history from the lauding of the
Normans in the 12th century down to the great
Irish Rebellion of 1798. Among the many
memorable incidents of its history is the brutal
massacre of more than three hundred women and
children at the foot of the cross in the market
square of the town by the Puritan butcher,
Cromwell.
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WICKLOW
NAME.— The old form of the Jiame is Wykyii-
glo or "VVykinlo, which is Dauiwh. The native
Oaelic name is Kilmantan, the church of St.
Mantan, one of St. Patrick's companions, to
whom the ancient church of the place was
dedicated.
SIZE AND POPULATION.— Length from
Bray to the soutlieru corner near ]5alliugate
House, 41 miles; breadth from Mizen Head to
the boundary near Dunlavin, 31^ miles; area,
7811 square miles; popuhitinu, 70,38G.
SUKPACE.— It may be said that the whole of
Wicklow is a mass of mountains, subsiding into
low hills, ridged laud, and small plains, along
the seacoast south of Bray Head. Wicklow
contains a smaller area of level land than any
other county in Ireland.
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS.— The Wicklow
Mountains do not run in chains, br*} are thrown
together in groups, knots, and clusters; or
rather the whole may ba said to form one great
group; and in many i)laces the mountain masses
are intersected in a very remarkable way by long
ravines, mostl.v straight with very abrujit and
often preciiiitous sides. The culminating sum-
mit of the whole group is Lugnacjuillia (3,039),
standing a little to the southwest of the center
of the county, a great flap-topped mountain, the
highest in Leiuster, precipitous on some of its
sides, over-looking the Glen of Imaile on its
western side, Gleumalur ou the northeast, and
the Glen of Aghavannagh ou the south. One
mile southwest of Lugnaquillia is Slievemaan
{2,498), beside which, a mile to the south, is
Lybagh (2,053). Four miles west of these is
the fine detached mountain of Keadeen (2,145),
separated from the preceding by Ballinabarny
Gap.
The following mountains are on or near the
north margin. Kippure (2,473), on the boun-
dary of Dublin and Wicklow, overlooking Glen-
nasmoleon the north or Dublin side, Glencree on
the east, and the valley of the infant Liffey on
the west. On the boundar.v also are Seefin<ran
(2,3G4), northwest of Kippure (but its summit is
in Wicklow), and east of Kijipure Prince Will-
iam's Seat (1,825), standing ou the north side of
Glencree. Along the south sid(! of Glencree are
Tondulf North (2,045) and Tonduff South (2,107),
near each other, and Maulin (1,869). On the
south side of these again winds the long valley
of the Dargle River; this valley has on its
south side these remarkable mountains : War
Hill (2,250); Douce (2,384), with a great cam
on its summit, overtopping all the mountains
round it; Long Hill (1,073); Great Sugar Loaf
(1,G59), a beautiful detached cone command-
ing from its summit a landscaiie of surpassing
loveliness, including Bray and the beautiful line
of coast toward Dublin ; beside it Little Sugar
Loaf (1,12C). The last spur of this series is Bray
Head (793), hanging directly over the sea. The
road running between the two Sugar Loaf
Mountains traverses, about a mile further south,
the Glen of the Downs, a deep defile, quite
straight and a mile in length, with its sid'js
luxuriantly wooded.
In the northwest of the county the road from
Dublin to Blessington and Baltinglass traverses
a long valley, overtopped on its southeast side
by a number of lofty mountains. Beginning at
the north: Butter Mountain (1,469) stands near
the Dublin boundary ; and near it on the west is
Dowry (1,060). Further south are Sorrel Hill
(1,975) and Bulbaun (1,190). Southeast of these
are three great mountains in a line, forming the
highest part of the separating ridge between the
basins of the Liffey and the Avoca; Gravale
(2,352), Duff Hill (2,364), and Mullaghcleevaun
(2,783), the loftiest of all the mountains in this
district. A little west of Mullaghcleevaun is
Moanbaue (2,313) ; and further west Slievecorragh
(1,379) stands over the village of Holywood; a
little south of which is Slieve Gadoe or Church
Mountain (1,791), the western spur of the ridge
that separates the basin of the Kings River and
the Liffey from the basin of the Slaney.
Over Glendalough, in the center of the county.
WICKLOW.
13 Lugduff, towering over the Upper Lake, Mul-
lacor (2,176) — (this latter midway between
Glendalough and Glenmalur) — and Derrybawn
(1,567), all three south of the glen; and to the
east is Trooperstown Hill (1,408), standing
nearly detached. North of the glen is Cama-
derry (2,296); and 2 miles north from this is
Tonlegee (2,684). The road running westward
from the valley of Glendasan to the valle.v of the
Kings River attains its summit level (1,569 feet)
midway between these two mountains; this re-
markable mountain pass is called Wicklow Gap.
In the south of the county, Croghan Kinsella
(1,987) stands on the boundary between Wick-
'ow and 'Wexford.
> COAST LINE: HEADLANDS: BAYS AND
HARBORS.— Except at Bray Head and Wicklow
Head the -whole coast is low, with a fine sandy
strand the whole way, occasionally interrupted
by a low projecting spur of rock. It is a most
inhospitable coast, containing no harbor where
vessels might shelter, except those of Wicklow
and Arklow, -which can scarcely be called harbors
at all; what is called Brittas Bay lies north of
Mizen Head. At Wicklow there is a long narrow
shallow inlet called Broad Lough, separated
from the open sea by the long grassy spit of
land called the Murrow ; but it is useless for
navigation. Bray Head is a fine rocky promon-
tory rising straight from the sea to a height of
793 feet; and Wicklo-w Head, another rocky pro-
jection, is 268 feet high. Mizen Head, rocky
but low, lies south of this.
RIVERS. — The Avoca, falling into the sea at
Arklow, drains most of the middle and east of
the county, and is the most important river of
Wicklow. The Avoca is formed by the junction
of the Avoumore and Avonbeg;- and the jioint of
confluence is the well-known beautiful spot, the
"Meeting of the Waters." Halfway between
this and Arklow the Avoca is joined from the
west by an important tributary, the Aughrim
River; the point of meeting is usuall.v called the
Wooden Bridge, and often the "Second Meeting
of the Waters, " and it vies in beauty with the
principal Meeting 4 miles higher up. From the
princiiial Meeting down to Arklow the Avoca
flows between high -wooded banks, presenting a
succession of lovely quiet landscapes ; this is the
beautiful glen ho well known as the "Vale of
Avoca." The three main branches of the Avoca,
the Avonmore, and the Avonbeg, and the Augh-
rim, have a number of smaller affluents -which
traverse many of the finest glens in AYicklow.
These three rivers, -with their affluents, are de-
scribed in detail in the three following para-
graphs.
The following are the chief headwaters of tht>
Avonmore :
The Annamoe River rises near Sally Gap,
within about half a mile of the source of the
Liffey, falls into Lough Tay in the valle.y of
Luggela, and two miles below Lough Tay falls
into Lough Dan ; issuing from this, it flows
southward by the hamlets of Annamoe and
Laragh, after which it takes the name of Avon-
more; and traversing the lovely vale of Clara, it
passes by Rathdrum to the Meeting of the
Waters, 3 miles below tlie town. Between
Lough Tay and Lough Dan, the Annamoe River
receives the Cloghoge Brook, rising in Gravale
Mountain ; and into Lough Dan falls the Incha-
vore River, rising in Dutf Hill. Three fine glens
converge on the village of Laragh; first Glen-
macnass, traversed by the Glenmacnass River,
which joins the Annamoe River beside the vil-
lage; secondly, the vale of Glendasan, through
which flows the Glendasan River, rising in
Lough Nahauagau ; and thirdly, Glendalough,
traversed by the Glenealo River; these two last
rivers join at the Seven Churches, and the united
stream falls in to the Annamoe beside Laragh.
The Avonbeg rises in Table Mountain and in
the Thi'ee Lakes, and not far from its source
forms the fine Ess waterfall, on the side of Table
Mountain and at the head of Glenmalur; it next
traverses Glenmalur, one of the grandest moun-
tain valleys in Ireland, about 10 miles long,
straight and narrow, and walled in on either side
by rocky, precipitous barriers ; after which it joins
the Avonmore a little beyond the mouth of the
glen.
The Aughrim River is formed b,y the junction
of two head streams, the Derry Water and the
Ow; which latter rises in Lugna(iuillia and
traverses the Aghavannagh valley ; tlie two
meeting at tlie hamlet of Aughrim ; lower down
the Aughrim River is joined by the Gold Mines,
fi'om the northern slope of the mountain Croghan
KiuHplla.
WICKLOW.
The Vartry rises in the valley at the eastern
base of Donee iVIonutaiii, and after flowing? south-
ward about 5 niil(!S is eaujrht by an artifitiial
cinbankiiient at tiie hamlet of Houndwood, so as
to fcu'ni a reservoir, which supiilies the eity of
Dublin with water; that portiou of the river that
escapes from the reservoir traverses the Devil's
Cileu, a siJendid ravine, narrow and windinj^,
with loft^' precipitous sides well wooded to the
top; after which it falls into the sea inlet of
JBroad Lou^h, beside the town of Wicklow.
The Darkle Eiver rises high up in the valley
between War Hill and Tonduff, and after run-
ning east about 2 miles, tuiubles over a cliff be-
tween 200 and 300 feet high, forming Powers-
court Waterfall, the finest in Wicklow ; then
passing through the beautiful valley of Powers-
court, it traverses the Dargle, a lovely winding
narrow gorge, clothed with oak on both sides;
and finally falls into the sea at Bray, where it is
called the Bray River; it forms the boundary
with Dublin for the last mile and a half of its
course Halfway between Powerscourt Waterfall
and the head of the Dargle glen, the Dargle River
is joined by the Glencree River, which traverses
the wild valley of Glencree, about 5 miles long,
with Kippure towering over its head, and walled
in by the Tonduff Mountains and Maulin on the
south, and by Prince William's Seat on the
north. At the head of this valley, near Lough
Bray, is the well-known Glencree Reformatory,
which was originally a military barrack, erected
in 1799. The Cookstown River, which comes
from Dublin, passes by Euniskerry, and joins
the Dargle River below the Dargle Glen.
The Liiley rises in the glen at the south side
of Kippure, 13 miles in a straight line from
Dublin city ; flowing at first westward, and re-
ceiving from the south a number of its early
tributaries from the three mountains, Gravale,
Duff, and Mullaghcleevaun, it flows by Blessing-
ton ; then forms for 2 miles, near Ballymore Eus-
tace, the boundary between Kildare and Wicklow ;
while flowing on the boundary it forms the fine
waterfall of Pollaphuca; and half a mile lower
down it enters Kildare. A little below Blessing-
ton the Lififey is joined by the Kings River,
which rises at the south side of Mullaghcleevaun,
and which, before its junction with the Liffey,
receives the Douglas on the left bank and the
Cock Brook on the right. At Kilbride, a little
above Blessington, the Liffey receives from the
north the Brittas River, which rises in Dublin.
The Hlaney rises high up on the side of
Lugna<iuilliii, and flows westward through the
Glen of Imaile, one of the grandest valleys of
the whole county; then turning south near
Stratford, it flows by Baltinglass, and 3 miles
further south enters the count.v Carlow. In the
Glen of Imaile it is joined by the Little Slaney,
which also rises in Lugnaquillia. The Derreen
rises in the mountains of Lybagh and Sliovemaan,
and flowing southwest crosses a corner of Car-
low, then forms for 5 miles the boundarj' be-
tween Wicklow and Carlow, when it finally
enters Carlow, and 2 miles lower joins the
Slaney. The Derry River joins the Slaney in
the county Carlow, near Clonegall ; it comes
from Wicklow (drawing some of its headwaters,
however, from near Hacketstown in Carlow),
flows by Tinahely, and takes the several names
of Greenisland River, the Shillelagh River, and
finally the Derry.
On the east coast, south of Wicklow, these small
rivers fall into the sea:' the Three Mile Water;
the Potter's River, into Brittas Bay; and the
Redcross River, a little north of Arklow.
LAKES. — On the Annamoe River are Lough
Tav, in the lovely vale of Luggela, and Lough
Dan, 2 miles lower down. Southwest of these
are Lough Ouler and Lough Nahanagau. In the
vale of Glendalough are Upper Lake and Lower
Lake; the former a mile in length, and over-
hung b.v yjrecipices that rise from the very
water's edge ; the latter ver.v small. At the head
of Glencree are the two small lakes Lower
Lough Bray and Upper Lough Braj-, both on the
side of Kippure; the former a ver.v fine mountain
tarn, black as ink, and overhung b.y gloomy
precipices.
TOWNS. — The following are on or very near
the coast: Bray ((j,535, of whom 2,148 are in
that part of the town lying in Dublin), at the
mouth of the Bray Eiver, the finest and the most
favored watering place in all Ireland; it lies
under the north side of Bray Head, has a fine
strand, and in its immediate neighborhood there
IS an infinite variety of the loveliest scenery.
Wicklow (3,391), the assize town, near the
mouth of the Vartry River, lies at the north side
WICKLOW.
of Wicklow Head ; this is also frequented as a
watering place, and like Bray it has lying near
it several beautiful localities. A mile and a half
inland from Wicklow is the village of Kathnew
(630). Near the southern extremity of the coast,
at the mouth of the Avoca, is Arklow (4,777), in
which herring fishing is carried on to a consid-
erable extent.
The following are inland: Baltinglass (1,151),
on the Slaney, in the vvest of the county, near
the boundary of Kildare. Eight miles north of
Baltinglass is Duulavin (615); and on the
Liffey, in the northwest of the county, is Bless-
ington (332), both of these also near the Kildare
boundary. Ratbdrum (733) stands on a high
ridge over the Avonmore, three miles above the
Meeting of the Waters. In the extreme south,
beside the boundary of Wexford, is Carnew
(701); near which on the north are the villages
of Shillelagh (191), and Tinahely (458).
MINERALS. — There are lead mines at Luga-
nure (on the north side of Camaderry Mountain,
between Glendalough and Lough Nahanagan);
on the hillsides at the head of Glenmalure; and ,
on the slope of the hill over the north side of the
head of Glendalough. There are copper mines at
Ballymurtagh and Ballygahan, on the right bank
of the Avoca, as you go from the Meeting of the
Waters down to the Wooden Bridge; and at
Cronbaue, Tigroney, and Connoree, on the left
bank, near Castle Howard. Gold has been found
in considerable quantitie>s in the bed of the Gold
Mines liiver, flowing down the north slope of
Croghar. Kinsella to Wooden Bridge.
ANCIENT DIVISIONS AND DESIGNA-
'VIONS.— The old territory of Cualann or Crich-
Cualann included the north part of Vvicklow and
the south part of the county Dublin; from this
territory the Sugar Loaf Mountain was anciently
called Slieve Cualanu, the Mountain of Cualann.
Glencullen, in the Dublin hills, and Cullenswood,
at the south of the city, still preserve the old
name. The Glen of Imaile preserves the name
of the old territory of Hy Mail, which was taken
poHHessiou of by the O'Tooles after they had
been driven out of their original territory in
Kildare. (See Kildare. ) Hy Mail was also known
by the name of Fort. latha. The district jiossessed
by the O'Byrnes ai'cor they had been driven from
Kildare was called f 'rich Briinnacli, or ()'l?yriu''K
Country ; it was situated in the east of the
countj', and included the whole of the barony of
Newcastle, and the barony of Arklow as far
south as the Eedcross River. A sept of the
O'Byrnes called the Gaval Rannall also possessed
the territory lying round Glenmalur. This ter-
ritory was from them called Gaval-Rannall or
Ranelagh; their chief had his residence at Bal-
linacor in Glenmalur, from which the two baro-
nies of Balliuacor were so called. The old name
is still preserved in that of Ranelagh, one of the
south suburbs of Dublin.
The valley of Glendalough lies about eight
miles northwest of Rathdrum. It is about three
miles in length, surrounded by mountains except
at the east side, and in several places overhung
by i)recipices. The Glenealo River, tumbling
down a steep ravine at the head, traverses the
glen and expands into two lakes, from which the
whole valley has its name — Glen-da-lough, the
glen of the two lakes. The Lugduff Brook,
which falls into the Upper Lake through a deep
ravine at the base of Lugduff Mountain, forms-
the pretty waterfall of Pollanass, :iear where it
enters the lake.
Considered merely in reference to the befvUty
and singularity of its natural features, Glentla-
lough is tbe gem of Wicklow; but the natural
attractions are infinitely enhanced by the his-
toric associations of the place, and by the in-
teresting ecclesiastical ruins scattered over the
lower part of the glen. In the early part of tbe
6th century, St. Kevin, who, like St. Colunikille
and many other Irish saints, was a member of a
princely family, founded a monastery here, which
became a great center of religion and learning.
After St. Kevin's death the reputation of the
place increased, so that it attracted not oidy a
large number of ecclesiastics, but also a lay
population; and a town grew up, some remains
of which are still to be s(^en near where the river
emerges from the Lower Lake.
The principal ruins are as follows:
A Round Tower, 110 feet high, wanting the
conical cap, erected jirobably in th(^ 7th (century.
Our Lad.\'s Church, near it, which contains a
beautiful and charac^teristic example of an
ancient Cyclopean doorway with sloping sides;
there is reason to believ(( that this is the very
church erected by St. K(>vin when he had come to
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WICKLOW.
eettlu iu tlie lower part of the valloy Neai'
tliese two stands Cro-Kevin, or St. Kevin's
House (popularly called "St. Kevin's Kitchen"),
which served the founder both as a residence and
and as an oratory ; it has a small round tower
belfry on one ^able. Near these 's tlio Cathedral,
coeval with the round tower. All the preccul-
ing are inclosed by a cashel, or stone wall, of
which there are still some portions left, and the
original entrance archway remains in good
preservation.
A little lower down, on the same bank of the
river, is Trinity Church; and lower still, on the
opposite bank, the Priory of St. Saviour, a most
interesting ruin. Higher up iu the glen, on the
south side of the Upper Lake, is the Eeefert
Church, which St. Kevin built while he lived at
the head of the valley, and before the erection of
Our Lady's Church. Higher up still, in an al-
most inaccessible spot on the shore of the lake,
under the great precipice of Lugduff, is the little
church (tailed lemple-na-Skellig, of which only
a small part remains. There are also several
stone crosses and other monuments in different
'jarts of the valley. A crevice in the face of the
perpendicular cliff over the Upper Lake, difficult
of access, is well known by the name of "St.
Kevin's Bed. "
The preceding ruins are commonly known by
name of "The Seven Churches of Gleudalough."
ILLXJSTRA^TIONS.
VALE 01' AVOCA.— This spot, immortalized
in the exquisite lyric of Thomas Moore, presents
a combination of scenic beauty unsurpassed in
one of the most jiicturesque localities in Ireland.
It is a scene of softness and tranquillit.v rather
than of sublimity or grandeur, of repose and
peace rather than of wildness and elevating in-
si)iratiou. "The Meeting of the Waters" is
[oimed by the junction of the rivers Avonmore
and Avonbeg — the great and little rivers — and
under the name of the Avoca the beautiful
stream pursues its course through the vale to
Arklow, some eight miles distant, and thence to
the sea. "After all," writes a traveler, express-
ing the regret that every tourist feels, after en-
joying this enchanting view of nature, "the
greatest fault of th<2 Vale of Avoca is that it is so
short. How gladly would the eye feast on more
of those beautiful meadows, those bold crags,
those ivy-mantled oaks!' The serene beauty of
the place has been somewhat marred by the in-
troduction of the railway, and the operations of
commerce.
GLEXDALOUGH.— Glendalough, or theGien
of the Two Lakes, embraces a valley about two
aud a half miles long and from half a mile to a
mile in breadth. In its somber solitude St. Kevin
in the early part of the Gth century built an abbey
and laid the foundation of his monastic estab-
lishment, which grew until it became a crowded
city, a school of learning, and the abode of holy
men, an asylum for the poor, a refuge for the
oppressed, and a hospital for the sick. Here the
saint lived to the uncommon age of 120 years.
Of the remains of the ancient city and its sacred
edifices are the Bound Tower, the Cathedral, Our
Lady's Church, and St. Kevin's House or
Kitchen, and at a little distance Trinity Church,
St. Saviour's, the Church of Eheafert, and St.
Kevin's Bed. The erection of the cathedral is
attributed to Goban Saer, the Celebrated archi-
tect of the 7th century. Thomas Moore, with,
perhaps, an undue flavor of levity, has made the
legend of St. Kevin and the Lake of Glenda-
lough the subject of one of the Iri.sh melodies.
BEAY HEAD.— Bray Head, a magnificent
promontory rising some 800 feet above the shore
of the Irish Sea, is the center of one of the most
beautiful scenic localities in Ireland. A wind-
ing carriage road leads to its summit, from
whence the eye of the tourist on a fine daj' is
almost dazzled by the changing panoramic scene
around him. Beneath is the thriving and hand-
some town of Bray, much frequented as a water-
ing place, while to the east spreads the Irish Sea,
over whose waters on a clear day may be dis-
cerned the outlines of the "Welsh Mountains; to
the west War Hill and the Douce, and the
greater and lesser Sugar Loaf, while to the south
lies the Glen of the Downs, which combines at
once the beauties of a glen and a huge ravine.
The O'Tooles and O'Byrues, the heroic chiefs of
WICK LOW.
the district, maintained their independence
down to tlie close of the reign of Elizabeth.
PUWEKSCOURT CASTLE AND TERRACE.
— The demesne of Powerscourt for beauty and
variety of scenery is unsurpassed by any spot in
Ireland, both in point of embellishment of nature
and art. It is situated on the Dargle, a charm-
ing, limpid stream, that flows through the far-
famed glen of that name. The estate contains
1,400 acres, and the castle occupies a command-
ing position on an eminence overlooking the
magnificent wooded valley at its base, and afford-
ing an ample view of the various attractive fea-
tures and romantic scenery of the glen and the
surrounding country, equally rich in natural
beauties. A splendid terrace leads from the
stately mansion to the stream below. Powers-
court is a favorite resort of tourists and pleasure
parties. Tinnehinch, once the seat of the patriot
Grattan, purchased for him by his countrymen,
at a cost of $250,000, forms a part of this beau-
tiful landscape.
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INDEX.
^ —
Note.— The lett^rs and numbers after the name correspond with those in the borders of the Map, and indicate the square in which
the name will be found.
ABBERT.
ABDPAT&ICE.
Abbert and R.,
Calway E 2
Cork F 3
Aghanloo,
Londonderry D 2
Altnapaste,
Donegal D 8
Ann Grove,
King's Co. C 4
Down D i
Abbeville,
AghanvUla,
King's Co. G 2
Altore L.,
Galway E 2
Annsborough,
Abbeville Ho.,
Dublin E 3
Agharra,
Longford D 3
Wicldow E 3
Aluir^ L.,
Donegal C 2
Annsborough Ho.,
Kildare C 2
Abbeville Ho.,
Ticperaxy B 1
Aghatruhfln Rr.,
America.
Amiens ota.,
Galway C 2
Annsborough Ho.,
Kilkenny B 4
Abbey,
Tipperary D 4
Agliavannaqh Barks.,
WicUow C 3
Dublin D 4
Anns Fort,
Cavan H 2
Abbey, The,
Donegal C 4
Aghavea Ch.,
Fermanagh F 3
Anaploy Cross,
Analla L.,
Ananima L.,
Louth A 3
Ann vale,
Armagh B 3
Abbey Cott.,
Abbey I.,
Cariow C 2
Aghavilly Lo.,
Down B 6
West Meath F 2
Anton ianj
Queen's Co. C 2
Kerry B 3
Aghavrin,
Cork E 3
Donegal B 3
Antrim In., Bay, and Sta., Antrim D A \
.'Vbbeydomey,
KenvC 1
Limerick B S
Aghaward,
Roscommon £ 2
Anascaul,
Kerry B 2
Antrim, Ix). "Barony,
Antrim E 3
Abbeyfcale,
Aghaweel,
Donegal E 2
Anaserd,
Galway A 2
Louth C X
Antrim, Up. Barony,
Anure L.,
Antrim £ 4
Abbey lira,
Longford E 2
Agher L.,
Donegal C 2
Anavema.
Anderson's Town,
Donegal C 8
Abbeyleix, Sta. and Ho.
, Queen's Co. C 3
Aghem,
Cork G 2
Antrim F 5
Ara Riv.,
Arabella Ho.,
Tipperary B 4
Abbeylough Br.,
Kildare B 2
AgherpalEs,
Meath D 4
Anglesborough,
"Limerick H 8
Kerry D »
Abbcyshrule,
Longford D 3
Aghery L.,
Down C 3
Anglesey Mt.,
Anketelf Grove,
Louth C 1
Araglin Cott.,
Cork G S
Abbeyside,
Waterford D 3
Aghinree Br.,
Cariow D 2
Monaghan C 2
Araglin R.,
Watcrf-ord A 2
Abbeytown,
Mayo D 1
Aghia,
Donegal C 3
Anlorc,
Monaghan B 2
Araglin R^
Waterford D %
Donegal B 3
Abbeytown Sta.,
Roscommon D 4
Aghlcm Bri.,
Donegal C 4
Ann Grove,
King's Co. C 4
Aran I.,
Abbeyview,
Down E 3
Aghline Br.,
Cariow B 3
Anna L.,
Donegal C 8
Aran Is.,
Galway B &
Tyrone I 8
.Abbeyview Cott.,
Wicklow D 3
Aghmacart Cas. & Pry
, Queen's Co, B 4
Anna Carter Br.,
Wicklow D 2
Arboe.
Abbeyville,
Sligo F 3
We5ord B 4
Aghmore,
Longford E 2
Annacarriga,
Clare I 2
Arboe Pt.,
Arbourhill Ho.,
Tyrone K 3
Abbey Ville,
Aghnaearron^ La & Up.. Longford D 2
Annacarty,
Tipperary B 3
Tipperary C 1
Down D 5
Abbey VUle,
Limerick E 2
Aghnahoe Ho.,
T>Tone G 4
Annaclone,
Down B 4
Arbutus Lo.,
Abbotstown Ho.,
Dublin C 4
AghnamallaKlit,
Aghnameadle Cas.,
Roscommon D 3
Annacloy and R.,
Down E 3
Archdeaconry Ho.,
Meath C %
Abington,
Limerick G 2
Tipperary C 2
Annacolty,
Limerick F 2
Archersgrove Ho.,
Kilkenny C 3
West Meath F 2
.^bington Ho.,
Dublin F 6
Aghnaskea Bri.,
Longford B 2
Annadale,
Down D 2
Archerstown Ho.,
.AcaooQ L.,
Cavan G 3
Aghory Ho.,
Armagh D 2
Annadale,
Leitrim D 3
Arch Hall,
Meath D 2
.Acartan L.,
Donegal C 2
Aghowle Ch„
Agiveyand R.,
Wicklow B 4
Annadom,
Down E 4
Ard Bay.
Galvray B 3
Acaun Br.,
Orlow D 1
Londonderry F 2
Annagarriff L.,
Armagh C 2
Ardagh,
Donegal E 3
AchiU Island and Hd.,
Mayo A 2
Aglish,
Clare F 2
Annagassan,
Annageeragh R.,
Louth C 2
Ardagh and Sta.,
LimcriC;< C 3
Achill Sound,
Mayo B 2
Aglish,
Cork E 3
Clare D 3
Ardagh,
Longford C 3
Xchillbeg I.,
Mayo A 2
Aglish,
Kilkenny C 6
Annagh,
Galway F 2
Ardagh Barony,
Longford D 2
Achonry and H&,
-Sligo E S
Aglish,
Waterford B 3
Annagh Bog,
Kerry D 2
Ardagh Ho.,
Longford C 2
. Aclare,
Sligo C 3
Agnews Hill,
Antrim F S
Annagh Cas. and Uo.|
Tipperary B 2
Ardagheena,
Galw:^ B i
RoscommoA D 3
. Aclare Br.,^
Cariow C 2
Ahabeg Ho.,
Limerick F 2
Annagh Hd.,
Mayo A 1
Ardakillin L.,
. Aclare Cott„
Meath E 1
Ahafona,
Kerry C 1
Limerick G 3
Annagh Hill,
Wexford D 1
Ardamine Ho.,
Wexford E 8
^ Aclare Ho.,
Meath E 2
Ahaphuca,
Annagh Ho.,
W«st Meath A S
Ardamore,
Kerry B i
Aclceiy L.,
Donegal B 3
Ahare Ho.,
Wexford E 1
Annagh Lodge,
Sligo G 3
Ardanairy,
Wicklow E 8
Acrow L.,
Glare E 3
Ahamey Ho.,
Queen's Co. C 4
Annagh L,,
Cavan D 2
Ardara,
Donegal B ».
Acton,
Armagh D 3
Ahascragh,
Galway G 2
Annagh L.,
Lor^ord C 1
Ardarragh,
Down B *;
Acuny L. ,
Cavan G 3
Ahaun,
Galway F 2
Cork C 4
Annagh L.,
MayoB 2
Ardbear Bay,
Galway A 2
Louth C S
■ .Adamsto\vn.& Ch.,
Wexford B 8
.\haunboy,
Annagh R-,
Cavan H 2
Ardboiiss,
Adamstown Ho.,
Meath D 3
Aherla,
Cork E 3
Annagh R.,
Clare D 3
Ardbraccan Ho,,
Meath D 8
Adanny L.,
Leitrim B 1
Aherlow R.,
Tipperary B 4
Annagh R.,
limerick G 1
Ardcandrisk Ho.,
Wexfoid C 8
Adare Sta. & Manor Ho., Limerick E 2
Ahnagurra Ho.,
Limerick G 3
Annaghbane Ha>
Down B 4
Ardcam Ho.,
Roscommon D 6
.Adeel L.,
West Meath F 2
Ahoghill,
Antrim C 3
Annaghbeg Ho.,
Tipperary A 2
Ardcath,
Meath F »
Adclphi,
Clare F 2
Aille R.,
Clare D 1
An nag hd own,
Gatway D 2
Ardcrony Ch.,
Tipperary B 2
Adoon L.,
Leitrim E 4
Aille R.
Mayo C 2
Annaghearby L.,
Leitrim D 4
Ardderry L.,
Galway C S
Airigole Br.,
Cork B 3
Allien asharragh.
Oaie D 2
Annaghlea Ho.,
Cavan G 2
Ardee Bar.; In., and Ho., Louth A 2 1
Adrigole Har.,
Cork B 3
Air HUl,
Wicklow D 3
iVnnaghmakerig Ho. and L., Monag. B 3
Ardelly Pt.,
Mayo A 1
Adrumktlla,
Galway E 2
Akeragh L.,
Xerry C 1
Annaghmore,
Roscommon E 3
Arderee Br.,
Sligo E 8
Affanc Ho.,
Waterford C 3
Akiboon L.,
Donegal D 2
Annaghmore,
Sligo E 3
Arderis,
Queen's Co. B 2
Fermanagh E 1
Agangarrive Hill,
Antrim D 2
Aleckatin Bri.,
Kildare B 1
Ajinaghmore Ho. & I*.
Kings Co. E 2
Ardess,
1 Aganive L.
Donegal D 2
Aleck More L.,
Donegal B 3
Annaghmore Sta^
Annaghs Ho. & Cas.,
.^magh C 2
Ardfert and Abbey,
Kerry C 2
Aganny L.,
Leitrun B 1
Aliggan L.,
Galway B 2
Armagh C 4
Kilkenny E 4
Ardfinnan,
Tipperary C «
Dublin E 1
Agar Er.,
Kildare B 2
Alina L.,
AnnagoU BrL,
Annagh A 3
Ardgillan Cas.,
Agency, The,
Armagh D 8
AlistraghHo.,
Armagh B 2
Annagor Ho.,
Meaih F 2
Ardglass and Harbotir,
Down F 4
Aghaboe,
Queen's Co. B 8
Alia,
Limerick B 3
Annahilt,
Down D 3
Ardglass,
West Meath B *
Aghabog Ch„
Monaghan B 3
AUaghaun R.,
Annakisha Ho.,
Cork F 2
Ardglass Ho.,
West Meath D 2
Aghabrack,
Tyrone E 1
Allen Dale,
Wicklow A 3
Annalee R.,
Cavan F 2
Ardgonnell Bri.,
Armagh A 8
Aghabulloee,
Aghacashel Ho.,
Cork E 3
Allen, Hill of.
Kildare B 2
Annalongand R.,
Down D £'
Ardgroom Har.,
Ard ilea Ho.,
Cork B S
Leitrim D 8
Allen Lough,
Leitrim C 3
Annamoe,
King's Co. G 3
Down E 4
Aghacashlaun R.,
Leitrim D 8
Allenstown Ho.,
Meath C 2
Annamoe and R.,
Wicklow D 2
Ardillaun,
Galway D »
Aghada,
Cork G 3
Allick L.,
Mayo D 1
Annamoy Ho.,
Armagh B 2
Ardinode and Ho.,
Kildare D»
Aghade Br. and I/jdgB,
Cariow C 2
Allow River,
Cork E 2
Annamult Ho.,
Kilkenny C 3
Ardkeen Ch.,
Down G a
1 Aghadoe,
Kerry D 2
Cork H 3
Allua Lake,
Cork D 3
Annascaulty,
Kildare C 2
Ardkeenagh.
Ardmayle Cfi.,
Ardmillaa.
Ardmore, Bay, and Hd
Roscommon 1) 8'
1 .Aghadoe Ho.,
Almondstown,
Louth C 3
Annassellagh SCniU,
Limerick. E 3
Tipperary C 3
1 Aghadolgan,
Antrim D 5
Altaconey R.^
Mayo C 1
Annaville,
King's Co. C 4
Do»-a E S
Aghadowey,
Londonderry F 2
Altadush,
Donegal D 3
Annefield,
Mayo D 5
Queen's Co. C 3
, Waterford C 4
Aghadowgy R,,
Londonderry E 2
Cork C 4
Altafort,
Down C 3
Annegrove Abbey,
Ardmore Pt.,
Armagh D 1
Aghadown,
Altahullion,
Londonderry C 3
Cork E 2
Anner R.,
Tipperary D 4
Ardmore Pl,
Wicklow S C
Aghafin Ho.,
Monaghan A 2
Altamira Ho.,
Annery L.,
Annesbrook,
Leitrim B 2
Ardmulchan Ho.,
Meath D S
AghagaJlon,
Antrim D 5
AltamuUan,
Tyrone B 2
Meath C 1
Ardnacrushfl,
Clare t «
Aghagoogy,
King's Co. C 2
Altan L.,
Donegal C 2
Annesbrook,
Meath F 8
Ardnagiog.
Ardnagra^
j\rdnamullan Cas.,
Roscommoo E fi
Aghagower.
Mayo C 2
Alta Villa,
Limerick D 2
Annes Gift,
Tipperary C 4
Kerry D t
Meath B *
Aghagttah, Up. and ta, Longford D 2
Alta Villa,
Queen's Co. B 3
Annes Grove,
Cork F 2
Aghafee,
Antrim D 5
Altbeagh Cott,
Cavan F 3
Annestown,
Waterfortl F 3
Ardnanure,
Roscoaunon & 6
AgbalooCh^
Aghamarta Caa.,
Tyrone G 4
Altidore Ho.,
Wicklow E 2
Cariow C 2
Anneville Cott.,
Queen's Co. F 3
West Meath E 3
Ardnaree,
SUgo B t
Cork F 3
Akimont Ho.,
Anneville Ho.,
P rdnargle, ^
Londonderry D 2
Aghamore,
Fermanagh F 3
Altmore
Donegal D 2
Annficld,
Kildare B 4
Ardoginna Ho.,
Walerford C '«
Aghamore,
Mayo E 2
Altmore R,,
Tyrone G 3
Annticld,
Tipperary C 3
Ardough Ho.,
Qucm'sCo. B 4
Aghamore,
Roscommon E 3
Altmover,
Undonderry C 3
Annfield Ha,
Kildare C 3
Ardoyne Ho., Up; & Lo., WicUow A M
Agbaniore Ho.,
Leitrim D f>
Altnadua Ho.,
Down D 4
Annficld Ho.,
Kilkenny B 4
Ard Patrick,
Limerick 9 «
ABDPATEICX.
INDEX,
E,lLLrBKOO>iY.
Ardpstrick Ho.
Louth A 2
Athlone, Roscommon & W. Mea. F5, A 8
Ballicossi^y L.,
Fermanagh E 2
Ballinrudde. y Ho.,
Kerry D I
Ardqoin,
Do^^^l F 3
Athlone Barony,
Roscommon D 4
Ballin L.,
Mayo C 2
Ballinrun R.,
C-alw«y 0 3
Cork G J
ArdraU,
Cavan D S
Athlumney Ho.,
Meath D 3
Ballina and Sta.,
Kildare B 1
Ballinrush,
Ardrahan,
Galway E 3
Athnid,
Tipperary C 3
Ballina,
Mayo D 1
Ballioskeilig's Bay,
Kerry B 3
Cork F 4
Ardrass,
Ardrea L.,
Kildai^ D 2
Athy, Tn., Sta., & Lodge, Kildare B 4
Ballina,
Tipperary A 2
Ballinspittle,
Sligo F 8
Atkinstown,
Down E 3
Ballina Br.,
I^n.'jford B 8
Ballinuggart Ho.,
Anrtagh C 2
Ardree Ho.,
-, Kildare B 4
Atona L.,
Fermanagh D 3
Ballina R.,
Armagh C 4
Ballintaggart Lo.,
, Kildare C S
Ardress Hou,
Ardristan Ho.,
.; Armagh C 2
Atorick L.,
Clare I 1
Ballinabarney Ho.,
Kilkenny E 4
Ballintate,
' Armagh C S
Carlow C 2
Attanagh,
Queen's Co. C 4
Ballinabamey Gap & Br., Wicklow B 8
Baljintemple,
■^, Cavan E 3
Ardjum Ho.,
Cork E 3
Attyflin Ho.,
Limerick E 2
Ballinaclash,
Wicklow D 3
Ballintemple,
Cork F >
Ards,
Longford B 3
Attymess,
Maya D 1
Ballinacor,
Wicklow E 3
Baliintemple,
' King's Co. G 2
Carlow C 2
Aids Lower Barcny,
Down F 2
.Aubane Cottage,
Cork E 2
Ballinacor Ho.,
Wicklow C 8
Ballintemple Ho.,
Ards Upper Barony,
Down G 3
Auburn Ho.,
Dublin E 8
Ballinacor Ho.,
West Meath C 2
Eallintemple Ho.,
Ballinter Ho.,
Londonderry E S
Meath E 8
Ardsallagh Ho.,
Waterford B 4
Auburn Ho.,
West Meath A 3
Ballinacor N. Barony,
Wicklow C 2
Ardscull Ho. and Moat
Kildare B 3
Auchnacloy,
Tyrone G 4
Ballinacor S. Barony,
Wicklow C 3
Ballintober,
Roscommon F 8
Ardsolus,
Clare G 3
Audleys Cas.,
Down F 3
Bajlinacostello,
Mayo E 2
Ballinloberand Sta.,
Roscommon C 8
Ardstraw,
Ardtully Ho.,
Tyrone D 2
Aughagault, Big,
Donegal D 3
Ballinacrow,
Wicklow B 3
Ballintober Ho.,
Limerick C t
Kerry D 3
Aughboy,
Clare I 3
Ballinadee,
Cork E 3
Ballintober Ho.,
West Meath C 8
Ardvally,
Sligo B 3
Aughclare,
Wexford A 4
Ballinafad,
Roscommon E 3
Ballintober N. Ear.,
Roscommon E 3
Ardvamy Ho.,
Fermanagh E 1
Augher,
Tyrone F 4
Ballinafad,
Sligo F 3
Ballintober S Bar.,
Roscommon D 4
Argijeen R.,
Donegal E 2
Aughils,
Kerry C 2
Ballinafad Ha,
Mayo D 2
Ballintogher,
Sligo F 2
Cork E 4
Aughinish Bay,
Galway D 8
Ballinagar,
King's Co. F 2
Ballintombay,
Wicklow D 8
Armory, The,
.Armagh C 2
Aughinish Isd.,
Limerick C 2
Ballinageeragh,
Monaghan A 3
Ballintotty R.,
Tipperary B 2
Arigna Iron W'.:s,,
Roscommon E 1
Aughinish Pt.,
Clare K 2
Ballinagore,
Ballinakill,
Wicklow D 4
Ballintoy,
Antrim C 1
Arigtia R.,
Roscommon D 1
Aughnacloy,
Tyrone G 4
Queen's Co. D 3
Ballintra,
Donegal C 4
Carlow B 2
ArklowandHd.,
Wicklow E 4
Aughnagappu'.I Br.,
Wexford B 3
Ballinalack,
West Meath D 2
Ballintrane Crc-.s Rds.,
Arklow Barony,
Wicklow D 3
Aughnaglaur 71.,
We.<:rord B 8
Bailinalea,
Wicklow E 2
Ballintubbert Ko.,
Queen's Ca E 8
A'Wow Hd.,
Wicklow E 4
Aughrim,
Galway F 3
Ballinalee,
Longford D 2
Ballinturly,
Roscommon D 4
Arless,
Queen's Co. E 3
Aughrim, Sta. and R.,
Wicklow D 3
BallinamaraCh.,
Kilkeany B 2
Ballinure,
Tipperary D 8
Wexford A 4
Arley Cott.,
Cavan F 4
Aughris and Hd.,
Sligo D 2
Ballinaroeen,
RoJiCommon D 2
Ballinvauneen,
.\rmagh Barony
Armagh B 3
Aughrus Pt.,
Galway A 2
Ballinamona Ho.,
W.itcrford G 2
BallinvUla Ho.,
Mayo £ 2
Armagh, Tn., Pal, & Dny., Armagh C 2
Aughrusbeg L.,
Galway A 2
Ballinamore,
Leitrim E 3
Ballinvira Ho.,
Limerick D 2
Armaghbrague Ho.,
.Armagh C 3
Auginish Pt.,
Clare F 1
Bailinamore,
Mayo D 2
Balliovirick He,
Limerick D 2
Annoy,
Antrim D 2
Auna L.,
Galn^y B 2
Ballinamuclc,
Longford C 1
Ballinvonear Ko.,
Cork F 2
Armstrong C-:;.,
King's Co. D 2
Kildare C 2
Austin's Ho.,
V.'exford E 1
Ballinapark,
Mayo C 1
Ballisk,
Dublin F 3
Armstrong Mr.,
Avaghon L.,
~ :onaghan C 8
Ballinaphul,
Donegal C 4
Ballitore and Hill,
Kildare C 8
Amestowo Ho.,
Wexford A 3
Avaghty,
K.iccmmon D 4
Ballinascarty,
Cork E 4
Ballivor,
Meath C 3
Amey R. and Bn.,
Fermanagh D 3
Aveh L.,
Donegal D 4
Ballinascomey Ho.,
Dublin C 6
Ballobegan He,
Down G 2
Aroideen River,
Cork E 4
Avonbeg R.,
Wicklow B 3
Ballinasilloge,
Wicklow D 4
Ballon,
Carlow C 2
Arra and Owney Barony, Tipperary A 2
Avondale,
Wicklow D 3
Ballinaskea Ho.,
Wicklow E 8
Balk)0 Ho.,
Down E 2
Aira Mts.,
Tipperary A 2
Limerick C 3
Avon Hill Cott.,
Wicklow D 8
Ballinasloe and Sta.,
Galway G 8
Ballooly Ho.,
Down C 3
ArraR,,
Avonmore,
Wicklow D 2
Ballinastadd Ho.,
Wexford E 2
Balloor,
Donegal E 2
Arranhill Ho.,
Tipperary B 1
Avonmore R.,
Wicklow D 3
Ballinastraw Ho.,
Wexford D 2
Balloor,
L.eitrim A 1
Arran IsUU.,
Galway B 3
Awaddy L., "V
Leitrim E 3
Ballinclare Ho.,
Wexford D 2
Ballougfa,
Dublin E 2
Arrigle R.,
tUlkenny D 4
Awbeg River,
Cork F 2
Ballinclasbet,
Cork F 3
Balloughter,
Wexford D 2
Arrow Lough,
Sligo G 3
Awboy River,
Cork E 3
Ballinclay Ho.,
Wexford D 2
Balloughton Ho.,
Wexford B 4
Artaine,
Dublin E 4
Ayle Ho.,
Clare H 2
Ballinclea Ho.,
Wicklow B 3
Ballsbridge,
Dublin E 5
Arthurstown,
Wexford A 4
AylwardstO'ATl Ho..
Kilkenny D 4
Ballincollig,
Cork F 8
Balls Grove,
Louth B 8
Arthuistown Ho.,
Louth A 2
Ballincolloo Ho.,
Limerick G 3
Bally L.,
Roscommon C 2
Articlave,
Londonderry E 2
Ballincor Ho.,
King's Co. C 3
fially L.,
Waterford G 2
Artiamon Ho. and Cas
, Wexford D 3
B
Eallinqrea,
Kilkenny D 6
West Meath C 2
Ballyadam Cross Rds.,
Waterford F 8
Arlrea.
Artikelly,
Tyrone H 3
^'■
Ballincurra Ho.,
Ballyadams Bry. & Cas.
, Queen's Co. E 3
Londonderry D 2
Bachelors Lo.,
Meath D 2
Eallincurragh Ho.,
Kilkenny D 5
Ballyagran,
Limerick E S
Artillery Barks.,
Longford C 2
Back5town,
Badger Hill Ho.,
Wexford D 1
Ballincurrig,
Cork G 3
BallyaHaban Ho.,
Clare F 1
Arts Bri.,
Kildare B 1
Oueen'sCo. B 3
Ballincurry,
Roscommon D 3
Ballyallia Ha,
Clare G 2
Amndclmills,.
Cork E 4
Badinaminton Ho.,
King's Co. D 1
Carlow B 2
Balllndaggan,
Wexford C 2
Ballyalloly Ho. and L.
Down E 2
Arvagh,
Cavan D 3
Bagenals Arms,
Ballindagny,
Longford D 2
Eallyanne Ho.,
Wexford A E
Ashborough Ho.,
Limerick D 3
Bagenalstown and Sta.,
Carlow B 2
Ballinderry,
Antrim D 5
Ballyarthur,
Wicklow D i
Ashbourne,
Meath F 3
BaggaghmaloneHo. &Ca., W. Mea. B S
Ballinderry,
Londonderry F 4
Ballyarvey,
Antrim D 8
Ashbrooke,
Londonderry B 3
Baggotstown Ho.,
Limerick G 3
Ballinderry,
Tipperary B 1
Ballyaughian Ho.,
Down C 4
Ashbrook Ho.,
Galway F 8
Baginbun Hd.,
Wexford B 4
Ballinderry,
Wicklow D 3
Ballybane,
CorkC 4
Athbrook Ho.,
Queen's Co. B 3
Fermanagh F 2
Bahana,
Wicklow D 2
Ballinderry Ho.,
Kildare B 1
Ballybannon R.,
Down D 4
Ashbrooke,
Bailey L. Ho.,
Dublin G 4
Ballinderry Ho.,
Meath C 4
Ballybar Ho.,
Carlow B 2
Ashfield,
Down B 3
Bailieborough,
Cavan H 3
Ballinderry L.,
West Meath B 3
Ballybarrack Ho.,
Louth B 2
Ashfield, ■
Mcaih C 1
Bailieborcugh Cas.,
Cavan G 3
Ballinderry R.,
Tyrone I 8
Ballybay,
Roscommon E 6
Ashfield,
Ash Field,
Ashfield Br.,
Ashfield Hall,
Monaghan B 2
Balbrigt^an,
Dublin F 1
Ballinderry, Upper,
Antrim D 5
Ballybay and Ho.,
Monaghan C 3
Queen's Co. E 2
Balda>;re,
Dublin F 4
Ballindine,
Mayo E 2
Ballybay R.,
B.iUybcen Ho
Armagh D 2
Kildara B 1
Baldwin Cas.,
Sligo F 3
Dublin C 2
BalUndoolin Ho.,
Kildare A 1
Down E 2
Queen's Co. E 3
Baldwinslown,
Ballindooly,
Galway D 8
Ballybeg,
Carlow B S
Ashfield Ho.,
tevan G 2
Baldwinstown,
Wexford C 4
Ballindrait,
Donegal E 3
Ballybeg,
Sligo E 2
Ashfield Ho.,
Galway E 3
Balgatheran,
Louth B 3
Ballindrum Ho.,
Kildare B 3
Ballybeg Ho.,
Meaih C 2
Ash ford Ho.,
Galway D 2
Limerick C S
Balgriflin,
Balhearv- Ho.,
BaliefHo.,
Dublin E 4
Ballinfrase Ho.,
Queen's Co. B 4
Ballybeg Ho.,
Wicklow C 4
Ashford,
Dublin E 3
Ballingarry,
Limerick D 8
Ballybeg R.,
Sligo C 2
Ashford,
Wicklow E 2
Kilkenny A 2
Ballingarry,
Tipperary B 1
Ballybeg Sta.,
Meath D 2
Ashfotd Old Ho.,
Roscommon D 6
Balix Hill,
Tyrone E 2
Mayo D 2
Ballingarry,
Tipperary D 3
Wexford D 1
Ballybeggan Abbey,
Meath B 4
Ashfort,
Armagh A 3
Balla,
Ballingarry Ho.,
Ballybeggan Cas.,
Kerry D 2
West Meath B 8
Ashfort Ho.,
Roscommon E 2
Ballagnn Pt,
Louth D 2
Ballingarteen,
Cork D 3
Ballyho,
Ashgrove,
Cavan E 2
Ballagh,
Donegal F 2
Ballingate Ho., Lo. &
Up.i Wicklow B 4
Ballyboden,
Dublin D 6
AshgroTc,
Cork D 3
Ballagh,
Galway G 8
Ballinglen Ho.,
Wicklow C 4
Ballyboe,
Donegal E 2
Ashgrove,
Queen's Co. C 2
Ballagh,
Roscommon E S
Ballinglen R.,
Mayo C 1
Ballybofey,
Donegal D 3
Ashgrove Ho.,
Kildare A 8
Ballagh,
Roscommon E 4
Ballingowan Ho.,
Ballingrane and Sta.,
Waterford B 8
Ballybeggan Bri.,
Kildare A 1
AshgTove Ho.,
Limerick C 8
Ballagh,
Sligo F 1
Limerick D 2
Ballybeggan Ho.,
Wexford D 3
Ashgrovc Ho.,
Tipperary B 4
Luncrick F 8
Ballagh R.,
Leitnm C 1
Ballinguile,
Wicklow C 8
Ballyboghil,
Dublin D 2
Ash Hill Towers,
Ballaghaderg Br.,
Limerick H 4
Ballinhassig and Sta.,
Ballinkecl Ho.,
Cork F 8
Ballybogy,
Ballybollcn Ha,
Antrim B 2
Ashlamadufr,
Londonderry E 8
Ballaghaderecn,
Mayo F 2
Wexford D 8
Antrim C 4
Ashlane Cross Rdj .
Carlow B 1
Ballaghkeen Bry. end Ch.. Wexford D 3
Balliukillin,
. Carlow B 8
Ballybomia.
West Meath B 8
Aih Park,
Tipperary C 2
Ballaghmoon Br.,
Kildare B 4
Ballinla,
West Meath F 8
Ballyboughlin Ho.,
King's Ca E 1
Ashleypark Ho.,
Tipperary B 2
Limerick G 1
Ballaghtallion Cott.,
Meath C 3
Ballinlagfata,
Longford D 2
Ballyboy,
Donecal B 4
King's Ca D 8
Ashroe,
Ballaghurt,
Ballakelly Cross Roads,
Kliig;sCo. C 2
Louth A 2
Ballinlaw Cas. and Ferry, Kilkenny D 6
Ballyboy,
Askanagap Br.,
Askeaton and Sta.,
Wicklow C 8
Ballinleeny,
Limerick E 8
Ballyboy,
Tippirary C 4
Limerick D 3
Ballallog,
Kilkenny D 4
Ballinlcna,
Ballinleugh,
Mayo D 1
Ballyboy Barony,
King's Co. E 2
Meath C 8
Assan Bri.,
Cavan G 3
DallardC,
Clare C 8
Meath B 2
Ballyboy Ho.,
Attee,
Kerry D 1
Ballard Ho., "\
Wicklow B 4
Ballinlig,
Roscommon D 4
Ballybrack Ha,
Cariow B 8
Atedaun L.,
Clare F 2
Ballard Pk., /
Wicklow D 8
Ballinlough,
Roscommon B 8
Ballybrack Sta,
Dublin F 6
Athaballeen.
AihaMcl Aboey,
Cork E 3
BallLoy Ho.,
Wicklow C 8
Ballinlough Ca?.,
West Mcath F 2
Ballybrada Ho.,
Tipitcrary C 4
Armagh C 2
Tipperary B 4
Mcalh C 3
Bailee,
Doivn F 4
Ballinlough Ho.,
Longford D 2
Ballybrcagh Ha,
Atiiboy,
Ballceghan Abbey,
Donegal E 8
Ballinlouty Ho.,
Tippcr.-U7 C 3
Galway G 8
Ballybrennan Ho.,
Wjxford n S
Athcam« Cot.,
Mcath F 8
Bailee?.
Armagh C 8
Ballinlug,
Eallybrcw,
Wicklow D 1
Ajhclar« Cn»..
Lonth B 3
Ballecvy Ho..
Balleightcragh Ho.,
Down B 4
Ballinocrish,
Wexford B 8
Ballybrick,
Down C 4
Alhea,
Limerick B 8
Waterford D 3
Eallinphuill,
Roscommon C 8
Rillybrit,
Galway E 3
Alhcnry Barony and Tn., (Jalway E 8
Ealleny,
Antrim D, 2
liallinphull and Kta.,
Galway E 2
Ballyhritt Barony,
Kings Co. D 3
Alhcarrel Ho.,
Kildare D 2
Ballcven Ho.,
Kilkenny I! 3
Hallinrce Ho.,
Carlow B 8
Ballybrittan,
King's Co. G 1
Art^arvan and Lo.,
KiW.ire C 8
Ballcybofey,
Donegal D 3
Limerick D 2
Ballinrecs,
Londonderry E 2
Ballybrittan Cas.,
King's Ca H 1
Aihfoa Cm.,
Athiaoa,
DnI.lin A 6
Balleycngland Ho.,
Ballcyvallcy Ml.,
Ballinroan Ho.,
Wicklow B 8
Ballybritlas,
Queen's Ca E 2
Limtiick F 8
Down B 6
Baltinrobe,
Mayo D 8
Biallybrood,
Limerick C, 2
AiUavN.
RcfComm'. n D 4
Ballickmoyler,
Qjern's Co. E 8
Ballinrosiig,
Cork C «
Ballybroony Ho.,
Mayo V 1
I
BALLTBROPHY. "
INDEX.
BALLTBAFTE&.
Ballybropliy Ho. & Sta
Uallybuck,
, Queen's Co. B 8
Ballygally IIo.,
Waterford A 3
Ballylion Ho.,
Wicklow B 2
Ballynacourty Ho..
Ballynacrce Ho.,
Baltynadrinna Ho.,
Walofotd D 8
Gal way E 2
B.^llygannoii,
Wicklow E 2
Ballylonglord,
Kerry D 1
Tlpoeraiy A «
Ualh B 8
Ballybunion,
B.iJ|ybii-r:y Ho-j
Ballycaddea Bn.,
Kerry C 1
Ballygar,
Galway G 2
BallyloO C.l-,.,
Cariow B 2
King's Co. H 1
Wexford C 2
Ballygarden,
Rosconimon E 8
Ballylooby,
Ballylougli Cm.,
Tipperary B 4
Ballynadnimny,
Ballynafagh Ho.,
Ballynafauna and S:a.
Kildaiv B 1
Ballygarrct,
Wexford E 2
Antrim C I
Kildare C 2
Ballycanev/,
Wexford E 2
Ballygarrett Ho.,
- Cork F 2
Ballyloughari Cas.,
Carlow B 2
Cork G 2
BaliycAnnon Ho.,
Clare I 8
Ballygarth Cas.,
Meath G 2
Ballylow and Bay,
Wicklow C 2
Ballynagall,
Kerry A 2
West Meath D i
Ballycanvao Ho.,
Waterford G 2
Ballygawbey and Water, Tyrone V 4
B.illylynaii,
Queen's Co. E 3
BallynagaU,
Ballycappic,
V/icklow D 4
Ballygeehin Ho.,
Queen's Co. C 3
Bailymabin Cott.,
W.ilerford G 3
Ballynagall,
■■/Vest Mcaih E 1
Ballycamey,
Wexford C 2
Ballygibbon Ho.,
Kildare A 1
Ballymacallio.i,
Lcu:^jnderry D 3
Ballynagarbry,
West Meath B S
Ballycaira,
Mayo D 2
Ballygiblin Ho.,
Cork E 2
Ballymacarrct,
Down D 2
Ballynagarde Ho.,
Limerick F i
Ballycarry and Sta.,
Antrim G 4
Ballygillahecn,
Queen's Co. C 2
Ballymacaw,
Waterford G 3
Ballynagard Sta..
Londonderry B 2
Eallycaseymore Ho.,
Clare G 8
Ballyginiff,
Antrim D 6
Ballymacdermot,
Armagh D 4
Batlynaglogh,
Sligo E 3
I!allyca3tfe,
Mayo C 1
Ballyglass,
Galway F 1
Ballymacegan Ho.,
Tipperary B 1
Eallynagore,
West Meaih D 3
Ballycastle and Bay,
Aolnm D 1
Ballyglass,
Galway F 3
Ballymacglbbon Ho.,
Mayo D 3
Ballynagoshen Ho.,
Ballynafiallin Ho.,
Longford C 9
Ballydare,
Antrim F 4
Ballyglass,
Sligo D 4
Ballymack Ho.,
liilkcnny B 3
Wexfon) C 2
Ballyclareand Doagh Sta., Antrim F 4
Ballyglass Big,
Roscommon D 8
Ballymackesy I-Io.,
Wexford B 3
Baltynahattv,
Ballynahinch
'IVronc D 3
Down U 3
Baliyclareen,
Monaghan C 2
Ballyglass Ho.,
Roscommon C 8
Ballymackillagai,
Kilkenny D 4
Ballyclerahan,
Tipperary D 4
Ballyglass Ho.,
Sligo F 2
Ballymackney,
Monaghan D 4
Ballynahinch,
Limerick G 3
Ballyclery,
Galway E 8
Ballygoghlan,
Limerick A 2
Ballymacoda,
Cork H 3
Ballynahinch Barony,
Ca?., & L.,
Ballydog.
Ballydogh,
Tyiono I 8
Ballygoran Ho.,
Kildare D 1
Ballymacoll Ho.,
Meath E 4
Galway B 2
Cork E 2
Eallygorey,
Kilkenny C 6
Ballymacone R.,
Armagh C 3
Ballynahinch Ho.,
Clare H 2
Ballydogh Ho.,
Limerick C 2
Ballygowan,
Antrim E 4
Ballymacreelly,
Down E 8'
Ballynahinch Inn,
Down E S
Ballydogh Ho.,
Limerick F 2
Ballygowan,
Kilkenny B 4
BallymAdun,
Dublin C 2
Ballynahinch R.,
Down D 3
Ballydogh Ho.,
Wicklow E 8
Ballygowan Sta.,
Down E 2
Ballyraagany,
Antrim B 1
Ballynahone B,;:,
Armagh C 8
Ballyclouh Ho. and Cas., Cork G 2
Ballygrady,
Cork E 2
Ballymagarvey Ho.,
Meath F 3
Ballynahone Hu.,
Armaah C 2
Ballydover Ho.,
Antrim E 4
Ballygriffin,
Cork F 2
Ballymagauran,
Cavan D 2
Ballynahown anrj Court. W. Meath A 3 1
Ballycolla,
Queens Co. C 8
BallygrifEn Ho.,
Wicklow D 4
BalljTnaglassan Ho.,
Meath E 4
Ballynahown Bri..
Wexford D 2
Ballycomraon,
Kind's Co. F 2
Ballygub,
Kilkenny E 4
Ballymagooly,
Cork F 2
Ballynakill,
Roscommon C 3
Ballyconneely Bay,
G-ilway A 2
Ballygunner Cas.,
Ballyhack,
Waterford G 2
Ballymagonr,
Tyrone D 1
Ballynakill,
Roscommon F 5
Ballyconnell and Cas..
Cavan D 2
Wexford A 4
Ballymahon,
Longford C 3
Ballynakill Ho.,
Carlow B 2
Ballyconnell,
Sligo E 1
Ballyhagan Ho.,
BallyhaHill, ,
Kildare B 1
Ballymakeery,
Cork D 3
Ballynakill Ho.,
Kildare C 1
Ballyconnell,
Ballycoog Ho.,
Wicklow B 4
Limerick B 2
Ballymakdkil,
Louth C 1
Ballynakill Ho.,
Limerick D 3
Wicklow D 8
Ballyhaise and Ho.,
Cavan F 2
Ballymaken; ,
Louth B 8
Ballynakill Ho.,
Limerick E 2
Ballyconra Ho.,
Kilkenny B 2
Ballyhalbert,
Down G 8
Ballymanus L:ii.,
Wicklow C 3
Ballynakill Hr. ar^i L.
Galway A 2
Ballycottin, Bay, and I
Cork H 3
Ballyhalc,
Galway D 2
Ballymanus Ho.,
Queen's Co. E 2
BallynakiU L.,
Galway E 3
Armagh D 4
Ballycourcy Ho.,
Wexford C 3
Ballyhale,i
ICilkenny C 4
BallymaquilT,
Galway E 3
Ballynamaddy,
Ballycowan Barony.
King's Co. E 2
Wexford D 4
Ballyhall,
Galway E 2
Cork D 3
Ballymartin,
Carlow B 8
Ballynameen,
Londonderry E 3
Cork F 2
Ballycronigan Ho.y
Ballyhalwick Ho..
Ballymartin,
Down D B
Ballynamona,
Ballycross Ho.,
Wexford C 4
Ballyharalet Ho.,
Waterford B 3
Ballymartle Ho.,
Cork F 8
BaUynamona,
Galway G 2
Ballycuirke L.,
Galway D 2
Ballyhandy,
West Meath C 3
Ballymartrini Bri.,
Armagh B 2
Ballynamon.a,
Longford D 2
BallycuUane,
Wexford A 4
Ballyhare,
Roscommon E 6
Ballymascanlan Ho.,
Louth B 1
Ballynamona,
Roscommon E 3
Ballycullane Ho.,
Waterford C 3
Ballyhaunis,
Mayo E 2
Ballymastocker Bay,
Donegal E 2
Queen's Co. B 3
Ballynamona,
Roscommon E &
Ballycullen Ho.,
Limerick G 2
Ballyhealy Ho.,
West Meath F 2
Ballymeelish Ho.,
BaUynamona,
Roscommon F 3
Ballyoilter,
Down F 3
Ballyhealy Ho.,
Wexford C 4
Ballymeeny,
Sligo C 2
Ballynamona,
West Meath C 2
Ballycumber,
King's Co. E 2
Eallyhean,
Mayo C 2
Ballymena,
i\ntrim D 8
Ballynamona Ho.,
Limerick D 3
Ballycummin Ho.,
Roscommon E 2
Eallyheelan,
Cavan E 3
Ballymenagh Ho.,
Down E 2
Ballynamona V p. S: Li
., Longford D 2
BallycunneenHo.,
Clare G 8
Ballyheige, Bay, and Cas., Kerry C 1
Ballymichr.el,
Donegal D 2
Ballynamony T r ,
Kildare B 4
Ballycurkeen Ho.,
Tipperary E 4
Kilkenny D 4
Ballyhenebery Ho.,
Kilkenny B 4
Eallymire Ho.,
Wicklow A 2
Ballynamore,
Londonderry B 3
BaJlycurrin,
Ballyherly,
Down F 8
Ballymoe I'arony,
Galway F 2
Eallynamuck U ,
Waterford C 3
Ballycurrin Ho.,
Mayo D 8
Ballyhighland,
Wexford B 2
Ballymoe Town,
Galway F 1
BallynamuddaL : .
Wexford D 3
Ballycurry Ho.,
Wicklow E 2
Ballyhillin,
Donegal E 1
Ballymoe Barony,
Roscommon C 3
Ballynamuddag". ."o..
West Meath B 3
Ballydahin,
Cork F 2
Ballyhire Ho.,
Wexford E 4
Ballyraogue Ho.,
Carlow C 2
Ballynamult,
Waterford C 2
Ballydarrog,
Londonderry X) 2
Ballyhoe Bri.,
Fermanagh G 4
Ballymoney,
Antrim B 2
Ballynanty Ho.,
Limerick F 3
Ballydarton IIo.,
Carlow C 2
Ballyhoe Lough,
Meath D 1
Ballymoney,
Donegal E 2
Ballynaparka Ho.,
Waterford C 3
Ballydavid Hd.,
Kerry A 2
Ballyholme B.,
Down F 1
Ballymon:-y,
Londonderry C 3
BallynaraHa,
Kilkenny D 4
Ballydawley L.,
Sligo F 2
Ballyhook,
Wicklow A 3
Ballymoney Ho.,
Wicklow E 3
Ballynard Ho.,
Tipperary A 4
Cork G 3
Ballydehob,
Cork C 4
Ballyhoolahan,
Cork E 2
Ballymoney Ho.,
Wicklow E 4
Eallynascarty,
Ballydemiot Ho.,
King's Co. H 2
Ballyhooly,
Cork F 2
Ballymoney R.,
Antrim C 2
Ballynascreen Cli.,
Londonderry D 4
Ballydeyitt,
Ballydine Ho.,
Londonderry F 2
Ballyhoorisky,
Donegal D 2
Ballymoney Cross P.ds
aiid Fishery,
Eallynascreen Ho.,
Londonderry E A
Tipperary D 4
Ballyhornan,
Down F 4
Wexford E 1
Ballynash Cas.,
Limerick D 2
Ballydirity Ho.,
Antrim C 2
Ballyhoura Hills,
Limerick G 4
Ballymoon, Cas., and Ho., Carlow B 2
Ballynaskeagh,
Down B 4
Ballydonegan,
Londonderry C 3
Cork A 4
Ballyhowly Ho.,
Mayo E 2
Ballymooney Ho.,
King's Co. F 2
Ballynastockan,
Wicklow C 2
Ballydonegan and Bay,
Ballyin Ho.,
Waterford B 3
Ballymoran Ho.,
King's Co. G 2
Ballynastraw Ho. and Colt., Wexford C 1 1
Ballydonndl,
Louth C 3
Ballyine Ho.,
Carlow B 3
Ballymore,
Longford D 2
Ballynastuckaun,
Galway E 2
Ballydonnell Ho. ,
KUkenny A 2
Ballyjamesduff,
Cavan F 8
Ballymore,
Roscommon D 2
Ballynalona,
Wicklow C 2
Ballydoogan Ho.,
Ballydoolagh L.,
Galway F 8
Fermanagh E 2
Ballykealey Ho.,
Carlow C 2
Ballymore,
West Meath C 3
Ballynatray Ho.,
Waterford B 3
Ballykean Ho. and Cott., Wicklow E 8
Ballymore Eustat-j,
Kildare D 8
Ballynatlln Ho.,
Wicklow E 4
Ballydraia,
Antrim F 5
Ballykeel,
Down C 8
Ballymore Ho.,
Wexford D 2
Ballynavortha,
Wicklow B 4
Ballydrislane Ho.,
Waterford G 2
Ballykeel Ho.,
Clare E 1
Ballymore L.,
Mayo D 1
Ballyneal Ho,
Waterford E 2
Ballyduagh Ho.,
Tipperary C 4
Ballykeel Ho.,
Down D 6
Ballymore Lowr.,
Donegal D 2
Ballyncale,
Kilkenny D 4
Ballyduff,
Kerry C 1
Ballykeenan Ho.,
Carlow C 2
Ballymorran.
Down F 3
Eallyneally Ko.,
Limerick E 3
Ballyduff,
Waterford A 3
Ballykeeran,
Ballykelly, Sta., & R.,
West Meath A 3
Ballymote and Sin.,
Sligo E 3
Ballynee,
Meath D 2
Ballyduffand Ho.,
Waterf-ord F 2
Lo.ldonderry C 2
Ballymullen Ho.,
Queen's Co. D 3
Ballyneen,
Cork E 3
BallyduffAbbey&Ho.
Queen's Co. B 3
Ballykelly Ho.,
Wicklow B i
Eallymulvey Ho.,
Longford C 8
Ball^meely,
Limerick F 2
Ballyduff Br.,
Ballyduff Ho.,
King's Co. E 2
Ballykenny L.,
Donegal F 1
Ballymum,
Ballyinurphy,
Wexford D 3
Ballyneely Ho.,
Limerick H 2
Tipperary D 3
Ballykilbcg,
Down E 4
Carlow B 3
Ballyness Bay,
Donegal C 2
Ballyduff Ho.,
Wexford C 2
Ballykilcavan Ho.,
Queen'iCo. E 2
Eallymurphy Ho.,
Carlow C 2
Ballyness Ml.,
Tyrone E 4
Ballyduff Ho.,
Wicklow E 4
Ballykilty Ho.,
Clare G 8
Ballymurray,
Roscommon E 6
Ballynestragh,
Wexford E 1
Ballyduff Ho. and Ch.,
Wexford E 2
Ballykilty Ho.,
Ballykistcen Ho.,
Wexford E 1
Ballymurry,
Galway F 8
Ballynew,
Galway C 3
Ballydugan,
Down E 4
Tipperary A 3
Kilkenny D 4
Ballymurtagh M!ni-s,
Ballymyre Ho.,
Wicklow D 3
Ballynew,
Galway G 3
Armagh C 2
Ballydugan Ho.,
Down A 3
Ballyknock,
Armagh C 3
Ballynewry Ho.,
Ballyeaston,
Antrim E 4
Ballyknock,
Longford C 3
Wicklow C 2
Ballynabama,
West Meath C 8
Ballynicole,
Waterford C 3
Ballyederlan,
Ballyedmond Ho.,
Donegal B 4
Ballyknockan,
Ballynabeama Ho.,
Limerick C 3
Ballynoe,
Galway G 3
Cork G 3
Ballyknockane Ko.,
Limerick E 3
Ballynabloun Ho.,
Kerry A 8
Ballynoe Ho.,
Limerick E S
Ballyegan Ho.,
King's Co. C 8
Ballylaan,
. Clare D 2
Ballynabola,
Wexford B 8
Ballynolan Ho.,
Limerick D 2
Ballyegny Ho.,
BallyelliD Ho.,
Ballydlln MUl,
Limerick C 2
Ballylanders,
Limerick G 3
Ballynaboley Ho.,
Carlow B 2
Ballynultagh,
Wicklow C 2
Carlow A 3
Ballylane Ho.,
Wexford A 3
Ballynabrocky,
Wicklow C 2
Ballynunnery C^-'S.,
Carlow C 2
Carlow B 3
Ballylane L.,
Armagh C 8
Ballynacallagh,
Cork A 4
Ballynure,
Antrim F 4
Ballydlis,
Cork F 2
Ballylaneen,
Waterford E 2
Ballynacally,
Clare F 8
Ballynure Ho.,
Monaghan A 2
BallyellU Ho.,
Wexford D 1
Ballylaur,
Ballylea Lo.,
Ballyleaan Ho.,
Sligo D 8
Ballynacard Ho.,
King's Co. D 3
Ballynure Road Sta.,
Antrim F 4
BaUyfallon Ho.,
Ballyfaman,
Meath C 8
Tipperary B 1
Ballynacarrig Br.,
King's Ca E 3
Ballyorgan,
Limerick G 4
Roscommon D 1
Clare F 3
Ballynacarrig R.,
Queen's Co. B 1
Ballyomey,
Wicklow E 2
Ballyfeand,
Ballyferis Pt.,
Cork F 8
Ballyleakin Ho.,
King's Co H 2
BalljTiacarriga,
Cork E 8
Ballyoughteragh,
Kerry A 2
Down G 2
Ballyleck Ho.,
Monaghan B 2
Ballynacarrigy,
West Meath C 2
Ballyoumey,
Ballypatrick,
Cork D 3
Ballyfermot and Sta.,
Dublin C 4
Ballyleen Lo.,
Carlow C 2
Ballynacariow,
Sligo E 8
Tipperary D 4
Kilkenny A 2
Ballyferriter,
Kerry A 2
Ballylegat Ho.,
Waterford F 2
Ballynacarrow Br.,
West Meath C 2
Ballyphilip,
Ballyfin Ho..
Ballyfinboy R.,
Queen's Co. C 2
Ballylennon Cross RdL,
Carlow B 1
Ballynacarr>',
Armagh C 4
BallyphiUp Br.,
Waterford F 2
Tipperary B 1
Limerick H 2
Ballylessan,
1 Down D 2
Ballynaclogh,
Tipperary B 2
Limerick F 2
Ballyphilip Ho.,
Tipperary D 3
Carlow C 2
BallyfirT«n Ho.,
Ballyliffin,
Ballylin Ho.,
Donegal E 2
King's Co. D 2
Ballynaclogh R.,
Ballypierce Ho.,
Ballyfoyle Ho.,
Que:n'sCo. F 3
Ballynaclouagh,
West Meath D 2
Ballyporeen,
Tipperary B 4
Ballyfree Ho.,
BctlygaK-.n Ko.,
WicWow D 3
Ballylin Ho.,
Limerick D 2
Ballynacooly Cas.,
Kilkenny C 4
Cork G 3
BaUyquick Colt.,
Tipperary B 1
Wicklow D 3
Ballylinch Ho.,
Kilkenny 'C 8
Ballynacorra,
Ballyquin Ho.,
aare I 8
Ballygall,
Galway E 8
Ballyline Ho.,
Clare G 2
Ballynacourty Ho.,
Limerick D 2
Ballyquin Ho.,
Kilkenny D 4
Ballygallcy B.,
Antrim F 8
Ballylintagh,
I,Ondonderry F 2
Ballynacourty Ho.,
Limerick G 4
Ballyquiruin Pt.,
Doun G 4
Ballygalley Hd.,
Antrim G 8
Ballylintagh Ho.,
Down C 3
Ballynacourty Ho.,
Tipperary B 4
Ballyrafter Ho.,
Watexferd B 3
BALLTRAOOAN.
INDEX.
BEH»BTTSBBID6E.
Eanyieggaa Ho.,
Ballyratf^t,
Baltyxaaeen Ho.,
BallynlM Ho.,
BaJlyTSlliuB Ho.,
BaUynabane,
BaUyie,
BaU7Tcdaoi;d Ho.,
Ballyrib; Ho.,
Ballyiisode Ho.,
Baliyrcai),
Bal'yroe Ho.,
BaQyrogsn,
Bailyro£an Ho.,
BaUyrooan,
Ballyroney,
Ballynish,
Ballysadare and Bay,
BaUysad:^e R.,
Ballysaggartmore Ho.,
Ballysallagli Ho.,
Ballysallagh Ho.,
Ballysax Co.,
Batlyscanlan L.,
BallyscuUion Ch.,
BallysculHoD Ho.,
Ballyseedy,
Ballyseskin Ho.,
BallyshanDon,
BallyshanDon Ho.,
BaJlyshear,
Ballysheedy Ho.,
Ballysheehan,
BaJlyshiel Ho.,
BaUyshonog Ho.|
BaUysmottan,
BaUysopHo.,
BaUyspeUun Ho.,
Ballyspurce,
BalJystanfy Ho.,^
Ballysteen Ho., '
Eallysteen Ho.,
BallytarsDa,
Ballytarsna Cross Rds.,
Ballytarsna Ho.,
Ballyteige Bay,
BaJlyteige Cas.,
BaUyteige Ho.,
Ballytei{;elea Lock mi Br.
BallytohUl,
Ballytrent Ho.,
Ballytrim Ho.,
Ballyturin Ho.,
Ballyvad Colt.,
Ballyvahan,
Bally\'aghan B.,
Ballyvaldon Cross Rib.,
Ballyraliy Ho.,
Ballyvatten,
Ballyvtlton Ho.,
Ballyvester Ho.,
Ballyvolanc Ho.,
Ballyvoy,
Ballyvoyle Hd.,'
Ballywaiter,
Eallywaller Ho.,
Bally\valtcr Ho.,
Ballyward Ho.,
Ballyward L.,
Ballywater Ko.,
Kallyiviilhill Ho,,
Ballywtlliam,
Baltywilliam and Sta,,
Balty^^-illiam Ho.,
Ballywtlllam Ho.,
Bally-willin and Sta.,
Ballywirc Ho.,
BallyworI:an Ho.,
Ballywully,
Bslrnoral Sta.,
Calnacart,
Ualrafh,
Balrczan Cas.,
Balriclcard,
B.ilrothcry,
Balrothcry East Barony,
Balrothrry Wesl Bifony,
Balscaddan,
Ijaltcagb,
Ballimore and Day,
Ballinglass,
Balljaina,
Baiuaina Ho.,
Baltrauia Ho.,
Baltray,
naltytx>y« Ho.,
Baoada and Abbc^,
Baoatcher,
Hana(.'hcr, -
B.in.»i;her, f
Bjlnt,ridgef
BftliJon,
Bajidon R.
Hk« U,
Daaa L.,
H<x,
Kiidare C 4
Kilkenny C 2
Wicklow B 4
Wicklow D i
Weaford C 2
tondonderry F 2
Cork G 8
Carlow D 2
King's Co. C 4
Cork B 4
Queen's Co. D 3
Kiidare B 4
Londonderry E 2
Wicklow E 3
Londonderry F 4
Down C 4
Monaghan £ 3
Sligo E 2
Sligo F 2
Waterford B 3
Carlow D 1
Kilkenny D 2
Kiidare C 3
Waterford F 2
Antrim C
Londonderry F
Kerry C
Wexford C
Donegal C
KUdare B
King's Co. G
Limerick F
Tipperary C 3
King's Co. C 2
wicklow B 4
Wicklow C 1
Wejtford A 4
Kilkenny A 2
Down G 3
King's Co. C 4
Limerick C 2
Limerick D 2
Kilkenny D 4
Carlow B 2
Tipperary C 3
Wejtford B 4
Wexford G 4
Wicklow D 3
Carlow B 3
Tipperary D 4
Wexford D 4
Down F 3
Galway E
Waterford F
Clare E
Clare E
Wexford E
Clare K
Kilkenny C
Londonderry F
Down F
Cork G
Antrim E
Waterford E
Down G
Cork F
Wexford E
Wicklow C
Down C
Watford E
^ Do\vn D
Limerick D
Wexford A
Down F
King's Co. D
Longford E
Tipperary A
Armagh D
Roscommon D
Antrim F
West Mcath E
Mcath C
Louth B
Dublin E
Dublin E
Dublin E
Dublin C
Dublin E
Londonderry D
Cork C
Wicklow A 8
Loutb A 2
Mcath A 2
Meath E 4
Louth C 8
Wicklow B 2
Sligo D 8
Kina's Co. C 2
Ccilrim U 2
Londonderry D 8
Down B 3
Cork E 8
Cork D 8
Mealh A 2
W«B Mealh D 1
Kerry D 1
Bangor,
Bangor-and Cas.,
Bangor B.,
Bann Bri.,
Bann R.,
Btmn R.,
Bann R. source,
Bann R.,
Bannagh R.,
Bannow Bay,
Ban now I.,
Bannow L.,
Bannow L.,
Banse,
Bansha,
Banteer and Sta,,
Bantis Ho.,
Bantry,
■ Mayo B 1
Down F 2
Doivn E 1
Wexford C 2
Antrim B 8
Armagh D 2
Down C 4
Wexford C 2
Fermanagh D 1
Wexford B 4
%Vexford B 4
Longford B 3
Longford B 3
Kilkenny B 3
Tipperary B 4
. Cork E 2
Tipperary B 2
Wexford B 3
Bantry Barony and Vil., Cork C 3
Bantry Bay and L. Ho., Cork B 4
Baraghy L., Cavan H 2
BarbaTilla, West Meath E 2
Barbejstown Cott., Kiidare D 2
Bardinch R., Cork D 3
Bargy Barony, Wexford C 4
BargyCas., Wexford D 4
Bariey Cove, Cork B 4
Barleyhill Ho., Mayo D 2
Barmeath, Louth B 3
Barmona, Carlow B 3
Bam, The, Queen's Co. F 4
Earn Ho., " I'ipperary C 4
Bam Sir., Longford B 2
Bama, Galway D 3
Baraa, King's Co. C 4
Bama, Queen's Co. B 2
Bamaboy Ho., King's Co. D 2
Bamacurra, Cork D 2
Eamacurra, Galway F 2
BamadergCas., Galway E 2
Barnadown Ho., Wexford D 1
Barnadown Ho., Wexford E 2
Bamagh Barony, Donegal B 3
Baroagh Hill, Limerick B 3
Bamagh Hill, Limerick C 3
Barnagrotty, King's Co. C 4
Baraagrow L., Ca^'an G 2
Bamahowna, Galway C 2
Bamakyle Riv., Limerick E 2
Bamane, Tipperary C 2
Barnard Castle, Cork E 8
Eamathasona, Kilkenny B 4
Barnattin, Louth B 3
Barnavave, Louth C 1
Barnes Top, Londonderry D 3
Bamesrnore Gap> Donegal D 3
Bamhill Ho., Kiidare B 4
Bamtick Ho., Clare G 3
Earntown Ho., Wexford C 8
Bar Hall, Down G 3
Barons Court, T>Tone D 2
Baronstown Ho., West Meath C 2
Bana L., Donegal C 3
Barrabehy, Kilkenny C 4
Barrack, Longford C 2
Barrack, Monaghan B 1
Barrack Street, Fermanagh B 2
Barrack Village, Carlow B 3
Barrack Village, , Kilkenny C 2
Barrack Villnje, Waterford C 2
Barrack Village, Wexford A 3
Barracurragh, Tipperary C 8
Barradaw, Cork G 2
Barraderry IIo., Wicklow B 8
BarraduC Kerry D 2
Barragh Ch., ' Carlow C 2
Barraghcore Ha, iCilkenny E 3
Barranatraw, Kerry B 8
Barran.agh, Mayo A 1
Barranny, Galway D 2
Barratoghcr, Sligo C 8
Barrav.ally, Kilkenny B 4
Barren's Rks., Wexford D 5
Barrctstown Ho., Kiidare C 2
Barretts Barony, Cork F 2
Barrigone, Limerick C 2
Bamngton's Eri., Limerick G 2
Earristown, Waterford G 2
Barrogstown Ho., Kiidare D 1
Barronstown, Wexford B 8
Banow Harb, Kerry C 2
Barrow Ho., The, Queen's Co. C 1
Harrow R., source of) Queen's Co. C 2
Barrow R., mouth of, Wexford A 4
Barrowbank Ho., King's Co. C 8
Barrowford Ho., Kiidare B 3
Barry, Longford C 3
Barry L., \ Fcnnan.agh E 3
Bnrr>'killa, Cork G 3
Ejirrjmorc Barony, Cork G 2
Barryroc and Ibane Barony, Cork E 4
B.arry's Hd., Cork F 3
{.irrys Pt., Cork F 4
B:u-rTfstown Ho., Wexford B 4
B.irl emy, Cork G 2
Bartlcy» Grove. Monaghan C 8
Bartragh I., Mayo D 1
Bartramstown Ho., Meath F 3
Bartraw, Mayo B 2
Baskin Ho., V>'est Meath B 3
Batterstown and Sla., Meath E 4
Battle Bridge, Roscommon E 1
Battlefield Ho., Sligo F 8
Battleford Eri.. Armagh B 2
BattlemouLl Ho., Kiidare B 3
Baunboy, Kilkenny D 3
Baunmore, Galway F 3
Baunmore Ho., Kilkenny A 2
Baunreagbcong Mt., Queen's Co. B 2
Baunskeha, Kilkenny D 4
Bauntia, Galway G 3
Baunyknav, Galway F 3
Bauraneag, Limerick C 2
Baurearagh R., Kerry D 3
Eaurscoob, Kilkenny C 3
Baurlregaum, Kerry C 2
Bauteogue R., Queen's Co. D 3
Bawn, King's Co. G 2
Bawn Hill, Queen's Co. E 2
Bawn Ho., Longford C 2
BawnL, Monaghai^C 3
Bawnboy and Ha, Cavan D 2
BawndufT, Kerry B 3
BawndufiR., Mayo B 1
Bawnmore Ho., Wexford A 3
Bawnrush, Queen's Co. B 2
Bayswell Ho., Kilkenny A 2
Baytown Park, Meatn E 4
Bayview, Waterford C 4
Beaconstown, Kiidare B 4
Beagh, Galway E 2
Beagh Cas., Limerick D 2
Beagh L., Donegal D 2
Beagh R., Galway E 3
Beaemore I,., Longford C 1
Beakstown Colt, Tipperary C 3
Beal Pt., Kerry D 1
Bealaclugga, Clare F 1
Eealaha, Clare C 3
Bealanabrack R., Galway C 2
Bealanageary, Cork D 3
Bealin, West Meath B 8
Bealock, Cork D 3
Beanfield Ho., Wexford C 1
Bear Barony, Cork B 3
Bear Haven and L, Cork B 4
Beardiville, Antrim B 1
BearforesE Ho., Cork F 2
Bearhaven Copper Mines, Cork A 4
Bearstown, Kilkenny E 4
Beau Ho., Dublin F 2
Beaufort Ho., Kerry D 2
Beaulien Ho., Louth C 8
Beaupark Sta., Meath E 2
Becklield Ho., Queens Co. B 3
Bective Sia., Bri., and Ho., Meath D 3
Bedford Ho., Kerry D 1
Beechabbey, Roscommon E 2
Beech Grove, Kiidare C 1
Beech G^ Monaghan C 2
Beech 1ml Ho., ' Armagh B 3
Beech Mount, Wicklow D 3
Beechmount, Limerick D 2
Beechmount, Wicklow B 4
Beechmount Ho., Tipperary D 3
Beechpark Ho., Clare F 3
Beechwood, Roscommon E 4
Beechwood, Tipperary B 2
Beechwood Ho., Dublin F 8
Beehive, Cavan G 8
Beennaman, Kerry B 2
Beenoskee, Kerry B 2
Beesbrack, Monaghan B 2
Eeg L., Kiidare B 2
Beg Lough, Jx>ndonderry G 4
Beggars End, Kiidare D 2
Bcgnagh Bri., Longford B 2
Begrath, Louth B 8
Behagh, ,- Chare F 1
Beehamore Ha, Tipperary B 2
Echauagh, Limerick H 4
Beilanodc, Monaghan B 2
Bckali, Mayo E 2
Belalt, Donegal D 4
Bclaii Ho., Lo., and Colt., Kiidare B 4
Belcamp Park, Dublin E 4
Bclcoo, Fermanagh C 3
Bclderg Harb., Mayo C 1
Bcleckand Su., Fermanagh B 2
Bclccynamore Mtn., Tyrone G 2
Belfast, Antrim F 6
Belfast Lough, Antrim G 4
Helfast Lower Barony, Antrim F 4
Belfast Upi>cr Barony, Antrim E 6
Eclfrim Cas., Tyrone E 2
1-iclgard Cas., Dublin C 5
Belgoolyj Cork F 8
Uciri,-\vel and L,, Lcilrim B 2
IkliRoy Lower, Donegal C 2
Bella, Roscommon C 2
Bcllacorick Br., Mayo C 1
Bvlhirrafihcr Bay, Mayo U 2
Belladrihid,
Bellaheady Bri.,
Bellahy,
Bellahy,
Bellair Ho.,
Bellamont Ho.,
Bellanacargy,
Bellanagare,
Sligo F 2
Cavan D 2
Mayo E 2
Sligo D 4
King's Co. B 1
Cavan G 2
Cavan F 2
Roscommon C 2
Bellanamallard & Sta., Fermanagh E 2
Belianamean R., Sligo C 3
Bellananagh, Cavan E 3
Bellantra Bn., Leitrim C 3
Bellamsh Br., Sligo F 3
Bellanascarrtjw, Sligo F 3
Eellanavoran Br., Meath D 1
Beliarena and Sta., Londonderry D 2
Bellatrain, Monaghan C 3
Bellaugh, Roscommon E 6
Bellavally Gap, Cavan C 2
Eellavary, Mayo D 2
Bellebrook, Kiidare E 1
Belleek, Armagh D 3
Belleek, Donegal C 4
Belleek Ab. and Oa., Mayo D 1
Eellefield, King's Co. C 4
Belle Grove, Queen's Co. E 2
Belleisle, Fermanagh E 3
Belle Isle, Donegal C 4
Belle Isle, Tipperary B 1
Belleville, ■ Galway E 2
Belle Vue, Monaghan D 4
Eellevue, Waterford B 3
Bellevue, Wexford C 3
Bellevue, Wicklow E 2
Bellevue Ha, Tipperary A 1
Bellevue Ho., Wicklow D 3
Bellgrove Ho., Roscommon D 4
Bellgrove Ho,, Tipperary B 2
Belha, Clare B 2
Belline Ha, Kilkenny C 4
Bellisland L., Galway E 2
Bellisle, Down C 3
Bellmount, King's Co. C 2
Bellmount, Queen's Co. C 4
Bellmount, West Meath D 3
Bellmount, Wicklow B 4
Bellmount Ho., West Meath D 2
Bellmullet, Mayo A 1
Bcllpark Ho., Wicklow E 3
Bellurgan Sta., Louth C 1
Bellview, Queen's Co. C 3
Bellville, Limerick D 3
BellvUle Park» ^ Waterford C 3
Behnont, 8 Down D 2
Belmont, ^ Galway E 2
Belmont Ha, Wexford C 8
Belmore Mtn., Fermanagh D 3
Belmount Ha, Carlow B 2
Belmount Ho., Wicklow E 2
Belraugh, Londonderry E 2
Belshade L., Donegal C 3
Beltany Lower, Donegal C 2
Beltoy, Antrun G 4
Beltra L., Mayo C 2
Beltrim Cas., Tyrone E 2
Belturbet, Cavan E 2
Belvidere, West Meath D S
Bclvidere Ha, Cork G 2
Belview, Armagh C 2
Belview, Fermanagh E 3
Belview, Galway G 8
Belview, Louth C 3
Belview, Meath B 2
Belview Ho.-, Kiidare A 3
Belview Ho., Kilkenny D 6
Belview Ho., King's Co. E 1
Belville, Mayo C 1
Belville, WeSl Mcath B 3
Belvoir, Down D 2
Belvoir Ho., Clare H 3
Belvue, Wesl Mealh F 2
Bonody Glen, Londonderry D 3
Benagh Lo., Down B 4
Benaftit, West Mealh D 3
Benbaun, Galway B 2
Benbo, Leitrim B 2
Bcnbrack, Cavan B 2
Eenbradagh, Londonderry D 3
Eenbulbin, Sligo F 1
Benburb, ^ Tyrone H 4 ,
Bencor, - Galway B 2. |
Ben Crcggan, V Mayo B 8
Bencroy, '- Leitrim D 3
Benduff, Tipperary C 2
Bcnettstown Ho;, Wexford D 4
Bengorc Hd., Antrim C 1
Bengorm, Mayo B 2
Bcngorm, Mayo B S
Bcnhc.id, • Mealh G 3
Ben Howlh, ^
Benison L.
Dublin G 4
West Mcath E 2
Mayo C 1
Eenmorc Mt. and Hd.,
licnmorc or Fair Hd., Antrim E 1
Ben Ncagh Ho., Antrim D 6
Bcnnekcrr^ Lo. and Ha, Carlow B 2
Henoetubridgc, Kilkenny C t
BKNSAW.
INDEX.
BULBDI.
Ben raw,
Ucntly Co«t.,
Uenvardin Ho.,
Down C <
'Blackrock,
Cork F 8
Boleylhomas,
Galway F 2
Bridge End,
Antrim E 6
Wexford D 8
Blackrock,
Down G 2
Bolcyvogue,
Wexford D 2
Bridge End,
Donegal D 2
Antrim B 2
Blackrock Ho.,
Antrim B 1
Bolie.
BoliebauQ,
l/)ngford D 2
Bridge Hill,
Tyr<me C 3
Benville Ho.,
Wexford C i
Black Rock Ll Ho.,
Sligo E 2
Leitrim C 1
Bridgefoot Ho.,
DubUn E 1
Benwee Geevraun Pt.,
Mayo C I
Black Rock,
Wcxfotxl D 5
Boliska L.,
Bolisland Ho.,
Galway D 8
Bridget L.,
Clara I 2
BcDwee Hd.,
Mayo B 1
Black Rock Mtn.,
Wexford B 2
Wicklow B 4
Bridgetown,
Ctaie I 8
BcDwee, or Kilcummir
Hd., Mayo D 1
Black Rocks,
Cork D 4
Bolton Mill,
Kildare C 4
Bridge Town,
Donegal E 2
Beragh and Sta.,
Tyrone F 3
Blacksod Bay,
Mayo A 1
Boltown Ho.,
Meath C 2
Bridgetown,
Dmegal E 2
Berkeley Forest Ho.,
Bernard Cas.,
Wexford A 3
Blackstairs MouotD.,
Carlow C 8
Bolus Hd.,
Kerry A 3
Bridgetown,
Leitnm B 1
King's Co. D 3
Blackstoops Ho.,
Wexford C 2
BoQcbrook,
Cavan C 2
Bridge Town,
Roscommon D 4
Berry B.,
Londonderry B 3
Black water,
Armagh D 3
Bondville,
Armagh A 3
Bridgetown,
Wexford C t
Bert Ho.,
Bertraghboy Bay,
Kildare A 8
Black Water,
Kilkenny C 4
Bond Br.,
Bonabrocka Ho.,
Krldare B 2
Bridgeview,
Armagh D 8
Dubfin F 3
Galway B 2
Black Water,
Londonderry E 4
Wicklow E 3
Brier Hall,
Besborough Ho.,
Kilkenny C 4
El.ack Water,
BlackwaterVil.,
Tyrone C 8
Bonet R.,
Leitrim B 2
Briggs, The,
Bright,
Down F 1
Bes.sborough,
Clare D i
Wexford D 8
Bonoetstown Ho.,
Kilkenny C 2
Down F 4
Bess Brook and Sta.,
Armagh D 3
Blackwater Bri.,
Kerry C 3
Boolavonteen,
Waterford C 2
Brinny River,
Cork E 3
Bess Grove,
Queen's Co. A 3
Blackwater Bri.,
Blackwater Haroonr,
Kildare B 1
Booltecns,
Kerry C 2
Briskill, Lower and Upper, Longford C 2
Bessfon,
Longford C 3
Wexford E 8
Boolyglass,
Kilkenny C 4
Brittas,
Dubhn B 6
Bessmount Park,
Monaghan C 2
Blackwater R.,
Cavan C 2
Boom Hall,
Londonderry B 2
West Meath A 3
Brittas,
Kilkenny D 3
Meath D 2
Bessy Bdl,
Tyrone D 2
Louth C 3
Blackwater R.,
Cavan G 4
Boor R.,
Brittas,
Betaghstown,
Blackwater R., source
of Cork D 3
of, Waterford B 3
Boora L. and Riv.,
King's Co. D 2
Brittas Riv.,
Wicklow C 1
BetaghstowD Xx). and Sta., Meath G 2
Blackwater R., mouth
Booterstown,
Dublin E 5
Brittas Bay and Br.,
Wicklow E 8
Betaghstown Cross Rd»., Kildare C 2
Blackwater R.,
Down E 3
Borleagh Ho,,
Wexford E 1
Brittas Cas.,
Tipperary C 3
Bcttyfield,
Rosconimon D 2
Blackwater R.,
Kerry E 2
Boro Bri.,
Wcrford B 8
Brittas Ho.,
Queen's Co. D 2
West Meath E 2
Bctlyfield Ho.,
Carlow C 1
Blackwater R.,
Kildare C 1
BoroR.,
# Wexford C 8
Brittas L.,
Betty Ville,
Limerick G 8
Blackwater R.,
King's Co. C 2
Borodale.
Borohill Ho.,
Wexford C 8
Broadford,
Clare I 3
Bettyville, -
Wexford C 3
Blackwater R.,
Leitrim E 8
Wexford B 8
Broadford,
Kildare. B 1
BcltyviHe Ho.,
Dublin E 2
Blackwater R.,
Meath C 2
Borris, Ho., and Sta.,
Carlow B 8
Broadford,
Limerick D 3
Beybeg Ho.,
Meath G 2
Blackwater R.,
Meath C 4
Borris in Ossory,
Queen's Ca B 8
Broad Haven,
Mayo B 1
Beymore Ho.,
Meath F 2
Blackwater R.,
Queen's Co. C 2
Borrismore Ho.,
Kilkenny A 2
Broad Lou^;h,
Wicklow E 2
Big Collm,
Antripi E 4
Blackwater R.,
Tyrone G 4
Borrisnoc Mt.,
Tipperary C 2
Broad Meadow Water,
Dublin D 8
BigR..
Louth C 1
Blackwatertown,
Armagh B 2
Borrisokane,
Tipperary B 1
Broadstone Sta.,
Dublin D 4
Bilberry Hill,
Cavan D 2
Blackwell Lo.,
Kilkenny D 3
Borrisoleigh,
Tipperary B 8
Wexford C 8
Broadway,
Wexford D 4
Bilberry R.,
Longford B S
Blackwood and Cas.,
Kildare C 2
Borrmouijt Mt.,
Brockagb,
Brockaghboy,
MayoC 2
Bilboa,
Carlow A 2
Blackwood Pt.,
Longford A 8
Boston,
Clare G 1
Londonderry E 8
Bilboa R.,
Limerick H 2
Blairs Cove,
Cork C 4
Boston,-^
Galway F 8
Cork F 2
BrockerMt.,
TjTone C 4
BillisBri.,
Cavan G 3
Blakcstown Ho.,
Louth A 2
Bottlehill,
Brockley Park,
Queen's Co. E 2
BUly,
Binbeg,
Antrim C 1
Blakestown Cross Rd»
Lonth A 3
Eouga^h L.,
Monaghan D 4
Kerry C 3
Brodagh Ho.,
Clare G 2
Cavan C 1
Blanchartistown,
Dublin C 4
Bou^hil,
Brogeen River,
Cork E 2
Binevenagh,
Londonderry D 2
Blanchville Ho.,
KHkenny D 3
Boultypatrickv
Donegal C 3
Broher,
Sligo D 4
Bingham Cas.,
Mayo A 1
Blandsfort Bf>.,
Queen's Co. D 8
Fermanagh D 2
Bovagh Ho.,
Londonderry F 2
Brominagh Ho.,
Tipperary B 1
Fermanagh F 8
Binghamstown,
Mayo A 1
Elaney Bay,
Boveagh and R. ,
Londonderry D 3
Brookeborough,
Binroe Cas.,
Birchfield Ho.,
Clare E 1
Blarney,
Cork F 3
Bovedy,
Londonderry F 3
Brookfield Ho.,
King's Co. E 2
Clare D 2
Blasket Is., Great,
Bleach HUl,
Kerry A 2
Boviel,
Londonderry D 3
Meath E 3
Brook Hall,
Londonderry B 2
BiichCdd Ho.,
Kilkenny C 3
King's Co. C 2
BowdstownHo.,
Brook HiU,
Leitrim B 1
Birchgrove Ho.,
Tipperary C 2
Bleach River,
Clare I 1
Bo wry,
Wicklow A 2
BrookhillHo.,
Antrim E 6
Bildhlll, ,
Tipperary A 2
Annagh D 1
Bleakfield Ho.,
Queen's Co. B 3
Boycetown R.,
Meath D 8
Brookhill Ho.,
KHkenny E 8
Bird Is.,
Bleanoran,
Galway D 2
Eoyds Bri.,
Louth B 3
BrookhUl Ho.,
Wexford C 8
Bird's Rock,
Birdstown Ho.,
"Sligo E 2
Bleantasour,
Wateribrd D 2
Boyds Mt.,
Londonderry D 2
Brookhill Ha,
Mayo D 2
Donegal E 2
Blenheim,
Blennerville,
Waterford G 2
Boylagh Barony,
Donegal C 3
Brook Lawn,
Kildare D 1
Bireencorragh,
Mayo C 1
Kerry C 2
Boyle Barony and R.,
Roscommon D 2
Brook Lawn,
Leitrim F 4
Birraore I.,
Galway B 3
Blessingboume CoU.,
Tyrone E 4
Boyle Town and Sta.,
Roscommon D 2
Brooklawn,
King's Co. C 4
Carlow B 8
Birr or Parsonstowa,
King's Co. C 3
Blessington,
Wicklow B 1
Boyne R. and Ho.,
Meath E 2
Brook Lo.,
Birr View,
King's Co. C 3
Blind Harbour,
Cork D 4
Boyne Riv., mouth of,
Louth C 8
Brook La,
Limerick D 8
Bishops Court,
Down F 4
Blind Harb.,
Mayo B 1
Boyne Hill Ho.,
Meath D 3
Brooklodge,
Cork G 8
Bishopscourt Ho.,
Kildare D 2
Block Ho. Is.,
Down C 6
Brabaron Park,
Mayo E 2
Brookly Ho.,
Armagh B 3
Bishop's Hall,
Kilkenny D 6
Bloody Foreland,
Donegal B 2
Brackbaun Bri.,
Tipperary B 4
BrookviUe,
Tipperary B 4
Kildare A 1
Bishops I.,
Qare B 3
Bloomfield,
West Meath D 3
Brackenagh Hall,
Down D 5
Erookville Ho.,
Bishops Palace,
Down E 2
Bloorafield,
Wexford C 3
Brackenstown Ho.,
^ Dublin D 8
■▼ Kerry C 2
Brookville Ho.,
Kilkenny B 2
Bishopstown Cas.,
West Meath C 3
Bloomfield,
Wicklow D 2
BrackhiU,
Broomfield,
Monaghan D 8
Bishops Village,
Cork D 4
Bloomfield Ha,
Myo D 2
Queen's Cfo. D 2
Brackbgh,
Cavan E 4
Broomfield Ho.,
Cariow C 2
Black Ball Hd.,
Cork A 4
Bloomfield Ho.,
Bracklagh,
Galway F 3
Broomfield Ho.,
Dublin F 3
Black liri..
Kilkenny D 2
Meath F 4
Bloomfield Ho.. ^
Sligo P 2
Brackley Lough and Lo.. Cavai C 2
Broomfield Ho..
Kildare B 4
Black Bull,
Bluebell Ho..
Blue Stack Mts.,
Kildare C 2
Bracklin Ho.,
West Meath F 2
Broomfield Ho.,
Wicklow C 3
Black Bush, The,
Meath F 4
Donegal C J3
Bracknagh,
Bradan L.,
King's Co. H 2
Tyrone C 3
Broomfield Ho.,
Wicklow E 2
Black Cas.,
Wexford C 3
Blunden Cas.,
Kilkenny C 3
Broomvilie Ho.,
Cariow C 2
Black Castle,
Wicklow E 3
Bo Lough,
Sligo G 3
Brade Ho.,
Cork D 4
Brosna,
' Kerry E 2
Blackcaslle Ho.,
Meath E 3
Boa Is.,
Fermanagh C 1
Bradoge R.,
Donegal C 4
Brosna,
King's Co. C 4
Blackford Br^ "
Cariow B 2
BoakefieM,
Kildare C 8
Braganstown,
BrafdR.,
Louth B 2
Brosna R.,
King's Co. D 2
Blackford Br.,
Kildare A 3
Board mills,
Down D 3
Antrim E 3
Brosna R.,
West Meath D 8
Blackford Br.,
Roscommon A 3
Bobs Groves
Cavan F 4
Bralieve Mts,,
Sligo G 3
Broughal Cas.,
King's Co. D 2
"Tyrone F 2
Black Fort,
Blackfort Ho.,
Londonderry E 4
Eobsville,
Meath B 2
Bran L.,
Leitrim C 4
BroughdergR.,
Tipperary B 2
Kildare D 2
Bodaun,
BodergL.,
Galway G 2
Branchfield,
Sligo D 3
Broughillstown Ho.,
Cariow C i
Blackball,
Roscommon F 2
Brandon Hd. acd Ploint, Kerry B 2
Broughshane,
Antrim E 8
Black Hall,
Louth C 3
Bodyke,
Clare I 2
Brandon and Bay,
Kerry B 2
Brow Head,
Corit B 4
Black Hall,
Meath E 4
Bofin L.,
Galway C 2
Brandondale Ho.,
Kilkenny E 3
Browasbam Ho.,
Kilkenny D B
Blackball Cas.,
Kildare D 2
Bofin L.,
Roscommon F 2
Brandrum Ho.,
Monaghan B 2
Browncshill Ho.,
Cariow B 2
Black Hd.,
Antrim H 4
Bog L.,
Leitrim D 4
Brannock I.,
Galway B 3
West Meath A 3
Brown Flesk,
Kerry D 2
Black Head and Bay,
Clare E 1
Bog of the Ring,
Dublin E 1
Brawny Barony,
Bray Head,
Brownhall,
Mayo D 2
Blackheath Ho.,
Loodonderry E 2
Fermanagh C 1
Boggan,
Roscommon F 5
Kerry A 3
Brown Hill,
Brownlow Ho.,
Londonderry D 3
Armagh £ 2
Black Hill,
Boggauns,
Galway F 2
Bray Head,
Wicklow E 1
Black Is.,
BiSck Knob, '
Longford B 3
Boggeragh Mounts.,
Cork E 2
Bray Ho.,
Kildare B 4
Brown Park,
Wexford C 2
Waterford H 3
Boharboy,
Louth D 1
Bray and Sta.,
Wicklow E 1
Browns B.,
Antrim G 3
Black Lion,
Cavan B 1
Bohateh,
Galway F 4
Bray, Little,
Dublin F 6
Erow'Ds Bay,
Sligo D 2
Blacklion,
Carlow D 2
Bohaim,
Mayo C 2
Bray Mount,
Meath D 3
Browns Mills,
Brownscross Ho.,
Corii F 8
Black Lion,
King's Co. E 2
Boher,
Limerick G 2
Breaghwy Lo.,
Breakey L.,
Mayo D 2
Dublin C 2
Black L.,
Monaghan C 3
Boheraphuca,
King's Co. D 3
Meath C 1
Brownsford Ho.,
Kilkenny D 4
Black L.,
Monaghan C 3
Boherboy,
Cork D 2
Breandnun Bri.,
Leitrim D 4
Brownstown,
aigo B 2
Black Mt.,
Antrim E 5
Boher boy.
Kildare A 1
Bree,
Wexford C 8
Brownstown Hd.,
Waterford G S
Black Mm.,
Louth C 1
Boherboy,
Kilkenny D 2
Breechhill Ho.,
Breedoge and R.,
Kilkenny B 2
Brownstown Ho.,
Kildare C S
Blackpool,
Cork F 2
Boherdutr,
Kilkenny C 3
Roscommon C 2
Brownstown Ho.,
Kildare C «
Black Quarter Ho.,
Armagh C 4
Bohereen,
Kildare B 2
Ereen Ho.,
Antrim D 2
Brownstown Ho.,
Meath E 3
Blackrath, Ho., and Cos., Kildare C 3 |
Bohergoy Ho., ,'
Kildare B 3
Breensford R.,
West Meath A 3
Brownstown Ho.,
Tipperary C 3
Black R., The,
Cavan B 1
Boherlahan,
Tipperary C 3
Brees,
Mayo D 2
Bruce Hall,
Cavan D S
Black R.,
Fermanagh C 2
Bohermeen,
Meath D 3
Bresk L.,
Fermanagh D 2
Bruce's Cas., Rathlin 1
£., Antrim £ 1
Black R.,
Galway D 2
Eohernabreena,
Dublin C 6
Brewershill Ho.,
Wicklow B 2
Bruff,
Limerick F 8
Black R.,
Kildare A 2
Pohernacross,
Longford D 2
Brianstown Ho.,
Longford B 2
Eruree, Sta., and Ho.,
Limerick F 3
Black R.,
Leitrim B 1
Boherquill,
West Meath D I
Brick R.,
Kerry D 1
Brusna R.,
Er\'ansfora,
Sligo B 3
Black R.,
Longford C 1
Bohill Ho.,
Antrim E 5
Bricketsiown Ha,
Wexford E 3
Down D 4
Black R.,
Mayo D 3
Bohola,
Mayo D 2
Brickey R.,
Waterford C 3
Euckfield,
Roscommon C 4
Black Riv.,
Tipperary D 3
Bohullion,
Donegal E 2
Bridebridge,
Cork G 2
Euckna,
Antrim E 3
Black R.,
Tipperary D 3
West Mcaih C 2
Bola L.,
Galway B 2
Bride River,
Cork E 8
Buckoogh, .
Mayo C 2
Black R.,
Boley Ho.,
Queen's Co. E 3
Bride R.,
Cork F 2
Buckroney Ho.^
Wicklow E 3
Black Rbck.
Dublin E 6
Eoley Cross Rds.,
Kildare B 3
Brides Head,
Wicklow E 8
Buffy L., t
Galway D 2
Black Rock,
Louth B 2
Boleybeg Bri.,
Queen's Co. D 3
Brideswell,
Roscommon E 5
Butbaun,
Wicklow C 2
Black Rock,
6
Wexford D 6
Boleybeg Ho.^
Kildare D 3
Bridetree Well,
Dublin E 2
Bulbin,
Donegal E 2
EHLaiDsir.
INDEX.
OASTLEOBAOH.
Fiii.^aden
ta'.l Pc, '
B-jil Wall (Breakwater),
EuJlabu R.,
EaKann,
Bullock Har.,
Bulls Hd.,
Bull's Ring, The,
BuIIyglass,
BuUys Comer,
Buliath,
Bunaninver,
Bunatrahir Bay,
Bunaw,
Bunbeg,
Bt:Qbrosna,
Huncraggy Ho.,
Buncrana,
Buncrowey R.,
Bundoran and Sta.,
Bandoran Juac,
Bwidorragha,
Eunduff Br.,
Bucerky L.,
Bunglass,
Bunlacken,
Bun'i:'//?,.,
H'-r _:.v,
li.:. ::'ir. Pt.,
;;u= .r>.;;on tnd Bay.
Buonagee,
BunnahonoX.,
Bunnafaow L. and Ho.,
Bucnanaddan.,
Bunnanilra, North & South,
Buimoe B.,
Bunny h.,
BuDoke R.,
Bunowen B. and O13;,
Bunov/en R.,
Bunowen R.,
Bunratty, East and West.
Bunralty Lower, Barony,
Bunratty Upper, Barony,
Bunratty River,
Bunree,
Burgage Ho.,
Burgagemoyle Cott.,
Burial !.,
ourke's Is.,
Burkestown Cross Rds.,
Burke ViUe,
Burley Bri.,
Bumbrook.
Burochurcn,
Bumcourt and Riv.,
Bumf cot,
Bumham,
BumtoUet Rivt.,
Bun-en and BaroD;,
Burren Riv.,
Burrishoole,
Burrisho-jlc Barer. '.
Bnrsk L.,
Burton Hall,
Curtown Cross R'Ji
Bush R.,
Eush Sta.,
Busherstown Ho.,
E'jsherstown Ho.,
BushScld,
Eushfield,
BusMicld,
Busafield,
Bushlield Ho.,
Eu.=ihmHl5,
Bushvilte,
Bushy Park,
Bushy Park,
Bushypark Ho.,
Bushypark Ho.,
Bushypark Ho.,
Butlers Bri.,
But!ert,town,
Euilcr&toT/Q Cas.
Limerick F 3
.\ntrira D 1
Dublin F 4
Donegal D 3
r.alway F 3
Dublin F
Kerry B
:Cild.Tre B
Mayo D
Carlow D
Meath C
Donegal C
Mayo C
Kerry C
Donegal C
West ;.!eath D 2
Clare F 8
Donegal E 2
Sligo C 2
Donegal C 4
T>Tone C 4
Iilayo B 3
Leitrmi A 1
Cavan C
Kildare B
Queen's Co. C
Donegal B
Longford D
Mayo B
Waterfcrd E
Donegal F
Fermanagh C _
Galway E 8
Sligo E 3
, . Sligo B 2
Cavan F 2
Clare G 1
Limeiick C 3
Galway A 2
Galway G 2
Mayo B 2
Clare H 3
Clare G 3
Clare G 2
Clare H 3
Siigo B 3
Carlow A 2
Wicklow B 2
Down G 3
Waterford F 3
Wexford A 4
Galway F 3
Louth A
Roscommon E
Kilkenny C
Tipperary B
Dc
'onegal E
Kerry B _
Londonderry C 3
Clare F 1
Carlow B
Mayo C
Mayo B
Monaghan D
Kildare B
Kildare B
Antrim B
Louth C
Carlow C
King's Co. C
Kildare B
Mayo D
Mayo D 8
Tipperary A 2
Kildare B 2
Antrim C 1
Wexford D 4
Dublin D 6
Wicklow E 1
. Clare F 2
Limerick D 1
Roscommon D 4
Cavan E 2
Cork E 4
Wexford D 4
Bdtlcrstown Cas. & Ho., Waterford F
Butter Mt., Wicklow C
Butter Water. Armagh C 8
Buttermilk Bri., Armaih D 2
Buttevantand Sta., Cork F 2
Bwcene Crois Roads, Cork E 2
ByersConier, Annagh B 2
Byrnes Hill, Quetn'i Co. B 8
Cab'nlecly,
Cabra Colt, and Coi.,
Cahragh,
Cabra/h,
Cabra^b,
C«br»([h Cna.,
Cahragh Ho.,
Cabra([h Ho.,
Cabraghkecl,
•
Dublin F 6
Cavan I 8
Loodonderry E 4
Mcatii C 2
SUgo G 8
Tlpperary C 8
Down C 4
Dublin D 4
SUgo B 2
i.;d Ho,
Cabr/,
Cad::mstown,
Cadamstcu-n,
Cagosh,
Caha Mountains,
CahaR.,
Caheer L.,
Caheny,
Caher,
Caher,
Caher and Sta.,
Caher Br.,
Caher Hill,
Caher Is.,
Caher R.,
Caher R. and ih
Caherass Court
Caherbamagh,
Caherbamairh,
Caherconliih,
Caherdaaiel,
Caherdugga.. Ho.,
Caherelly Cs-j. and Cc.l,
Caherline Ho.,
Cahermacun Ch.,
Cahermore,
Cahennoyle Ho.,
Cahennurphy,
Cahemacapols Ho.,
Cahemahallia R.,
Cahemallia R.,
Cahemarry Ho.|
Caherrush Pt.,
Cahersiveen,
Cahir,
Cahiracon Ho.,
Cahircalla Ho.,
Cahirconree,
Cahore Ho. and Pt.,
Caldragh,
Caledooand Ho.,
Calf Is.,
Calf, The, Dursey Hd.,
Calla Mountains,
Callan and Larony,
Callan R.,
Callenberg Ho.,
Callies R.,
Calloughs L.,
Callow,
Callura^h,
CalmuUin Ho..
Cabacleha Bri.,
Calroostown,
Caltra,
Caltragh,
Caltragh,
Caltragh,
Caltragh Cas.,
Calverstown and Ho.,
CamL.,
Cam Lo.,
Camagh Bri. ,
Camagh L.,
Camaross Mt.,
Camas Ho.,
Camas Ho.,
Camas Ho.,
Camcor R.,
Cameron Is.,
Camla Ho.,
Camlin,
Camlin Gap,
Camlin R.,
Camlough and Ml
Camoge Riv,,
Camofin and Sia.,
Camolin Park Ho.
Camowen R.,
Camp,
Camphire Ho.,
Camport Bay,
Campscy,
Campsey Ho.,
Camross,
Cams Bf.,
Camus B.,
Camus Ho.,
Canal Harbour,
Canbo L.,
Canglass Pt.,
Donegal F 2
Kildare B 1
King's Co. E 3
Donegal B 3
Cork C 3
Cork D 3
Mayo E 2
Iy:>ndonderry F 3
Galway C 3
Roscommon B 8
Tipperary C 4
Waterford F 3
Limerick B 3
^ Mayo A 2
Limerick B 4
Clare H 2
, Limerick E 2
Cork D 2
Kerry E 2
LimericK G 2
Kerry B
Cangort, Lo., and Park, King's Co. C
CanncrstowD Cas., West Meaih B
Cork G 2
Limerick F 2
Limerick G 2
Clare E 1
Cork A 4
Limerick C 2
Clare E 3
Queen's Co. E 2
Limerick H 2
Tipperary B 3
Limerick F 2
Clare D 2
Kerry B 3
Limerick F 2
Clare F 4
Clare F 2
Kerry C 2
Wexford E 2
Longford B 2
Tyrone 0 4
Cork C 4
Cork A 4
Kerry C S
Kilkenny B 3
Armagh B 3
Monaghan E 4
Lei trim F 4
Leitrim F 4
Mayo D 2
Galway F 3
Meath E 4
Mayo E 2
Louth C 8
Galway F 2
Ro'scommon E 5
Roscommon E 5
Roscommon F 4
Longford B 8
Kildare C 8
Armagh D 4
Roscommon E 6
West Meaih D 1
Leitrim E 3
Wexford B 3
Limerick C 3
Limerick F 3
Tipperary C S
King's Co. C 3
Tipperary A 2
Monaghan C 2
Roscommon D 2
Carlow B 3
Longford B 2
Annagh D 8
Limenck F 2
Wexford D 2
Wexford D 2
Tyrone F 8
Kerry C 2
Waterford B 8
Mayo A 2
Londonderry B 2
Londonderry B 2
Queen's Co. B 2
SUgo F 8
Galway C 8
Londonderry F 2
West Meath D 8
Roscommon D 2
Kerry B 8
• " "4
Cannon Isle,
CannonstowQ Ho.,
Canon Is.,
Canpilo,
Capard Ho..
Capard, RidKC of.
Capel I
Cttpcldale,
Capira,
CappncorcogOi
Cappagh,
Cappagh,
Cappagh«
Down E 2
Meath C 2
Clare F 8
Wexford A 4
auccn's Co. C 2
uecn's Co. C 2
Cork H 8
Down E fl
Galway G 8
Gftlway D 2
Galway E 2
Galway F 2
Galway F 8
Cappagh, Galway G 8
Cappagh, Kildare B 2
Cappagh Bum, Tyrone E 2
Cappagh Ch., Tyrone E 8
Cappagh Copper Mioe, Cork C 4
Cappagh Ho., Carlow C 2
Cappagh Ho., Kildare C 1
Cappagh Ho., Limerick D 2
Cappagh Ho., Waterford C 3
Cappagh Mt., Tyrone G 3
Cappagh White, Tipperary B 3
CappaghabauQMl., Clare I 2
Cappaghmore, Galway E 3
Cappaghmore, Roscommon F 5
Cappagowlan, King's Co. E 2
Cappaharoe, Tipperary A 3
Cappalough Ho., Queen's Co. C 1
Cappalusk, Galway F 2
Cappamcre, ^^^7 ^ ^
Cappamore, Limerick G 2
Cappamurragh, Tipperary C 3
Cappanaloha, Cork C 4
Cappanihane Ho., Limerick E 3
Cappard Ho., Galway E 3
Cappateemore, Clare H 3
Cappeen, Cork E 8
Cappenagh Ho., Carlow C 2
Cappoge, Dublin D 4
Cappoquin and Ho., Waterford B 8
Cappy Ho., Fermanagh E 8
Capragh, Monaghan D 4
Caragh Br. and Lough, Kerry C 2
Caragh R., Kerry C 3
Caran More, Roscommon D 3
Carbery East, E. Division, Barony,
Cork E 3
Carbery East, W. Division
Carbery I.,
Carbery West, E. Divi;
Barony,
Cork D 3
Cork B 4
Earony,
Cork D 4
Carbery West, W. Division, Barony,
Cork C 4
Carbury and Barony,
Car bury Barony,
Carbury Sweep,
Cardington Ho.,
Cardtown Ho.,
Carey R^
Cargm Ho.,
Cargin L.,
Cark,
Carlanstown,
Carlingford,
Carlingford Lough and Mt,
Carlisle Fort,
CarloDstown Cas.,
Carlow and Sta.
Carlow Barony & Barracks,
Carlton Ho.,
Carlust L..
Cam,
Carh,
Cam Clonhugn,
Cam Hill,
Carnhill,
Cam Ho.,
Cam L.,
Cama Ho.,
Caraacross,
Camagh Ho.,
Camagh Ho. and Mil)
Camantel,
Camanelly,
Carnareagh Ft.,
Camaveagh Ho.,
Cam bane,
Cambane ilo-,
Camcasth,
Camcast!? Lo.,
Caracoag!',
Camconrick,
Camdonr.~h,
Camcw,
Camew E;.,
Carney,
Carney Cr;.,
Cam ken ny,
Camlough,
Carnlough I^.,
Cammccn Kj.,
Carnmoney,
Carnmore,
Cam Park,
Cams,
Camsoie Pt.,
Camtcel,
Ountogher,
Carra Barony,
Carrabaun,
Carrachor How,
Canun L.,
Carranmore,
C-xmintuobill,
Carraun,
Carrick,
Kildare B
Sligo E 1
Kildare B I
Kildare A 8
Queen's Co. B 2
Antrim D 1
Roscommon D 8
Fermanagh F 3
Donegal D 3
Meath D 2
Louth C 1
Louth C 1
Cork G 8
West M^th E 1
Carlow B 1
Carlow B 2
Down C 3
Annagh D 8
Londonderry E 8
Longford C 8
Longford C 2
Antrim F 4
Mayo B 1
Cavan D 2
Leitrim E 4
Wexford D 4
Meath C 2
Wexford A 8
Armagh B 3
Louth D 1
Tyrone G 2
Down D 4
Monaghan C 3
Meath B 2
Doxvn C 3
Antrim F 8
Antrim G 8
Antrim D 8
Antrim E 8
Donegal F 2
Wicklow C 4
Down C 8
Sligo E 1
Tipperary B
op.
Tyrone D 2
Antrim E 3
Antrim F 3
Down B 4
Antrim F 4
Fermanagh G 8
WestMc-iih B 8
Sligo C 8
Wexford D
Tyrone G
Londonderry E
Mayo D
Galway D
Monaghan B
Ftrmanaph D 2
Antrim E 1
Kerry C 8
Sligo B 8
Donegal B 4
Carrick,
Carrick,
Carrick Cas.,
Carrick Ho., t
Carrick Ho.,
Carrick Ho.,
Carrick L.,
Garrickacottia,
Carrie kanama, ,.
Can ic kaneane,
Canickanna,
Carrickaport L.,
Carrick -a -raide I.,
Carrickart,
Carrickbeg,
Canickbein,
Carrick Blacker,
Carrick borrahane Ho.,
Carrickboy,
Canickbroad Ho.,
Carrickbyrne Hill,
Canickbyme Z^.,
Carrickdale Pt.,
Carrickduff.
Carrickedmond Ho.,
Carrickfergus Bar. and
Carrickfergus Junction,
Canickhugh Sta,,
Carrickma,cross,
Carrie kmines,
Carrickmore,
Carrie knac I eara,
Canick -on- Shannon,
Carrick-oQ-Suir,
Canickshock,
Carrick Water,
Gary Barony,
Carrig,
Carrig,
Carrig,
Carrig Hill,
Canig I.,
Carrig Lo.,
Carrigacunna Cas.,
Carrigadda Bay.
Carrigadoqn Hill,
Carrigafoyre Cas.,
Orrigagulla Ho.,
Carrigaholt,
Carrigaline,
Carrigallen,
Carrigaloe,
Carrigan Hd.,
Carrigane,
Carrigans and Sta.,
Carrigbeg Ho.,
Canigboy,
Carrigeen,
Canigeen Ho.,
Canigeenagappul,
Canigeencor L.,
Carrigecnina,
Canigeen nave a:' !i,
Carrigerry H*" .
Canig hahorig,
Canighallen Barony,
Canigillihy,
Caniglead .'-X)ck,
Canignavar,
Canigogunnel Cas.,
Canigoran Ho.,
Canigtohiil,
Canigtuke,
C^nigulliaii L.,
Canive,
Carolls Hill.
Canon Mtn.,
Canoon,
Canow.
Canowbeg,
Carrowdorc and Cas.,
Carrowpar Lo.,
Carrowilkin,
Carrowkec Hill,
CorrowkccL
CajTOwkcribly L.,
Canowlaur,
Canowmcnn,-':,
Cane wm ore,
Canowmorc,
Carrowmore Ho.,
Canowmore L.,
Canowmorc L.,
Canowmorc Pt.,
Canow morris,
Canownabanny L,,
Carrownisky R.,
Canowrcagh,
CanowTtagh, Up, & Lr.
Canow roe,
Carrowroe,
Carrowilkin,
Carrs Hri.,
Carry duff,
Car.sons Dam R.,
Castlcrcagh Barony,
Londonderry O 'i
Wexford B 4
Kildare A 1
Queen's Co. B 8
WeJi Meath D 8
West Meath E 1
Fermanagh C 2
Donegal C 4
Ldtrun B 2
Meath F 2
Waterford E 3
Leitrim C 8
Antrim D 1
Donegal D S
Waterford E 1
Wexford A 8
Armagh D 'J
Waterford E 2
Longford C 8
.Armagh D 4
We.vford B 8
Wcvford B S
SUgo C 1
Carlow C 3
Louth B 1
Tn., Antrim G 4
Antrim F 4
Londonderry C 2
Monaghan D 4
Dublin E e
TjTone F 3
Clare C S
Leitrim G *
Tipperary E i
Kilkenny C i
Galway C 2
Antrim D 1
Cork D 4
Cork F i
Tipperary C 1
Cavan D 2
Kerry D 1
Cork D 3
Cork F 2
Cork G 3
Tipperary E 4
Kerry D I
Cork E 3
Clare B 4
Cork F 8
Leitrim F 4
Cork G 8
Donegal A 4
C»rk G 2
Donegal E 8
Wexford D 1
Cork C 4
Galway E 3
Cork G 2
Roscommon E 3
Leitrim B 3
Tipperary B 4
Waterford G 2
Clare G 3
Tipperary B 1
Leitrim E 3
Cork 6 4
Cariow B 3
Cork F 8
Limerick E i
Clare G 8
Cork G 8
Armagh C 3
Down E 8
Antrim E 8
King's Co. D 8
Limerick F 4
Galway P 8
Longford B 8
Donegal F 8
Down F 2
Care D 2
Sligo D 3
.'.)igo F a
Dcni-gal F 8
Mayo D 1
Roscommon F 2
LondonJerry E 8
Galway E 8
Mayo D S
Mayo D 1
Mayo 1) I
Mayo 1) 2
Clare C 8
Sliuo D 2
SliiO D 3
M.-.vo U 2
Sligo V 2
. Roscommon D t>
Oalw.-iy D 8
R-^!.common E 4
SliiW D 8
rormanngh F. 8
Down 1) J
Down 1". 8
r,o..commoo D 1
OARSTOWN.
INDEX,
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CLONCUMBEB. • 1
C:irstown,
Louth C 3
Castlemorris,
K;:l:cnny C 4
Charleville Ho.,
W.n Meath C 8
Clay Lake,
Armagh B 3
Ctrtanstown L.,
Louth B 3
Castlenancy,
lialway F 3
Charleville Ho.,
Wicklow D 1
CIcady, ,
Kerry D 3
Carton,
Kildare D 1
Castlcpark Ho.,
Roscommon E 5
Charleville June ,
Limerick F 3
Cleanagh,
Clear, Cape,
Queen's Co. D 3
Cartown JIa»
Limerick D 2
Castlep.ark Ho.,
Tip'.tcrary B 3
Checker Hall,
Antrim D 2
Cork C 4
Cartron,
Roscommon E 2
Castlcplunkct,
B.os^iiiimon D 3
Checkpoint,
Waterford G 2
Clear I.,
Cork C 4
Cartron,
Sligo C 3
CastlcpoUard,
V.'est .Meath E 1
Chceverstov/n Cas.,
Dublin C 6
Clear View Ho.,
Kildare B 2
Cartron Ho.j
Longford C 3
Castlequin,
Kerry B 3
Cherry Green,
Limerick E 8
Cleggan B.,
Galway A 2
Cashcen ii:iy.
Galway B 3
Castlerahan Barony,
Cavan G 8
Chcrryfield,
Roscommon D 3
Cleggan Lo. and R.,
Antrim E 3
r.iOicI,
Cork D 4
Castlcrea,
Lciigford C 8
CherrymiUs Ho.,
Kildare B 3
Clemofflts Town,
Cavan G 2
Ca-.hel,
Donegal B 4
Castlercagh,
Mayo D 1
Chcrrymounl,
Armagh E 2
Clermont,
Louth B 2
Cashcl,
Donegal D 2
Castlcreagh, Town,
Bar., and Sta.,
Chcrryniount,
Meath C 2
Clermont,
Wicklow E 2
Cashcl,
Galway F 2
Roscommon C 8
Cherrymount Ho.,
Wicklow D 3
Clermont Cam,
Louth C I
Cashel and Sta.,
Tipperarj- C 3
Castlereagh, Lower
*aroriy, Down E 2
Cherry Vale,
Mon.^ghan D 3
Clew Bay,
Mayo B 2
Cashcl Lo. ,
Longford B 3
C.astlereagh, Upper Barony, Down D 3
Cherryville Ho.,
Queens Co. F 3
Clifden,
Kilkenny D 3
Cashel Loughs,
Armagh C 4
Castlcrickard,
Meath C 4
Chlmneyparks,
Sligo D 3
Clifden Cas.,
Galway A 2
Cashel Upper,
Donegal C 4
Castleroberts,
Limerick E 2
Chimney Rock,
Down D 6
Clifden Ho.,
Clare F 2
Cashen R.,
Kerry D 1
Castleroe Ho.,
Londonderry E 2
Chinauley,
Down B 3
Clifton,
<jalway F 2
Cashia Bay,
Galway C 3
Castleroe Ho. & Cro
ss Rds., Kildare B 4
Christhianstown He,
Kildare B 2
Clifton Ho.,
Down E 2
Cashlievc Ho.,
Ro.common B 3
C.asclerogy,
Leitrim E 3
Christianstown Ho.,
Louth B 2
Clifton Ho.,
Meath C 8
Cassagh.
Cassaugn Moune,
Wexford A 3
Castlemddery Ho
Wicklow B 3
Church Bay,
Antrim D 1
Clifton Lo.,
Fermanagh F 3
^?onaghan C 1
Castlesampson,
Roscommon E 5
Churchboro,
Rc:;common E 4
aiir Lo.,
Wa-.erford G 3
Castle Archdall,
Ftrmanagh D 2
Caslleshane and Ho.
Monaghan C 2
Churc'h Hill,
Armagh C 2
Cliffony,
Sligo F 1
Castle Blunden,
Kilkenny C 3
F<LT(nanagh C 2
Castlesize,
Isildare D 2
Church Hill,
Donegal D 3
Clifford Ha,
Cork F 2
Oistle Caldwell,
Castlestrange,
Roscommon D 4
Church Hill;
Fermanagh C 2
Cllffort,
Cork E 3
Castle Cambio,
Tipperary A 2
Donegal F 2
Castle Tenison,
Roscommon D 1
Church Hill,
Monaghan D 3
Clinoe Cott.,
Clobemon Hall,
Limerick F 2
Castle Gary,
Castletimon Ford,
Wicklow E 3
Church Is.,
Sligo F 2
Wexford C 2
Castle Cauldfield,
Tyrone G 3
Castleton Ho.,
Limerick D 2
Church Is. (L. Owcl),
West Meath D 2
Clodiagh R.,
King's Co. E 2
Castle Chichester,
Antrim G 4
Castletown,
Clare F 1
Church L.,
Leitrim E 8
Clodiagh R.,
Queen's Co. B 1
Castle Comfort,
Limerick G 2
Castletown,
Cork E 3
.ChurchMt.,orSl!cveG.lt;oe, Wicklow B 2
Clodiagh R.,
Tipperary B 3
Castle Cotby,
Cavan E S
Castletown,
Kildare D 1
Church Village,
Mayo D 1
Clodiagh R.,
Clody R.,
Waterford E 2
Castle Daly,
West Meath B 8
Castletown,
Queens Co. C 3
Church Town,
Donegal E 3
Wexford B 2
Castle Dargan Ho.,
Sligo F 2
Castletown,
Limerick E 8
Churchtown,
Cork E 2
Cloganodfoy Cas.,
Limerick G 4
Castle Dawson,
Londonderry F 4
Limerick G 3
Castletown,
Lor.gford B 2
Churchtown,
Cork G 3
Clogga,
Kilkenny C 5
Castle Farm,
Castletown,
Meath D 2
Churchtown,
Kerry C 2
Limerick C 8
Clogh,
KUkenny C 1
Castle Fogarty,
Tiiperary C 3
Castletov/n,
Meath E 8
Churchtown,
Clogh,
Wexford D 2
Castle Forbes,
Lo.agford B 2
Castletown,
Sligo F 2
Churchtown,
West Meath C 3
Clogh and R.,
Antrim D 3
Castle Freke,
Cork E 4
Castletown and Sta.,
West Meath C 8
Churchtown,
We.xford A 6
'Cltigh Mills,
Antrim D 2
CasUe Garde, .
LL-nerick H 2
Castletown Ho.,
Carlow B 2
Chtnx:htown Ho.,
Meath D 3
Clogh R.,
Kilkenny D 1
Castle Garden IIo.,
Kings Co. C 2
Castletown Ho.,
Queen's Co. E 3
Churchview Ho.,
Queen's Co. C 3
Cloghage Brook,
Wicklow D 2
Castle Gray,
Limerick D 2
Castletown Ho.,
Kilkenny B 4
CinquefoiL
Clabby,
Cladagh R. and Bri.,
Roscommon E 4
Cloghagh R.,
Kilkenny C 2
Castle Haven,
Cork D 4
Castletown Ho.,
Sligo B 2
Fei-managh F 2
Cloghan,
Roscommon D 4
Castle Howard,
Wicklow D 3
Castletown Ho.,
Sligo B 2
Fermanagh D 3
Cloghan,
West Meath E 2
Castle Hume,
Fermanagh D 2
Castletown Ho.,
Wexford D 4
CladaghorSwanlinbarR., Fermanagh D 3
Cloghan and Hill,
Kings Co. C 2
Castle L,
Cork C 4
Castletown Ho.,
Wexford E 1
Ckiddagh Cas.,
Galway E 2
Cloghan Cas.,
King's Co. B 8
Castle L,
Down F 3
Castletown R.,
Louth B 1
Clady,
Tyrone C 2
Cloghan Ho.,
King's Co. C S
Castle Jevcrs,
Limerick F 3
Monaghan C 2
Castletownarra Ch.,
Tipperai-v A 2
Qady and Water,
Antrim E 4
Cloghane,
Kerry B 2
LimericK F 4
Castle Leslie,
Castletown Bearhaven, Cork B 4
Clady R.,
Donegal C 2
Cloghanodfoy Cas.,
Castle Lloyd,
Limerick H 2
Castletown Conyers,
Limerick E 8
Claggan,
Donegal F 2
Cloghans,
Kerry B 2
Fermanagn D 8
Castle Lodge,
Limerick F 2
Castletown oc he.
Cork F 2
Claggan,
Galway C 2
Ooghany,
Cloghanuik,
Castle L.,
Cavan H 8
Castletownsend,
Cork D 4
Clammers Pt.,
Wexford B 4
Clare D 1
Castle Nogent,
l/ongford D 2
Castle VieWj
Castleview Ho.,
Queen's Co. B 8
Claoabogan,
Tyrone D 3
Clogharinka Cas.,
Kilkenny C 2
Castle Oliver,
Limerick G 3
Tipperary B 2
Oanawley Barony,
Qanboy Bri.,
Clandeboye Sta.,
Fermanagh D 3
Cloghastucan,
Antrim F 2
Castle Otway,
"'•"^(SSll
Castle WaUer
Caslleward Ho.,
Castlewarden Ho.,
Tipperary A 8
Longford D 2
Down E 2
Cloghaun,
Clare E 1
Castle Park,
Down F 8
Cloghaun,
Galway D 2
Castk R.,
Londonderry D 2
Kildare D 2
Clandonagh Barony,
Queen's Co. B 3
Cloghaun L.,
Clare D 8
Castle Rock Sta.,
Londonderry E 1
Castla Warren,
Kilkenny D 2
Clane Barony and Village7 KiWare C 2
Cloghboy,
Donegal B 8
Castle Saunderson,
Cavan K 2
Castlewarren,
Kilkenny D 2
Clane Br.,
Kildare C 2
Cloghbrack,
Galway C 2
Castlebar and L.,
Mayo C 2
Castlewellan,
Down C 4
Clangibbon & Condons Barony, Cork G 2
Cloghchumel Lower,
Longford E 2
Castlebellingham and S
ta., Louth B 2
Castlewellan, Cas , a
nd L., Down D 4
Clanhugh Lo. and Sta.
West Meath D 2
aoghchumel Upper,
Longford D 2
CastVeblalceoey,
Galway F 2
Castle Willington,
Tipperary B 2
Clankee Barony,
Cavan G 3
Cloghcorr,
Antrim C 1
CastleblajTW and Sta.
Castleboro Ho. and Cas
Wexfonl B 3
Castlewood Ho.,
Queen's Co. C 3
Claakelly Barony,
Fermanagh G 8
Cloghdonncll,
Cork C 4
., Wexford B 3
Castle Wray,
Donegal D 3
Claamahon Barony,
Cavan E 8
Clogheen,
Tipperary C 4
Castleboy,
Galway E 8
Catherine L.,
Tyrone D 2
CUninaurice Barony,
Kerry D 1
Clogher,
Longford B 2
Castlebndge; -
Wexford D 3
Catherines Bay,
Wexford A 4
Clanmorris Barony,
Mayo D 2
Clogher,
Longford B 3
Castlecald well Sta.,
Fermanagh C 2
Cat Cross Rds.,
Kildare C 2
Oansast,
Kildare C 1
Clogher,
Louth C 8
CastkcaulfieKi,
Tyrone G 8
Catstown,
ililkenny C 4
Meath C 8
ClaowiUiam Barony,
Limerkk F 2
Clogher,
Roscommon D 2
Castkcomer and Ho.,
Kilkenny C 2
Limerick G 1
Causetown Ho.,
Clanwilliam Barony
Tipperary B 4
Clogher,
Roscommon D 3
Castle<»ooeU and Sta.,
'Causeway,
Kerry C 1
Clara,
King's Co. E 1
Clogher,
Sligo F 4
CastlecoQor,
Castlecoo Hill,
Sligo B 3
Causeway Hd.,
Antrim B 1
aaraBrL,
Wicklow D 8
Clogher and Barony,
Tyrone E 4
Louth C 8
Causeway W.,
Down C 5
Clara Cas.,
KUkenny D 2
Armagn D 3
Clogher Hd.,
Kerry A 2
Louth C 8
Castlecoo«e,
Roscommon C 4
Cavan,
Donegal D 8
Clare,
Clogher Hd.,
Castleeor,
Meath A 2
Cavan, Sta., and Colleee, Cavan E 8
Oare,
Qare G 3
Clogher Ho.,
Mayo D 2
Donegal C 8
Castlecot Ho. ,
Cork E 2
Cavan JuncL,
West Meath D 8
Clare,
Down B 8
Clogher R.,
Castlecorc Ho. .
Longford C 3
et.Queen^sCo. B 2
Cavanagrow Ho. .
Armagh C 2
Clare or Claremoins,
Mayo E 2
Clogher R.,
Donegal D 8
Ct -tlecufleCas ilaml
CaveHIU,
Antnm F 5
Clare Barony,
Galway E 2
aoghemagh Br.,
Waterford G 2
Caitlederg,
Tyrone C 2
Cave of DutHDOrc,
Kilkenny C 2
Clare Is.,
Mayo A 2
aoghemy,
Clc«hfin R.,
TjTonc E 8
CastleclennOt.
Kildare C 4
Cavetown and L.,
Roscoaimon D 3
Clare Mount,
Meath G 3
TjTone E 8
Castledockreii,
Wexford C 2
Cecil Ho.,
T>Tone F 4
QareR.,
Galway E 2
Cloghjordan,
Cloghleafin,
Tipperary B 2
Cork F 2
CastledoDOvan ..'r.,
Cork D 8
Cecilstown,
Cork E 2
Clare R.,
Tipperary A 3
Castlefield He,
Kilkenny D 3
Celbridge,
Kildare D 1
Oaroen,
King's Co. C 3
Cloghmore and S'..-..,
Galway C 8
Castlefinn,
Donegal E 3
Chaffpool Ho.,
Sligo E 3
Clareen,
King's Co. D 3
Cloghran,
Dublin E 8
Castlefore,
Leltrim D S
Chanter Hill,
Fermanagh E 2
Claregalway,
Galway E 2
Cloghroe R.,
Cloghy and Bay,
Donegal D 3
Ca.stlegaddery,
West Meath C 2
Chapel Is.,
Down F 2
Claregalway R.,
Galway D 2
Down G 8
Castlegannon,
Kilkenny C 4
Chapel Vil. and Sta.
W exfbrd B 8
Claremount Ho.,
Mayo E 2
Clogrenan Ho.,
Clohamon antl K. ,
Cariow B 2
Caslfcgar,
Galway O 2
Chapeiizod,
Dublin C 4
Claremount Ho.,
Roscommon D B
V/exford C 2
Castlegrcgory,
Kerry C 2
Chaperizod Ho...
Kilkenny C 3
Clare Park,
Claret Rock Ho.,
Antrim D 1
Qomoney Bri.,
Carlow B 8
CastlegTOgan Ho.,
Queen's Co. B 3
Chapelmidway,
Dublin D 3
Louth B 1
Clonabream,
Meath B 2
CasUehiU Ho.,
Mayo C 1
Chapeltown,
Antrim D 4
Claretuam,
Galway E 2
Limerick A 2
Clonacody Ha,
Tipperary D 4
Castleisland,
Kerry D 2
Meath B 4
Chapeltown,
Down F 4
Clare View,
Cloiiad Wood,
King's Co. F 2
Castlejordan Bri.,
Chapeltown,
Kerry C 2
Clareville Ho.,
Carlow B 2
Qonagh,
Kings Co. E 8
Castlekevin,
Wicklow D 2
Charlemonl,
Armagh B 2
ClareviUe Ho..
Clare V 1
Cionakilty and Br.--.
CorkE 4
Cistlckirk,
Galway C 2
Chariesfort,
Meath C 2
Clarina,
Limerick E 2
Clonallan Ch.,
Clonamully Ho.,
Down B 6
CastleV.nock and r~rony, Dublin C 4
Charlesfort,
Sligo C 2
Clarinbridge,
ClarkvilleHo.,
Galway E 3
Monaghan B 2
Castlelackan,
Mayo D 1
Chariesfort Ha,
Wexford C 2
King's Co. H 2
Clonard,
Dublin E 1
Castlelake,
Tipperary C 3
Charles Town,
Tyrone G 2
Clannallagh Barony,
Queen's Co. C 8
Clonard, Grt. and Ml.
Wexford D 4
Castlelake Ho.,
Oare H 3
Charlestown,
Armagh D 1
Clashavocn,
Cork E S
Clonaslee,
Queen's Ca B 2
Castleloogfa,
Upperary A 2
Charlestown,
King's Co. E 2
Qashawley R.,
Tipperary D 4
Clonatin Ho.,
Wexford E 1
Castlelyons,
Cork G 2
Charlestown,
Louth A 2
Oashmore,
Waterford C 3
donbeale Ho.,
King's Co. C 3
Galway F 2
CasllemagaiTet To.,
Mayo E 2
Charlestown,
Mayo E 2
Leitnm C 4
Clashnabrock,
Cork F 2
Clonbrock and R.,
C^tlemattle and Harb.
Kerry C 2
Charlestown Ha,
Clashymore Harb.,
SHgo D 1
Galway F 2
donbuBoge,
King's Co. H 2
Castlcoiartin,
Kildare C 3
Charlestown Ho.,
West Meath D 2
Classaghroe,
Classylatin Harb.,
aaudy.
Clonburren Ho.,
Carlow B 2
Castlemartyr,
Cork H 3
Charleville,
Cork E 1
.SKbo P 1
Ooncameel Ha,
Meath C 3
CastlemartyT Ho.,
CastlemitchcUHo.,
Cork G 3
Charleville,
Louth B 2
LondondeiTy C 3
Clonclooey Ho.,
Cloncoskoran Ho.,
Kilkenny C 6
Kildare A 3
Charieville Cas.,
King's Co. E 2
Claudy and R.,
Londonderry F 3
Waterford D 3
Castletnor*,
Mayo F 2
Charleville Ho.,
Mayo D 2
Claureen R.,
Clare F 3
Ooncourse Bri.,
Queen's Ca C 2
Ca.;lVmore Ho. and M
oal, Carlow C 2
Charleville Mo.,
Queen's Co. A 3
Clawinch,
Cloncnmber La,
Kildare B %
diONCDBBT.
INDEX.
OOBRA.
Qoncunyj
Kildare C 1
Clooncallow Ho.,
Longford C 3
Condons and Clangibbon Bar., Cork G 2
Coolrus Ho.,
Limerick B It
CloniJaead,
Clondaikin,
Clare F 3
Clooncoe L.,
Leitrim E 4
Cones, The,
Queen's Co. B 2
Coolticormac,
Cork E »%
Dublin C 5
Clooncogaile,
Waterford C 2
Coney Island,
Armagh C 1
Coolum Lo.,
Waterford G t .
Clondaw,
Wexford D 2
Clooncoorha,
Clare D 3
Coney Island*.
Down F 4
Coolure,
Coolvally,
West Meath D I,
Clonderalaw Barony,
Clare E 3
Clooncoose,
Longford C 2
Coney Island,
Sligo E 2
Weiford B Jf
Clonderalaw Ho. and Bey, Clare E 4
Clooncoran Ha,
Roscommon D 5
Coneyburrow Bri.,
Louth B 2
Coolyermer L.,
Fermanagh D Sf
Oondervis,
Meath A 2
Clooncorick Cas. ,
Leitrim F 4
Coneyglen B.,
Tyrone F 2
Coolyhane,
Carlow B t
Clondrohid Rect.,
Cork D 3
Clooncose L.,
Longford C 1
Confey,
Kildare E 1
Coolykeerane,
Cork D %
Clone Ho.,
Knkenny B 2
ClooncraflF,
Roscommon E 4
Cong,
Galway D 2
Coomacarrea,
Kerry C 8
Clonea,
Waterford E 2
Clooncullaan L.,
Roscommon E 8
Conlawn H.,
Queen's Co. C 2
Coomasaham,
Kerry C «
Kerry B 8
CorkC 8
Oonea C.vi.,
Watenord D 3
Cloondara^
Cioondarah,
Longford B 2
Conlig
Conn Lough,
Down E 2
Coomcalec,
Clonea Cas.,
Waterford E 2
Roscommon D 4
Mayo D 1
Coomhola River,
Oonearl Ho.,
King's Co. F 2
Clooneand R.,
Leitrim B 4
Connaj
Connabury Ho.,
Cork G 2
Coomnahincha and Harb.. Kerry B 8|
Clones,
Mealh F 4
Cloonee,
Longford C 2
Monaghan D 3
Coonagh,
Umerick E 8
Cloneen Ho,,
Tipperary D i
Carlow C 2
ClooneeCotl.,
Limerick E 3
Connamara,
Galway B 2
Coonagh Barony,
Limerick H t
Clonegall,
Cloonee Loughs,
Kerry C 3
Connello, Lower Bar.;
Limerick D 2
Coonana,
Kerrv A 8
Fermanagh G 8
Clonegath Ho.,
Kildare A 3
Clooneen,
Galway D 2
Connello, Upper Bar.,
Limerick D 3
Cooneen and C. Water
Oonelly Ho.,
Fermanagh D 1
Clooneen Beg,
Roscommon D 4
Connonagh,
Cork D 4
Coonen Hill,
Meath G 8
Clonervy,
Cavan F 2
Clooneen Ha,
Kings Co. C 3
Connons Bri.,
Kildare B 3
Coonlanagh,
Queen's Co. E 1
Clones and Sta.,
Monaghan A 2
Clooneen R.,
Sligo E 8
Connor,
Antrim D 4
Coonogue,
Carlow C 8
Cloney Bri.,
Kildare A 3
Clooneenagh Ha,
Clare D 3
Conogher Bri.,
Antrim B 2
Cooper Hill,
Queen's Co. F »
Oonfeade,
Clonfert Palace,
T>Tone H 4
Clooney Ho.,
Clare G 2
Conor's Is.,
Sligo E 1
CooperhiU Ho.,
Limerick £ 8
Galway G 3
Clooney L.,
Donegal B 3
Cons Town,
Armagh C 3
Cooperhill Ho.,
Sligo F >
CloDganny Ho.,
Wexford E 2
Cloonfad Ho.,
Rosconmion E 2
Convamore,
Cork F 2
Cooralacare and Riv.,
Cbire D «
Clongarret,
King's Co. H .2
Cloonfaris,
Galway F 2
Convent Ho.,
Waterford C 8
Coosan Lough,
West Meath A 8
Clongeen,
Wexford B 4
Cloonfin L. and Ho.,
Longford D 2
Convoy,
Donegal D 8
Cootehall,
Roscommon E 8
Clongorey Bawn,
Kildare C 2
Cloonfinlougli Ho.,
Roscommon E 3
Conway L.,
Leitrim C 8
CootehiU and Sta.,
Cava?) O S
Clongoweswood College
Clonkeen,
Kildare C 2
Cloonfree L.,
Roscommon D 3
Cooanmore Bay,
Sligo C 2
Cooter L.,
Galway E 8
Kildare B 1
Cloonfirsh,
Galway E 2
Cooksborough Ho.,
West Meath E 2
Copeland Island,
Down G 1
Clonkerdm Ho.,
Waterford C 3
Cloongowla,
Mayo D 3
Cookstown,
SUgo B 2
Coppanagh Gap,
Kilkenny D 8
Clonlea L.,
Clare H S
Cloonmgan,
Sligo C 3
Cookstown,
Tyrone H 8
Coppenagh Caa.,
Copperalley,
Carlow C 8
Clonlisk Barony,
King's Co. C 4
West Meath B 8
Cloonkea,
Galway G 3
Cookstown Ho.,
Lonth A 2
West Meath G 8
Oonlonan Barony,
Cloonkecn,
Galway E 2
Cookstown Tunc,
Cookstown R.,
Antrim D 4
Coppony L.,
Copse Ha,
Ca»an F 8
Clonlost Ho.,
West Meath E 2
Cloonkeen,
Galway F 2
Wicklow D 1
Wicklow D 8
Clonlyon,
King's Co. C 2
Cloonker,
Longford C 8
Claie I 3
CoolaCotL and Bri.,
West Meath C 3
Coragh L.,
Cavan O 8
Clonmackcn Ho.,
Limerick E 2
Cloonlai^
Coobdangan Ho.,
Wicklow D 4
Coragh L.,
Mtmaghan B 3
Clonmacnoke,
King's Co. B 2
Galway G 2
Clare E 2
Coolagarybeg,
King's Co. G 2
Corballis, '
Meath O 2
Clonmacnowen Barony
CI oonmore.
Roscommon E 4
Coolagh,
Galway D 2
Corballis Ho.,
Dublin D 8
Oonmaitt,
Armagh C 3
Cloonmore Ha,
Mayo E 2
Coolaghllags,
Coolalough Ho.,
Kilkenny B 8
West Meath C 3
Corballis Ha,
Dublin F 8
CloDmannan Ho.,
Wicklow E 2
Cloon^hierce,
Roscommon E 3
Corbally,
Kildare D 1
Oonmaskiil,
Clonmeen Ho.,
West Meath F 2
Cloonshannagh Ho.,
Longford D 2
Coolalugand Bri.,
Wicklow C 4
Corbally,
Roscommon D 8
Kildare A 1
Cloonmskert,
Roscommon F 3
Coolamber,
West Meath D 1
CorbaUy Ha,
Galway E 1
Oonmel,
Tipperary D 4
West Meath F 1
Cloon ty,
Leitrim A 1
Coolamoney,
Louth A 2
Corbally Ho.,
Queen's Ca E t
Clonmeilon,
Clonmelsh Ho.,
Cloonty L.,
Sligo F 1
Coolaney,
Sligo E 2
Corbally 1...
Corbally Sth.,
Roscommon D t
Carlow B 2
Cloonusker,
Clare I 2
Coolattin,
Wicklow B 4
Sligo B t
Qonmethan,
Oonmines Ho,,
Dublin C 2
Cloonyquin Ho.,
Roscommon D 3
Coolattin Park,
Wicklow C 4
Corbalton Hall,
Meath E 8
Wexford B 4
Clopook Ho.,
Queen's Co. E 3
Coolavin and Barony,
Sligo F 4
Corbeg Ho.,
King's Co. C 8
Down B 8
Don more.
Galway D 2
Cloragh,
Dublin D 6
Coolavoher,
Londonderry C 3
Corbet L.,
CJonmore,
King's Co. H 1
Clorane Ho.,
Limerick F 8
Coolavully,
Antrim F 3
Corboley,
G«lway D 8
louth B 2
Clonmore,
Wexford C 3
Closet, The, and Riv.,
Armagh D 2
Coolballintaggart Lo.,
Wicklow C 3
Corbollis Ho.,
Clonmorc,
Wicklow E 4
Clough,
Down D 4
Coolbeha Ho.,
Kerry D 1
Corboy Upper.
Longford C 8
Clare F I
Oonmore and Cas.,
Carlow D 2
Cloughey Bum,
Antrim B 2
Coolbawn Ho.,
Wicklow C 4
Corcomroe Abney,
Oonmore Ho.,
Carlow B 2
Cloughjordan,
King's Co. B 4
Coolbawo Ho. and CotL. Wexford B 8 1
Corcomroe BartMiy,
Clare E 2
Clonmoyle He,
West Meath E 3
Clover Hill,
Antrim D 5
Coolboy,
Donegal D 8
Corcrain Ho.,
Armagh D 8
Clonmullen,
Carlow C S
Clover Hill,
Leitrim E 8
Coolboy and Ho.,
Wicklow C 4
Corcreeghagh,
Louth A 8
Oonmass B.,
Donegal D 2
Clover Hill,
Monaghan C 8
Coolcarrigan Ho.,
Kildare B 2
Corderry Ho.,
Cordoo L.,
Louth A 1
Oonmult,
Cork G 3
CloverhUl,
Cavan E 2
Coolcashin Ho.,
Kilkenny B 2
Monaghan 0 8
]>itrim E 8
Oonoe,
Tyrone H 3
CloverhiU,
RoGCgmmon D 4
Coolcliffe Ha,
Wexford B 4
Corduflf,
Clonogan Ho. and Ca.«.
Carlow D 2
CloverhUl Ho.,
Sligo E 2
Coolcor Ha,
Kildare B 1
Corduff Ha,
Dublin E J
Clonougb R.,
Wexford E 1
Cloyne,
Cork G 8
Coolcull Ho.,
Wexford B 4
Cordufif Ho.,
Kildare C S
Oononv,
Clonoulty,
King's Co. C 2
Cluid,
Galway E 2
CoolcuUen R.,
Kilkenny D 2
Corfad,
Corfin L.,
Monaghan C 8
Tipperary C 3
West Meath C 2
Cluster, The,
CjydagL
Armagh C 8
Coolderry Ho.,
King's Co. C 8
Monaghan C 8
Clonown,
Galway D 3
Coolderry Ha,
Monaghan D 4
Cork D 3
Corglass L.,
Cavan 0 8
Clonreher Cas.,
Queen's Co. C 2
Clydagh,
Roscommon A 3
Cooldorragha,
Corglass L.,
Longford C 1
Clonrochc,
Wexford B 3
Clydagh R.,
Kerry E 2
Coole,
Galway E 3
West Meath D 1
Corgrave,
King's Co. C 8
Clonrush,
Galway F 4
Clydagh R.,
Kerry E 8
Coole,
Corick Ml,
Londonderry E 8
Clonsast,
King's Co. H 2
Clydagh R.,
Mayo D 2
Coole Barony,
Fermanagh F 3
King's Co. D 2
Corickmore,
Tyrone E 8
Gonshavoy,
Clonshire Riv. and Ho.
Limerick G 2
Clynaoartan,
Kerry A 3
Cork E 8
Coole Cas.,
Cork and Barony,
Cork F 8
Limerick D 2
Coachford,
Coole Cas. and L.,
Fermanagh E 2
Cork Abbey,
Dublin F 6
ClonsiUa,
Dublin B 4
Coagh,
Tyrone I 3
Coole Ho.,
Tipperary C 4
Cork Harbour,
Cork G 8
Clonswords Ho.,
Dublin D 2
Coagh L.,
Sligo E 3
Cooleen,
Sligo C 3
Corkagh Ho.,
Dublin C 6
Clontarf,
Dublin E 4
Coal Ch.,
Wexford D 4
Cooleen Ho.,
Limerick E 3
Corkflguiiry Barony,
Corkaree Barony,
Kerry B 8
West Mtath D 2
Clontoe,
Clonty L.,
Monaghan B 2
Coal Island,
Coalbrook Ho.,
Tyrone H 3
Coolestown Barony,
King's Co. H 2
Cavan D 2
Tipperary D 3
Cooley Pt.,
Louth D 2
Corkeen Is.,
Tipperary A X
Donegal B 8,
Sligo D 8
Clontylew Ho.,
Armagh C 2
Coaville Ha,
icing's Co. G 1
Coolfin Ho.,
Waterford F 2
Corker R.,
ClonuflFBri.,
Kildare B 1
Cobourg Lo.,
Kildare B 3
Coolfitch,
Kildare D 2
CorkhiH Ha,
Clonvaraghan Mt.,
Down D 4
Cock Brook,
Wicklow B 2
Coolgreany,
Coolhull Cas.,
Coolin,
Wexford E 1
Corkip L.,
Roscommon E 6
Oonygowaii.
Clcnyharp Cas.,
Clonyhuric,
lUng's Co. G 2
Tipperary C 8
Cock Hill,
Cock Ml,
Donegal E 2
Down C 4
Wexford B 4
Galway C 2
Corkley R.,
Corlat Ho.,
Armagh C t
Monaghan C 8
King's Co. G 8
West Meath F 2
Cods Hd.,
Cork A 4
Coolishal Ho.,
Wexford D 2
Coriea,
Longford B 8
Clonyo He,
Coggrey Ha,
Antrim E 4
Coolkenna Street,
Wicklow B 4
Corliss L.,
Armagh C 4
Cloon L.,
Kerry C 8
CoK'niu,
Donegal B 3
Coolkeeragh,
Londonderry B 2
Louth C 3
Corlougharoe,
Cormaglava Ho.,
Monaghan B >
Cloon L.,
Mayo C 2
Meath B 4
Coolkirk,
Longford B t
Cavan G 4
Cloon R.,
Clare E 4
Colebreene,
Londonderry F 2
Fermanagh F 2
Coolmanagh St.,
Carlow D 1
Cormeen Cott.,
Cloonacleigha L.,
Sligo E 8
Colebrooke and Rir.,
Coolmcen,
Roscommon D 4
Cormey Bri.,
Monaghan D 4
Cloonacolly L.,
Cloonacoof,
Cloonagh Ho.,
Roscommon A 2
Coleman L.,
Mon.ighan A 8
Coolmoonaa,
Kildare C 2
Cormoy Ho.,
Monaghan E 8
Sligo D 8
Colerainc and Barony,
Londonderry E 2
Coolmore,
Cork G 3
Comabrass L.,
Feonanagh F 4
Roscommon D 6
Coleraine Ho.,
King's Co. E 2
Coolmore,
Donegal C 4
Comacarta Lough,
Roscommon E 1
Goonagh L.,
RoscommontA 8
Colerainc Ho.,
Tipperary C 8
Coolmore Ho.,
Kilkenny D 4
Cork D 3
Cornadnmg CotL,
Longford D 1
Cloonaghlin,
Corlt'B 4
Colerainc, N. E. Liberties of.
Coolmountain Ho.,
Comagillagh,
Donegal D 8
Cloonaghlm L.,
Cloonaghmort: R.,
Cloonahee Ho.,
Kerry C 8
Londonderry F 2
Coolnagour,
Queen's Co. B 3
Comaglare L.,
Mayo D 1
Colgagh,
King's Co. G 2
Coolnagour Ha,
Coolnanau,
Waterford C 8
Comaglea Ho.,
Cavan G t
Roscommon E 2
Colgagh Ho. and L.,
Colligan R. and Br..
Sligo F 2
Kilkenny D 4
Comagrow L.,
Cavan F 8
Cloonakillcg,
Cloonakiliinn L.,
Roscommon C 4
Waterford C 8
Coolnaktsna Br.,
Carlow A 2
Comaher,
West Meath D 8
Mayo F 1
Collin Top,
Antrim E 8
Coolnnmara Cro.ss Rds.
Carlow B S
Cornakill Ho.,
Cavan H 4
CloonalU Ho.,
Roscommon B 3
Collinstown,
West Meath E 2
Coolnamuck,
Waterford E 1
Comamucklagh,
Galwny G X
Cloonarl Bri.,
Longford B 2
Collinstown Ho.,
Kildare E 1
Coolnamock Ho.,
Kilkenny D 4
Comaniucktagh,
Londonderry F 8
Cloonbalt Ho.,
Longford C 2
^Icath C 8
Collon,
Louth B 8
Coolamunna Ha,
Tipperary B 2
Comapark,
Longford D 8
Cavan H (
Cloonbarry Ho.,
Collooney and Sta.,
Sligo E 2
Coolnareen,
Queen's Co. C 8
Comasaus,
Ooonbarry Ha,
Cloonbo L.,
Sligo C 8
Collorus,
Kerry C 8
Coolna.';itlQgh,
Londonderry E 8
Comascrceb Ho.,
Armagh D C
Leitnm D 4
Colt I..
Columbkillc CotL,
Dublin F 1
Coolnavoe,
Donegal D 8
Dublin E 4
Comashcsk,
Cavan 0 4
Cloonlxjny Ho.,
Longford B 2
West Sfcath A 8
Oare F 1
Coolock and Barony,
Comccn.'isa Ho..
MoDAghan B X
Cl-'-fitv-nny Ho.,
Columbkille PL,
Armagh C 1
Coolo,-e L.,
Cavan D 2
Cornfield Ho.,
Mayo D X
(.1'->ncj!),
Galway F 8
Comber,
Down E 2
Coolp;irk,
Sligo C 2
Coronation Plantation,
Wicklow C «
WeR Meath C 1
Clooncah,
Roscommon E 8
ComeraghMts., Ho., «kL.. Waterford D 2
Coolrain,
Queen's Co. B 8
Corr Ho.,
Clooitcah,
•
Roscommon E 4
Conagcr,
Kildare D 8
Coolroc ila.
Kilkenny E 8
CorroR.,
CUlcI t
OOBBABET.T.ft.
INDEX.
DABQIiE.
Coirabella Ho.,
CoiTabut Gap,
Corrachro Ho.,
Corradoo L,,
Corradooey,
Corradoon Ho.,
Corr.idoran,
CorraKhbriogc Ho.,
Corralea,
Corralongford L.,
Corraraore,
TipperaTy C i
Carlow C 3
Fermanagh A 3
Sligo F 3
Donegal E 8
Waterford C 2
.Louth A 2
Limerick D 2
Roscommon E 5
Fermanagh G 2
Roscommon D 4
Corran Barony end L., Sligo E 3
Con-an Lake, Cork D 4
Corran R.. Armagh C 8
Corrandoo, Galway F 2
Conaricary L., Cavan G 3
Corruneary Lo., Cavan D S
Corranroo> Clare G 1
Corranroo Ho., Galway E 3
irorratiraore, Leitrim li 2
CorratinnerL., Cavan G 3
Jorreen Ho., Roscommon E 6
Corrib, Lough, GaKvay D 2
Coirib R., Galway D 8
Corries Ix). and R., Carlow B 8
Corrigadrohid, Cork E 3
Corrinshigo Ho., Cavan I 3
Corrofin, Clare F 2
Corrstown Ho., Dublin C 3
Corry L., Fermanagh G 8
Corry Lo., Leitnra C 8
Corrymore Lo., Carlow B 3
Corsleive, Mayo B I
Corstown Loughs, Meath E 1
Gonial L,, Louth A 1
I Cortiikea, Galway F 1
Corville, ' Cavan D 2
Corville Ha, Tipperary C 2
Corvish, Donegal F 2
Cosby Castle, Cavan E 3
Coshlea Barony, Limerick G 3
Coshma Barony, Limerick F 8
Coshmore & Coshbride Barony,
^aterford B 3
Costdlo Barooy, Mayo E 2
Cot Br., Dublin C 6
Cottage, Tbe, Kildare D 2
Cottage Grove, Leitrim B 1
Coulagb and Bof, Cork A 3
Coumheg, Tipperary A 2
Coumduaia L., Waterford D 2
Coumduff, Kerry B 2
Coumshincatin L., Waterford D 2
Country Ho., Carlow B 2
County Bri., Louth C 1
County Bri. aiid-Wti*er, ^ Armagh C 4
County Water, Monaghan E 3
Coura L., King's Co. C 2
Couragh, Cork G 3
Courceys Barony, Cork F 4
Coumellan MUJ, Carlow B 3
Court, The, Kilkenny D S
Courtaux Cas., Kilkenny C 3
Courtbaae L., Louth A 1
Courtmacsherry and Bay, Cork E 4
Courtnacuddy Cross Rds., Wexford B 3
Courtown Ho., Kildare, C 1
Courtown Ho. and Hart., Wexford E 2
Courttown Ho., Kildare A 3
Cow and CaU, Down E 4
Cox's Hill, Armagh D 2
Coy Ford, Kildare C 2
Crab Island. Clare D 1
Crab Lane, Wicklow B 4
Crabtrce R., Kildare B 2
Craddanstan Ho., West Meath F 2
Cradockheel Cas„ Clare H 3
Craigbrien Ha, Clare F 3
Cragg Ho., Tipperary A 3
CraghyL., Donegal C 8
CragleaghHo, Clare F 2
Craig, Tyrone F 2
Craig Abbey, Galway F 8
Craigagh, Londonderry D 3
Craigavad Sta., Down E 2
Craigavole, Londonderry E 8
Craigdarroch Ho., Down E X
Craigdoo, Down C 4
Ciaiggore, Londonderry D 2
Cralgmore, Londonderry E 3
Craignagappk, Tyrone E 2
Craignamaddy, Antrim C 1
Craignamaddy, Tyrone E 2
Craigs, Donegal E 3
Ciaigs Ch., Antrim C ?
Craigywarren, Antrim D 8
CranaR., Donegal F 2
Cianagh, The, Londonderry F 2
Cianagh, Tyrone F 2
Cranagh Ho., Tipperary C 2
Cranagher Uc, Clare G 2
CranagiJL Armagh C 2
CranaSgi, Longford D 2
Crancam, Roscommon F 5
Cranemore Ho., Carlow C 2
Ctanfield, Antrim C 4
Cranficld and C. Pt,
Cranford Bri.,
Cranna Ho.,
Crannagh Barony,
Crannagh Ho.,
Crannford,
Cranroe,
Cratlieve,
Cratloe Cas., Sta., and Wood,
Craud,
Craughwel! and Sta.,
Crawfords Lo.,
Crawfordsbum,
Crawfordsbum Ho.,
Cra2y Corner,
Creadan Hd. and Ho.
Creagh,
Creagh Castle,
Creagh Ho.,
Creagh Lo. ,
Cream PL,
Crebilly Ho.,
Crecharmore,
Creegh R.,
Creehennan,
Creemully,
Creeslough,
Creeve Ho. and L.,
Creevagh,
Creevagh Ho.,
Crcvagh Vil. and Hd.
Crecvaghmore,
Creevelea .^bbey,
CreeveSj
Creevintshaughy la.,
Cree\'y,
Creevy Ha,
Creevy L. ,
Creevyqujn,
Cregadare,
Cregan,
S'^Sg, ^ „
Cregg and Ho.,
Cregg Castle,
Cregg Cos. and &.,
Cregg Ho.,
Cregg Pt,
Cregga Ho.,
Creggan,
Creggan,
Creggan,
Creggan,
Creggan and R.,
Creggan U,
Creggan R.,
Creggancon roc,
Creggane Cas.,
Cr^ggaun,
Creggs,
CrMnorgan ^o..
Down C S
Donegal D 2
Tipperary A
Kilkenny B
Roscommon F
Wexford D
Kilkenny D
Down C
Clare H
2
2
5
1
2
3
3
Meath F 2
Galway E 3
Tipperary D 2
Down E 2
Down E 1
West Meath F 2
Waterford H 2
Cork D 4
Cork F 2
Mayo D 3
Roscommon D 6
Clare D 2
Antrim D 3
Roscommon D 5
Clare D 3
Donegal F 2
Roscommon C 4
Donegal D 2
Monaghan C 3
Sligo G 3
Londonderry A 3
Mayo D 1
Longford C 8
Leitrim A 2
Limerick C 2
Fermanagh D 2
Mayo C 1
Longford E 2
Doivn D 3
Roecommon E 4
Galway E 3
Londonderry C 2
Clare E
Tipperary E
Cork G
Galway D
Sligo E
Galway G
Roscommon E
Donegal E
Roscommon F
Roscommon F
Sligo E
Armagh C
West Meath A
Armagh D 3
Tyrone G 3
limerick E 3
Limerick E 2
Galway G 2
Qaeeo'sCo. D 3
Cremome Ho. and Bax., Monaghan C 3
Crescent Ho-j,
Crettyard Bo.,
Crew,
Crew Hin,
Crew MooOt,
Crilty Ha,
Crindle,
Crbe Cas.
CrinkiU,
Croagh,
Croagh,
Croagh Patrick,
Croagh atin Mt.,
Croaghan,
Croaghan Is.,
Croaghmoyle,
Croaghnakeela I.,
Croan L.,
Croangar L.,
Croboy L.,
Crockada Bri.,
Crockalough,
Crockalougha,
Crockaneel,
Crockaun,
Crockawilla,
Crockberry Hill,
Crockbane,
Crockbrack,
Crockcor,
Crockets Town,
Crockroor,
Croghanand Ha,
Croghan HUl,
Croghan Kinsella,
Crom Cas.,
Cromoge R.,
Cromore,
Crompaun R.,
Cromwells Hill,
Cromwellsford Ha,
Crone,
Cronelea Ho.,
Cronleagh Ho.,
Cronohill,
Louth B 2
Kilkenny D 1
Tyrone D 2
Kildare D 1
Antrim D 5
Tyrone G 4
Lcnilonderry D 2
Clare H 3
King's Co. C
Fermanagh B
Limerick D
Mayo B
Mayo A
Cavan D
Armagh D
Mayo D
Galway A 3
Roscommon D 5
Donegal C 3
Meath B 4
Femianagh G 3
Donegal F 1
Londonderry D 3
Antrim E 2
Queen's Co. F 3
Londonderry D 4
Kildare C 1
Tyrone G 2
Londonderry D 4
Loiidonderry E 3
Sligo B 3
Tyrone E 2
Roscommon D 2
King's Co. G 1
WicUow D 4
Fermanagh F 3
Tipperary C 3
Londonderry £ 1
Limerick E 1
Limerick G 2
Carlow C 1
Wicklow D 2
Wicklow B 4
Wicklow B 4
CorkG 2
Cronroe Ho.,
Cronybyme Ho.,
Cronyhom Ho.,
Cronykecry,
Crooked wood.
Wicklow E 3
Wicklow D 3
Wicklow B 4
Wicklow E 2
West Meath E 2
Crookhaven and L. H., Cork B 4
Crookstown, Cork E 8
Crookstown Bri., 'Kildare C 3
CroomaodHo., Limerick E 2
Crosaghstown, Longford D 2
Cross, Clare B 4
Cross, Waterford C 3
Cross, The, Meath E 3
Cross L., Mayo A 1
Cross L., Mayo B 2
Cross Barry, Cork F 8
Cross Forts, Cavan F 2
Cross Guns, Meath D 2
Cross Hill, Tyrone A 2
Cross Water, Cavan G 4
Crossabeg, Wexford C 3
Crossakeel, Meath B 2
Crossanavar, Wicklow C 3
Crossbane L., Armagh B 3
Crossboyne, Mayo D 2
Crosscool Harb., Wicklow B 1
Crossdall L., Armagh A 3
Crossdoney and Sta., Cavan E 3
Crossdrum Ho., Meath A 2
Crossfamoge or Forkro Pt, Wexford C 4
Crossfintan Pt., Wexford D' 4
Crossfood Br., Waterford C 4
Crossgar, Down E 3
Crosshaven and Fort, Cork G 8
Cross Keys, Armagh B 3
Cross Keys, Cavan F 3
Crosskeys, Kildare A 3
Cross Keys, Londonderry F 0
Cross Keys, Meath E 3
Cross Keys, Meath B 2
Cross Keys, Wicklow A 2
Crossmaglen, Armagh C 4
Crossmoluia, Mayo C 1
Crosspatrick, Wicklow C 4
Crossroads,, Donegal C 2
Crossursa, Galway D 2
Crosswell, Galway F 2
Crotanstowa Ho. and Lo., Kildare C 8
Crotlieve ML, Down B 6
Crotta Ho., Kerry D 1
Crotty's U, Waterford D 2
Crow Hd., Cork A 4
Crow Hill, Armagh C 2
Crow R., Donegal B 3
Crowbally, Kilkenny D 4
Crowbill Lo., Kilkenny B 2
Crowmartin Ho., Louth A 2
Cruagh, Galway A 2
Cruicetown Ho., Meath C 2
Cruiserath Ho., Dublin C 3
Cniit Is., Donegal B 2
Crumlin, Dublin D 6
Crumlin and Sta., Antrim D 5
Crumlin R., Antrim E 6
Crump I., Galway B 2
Crumpaun, Galway C 8
Crumpaun R., Mayo C 2
Crunaun Br., Roscommon B 2
Cruninish, Fermanagh D 1
Crusheen, Clare G 2
Cuckoo Comer, Carlow C 1
Cuddagh Glebe, Leitrim B 2
Cuffsborough Ho., Queen's Co. B 3
Cuffsborough Cross Rds., Queen's Co. C 3
Cuffs Town, Sligo B 2
Cuilcagh, Cavan C 1
Cuilcagh, Cavan G 8
Cuilcagh Gap, Fermanagh D 8
Cuillaghan L., Cavan D 2
Cuilleenirwan L., Roscommon E 5
Culbane, Londonderry G 3
Culcavy, Down C 3
CuldaffandB., Donegal F 2
Cullahill, Queen's Co. C 2
Cullahill Cas., Tipperary B 4
Cullaun, Kilkenny E 4
Cullaun, Limerick H 2
Cullaun L., Clare F 2
Cullaunyheeda L., Clare H 3
Cullaville, Armagh C 4
Cullaville Sta., Monaghan E 3
Culleen, Roscommon E 3
CuUcen Ha, West Meath D 2
CuUen, Cork D 2
Cullen, Tipperarv -A 3
Cullen Hin, Fermanagh D 2
Cullen Ho., Meath E 2
Cullenagh Barony, Queen s Co. U 8
Cullenagh HUl & Abbey, Queen's Co. D 3
Cullenagh R. and Bri,, Clare E 2
Cullenstown and Ho.* Wexford B 3
Cullentra Ha, Wexford C 3
Cullies Ila^ Cavan E 2
Cullin U. Xalkenny D 6
Cullin L., Mayo D 2
CuUinane, Antnji E 3
Cullion, IVrone D 1
Cullion Bridge, Down B 3
Cully Water, Armajli D 4
Cullybackcy and Sta., Anlnm D 4
Cullyhanna, R., and L., Armagh C 4
Culmore, Antrim B S
Culmorc Pt., Londonderry B 2
Culnady, Londonderry F 3
Culnafay Ho., Antrim C 4
Culray, Longford D 2
Cultra, Down E 2
Cumber Br., Down D 3
Cumber Ho., Londonderry B 8
Cumber Lower Ch., Londonderry B 3
Cummccn HoC and Strand, Sligo E 2
Cummer, Wexford A 8
Cummcragh, Kerry B 8
Cummurk R., Donegal C 3
Cimncl L., Mayo B 2
Cunningbum, Down F 2
Curchtown, Wexford D 4
Curlicu HUU, Sligo F 4
Curly R., Londonderry D 2
Curraclo« Ha, Wexford D 8
Curragh, Down F 8
Curragh, Fermanagh E 3
Curragh, Galway E 2
Curragh, Kilkenny B 4
Curragh, Wicklow B 4
Curragh and Bri., Kildare C 2
Curragh, The, and Encampment,
Kildare B 8
Curragh Chase Ho., Limerick D 2
Curragha, Meath F 3
Curraghabecn, Roscommon E 5
Curraghboy, Roscoinmon E 6
Curraghclady, Leitrim E 6
Curraghgorm, Cork G 2
Curraghgraigne, Wexford B 2
Curraghmore, Kilkenny D 4
Curraghmore Ha, Waterford E 2
Curraghmore Ha, Wexford A 4
Curraglass, Cork G 2
Currahen and Sta., Cork F 8
Curralanty, King's Co. C 8
Curran, Londonderry F 4
Curranagh, Galway F 9
Currane L., Kerry B 3
Currans, Kerry D 2
Curraun Peninsula, Mayo B S
Currenstown Ho., Tipperary C 4
Currislown Ho., West Meath F J
Currowbane Ho., Clare G 8
Curry, Sligo D 8
Curryard, Sligo F 1
Curryfree, Londonderry B 3
Currygrane Ho. and L., Longford D 2
Currjquin, Tipperary B 2
Curve BrL, Kildaro B 2
Cushalmg Br., *^' ^- i? *
Cushaling River, Kildare B 2
Cushendair, Antrim E 2
Cushendun, Antrim E 2
Cusher River, Armagh D 2
Cushina, King's Ca G 2
Cushina R., Kildare A 2
Cushina Rir. and Hd., King's Co. H 2
Cussao, Killffnny B t
DaarR.,
Dafiy La,
Dahybaun L.,
Daisy Hill,
Dale R.,
Dalgan Ha,
Dalgan R.,
Dalfa R.,
Dalkey,
Dalkey I.,
Dalligan R.,
Dallingstowo,
Dallyhaysy,
Daly Cas.,
Dalys Bri.,
Dalystown,
Dalystown Ha,
Damervrlle,
Danes Cast, The,
Danesfield Ho.,
Danesfort,
Danesfort,
Danesfort,
Danesfort Ha,
Danesfort Ho.,
Danesfort Ho.,
Dangan,
Dangan Ho.,
Dangansallagh Ho.,
Dangar Ho. and Park.
Dapbncy Cas.,
Darcy's Str.,
Dardistown,
Dargle R.,
Limerick C 8
Kildare D 2
Mayo C 1
Armagh B 3
West Meath F 2
Mayo D 3
Mayo E 2
Cork D 2
Dublin F 5
Dublin G 6
Waterford D 3
Down B 3
Dublin E 1
Galway E S
Meath C 2
Galway F 3
West Meath C 2
Tipperary A 4
Down A 4
Galway D 2
Cork E 2
Fermanagh C 3
Roscommon £ 2
Kilkenny C 3
Limerick D 3
Queen's Co: B 8
Cork G 8
Clare G 8
Tipperary C 2
King's Ca D 4
Wexford C 2
King's Co. C 1
Meath G S
Wicklow E 1
DABKLEY.
inde:
DRUUFAD.
\
DarUey and D. Lower, Armagh B 8
Daroge Ho., l^ngford C 8
Darragh Ho,, Limerick G 4
DarraghviUe, Wicklow E 2
Dairynane Abbey and Bay, Kerry B 3
Dart Mt., Tyrone F 2
Dartfield, Galwav F 8
Darton, Armagh B 2
Dartre* Barony, Monagban B 8
Dartrey Ho., Monaghan B 8
Dartry Lc, Armagh B 2
DarrerCas., I-outh B 2
Dash Bri., Longford C 2
Daomett Bum, Donegal D 3
Davidstown, Kilkenny D 6
Davidstown Ho., Kildare C 4
Davillaun L, Mayo A 3
Davillaun More L, Mayo A 1
Davis, Anmm E 6
Davistown Ho., King's Co. D 3
Dawros Hd. and Bay, Donegal B 3
Dawros R., Galway B 2
Dawsons Grove, Armagh D 2
Dead R., Limerick H 2
Deadmaus HilJ, Armagh C 3
Deanery, Longford C 2
Deans Cott, Carlow B 1
Debsborough Ho., Tipperary B 2
Dedes, within Drum Barony,
Waterford C 3
Decies, withoct Dmm Barony,
Waterford C 8
Decoy Gr„ Kildare C L
Decoy Ho,, Wicklow B 2
Dee R., Louth B 2
Deece, Lower Harony, Meath D 3
Deece, Upper Barony, Meath D 4
Deehommed M[., Down C 4
Deel R., Limerick D 2
Deel R., Mayo C 1
Deele L. and.R., Donegal D 8
Deelis Bit, Kerry B 3
Deenis^, Kerry B 3
Deer Is., Clare F 1
Deer Park, /irmagh D 8
Deerpark Ho., Vv'icklow A 8
Delamone, Down E 8
Dalrany, V/icklow E 2
Dellin Ho., Louth B 2
Delourl^, Quean's Co. B 3
Delphi, Mayo B 8
Delvin Barony, West Meath F 2
Delvin R., Dublin D 1
Denn, Cavan F 3
Dennet Bum, Tyrone E 1
Deputy's Pass, Wicklow E 3
Derdaoil, Tioperary A 2
Dereen R., Wicklow B 3
Derg Lough, Tipperary A 2
Derg R., Tyrone B 2
Derg R. and Lough, Donegal D 4
Denooh I., Sligo E 2
Dert, Limerick G 2
Derlangen, Meath C 8
Dennotsto\vn, Dublin E 1
Demagrec, Cork D 2
Demaskcr.gh L., Sligo F 3
Demish Is., Sligo E 1
Derragh, Cork D 2
Derras;h L., Longford E 2
Demine IIo., Roscommon D 3
Denaumccn, Sligo D 4
Derreen, Galway P 2
Derreen, Roscommon F 5
Dcrrcen Riv., Wicklow A 4
Dcrriana L., Kerry C 8
Denies, The, Queen's Co. E 2
Derrin L., Galway F 2
Derrin Mt,, Fermanagh C 1
Dtrrinboy Ho., King's Co. D 8
Dcriinkee Mayo C 2
Dcrroon Ho., Sllgo E 8
Dcrrow, Gfilway G 3
Derry Cas., Tipperary A 2
Derry Ho., Cork D 4
Derry Ho., King's Co. C 8
Dcrry L., Longford B 8
Derry Riv., Wicklow B 4
Dcrry Water, Wicklow C 3
Dcrryad, Longford B 8
Derryadd Bny, Armagh D 2
Denyadd L., Armagh C 2
Derryard, ClAre C 8
Derr>bard, Tyrone E 4
Den-ybawn llo., Wicklow D 8
Deirybcg, Donegal C 2
Derrybcg H , Fcrm.-vn.-iRh E 8
Dtrryboy, Down E 8
Derryoirac. Leitrim D 4
Derr>-c.->rran, Armagh C 2
DerTycn»«ii Ho., Longford D 2
DmyciMMn U, Oivnn D 2
DatTycaDfiold, RoKoramon F 8
DetTyxUre L., Galwny D 2
Bmryamu, Donegal C 2
Dmytooly, iCine'i Co. D 2
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DerrycDosh,
Derrycomb,
Derry craff,
Denycree Cott.,
Denydoiragh Ho.,
Derryduff L.,
Denyfalone Ho.,
Derrygonelly,
Derrygoolin,
Denygoony L.,
Deny hale,
Derryhamey,
Derryharrow,
Denyhick L.,
Derrykeei Ho.,
Derrykeighar,
Derrylaar,
Denylileagh L.,
Denylin,
Denyluskan Ho.,
Derrymacar L..
Denymacash,
Derrymace^;an,
DenymanniD L.,
Derrymore,
Denymore,
Denymore He ,
Derrymore Ho.,
Denymore He,
DerrytDore He,
Denynacarbit L.,
Derrynahinch Ko.,
Denynamehau n ,
Derrynananta L.,
Denynasaggar!. Mts.
Derrynasaggart Mis,
Derrynascera Ho.,
Derrynea Lo.,
Derrynoyd I^.,
Denypark,
Derryquin Ca?. ,
Denryveagb Mts. .
Dervock,
Denywaii^ I.,
Desart Cott.,
Descart L.,
Desertcreat,
I>esertlyD, _
Desertmartm,
Desertoghiil,
Devenian, "
DevHsbit Mt.,
Dewls Glen,
Devlin R.,
Devlin R.,
Devlins R.,
Devon Cott.,
Diamond,
Diamond, Tlie,
Diamond Hill,
Diamond Hill,
Diamond Hill,
Diffagher R.,
Diffreen R.,
Digby's Br.,
Dillagh U,
Dillon, Cas., Lo., and Ho.
Dillonsto'.vn Cross,
Dingle, Harb., and Bay,
Dinm R.,
Dinin Riv.,
Dirk Bay,
Divna L.,
D'Loughtane Ho.,
Doagh,
Doagh,
Doagh Beg,
Doagh I.,
Dobbs,
Dodard Cas.,
Dodder R..
Dodwell Mt.,
Dog Street,
Does B.,
Dolanstown Ho,,
Dollardstown Ho.,
Doliardstown Ho.,
DoUymouni,
D0II3/9 Grove,
Dolvin,
Donabaie,
Donacarney,
Donadea Cas.,
Donagh,
Donagh,
Donaghadee,
Donaghcloncy,
Dona^cumper,
gonaghedy Cb.,
onnqhmorc,
Donaghmorc,
Donaghmorc,
Donaghmorc Ch. ,
Donaghmorc Ho..
Donaghmoyna Ho.,
Donaghpatrick Bri..
Mayo C
Mayo B
Mayo C
Armagh C
Armagh B
Donegal B
Loutli A
Fermanagh D
Galway F
Mfmagfaan C
Armagh D
King's Co. C
Longford C
Mayo D
King's Co. D
Antrim C
Galway F
Annagn C
Tcnnanagh E
Tipperary C
Longford B
Armagh D
West Meath E
Mayo D
Antrim C
Clare I
Armagh D
Clare H
King's Co, D
VVe^t Meath F
Fermanagh C
Kilkenny C
Longford B
Cavan C
Cork D
Kerry E
Qj.cen'sCo. B
Galway C
Lcr.dondeny E
Galway C
Kerry C
Donegal C
Antrim C
Armagh C
Kilkenny B
Monaghan D
TjTone H
Londonderry E
Londonderry E
Londonderry F
Fermanagh D
Tipperary C
Wicklow E
Donegal C
Shgo B
Meath E
Cavan E
Monaghan D
Tyrone I
Armagh C
Cavan D
WicUow D
Leitrim C
Leitrim A
Kildare C
Cavan E
Armagh C
Louth C
Kerry B
Kilkenny C
Kilkenny D
CoHc E
Donegal A
Waterford B
Aritriji E
Donegal D
Donegal E
Donegal E
Antrim G
Waterford B
Dublin C
Sligo F
Armagh C
Galway A
Meath E
Kildare B
Meath E
Dublin F
Meath E
Kilkenny C
Dublin F
Meath G
Kildare C
Fermanagh F
Sligo C
Down F
Down B
Kildare D
Tyrone E
Meath F
Queen's Co. B
Tyrone H
Down B
Wexford E
Monaghan D
Meath D
Dorard,
Donard Lodge,
Donegal,
Donegal Bay,
Donegal Pt.,
Donegore,
Donerarle,
Donnell L.,
Donoghex L.,
Donore,
Donore Cas,,
Donore Ho.,
Donore Ho.,
Donore Lo. end Ho.,
Doo L.,
Doo L.,
Doo L.,
DooL.,
DooL.,
Dooagh.
DocaDy R.,
Dooaun L.,
Doobham,
Doocastle,
Dooega Hd.,
Dooey,
Doogany L.,
Doogary L.,
Doogary L. ,
Dooghta R.,
Dooglasha R. ,
Doogort,
Doohooma,
Dooish,
Dooish Mt.,
Dookinellj',
Doolin Cas. and Pt.,
Doolough Ho.,
Doolystown Ho.,
Doom ore,
Doon,
Doon,
Doon Cas.,
Doon Ho.,
Doon L.,
Doon L.,
Doon L. and Lo.,
Doon2.ha,
Doonally Ho.,
Doonally Ho.,
Doo nan e Bri.,
Doonane R.,
Doonass Ho.,
Doonass, Leap rf,
Doonbeg and B.,
Doon beg R.,
Dooneen Ho.,
Doonis Lough,
Doonlicka Cas.,
Doonmadden,
Doonvinalla,
Doonybrook,
Doora,
Doorin Pt.,
Doomane,
Dooroge Ar.,
Dooros,
Doory Hall,
Doovertha R.,
Dora Ville,
Dorrington Ho.,
Dorsey R.,
Dough Cas.,
Doughiska,
Douglas,
Douglas Bri.,
Douglas R. ,
Douglas R. .
Douglas R.,
Douglas R.,
Douglas R.,
Douglas R.,
Douglas Top,
Douce Mtn.,
Doulus Hd.,
Dovea,
DovcgTove Hx,
Dovehill Ho.,
Dowdingston,
Dowdstown Ho.,
Dowd&iown Ho.,
Dowdsiown Ho.,
Downecn Castle,
Downcys Cross Roads,
Downhill,
Downhill Sta.,
Downing,
Downings Ho. and Cross Roads,
Kildare C
Wicklow B 2
Down D 4
Donegal C 4
Donegal B 4
Clare C 3
Antrim E 4
Cork F 2
Oare D 3
Leitrim E 4
Meath F 2
West Meath C 3
Quesn's Co. C 3
West Meath D 2
Kildare C 2
, Clare E 3
Donegal E 2
Leitrun C 2
Mayo B 3
Sligo E 2
Mayo A 2
Limerick C 3
Galway D 2
Fermanagh G 2
Mayo F 1
Mayo A 2
Londonderry E 2
Leitrim E 4
Armagh B 3
l.ongfcrd C 1
Galway C 2
Limerick G 2
Mayo A 1
Mayo B 1
Tyrone C 8
Donegal C 2
Mayo A 2
Clare D 1
Queen's Co. D 2
Meath C 8
Sligo' D 3
Galway F 2
Limerioit H 2
Galway A 2
King's Co. C 1
Glare I 8
Leitrim B 2
Clare H 2
Clare C 4
Sligo F 2
Sligo F 2
(lueen's Co. E 3
Tipperary A 3
Clare I 3
Limerick F 1
Clare C 3
Clare E 3
Limerick F 2
West Mealh A 2
Clare B 4
SUgo D 2
Mayo B 1
Dublin E 6
Clare G 2
Donegal C 4
Kilkenny C 6
Wexford E 1
Galway C 2
Longford C 3
Galway F 3
Fermanagn D 2
West Meath B 8
Armagh C 4
Clare E 2
Galway E 8
Cork F 3
Tyrone D 2
Cork D 3
Londonderry E 4
Queen's Co. E 8
Sligo F 8
Wicklow B 2
Wicklow B 8
Antrim E 8
Wicklow D 2
Kerry A 8
Tipperary C 8
Kind's Co. C 3
Kind's Co. D 8
Kildare C 2
Kildare D 1
Louth B 2
Mcalh D 2
Cork D 4
Limerick G 2
[.ondondcrry E 2
Londonderry D 1
Cork G 2
Down Patrick,
Downpatrick Hd.,
Downs Lo.,
Downshirc Ho.,
Dowra,
Dowry,
Dowth Uo.,
Down E
Mayo D
WickloAv E
Wicklow B
Cavan A
Wicklow C
Meath F
DraghanstowD,
Drains B.,
Drapei-stO'.vn,
Drangan,
Drangan Ho.,
Dreen,
Drehid Ho.,
Dresteman Cas.
Drews Court,
Drewstown Ko.
Drimmeen,
Drimnagh Cas.,
Drin L.,
Drinagh,
Drinan Ho.,
Dring Ho.,
Dring Ho.,
Dripsey,
Drishane Br.,
Drishane Castle,
Drisk R.,
Drogheda Tn. ard Barony,
Drogheda Bay,
Droghedayarr,- Dri.,
Drom,
Dromada Mt.,
Dromagh and Castle
Dromana Ho. ,
Dromaneen Ho.,
Dromara,
Dromard Ho..
Drombanny Cas.,
Drombrow Ho.,
Dromcolliher,
Dromdaleague,
Dromin,
Dromin,
Dromina,
Dromiskm,
Dromkeenj Sta., and Ho.
Drommartin,
Dromoland Ca:^,
Drom ore,
Drom ore,
Dromore,
Dromore Cas.,
Dromore Hd.,
Dromore Ho.,
Dromore Ho. and L.,
Dromore L.,
Drowes R.,
Drum,
Drum Hills,
Drum L.,
Drumacarrow Lo,,
Drumadarragh Ho.,
Drumadonnell R.
Drumagore,
Drumahaire and Daroiiy
Dnmiahoe,
Drumalagagh Coti.,
Drumanaught,
Drumandoora,
Drumandoora I'l.,
Drumane Bri.,
Drumantine Ho,,
Drumard Ho.,
Drumate Lo.,
Drum bad,
Drumbanagher Ho.,
Drumbane,
Drumbaragh Ho-,
Drutfibaun,
Drumbaun,
Drumbeg,
Drumbo,
Drumboy L.,
Drumbrean Cott.,
Drumbride Ho.,
Drumcalpin LougU.^,
Drumcar.
Drumcaroan,
Drumcashe! Ho.,
Drumcaw L.,
DrumcliiT Bay,
Drumcliff Br. and K.,
Drumcoli L.,
Drumcondra,
Drumcondra,
Drumconor.T,
Drumcor L,,
Drumcormick,
Drumcoiira L.,
Drumcrc:! Ho. 5^ Cott.,
Drumcro Ho.,
Dnimcroon Ho.,
DrumcTii,
Drumcullaun L.,
Drumderg L.,
Drunidoc,
Drum (I oil,
Drumdowncy,
Druindutf Ho.,
Drumoltan Ho.,
Druroarcc Ch.,
Drumfad B.,
Louth C
Antrim G
Londonderry K
Tipperary D
Tipperary G
Londonderry C
Kildare B
Fermanagh £
Limerick E
Meath C
Galway A
Dublin C
West Meath E
Roscommon F
Dublin E
Cavan D
Leitrim D
Cork E
Cork C
Cork D
Tipperaiy D
Louth B
Louth C
Louth A
Tipperary C
Limerick B
Cork E
Waterford B
Cork E
Down C
Tipperary C
Limerick F
Cork C
Limerick D
Cork D
Umeric'^: F
Louth B
Cork E
_ Louth B
Limerick G
Kerry C
Clare G.
Down C
Sligo C
I'yrone C
Kerry C
Mayo A
Cork E
Clare G
Monaghan B
Leitrim B
Monaghan B
Waterford C
Down C
Cavan G
Antrim E
Down C
Londonderry A
Leitrim B
Londonderry B
Roscominon E
Donegal D
Clare H
Clare H
Fermanagh D
Dowrt, A
Leitrim JD
Monaghan "B
Fermanagh C
Armagh D
Tippeniry B
Meath C
Longford C
Sligo D
Down D
Down D
Armagh C
Monaghan B
Meath E
Cftvan G
Louth B
Cavan E
Louth B
Monaghan C
Sligo E
blii^o F
Louth A
Dublin E
Meath D
Clare G
Monaghan A
Londonderry E
Loiirim K
West Meath E
Down B
LooHondcrry E
Fermnnngh F
Oare E
Fermanagh E
Rr>scommon D
Donegal E
Kilkenny V
Roscommon E
Cavan G
Armaitb D
Down G
nj vrumfaldra Ho.,
p. g vniinflni
f, Q «mmgarve,
™^ trumgavL.,
jr *rumgoff Bar ks,
^B numgolol'-,
ij vningooland Ch.,
ig trnmgoon.
hi;, ^rumepon He.,
y^ tt rum nil lag h,
^5 irumhirlc,
hE ^rumillyno.,
:(•; irumkecran,
DRUUFALDRA.
INDEX.
FANNINQfiTOWM.
irumkern iro.,
trumlaheen L.,
-rrumleclc Ho.,
inimleck Ft.,
vrumlee,
frumleevan,
trumllsh,
vntmlona L.,
he I *rumloo L,,
3A1 truroloughan,
; C : trummaconor Ho. ,
till vrummani
ill vnimman,
;BI trummerhln He,
^El tnimmln Br. and R.,
nCi tnimmond Ho.,
sCi trammuckavall L.,
dFI frumnacor Ho.,
Ci vrumuacreeha,
tmmnakiHy Ho.,
trumnasole,
Vnimnee, Upr. and t,r.
vnunod and Sta.,
tniinone,
trumquin,
r^rumra^h R.,^
, . I i^rumrainy Bri.,
tGl rfrumraney Ho
CI -fnimrawHo.,
CI ifrumreask,
iframree Sta. ,
-vnimreilly,
ninimroe,
rfnimroe Ho.,
<*nimroragh Lo.,
lynimsaul L. ,
-fminscar.
-Vramshallon Ho.,
^runishanbo.
nirumshanbo,
<iniinshanbo L.,
-^nunsiU Ho.,
■fninisiUagb Ho.,
•Vrumskellan,
^nimslievd,
t^rumsna,
n*ruiiisuni,
Hinimtullagb,
'♦rung,
■tfrung Hill,
I'ninganag;!,
"•Hiag R.,
«>ua£h,
i^ually Ho.,
■>uamgle Cas.,
«>ubber Ho.,
«>uhHn,
i>uMin Barony,
'ublin Bay.
■A
Monaghan C 8
Sligo F 3
Galwav A 2
Fermanagh E 2
Wicklow C 3
Monagban B 3
DoWn C 4
Fermanagh E S
Cavan D 3
Cavan H 3
Loath A 2
Armagh C 2
Leitnrn B 2
Tj^rone I 3
Leitrim D 3
Louth B 2
Dublin G 4
Down C 4
Leitrim F S
Longford C 2
Monaghan B 3
Monaghan B 2
Leitrim E 4
Monaghan B 2
West Meath E
Roscommon E
Kilkenny C
Carlow B
Kildare B
Louih A -,
Longford B 3
Leitrim B 1
Tyrone F 3
Antrim F 2
Longford B 3
Leitrim D 4
Meath A 2
Tyrone D 3
Tyrone E 3
Fermanagh D 3
West Meath B 3
Antrim C 3
Monaghan B 2
Meath E 3
Leitrim E 3
Down F 4
Waterford B 8
Cavan F 3
Monaghan B 3
GaTvvay G 3
Louth B 8
Leitrim C 3
Tyrone G 3
Leitrim E 4
Armagh B 2
Leitnm F 4
Donegal F 2
rx>ndonderry D 3
Leitrim D 4
Londonderry D 3
Antrim C 2
Cavan F 2
Kerry B 2
Mayo D 2
Tipperary B 4
Kerry D 1
Tipperary C 3
Cork D 2
Dublin D 4
Dublin D 4
Dublin E 4
Dublin F 5
Duncannon,
Duncanstown,
Duncarbey C4S.|
Dunconnick,
Dundalk Bay,
Dundalk and Harb.,
Dundalk, Lower Barony,
Dundalk, Upper Barony,
Dundarave Ho.,
Dundermot Ho.
Dunderrow and Sta.,
Dunderry BrL,
Dundonald.
Dundonnelh
Dundooan no.,
Dundrod,
Dundrum,
Dundrum,
Dundrum,
Dundrum Bay,
Dundrum Ho. and Sta
Duneagh L.,
Dunegan Lo.,
Duneight Ho.,
Duneky L..
Dunfanagliy,
Dunfierth Ho.,
Dungannon, _^ -- -
Dungannon, Lower Barony, Tyrone G 4
Dungannon. Middle Barony, Tyrone H 3
Dungannon, Uiipt-r Barony, Tyrone H 3
Dunganstown Cas., Wicklow E 3
Dungarvan,
Dungarvan and Harb.
Dungeagan,
Wexford A 4
Wexford A 8
Leitrim B 1
Wexford C 2
Louth C 4
Louth B 1
Louth C 1
Louth B 1
Antrim C 1
Roscommon B 3
Cork F 3
Meath D 3
Down E 2
Roscommon E 5
Londonderry F 2
Antrim £ 6
Armagh C 8
Down D 4
Dublin E 5
Down E 4
I Tipperary B 8
Donegal D 4
West Meath B 3
Down C 8
Louth A 2
Donegal C 2
Kildare C 1
Tyrone H 3
«>ubim Corporation Water Works,
Wicklow D
«)Qctcetts Grove,
i)uddestown.
9)oflrHiJl,
•>uiri«,
«)uflFR,,_
«)uffcamclc Rks.,
4)aflFerip Baron/,
^uffiT Hall,
r, «)uha]low Barony,
' ; i)ulMkSta.,
«)u1eek. Lower Barony
^leek, Upper r.::'.ony
ihiUertoa Ho.,
i)uii Ailllnne,
«)ni»brattin Hd..
Onnadry Sta.,
dimaitHd.,
Oooally,
Onnamon Br.,
Ounamon Cas.,
>unany Ho. artd Tt.,
>Qnaweel L.,
)unbell,
>UDbodeB Park,
^nnboe^
Junboy Cestle,
Ounboyne Barony,
Ouobeyne, Vll., Sta
Otmbrock Mt.,
Ombrod^,
Cariow C
Louth C
Wicklow C
Antrim F
Leitrim A
Wexford E _
Down E 8
Wexford B 2
Cork D 2
Meath F 8
Meath F 2
Meath F 2
Meath F 3
Tyrone D 1
Kildare C 3
Waterford F 3
Antrim E 4
Doneg^ E 2
Donegal E 2
Roscommon C 4
Galway F 2
Louth C 2
Leitrim F 3
Kilkenny D 8
West Meath E 3
Londonderry E 2
Cork B 4
Meath E 4
& Cas., Meath F 4
Londonderry C 8
v'wioroay, Wex/ord A 4
Ottbfody Cos. and Abbey, Wexford A 4
U
Dungillick Ho.,
Dungiven,
Dunglady,
Dungloman R,,
Dunglow,
Dungooly,
Dungormly Ho.,
Dungoumey,
Dangummin Ho.,
DunhilL Lodge,
Duninga Ho.,
Duniry,
Dunisnal Ho.,
DunkelHn Barony,
Dunkerrin,
Dunkerron Cas.,
Dunkerron, North Barony,
Dunkerron, South Barony,
Dunkettle Ho.,
Dunkineely,
Dunkitt Ho.,
Dunlarg Cottage,
Dunlavm,
Dunleckny Ho.,
Dunleer,
Dunlewy and L.,
Dunloe Cas., and Gap of.
DunUjy,
Dunluce Cas.,
Dunluce, Lower Barony,
Dunluce, Upper Bardty,
Dunmahon.Cas.,
Dunmakeever L.,
Dunmanus Bay,
Dunmanway,
Dunminning Ho.,
Dunmore,
Dunmore,
Dunmore,
Dunmore,
Dunmore and Barony,
Dunmore Bay,
Durrow and Cas.,
Durrow Abbey,
Dursey I, and .4 cad,
Duvillaun Mc;e,
Dyan,
Dysart Bri's.,
Dysart Farm,
Dysart Ho.,
Dysert,
Queen's Co. C 8
King's Co. F 2
Cork A 4
Mayo A 1
Tyrone G 4
Kilkenny C t
Louth C 8
West Meath D 8
Claie F 2
E
EaL.,
EadestowD,
Eagil,
Eagle I?.,
Eagle Ml.,
Eagle Mt.,
EaglehiU Ho.,
Eagle's Rock,
Eany'oeg W.,
Eanymore W.,
Earlsfield,
Earlstown,
Eask L. and R ,
Easkavey,
Easky,
Easkey and Riv.,
Easky L.,
Clare H 2
Ki!d.ire D 2
Leitrim C 1
Mayo A 1
Down C 6
Kerry E 2
Kildare B 8
Clare G 1
Donegal C 8
Donegal C 8
Sligo E 3
Galway G 3
Donegal C 3
Sligo D 4
Roscommon D 2
Sligo C 2
Sligo C 8
Kilkenny D 3
Waterford D 3
Kerry B 3
Monaghan C 1
Londonderry D 3
Londonderry F 3
West Meath B 3
Donegal C 3
Kilkenny C 6
Armagh C 3
Cork G 3
Cavan F 4
Waterford F 3
Kilkenny E 8
Galway F 3
Wexford C 1
Galway E 3
King's Co. C 4
Kerry C 3
Kerry C 2
Kerry C 3
Cork F 8
Donegal B 4
Kilkenny D 6
Armagh B 3
Wicklow A 2
Carlow B 2
Louth B 3
Donegal C 2
Kerry D 2
Antrim C 2
Antrim B
Antrim B
Antrim C
Louth B
Ca -an B
Cork B
Cork D 3
Antrim C 8
Donegal D 2
Donegal E 2
Queen's Co. C 8
Waterford G 8
Galway E 2
Waterford H 8
i!.asKy ij., .J"6" ^ "
East Carbery, W. Div., Barony, Cork D 3
East Hill, Wicklow E 2
East Idrone Barony, Carlow B 2
East Inishowen Barony, Donegal F 2
East Muskerry Barony. Cork E 3
East Narragh £.nd Reban Barony,
Kildare B 3
East Offaly Barony.
East Omagh B.;:ony.
East Shelmalier^ Bar.
East Town,
Easton,
Eastwood Ho.,
Ebor Hall,
Ebrington Bar.,
Ecclesville,
Eden,
Eden,
Eden Br.,
Eden Burn,
Eden Ho.,
Edenavey s Ho.
Edenderry,
Edenmore Bri.,
Eden vale,
Edergale,
Edermine Ferry
Edermine Ho.,
Edemy,
Edgehill
Kildare B 2
Tyrone D 3
Wexford "D 3
Donegal C 2
Kildare D 1
Tipperary C 2
Galway C 2
Londonderry B 3
Tyrone E 4
Antrim G 4
Roscommoa E 2
l^ndonderry E 3
Antrim B 2
Armagh C 2
Armagh C 2
Kmg's Co. H 1
Fermanagh D 8
Clare G 8
Leitrim B 2
Wexford C 3
Wexford C 8
Fermanagh E 1
yueen's Co. B 2
Emo and Cas.,
Emoclew,
Emy, Lough,
Emyvale,
Enaglian L.,
Enfield Ho.,
Englishtown,
EnglisIitov.'n,
Ennell L.,
Ennis,
Knniscoffey,
Enniscorthy,
Enniskeen,
Enniskerry,
Enniskillen,
Ennislare He ,
Ennlstimon,
Eonish,
Erencystown,
Erganagh,
Erindale,
Erin dale,
Erke Ch.j
Erkina Ho.,
Erkina Riv.,
Erne L.,
Erne Lough,
Erne R.,
Erne R.,
Erne R.,
Erra,
ErriffR.,
Errigal,
Errill,
Erris Barony,
Erris Head,
Errit L.,
Ervey L.,
Eshbrack,
Eshmore,
1 Esker,
Eskcr Ho.,
Eskerboy,
Eslin R.,
Essagalvane,
Essnalieery,
Etna Lo.,
Eustace Ho.,
Evansons Cove,
Evergreen Cott. ,
Evergreen Lo.,
Everton Ho.,
Evingion Lo.,
Eyeries,
Eyes L.,
Eyrecourt,
Eyrefield,
tageiuii, V '.v\.n .» ^v " -
Edgeworthstown r'.nd Ko . Longford D 2
Dunmore Cott., & Cave of, Kilkenny C 2
Dunmore Cott., «*--. r7 n
Dunmore Hd.,
Dunmore Hd.,
Dunmore Hd.,
Dunmore Hd.,
Dunmurry,
Dunmurry Ho.,
Dnnnamanagh,
Dunneill R.,
Dunnycove Bay,
Dunore R.,
Dunowen,
Dunowen and Head,
Dunowla,
Dunquin,
Dunrally BrL,
Dunran,
Dunrce Hd.,
Dunroe Br.,
Dunsandle,
Dunsany Cas.,
Dunseverick,
Dunsfort,
Diinshaughlin,
Dunsinea Ha,
Dunsink Observatory,
Duony,
DuroasPt.,
Meath E 2
Clare A 4
Donegal B 8
Donegal F 2
Kerry A 2
Antrim E 6
Kildare B 2
Tyrone E 1
Sligo D 2
Cork E 4
Antrim D 4
Cavan G 4
Cork E 4
Sligo D 2
Kerry A 2
Queen's Co. E 2
Wicklow E 2
Donegal E 2
Carlow B 3
Galway F 8
Meath E 3
Antrim C 1
Down F 4
Meath E 8
Dublin D 4
Dublin D 4
Cork E 1
Fermanagh D 2
Edmondstown,
Edmondstown Ho.
Ednego,
Edoxtown Ho.,
Ed'.vardstown Ho.,
Eflishmore,
Egan Mt.,
Eglantine,
Eglinton Sta.,
Eglish,
Eglish Barony and
Eglish Ch.,
Eglish Ho.,
Eglish L.,
Eglish R.,
Ehemagh Str.,
Fighter,
Eldon Bridge,
Eldons Fort,
Elfeet Bay,
Eliogarty Barony,
Ellaghmorc,
Ellen Cas.,
Ellen Grove,
Ellen Vale,
Ellenborough,
.Elly Harb.,
Elm Grove,
Elm Grove,
Elm Hill,
ElmhiU Ho.,
Elm Park Ho.,
Elmpark Ho.,
Elphin and Palace
Queen's Co. D »
Wicklow E «
Monaghao C 1
Monaghan C 1
Longford D 1
Roscooimon C 3
Londonderry F 2
Roscommon D 4
We t Meath D 8
Oare G 2
Wc't Meath E 8
Wexford C 8
Cork E S
Wicklow D 1
Fermanagh D 2
/■uroagh B 8
Clare E 2
Cavan E 2
Kilkenny D 2
Tyrone E 8
CaHow B 2
Kildare B 2
Kilkenny A 2
aueen'sCo, B 8
ueen's Co. C 3
Down D 3
Fermanagh C 2
Oivan E 2 & K 8
Doo<eil C 4
Fermanagh E 8, B 2> F 4
Rosoommon F 8
Mayo C 8
Dooegal C 2
Queen's Co. A 8
Mayo B 1
Mayo A 1
Roscommon A 8
Cavan H 8
Monaghan B 2
Monaghan B 2
DubUn B 4
Roscommon E 5
Galway F 8
leitrim D 4
Monaghan A 1
Monaghan B 1
lionaghan A 2
Kildare D 2
Cork B
Waterford G
Carlow B
Queen's Co. F
Carlow B
Cork B
Fermanagh K «
Galway G 8
KlldareC 8
Vi'ost ^^eath E 2
Mayo F 2
Down B 3
Meath E 3
Liinerick F 2
D negal F 2
Kildare C 2
Dov/n C 8
T.ondcT.derry B 2
Tyrone H 4
, Iving s Co. C 8
Ar.nagh B 2
S ueen's Co. C 8
Monaghan D 8
Done^ C 3
Limenck C 3
Cavan G 4
Wicklow A 3
Kildare C 2
Longford B 8
Tipperary C 3
Mayo D 1
Galway E 2
Carlow C 2
Down B 4
Dublin C B
Mayo A 1
Meath B 8
Meath G 8
Limerick C 2
Tipperary B 2
Umerick E 2
Armagh B 2
Roscommon D 2
Elton Ho. and Cross Rds., Lunenck G 8
Ely Ho.,
Ely Lo. and Cas.,
Emlagh Ho.,
Emlagh Pt.,
Emiaghkeadew,
Emlaghnidgree,
Emlaghyroyin,
Emly,
Emma '*niie,
Eaimet Cas.,
Wexford D 3
Fermanagh D 2
Roscommon C 3
Mayo B 2
Roscommon C ^
Roscommon D 4
Roscommon C 4
Tipperary A 4
Wicklow D 4
King's Co. B 4
FaaL.,
Faccary Ho.,
Fad L.,
Fad L.,
Fadd L.,
Fadda L.,
Fadda L.,
Faha Ho.,
Fahamore,
Fahan,
Fahan Sta.,
Fahy L.,
Fahymore,
Failmore R.,
Fair Hd.,
Fair or Eecirore Hd.
Fairbank,
Fairfield,
Fairfield,
Fairfield Ho.,
Fairfield Ho.,
Fairhill, or Clcnbur,
Fairhill Ho.,
Fair View,
Fair View,
Faa- View,
Fair View,
Fair View Cot
Donegal B 3
Tyrone E 3
Dootgal C 8
Dooegal F 2
Fermanagh C 2
Galway A 2
Galway C 8
Lunerick E 2
Kerry B 2
Kerry A 2
Donegal E 2
Mayo B 1
Galway F 2
Galway C 2
Cork B 4
Antrim E 1
P.oscoramon E 8
Fernumagh "E 8
West Meath B 3
Monaghan B S
Wexford C 4
Galway C 2
Louth B 2
Kildare C 3
Monaghan C 8
Wicklow D 2
Wicklow E 2
rair new v,ui;., Wicklow D 8
Fairwood, Upper & Lower, Wicklow C 4
Fairy Mt. Ca.s.,
Fairy Street,
Fairy Water,
Fairyhill Ho.,
Faithlegg Ho.,
Fall, The,
Fallan R. and Bri.,
Falleen Ho.,
Failmore,
Falmore Ho.,
Faltia Ho.,
Fanad District and Hd.i
Fane R.,
Fane Valley,
Fannings Walls,
Fanningstown Ho.
Roscommon E 8
Limerick B 3
Tyrone D 3
Clar^ F S
Waterford G 2
Donegal E 2
Longford B 2
Tipperary B 2
Mayo A 1
Louth B 1
RoGCOmcion £ 6
Donegal D 2
Louth A 2
Louth B 2
Dublin D 2
Kilkenny B 4
' FAHOKB.
INDEX *
GLASHAGAU
Fafloi^Bti.
Farahy,
Faiiull Baitn;,
Farbreagiie,
Faidrum How,
Farland Sta.,
Fariough K.j
Fannefs Bndge,
Fann Hill,
Faim Hill,
FannHiU,
Farm Hill
Clare B 1
Cork F 2
Fieldstown,
Fieldtown Ca&,
Dublin C 3
West Meath D 2
Forthill,
Portland,
Longford B 8
Cavan F 3
Garbally,
GardenhUI,
G«Iway G >
Fermanagh C 3
West Meath E 3
King's Co. D 3
West Meath A 3
Fieri es,
Figile R.,
Fibins Tom,
Keny D 2
King's Co. H 2
Longford D 2
Clare G 3
Fortland,
Forttown Ho.,
FortwiUiam Ho.,
Sligo C 2
Wicklow B 4
Waterford B 3
Gardenmorris Ho.,
Garinish and Pt.,
Garnavilla Ho.,_
Waterford E 9
Cork A 4
Tipperary C 4
Donegal E 2
Armagh C 2
Kerry C 2
Fennanagh G 4
Fin L.,
Fort Sound,
Galway C 3
Garr Br. and Riv.,
Kildare A 1
FinL.,
King's Co. C 2
Foulkesmill,
Wexford B 4
Garr L.,
West Mcalh D t
Fin L.,
Mayo B 3
Foulkscourt Ho.,
Kilkenny A 2
Garran Cross Roads,
Monaghan B S
FinL.,
Sligo E 8
Foulksrath Cas.,
Kilkenny C 2
Garrane,
Cock E 3
Meath G 2
Finavarra Ha,
Clare F 1
Four Mile Watsr,
Cork C 4
Garrane,
Tipperary B 2
Monaghan D 3
Fin cam.
Londonderry D 3
Four Roads,
Down D 4
Garranlea Ho.,
Tipperary C 4
Wexford E 2
Finglas,
Dublin D i
Four Roads,
Tipperary D 3
Garraun Ho.,.
Tipperary C 4
FannhtU,
Kildare B 4
Finglas R.,
Kerry C 2
Fourcuil,
Cork E 4
Garraun Cross Roads,
Wexford E 3
Faimhill,
Farmhlll
KUdare D 2
Fingrean L.,
Finisk R.,
Tyrone F 3
Fowlards Bri.,
Longford C 3
Garrendenny,
Queen's Co. E 3
Mayo C 1
Waterford C 8
Fox Hall,
Longford D 3
Garrisker Ho.,
Kildare B 1
Fajmhill Ho.,
Mayo D 2
Finlieve,
Down C 6
Foxborough,
Roscommon D 3
Garrison,
Fermanagh B 2
FannhiU Ho.,
Waterford C 2
Finlough,
Clare G 3
Foxborough,
Roscommon E 5
Garristown,
DubUn C a
Fannina,
Fannley,
Fannley Ho.,
Faraily Ho.,
Galway C 3
Finn L.,
Donegal C 8
Foxbrook,
Meath C 3
Garroman L.,
Galway B 2
Kilkenny 0 S
Finn R.,
Donegal E 3
Foxburrow Ho-,
King's Co. C 4
Garron PL and Tower,
Antrim F 2
Wexford C 2
Finn R.,
Monaghan A 3
Foxford,
Mayo D 2
Garrose,
Limerick E 3
Qneen'sCo. C 3
Finnea, Cavan & W
Meath E 4 & D 1
Foxhillmore,
Galway C 2
Garrycastle,
West Meath A 3
Fannoyle Ho.,
Monaghan C 3
Finned R.,
Sligo C 2
Foxmount,
Waterford G 2
Garrycastle Barony,
King's Co. C 2
Faro R.,
Monaghan E 3
Finnery R.,
Kildare B 3
Foxrock Sta.,
Dublin E 6
Garryduff,
Kilkenny C 4
Faroane R.,
Waterford C 2
Finniterstown Ho.,
Limerick E 2
Foxtown Ho.,
Meath D 3
Garryduff Ho.,
Limerick C 3
'Fanibeg,
Roscommon E 3
Finnoe Ch. and Ho.,
Tipperary B 2
Foy Mount,
Armagh D 2
Garrj'duff Ho.,
Waterford B 4
Faxney Barony,
Monaghan D 3
Finnstown Ho.,
Dublin B 4
Foyarr Ho.,
Armagh B 2
Garryhlll Ho.,
Carlow B g
Famham Ho.,
Cavan E 2
Finny,
Galway C 2
Foyle Ho. and Bri.,
Kilkenny B 2
Garryhinch Ho.,
King's Co. 0 8
Faraoge,
Kilkenny D 4
Finrabrogue Ho.,
Down E 8
Foyle L.,' ,
Donegal F 2
Garryhundon Ho. and Cross Roads, |
Farragher,
Roscommon D 3
Fintona,
Tyrone D 4
Foyle Park,
Londonderry B 2
Carlow B S
Fanaghroe Ho.,
Longford C 2
Fintona June,
Tyrone D 3
Foyle R.,
Londonderry A 3
Garrynarca Ho.,
Kilkenny B 4
FarranamnckLigh,
Armagh C 3
Fintragh Bay,
Donegal B 4
Foynes, Is., and Ho.,
Limerick C 2
Garryrickin Ho.,
Kilkenny B 4
Faxrancassidy Cross Rdi., Fermanagh B 2
Finuge,
Kerry D 1
Fraine Ho.,
Meath C 3
Garryroan Ho.,
Tipperary C 4
Fammduff,
Sligo D 3
Finvoy,
Firbis Cas.,
Antrim B 2
Frances R.,
Roscommon C 3
Garryspellane,
Limerick G 3
Farranfore and Sta,,
Kerry D 2
Sligo B 2
Franckfort Cas.,
King's Co. C 4
Garrythomas,
Kilkenny B 4
Farranmacfarrel Ho.,
Sligo C 2
Fir Grove,
Kilkenny D 4
Frankford,
King's Co. D 2
Garryvoe,
Cork H 3
Farranville Ho.,
Queeu's Co. B 3
Firgrove Ho.,
Clare G 8
Frankford Ho.,
Longford D 2
Gartan L.,
Donegal D .8
Farrihy EL,
Clare C 8
Firmount,
Longford D 2
Meath F 8
Frankfort,
Leitrim D 4
Gartermone L.,
Leitrim E 4
Firsid,
Cork G 3
Firmount,
Frankfort Ho.,
Limerick D 3
Garty L.,
Cavan D 3
Fartagar,
Fartufiagh Barony,
Galway E 2
West Meath E 3
Firmount Ho.,
Kildare C 2
Frazers Hall,
Kilkenny D 6
Garvagh,
Londonderry £ 8
Firpark,
Meath B 2
Freagh Cas.,
Clare D 2
Garvagh Ho.,
Longford C S
Fary Ho.,
Wexford B 3
Firrib L.,
Wicklow C 2
Freaghana,
Kilkenny D 3
Garvagh L.,
Cavan B 1
Fassadinin Barony,
Kilkenny C 2
Firry Park^
Longford E 2
Fretime Mt.,
Monaghan B 3
Garvaghy,
Down C 3
Fatham Ml,
Armagh E 4
Fisherstown,
Longford B 2
Freemount,
Cork E 2
Garvaghy Bri.,
Tyrone F 4
Faaghalslown,
West Meath E 2
Fisherstreet,
Clare D 1
Freepark,
Kildare C 3
Gar\'an Is.,
Donegal F 1
Faughan R.,
Londonderry B 3
Fishmoyne Ho.,
Tipnerary C 2
Freffans,
Meath D 3
Garvey Ho.,
Tyrone F 4
Faughanvale,
Londonderry G 2
Fiveallcy,
King's Co. D 3
Frenchgrove Ho.,
Mayo D 8
Garvtawly,
Leitrim A 1
Fanghart Ho.,
Fanlkland Bri.,
Louth B 1
Five-mile- bourne,
Leitrim A 2
Frenchpark, Town, Barony, & Ho.T
Gascanane Sound,
Cork C 4
Monaghan C 2
Fivemilebridge,
Cork F 8
Roscommon C 2
Gattaduff,
West Meath C 2
Favor Royal,
Tyrone F 4
Fivemiletown,
Tyrone D 4
Freshford,
Kilkenny B 2
Gattanvoher Cross Rds
, Waterford C 4
Favourcta,
Wicklow E 8
Five Roads, The,
Waterford E 2
Friarshill,
Wicklow E 3
Gaugin HiH,
Donegal C 3
Fawney,
Londonderry B 3
Flaskagh,
Roscommon D 3
Friarstown,
Leitrim A 2
Gaulstown Cas.,
Kilkenny B 8
Fawnlion.
Leitrim A 2
Flat Head,
Cork G 3
Friarstown,
Limerick F 2
Gaultiere Barony,
Waterford G 2
Faymoro R.,
Donegal D 2
Fleries,
Kerry D 2
Friarstown Cas.,
Carlow C 2
Gaybrook Ho.,
West Meath E 3
FeaU,
Londonderry E 4
Flesk R.,
Ken^ D 2
Friarstown Ho.,
Dublin C 6
Gayfield Ho.,
Roscommon E 8
FeaL..
FcacleHo.,
Monaghan D 4
Float Sta.,
West Meath D 1
Friarstown Cross Roads. Carlow C 1
Gearhameen R.,
Kerry 0 3
Roscommon E 6
Floodhall,
Kilkenny C 3
Fennanagh D 3
Friary,
Kildare C 2
Geashill,
King's Co. G 2
Fcakle,
FealeR^
Clare H 2
Florence Court,
Frower Pt.,
Cork F 4
Geashill Barony & Sta.
King's Co. F 2
Ken^ D 1
Florida Manor,
Down E 3
Fruit Hill,
Londonderry D 2
Geehy,
Galway D 8
LimericK H 4
Fcaragha,
FearauD Ho.,
Galway E 2
Flowcrhill,
Sligo E 3
Fruithill Ho.,
Wexford A 4
Geeragh Ho.,
Kildare B 3
Flowerhill Ho.,
Waterford A 3
Fuerty,
Roscommon D 4
Geeva^h,
Sligo G 8
Fcarglass I-.,
Leitrim E 4
Flushtown,
Donegal D 3
Fule, _
Sligo D 4
GelvirTR.,
Londonderry D S
Feathallagh How,
Kilkenny C 2
Foaly L,
Cork G 3
Funshinagh L.,
Roscommon E 4
Geneva Barracks,
Waterford H 2
Fedamore;
Limerick F 2
Foghill,
Fobcrish R.,
Mayo D 1
Funshion'River,
Cork F 2
Gentle Owen's L.,
Armagh B 3
FecL.,
Galway B 2
Cork D 3
Furmina,
Galway C 3
George L.,
Clare G 2
Feeagh L.,
Mayo C 2
FollsilLigh,
Galway E 2
Furnace,
Sal way F 4
Georgestown Ho..
Waterford E 8
Fcenagh,
Limerick D 3
FonthillHo.,
Carlow B 2
Furnace L,
Galway B 8
Gcraldine Ho.,
Gerardstown Ho.,
Kildare B 8
Fcenagh L.,
Sligo F 3
Fontstown,
Kildare B 3
Furnace L.,
IVJayo C 2
Meath E 3
Fecny,
Londonderry C 3
Foohagh Pt.,
Cl.lre B S
Fury R.,
Tyrone F 4
Geiardslown Hb.,
Meath E 3
Fccvagh,
Roscommon D 6
I'orbes L.,
Longford B i
Fushoge R.,
Queen's Co. F 8
Ghann R.,
Down B 6
Fcevaghmore.
Roscommon D 6
Ford,
Mayo B 1
Giants Causeway,
Antrim B 1
Fcighculkrn Cross Roads, Kildaro B 2
Ford,
Wexford E 2
Giants Leap,
Cavan B 1
FclTows Hall,
Armagh B 3
Ford Cottage,
Antrim G 4
G
Giants Ring,
Down D 2
Fdtrim Ho.,
Dublin E 3
Fore,
We.t Meath E 1
Gibbings Grove,
Cork E 1
Fcnagh arxl L,,
Leitrim E 3
Fore Barony,
Meath B 2
Gageborough, R., & H
0., King's Co. E 1
Gibbstown Ho. and Sia
Mealh D 2
West Meath E 2
Fcnaghy Ho.,
Fcnnagn Bri. and Lo.t
Antrim D 3
Fore B.arony,
West Meath E 1
Gaile Ho.,
Tipperary C 3
West Meath D 2
Gigginstown Lo.,
Carlow B 2
Foreland,
Mayo C 1
Gaine R.,
Gilford,
Down A 3
Fcnnor Br.,
Waterford F 3
Forenaghls and Ho.,
Kildare IJ 2
Galbally,
Limerick H 3
Gilford and Tandeiagee Station,
FcntOD's Br.,
Kildare C 2
Forest Ho.,
Queen's Co. C 3
Galbally Cross Roads,
Wexford C 3
Armagh D 2
FcohanaRh,
KCHTF B 2
Forest Ho.,
West Meath D S
Galboly,
Antrim F 2
Gill Lough,
Sligo F 2
Fcohanaeb,
Fcorish K.,
Limerick D 8
Forestalstown.
Kilkenny D 4
Galbraiths Bri.,
Armagh C 3
Gillhall Ho.,
Down B 8
Roscommon E 1
Forgncy Ho. & F. Old Ho., Longford C 3
Galcy R.,
Kerry D 1
Gillstown Ho.,
Meath C 3
Fcrbaoc,
Fergus R.,
Kings Co. D 2
Forked L.,
Queen's Co. A 3
Galgorm and Cas.,
Antrim D 3
Gilliown Ho. and Lo.,
Kildare C 3
Clare F 2
Forkill, R., and Ho.,
Armagh D 4
Galbgh,
Louth B 2
Ginnets Ho.,
Mealh D 3
Fergus K. and Fori,
Clare F 3
Formal L.,
Fermanagh C 2
GallaghcuUia,
Roscommon E 4
Glack,
Mea'lli C 3
Fcrmoy,
CorkG 2
Fonnil R.,
Londoinlcrry K 3
Gallcn,
M.ayo D 2
Gladney,
Down D 3
Fcrmoy Barony,
Cork F 2
Formoylc,
Londonderry E 2
Gallon Ho.,
King's Co. D 2
Glanarought Barony,
Kerry D 8
Kennoylc Ca$.,
Fern Holt,
Kerry B 3
Formoylc Ho.,
Longford B 3
Galway C 2
Galley Head,
Cork E 4
Glanbehy,
Kerry C 2
Roscommon C 8
Formoylc L.,
Galliagh,
Londonderry A 2
Glandoran Ho.,
Glandorc and Ilarb.,
Wexford D 1
FcraL.,
Donegal D 2
Fort L.,
Leitrim E 4
Gallows H.,
Carlow A 2
Cork D 4
Fcros,
Wexford C 2
Fort Lo.,
Limerick E 3
Gallows Hill,
Queen's Co. E 8
Glanlcam,
Kerry A 8
- Cork P 8
Fpnis Hill,
Fcmsborough,
Ferraniville,
Donegal C 4
Fort Edmbftd,
Limerick E 3
GalLstown Ho.,
West Meath E 8
Glanmirc,
Longford E 2
I-'ort Eli/abetb,
Limerick E 2
Galmoy Tn. and Bar.,
Kilkenny A 2
Meath U 8
Glanmire, New,
Cork G 8
Meath D 4
Fort Etna,
Ljmcrick E 2
Galtrim Ho.,
Glanmore L..
Kerry C 8
Fcrraid Barooy,
Loulh B 8
Fort Frederick,
Cavan G 4
G.alty Mts.,
Tipperary I! 4
Glanna Rudofii'y Mts.,
Kerry D 2
S">'^( ,
Fermanagh E 3
Fort Oeonjc,
Cavan G 3
Galtymorc,
Tipperary U 4
Glannan,
Mon«gh.in C 2
Cork E 2
I'Crryhank,
Frr'a K., :
Waterford G 2
Fort Johnston,
Monaghan C 2
Galway Tn., Bar., and Bay, Galway D 3
Glanlanc and Sta.,
Kerry I! 8
Fort Stewart,
Donegal E 2
G.ambol Hall,
Kildare A 8
Glantrasna R.,
Keiry C 8
F*;lh.-if'l,
Tipprary D 4
Fort William,
Londonderry K 4
West Meath D 8
Gandcrpark,
Louth C 3
Glanworth,
CorkG 2
FctliapJ,
W..f.,rd A 4
Fort Willi.am,
Gangin L.,
Ganiamore,
Leitrim F 4
Glaryford St.l.,
Antrim C 3
F*;t(i;ir'l B.,
WVxfrjrd B 4
Fortel Can.,
Kings Co. D 3
Donegal D 2
GLascarrig Abbey and Pt., Wexford E 2
Kcwi iJarracV*!,
ArinriKh C 4
Forrfaiilkncr,
Wicklow D 3
Gannivcgil L.,
Donegal C 8
Glasdruinman Ho.,
Down D b
Ftw5, I^wrr r.arony.
Armacb C 3
Fortficld,
Roscommon E 6
G.aol,
Longford C 2
Kerry D 2
Glasha R.,
Waterford D 1
FftwR, Uj/pcr barony,
Armaph C 4
Forlgranite Ho.,
Wicklow B 8
Gap of Dunloe,
Glasha R.,
Wexford C 2
Fcystown,
Antrim F 8
I'orth Barony,
Carlow C 2
Gara Lough,
Sligo F 4
Leitrim E 8
Gl.'ishaboy River,
Cork T 2
Ffrcooh Cm,,
Galway G 2
Forth Harony,
Wexford D 4
Garadicc and I..ough,
Gla^hacloonaravecla &.
, Umerick H 2
n<ldD«n,
Kilkenny B C
Forth Mm.,
Wexford C 4
Garbatlagh,
Meath F 8
Gla.shagal Bri.,
KUluooy C 2
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INDEX.
GEWVE.
Glashogh R.,
Glaihagh R.,
Glashagh K.,
Glashamorc Ho.,
Clasharc Cas.,
Glaahcdy Is.,
Glashewee R.,_
Clashganna Bfi.,
Glaskecragh L.,
Glaslouch Vil., St., e< I..
Glasmullagh,
Glasnevin,
Glaspistol,
Glass Ho.,
Class Ho.,
Glassan,
GKissely Ho.,
Glasshouse L.,
Glastry,
Olen,
Glen,
Glen.
Glen Anne,
Glen Bay,
Glen Bea-gh,
Glen Bevan,
Glen Bri.,
GleD Cott.,
Glen Dcrragh,
Glen Head.
Glen Ho.,
Glen Lod^c,
Glen Lodge,
Glen Lough,
Glen Lough,
Glen Lough,
Glen Lough,
C\&n of Imaile,
Glen of the Downs,
Glen R.,
Glen R.,
Glen R.,
Glenaan R.,
Glenabbey Ho^
Glenacurragh Cas.,
Glenaddragh R.,
Glenade Ho. and Lough,
Glenagarey Ho.,
Glcnahiry Barony,
Glenalbert Ho.,
Glenamaddy,
Glenamoy R.,
Glcnamoyle Ho.
Glenaniff R.,
Glenanna Cott.,
Glenard,
Glenariff or Waterfoot,
GlcnariffR.,
Glenarm, Bay, R., & Cas,
Gienarm, Lower Barony,
Glenarm, Upper Barony,
Glenart Cas,,
Glenasheen,
Glenastuckaun S.,
Glenavurder Bri.,
Glcnavey R. and Sta.
Glenawough L.,
G'^nbank Ho.,
Glenbeg Ho.,
Glenbeg L.,
Glenbonniv and Ho.,
Glenbower,
Glenbower,
Glen boy,
Glenbrien,
Glenbrook,
Glenbrook Ho.,
Glencairn Abb^,
Glencalo R.,
Glencar L.,
Glencani,
Glencarrig Ho.,
Gtencolurokille,
Glenconnor Ho.,
Glencorran,
Glencorrib Ho.,
GlencnlUn,
Glencullla L.,
Glencullen R.
Donegal C 8
Donegal D 2
Donegal D 3
Clare D 1
Kilkenny A 2
Donegal E 2
Limerick C 4
Carlow B 3
Donegal D 4
Monaghnn C 2
Fermanagh E 4
Dublin D 4
Louth C 3
Kilkenny D
King's Co. C
West Meath A
Kildare B
Lei trim F
Down G
Cavan B
Cavan E
Donegal D
Armagh D 8
Donegal A 3
Done|;aI C 3
Limerick E 8
Limerick B 3
Wicklow E 2
Fermanagh E 1
Antrim E S
Waterford F 2
Longford D 2
Waterford D 1
Donegal C 4
Donegal D 2
Longford D 3
Monaghan B 2
Wicklow B 3
Wicklow E 2
Donegal B 3
Fermanagh B 2
Cork E 2
Antrim E 2
Waterford C 2
King's Co. D 3
Done^l B 4
Leitrim B 1
Dublin F 5
Waterford C ' 2
Tipperary C 2
Galway F 2
Mayo B 1
Londonderry C 3
Leitrim B 1
Waterford D 4
Waterford D 4
Antrim E 2
Antrim E 2
Antrim F 3
Antrim E 2
Antrim F 8
Wicklow D 4
Limerick F 4
Waterford D 2
Queen's Co. D 3
Antrim D 6
Mayo C 3
Antrim D 2
Waterford A 3
Cork B 8
Clare H 2
Kilkenny C 4
Waterford H 2
Leitrim C 2
Wexford C 3
Monaghan B 2
Limerick E 3
Wjterford A 3
Wicklow C 2
Leitrim A 1
Armagh B 3
Wicklow D 3
Donegal A 3
Tipperary D 4
Waterford C 4
Mayo D 3
Mayo B 1
Mayo B 2
Dublin E 6
Glencree R. & Reformatoiy, Wicklow D 1
Glencunny Bri.,
Glendalough,
Glendaiough, Vale of,
Glendaoan, Vale of,
Glendarragh,
Glender^n K.,
Glendine Gap,
Glendine R.,
Gleodoo Mt.,
Glcndowan Mts.,
GlenduffCafi.,
Glendun R.,
Glenealo R..
Ctcnealv and Sta.,
Gleneask H<l,
Glexl««^r,
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Fermanagh D 8
Wicklow D 2
Wicklow C 2
Wicklow C 2
Wicklow D 2
Tyrone B 2
Queen's Co. B 2
Waterford B 3
Dublin D 6
Donegal C 3
Limenck C 3
Antrim E 2
Wicklow C 2
Wicklow E 3
Sligo C 8
Limerick G 3
Glencely,
Glcnclly R„
Glenfam Hall,
Glengad Hd.,
Glengarriff Harb.. La,
Glengavlcn t-o.,
Glengomna R.,
GlengonnIy_ Ho.^
Glenicmurrin L.,
Gleninagh Lo.,
Glenkcen Ho.,
GlenLirk R.,
Glenlary Cot.,
Glcnlough,
GlenmacnariS R.,
Glcnmakeciin R.,
Glenmaliru Ho.,
Glenmatur,
Glen man us.
Glen more,
Glen more,
Glenmore,
Glenmore Cas.,
Glerimore Ho.,
Glenmore R.,
Glenmornan R.,
Glennagalliagli,
Glennagoul,
Glennalong,
Glennamorig,
Glennaphuca Cross Rd
Giennascaul,
Glcnnasmole,
Glenoe,
Glenpatrick Ford,
Glenpipe Ho.,
Glenquin Barony,
Glenrandal R.,
Glenravel Ho-,
Glenree R.,
Glenroe,
Glensaul R.,
Glensawisk,
Glenshane Mt.,
Glenshelane R.,
Glenshesk R.,
Glenstal Cas.,
Glenties,
Glentogher R.,
Glentoman L.,
Glenullin Water,
Glenville,
Glenville,
Glenville,
Glenville,
Glenville,
Glenville Ho.,
Glenville Ho.,
Glenville Ho.,
Glenwhirry R.,
Glenwilliam Cas.,
Glenwood Ho.,
Glin R. and Cas.,
Clinch Ho.,
Glinn L.,
Clinsk,
Glinsk,
Glinsk Ho.,
Globeisland Ho.,
Glore L.,
Glore R.,
Glore R-,
Glory R.,
Gloster,
Clyde R.,
Glydefarm,
Glynn,
Glynn,
Glynn Sta.,
Glynnwood Ho.,
Gneevcs,
GneevguHia,
Goalstown,
Gobban S.iers Cas.,
Gobbins, The,
Gobbinstown Ho.,
Gobrana Ho.,
Goish R. and Br.,
Gokane Pt.,
Gola,
Gola Is.,
Golagh L.,
Golagh L.,
Golagh L.,
Golam Ho.,
Golden,
Golden Ball,
Golden Grove,
Golden Hills, _
Golden Riv. Bri.,
Goldenbridge,
Goldenfort Ho.,
Goldmines R.,
Goleen,
Goolds Cross,
Goraghwood June,'
Donegal D 3
Tyrone F 2
Leitrim D 2
Donegal F 1
& Cas., Cork C 3
Cavan B 1
I^ndonderry D 4
Antrim F 6
Galway C 8
Clare E 1
Londonderry B 3
Tyrone F 2
Limerick G 8
Londonderry B 8
Wicklow D 2
Antrim E 1
Queen's Co. E 2
Wicklow C 3
Londonderry F 1
Kilkenny D 4
Mayo C 1
Roscommon D 5
Wicklow D 2
Longford C 8
Waterford B 2
Tyrone D 1
Clare I 2
Cork F 2
Fermanagh B 2
Mayo C 2
5., Waterford E 2
Galway E 3
Dublin C 6
Antrim F 4
Waterford D 2
Kilkenny D 4
Limerick C 3
Londonderry C 3
Antrim E 8
Mayo D 1
Clare F 1
Galway C 2
Tyrone F 2
Londonderry E 3
Waterford C 2
Antrim D 2
Limerick G 2
Donegal C 3
Donegal F 2
Donegal C 2
Londonderry E 3
Antrim E 4
Antrim E 5
Cork F 2
Doivn B 4
Tyrone D 1
Antrim E 2
Clare E 2
Limerick C 2
Antrim E 4
Limerick D 3
Wicklow D 3
Limerick B 2
Monaghan B 3
Ro^conmion B 3
Donegal D 2
Mayo C 1
Galway F 2
Kildare A 3
West Meath E 1
Mayo E 2
West Meath D 1
Kilkenny C 4
King's Co. C 3
Louth B 2
Louth A 2
Cariow B 3
Wexford C 8
Antrim G 4
West Meath A 3
Cork E 2
Kerry E 2
Galway F 2
Antrim D 1
Antrim H 4
Wexford A 3
Antrim D 5
Wateri-ord C 3
Cork D 4
Monaghan B 2
Donegal B 2
Donegal C 4
Donegal D 3
Donegal D 4
Galway B 8
Tipperary C 4
Dublin E 6
King's Co. C 4
Tipperary B 8
Louth C 1
Dublin D 4
Wicklow A 8
Wicklow D 4
Cork B 4
Tipperary C 3
Aimagh D 8
Gorcsbridgc,
Gorcsgrovc Ho.,
Gorey Barony,
Gorey Town and Sta.,
Gorman L.,
Gormanston and Cas.,
Gormaostown Ho.,
Gort,
Gort,
Gortacurra,
Gortagarty Ho.,
Gortarcasfc,
Gortaroo,
Gortatloa Sta.,
Gortbaun,
Gorteen.
Gorteen,
Gorteen,
Gorteen,
Gorteen B.,
Gorteen Br.,
Gorteen Ho.,
Gorteen L..
Gorteen, Lower & Upper,
Gorteen R., <
Gortermonc L.,
Gortfadda,
Gortfrce,
Gortgare^
Gortgarngan Br.,
Gortgranard Ho.,
Gorticross,
Gortin,
Gortin Ho.,
Gortinty L.,
Gortkelly,
Gortlass L.,
Govtleek,
Gortlusky,
Gortmaraby Ho.,
Gortnaclea Ho.,
Gortnageragh R.,
Gortnagier,
Gortnahoo,
Gortnessy,
Gortraska,
Gort raw Ho.,
Gorumna L,
Gosford Cas.,
Gotham Bri.,
Gouganebarra L.,
Goul Riv.,
Goulboume Bri.,
Gouldavoher,
Govemm,ent Ho.,
Gower Hall,
Gowlaun,
Gowlin, New and Old,
Gowran Tn,
Graan Ho.,
Grace Hall,
Grace Hill,
Gracehill Ho.,
Gracefield,
Gracefield Ho.,
Graddura L.,
Graffy,
Grahams Tn.,
Graig Abbey,
Graigavern,
Graignagower,
Graigue,
Graigue,
Graigue Hill and Cas.,
Graigue Ho.,
Graigue Ho.,
Graigue, Little,
Graiguealug Cas.,
Graigucavallagh Ho.,
Graiguenamanagh,
Graiguenaspiddoge Cas.
Graiguenoe Ho.,
Graigues Br.,
Grallagh Br.,
Granard Barony,
Granard Ho.,
Granard Town,
Grand Canal,
Graney L. and Riv.,
Graney and Riv.,
Grange,
Grange,
Grange,
Grange,
Grange,
Grange,
Grange,
Grange,
Grange, The,
Grange, The,
Grange Blundel,
Grange Bri.,
Grange Hill,
Grange Ho.,
Grange Ho.,
Kilkenny D 3
Kilkenny A 2
Wexford D 2
Wexford E 1
Donegal C 4
Meath G 3
Kildare C 3
Galway E 3
Roscommon E 4
Mayo D 3
Tipperary C 2
Galway F 3
Cork H 8
Kerry D 2
Mayo C 2
Galway F 2
King's Co. G 1
Mayo E 2
SUgo E 4
Galway B 2
King's Co. D 2
Kildare B 3
Longford D 2
Longford B 3
g'lccn's Co. B 2
Longford C 1
Leitrim D 4
Roscommon E 5
Londonderry C 2
Leitrim B 2
Monaghan A 3
Londonderry B 3
Tyrone E 2
Londonderry F 2
Leitrim D 4
Tipperary C 3
Clare E 3
Donegal E 2
Queen's Co. B 3
Mayo D 1
Queen's Co. C 3
Limerick H 2
Galway F 2
Tipperary D 3
Londonderry B 3
Tipperary A 2
Fermanagh F 3
Galway B 3
Armagh C 3
Kildare B 4
Cork C 3
Queen's Co. C
Limerick 6 8
Limerick E 2
Londonderry A 3
Clare D 3
Galway B 2
Cariow B 3
Bar., &Ca<:., Kilkenny D 3
Fermanagh D 2
Down B 3
Antrim C 3
Antrim C 2
Londonderry F 4
Queen's Co. E 3
Cavan F 3
Mayo D 1
Tyrone C 2
Galway F 8
Queen's Co. E 2
Waterford C 2
Tipperary C 1
Queen's Co. F '4
Cariow B 2
Wexford A 4
Wexford B 4
Wexford A 5
Cariow B 2
Queen's Co. A 3
Kilkenny E 3
Cariow B 2
Tipperary C 8
Kildare C 2
Waterford C 3
Longford D 2
Limerick E 2
Longford E 2
Dublin and Kildare,
B5& B
Clare I
Kildare C
Cork G
Kildare A
Kilkenny C
Louth C
Roscommon E 8
Sligo E 1
Tyrone H 3
Wicklow E 2
Limerick F 2
Wicklow A 8
Armagh C 2
Limerick C 3
Limerick F 2
Dublin F 4
Kilkenny B 2
Grange Ho.,
Grange Ho.,
Grange Ho.,
Grange Ho.,
Grange Ho,,
Grange Ho.,
Gran;;c Ho.,
Grange More Ho.,
Gningc K.,
Grange Water,
Grangcbcg Ho.,
GrangcbcK Ho.,
Grangebcllew,
Grangecon and Ho.,
Grangeford,
Grangcford Bri.,
G range foylc,
Grungehill Ho.,
Grangemellon Ho.,
Granny,
Granny,
Granny Ferry,
Gransha Lo.,
Granslia Pt.,
Granshoc Ho.,
Grantstown Ho. and L.
Granville,
Grattan Aqueduct,
Grave Yard^
Gravale Ml,
Greaghlone L.,
Grcan Rock.
Kilkenny C 3
King's Co. D 3
Louth B 2
Meath G 3
Wexford B 4
Wexford B 2
Wexford D 4
We*t M'--uib V 2
Galway E
Londonderry F
Kildare C
West M'lAiU F
Louth C
Wickiow A
Kildare B
Kildare C
Tyrone D 1
Kildnrc a 2
Kildare B 4
Kilkenny C &
Roscommon D 2
Kilkenny C 5
I^ondondt-rry B 2
Dawn F 3
Monagnan B 2
, Queen's Co. C 3
Tyrone H 4
Quccn^sCo. E 2
Louth A 3
Wicklow C 2
Monaghan C 4
Clare B 4
Great Heath of Maryborough..
Queen's Co. D 2
Great L (Lough Enncl), *" " • -^ -
Great Island
Great Newton Hd.,
Great Saltee L,
Great Sugar Loaf,
Greatconnell Lo.,
Greatmans B.,
Green, The,
Green Hall,
Green Hills,
Green Hills,
Green Ho.,
Green I.,
Green L,
Green Mount,
Green Mount,
Green Mount,
Green Mts.,
Green Ville,
Greenan,
Greenan L.,
Greenan Mt.,
Greenane Ho.,
Greencastle,
Greencasile,
Greencastle,
Greencastle Sta.,
Greenfield,
Greenfield Ho.,
Greenhall Ho.,
Greenhill,
Greenliills,
Greenhills Ho.,
Greenhills Ho.,
Greenish Is.,
Green lawn,
Greenmount and G- Lo.
Greenmount Ho.,
Greenmount Ho.,
Greenmount Ho.,
Greenoge,
Greenoge,^
Greenore Point,
Greenore Pt.,
Green park Ho.,
Greenpark Ho,,
Greenpark Ho.,
Greens Bri,,
Greenville,
Greenville Ho.,
Greenwood,
Greenwood Cott.,
Greese Riv.,
Gregory Hill,
Gregory Sound,
Grenan,
Grenan Ho.,
Greimanstown How.
Grey Abbey,
Grey Abbey,
Grey Pl,
Grey Stone,
Greyfort Cott,
Greystones and Sta.,
Griffins town,
Grifhnstown Ho.,
Griggins,
GriUagh R.,
Grillagh Street,
Griston Ho.,
Grogan,
Grove, The,
W. Meath D 3
Cork G 3
Waterford G 3
Wexford C 5
Wicklow E 2
Kildare C 2
Galway C 3
King's Co. H 2
Armagh C 2
Dubfin C 5
Louth C S
Cariow E 2
Down C 5
Waterford F 3
Limerick £ 2
'I'yrone E 8
Armagh C 2
Antrim D 4
Wexford D 1
Wicklow D 3
Down B 6
Donegal E 2
Tipperary B 3
Doneg^ G 2
Down C 5
Tyrone F 2
Antrim F 5
Galway G 3
Tipperary B 3
Wicklow C 4
Fermanagh F 2
Kildare C 3
King's Co. C 4
King's Co. H 1
Limerick C 2
Qare D 2
Louth B 2
Monaghan C 2
Tipperary C 4
Wexford C 2
Cariow C 3
Meath F 4
Louth D 1
Wexford E 4
Limerick F 3
Meath E 3
Wfcst Meath D 2
Wicklow C 3
Cavan D 2
King's Co. D 1
Mayo D 1
Cavan G 8
Kildare B 4
Donegal D S
Galway C 8
Queen's Co. C 4
Kilkenny B 2
Meath C 3
Down F 2
Kildare B S
Down E 1
Down F 2
Sligo F 3
Wicklow E 2
West Meath F 3
Wicklow A 2
Galway B 2
Londonderry F 3
Longford B 2
Limerick G 8
King's Co. D 2
Cariow- C 2
GROVE.
INDEX.
J0CEE7.
Grove,
Roscommon E 4
Grove Ho.,
Roscommon E 5
Grove Ho.,
Tipperary D 4
Grove Ho.,
Wicklow B 2
Groomsport Sta.,
Down F 2
Grouse Lo.,
West Meath C 3
Groggandoo RIt.,
Down B i
Grundel Rk.,
Clare C 3
Gubbaroe Ft.,
Fermanagh D 4
Gubbin HHI,
Donegal C 3
Gubnagole Pt.,
Fermanagh C 2
Gubroe,
Leitnm E 4
GuilcSigb Ho.,
Walerford E 2
Guilford Ho.,
West Meath D 3
Guiilamore,
Limerick F 2
Guiltyboe,
Roscommon B 3
Guitane L.,
Kerry D 2
Gulladoo Lough,
Leitrim F 4
Gulladuff,
Londonderry F 4
GulUon L.,
Armagh D 2
Gully R.,
Queen's Co. C 3
Guns I.,
Down F 4
GurL.,
Limerick F 2
Gurteen Ho.,
Tipperary B 1
Gurteen Ho.,
Tipperary D 4
Gurteen Ho.,
Waterford D 1
Gweebarra Bay,
Donegal B 3
Gweebarra R.,
Donegal C 3
Gweodore Bay, R.
& Hotel, Donegal C 2
Gweestlon R.,
Mayo D 2
Gweestin R.,
Kerry D 2
Cylmi,
CorkG 3
H
HacketCas.,
Galway E 2
Hacket L.,
Galway D 2
Hacketstown,
Cariow D 1
Hacketstown Ho.,
Dublin F 2
Haggard and Cas.
Kildare B 1
Hags Head,
Clare D 2
Halfway Ho.,
Clare F 2
Halfway Ho.,
Waterford C 2
Hall Craig,
Fermanagh D 2
Hall Ho.,
West Meath B 3
Hallstown Ho.,
Halverstowa Ho.,
West Meath C 2
Kildare C 3
HajniltoD,
Cavan D 2
Hamilton's BawQ and Sta., Armagh C 2
Hamilton's Br.,
Kildare B 2
Hamlinstown,
Louth B 3
iauilinstown.
Meath B 2
lammondstown.
Louth B 3
Lammondville,
Waterford G 2
-lampton Hall,
Dublin E 1
lajnwood Ho.,
Meath E 4
-land Cross Roads
Clare E 3
ianleystown.
Sligo B 2
_iarcourl Sta.,
Dublin D 5
Harding Grove,
Limerick E 3
Hardyraouat,
Cariow C 2
Hare I.,
Cork C 4
Hare I. (L. Rec),
West Meath A 3
Haremount,
Kerry D 2
Harleypark,
Harlinstown,
^'^SiSil
Harmony Hali,
-'West Meath A 8
Karoids Cross and
Grange, Dublin D 5
Karperstown Ho.,
Wexford C 4
K.-irrison Castle,
Cork F 2
Harrisons Close,
Down C 3
^UTistowo,
Kildare B 3
P. irriatowD,
Queen's Co. B 4
rl irristown Ho.,
Kildare C 3
r.'-irristown Ho.,
Louth A 2
f-t irristown Ho.t
Roscommon B 3
:' irristown Ho.,
Wexford B 4
.rrow. The,
Cariow B 2
.rrow. Tile,
Wexford D 2
■ .unry Mount,
Armagh C 4
Harry brook,
ifarrytock.
Armagh D 3
Wexford A 6
clarulown.
Wicklow A 8
r{aul*'Owlin': I.,
Cork G 3
riawttiom ( >m.,
West Meath A 3
Hawthorn 11.';,
Armagh D 4
rlaycslowD :io.,
Wexford C 4
hiaynestowi. Ch,,
Louth B 2
Hays Ho.,
Meath E 3
Haystown,
Dublin F 2
Haywood Ho.,
Q jcon's Co. D 3
fla2elbrool:.
Roscommon D 4
Huelhuch jin..
Dublin A 6
Hailepit H >.,
Q'jccn'sCo. B 3
Huliwood Ho.,
Sligo F 2
HuulL.,
Fermanagh F 3
Hadborovgh Ho.,
Waterford B 3
HudTwii,
Galway D 2
HMdIord Ho .
Leitrim D 4
Hcmdfort and .^ix,
Kerry E 2
Mcalh C 2
Hudfon Ho.,
Hc^.ood Sta..
Antrim P 4
HmilhbtIA Ho ,
\Vcxlbid C 8
HuikUaH.
Armacb D 4
HmiI) Htr.
ItOdm B 4
Heath Ho., Queen's Co. D 2
Heath Lo., Cavan H 3
Heath of Maryborough, Great,
Queen's Co. D 2
Hcathfield,
Heathfield,
Heathlawn,
Hebom Ho.,
Hedgefield,
Hedsor,
Helens Tov/er,
Helvick Hd.,
Hcmpstown,
Hen Mt.,
Henney L.,
Herbertstown,
Herbertstown Harh.,
Herbertstown He,
Hermitage,
Hermitage,
Hermitage Ho.,
Hernsbrook,
Herondale Ho.,
Hervey Hil!,
Hewson Hill,
Hibernian School,
High and Low Is.,
High L,
High Park,
High Street,
High Street,
High Street,
Highgate Lo.,
High park,
Highpark Ho.,
Highrath,
Hill Cas.,
Hill Head,
Hill of Allen,
Hill of Down Sta.,
HillofUshnagh,
Hill Street,
Hillbrook,
Hillburn Ho.,
Hillhall,
Hillhead,
Hillpark Ho.,
Hillsboroug't,
HilIsboroug!i,
HilUboroufh.
Hillsborou. '.\ Hall,
Hillside,
Hilltown,
Hilltown,
Hilltown Cott.,
Hilltown pJo.,
HL'lon Ho.,
Hockley an. 1 Lo.,
Hodgestowr..
Hodgestown Ho.,
Hodgin's Corner,
Hodsons Bay Ho.,
Hog L,
Hoganswood Ho.,
Hogs Hd.,
Holdenstown Ho.,
Holestone Ho.,
Hollow, Tiie,
Holly HiJI,
Holly HiU,
Hollybrook,
Holly brook,
Hollybrook Ho.,
Hollybrook Ho.,
Hollybrook Ho.,
Hollybrook Ho.,
Hollybrook Ho.,
Hollyfield Ho.,
Hollyfort,
Hollyraount,
Hollyraount,
Hollymount,
Hollymount,
Hollymount He ,
Hollymount Ho.,
Hollymount Ho.,
Holly Park Ho.,
Holly Well Ho.,
Hollywood,
Hollywood Ho.,
Hollywood Ho.,
Hollywood Ho,,
Hollywood Ho. ,
Holly wood rath.
Holy or Iniscaltra L.,
Holycross,
Holycross,
Holy Welt,
Holy Well Ho.,
Holywell,
Holywell,
Holywell Ho.,
Holywood,
Honor R.,
Hookhcad,
Horctown Ho.,
Limerick D 3
Sligo E 3
Galway 0 3
Kilkenny C 3
Cork E 3
Kildare D 1
Down E 2
Waterford D 3
Wicklow B 1
Down C 4
Down D 3
Limerick G 2
Kildare C
Meath G
Louth C
Roscommon D
Roscommon C
Limerick C
Queen's Co. F 3
Londonderry F 3
Queen's Co. D 2
Dublin D 4
Cork D 4
Galway A 2
Wicklow B 3
King's Co. C 2
Longford B 2
Tipperary B 1
Fermanagh F 3
Limerick F 2
Sligo D 2
Kilkenny B 3
Wexford D 4
Antrim D 3
Kildare B 2
Meath C 4
West Meath C 3
Roscommon E 2
Wicklow C 4
Wexford B 4
Down C 2
Down C 4
Wexford A 3
Down C 3
Kildare C 3
King's Co. D 4
Kildare D 2
Wexford B 4
Down C 4
Meath F 3
West Meath E 1
Wexford B 4
Monaghan A 3
Armagh C 2
Kildare C 1
Kildare C 2
Armagh C
Roscommon F
Clare C
Kildare C
Xerry B
Wicklow A
Antrim E
Armagh B 2
Londonderry F 4
T>Tone D 1
Fermanagh F 3
Wicklow^ 1
Antrim D 4
Cariow C 2
Kbg'sCo. D 2
Mayo D 2
Sligo F 3
Sli^o F 1
Wexford D 1
Leitrim C 2
Leitrim C 3
Galway E 3
Mayo D 3
Down E 4
Queen's Co. F 3
Wexford D 3
Dublin D b
Roscommon E 3
Wicklow B 2
King's Co. H 2
Limerick D 2
Monaghan B 2
Wicklow D S
Dublin C 8
Galway F 4
Limerick F 2
Tipperary C 3
Sligo E 3
Aiitrim D 4
Fermanagh C 3
Sligo F 2
Wicklow E 2
Down E
Tipperary D
Wcjiford A
Weaford B
Horn Head,
Horse and Jockey,
Horse L,
Horse L,
Horseleap Sta.,
Horsepark,
Horseshoe Ho.,
Hortland Ho.,
Hospital,
Hospital,
Houndswood Ho.,
House of Ward,
HowthTn., Hr.rb., &
Howth Cas. and Junct
Hugginstown,
Hume L.,
Humewood Ho.,
Humphreystown Ho.
Hungry Hill,
Hunterstov.n,
Hunting Tort,
Huntingdo.i,
Huntingdon Ho.,
Huntington Cas.,
Huntly,
Huntly Gi'j.T,
Huntstown Ho,,
Huntstown Ho.,
Huntston Ho.,
Hurdles to v.-n Ho.,
Hurley Riv.,
HyblaHo..
Kyde Park,
Hyde Park,
Hydepark Ho.,
Hymenstowa Ho.,
Hyne Lake,
Hil!
Donegal C 2
Tipperary C 3
Cork C 4
Cork D 4
West Meath C 3
Jjongford D 1
Wicklow B 1
Kildare C 1
Kilkenny B 3
Limerick G 3
Mayo D 3
Meath C 3
Dublin G 4
Dublin F 4
Kilkenny C 4
Fermanagh D 2
Wicklow B 3
Wicklow B 2
Keiry C 3
Antrim D 5
Cork G 2
Queen's Co. D 2
West Meath E 2
Cariow C 2
Galway G 3
Down B 3
Dublin C 4
Dublin D 3
King's Co. C 2
Meath C 2
Meath F 3
Kildare A 3
Antrim E 4
We;t Meath F 3
Wexford E 1
Tipperary C 4
CorkD 4
.arconnaught,
baiie and Barryroe Earony,
Galway C
Cork E
brickan Barony, " Clare D
da Barony, Kilkenny D
drone, East Barony, Cariow B
drone. West Barony, Cariow A
ffa & Offa, East Barony, Tipperary D
ffa & Oflfa, V/est Barony, Tipperary C
ghtermurragh, Cork H
keathy & Oughterany Bar., Kildare C
kerrin Barony,
!en River,
Uan master,
llaulenearaun,
llaunavoley Pt.,
Hies,
mokilly Barony,
nagh L.,
nagh R. and Bri.,
nane Ho.,
nch,
nch,
nch. The,
nch,
nch and Sta.,
nch Cas.,
nch Ho.,
nch L.,
nchagoill,
ncbaquire and Brl
ncharmadermot,
nchavore R.,
nchbofio,
nchcleraun,
nchenagh,
ncherky,
nchiclogh Ho.,
nchicronan L.,
nchigeelagh,
nchiquin Baiony and L.,
nchiquin L.,
nchirourke More,
nchmalyra,
nchmorc,
nchmore and Abbey,
nchturk,
n^.ird Pt.,
niscaltra or Holy L.,
nisliannon,
nisharg^',
nishark,
njshbcg,
nishbcg,
nishbiggle,
nishbofin,
nishbofin,
nisfa broom,
nishcoc Ho.,
nishcorkcr,
nishcorkisli,
nishcrone,
nishdolla,
niBhdcgil More,
nishdooey,
ni&hdufl'.
Tipperary C
Cork D
MayQ C
^ Clare B
Limerick C
Donegal F
Cork G
Galway B
Clare F
Tipperary C
Cork H
Down E
Kerry C
Limerick G
Donegal E
Kildare B
Tipperary C
Galway D
Galway D
Kildare C
Longford A
Wicklow D
West Meath A
Longford A
Longford A
King's Co. B
Cork C
Clare G
Cork D
Clare F
Kerry C
Limerick I)
Limerick B
West Meath A
Longford D
West Meath A
Wexford B
Galway F
Cork F
Down F
Mayo A
Cork C
Doncj^al C
Mayo B
Donegal C
Mayo A
Galway A
Mnyo D
Clare F
Fermanagh F
Sligo B
Mayo A
Mayo A
Donegal C
Donegal B
Inisheer,
Inishfamard,
Inishford,
Inishfree Bay,
Inishfree, Upper,
Inisbgalloon,
Inishglora,
Inishgort,
Inishkea, S. and N.,
Inishkeen,
Inishkeen and Sta.,
Inishkeeragh,
Inishkeeragh,
Inishloe,
Inishlyon,
Inishlyre,
Inishmaan,
Inishmacnaghtan Ho.,
Inishmacowney,
Inishmacsaint,
Inishmakill,
Inishmicatreer,
Inishmore,
Inishmore,
Inishmore,
Inishmurray,
Inishnabro,
Inishnee,
Lilshowen Hd.,
Inishowen, East Barony,
Inishowen, West Barony,
Inishrush,
Inishshark,
Inishsirrer,
Inishtooskert,
Inishtrahull,
Inishiurk,
Inishvickillane,
Inismore Hall,
Inistioge,
Inisturk,
Inn L.,
Inner Bay (Dundrum E.),
Inner L.,
Inn field,
Innishinny,
Inny R. Source,
Inny R.,
Inny R. and Brl,
Inver,
Inver,
Inver Bay,
Inver L.,
Inver R.,
Inverroe Water,
loe L.J
Iraghticonnor Fr-.rony,
Ire R.,
Ireland's Eye,
Irishtown,
Irishtown He,
Irishtown Ho.,
Irishtown He,
Iron L.,
Ironhills Ho ,
Irvinestown ^
LiwtliiiMitwn,
Galway C
Cork A
Meath D
Donegal B
Donegal B
Mayo A
Mayo A
Mayo A
Mayo A
Fermanagh C
Monaghan E
Galway A
Mayo A
Clare F
Mayo A
Mayo B
Galway C
Oare G
Clare F
Fermanagh D
Fermanagh D
Galway D
Clare F
Galway E
Mayo B
Sligo D
Kerry A
Galway B
Dotleg^ G
Doiiegal E
Donegal E
Londonderry F
Mayo A
Donegal C
Kerry A
Donegal F
Mayo A
Kerry A
Fermanagh E
Kilkenny D
Galway A
Donegal F
Down E
Monaghan B
Meath D
Donegal B
Meath A
West Meath C
Kerry B
Donegal C
Mayo B
Donegal B
Fermanagh G
Antrim E
Londonderry F
Sligo C
Kerry D
Waterford E
Dublin G
Dublin E
Dublin C
Kildare C
Queen's Co. D
W est Meath D
Kildare B
Irwin Mount,
Iskule Strm.,
Islan L.,
Island Cott.,
Island Ho.,
Island L.,
Island Magee,
Island Magee Ch.,
Island Pt.,
Islands Baror>*,
Island Reavy L.,
Islandbridge,
Islandeady L.,
Islanderry Ho.,
I si an dm ore,
Islandstown,
Iveagh, Lower I'jrony,
Iveagh, Upper barony,
Iver Cas..
Iveragh Barony,
Ivcrk Barony,
Ivy Bri.,
Fermanagh E
Armagh B
Limerick C
Cavan E
Monaghan A
Wexford E
Mayo E
Antrim H
Antrim G
Armagh D
Clare F
Down C
Dublin C
Mayo C
^ Down B
Limerick E
Antrim D
Down C
Down B
King's Co. C
Kerry B
Kilkenny C
Donegal C
Jamestown,
Jamestown,
Jamestown,
Jamestown,
Jamestown and Ho.,
Jamestown Ho.,
Jane Ville,
Jancvillc,
Jnrmans Cott.,
Jcrkinstown Ho,,
Jcnkinstown Ho.,
Jcrpoint Sta.,
Jootey Hall,
Fermanagh E S
Kilkenny D 4
Leitrim C 4
West McaUi C 8
Queen's Co. E 2
Dublin D 4
Cariow B 8
Louth B 2
Kildaro B 4
Kilkenny C 2
Meath E 4
Kilkenny 5 3
ICUdam C 3
jo^n^anaooK.
INDEX
EILLTLEA.
folMisbrook Ho.,
[ohn's Port,
folirf^port Ho.,
folmston's Bri.,
foIuii:own,
fohostown,
[ohnstowD,
fohnstown,
[ohnslown,
fohnstown,
JoKnstowTi and Ho.,
jciiDsiown Ho.,
otmstown Ho.j
I'ohnstown Ho.,
fobn'^town Ho.,
'o'lnstown Ho.,
[ohnswcii Ho.,
fonesborough,
[onesborough Ho.
loncstown Ho.,
[ordanstown Sta.,
[oristown Ho.,
foyce's Country,
jutigeville,
Juliunstown,
Juliaostown Ho.,
Mc.-ilh C 2
Sligo li 1
Roscommon F 4
LoDgford B 2
Fermanagh G 3
Kildare B 1
Kildare D 2
Kilkenny A 2
Wicklow B 2
Wicklow D 4
Wicklow E 4
Wexford D
Carlow B
Wateiford C
DubPin A
Roscommon £
•fipptrary A
KUkeonv C
Annagli D
Meath B .
King's Co. H 1
Antrim F 4
West Meath F 2
Gal way C 2
West Meath D 8
Meath G 2
Meath D 2
Kanturk.
Kate M'Kay's Cri.,
Kate Vaie,
Keadeen,
Keadew,
Keady,
Keady Mt,
Keale Ho.,
Keale R.,
Kealkill,
Keatnaneigh Pass,
Kcamcy,
Keamevstowa,
Kedge 1.,
Keehitl,
Keel and Bay,
Xecl Bri.,
Keel Ho.,
Keel L.,
Keel L.,
Keel L.,
Keeldia L.,
Keeloge,
Keologe Batteries,
Kee^io,
Keely,
Keem,
Keenagh,
Keenagh R.,
Keenaghaa L.,
Keenagbt Barony,
Keenans Cross,
Keenrath Ho
Cork E 2
Down C 4
Clare C 4
Wicklow B 3
Roscommon E 1
Armagh B 3
Londonderry D 2
Cork D 2
Limerick G 4
CorkC 3
Cork D 3
Down G 3
KUdare D 2
Cork D 4
Galway D 2
Mayo A 2
Longford C 3
Kerry C 2
Donegal C 8
Donegal D 2
Mayo A 2
Leitrim E 4
Galway F 2
King's Co. B 2
Leitrim E 3
Londonderry F 2
Mayo A 2
Longford C 3
Donegal F 2
Fermanagh B 2
Londonderry D 3
Loath B 2
„_ , Cork D 3
Keeper Hill or Slievekimalta,
Tipperary A
Keeragh Is.,
Kceran Ho.,
Keeran R.,
Keerans Cross,
Keereen,
Keerglen,
Keishcorrallt
Kells,
Kells,
Kells,
Kells and R.,
Kells Barony,
Kells, Lower Barony,
Kells, Upper Barony,
Kells Pt.,
Kellswater Sta.,
Kelly Cas.,
Kelly Cas.,
Kellybrook,
Kellys L.,
Kellys Quarters,
Kellyitown Ho.,
Kellyville Ho. and L.,
Kellonstown,
Kenmare,
Kenmare R.,
Kennel,
Kenny,
Kennycourt Ho.,
Kenry Barony,
Kentstov/n,
Kcr.ure Park,
Keoghville,
KerdirFstown Ho.,
Kemeys Cross,
Kern',
Kerr- Hd.,
Kim- Mrriny Barony,
Kc5'
Kr
10
VVeitford B
Meath E
Louth A
Louth B
Waterford C
Mayo C
Sligo F
Kerry B
Kilkenny C
Meath C
Antrim D
Kilkenny B
Meath C
Meath C
Tyrone 1
Antrim F
Galway E
Galway G
Roscommon E
Wicklow C
Carlow C
Meath E
Queen's Co. E
Down D
Kerry D
Kerry B
Kildare D
West Meath D-
Kild.ire D
Limerick D
Meath E
Dublin F
Roscommon E
Kildare D
Louth B
Tipperary B
Kerry C
Cork F
Down C
Roscommon £
Kesh,
Kesh and R.,
Kcshcarrigan,
Key Lough,
Keys Cross Rds.,
KidL,
Kiddslown,
Kidlawn,
Ki^gaul E.,
Kllbaha and Bay,
Kilballybuc Ho.,
Kilbaliyskea.
Kilbane,
Kilbeg Cott.,
Kilbeg Ho.,
Kilbe^gan,
Kilbelieny atld Cas.,
Kllbelin,
Kilb<aiaan.
Kilberrin Br.,
Kil berry,
Kllberry'Cott.,
Kilboggia Ho.,
Kilbcy Ho.,
Kilbrack Ho.,
ICilbraghan,
Kilbrannish,
KUbre: Ho.,
Kilbmd? Ho.,
KilbrowHo.,
Kilbrickan Bri.,
Kilbride,
Kilbride;
KUbride End IIo.,
Kilbride Ho.,
Kilbride Ho.,
Kilbride Ho.,
Kilbride Ho.,
KUbrin,
Kilbrittain,
Kilbroney Ho.,
Kilcaimin,
Kilcaltan Ho.,
Kncar,
Kilcam Bri.,
Kilcaxney Cross Rds.,
Kilcarra,
Kilcarrig Ho.,
Kilcarry Bri. and Cott.,
Kilcarty,
Kile ash,
Kilcatherine PL,
Kilcavan,
Kilchreest
Kilclare,
Kilclief,
Kilcloher,
Kikoliiey 3r.,
Kilcockand Eia..
Kilcogy,
Kilcolgan,
Kilcol^anCas.,
KilcoUnan Casclc.
Kilcolman,
Kilcoltrim Ho.,
S Kilcolumb,
4 Kilcomin,
2 Kilconnanght,
Kilconnell Baiony,
Kilconnell,
Kilconner Ho.,
Kilconny,
Kilconway Barony,
Kilcoo Ho.,
Kilcoo R.,
Kilcoole and Sta.,
Kilcooly Abbey,
Kilcop Ho.,
KUcor,
Kilcoran Ho.,
Kilcortey,
Kilcoman Ho.,
Kilcomey,
Rilcoursey Barony,
UikreaHo.,
Kilcredan,
Kilcredaun Pt.,
Kilcreen Ho.,
Kilcrohane Er^
Kilcronaghan Ch.,
Kilcullen and Barony
Kilcullen, Old,
KilcuUy,
Kilcummin Ho.,
Kilcummin or Benwee
Kilcumney Ho.,
Kilcuriy Ho..
Kilcurry R.,
Kildalkey,
Kildangan Cas.,
Kildare and Sta.,
Kildaree,
Kildaree,
Kildavin and Ho.,
Kildevin,
Kildimo,
Sligo F 8
Fermanagh D 1
Leitrim D 8
Roscommon D 1
Wexford D 1
Mayo B I
Antrim C 4
Roscommcn E G
Galway B 3
Clare A 4
Carlow B 2
King's Co. C 4
Clare I 3
Waterford B o
Meath D 2
West Meath C 3
Limerick H 4
Kildare C 2
Galway E 2
Kildare B 3
Meath D H
Kildare A 3
Kildare B 3
Tipperary B 2
Cork F 2
Kilkenny B 3
Carlow C 3
Wateri'ord B 8
Limerick G 3
Meath F 3
Queen's Co. C 3
Kilkenny D 4
Wicklow E S
Wicklow C 1
Ciriow C 2
West Mr.ath D 3
Wexford E 2
Wicklow E 4
C'orl; E 2
Cork E 4
Down B 5
Galway E 3
Londonderry B 3
Donegal B 4
Meath E 3
Wicklow C 3
Wicklow D i
Carlow B 2
Carlow C 2
Meaih D 3
Tipper.ary D 4
Cork A 3
Wicklow C 4
Galway F 3
Leitrim D 3
Down F 3
Clare B 4
Carlow B 3
Kildare C 1
Cavan E 4
Galvray E 3
King's Co. D 2
Cork F 2
Limerick C 2
Carlow B 8
West Meath F 2
Kings Co. C 4
Carlov; D 1
Galway F 2
Galway F 3
Carlow C 2
Caran E 2
Antrim C 3
Kildare A 4
Leitrim C 1
Wicklow E 2
Tipperary D 3
Waterford G 2
Cork G 2
Kilkenny C 3
" oscommon C 3
%/est Meath B 3
Cork E 2
King's Co. E 1
Dublin E 3
Cork H 3
C!.rre B 4
KUkei.ny C 8
Cork B 4
Londonderry E 4
Kildare C 8
Kildare C 3
Cork F 3
King's Co. C 2
Hd., Mayo D 1
Carlow B 3
Louth B 2
Armagh D 4
Meath C 3
Kildare B 3
Kildare B 3
Galway D 2
Galway F 1
Carlow C 2
West Meath D 1
Limerick E 2
Kildimo, Old,
Kildinun Ho.,
Kildobgh,
Kildoon,
Kiklorrery,
Kildrum,
Kildnim Ho.,
KiiduiT Ho.,
Kilfarrasy Is.,
Kilfane,
Kilfeakle Ho.,
Kilfearagh,
Kilfenora,
Kilfcuora,
Kilfinnane,
Kilfinny Cas.,
Kiinyn,
Kilfrush lIo.,
Kiigarriff,
Kilgarvan,
Kii^lass Ho.,
Kilgktss L.,
Kilglass Lo.,
ICilgobbtn,
Kilgobbin Ho.,
Kilgolagh,
ICilgorman Ch.,
Kilgory Ho* and L
Kilgraney Ho.,
Kilgraney Lo.,
Kilirellig,
Kilkea and Moor.e E
Killtea Cas.,
Kilkeasy,
KHkee,
Kilkeel,
Kilkeel Pier and ?...
Kilkeeran,
ICilkeeran,
Kilkelly,
Killienny, Tn., Sta.,
Kilkenny,
Kilkenny R.ice Co. ,
iCilkenny, V.'est Biir.,
Kilkieran Bay.
Kilkinlea,
Kilkishen,
Kill,
Kill,
Kill Ho.,
Killabeg Ho.,
iCiUachor,
Killadea.s,
ICilladoon,
Killadrecnan,
Kllladysert,
Killagan Sta.,
Killagan Water,
Killagh Ho.,
Killagh Ho.,
Killaghy Cas.,
KUlahaly Er.,
Killahy,
Killahy Cas.,
Killakee Ho.,
Killakee Mt.,
Killala and Bay,
Killaloe,
KUlaloo,
Killamanagb,
Killamery,
Kil Ian,
Killane Br.,
Killanena,
Killaney Ch.,
Killann,
Killanny,
Killanummery,
Killard and Point,
Killard Pt. and Ch.,
Killare Ho.,
KiUary,
Killarga,
KiUamey,
Killary Harb.,
Killasana Ho..
Killashandra,
Killashee,
Killashee Ho.,
Killaskillan .Ho.,
Killaspug Pt.,
KUlaspy Ho.,
Killavackan,
Killavally,
Killaveney Bri.,
Killavilla Ho.,
Killavoggy Br.,
Killawillin,
KiUballyowen,
Killcoo Cross Roads,
Killduff Mt.,
Killea,
Killead,
KiUeagh and Sta.,
Killeague Ho..
Limerick E 2
Cork F 2
Londonderry F 2
Kildare B 8
Cork F 2
Donegal E 3
Antrim D 4
King's Co. F 1
Wat'jrford F 3
Kilkenny D 3
Tipperary B 4
Clare C 4
CLire E 2
Kerry C £
Limerick F 3
Limerick E 2
Kerry D 1
Limerick G 8
Mayo F 2
Keny D 3
Kildare B 1
Roscommon E 3
Sligo B 2
Dublin E 6
Limerick E 2
Cavan E 4
Wexford E 1
Clare I 2
Carlow B 3
Cariow C 2
Clare B 4
.\rcny, Kildare B 4
Kildare B 4
Kilkenny C 4
Clare C 3
Down C 5
Down U 5
Mayo D 2
Mayo D 3
Mayo E 2
; l>ar.,
KUkcnny C 3
V.'est Meath B 3
Kilkenny C 3
West Meath B 2
Galway B 3
Limerick B 3
Clare H 3
Kildare D 2
Waterford F 2
Cavan E 3
Wexford C 2
Longford D 2
Fermanagh D 2
Kildare D 2
Wicklow E 2
Clare F 3
Antrim C 3
Antrim C 2
Galway F 8
West Meath F 2
Tioperary E 3
Waterford B 8
Kilkenny C 4
Kilkenny B 2
Dublin D 6
Dublin D 6
Mayo D 1
Clare K 3
Londonderry B 3
Galway D 2
Kilkenny B 4
King's Co. H 2
Carlow C 2
Clare H 2
Down D 3
Wexford B 2
Louth A 2
Leitrim B 2
Down F 4
Qare C 3
West Meath C 8
Meath D 2
Leitrim B 2
Kerry D 2
Mayo B 3
Longford E 2
Cavan D 2
Longford B 2
Kildare C 2
Meath B 4
Sligo E 2
Kilkenny D 5
Roscommon E 3
West Meath D 3
Wicklow C 4
King's Co. D 4
Leitrim B 2
Cork F 2
Limerick F 3
Fermanagh B 2
'Tipperary C 2
Waterford G 2
Antrim D 5
Cork H 3
Londonderry E 2
Killeany and Bay,
Killcck,
Killedan Ho..
Killedmond,
KiUeedy,
KilleeUiun,
Killccn,
Killeen,
Killeen Cos.,
Killeen Hi.,
Killeen Ho.,
Killeen Ho.,
Killeen Ho.,
Killeen I..,
Killeen R.,
ICiUecn.igli Br.,
Killeenaran,
Killeen.', varra,
Killeenboy,
Killeenlc-agh.
Killeen revagh,
Killeesh.ll Fort,
Killeeshi.l,
KilleevrMi,
KillegLiii,
Killeigh,
Killelagh,
Killelton,
Killcn,
Killenash,
Killenaule,
Killenn.T,
Killenn..i,
Killenmt: Cas.,
Killerig Cross Roads,
Killerkir. Pt.,
Killestcr,
KiUeter,
Killevy C,-.s.,
Killian Barony,
Killimer,
Killimor,
Killimor Cas.,
KiUinagh Glebe,
Killinane Ho.,
Killinardan Ho.,
KiUinardish,
Killincarrig,
Killinchy,
Killincooly Ch.,
KJlline Burial C -i .
Killineer Ho.,
Killiney,
Killiney Hill ana Cas.,
Killiney Sta. ar.J Bay,
Killinick,
Killinkere,
Killinny,
Killinthomas Ko.,
Killinure Br.,
KiUinure Ho.,
Killinure Lougli,
KiUiskey,
KiUmaboy,
Killofin,
Killonahan Ho.,
Killone Abbey,
Killongford Ho.,
Killooman L.,
Killoran Ho.,
Killorglin,
Killoscobe,
Killoscully,
Killoskehan C;^.?..
Killoteran Ho..
KUlough and H ,
KiUoughrum ¥. o. ,''; F
Killoughter and sta.,
Killowen,
Killov^en Ho.,
Killowen Ho.,
KiUower,
Killoy,
KiUrickaa,
Killua Cas.,
Killucaa,
Killucan Sta.,
Killumney,
Killuney,
Killure,
Kiilure,
Killurin and Sta.,
Killurin PIo.,
Killumey,
Killy L.,
Killybegs,
Killybegs Ho.,
KiUycolpy,
Killycor,
Kilb-faddy,
Killygar and Ko.,
KiUyglen,
Killygordon,
Killygownn,
Killyhevlin Cott.,
Killylea and Sta..
Call. ay C
Di/lilin 0
M«yo U
Carlow B
Limerick C
Galway E
Galway E
Wexford U
Meath E
Armag'n C
Armagh D
Queen's Co. D
Queen's Co. F
Longfortl D
Queen's Co. B
Waterford B
Galway E
Galway E
Roscommon E
Cork C
Roscommon E
Carlow B
Tyrone G
Monaghan B
Roscommon D
King's Co. F
Londonderry E
Kerry C
Tyrone C
Wexford E
Tipperary D
Leitrim B
Londonderry B
Tipperary C
Carlow C
Clare D
Dublin E
Tyrone B
Armagh D
Galway F
Clare D
Galway G
Galway F ,
Cavan B 1
Carlow A '■
Dublin C I
Cork E ;
Wicklow E
Down E
Wexford E
Carlow C
Louth B
Kerry B
Dublin F
Dublin F
Wexford D
Cavan G
Galway E
Kildare A
Queen's Co. B
Wicklow B
West Meath A
Wicklow E
Clare F
Clare E
Limerick E
Cbre G
Waterford C
Leitrim C
Tipperary D
Kerry C
Galway F
Tipperary A
Tipperary C
Waterford F
Down F
.rest, Wexford B
Wicklow E
Down C
Wexford A
Wexford C
Galway E
Roscommon E
Galway C
West Meath F
West Meaih F
West Meath E
Cork E
Armagh C
Galway G
Londonderry E
Wexford C
King's Co. E
Tipperary D
Monaghan B
Donegal B
Kiidare C
Tyrone I
Londonderry C
TjTone E
Leitrim F
Antrim F
Donegal D
Fencanagh E
Fermanagh "
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
2
2
5
4
3
2
4
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
„.. _ 3
Armagh B S
KHiTLEA.
INDEX.
T.AgTi
KiUyiDoon C^,
Ki^oD Ha,
SUfyvWslM,
Kfllywaiyl.,
Kiliiiacanoge,
KiTmacartHa,
Kilmacbrack L.»
Kilmaeda^h,
Kilmacoe Lo. ,
Kilmaconnna,
Kibnacow,
KJJmacow, Upper,
KjImacreDaa Ear. & Vil.
KiLtnacEa]w:-y Ho...
Kiiiiia,cthom:;5,
Kllmaganny,
Kiknagar Ho,,
Kilmaine Barony,
Kilmaine Ho.,
Kilmalnham,
Kilmajnham and Sta.,
Kilmakevo^e,
Kilmakilloge Harbour,
KBmakinlaa,
Kilm^kedar,
Kilmallod:, Td., Bar., and Sta.,
Limerick F
Cavan E 2
Down F 3
Fermanagh E 4
Tyrone H 4
Tyrone H 3
West Meath E 2
King's Co. D 3
Meath C 4
Cavao C 2
Cavan D 2
Wicklow E 2
Carlow D 1
Fermanagh F 3
Galway E 3
Wexford D 3
Waterford C 2
Kilkenny C
Kilkenny C
, Donegal D
Dublin B
Waterford E
Kilkenny B
Kilkenny C
Mayo D 3
King's Co. D 3
Dublin D 5
Meath D 1
Kilkenny D 4
Kerry C 3
Longford B 3
Kerry A 2
Kilmanagh,
Kilaianahan Ca^,,
Kilmajinock Ho.,
Kilaartin,
Kilmartin Ho.,
Kil martin Ho.,
Kilmashoeue Mt.,
Kilmastuib R.,
Kilme^d Ho.,
Kilmeadan,
Kiiraeage,
Kilmeany Ho.,
KUmeany Ho.,
Kiimeedy,
Kilmeena,
Ktlmes£an and Sta.,
Kilmichael Ho-,
Kilmichael Pt.,
Kilmihil,
Kiimoney Cott.,
Kilmood,
Kilmore^
Kilmore,
Kilmore,
Kilmore,
Kilmore,
Kilmore,
Kilmore,
Kilmore and Orrery Barony,
Kfimore Ho.,
Kilmore Ho.,
Kilmore Ho.,
Kilmore Ho.,
Kilmore L.,
Kilmore L.,
Kilmore Palace,
Kilmorgan,
Kilmorony Ho..
Kilmoylcr,
Kilmuckbridgc Ho,,
KilmuUen Ho.,
Kilraor Ho.,
Kilmurry,
Kilmorry,
Kilmiury,
Kilmurry,
Kilmorry Ho.,
Kilmnrry Ho,,
Kflraurry Ho.,
Kilmnrry Ho.,
Kilmurry Ho.,
Kilmurry McMabOD,
Kilmurvy-
KIbnyshall,
ICilnacrceivy L,,
Kjlnacroii Cott.,
Kilnacarvagh Ho,,
Kjlnaf^range Bt,,
Kilnahard Ho.,
Kilnahoe Ho.,
KilnaLiKr
Kilnale<:Ic,
Kilkenny B 3
Waterford C 2
Wexford A
Wicklow E
Dublin C
Queen's Co. A
Dublin D
Tipperary A
Kildare B 3
Waterford F 2
Kildare B 2
Carlow B 2
Kerry D 1
Limerick D 3
Mayo C 2
Me^th E 3
Wexford E 2
Wexford F 1
Clare D 3
Kildare B 2
Down E 3
Armagh C 2
Down E 3
Galway C 2
Roscommon D 4
Wexford C 4
Wexford C
Wicklow C
Cork E
^ Clare D
Limerick E
Meath E
Waterford B
Fermanagh F
Monaghan B
Cavan E
Sligo F
Queen's Co. F
l^pperary B
Wexford E
Queen's Co. E
Meath C 8
Clare D 3
aare H 8
Cork E 8
Kilkenny D S
Carlow C 2
Cork G 2
Kildare B 1
Wicklow E 8
Wicklow E 4
Clare E 4
Galway B 8
Wexford C 2
Cavan E 3
Oivan F 8
King's Co. D
Waterford E
Cavan E
Wexford D
Galway F
Cavan F
Kilo.imflrogh Lover Bar.. Tipperary B 3
Kilnamanagb Upper Bar., Tipperary B 8
Kilnaruvanagh, Kerry C 2
Kitnock Ho,, Carlow C 2
Kilonan Sta., Lhncrick F 2
Kilooly Halt, King's Co. D 2
Kilpotrick, Cork K 8
Kilr^triA, KJUIarc A 8
KiJpairlck Ho., KiW.irc IJ 2
KJlpanrick Ha, Loinh A 8
KUpeacoft Ho., Limerick F 2
10
Kilpierce,
Kilpoole Ho.,
Kilquade Ho.,
Kilquane,
Kilqujggin,
Kilrainy Ho. and Cas.,
Kitranelagh Ho.,
Kilrea,
Kilree Ho.,
Kilreehill.
Kilreesk Ho. and Ch.,
Kilronan,
Kilronan Ho.,
Kilronane,
Kilroot Sta.,
Kilrossanty,
Kiiruddery,
Kilrush and Ho.,
Kilrush Bri.,
Kilrush Ho.,
Kilsallaghan,
Kilsaran,
Kilscannell Ho.,
Kilshanchoe,
Kilshane Ho.,
Kilshannig,
Kilshannig,
Kilsharvau Ho.,
Kilsheelan,
KiUhruley Ho.,
Kilskeer,
Kilskeery,
Kiltabridd Loughs,
Kiltale,
Kiltamagh,
Kiltanon Ko.,
Kiltarsaghaun,
Kiltartan and Barony,
Kiiteaiy,
Kilteel,
Kikcely,
Kilteeven,
Kiltegan,
Kiltennell Ch.
Kiltieman,
Kiltimon,
Kiltinan Cas.,
Kiltinny, Lower,
Kiltober Cas.,
Kiltoghert,
Kiltoom,
Kiltorcan Ho.,
Klltormer,
Kiltra Ho.,
Kiltrea Ho.,
Kiltullagh,
Kiltullagh,
KilturkL.,
Kiltybane L.,
Kilti'clogher
Kiltycon,
Kilure,
Kilvine,
Kilwau.E:hter Cas.,
Kil wo r til,
Kimalta Ho.,
Kimmage Ho.,
Kinale L.,
Kinalea Barony,
Kin alien,
Kinalmeaky Barony,
Kinalogh,
Klnard Ho.,
Ktnard Lo.,
Kinawley,
Kinbane or White Hd..
Kincon,
Kinelarty Barony,
Kingarogy L,
Kingbill,
King's Mt.,
Kings R.,
Kings Riv.,
Kings Row,
Kingsborough Ha,
Kingsbridge Sta.,
Kingscourt,
Kinysfort,
Kingsland,
Kingston Br.,
Kingston Ho.,
Kingstown and Harbour,
Kingstown Ho.,
Kingstown R-,
Ki npvi 1 1 iamsto WD.
Kinlough,
Kinnafad Cos.,
Kinnagoe B.,
KInnalioocy,
Kinn.-ualloon B.irony,
Kinnc^^nd and Riv.,
KinncKoc Harb.,
Kinncgoc Pt.,
Xinnitty,
Kinrovar,
Kinsalc and Barony,
Wexford D
Wicklow E
Wicklow E
Cork E
Wicklow B
Kildare A
Wicklow B
Londonderry F
Kilkenny C
Galway F
Dublin D
Galway C
Waterford C
Cork D
Antrim G
Waterford D
Wicklow E
Clare D
Queen's Co. D
Kilkenny B
Dublin D
Louth B
Limerick C
Kildare B
Dublin D
Cork G
Kerry C
Meath G
Tipperary D
tiOngford D
Usath B
Tyrone C
Armagh A
Meath E
Mayo E
Clare H
Mavo C
Galway E
Wexford B
Kildr.re D
Limerick G
Roscommon E
Wicklow B
Wexford E
Dublin E
Wicklow E
Tipperary D
Londonderry E
West Meath D
Leitrim C
West Meath D
Kilkenny C
Galway G
Wexford B
Wexford B
Galway E
Galway F
Fermanagh F
Armagh C
Leitrim C
Longford C
Galway G
Mayo E
Antrim F
Cork G
Tipperary A
Dublin D
Longford E
Cork F
Down C
Cork E
Longford E
Roscommon E
Sligo B
Fermanagh D
Antrim D
Mayo C
Down D
Cork C
Down C
Sligo F
Kilkenny B
Wicklow C
Donegal F
Sligo G
Dublin D
Cavan I
Meath C
Roscommon C
Waterford A
Wicklow D
Dublin F
Dublin D
Galway F
Cork D
Leitrim B
Kildare A
Donegal G
M.iyo B
Cork G
West Meath F
Arma5;h D
Armagh D
King's Co. D
Mayo A
Cork F
Kinsale Harbour,
Kin.saley,
Kinturk Ho.,
Kinvarra and Bay.
Kip L.,
Kip L.,
Kippure,
Kircassock Ho.,
Kircock L.,
Kirkcubbin,
Kirklnriola,
Kirkistown,
Kirwans Cross,
Kishawanny,
Kishkeam,
Kitt St Nicholas,
Knappagh Ho.,
Knappoge Ho.,
Knapton and Ho.,
Knavinstown Ho.,
Knights Mt.,
Knights Tov.-n,
Knightsbrook Ho.,
Knightstowa Ho.,
Knock,
Knock,
Knock,
Knock,
Knock Ho.,
Knock Cross Roads,
Knocka L.,
Knocka L,,
Knockachorra,
Knockacuppul,
KnockadatT,
Knock ade,
Knockaderrj- and Ho.,
Knockaderry Ho.,
Knockadoo,
Kncckadoon Hd.,
Knockadniin,
Knockaholet,
Knockahunna,
Knockainy,
Knockakiboon,
Knockalaghe,
Knockalisheen,
Knockalia Mt.,
Knockallow Rath.
Knockalough,
Knockan,
Knockanaffrm,
Kuockanaliy Ho.,
Knockanare,
Knockanast u mba,
Knockanboy Bri,,
Knockandinny,
KnockaneiU R.,
Knockan irapaha,
Knockaniss,
Knockan navea,
Knockanora,
Knockanore .^^t.,^
Knockantem Ho.',
Knock anure,
Knockaroon,
Knockarradaun,
Knocka rrow,
K n ockasceega n ,
K nock ask eh an e,
Knockastanna,
Knockasturkeen,
Knockaihea,
Knockatooan,
Knockatulla,
Knockaturly L.,
Knockaunavoher,
Knockaunbrandaun,
Knockauncoura,
Knockaunnaglai;!iy,
KnockavclLsh Cott.,
Knockaville,
Knockaviltoge,
Knockavoe, ^
Knocka wai'riga,
Knock bally stmc Cross
Knockbane Ho.,
Knockbarragh Pk.,
Knock baun,
Knockbawn,
Knockbeg Ho.,
Knockbeha Cott.,
Knockboy,
Knock boy,
Knockboy Ho.,
KnocWarack,
KnocWirack,
Knockbridc Ch.,
Knock bridge,
Knockcamg Ho.,
Knockchrec,
Knockcloghrim,
Knockcroghcry & Sta.
Knockdrin Cas.,
KnockduffHo.,
Knockccn Lock,
Cork F 4
Dublin E 3
Wesi Meath E 1
Galway E 3
Galway D 3
Leitrim C 2
Dublin C 6
Down B 3
Louth B 3
Down F 3
Antrim D 3
Down G 3
Louih B S
Kildare A 1
Cork D 2
Waterford H 2
Armagh B 2
Longford C 3
Queen's Co. C 3
Kildare B 2
Kerry D 2
Kerry B 3
Meath D 3
Queen's Co. D 2
Clare D 4
Down D 2
Galway D 3
Mayo E 2
Waterford G 2
'iipperary D 2
Clare E 3
Galv/ay D 3
Queen's Co. B 2
Kerry E 2
Mayo B 1
Limerick B 4
Limerick D 3
Waterford F 2
Roscommon C 2
Cork H 3
Galwey F 3
Antrim C 2
Tipperary D 4
Limerick G S
Lim.erick D 4
Limerick B 3
Waterford D 2
Donegal E 2
Carlow D 2
Tipperary B 3
Londonderry C 3
Waterford D 2
Kildare C 1
Cork E 3
Queen's Co. B 2
Longford B 2
Dublia B 5
Londonderry F 3
Limerick B 3
Clare H 2
Dublin C 6
Tipperary B 2
Kerry D 1
Londonderry F 2
Kerry D 1
Roscommon E 2
Clare F 2
West Meath D 1
Iipperary B 3
Cork G 2
Limerick H 2
Cork G 3
Limerick B 3
Cork D 2
Meath E 4
'Monaghan C 2
Limerick H S
Waterford C 2
Galway E 3
Kerry C 2
Waterford H 2
West Meath E 3
Tipperary B 3
Tyrone D 2
Limerick B 3
Rds., Carlow D 2
Kildare B 4
Down B 5
Carlow B 3
Queen's Co. D 3
Queen's Co. F 3
Clare I 2
Kerry D 3
Waterford D 2
Antrim D 3
Kcrr\' D 3
West Mc.ith E 2
Cavan H 3
Louth B 2
Wicklow A 3
Down C 6
Londonderry F 4
, Roscommon E 4
West Meath E 2
Carlow B 8
Girlow B 8
Knockeevan Ho.,
Knockfeerina,
Knockfin Ho.
Knockglass,
Knockglass Ho.,
Knockgorm L.,
Knockhouse,
Knockieran Cott.,
Knockineldc,
Knocklayd,
Knockletter CusS,
Knockloe Bri.,
Knockloe Ho.,
Knocklofty Br.,
Knocklofty Ho.,
Knocklong and Sta.|
Knocklyne Cas.,
Knockmahon,
Knockmanus Ho.,
Knockmeal,
Knockmealdown Mts.,
Knockmore Junction,- t
Knockmoylan,
Knockmoyle,
Knockmoyle, ^
Knockmulrooney Tower,
Knocknacarry,
Knocknacree Cross Rds.,
Knocknadober,
Knocknagann Bri.,
Knocknagashel,
Knocknageragh Ho.,
I^nocknagtie,
Knocknalower,
Knocknaman,
Knocknamohill Ho.}
Knocknamona,
Knocknamoyle,
Kn ocknamun nion ,
Knocknarea,
Tipperary C 4
Luneriok E 8
Qoecn'sCo. B 3
Roscommon C 2
Mayo C 1
Cavan B 2
Kilkenny C 4
Wicklow B 2
Down G 3
Antrim D 2
Mayo B 1
Carlow C 2
WicUow A 4
Waterford C 1
Tipperary C 4
Limerick G 3
Dublin D 5
Waterford E 3
Carlow B 3
Kerry D
Tipperary C
Antjim E
Kilkenny C
Galway F
Tipperary B
Kildare E
Antrim E 2
Kildare C 4
Kerry B 2
Carlow C 1
Kerry D X
Waterford C 4
Cork D 2
Mayo B 1
King's Co. D 3
Wicklow D 3
Louth C 1
Carlow B 3
Wicklow B 8
Sligo E 2
Knockninny Bar. & Hall, Fermanagh E 3
Knockor Ho.
Knockourha,
Knockowen,
Knockraha,
Knockranny Ho.,
Knockrce,
Knockroe,
Kncclcroe,
Knocks,
Knocksnawn,
Knockshigowna,
Knocktelge,
Knocktfaomas Ho.,
Knocktopher, Bar., & Ho.
Knopoge Cas.,
Knowth Ho.,
Knuckbue Sta. ,
Kuliniskyduff Ho.,
Kyle Ho.,
Kyle Ho.,
Kyleballintallon,
Kylemore L.,
Kiidare B
Limerick C 2
KerT>* C 3
Cork G 3
RoocTTuaon D 1
Carlow C 3
Waterford C 3
Wicklow B 2
Kildare C 2
Carlow B
Tipperary C
Tipperary B
Carlow B
Kilkenny C
Clare H
Meath B
Cork D
Wicklow E
Queen's Co. B
Wexford C
Queen's Co. C
Galway B
Labanstown,
Labasheeda,
La be L.,
La Bergerie Ho.,
Laburnum Lo.,
Lachan B.,
Lack,
Lack,
Lack L.,
Lacka Ho.,
Lackagh,
Lackagh L..
Lackan,
Lackan,
Lackan,
Lackan,
Lackan darra,
L.ickcnacoomtc Ho.,
Lacys Canal,
Ladestown Ho.,
Lady's L,
Lady'sbridge,
Ladycastlc,
Ladyschapel Ho.,
Lady's Island I^c,
I^dys Well,
Lady town Ho.,
Lag,
Lagan,
Lagan R.,
Lagan R.,
Layan Navigation Can
Lagha L.,
Laghitc.
Laght DaushyKiun,
L-aghtscetin,
I^gorc Ho.,
Lany,
Lake,
Lotith C 3
Clare E 4
Sligo F 3
Queen's Co. D 2
Wexford E 2
Mayo D 1
Fermanagh E X
Roscommon F 3
Tyrone C 3
Queen's Co. B 2
l^ndondeiry C 2
Leitrim C 2
Donegal C 4
Roscommon D 4
West Meath D 2
Wicklow C 2
Watcri"ord C 2
Tipperary B S
West Meath D 2
West Meath D 8
Wexford D 4
Cork G
Kildare D
Kildare C
Wexford D
Limerick C
Kildare C
Donegal F
Donegal E
Down D 2 & C 8
Louth A 2
il, Antrim D 6
Donegal C 2
Tipperary B 3
Mayo C 1
Tippcrar)' \\ 3
Meath F 3
Donegal C i
Tipperar>* U 1
LAKBFIEIiD
INDEX.
LOUQH.
I^kefield,
Cavan C 2
Leas Ho.,
Dublin D 3
Liscamey Ho.,
Liscarroll,
Monajjlian C 2
Lodge, The,
Wexford D 3
Laketield.
Leitrim E 4
Leathcnstown,
Antrim E B
Cork E 2
I..odgc Park,
Kildare D 2
Laketietd,
Tipperary D 4
Meatb B 2
Lecak, Upper Baiony,
Down E 4
Liscartan Cas.,
Meatli D 2
Lodge-park,
Mcalh C 3
Lakefield Ho.,
Lecale, Lower Barony,
Down F i
Li-scasey,
Clare E 8
Lodgep.-trk Ho.,
Kilkenny li 2
Lakelands,
Monaghan D 3
Lecarrow,
Leitrim C 8
Liscolman Ho.,
Wicklow B 4
Loftus Hall,
Wexford A 5
Lake Mount,
Waterford G 2
Lccarrow,
Roscommon E 4
Liscormick Ho.|
Longford C 3
Galway F 2
Loghill,
Limerick B 2
l^ke Strand,
Cavan H 4
Lecarrow,
SUko G 8
Liscune,
Lombardstown Sta.
Cork E 2
Lakeview,
Cavan F 2
Leckpatrick,
Tyrone D 1
Kerry C 1
Lisdargan,
Kerry B 2
Londonderry,
Londonderry A 2
Lake View,
Cavan G 4
I^ck Pt.,
Lisdoonvama,
Clare E 1
Londonderry, N. W. Liberties of, |
Lake View,
Londonderry F 4
Lecky Rks.,
Mayo A 3
Lisdowney,
Kilkenny B 2
Limerick E 8
Londonderry A 2
Cork C 4
Lake View,
Mayo D 3
Lcdwithstown Ho.,
Longford B 8
Li^duane Ho.,
Long I.,
Lake View,
Roscommon E 2
LeeR.,
Cork D 3 & F 3
Ltsfelim,
Roscommon E B
Long I.,
Longford B 3
Lake View,
Sligo F 3
Lee R.,
Kerry C 2
Lisfinny Ho.,
Waterford A 3
Long Is.,
Loogfield,
West Meath A 3
Lake View,
WickJow D 2
Leckc Water,
Londonderry D 3
Lisgar,
Galway G 8
Armagh D 4
Lakeview Ho.,
Meath C 1
Leekfield Ho..
SUgo D 2
Lisglassock Ho.,
Longford C 3
Longficid Ho.,
Roscommon E 4
Lakeview Ho.,
Monaghan A 3
Lecnane,
Galway B 2
Lisgoole Abbey,
Fermanagh E 8
Longficld Ho.,
Tipperary C 3
West Meath B 2
Lakeview Ho..
Monaghan C 3
Lcgamaddy,
Down E 4
Lisheeo,
Clare B 4
Longficid Ho.,
Lakeville.
La Mancha,
■ Cavan D 3
Legan,
Longford D 3
Li-sheen,
Galway F 2
Longford,
King's Co. D 3
West Meath D 8
Legan Cas.,
Kilkenny D 3
Lisheen,
Kerry E 2
Cork C 8
Longford,
Longford C 2
Galway G 3
Lambay L,
JDublin G 2
Legavannon,
Londonderry E 3
Lisheen Br.,
Longford Barony,
Lambay Harbour and Cas.. Dublin G 3
Leggy kcUy,
Cavan E 2
Lisheen Cos.,
Tipperary C 2
Longford Barony,
Longford C 2
Lambeg,
Antrim E 5
Legoniel,
Antrim E 5
Lisheen Ho.,
Tipperary C 8
Limerick E 3
Longford Bri.,
Longford C 8
Lambert Cas. and Lo.^
Galway E 8
Legwee Bri. ,
Cavan E 8
Liskennett Ho.,
Longford Ho.,
Sligo D 2
lAmberton Ho.,
Queen's Co. D 3
Lehenagli,
Cork E 4
Lisky,
Tyrone D 2
Long HiU,
West Meath D 3
T^mberton Ho:,
Wicklow D 4
Lehcry Bri.,
Longford B 8
Clare D 2
Lislap,
Lislasly,
TjTone E 2
Longhill,
Wicklow D 2
Lambs Head,
Kerry B 8
Lehinch,
Armagh C 2
Long L.,
Down D 3
Lancaster Ho.,
Landenstown U<X|
Roscommon D 6
Leighlinbridge,
Cariow B 2
Lislea,
Sligo E 3
Long L.,
Monaghan B 3
Kildare C 2
Leinster Ho.,
Kildare B 4
Lislea Ho. and Cott.,
Armagh B 3
Longorchard Ho.,
Tipperary D %
Land more Ho.,
Londonderry F 2
Lcipsic,
King-sCo. C 4
Lislea Ho.,
Cavan G 2
Longpaveincnt Sta.,
Limerick F 1
Landscape Ho.,
Waterford D 1
Leitrim,
Leitrim C 4
Lislea Ho.,
Longford C 3
Down E 2
Longtown Ho.,
Kildare C 2
Landscape Ho.,
Wexford A 3
Leitrim Barony,
Leitrim C 3
LisleeUi
Longueville,
Cork E 2
Lanetbo rough,
Longford B 2
Leitrim Bar. and Hamlet, Galway F 3 |
Lisleitrmi L.,
Armagh C 4
Longwood,
Meath C 4
Lanespark,
Tipperary D 3
Cork E 3
Leitrim,
Longford C 2
Sligo D 8
Lislevane,
Cork E 4
Lonsdale,
Wexford C 3
Laney River,
Leitrim Ho,,
Lismacmurrogh Hp.,
Longford C 3
Loo R.,
Kerry D 3
Limerick F 3
Langford Lodge,
Langfords Lodge,
Antrim C 5
Leitrim R.,
Down D 4
Lisraacue Ho.,
Tipperary B 4
Loobagh R.,
Cork D 2
Leixlip, Sta., and Cas.,
Kildare E 1
Lismaine Ho.,
Kilkenny C 2
Loop Hd.,
Clare A 4
Langley Lo.,
Tipperary D 3
Lemanaghan Cas. & CI
., King's Co. D 2
Lismoher Ho.,
Clare E 1
Loran Park,
Tipperary C 2
tanmore,
Mayo C 2
Lemineagh,
Louth C 1
Lismore Cas.,
Cavan E 3
Lordship of Newry,
Down B 4
Laragh,
Roscommon C 3
Lemnalary,
Antrim E 2
LLsmore Ho.,
Queen's Co. B 3
Lorrha,
Tipperary B 1
Laragh and Ho;,
Wicklow D 2
Lemongrove Ho.,
West Meath E 3
Lismore and Sta.,
Waterford B 3
Loskeran Ho.,
Waterford D 3
I^ragh Ho.,
Kildare C 1
Lcnaboy,
Longford C 3
Lismoyne,
Antrim F 5
Lossett,
Cavan E 3
Laragh Ho.,
Monaghan O 3
Lenadoon Pt.,
Sligo B 2
Lismoyny,
West Meath C 3
Lough Allen,
Leitrim C 3
Laragh Ho.,
Wicklow B 4
Lenaghans,
Longford C 8
LismuUin Ho.,
Meath E 3
Loughan,
Londonderry F 2
Laragh L.,
Fermanagh E 3
Lenagubbagh Ho.,
King's Co. G 1
Lisnabin Ho.,
West Meath E 2
Loughan B.,
Antrim E 1
Laragh R.,
Cavan F 3
Lenan Hd.,
Donegal E 2
Lisnabo Ho.,
Meath D 1
Loughananna,
Limerick H 4
Larah Ho.,
Cariow C 2
Lene L.,
West Meath E 2
Lisnacree,
Down C B
Loughanillaun,
Galway C 2
Larchfield,
Down C 3
Leopardstowa,
' Dublin £ 6
Lisnacreevy Ho.,
Down B 4
Loughanillaunmore,
Galway C 3
Larch Hill.
Kildare A 3
Len- Riv.,
Kildare B 4
Lisnacullia Cas.,
Limerick D 2
Loughanleagh L.,
Cavan H 3
Larch Hill,
Kildare D 2
Lerrig,
Kerry C 1
Armagh B S
Lisnadill,
Armagh C 3
Loughanmore,
Roscommon E 5
Larch Hill,
Queen's Co. B 3
Leslie Hill,
Lisnagade Ho.,
Down B 4
Loughan vally,
West Meath C 3
Larch Hill,
Wexford E 1
Leslie Hill Ho.,
Antnm B 2
Lisnagar,
Cork G 2
Loughaunnavaag,
Galway F 3
Larchhill Ho.)
Meath D 4
Letter Ho.,
Kerry D 1
Lisnagowan Ho.,
Cavan F 2
Ldughaveena,
Antrim E 2
)
Largan,
Sligo D 3
Lettera,
Galway F 1
Lisnagunogue,
Antrim C 1
Loughawee,
Galway A 2
1
Largy,
Donegal E 4
Letterbeg Ho.,
Wexford E 2
Lisoamorrow,
Londonderry F 4
Loughbane,
Kildare C 3
Largy Ch,,
Cavan B 1
Letterbreen,
f'ermanagh D 3
Lisnaroe,
Monaghan A 2
Loughbawn Ho.,
Monaghan C 3
i
Largydonnell,
Leitrim B 1
Letterbrickaun,
Galway B 2
Lisnarrick,
Fermanagh D 2
Lough Beg,
Antrim B 4
1
Largymore Ho.,
Down C 3
Lettercraffroe L,,
Galwav C 2
Lisnaskeaand Sta.,
Fermanagh F 3
Lough Boderg,
Leitrim D 4
i
Lark Lo. ,
Kildare B 3
Letterkenny,
Donegzj D 3
Lisnawully Ho.,
Louth B 1
Loughbrack Ch.,
Kilkenny C 3
1
Larkfveld,
Leitrim B 2
Lettermore L,
Galway B 3
Lisnevagh Ho.,
Cariow C 1
Loughbray Cott.,
Wicklow D 1
Larkfield Ho„
West Meath E 3
LettermuUan L,
Galway B 3
Lispatrick,
Cork F 4
Loughs Bray, Upper and Lower, I
Larkfield Ho.,
Wexford B 2
Lettybrook Ho.,
King's Co. D 3
Lisquinlan Ho.,
Cork H 3
Wicklow D 1
Lark Hill Ho..
Antrim C 2
Levally Ho.,
Queen's Co. B 4
Lisrenny Ho.,
l/5uth A 2
Loughbrickland,
Down B 4
Lame,
Antrim F 3
Loyally L.,
Galway E 2
Lisryan,
Longford E 2
Loughburke Ho.,
Clare F 2
Lame Lough,
Antrim G 4
Levally L..
Mayo D 2
LissadUl Ho.,
Sligo E 1
Lough Carra,
Mayo D 2
t..ame Water,
Antrim F 4
Leveret I., •
West Meath A 2
Lissadorn Ho.,
Roscommon D 2
Ixiugh Conn,
Mayo D 1
I«nsk R.,
Wexford D 1
Levingion Park,
West Meath D 2
Lissadrone,
Mayo D 1
Lough Comacarta,
Roscommon D 1
Latimerstown Ho.,
Wexford D 4
Levitstown and Ho.^
Kildare B 4
Lissaha,
Tipperary D 3
Lirperick D 3
Lough Corrib,
Galway D 2
Latoon Creek,
Clare G 3
Lewistown Ho.,
Kildare C 2
Lissamota Cas.,
Loughcrew Ha,
Meath B 2
Latteragh,
Tipperary B 2
Lewis Ville,
Wicklow E 4
Lissan,
Tyrone H 2
Loughcurra,
Galway E 3
Lattin,
Tipperary A 4
Fermanagh C 2
Leyny Barony,
Sligo D 3
Lissan Ch., '
Londonderry E 4
Lough Dan,
Wicklow D 2
LattoneH. & L.,
Lickadoon Cas.,
Limerick F 2
Lissan Water,
Tyrone H 2
Lough Derg,
Tipperary A 2
West Meath D 2
Laitone R.,
Leitnm C 1
Lickeen Ho.,
Kerry C 2
Lissanisky,
Roscommon E 4
Lough Derrararagh,
Laughton Ho.,
King's Co. C 4
Lickeen Lough,
Clare E 2
Lissanover Ho.,
Cavan D 2
Loughderry,
Monaghan D 4
Laune R.,
Kerry C 2
Licketstown,
Kilkenny C 6
Lissanure Ho.,
Tipperary D 2
West Meath B 2
Lougheask,
Donegal C 8
Lauragh,
Kerry C 3
Licky R.,
Waterford C 3
Lissaquill Ho.,
Lough Emy Ho.,
Monaghan C 1
Lauragh,
Queen's Co. D 2
Liffey Cott.,
Kildare C 3
Lissard Ho.,
Ixmgford D 2
Lough Ennel,
West Meath D 3
T^urel Hall,
Wicklow B 4
Liffey Head,
Wicklow C 2
Lissawarriff,
Longford D 3
Lougher,
Meath F 2
Laurel Hill,
Armagh C 2
Liffey R., Dublin and Kildare C 4 & C 2
Lisselton,
Kerry D 1
Loughermore Ho.,
Antrim E 4
Laurel L.,
Monaghan A 3
Liffey R. (source),
Wicklow C 2
Lissenhall Ho.,
Tipperary B 2
West Meath A 2
Loughermore and R.,
Londonderry C 8
1
Laurel Lodge,
Laurel Lodge,
Armagh C 3
Liffbrd,
Donegal E 3
Lissoy,
Lough Erne,
Fermanagh C 2
Tipperary C 3
Lighthouse I.,
Down F 1
Lissurland Ho.,
Limerick C 3
Lough Erne, Upper,
Fermanagh E 3
Laurel Mount Ho.,
Dublin C 2
Lilliput Ho.,
West Meath D 3
Lissydaly Br.,
Roscommon A 2
Lough Fea,
Tyrone G 2
Laurel Vale,
Armagh D 2
Limavady Juncl.,
Londonderry C 2
Listerlin,
Kilkenny D 4
Louth B 3
Lough Fea Ho.,
Monaghan D 4
Laurencetown,
Galway G 3
Limerick,
Limerick,
Limerick F -2
Listoke Ho.,
Lough Foyle,
Londonderry C 2
Armagh C 2
Lavey,
Cavan F S
Wexford E 1
Listowel,
Kerry D X
Loughgall,
Lavistown Sta.,
Kilkenny C 3
Limerick Junct.,
Tipperary B 3
Armagh B 3
Listrisnan Ho.,
Mayo D 2
Lough Gara,
Roscommon C 2
Lawnsdown,
Queen's Co. D 2
Linen Hill Ho.,
Listrolin,
Kilkenny C 4
Lough Gill,
Sligo F 2
Lawrencetown and Sta
, Down B 3
Linen Vale,
Armagh C 2
Listry,
Kerry D 2
Loughgilly Rectory,
Armagh D 3
LeaL.,
Fermanagh F 3
Linfield Ho.,
Limerick G 2
Little Arrigle R.,
Kilkenny C 4
Loughgiinn,
Roscommon B 3
Leabeg,
King's Co. D 2
Linford Water,
Antrim F 8
Little Bray,
Dublin F 6
Loughglinn Ho.,
Roscommon B 2
Leabeg,
Wicklow E 2
Lingann R.,
Kilkenny B 4
Little Brosna R.,
King's Co. B 8
Lough Gowna,
Cavan D 3
Leabeg, Middle,
Wicklow E 2
Linkardstown Ho.,
Cariow B 2
Littlefield Ho.,
Tipperary D 8
Meath E 8
Loughguile,
Antrim D 2
Lead Mines,
Down E 2
Linns,
louth B 2
Little Furze, The,
Loughgur,
Lhnerick F 2
Lead Mine,
Monaghan D 2
Linsfort,
Donegal E 2
Little L,
Cork F 3
Loughill Ho.,
Kilkenny C 1
Loaffony R.,
Sligo B 2
Lisachrin,
Londonderry F 3
Little Islaiu),
Waterford G 2
Jx>ughinisland L,,
Down E 3
Leaghan,
Tyrone F 3
Ltsaiea.
Monaghan B 3
Little R.,
Louth C 1
Loughinn R.,
Donegal F 2
Leaghany R.,
Tyrone A 3
Lisanelly,
TjTone E 8
Littleratb,
Kildare D 2
Loughinsbolin BaroQ>
Londonderry E 4
Leamlara Ho.,
Cork G 3
Lisanoure Cas.,
Antrim C 2
Little Saltee I.,
Wexford C 6
Lough Hoe R.,
Sligo C 3
Leane R.,
Kerry D 2
Lisbellaw and Sta.,
Fermanagh E 8
Little Slaney Biy.,
Wicklow B 8
Lough Key,
Loughkip R.,
Roscommon D 1
Leannao R.,
Donegal D 2
Lisbofin Ho.,
Fermanagh D 8
Little Sugar Loaf,
Wicklow E 2
Galway D 3
Leap,
Cork D 4
Lisbride,
Roscommon E 4
Littleton,
Tipperary D 8
West Meath A 2
Lougblinstown ,
Dublin F 6
Leap, The,
Wexford B 3
Lisbrine Ho.,
Galway E 8
Littletown Ho.,
Loughlohery Cas.,
Tipperary C 4
jr and Lower,
Leap Ca£tle,
King's Co. D 3
Lisbryan Ho.,
Tipperary B 1
Lixnaw,
Kerry D 1
Lough Macoean, Upp
Leap of Doonass,
Limerick F 1
Lisburn,
Antrim E B
Lloydsborough Ho.,
Tipperary C 2
Meath E 2
Fermanagh C 3
Learmotunt,
Londonderry C 3
Liscannnaun,
Galway E 2
Lobinstown,
Looghmacrory,
Tyrone F 3
Mayo C 3
Wexford E 2
Liscannor and Bay,
Clare D 2
Lodge, The,
Dublin D 4
Lough Mask,
LOUGH.
INDEX.
flULTOWN.
Lough Mask Ho..
Lough Melvin,
Loughmoc,
Loughtnogue Cott.,
Lough Money,
Lough More,
Lough na Kil!,
Lough Neagh,
Mayo D 3
Leitrim C 1
Tipperary C 2
Wicklow A 2
Dow-n F 3
Monat;han B 1
Mayo D 3
Antnm C 6
Lough Niily, or Lough Macnean, Lr.,
. Fermanagh C 3
Lough O'Conneli Ho., Clare H 3
Lough O'Flyn, Roscommon B 3
Loughoony Ho. , Monaghan B 2
Lough Oughter, Cavan E 2
Lough Owel, West Meath D 2
Lough Park, West Meath E 2
Lough Point, Sligo F 3
Lough Ramor, Cavan G 4
Loughrea and Barony, Galway F 3
Lough Ree, Roscommon F 4
Lough Ree Ho.. West Meath A 3
Loughros Beg Bay, Donegal B 3
Loughros More Bay, Donegal B 8
Lough Scur, Leitrim D 3
Lough Sheelin, Cavan F 4
Loughshinny, Dublin G 2
Loughstown Ho.. Kilkenny B 2
Lough SwiUy, Donegal E 2
Lough Tay. Wicklow D 2
Loughtee, Upper Rarony, Cavan E 3
Loughtee, Lower Barony, Cavan E 2
Loughtown, Leitrim D 4
Loughtown, Wexford A 4
Louisburgh, Mayo B 2
Loup, The, Londonderry F 4
Louth, Tn., Abbey, and Hall, Louth A 2
Louth Barony, Louth B 2
Lowberry, Roscommon B 3
Lower Antrim Barony, Antrim E S
Lower Ards Barony, Down F 2
Lower Belfast Barony, Antrim F 4
Lower Castlereagh Barony, Down E 2
Lower Castlereagh Barony, Down E 2
Lower Cumber Ch., Londonderry B 3
Lower Deece Barony, Meath D 3
Lower Doleek Barony, Meath F 2
Lower Di^dalk Barony, Louth C 1
Lower Dungannon Barony, Tyrone G 4
Lower Dunluce Barony, Antrim B 2
Lowcrend, Wicklow B 4
Lower Glenarm Barony, Antrim E 2
Lower Iveagh Barony, Down C 3
Lower Kells Barony, Meath C 2
Lower Kiltinny, ' Londonderry E 2
Lower Lecale Barony, Down F 4
Lower L., Longford D 1
Lower Loughtee Barony, Cavan E 2
Lower Masserecne Bar., Antrim D 5
Lower Moyfenrath Bar., Meath C 4
Lower Navan Barony, Meath D 8
Lower Orior Barony, Armagh D 3
Lower Ormond Bar., Tipperary B 1
Lower Phjlipstown Bar., Kind's Co. F 2
Lower Slane Barony, Meath E 2
Lower St Mullins Barony, Carlow B 3
Lower Strabane Barony, Tyrone D 2
Lower Talbotstowo Bar., Wicklow B 2
Lowertown, West Meath D 3
Lowcrymore R., Donegal D 3
Lowrys L, Armagh C 2
Lowihcr Lo., Dublin E 1
Lowthcrstown or Irvineslown,
Fermanagh E 2
Lower Toome Barony, Antnm C 3
Lowtown, Down C 4
Lowtown, West Meath E 3
Lucan and Sta., Dublin B 4
Lucas Bri., Carlow D 1
Lugatryna, Wicklow A 2
Luglwy Lo., Mayo E 2
LuKduff Brook, Wicklow C 8
Lu^gacurren, Queen's Co, E 3
Luggala Lo., Wicklow D 2
Luggaurriff, Galway B 2
Lugeaun, Longford B 8
Lugfau, Upper & Lower, Wicklow B 2
Lugmorc, Lciirim B 2
Lugnafelia Br.. Sligo E 2
LugTuquillia Mt., Wicklow C 8
Lugnuhinna, Cavan B 1
LucnasUcagb, Wicklow C 2
Lukci Mt., Down D 4
Luke«well, Kilkenny C 4
I.uUyraorc Lo., Kildarc B 2
Liimcloon, King's Co. C 2
Lumcloon Br,- King's Co. D 2
I.'.mu.Io'in Uo., Carlow B 2
Lun.rn..;, L., Sligo F 2
LumvilU- llo., King's Co. H 2
I.unc U.-irony, Mcatli C 3
Lun(( K., Roscommon H 2
Lurt; lE.-irony, Fermanagh D 1
Lur«ii P(., Clare C 3
Lufitan, ArmaRh E 2
Lur^an Ja>., Cavan G 3
Lurgan L., Kildaic B 2
J 19
Lurgan White Ho.,
Lurgana Ho.,
Lurganboy,
Lurgangreen,
Lurgantogher Ho.,
Lurgoe Mo.,
Lusgarboy,
Lusk and Sta.,
Lustia L.,
Lusty beg,
Lustymore Is.,
Lybagh,
Lynches Cross,
Lynchforl Ho.,
Lynn Ho.,
Lynnbury,
Lyons Ho.,
Lyreen Riv.,
Louth B 2
Armagh D 3
Leitrim B 2
Louth B 2
Londonderry E 3
Tipperary D 3
Donecal E 2
Dublin F 2
Leitrim C 3
Fermanagh D 1
Fermanagh C 2
Wicklow C 3
Louth B 3
Galway F 3
West Meath E 2
West Meath D 3
Kildare D 2
Kildare D 1
M
Maas, Upper, Donegal B 3
McBrides Cross Rds., Dowti C 4
McCone's Bri., Armagh C 3
McCourts L., Armagh D 3
McDowell's Bri., Armagh D 2
McDruid Ho., Roscommon C 3
Mace Hd., Galway B 3
Macfinn, Antrim B 2
Macgilliciiddy's Reeks, Kerry C 2
Machugh L., Leitrim D 4
MacMurrough Ho., Wexford A 3
Mackan, Cavan D 2
Mackans, West Meath C 3
McKees Er., Down C 3
McKinneys Bank, Donegal F 2
Mackmiiie Sta. and Cas., Wexford C 3
McLouise, Monaghan B 2
Macnean Loughs, Upper and Lower,
Fermanagh C 3
Macosquin and R., Londonderry E 2
Macreddin, Wicklow D 3
Macroom, Cork E 3
McSwynes Bay, Donegal B 4
McTalbol Lo., Roscommon C 4
Maddan Ch., Armagh B 3
Madden Bri., Armagh D 2
Maddenstown Ho., Kildare B 3
Maddysrulla, Roscommon E 4
Madore Sta., Cork D 4
Madstown Ho., Meath D 3
Maganey Sta., Kildare B 4
Magee Island, Antrim H 4
Magh Ho., Kerry D 2
Maghaben-y, Antrim E 5
Maghan Ho., Armagh D 2
Magharees, The, Is., Kerry B 1
Maghera, Donegal B S
Maghera, Down D 4
Maghera, Londonderry F 3
Maghera L., Tyrone C 2
Magherabane, Antrim F 4
Magheraboy, Sligo E 2
Magheraboy Barony, Fermanagh C 2
Magheracrcggan, Tyrone C 2
Magheradernon & Moyashcl Barony,
West Meath E 2
Maglieradunbar Ho., Fermanagh D 2
Maghcrafelt, Londonderry F 4
Maghcragall Sla., Antrim E 5
Maghcrahamlet, Down D 3
Maglicralin, Down B 3
Maghcrally, Down B 3
Maghcraraenagii Cas., Fermanagh B 2
Maghcramore, King's Co. C 2
Maghcramome Ho., Antrim G 4
Magherastephana Ear., Fermanagh F 3
Magherban Ch., Tipperary C 3
Maghercagh Cross, Louth A 1
Maghery, Armagh C 1
Maghcry and Bay, Donegal B 3
Magilligan Ft., Londonderry D 1
Magilligan Sla. & Ch., Londonderry D 2
Maginstown Ho., Tipperary C 4
Magrath More L., Donegal C 3
Mag-uin's I., Sligo E 2
Maguires Bri. and Sta., Fermanagh F 3
Magunihy Brrony, Kerry D 2
Mahanagh L., Leitrim C 2
Mahee Is., Down F 8
Mahon Lake, Cork F 3
Mahon R. and Br., Waterford D 2
Mahonburgh Lo., Clare F 3
Mahoonagh, Limerick D 3
Mahorc R., Limerick G 8
Maidcnhall, Limerick F 3
Maidenhead Ho., Queen's Co., E 8
Maidens, The, Antrim O 8
Maidens Cross, Louth B 8
Maidbtown Cas., Limerick F 3
Maiguo R., Limerick E 2
Main R., Antrim D 4
Maine Ho., t. Louth B 2
Mamc R., Kerry C 2
Mainham, Kildarc C 2
Makeegan L.,
Makeeran L.,
Mai Bay,
Mall Ho., The,_
Malahide and Cas.,
Malcolm Ville,
Malheney Ho.,
Malin,
Malin Bay,
Malin Head,
Malin More,
Mallow,
Malone Sia.,
Maltown Castle,
Man of M'ar,
Manaquill Ho.,
Manch S»a.,
Mangerton,
Mann L.,
Mannin Bay,
Mannin Ho.,
Mannin Ho. and L.,
Manninard,
Manning Castle,
Manor Cott.,
Manor Ho.,
Manor Ho.,
Manor Ho.,
Manorcunningham,
Manor Hamilton,
Manstieldtown,
Mansion Ho.,
Mantua Ho.,
Manulla and R.,
Many Burns R.,
Mapastown Bri.,
Maperath Ho.,
Maria Villa,
Marino,
Marino Ho.,
MarkethlU and Sta.,
Markree Cas.,
Marlacoo Ho.,
Marlay,
Marley Ho.,
Marlfield,
Marifields Ho.,
Marlow Ho.,
Marlton Ho.,
Marshtown,
Martin R.,
Martins Cross,
Martinstown,
Martinstown,
Martinstown Ho.,
Martray Ho.,
Mar>-borough,
Maryborougl"., K. '
Maryborougli, W. ■
Mar>-, Cas.,
Maryfield,
Mary Fort,
Mary Gr.ay (hill),
Rlaryvale,
Maryville,
Mar\'\'ille,
MarV ViUe,
Mars- Ville,
Mason I.,
West Meath B 3
Galway E 2
Clare C 2
Wicklow B 4
Dublin E 3
Carlow B 2
Dublin E 2
Donegal F 2
Donegal A 3
Donegal E 1
Donegal A 3
Cork E 2
Antrim F 5
Cork E 2
Dublin E 2
Tipperary B 2
Cork D 3
Kerry D 3
Down E 3
Galway A 2
Queen's Co. B 3
Mayo E 2
Galway E 3
Cork G 2
Fermanagh F 3
Armagh C 2
Cork D 3
Londonderry F 3
Donegal E 3
Leitrim C 2
Louth B 2
Waterford F 2
Roscommon D 2
Mayo D 2
Fermanagh F 2
Louth A 2
Meath C 2
Kildare D 1
Down D 2
Dublin E 4
Armagh C 3
Sligo F 2
Armagh D 2
Louth B 3
Dublin D 6
Tipperary C 4
Wicklow B 2
Tipperary C 3
Wicklow E 3
Cork G 2
Cork F 3
Louth B 2
KUdare B 3
Roscommon D 4
Kildare C 3
Tyrone F 4
Queen's Co. C 2
, Queen's Co. D 2
Oueen'sCo. C 3
Cork G 8
Kildarc D 2
Clare H 2
Tyrone E 2
Down B 4
Limerick E 2
Meath E 3
Tipperary A 2
Wexford A 3
Galway B 3
Massereene, Upper Bar., Antrim D 5
Massereene, Lower Bar., Antrim D B
Massford, . Down C 3
Massy Lo., Limerick H 8
Massytown, Cork E 3
Mastergeeby, Kerry B 3
MattI? Is.. Clare C S
Mattock r.., Louth B 3
Mauherslii.e Mt., Tipperary B 3
Maum, ' Galway C 2
Maumtrasn.'t, Mayo C 3
Maurice's Mills, Clare F 2
Maxwells Cro.iS Rds., Meath C 2
May Mt., Armagh D 3
May Park, Waterford G 2
Mayally Ho., King's Co. E 1
Maycullcn. Galway D 2
Maydown Ho., Armagh B 2
Mayfield, Cork E 8
Mayficld, Waterford C 4
Mayfield Ho., Kildarc A 3
M.ayglass, Wexford C 4
Maync, Louth C 8
Maync, West Mc.ath D 1
Maync Ho., Limerick D 8
Mayne R., Dublin E 8
Maynooth .and Sta., Kildarc D 1
Maynooth R. C. College, Kildare D 1
Mayo, Leitrim D 3
Mayo, Mayo D 2
Mayobridge, Down B 4
MayoghilH Londonderry F 3
Mautown, Antrim E 6
Mcadcsbrook, Meath F 8
Mcalagh R., Cork D 3
Mccb L., Donegal B 3
Mcelagh L., Roscommon £ 1
Meeldrum Ho., West Meath C 3
Meelick, Clare H 3
Meelick, Galway G 3
Meelin, Cork E 2
Meeltanagh Ho., Longford C 3
Meenard, Londonderry D 3
Meenawaddy, Tyrone D 2
Meeny Hill, I.on Jonderry C 3
Meerscourt, Wc.^t Meath C *2
^Ieeting of the Watero. Wicklow D 3
RIeigh, Armagh D 4
Meldruni Ho., Tipperary C 3
Mell, Louth B 3
Melllfcnt Abbey, Louih B 3
Mellon Ho., Limerick D 2
Mellon Ft., Limerick D 1
Melmore Hd., Donegal D 2
Melvin L., Leitrim C 1
Mendon Ho., Dublin E 3
Menlough, Galway D 3
Menlough, Galway F 2
Mentrim L., Meath E 2
Merginstown Ho., Wicklow B 2
Merrion, Dublin E 5
Merton, We.xford C 3
Merton Hall, Tipperary B 2
Merville Ho. and Sta., Dublin E 6
MetcalfPk., Kildare B 1
^Iettican R., Londonderry E 2
Mew Is., Down G 1
Micknanstown Ho., Meath F 3
Middle Dungani.on Bar., TyTone H 3
Middlemount Ho., Queen's Co. B 3
Middlethird Baronv. Tipperary C 4
Middle Third BarcV.y, Waterford F 2
Middieton, Armagh A 3
Middleton and Sta., Cork G 3
Middieton Ho., Longford B 2
Middleton Ho., West Meath D 3
Middletown, Wicklow C 2
Midfield, Mayo E 2
Midlaworn'ia, Longford C 3
Milecross, Down E 2
MUemill, Kildare C 3
Milestown Ho., Louth B 2
Milestown Ho., Meath D 2
Milford, . Cork E 1
Mil.ford, Limerick F 1
Milford Ho., Mavo D 3
Milford Ho., Queen's Co. F S
Milford Ho., Tipperary B 1
Military Rd., Wicklow C 2 & C 3
Milk Haven, Sligo E 1
Milk Haven, Sligo F 1
Milkpark, Cariow C i
Mill L., Fermanagh E 3 & G S
Millbank Lodge, Limerick G 2
Mill Bay Sta., Donegal E S
Millbrook, KiWarc B *
Mill Brook. . Meath A S
Millbrook 1 '.o., Tipperary B 2
Millfall Ho., Kilkenny D i
MiUford, Donegal D 2
Millford Ho., Armagh B 8
Millford Ho., Carlow B 2
Millford Sta.. Carlow B 2
Millgrove IIo.. Tipperary B 4
Millicent Ho and Br., Kildare C 2
Millin Bay, Down G 8
Mill Isle, Down F 2
MiUmount, Galway F S
Millstone Mt.. Down D 4
MilUtreel, Cork D 2 & O 2
Milltown, Antrim C 4 & E 2
Milltown, Armagh B 3, C 1, & D 4
Milltown, Carlow D 1
MUltown, Cavan E 2 & H S
Mill Town, Donegal B 4 & D S
Milltown, Down B 4, B 6, D 2, & D »
Milltown, Dublin B5& E 6
MilUown, Fermanagh D 2
Milltown, Galw.ayE2&F2
Milltown, Kerry B 2 & C 2
Milltown, King's Co. C 4
MilUown, Leitrim B 2
Milltown, Longford C 2 & n 2
Milltown, Ixiuth C 3
Milltown, Monaghan C 2 & D 3
Milltown, Sligo F 1
Milltown, Tyrone D 2 ,Si F 8
Milltown and R., West Meaih E 3
Milltown, Wexford D S
Milltown, Wicklow B 3
Milltown Br., Kildare B J
Milltown C'lady, Armagh C 3
Milltown George, Limerick F 3
Milltown Ho., Kildare A 8
Milltown Ho., Meath B 2
Milltown Ho., Roscommon D 3
MilUown P1..CC, Cork E i
Milltown, Round Tr., and Abbey,
Cavan E 8
Milltown Str., Wexford B S
Mill Vale, Armagh D 8
Mill View Ho., Armagh B 8
Miltown Bri., Carlo* C 2
MILTOWN.
IN DEX.
MULLTCAOH.
Miltown Malbay,
Milverton Ho.,
M inane,
Minard and Hd,,
Mine Hd.,
Mine Riv.,
Mine Viev/,
Miners Tn.,
Mines of Ballya:'
Minnakcsh,
Minore Ho.,
Miniiachs Lc'j;!
Mitchellsfbrt,
Mitchelstowr,
Mitchelstov/u Hu
MireD Hea<i,
Mizen Head,
Moanaha Glcn,
Moar)more L.,
Moat, The,
Moatabower,
Moate,
Moate and ^ta ,
Moatiiekl Ho.,
Moat Park,
Mobaman Ho.,
Mocollop Cas.,
Modelligo,
Modreeoy,
Moffat 3 Ford,
Mogeely and Sta.,
Moher,
Moher, aiffs oF,
Moher L.,
Moher Lo.,
MohemashanuncT
Mohil Tn. and R
Mohober Ho.,
Moira and Sta.,
Mo!renny,
Molyneauxtown ,
Mon L.,
Mona Lo.,
Clare D 2
Dublin F 2
Cork F 3
Kerry B 2
Waterford D 4
Wicklow B 4
Wicklow D S
Down E 4
Wicklow D 8
Armagh C 2
Monaghan B 8
Donegal E 2
Cork F
Cork G
Meath C
Cotk B
Wicklow E
Tipperary B
Clare D 8
Longford D 2
Carlow 0 2
Down E
West Meath B
Kildarc C
Wexford C
Tipperary D
Waterford A
Waterford C
Tipperary B
Carlow D
Cork G
Galway C
Clare D
Mayo C
Cavan C
Roacommon F
Leitrim D
Tipperary E
Down B
Mayo E
Antnm D
Down D
Limerick F
Monaghan Tn.» Sta., and Bar.,
Monaghan C
Monaghanstown R.,
Monanincha Bog,
Mooahincha Ho.,
Monaloor,
Monalty L.,
Monamolio,
Mooanveel,
Monart,
Monascallagban Ho.,
Monaseed Ha,
Monaster,
Mooasteranenagh Abbey,
Monasterboice Ch. and Ho.
Monasterevin an** Sta.,
Monasteroris an^ llo.,
Monattay Ho.,
Monavamcg^,
Monawilkio,
Mondellihy Ho.,
Moadrehid Ho.,
Monea,
Moneenally,
Moneenlom,
Monefelim R.,
Monettia £o^,
Money Ho.,
Money L.,^
Moneycarrie Ho.,
Moneycashen,
Moneydie,
Moneygall,
Moneyglass Ho.,
Moneyhore Bri.,
Money la WD Cotl.,
Moneymore,
Moneymore and Sta.,
Moneyneany,
Moneyreagh,
Moneyteige,
Mongagh R.,
Moniveft Cas.,
MonksHeld,
Monkstown,
Monkstown and Cas.,
Monroe,
Monroe,
MoDtalto Ho.,
MoQteith,
Mont^omciys L.,
Montia^is Cfa-,
Montpelier,
Montrath Cas.,
Mooncoin,
Moone,
Moone and Kilkea Barony,
MooQeabbey Ho.,
Mooncys Bri.,
Moonlatir,
MooDvecn,
Moor L.|
Moore,
• 10
We:M Meath D 3
Queen's Co. A 3
(ipperary D 2
V/aterford B 2
Monaghan D 4
Wexford D 2
Cork E 2
Weaf ord C 2
Longford B 8
Wexford D 1
Limerick F 2
Limerick F 2
, Louth B 3
Kildare A 8
King's Co. H 1
Waterford C 4
Cork H 2
Fermanagh C 2
Limerick E 2
Queen's Co. B 3
Fermanagh D 2
Galway F 1
Leitrim C 2
Kilkenny D 3
Queen's Co. C 1
Wicklow B 4
Down F 8
Londonderry E 2
Kerry C 1
Londonderry F 8
King's Co. C 4
AntriiA C 4
Wexford B 8
Wexford D 2
Galway E 8
Londonderry F 4
Londonderry D 4
Down D 2
Galway E 8
King's Co. G 1
Galway E 2
Galway E 8
Antrim F 4
Cork F 8
Tipperary A 2
Kilkenny C 4
Down D 3
Down B 4
Down D 8
Armagh D 1
Limerick G 1
V/est Meath D 3
Kilkenny C 6
Kildare C 4
Kildare B 4
KUdare B 4
Kildare C 2
Kerry C 2
Kilkenny C 5
Tyrone E 2
Roscommon E 6
Moore Bay,
Moore Lo.,
Mooreabbey Ho.,
Moorechurch Ho.,
Moorelield,
Moore Hall,
Moorehill Ho.,
MoorchiU Ho.,
Mooremount Ho.,
Mooreafort Ho.,
Moore's QMny,
Moorec 1 own,
Moore town,
Mooretowa Ho.,
Mooretown Ho.,
Mocrfield Ho.,
Moorfield Ho.,
Moorfields,
Moorhill Ho.,
Moorock Ho.^
More L.,
More L.,
Moree Ho.,
Moreen Lo.,
Moreena Pt. ,
Morerah,
Morett Cas.,
Morgallion Liu'ony,
Morgans Ho.,
Morganstown Ho.,
Morne L.,
Momingstar R.,
Momington Ho.,
Moroe,
Morpeth Bri.,
Morrislown Ho,,
Morrows Pt.,
Mortlestown Cas.,
Mosney Ho.,
Mossfield Ho.,
Moss-side,
Mosstown Ho.,
Mosstown Ho.,
Mossvale,
Mote Park,
Mothel,
Mothell Ch.,
Moughan,
Mount Aaron,
Mountain Ca-.,
Mountain L.,
Mountain Lo.,
Mountain Lo.,
Mountain R.,
Mountain Vill.i:;e,
Mountain Wat^-r,
Mountainstown Kc,
Mo\intainy,
Mount Alto,
Mount Anna,
Mount Argus,
Moont Armstrong,
Mount Avon,
Mount Bailey,
Mount Bellew,
Mountbolus,
Mount Bottom,
Mount Briscoe,
Mount Browne,
Mount Brown Ho.,
Mount Bniis,
Mount Butler,
Mount Campbell Ho.,
MountX^amiel,
Mount Cashel Lo.,
Mountcharles,
Mount Congreve,
Mount Coote,
Mount Dalton Ho. & L.
Mount David and Ho,,
Mount Davis Ho.,
Mount Dav^s Ho.,
Mount Delvin,
Mount Dillon Ho.,
Mount Druid,
Mounteagle,
Mount Edward Coll.,
Mount Egan and Cott.,
Mount Equity,
Mount Erris,
Mount Falcon,
Mouat Falcon Lo.,
Mountficld,
Mountfin Ho.,
Mountforest Ho.,
Mount Gabriel,
Mountgale Ho.,
Mount Georpe,
Mount Hamilton,
Mount Hanover,
Mount Harel,
Mount Heat on,
Mount Henry,
Moun thill Ho.,
Mount Howard,
Mounthu&sey,
CUre B 3
Antrim B 3
Kildarc A 3
Meath G 3
Down B 3
Mayo D 2
Kildarc C 3
Waterford B 3
Louth B 2
Tipperary A 4
Antrim D 5
Longford D 2
West Meath F 2
Kildare B 3
Meath E 2
Kildare C 2
Queen's Co. B 3
Antrim E 4
Longford D 2
King's Co. D 1
Monaghan B 1
Tyrone F 4
Tyrone H 3
Dublin £ 6
Limerick C 2
leitrim 6 2
Ouecn'sCo. D 2
Meath D 2
Limerick C 2
Louth B 3
Monaghan C 3
Limerick F 3
Meath G 2
Limerick G 2
Tipperary B 3
Kildare C 2
Armagh D 1
Tipper^' D 3
Meath G 3
King's Co. C 3
Antrim C 2
Longford B 8
V/est Meath C 3
Longford D 2
Roscommon E 4
Waterford E 2
Kilkenny D 2
Armagh C 3
Carlow C 2
Waterford C 8
Limerick H ^
AnaaghB3& D 3
Tipperary B 4
Carlow B 3
Galway F 3
Monaghan B 1
Meath D 2
Queens Co. B 2
Waterford G 2
Wexford C '3
Donegal F 2
Kildare C 2
Wicklow D 3
Louth B 1
Galway F 2
King's Co. D 2
Waterford F 2
King's Go. G 2
Limerick D 2
Mayo C 2
Tipperary B 4
Queen's Co. A 8
Leitrim C 4
Monaghan C 3
Kild^ D 3
Donegal C 4
Waterford F 2
Limerick F 3
, W. Meath C 2
Limerick C 2
Longford B 2
Antrim C 3
Roscommon A 3
Roscommon F 3
Waterford G 2
Queen's Co. D 3
Siigo E 1
Kildare C 2
Roscommon E 6
Roscommon D 2
Tipperary B 2
Mayo D 1
Tyrone E 3
Wexford C 2
Wexford D 2
Cork C 4
Kilkenny B 3
Wexford D 2
Tyrone F 2
Meath F 8
Galway F 2
King's Co. C 4
Queen's Co. E 2
LouXh A 1
Wexford D 2
Roscommon F 6
Mount Ida, Down C 3
Mount Ida, Leitrim E 4
Mount Irvine, Sligo E 3
Mount Jcssop, Longford C 2
Mountjoy Bar., Dublin C 4
Mountjoy Bri. SfcL, 'J'yrono D 3
Mount Juliet, Kilkenny C 3
Mount Kearney, Down B 4
Mount Kecffc, Cork E 2
Mount Kennedy, Tipperary B 2
Mount Kennedy, Waterford D 2
Mount Kennedy ilo,, Wicklow E 2
Mount Leader, Cork D 2
Mount Lclnster and Lo., Carlow C 3
Mount Leinster Ixi., Carlow C 3
Mount Loftus, Kilkenny E 3
Mount Louise, Monaghan B 2
Mount Lucas, Carlow D 1
Mount Lucas Ho., King's Co, G 2
Mount Mclleray Monastery,
Waterford B 2
Queen's Co. D 2
Mountmellick,
Mount Murray,
Mount Nebo,
Mount Neill,
Mount Nugent,
Mount Odell,
Mount Oriel,
Mountpallas,
Mount Panther,
Mount Pleasant,
Mount Pleasant,
Mount Pleasant,
Mount Pleasant,
Moimt Pleasant,
Mount Pleasant,
Mount Pleasant,
Mount Pleasant,
Mountpleasant Ho.,
Mount Pleasant Ho.,
Mount Pleasant Ho.,
Mount Plummer,
Mount Pluiikctt Ho.,
Mount Prospect,
Mbunt Prospect,
Mount Prospect,
Mount Prospect,
Mountrath and R.,
Mountrath Ho.,
West Meath D
Wexford D
Carlow D
Cavan F
Waterford C
Louth A
Cavan F
Down D
Carlow C
Clare C
Cork E
Kildare C
Kilkenny A
Louth B
Waterford G
Wicklow C
King's Co. E
Roscommon E
We.xford C
Limerick D
Roscommon E
Cavan F
Kildare A
Leitrim P
Roscommon D
Queen's Co. C 2
Kilkenny D 2
Mountrath and ;Z!astleton Sta, ,
Queen's Co. C 3
Mount Reilly, Louth B 2
Mount Rivers, Clare D 3
Mount Rivers, Waterford B 8
Mount Robert, Wicklow E 4
Mount Rose, Kilkenny C 2
Mountrussell Ho., Limerick F 4
Mount St Lawrence, Limerick F 2
Mount Salem, Queen's Co. B 3
Mount Seskin, Dublin B 6
Mountshannon, Clare K 2
Mountshannon, Galway F 4
Mount Shannon, Limerick F 1
Mountshannon pt., Clare E 4
MouM Silk, Galway F 2
Mount Sion Cott., Carlow B
Mount Stewart Ho-. Down F
Mount Talbot and Ho., Roscommon D
Mount Tempest, Fermanagh E
Mount TempIeOld Ho., West Meath B
Mount Trenchard, Limerick C
Mount Uniacke,
Mount Villa Lo:Ige,
Mount William,
Mount Windsor,
Moume,
Moume Abbey,
Moume Abbey,
Moume Abb;y and Barony,
Motime Beg R.,
Moume L.,
Moume L.,
Moume Mt£.,
Moume Par'K Ho.,
Moume R.,
Movanagher Cas.,
Moville,
Moy,
Moy Bridge,
Moyagher Ho.,
MoyalifT Ho.,
Moyallan,
Moyarget Lo.,
Moyarta Barony,
Movashel and Magherademon Ear.,
' West Meath D 2
Moycarky, Tipperary C 3
Moycam Barony. Roscommon E 6
Moycashel and Barony, West Meath C 3
Cork H
Kildare B
Limerick C
Kildare C
Down D
Cork F
Down C
Down C
Tyrone B
Antrim G
Donegal D 3
Down C 5
D(?wn C 5
Tyrone D 2
Londonderry F 8
DonegaJ F 2
Tyrone H 4
Monaghan C 1
Meath C 8
Tipperary C 3
Down A 8
Antrim C 1
Clare C 4
Moydaro Ho.,
Moycuish Barony,
MoyeuHen Barony,
Moydilliga,
Moydow,
Moydow Toneen,
Moydmm Ca^,
King's Co. C 2
West Meath C 2
Galway C 2
Cork G 2
Longft^d C 3
Longford C 2
West Meath A 3
Moyenfenrath, I>owor
Moycnfenrath, Upper
Moygara Cas.,
Moygh Ho.,
Moyglare Ho.,
Moynora Ho,,
Moyle,
Moyle Cas.,
Moyle Ho.,
Moyle R.,
Moylough,
Moynalty,
Moynalty R,
Moync Ch.,
Moynehall Ho.,
Moync Ho.,
Moync Ho.,
Moyne Cross L !;..
Moynoe Ho., *
Moyode Cas.,
Moyola Park and R..
Moyour,
Moy R.,
Moyra,
Moyrath Cas.,
Moyree R.,
Moyriesk Ho.,
Moyrourkan L.,
Moystown Ho.,
Moyteoge Hd.,
Moyvally, Sta., .%nd I;
Moy view,
Moyvore,
Muck I.,
Muck L.,
Muck L.,
Muckalee F
Muckamore -.i-tcy,
Muckanagh '.,.,
Muckinish,
Muckinish H"..,
Muckinish P:..
Muckish,
Mucklagh,
MuckJagh Br.,
Muckno La!<e,
Muckros Hd..
Muckross Abbey and
Mucksna,
Muddock K.,
Muff,
Muff,
MuS;
Mufl^
Muilrea,
Muingnabo,
Mulberry Lane,
Muldonagb,
Mulgeeth Ho.,
Mulgravo Evi.,
M ulnol landsto wn ,
Malhuddart,
Mulkear Ho.,
Mulkear R.,
Mullacash Ho.,
Mullacloe Ho.,
Mullacrew.
Mullafemaghar. i"ia..
Mullagh,
MuUagh,
Mullagh Ho.,
Mullagh L.,
Mullaghanatii.n,
Mullaghancc "...
MullaghareirV. Mts..
Mullaghash,
MuUaghboy i...
MuUaghcara.
MuUaghcleev; 'in Mt.
Mullaghclog-^"..
Mullaghderi" I..,
Mullaghinshi;:o I-oug*
Mullaghmoi -,
Mullaghmor ■-
Mullaghmorc He,
Mullaghmprt L.,
Mullaghmo/c L.,
Mutlaghroe,
Mullaghturk-,
Mullaleam,
Mutlamast Ho.,
Mullan Ho.,
Mullanacros^.
Mullanadarr:.^h L.,
Mullanalaghi."s
Mullany's Cr-: -s
Mullary Crosi.
Mullavilly Ho.,
Mutlinabro He,
Mullinahone,
Mullinam,
Mullinavat,
Mullingar,
MuUingar Barracks.
Mullurg Cott.,
Mullycagh,
Bar,
Bar.,
Mcaih D 4
Meath B 4
Sligo F 4
Longford C 3
Meath E 4
Kilkenny C 1
Carlow B 2
Louth B 2
Tyrone D 2
Tipperary D 4
Sligo D 8
Meath C 2
Meatl C 1
Tipperary D 8
Cavan E 8
Ouecn's Co. C 8
Wexford C 2
Longford D 1
Clare K 2
Galway E 8
Londonderry F 4
Mayo C 2
Mayo D 1 & E 1
Donegal C 2
Meath C 8
Clare G 2
Oare G 2
Armagh D 8
King's a>. C 2
Mayo A 2
., Kildare B I
Sligo B 2
West Meath C 2
Antrim G 8
Galway B 2
Donegal C 3
Kilkenny C 2
Antrim D 4
Clare G 2
King's Co. B 2
Clare F 1
ymerick E 1
Donegal C 2
Fermanagh C 3
Wicklow C 3
Monaghan D 8
Donegal B 4
Lake, Kerry D 2
Kerry D 8
Down C 4
Cavan H 3
Donegal F 2
Londonderry C 2
Roscommon D 4
Mayo B 3
Mayo B 1
Cork G 2
Londoiierry C 3
Kildare B 1
Tipperary B .3
Londonderry F 8
Dublin B 4
Tipperary A 2
Limerick G 2
Kildare D 2
Ix)uth A 2
Louth A 2
Down B 3
Cavan H 4
Clare D 3
King's Co. E 2
Sligo E 2
Kerry C 3
Sligo C 4
Limerick C 3
London(Jerry D 8
Leitrim E 3
Tyrone E 2
Wicklow C 2
Tyrone F 2
Donegal B 2
, Monaghan 6 2
Londonderry D 8
SUgo F 1
Tyrone E U
Armagh D 3
Monaghan B 2
Donegal F 2
Tyrone G 2
Fermanagh D 3
Kildare B 3
Monaghan C 8
Done^I C 4
Leitnm E 4
Longford D 1
Sligo C 3
Louth B
Armagh D
Kilkenny D
Tipperary E
Meath F
Kilkenny D
V/est Meath E
West Meath D
Armagh C
Wicklow 6
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MULLYLilA.
INDEX,
OWENBOLISZA.
Muliylea,
Mullyloughan,
Mulnaver Ho.,
Mulreavy L.,
Mukoy B.,
Mulshane L.,
MuUcen R.,
Mulu-famham,
Mulvin,
Mulvohill Ho.,
Mun^ikill L.,
Mungret,
Munniily Ho.,
Munsicr R.,
Munter Eolus L.
West Meath E 2
Armagh B 2
TjTone C 3
Donegal D 4
Donegal D 2
Fermanagh F 2
Tipperaiy B 3
West Meath D 2
Tyrone D 2
Clare F 3
Leitrim C 2
Limerick E 2
Monaghan A 3
Kilkenny B 3
Leitrim D 3
Muntetvarj' or Sheep Hd., Cork B 4
MurglashR., Qucm s Co. C 2
Murlin R.,
Murlcugh n., •
Murlough Ho-;
Murragh,
Murren,
Murrisk and Ear.,
Murroe,
Musheramore Mt.,
Muskerry, Ea:c Barony,
Mu^kerry, West Barony,
Ivlu^.ton Is.,
Mweelaun Is.,
Mweenish B.,
Mylerspark,
Mylerstown Ho.,
Myra Cas.,
Donegal A 3
Antrim E 1
Down D 4
Cork E 3
Donegal E 2
Mayo B 2
Donegal C 2
Cork E 2
Cork E 3
Cork D 3
Clare C 3
Mayo A 2
Galway B 3
Wexford A 3
Kildare B 1
Down F 3
Myshall Tn., Ho., and Br., Carlow C 2
N
Naan 1.,
Naas,
Naas, North Earony,
Naas, South Barony,
Naback L.,
Nabellbeg L.,
Nabelwy L.,
Nabiahy L.,
Nabrach L.,
Nacallagh L.,
Nacorra L.,
Nacung L., Upper,
Nad and River,
Nadregeel L.,
Nafooey L.,
Nagamaman L.,
Nagcoge L.,
Naglare L.,
Nagles Mts.,
Na.^s Hd.,
Nahanagan L.,
Nahelwy Ij.,
Nahillion L.,
Nahinch L.,
Nahoo L.,
Nalughraraan L.,
Namao L,,
Nambrack L.,
Naminna L.,
Nancagh L.,
Nanny R.,
Nantman Ho.,
Naptown,
Naran,
Naroon L.,
Narragh and Rcban, East Barony,
Kildare B
Naragh and Reban, West Barony,
Kildare A
Narraghmore and Ho.,
N.irrow Watir Ho.,
Fermanagh E 3
Kildare D 2
Kildare C 2
Kildare C 3
Lon^ord D 1
LeiUim D 3
Leitrim E 4
Roscommon E 2
Leitrim B 1
Fermanagh F 4
Mayo C 2
Donegal C 2
Cork E 2
Cavan G 3
Galway C 2
Monaghan D 3
Donegal D 4
Cavan G 3
Cork F 2
Dublin D 2
Wicklow C 2
Longford C 1
Galway B 2
Galway F 2
Leitrim B 2
Donegal B 3
Fermanagh C 2
Leitnm D S
Clare E 3
Meath A 2
Meath G 2
Limerick D 2
Dublin D 2
Donegal B 3
Antrim C 8
Newberry Hall,
New Birmingham,
Newbliss and Sta.,
Newbliss Ho.,
Newborough Ho.,
New Bridge,
New Bridge,
New Bridge,
Newbridge and Sta.,
Newbridge,
Newbridge,
New Bridge,
Newbridge and Sta.,
Newbridge Lo.,
Newbridge Sta.,
Newbridge Ho. and Cas.,
Newbrook Ho.,
New Buildings,
Newborn Ho.,
Newcastle,
Newcastle and Barony,
Newcastle,
Newcastle,
Newcastle,
Newcastle,
Newcastle,
Newcastle and Sta.,
Newcastle Ho.,
Newcastle Ho. and Lo.
Nash,
Nasvol L.,
Natirc L.,
Natrocy L.,
Naul,
Navan,
Navan, Lower Barony,
Navan, Upper Barony,
Navan Fort (Emania),
Navar L.,
Navari.-i,
Ncat;h Lough,
Neafc,
Neals*own,
Nccam Cas.,
Ntcdlcford Bri.,
Ncnajjh and R.,
Ncn-ich Road Sta.,
Ncphin,
N'ephin Be^,
Ncihercross Barony,
Ncihcrtown,
Nctlcy Ho.,
New Abbey Ho.,
Ncwbawn Ho.,
Ncwbay Ho.,
Newberry,
20
Kildare C
Down B
Wexford A
Slipo G
Leitnm C
Fcrmanach G
Dublin D 1
Meath D 3
Meath D 8
Meath D 3
Armagh B 2
Fermanagh C 2
Roscommon D 2
Antrim C 6
Mayo D 3
Queen's Co. A 3
Fermanagh E 2
Queen's Co. C 2
Tippcrary B 2
LimericK G 1
Mayo C 1
Mayo B 1
Dublin D 3
Wexford D 4
Mayo D 1
Kildare C 8
Wexford B 3
Wexford C 4
Kildare C 3
Newcastle Ho.,
Newcourt,
Ne wells Bri.,
Newfarm Village,
Newforest Ho.,
Newfort,
Newfoundland Bay,
Newgarden Ho.,
Newgarden Ho.,
Newgrange Ho.,
New Grove,
Newgrove,
Newgrove Ho.,
l^ewgTOve Ho.,
New Haggard Ho.,
Newhall Ho.,
Newhali Ho.,
Newington Ho.,
New Inn,
Newinn,
Newland Ho,,
Newlawn Ho.,
Newmarket,
Newmarket,
Newmarket Ho.,
Newmarket-on-Fergus,
New Mills,
Newmills,
New Mountain,
New Park,
New Park,
New Park,
Newpark,
Newpark,
Newpark,
Newpark,
Newpark Ho.,
Newpark Ho.,
Newpark Ho.,
Newpass,
Newport and Rjv.,
Newport and Riv.,
Newport Bay,
New Quay Ho.,
Newrath Bri.,
New Ross,
Ncwry Canal,
Newry Town and R.,
Newry, Lordship of,
Newstone Cas.,
Newstown Ho.,
Newtown,
Newtown,
New Town,
Newtown,
Newtown,
Newtown,
Newtown,
Newtown,
Newtown,
Newtown,
Newtown,
Newtown,
Newtown,
Newtown,
Kildare B 1
Tipperary D 3
Monaghan B 3
Monaghan A 3
Limerick £ 2
Cavan G 3
Galway G 3
Kildare B 1
Kildare C 2
Limerick C 2
Wexford C 4
Wicklow B 4
Wicklow D 3
Wexford D 2
Kildare C 2
Dublin E 3
Mayo D 2
Londonderry A 3
Dublin D 3
Down G 3
Dublin B 5
Limerick C 3
Longford C 3
Tipperary C 4
We^t Meath D 1
Wicklow E 2
Down D 4
Meath B 2
Meath D
West Meath D 3
Wicklow E 1
West Meath D
Roscommon D
Galway F
Wexford D
Cork F
Carlow B
Limerick F
Meath F
- Meath B
West Meath B
Qare H
Kilkenny D 4
Meath D 3
Clare F 3
Kildare C 2
Kildare B 2
Cavan F 3
Tipperary C 4
Kildare C 2
Dublin E 2
Cork E 2
Kilkenny C 4
Cork D 2
Clare G 3
Monaghan C 2
Cork,E 4
Ro!icommon E 4
Longford B 3
Monaghan B 8
Roscommon E 6
Galway G 8
Kildare C 1
Kildare C
Limerick D
Kildare B
Sligo F
Tipperary C
West Meath C
Mayo C 2
Tipperary A 3
Mayo B 2
Clare F 1
Wicklow E 2
Wexford A 3
4
4
4
1
Newtown Darver, '
Newtown Forbes and Sta.
Newtown Ford,
Newtown Gore,
Newtown HamiUbn,
Newtown Ho.,
Newtown Ho. and Lo.,
Newtov/a Ho.,
Newtown Ho.,
Newtown Ho.,
Newtown Ho.,
Newtown Ho.,
Newtown Ho.,
Newtown Ho.,
Newtown Ho.,
Newtown Ho.,
Newtown Limavady,
Newtown Lo.,
Newtown Lo.,
Louth B 2
Longford C 2
Down F 2
Leitrim F 3
Armagh C 3
Carlow C 2
Cork G 2
Dublin E 3
Kildare C 1, C 2, &D 2
Kilkenny C 3
King's Co. F 2
Limerick H 2
Louth C 3
Meath B 2, C 1, & F 8
Waterford B 4 & G 3
Wexford A 3
Londonderry D 2
Longford D 3
Wexford E 1
Newtown L., West Meath E 2
Newtown Monasterboice, Louth B 3
Newtown Mt, Kennedy,
Newlown Morris,
Newtown Park,
Newtown Pt.,
Newtown R.,
Newtown Sondes,
Newtown Saville,
Newtown Stalaban,
Newtown Stewart,
Newtown Trim and Sta.,
Newtown Vevay,
Newtownanner Ho.,
New town balregan L.,
Newtownbarry,
Newtonbond Ho.,
Newtonbreda,
Newtown for tescue,
Newtownhill Cott.,
New town Saunders,
New Twopothouse Village,
Neynoe Cas. ,
WicUow E 2
Galway E 2
Meath D 3
Limerick E 1
Tipperary A 2
Kerry D 1
Tyrone F 4
Louth C 3
Tyrone D 2
Meath D 3
Wicklow E 1
Tipperary D 4
Louth B
Wexford B 2
Longford C 2
Down D 2
Meath E 2
Waterford G 3
Wicklow A 3
Cork E 2
Sligo F
Nicker, Limerick G 2
Nicholastown Ho., West Meath D 2
Nier R., Waterford C 2
Nilly L., or L. Macnean, Lower,
Fermanagh C
Ninemilehouse,
Nixon Lo.,
Nobber,
Nohaval,
NoreR.,
Normanby I^. ,
Normans Grove Ho.,
Norris Mount,
Norris Mount,
3
Tipperary E 4
Cavan D 2
Meath D 2
Cork F 3
Kilkenny C 2. &
Queen's Co. C 3
Kildare B 3
Meath F 4
Armagh D 3
Wexford D 2
N.E. Liberties of Coleraine Bar.,
Londonderry F 2
North Sound, galway B 3
N.W. Liberties of Londonderry Bar.,
Londonderry A 2
Down A
Down B
Dovm B
Meath D
Carlow C 2
Carlow B 2 & B 8
Cork E 1
Donegal D 2
Dublin E 1
Down B 3 & D 3
Fermanaeh B 2
Galway E 3, F 2, & F 3
Kildare C 1, C 4, D 2, & E 1
King's Co. C 2
King's Co. C 3
Longford B 8
Meath C 2
Queen's Co. E 3
koscommon C 4, D 3,
Di, E5, E6, & F 3
New Town, Sligo C S
Newtown, • Wexford A 4
Newtown Ards, Down F 2
Newtown Bellew, Galway F 2
Newtown Butler & Sta., Fermanagh F 3
Newtown Cae., Clare E 1
Newtown Cott., Kildare B 3
Newtown Crommclln, Antrim D 8
Newtown Cross Roads, Waterford E 2
Newtown Cunniiigliam, Donegal E 3
Newtown Daly, Galway F 8
Northgrove,
North Naas Barony,
North Salt Barony,
Northlands,
Norton's Cross Roads,
Noughaval,
Noughaval Ho.,
Nuenna R.,
Nun's Is.,
N umey,
Numey Cas-,
Nurney Ho..
Nursery Cott..
Nut Grovf,
Nutslown llo.,
Oak Grove,
Oak Park,
Oakficld,
Oakiicld Ho.,
Oaklands,
Oaklands Ho.,
Oakley,
Oakley,
Oakley Ho.,
Oakley Park,
Oakpark Ho.,
Oakport Ho.,
Oatfield Ho.,
Oatland Ho.,
Oatbnds,
Oatlands Ho.,
O'Brian's Bri.,
O'Brien's Bi;; Lough,
O'Brien's Tower,
O'Bricnsbridge,
O'Dca's Cis.,
Odell ViUe,
O'Donevan's Cove,
Offaly Cas.,
Offaly, E.ost Barony,
Queen's Co. B 2
Kildare C 2
Kildare D 1
Cavan H 3
Armagh B 3
Clare F 1
West Meath B 2
Kilkenny B 2
West Meath A 2
Carlow B 2
Kildare B 3
Kildare B 1
Cariow C 3
Queen's Co. C 2
Dublin C 2
Cork E 3
Kerry C 2
Fermanagh G 3
Sligo F 2
TjTone G 3
Antrim D 3
Down E 4
Kildare D 1
Kings Co. C 3
Meath C 2
Carlow B 1
Roscommon D 2
Queen's Co. D 3
Wicklow E 3
Roscommon D 2
Wexfoid A 8
Clare D 2
Clare G 2
Clare D 2
CL-irc I 8
Clare F 2
Limerick D 8
Cork B 4
Kildare B 2
KUdarc B 2
OiTaly, West Barony,
O'Flyn Lough,
0'Gallaghan'sm:!ls,
Oghil,
OghUI,
Oghill,
Oghill Ho.,
OGrady L.,
O'Hara Brook Ho.,
Oilgate,
Oily R.,
Old pallybriitas,
Old Bridge,
Old Yard,
Oldabbey Ho.,
Oldbridge,
Oldcarton,
Old Conuau^ht,
Oldcastle.
Oldchapel,
Oldconneli Ha,
Old Court,
Oldcourt,
Oldcourt,
Oldcourt Ho.,
Oldderrig Ho.,
Oldglass,
Oldgrange,
Old Head,
Old Head of Kinsale,
Old Kilcullen,
Oldleighlin,
Old Ross,
Old Town,
Old town,
Old town.
Old town,
Old Town,
Old Town.
Old Town,
Oldtown,
Oldtown Bri.,
Oldtown Ho.,
Oldtown Ho.,
Oldtown Ho.,
Old Yard,
OUatrimR.,
O'Loughlin's Cas..
Omagh,
Omagh, East Barony,
Omagh, West Barony,
Omeath,
Omey I.,
Onagh,
Onagh,
Oneilland, East Barony,
Oneilland, West Barony,
Oola,
Oolagh R. and Bri.,
Oona Water,
Oorid L.,
OraL.,
Ora More,
Orange Field,
Orangefield,
Oranmore, Sta., and Bay,
Orchard Bri. and Ho.,
Orior, Ixiwer Barony,
Orior, Upper Barony,
Oristown,
Oritor,
Orlands Cas.,
Ormeau,
Ormond, Lower Bar.,
Ormond, Upper Bar.;
Ome L.,
Orrery and Kilmore Barony, Cork E
Osberstown Hill and Ho,, Kildare C
Osicrbrook Ho., King's Co. D
Otway Cas., Tipperary B
Oughterany and Ikeathy Barony,
Kildare C
Kildare A 3
Roscommon B
Clare I 2
Galway G 3
Galway B 3
Londonderry C 3
Sligo C
. Clare I
Antrim B
^Vexfo^d C
Donegal B
Queen's Co. D 2
MeatK F 2
Cariow B
Limerick C
Wicklow D :
Kildare D
Dublin F
Meath B
Cork E
Ivildare C
Kilkenny D 4
Kildare B 1
Wicklow C 1
Dublin C 5
Queen's Co. F 3
Queen's Co. C 3
Kildare B S
Mayo B 2
Cork F 4
Kildare C 3
Carlow A 2
Wexford B 3
Donegal D 8
Donegal C 2
Dublin D 2
Longford C 2
Queen's,;;:©. C 3
Roscommon E 6
Sligo C 3
Wicklow D 2
Carlow B 2
Kildare D 2
Queen's Co. B 4
' West Meath C 2 ;
Carlow B 3 ;
Tipperary B 2
Clare E I
Tyrone D 3
Tyrone D 3
T>Tone C 8
Louth C 1
Galway A 2
Galway B S
Wicklow D 1
Ar-magh D 2
Armagh C 2
Limerick H 2
Limerick B 3
Tyrone G 4
Galway C 2;
Fermanagh C 3 ■ '
Fermanagh C 2 "
Cavan E 4
Down D 2
Galway E 3
Carlow B 2
Armagh D 3
Armagh D 4
Meath D 2 '
Tyrone H 3
Antrim G 4
Down D 2i
Tipperary B 1 i
Tipperary B 2 i
Down B 4
Oughtciard,
Oughterard,
GuEhtmore,
Oulart.
Oulartlcigh Ho,,
Oulcr L.,
Ourtnagapple,
Ouske L.,
Ouvcr L.,
Ovens,
Ovoca Lo.,
Ow Riv.,
Owbcg R.,
Owel L.,
Owen Hill,
Owcnaher R.,
Owenamarve R.,
Owenass R.,
Owenavorragh and R.
Owenbeg,
Owenbcg R.,
Owenbeg R.,
Owenbeg R.,
Owcnbouska R..
Galway C 2
Kildare D 2
Londonderry D 4
Wexford D 2
Wexford C S
Wicklow C 2 I
Galway B 8 i
Londonderry D 4
Galway F 2
Cork E 8
Wicklow D 8
Wicklow C S
Waterford B S
West Meath D 2
Cork D 8
Sligo C 3
Donegal C 3
Queen's Co. C 2
Wexford E 2
Tippcrary C 3
Donegal D 3
Londonderry D 3
Queens Co. D 3'
Galway D 3!
OWENBOY,
INDEX.
BATHOILBK&T.
Owen boy R.,
Owenboy R.,
Owenbream R.,
Owenbrin R.,
Owencarrow R.,
Owendiitultccgh R.,
Owenduff R.,
OwenduffR.,
Owenea R.,
Owenerk Bny,
Owengar R.,
Owengarr R.,
Owengarve L.,
Owengarve R.,
Owenglin R..
Owenpowla,
Oweniny R.,
Oweokeal R.,
Owenkillew R.,
Oweokiltew R.,
Owenmore R.,
Owenmore R.
Owenmore R. and Bri.,
Owenmore R.,
Owennacurra River,
Owennashad R.,
Owennayle R.,
Owenogamey R.,
Owenrigh R.,
Owenreagh R.
Owcnreagh R:
Owen riff,
Owcnriff R.,
Donegal E
Sligo E
FeiTnanagh D
Galway C
Donegal D
Galway E
Mayo B
Wexford B -
Donegal B 3
Done,^al E 2
Lei trim C 3
Fermanagh E 3
Galway B 2
Sligo D 4
Galway B 2
Galway B
Mayo C
Cork D
Tyrone E
Donegal E
Cavan B
Mayo B
Mayo C
Sligo E
Cork G
Waterfoi-d B
Leitrim C
Clare H 3
Londonderry D 3
Kerry C 3
Tyrone D 3 & F 2
Galway C 3
Galway C 2
Owcosallagh or Swanlibar R., Cavan C
Owenskaw R.,
Owenteskiny R.,
Owenlocker R.,
Owen wee,
Owenwee R.,
Owen wee R.,
Owey L,
Owney and Arra Bar.,
Owneybeg Barony,
Owveg R.,
Owveg R.,
Owyane River,
Ox Mountains,
Oyster Hall,
Oyster Haven.
Oyster Is.,
Limerick D 3
Donegal B 3
Donegal B 3
Galway C 2
Donegal B 4 & C 3
Mayo C 2
Donegal B 2
Tipperary A 2
Limerick G 2
Kerry D 2
QueeD's<:o. D 3
Cork C 3
Sligo C 3
Kerry C 2
Cork F 4
Sligo E 2
Paget Priory,
Pamstown Ho,,
Pakenham Hall,
Pakenham Hall,
Palace,
Palace,
Palace Ho.,
Palatine and Lo^
Palatine Street,
Pallas,
Pallas,
Pallas Cas.,
Pallas Ho. and L.,
Pallas Sta.,
PaJlas Grean,
Pallas Grean, New,
Pallaskenry,
Palmerston.
Palmerstown,
Palmerstown,
Pat men town,
Palmerstown Ho.,
Palmira Ho,,
Palratree Colt.,
Panther Mount,
Paps, The,
Paradise Ho.,
Park Bri.,
Park Ho.,
Park Ho.,
Park Ho.,
Park Ho.,
Park Ho. and Lo.,
Park Mt.,
Park Place,
Parkanaur,
Parker's L..
Park fell m,
Park gate,
Parkhill L. and Abbey,
Parkmore,
Parkmore,
Parkmore Pt,
Parknashaw Ha,
Parkrow Ho.,
Parkstown Ho.,
Parsonstown,
Parsonstown,
Parsonstown or Birr,
Parsonstown Ho.,
Partry Mountains,
Pass Br.,
21
Me-th D 4
KUdare C 1
Louth A 2
West Meath D 1
Cork C 3
Down B 3
Wexford B 3
Carlow B 1
Tipperary D 3
Galway F 3
Longford C 3
Tipperary A 2
Ring's Co. E 2
Limerick H 2
Limerick G 2
Limerick H 2
Limerick D 2
Dublin C 4
Antrim D 5
Dublin C 2
Mayo D 1
Kildar« D 2
Cavan H 3
Wicklow D 4
Down D 4
Kerry E 2
Qare F 3
Wicklow B 4
Carlow B 2
Kildare C 3 & D 3
King's Co. C 4
Longford C 3
WIckJow B 4
.\ntrim F 5
Longford C 3
T^Tone G 3
Cavan G 3
Galway F 2
Antrim E 4
Fermanagh E 1
Antrim E 2
Galway E 3
Kerry B 2
Wicklow D 3
Down C 3
Meath C 3
Kildare D 1
Meath E 4
King's Co. C 3
Meath E 2
Mayo C 3
Kildare A 3
Pass Ho.,
Pass of Kilbride,
Passage,
Passage, West,
Pastorville,
Patrick L.,
Patrick's B.,
Patrick-street Ho.,
Pattens Fall,
Paulstown Ca3.,
Paulsworth,
PaulvUle Ho.,
Peacefield,
Pellipar Ho.,
Pembrokestown,
Penny bum,
Peppards Cas.,
Pepperstown Ho.,
Percy Lo.,
Percy Mt.,
Peters L.,
Petersville,
Pettigoe and Sta.,
Pbaris,
Phepotstown Ho.,
Philipstown,
Philipstown,
Philipstown R.,
Phillipsburgh,
Phillipstown Ko.,
Philpotstown Ho.,
Phoenix Park,
Piedmont R,,
Piercetown,
Piercetown Ho.,
Pierpoint,
Pig I..
Pigeon Rock Mt.,
Pike, The,
Pike St one,
Pilltowm.
PiUtown Ho.,
Pilltown Ho..
Pirn Er.,
Pimlico,
Pipers Well,
Plantation Ho.,
Platin Ho.,
Plesk Water,
Pluck.
Plumb Bri.,
Pointstown Ho.,
PointTpass,
Pplehore Ho.,
F&Hbov.
PoUagh,
Pollagh R.,
Pollan B.,
Pollanass R.,
Pollanass Waterfall,
Queen's Co. D 8
West Meath E 3
Waterford H 2
Cork F 3
Tipiwrary C 4
Armagn C 4
Wexford A 5
Carlow D 2
Antrim E 2
Kilkenny D S
Waterford C 4
Carlow C 1
Armagh D 2
Londonderry D 3
Waterford F 2
Londonderry A 2
Wexford E 2
Louth A 2
Wexford C 3
Sligo F 2
Armagh C 4
Meath C 2
Donegal D 4
Antrim C 2
Meath K 4
K.ing'sCi. '} 2
Louth B 1
King's Co. H 2
Queen's Co. B 4
Cariow C
Meath D
Dublin C
Louth C
West Meath E
Kildare C
Cork F
Mayo B
Down C
Tipperary C
Down E
Kilkenny B
Meath G
Wexford A
Kildare B
Queen's Co. E 3
Kildare C 4
Down D 2
Meath F 2
Antrim C 2
Donegal D 3
.Tyrone E 2
Tipperary D 3
Armagn D 3
Wc^ord C 3
Galway G 3
Galway E 3
Mayo D 2
Donegal E 2
Kilkenny C 4
Wicklow C 3
Pollaphuca Br. & Waterfall, Wicklow B 2
Pollardstown Hill, Kildare B 2
PoHbrock, Louth B 2
Pollduff, Wexford E 2
Pollerton Cas. and Ho., Carlow B 1
Pollglass, Galway F 2
Pollmounty R., Wexford A 3
PoMrone Ho., Kilkenny C 6
PoIIshone Haf. and lid., Wexford E 2
Pomeroy and Ho., Tyrone G 3
Ponds, Dublin D 5
Poolbeg L. H., Dublin F 4
Poplar Hall, Kildare C 3
Poplar Vale, Monagban C 2
Port, Donegal C 4
Port, Louth C 2
Port Hall Sta., Donegal E 3
Port Stewart, Londonderry E 1
Portacloy and Bay, Mayo B 1
Portadown and Sta., Armagh D 2
Portaferry, Down F 3
Portaleen, Donegal F 2
Portallintra, Antrim B 1
Portarlingtonand Sta., Queen's Co. D 2
Portavoe Ho., Down F 2
Portglenone, Londonderry G 3
Portglenone and Ho., Antrim C 3
Portiroe, Cork C 4
Portland Ho., Tipperary B 1
Portlaw, Waterford F 2
Portlick Cas. and Bay, West Meath A 3
Portloman, West Meath D 2
Portmagee, Kerry A 3
Portmamock Ho., Dublin F 3
Portmore L., Antrim D B
Portmuck Cas., Antrim G 3
Potina, Londonderry F 3
Portnafrankagh, Mayo A 1
Porinahinch Bar. & Ho., Queen's Co. D 2
Portnahully, Kilkenny C 5
Portnard Ho., Limerick G 2
Portnascully, Kilkenny C 5
Portnashangan, West Meath D 2
Portnelhgan, Armagh B 3
Portobello Ho., Roscommon D 2
Portraine Ho., Dublin F 3
Portrinard,
Port roc,
Port runny,
Portrush,
Portumna,
Port William,
Potters Riv.,
Potterswalls,
Potterys,
Pottlerath,
Pottore,
Poulacapple,
Poutanishery Bay,
Poulaweala Crk.,
Poulnaniucky,
Pound Hill,
Powells borough,
Power Head,
Powerscourt Ho.,
Powerscourt Waterfall,
Powersgrove Ho.,
Powers town,
Powcrstown Ho.,
Prehen,
Preston Brook,
Prettybush,
Priest Br,,
Priest Town Ho.,
Priesthaggard,
Priestslcap,
Primatestown,
Primrose Hill,
Primrose Ho.,
Prince WilliamH Seat,
Prior Park,
Priorland Ho.,
Prohust Ho.,
Prospect,
Prospect,
Prospect,
Prospect,
Prospect,
Prospect Cott.,
Prospect Hall,
Prospect Hill,
Prospect Ho.,
Prospect Ho.,
Prospect Ho.,
Prospect Ho.,
Prospect Ho.,
Prospect Ho.,
Prospect Ho.,
Prospect Ho.,
Prospect Ho.,
Prosperous,
Prumplestown Ho.,
Pubblebrien Barony,
Puckaun,
Puffin Is.,
Pulfarris Ho.,
Punchestown Ho. and
Purple Mt.,
Purdysbum,
Pyrmont,
Quagmire R.,
Quaker's Er.,
Quarrymount,
Queensborough,
Queenstown,
Quignalahy,
Quilly Ho.,
Quin,
Suinshorough,
uintagh,
Quintin Cas.,
Quivvy L.,
Quoile Br. and.R.,
QuoUe Water,
Rabbit L,
Racecourse Hall;
Raconnell,
Rademan He,
Rafinny L.,
Raford R.,
RagR..
Raghlin More,
Rahan Lo.,
Rahan R. C. College
Rahanna Ho.,
R&hans,
Rabans L.,
Rahara Ho.,
Rahamey,
Raheen,
Raheen,
Raheen,
Limerick B 8
Tipperary A 2
Roscommon E 4
Antrim A 1
Galway G 3
Cork E 2
Wicklow E 8
Antrim E 4
Carlow C 3
Kilkenny B 8
Leitrim D S
Tipperary E 4
Clar« C 4
Limerick C 2
Tipperary C 4
Fermanagh C 2
Sligo D 3
Cork G 3
Wicklow D 1
Wicklow D 2
Kildare B 4
Kilkenny D 8
Tipperary D 4
Londonderry B 3
Kildare A 2
Wicklow E 2
Wicklow C 2
Meath F 4
Wexford A 4
Kerry D 3
Meath F 3
Kildare D 2
Carlow B 2
Dublin E 6
Tipperary B 2
Louth B 2
Cork E 2
Kildare B 3 & D 2
Kilkenny D 3
Longford C 3
Louth B 2
Queen's Co. C
Cavan B
Limerick E
Limerick B
Antrim G
Fermanagh E
Galway E
Kilkenny C
King's Co. D
Sligo F
Tipperary B
Wexford C
Wicklow E
Kiidar« C
Kildare B
Limerick E
Tipperary B
Kerry A
Wicklow B
Race Course,
Kildare D 2
Kerry D 2
Down D 2
Kerry D 1
Kerry D 2
Queen's Co. A 3
Galway E 2
Louth C 3
Cork G 3
Sligo B 2
Down B 3
Clare G 3
Kildare A 2
Wicklow C 2
Down F 3
Cavan E 2
Dovm E 3
Antrim E 3
Cork D 4
Tipperary C 4
Monaghan C 2
Down E 3
Monagban B 2
Galway F 3
Cavan D 2
Donegal E 2
::ing'sCo. E 2
and V"^.,
King's Co. E 2
Louth A 2
Monaghan E 4
Monaghan D 4
Roscommon E 4
West Meath F 2
Carlow D 1
Galway G 8
Mayo C 1
Raheen and Ho.,
R.'\heen Cas.,
Raheen Ho.,
Raheen Ho.,
Raheenahown Ho.,
Rahecnakeeran Cas.
Raheen do ran,
Rahcenduff Ho.,
Raheengr?ncy Ho.,
Rahccns Ho.,
Rahcny,
Rahill Cott.,
Rahillakccn,
Rahin,
Rah in Ha,
Rahin Ho.,
Rahins,
Rahinstown Ho.,
Raholp,
Rahona,
Rahoughtragh Br.,
Rahugh,
Raigh.
Rainsford Lo.,
Rake Street,
Rakenny Ho.,
Raleigh Ho.,
Ralphsdale Ho.,
RamHd.,
Ramoan Cb.,
Romor, Lough,
Rampart,
Rams L,
Ramsfort Ho.,
Ramsgrtinge, ■
Ranaghroe Pt,,
Randalslown,
RandaUtown Ho.,
Ranelagh,
Ran la van.
Rape mills,
Raphoe,
Raphoe Barony,
Rapla Ho-.,
Rappa Cas. ,
Rasharkin,
Rashee,
Rasheen Wood,
Ratesh,
Rath,
Rath and R.,
Rath Ho.,
Rath Ho.,
Rath L.,
Rath Mahon,
Rath Meave.
Rath of Muliamast,
Rathangan and Ho.
Rathanna,
Rathahn_y Ho.,
Rathargid Ho.,
Rathaitin Ho.,
Rathbaun Ho.,
Rathbeal Ho.,
Rathboumes Bri.,
Rathbrack,
Rathbraghan Coit.,
Ralhbride Ho. and Cott.,
Rathbrist Ho.,
Rathcabban,
Rathcarrick Ho.,
Rathcastle,
Rathclarish,
Rathcline Earony,
Rathcoffey Ho.,
Rathconnell Court.
Rathconrath Barcny,
Rathcoole,
Rathcoole Ho.,
Rathcor,
Rathcore,
Rathcormaclc,
Rathcormick Ho.,
Rathcourscy,
Rathcrogue Ho.,
Rathdangan,
Rathdown Barony,
Rathdown Cas.,
Rathdowney,
Ralhdrum and Sta.,
Rathdrumin,
Rathduane Ho.,
Rathduff.
Ratheahiil,
Rathedan Ka,
Ratheline Ho.,
Queen's Co. C 3
Galway F 2
Oar* K 2
Roscommon D 8
Queen's Co. E 3
King's Co. G
Carlow B
Wexford B
Wicklow B
Mayo C
Dublin F
Carlow C
Kilkenny D
Leitrim B 2
Kildare A 1
Queen's Co. E 8
Galway F 2
Meath D 4
Down F 8
Clare B 4
Waterford E 2
West Meath D 3
Galway C 2
Wexford B 1
Mayo C 1
Oivan F 2
Cork D, 3
West Meath E 2
Waterford C 4
Antrim D 1
Cavan G 4
Louth D 1
Antrim D 6
Wexford E
Wexford A
Donegal C
Antrim D
Meath D
Dublin E
Cavan H
King's Co. C
Donegal E
Donegal D S
Tipperary B 2
Mayo D
Antrim C
Antrim £
Tipperary B
Galway D
Kings Co. D
Longford C 3
Louth C 3
Wicklow A 4
Donegal C 4
Carlow C 2
Meath E 3
Kildare B 3
Kildare B 2
Carlow C 3
Limerick G 8
Kildare C 8
Wicklow B 2
Clare E 1
Dublin D 3
Cavan H 3
West Meath D 2
Sligo F 2
Kildare B 2
Louth A 2
Tipperary B 1
Sligo E 2
West Meath C 2
Tipperary E 4
Longford B 3
Kildare C 2
West Meath E 2
West Meath C 2
Dublin B 5
Louth B 3
Louth C 2
Meath C 4
Cork G 2
Meaih C 3
^ Cork G 3
Carlow B 2
Wicklow B 3
Dublin E 5
WickloW E 2
Queen's Co. B 3
Wicklow D 3
Louth C 3
Cork D 2
West Meath C 2
King's Co. C 3
Carlow B "
Longford B 3
Rathenny Ho. and Cott., King|s Co. B 4
Ratheman Ho.,
Rath erog ban.
Rath fam ham,
Rathfeigb,
Rathfeston Ho.,
Rathfran Bay,
Rathfriland,
Rathgarand Ho.,
Rathgilbert Ho.,
Kildare C 2
Roscommon D 3
Dublin D 6
Meath F 3
King's Co. G 2
Mayo D 1
Down C 4
Dublin D 5
Queen's Co. £ 8
A
RATHGLASS.
INDEX.
ST AKKS.
Rathglass Ho. and Br.,
Raihgormucl:,
Rathgranagher,
Rathingte Ho.,
Rathinure,
Rathkeale and Abb.,
Raihkenny,
Rathlackan,
Rathlahecn Ho.,
Rathleague Ho. Si. Lo.,
Rathleash Ho.,
Rathleash Ho.,
Ratlilee Hd.,
Rathlin Island,
Rathlin O'Bime Is.,
Rathluby L.,
Carlow C 2
Watcrford E 2
Mayo D 3
DuWin D 3
Kilkenny D 4
Limerick D 2
Meath D 2
Mayo D 1
Clare G 3
Queen's Co. I^ 2
Queen's Co. D 2
Tipperary C 3
Sligo B 2
Antrim E 1
Donegal A 4
Clare H 3
Kaihmacknee Ho. and Ch., We.\ford C 4
Rathmanna Ho.,
Rathmelton,
Rathmichael Ch,.
Rathmines,
Rathmolyon,
Rathmoon Ho.,
Rathmore,
Rathmore,
Rathmore Ho.,
Rathmore Ko.,
Rathmore Ho.,
Rathmore Sta.,
Rathmoyle Ho.,
Rathmoyle Ho.,
Rathrr.oyle Ko.,
Rathmullan,
RathmuUan,
Rathn acusheran ,
Rathnageeragh Cas.,
Rathmagurry Ho.,
Rathnally Ho.,
Rathncw,
Rathornan Bri.,
Rathorp Ho.,
Rathoweo,
Rathpattick Ho. 5
Rathpeak Ho.,
Rathrobia Ho.,
Rathronan Ho.,
Tipperary D 3
Donegal D 2
Dublin F 6
Dublin D 5
Meath D 4
Wicklow A 3
Kildarv. D 2
Wexford B 3
Carlow C 1
King's Co. C 3
Longford C 3
Kerry E 2
King's Co. G 1
Queen's Co. D 3
Roscommon C 3
Donegal E 2
Down E 4
Wexford A 4
Carlow C 3
Sligo C 3
Meath D 3
Wicklow E 3
Carlow B 2
Clare G 1
West Meath C 2
Kilkenny A 2
Roscommon D 6
King's Co, E 2
Tipperary C 4
Rathnish Ho., Upper and Lower,
Carlow C
Rathsallagh Ho.,
Rathtoe BrL and Ho.,
Rathomney Cas.,
Rathurles Ho,,
Rathvilla,
Rathvilly and Barony,
RathTJlIy Bri. and Aloat,
Rathvinoen
Rathwade Ko.,
Rath wire,
Ratoatli,
Ratoath Brrony,
Ratia,
Ratrass,
Rattin Cas.,
Rattoo Ho.,
Ravea^ Ho.,
Ravel,
Raven Pt, The,
Ravensdale,
Ravensdale Bri. ar.d Lo.
Ravensdale Ho.,
Ravenswood Ho.,
Ravcmet R-,
Raymount,
Rayoganagh,
Rea L.,
Rcagh L,
Reagh L.,
ReaghstowD,
Rcane I*.
Reanies Bay,
Rearyvale Ho.,
Reaskmore,
Reban Cas.,
Red Bay,
Red Castle,
Red Cas,,
Red Cow, The,
Red Ford,
Red Hill,
Red Ho.,
RcJ I.,
Rad Lion,
Red Park,
Rcdcow,
KcdcTTMs and Riv.,
Red ford,
Redforge Crou Roads,
Rcdj^ap,
Redcap Pt.,
Rcdgati?,
Redhall Ho.,
ReHhill,
Rcdhill and Sta.,
Redl.iU-;,
Rcdniondirown.
I<' -Jinondsiown Ho.,
Wicklow A
Carlow C
Wexford A
Tipperary B
King's Co. H
Carlow C
Cailow C
Carlow A
Carlow B
West Meath F
Meath F 8
Meath F 4
Roscommon C 2
West Meath F 2
West Meath E 3
Kerry C 1
Tyrone E 4
Tipperary C d
V/exfoni D 3
Kildare D 1
, l^uth C 1
Louth B 1
Carlow C 3
Down D 3
King's Co. C 3
Clare C 3
Gal way F 3
Down F 2
Kerry C 3
Loutn A 2
Lcitrim D 3
Cork F 3
Qucf-n's Co. C 2
Gal way G 3
Kildare A 8
Antrim £ 2
Donegal F 2
Queen's Co. C 2
Armagh D 1
Tyrone H 4
Sligo D 2
Louth A 2
Dublin F 1
Cavan B 1
Wicklow E S
Dublin C 5
Wicklow E 8
Wicklow E 2
Cork H
Kilkenny C
a.ire E
Wexford D
Antrim O
S'iico F
Cavan I-"
Kiid.Kc n
West MeaiJi C
Tipperary I J
Redstone Ho.,
Ree Lotigb,
Reedy Is.,
Reelan R.,
Reen Pt.,
Reens,
Reens Ho.,
Relagh,
Relane Pt.,
Renaghmore,
Rerrin,
Retreat,
Retreat,
Reuben's Glcti,
Reynella Ho.,
Reynoldstown,
Reynoldstown,
Reynoldstown Ho.
Rich Hill and Sta.
Rich View,
Richardstown Cas.
Richfield Ho.,
Richfort,
Richmond Ho.,
Richmond Ho.,
Richmond Ho.,
Richmont Hill,
Ricketsto*n Ho.,
Riddlestown Park,
Ridge,
Ridge of Capard,
Ridge Pt.,
RiffeyR.,
Rinardoo Bay,
Rindaly Cotts.,
Rinekirk Pt.,
RineveJIa B.,
Ring,
Ruig,
Ring, The,
Ringabella Bay,
Ringboy,
Ringdufferin,
RingmoylaD Quay,
Ringrash,
Ringsaliin Pt,
Ringsend,
Ringville,
RingN'ille Ho.,
Ringwood Ho.,
Rinmore Pt.,
Rinn,
Rinn, Lough, Cas.
Rinn Mt. and R..
Rinville,
Rinvyle Ho. end Pt.,
River View,
River View,
Riverchapei,
Rlverdale,
Riverdale Ho.,
Riverpark Ho.,
Riversdale,
Riversdale,
Riverstown,
Rivers Towtj,
Riverstown,
Riverstov/n,
Riverstown Ho.,
Riverstown Ho.,
Riverstown R.,
Roachtown,
Road ford,
Roadstov/n,
Roaninish,
Roaringwatcr Bay,
Robe R.,
Roberts Cove,
Robert's Hd..
Roberts town,
Robertsiown Riv.,
Robins L.,
Robinstown,
Robinstown Ho.,
Roche Cas.,
Roche Cas. and Ho.,
Roches Pt.,
Rochet town,
Rochesiown Ho.,
Rochestown Ho.,
Rochfort Ho.,
Rochfort Ho.,
Rochfortbiidcc,
Reel:,
Rock, TTie,
Rock Ho..
Rock Ho.,
Rock I.,
Rock Island C.-G. Sta..
Rock Lo.,
Rock Lo.,
Rock Lo„
Rock of Dunamase,
Rock View,
Rock View,
Hock View,
Meath C 2
Roscommon F 4
Armagh D 1
Donegal C 3
Cork C 4
Limerick D 2
Limerick C 8
Leitrim E 4
Cori£ C 4
Tipperary E 8
Cork B 4
Armagh C 2
West Meath A 3
LondonrteiTy E 4
West Meath E
Longford D
Louth C
Dublin D
Armagh C
Kilkenny C
Louth B
Wexford C
Longford C
Kilkenny C
Tipperary A
Waterford B
Longford C 3
Carlow C 1
Limerick C
Carlow A
Queen's Co. B
Mayo A
West Meath D
West Meath A
Sligo F
Limerick E
Clare B
Cork G 3
Longford D 2
Kildare D 3
Cork G 3
Down G 3
_Down F 3
Limerick D 1
Londonderry E 2
Down E 4
Londonderry E 2 & E 3
Waterford D 3
Kilkenny D 6
Kilkenny E 4
Donegal D 2
Galway E 3
and R., Leitrim D 4
Longford B 2
Gaiway E 3
Galway A 2
Cavan E 3
Tipperary B 2
Wexford E 2
Roscommon E 3
West Meath F 2
West Meath B 3
Fermanagh E 2
Limerick H 3
Cork F 3
Leitrim E 4
Sligo F 3
Tipperary C 1
Kildare A 3
Louth A 2
West Meath F 2
Meath B 2
Clare D 1
Louth C 2
Donegal B 3
Cork C 4
Mayo D 3
Cork F 3
Cork G 3
Kildare C 2
Limerick C 2
West Meath A 8
Meath D 8
Wexford A 3
Limerick F 2
Louth B 1
Cork G 3
Wexford B 3
Kilkenny D 6
Tipperary C 4
West Meath D 8
Wexford C 3
West Meath E 3
Tipperary C 3
Monaghan B 2
Mona;;han D 4
Wicklow B 4
Galway B S
Cork B 4
Limerick B 2
Meath D 8
Watcrford H 2
Qucen'ii Co. D 2
Kilkenny D 4
VVicklow E 8
Limerick F 2
Rockabill,
Rockbarton Ho.
Rock brook,
Rock brook Ho.,
Rockcorry,
Rockdale Ho.,
Rockfield,
Rockfield,
Rockfield,
Rockfield,
Rockfield,
Rockfield Ho.,
Rockfield Ho.,
Rockfield Ho.,
Rockfield Ho.,
Rockfield Ko.,
Rockfield Ho.,
Rockfield L.,
Rockfield L.,
Rockforest Ho.,
Rockforest Ho.,
Rockhill,
Rockhill.
Rockingham Ho.,
Rockingham Ho.,
Rockland,
Rockland,
Rockland Ho.,
Rocklow Ho.,
Rockmarsha!] Ho.,
Rockmills,
Rockmount,
Rocksavage,
Rocksavage,
Rockspring,
Rockspring Ho.,
Rockstown Harb.,
Rockstown Ho.,
Rockvale,
Rockvale Ho.,
Rockview Ho.,
Rockville Ho.,
Rockwell Ho.,
Rocky Hill,
Rocky Mt.,
Rocky R.,
Rodanstown Ho,,
Roddenagh Br.,
Roe Ho., Park, & R.,
Roebuck,
P-ocsborough Ho.,
I^oestown Ko.,
Roevehagha,
Rogerstown Ho.,
Rokeby Hall,
Roney Pt.,
Roogagh R.,
Rookery,
Rookpry,
Rooskagh,
Roosky,
Roristown,
Rosbercon,
Roscall Ho.,
Roscavey,
Rosclogher Barony,
Roscommon,
Roscommon Barony,
Roscrea,
Roscroe L.,
Roscunnish L.,
Rosdaul,
Rose Lawn,
Rose Mount,
Rose Villa,
Roseboro,
Rosebrook Ho.,
Rosefield,
Rosegarbind Ho. & Colt,
Rosegreen,
Rosehill Bri.,
Rosemead Ho.,
Rosemeade Ho.,
Rosemount,
Rosemount Lo.,
Roscnallis,
Rosepcniia Sands,
Rose town,
Rosevillc and Cott.
Rosguill (District),
Roshin,
Roskccmgh Pt.,
Roskill Ho.,
Roslcc Cas,,
Rosmore Cas,,
Ross Hay,
Ross Barony,
Ross Cas.,
Ross Ho.,
Ross Ho.,
Rosfi Ho.,
Ross Lo.,
Ross L..
Ross L.,
Ross L.,
Ross L.,
Dublin G 1
Limerick F 2
West Meath E 1
SUgo F 8
Monaghan B 3
Tyrone G 3
Kildare A 4
Meath C 2
Roscommon D 4
West Meath C 2 & C 3
Wicklow E 2
King's Co. D 1
Longford D 2
Meath D 2
Monaghan D 2
Waterford C 3
Wicklow E 3
Cavan D 3
Leitrim F 4
Clare G 1
Cork F 2
Limerick E 3
Roscommon E 6
Roscommon D
Wicklow C
Armagh D
West Meath E
West Meath B
Tipperary D
Ix)uth C
Cork F
Down E
Monaghan E
Roscommon D
Londonderry F
Wexford D
Donegal E
Limerick F
Cork F
Clare G
West Meath F
Roscommon E
Tipperary C
Armagh D 8
Down C 6
Down C 4
Meath E 4
Wicklow C 3
Londonderry D 2
Cavan F 4
Tipperary B 4
Louth B 2
Galway E 3
Louth A 2
Louth B
Wexford E
Fermanagh B
Wexford A
Wicklow E
Roscommon E
Roscommon F
Meath D 3
Kilkenny E 4
Dublin E
TjTone F
Leitrim B
Roscommon D
Roscommon D
Tipperary C
Clare H 3
Leitrim C 3
Galway F 2
Kildare D 2
West Meath C
Wicklow B
Kildare D
Armagh B
Monaghan B
Wexford B
Tipperary C
Cavan H
West Meath F
Galway E 3
Waterford F 2
Wexford A 8
Queen's Co. C 2
Donegal D 2
Kildare C 3
Watcrford B 8
Donegal D 2
Donegal C
Elico D 1 & E
Limerick G
Sligo C
Monaghan C
Clare A
Galwav C
Kerry D 2
Clare K 3
King's Co. E 2
Meath A 2
Antrim E 4
Armagh C 4
Fermanagh D 2
Gal way D 2
Louth A 2
Rossagh,
Rossan Pt.,
Rossana Ho.,
Rossbehy and Crk.,
Ross Carbery,
Rosscarbery Bay,
Rosscor Ho.,
Rossdohan,
Rossenarra Ho.,
Rosserk Ab,,
Rosses,
Rossfad,
Rossinan,
Ros.skeen Ho,,
Rosskirk,
Rosskit Is.,
Rosslare Ho. and Pt.,
Rosslea and Manor,
Rossline,
Rossminogc Ch.,
Rossmore,
Rossmore Cott.,
Rossmore Ho.,
Rossmore Is.,
Rossmore Lo.,
Rosnaree Ho.,
Rossnowla^h,
Rossole L.,
Rosstrcvor and Quay,
Rossnakill,
Rostellan Cas.,
Rothescar,
Roths Mt.,
Rough Is.,
Rough Pt.,
Roughly R.,
Round O Rath,
Round Tower,
Round Tower,
Round Tower and Cas.,
Roundfort,
Roundstone,
Roundwood and Park,
Roundwood Ho.,
Rousky,
Rowan L.,
Rower, The,
Rowesraount Ho.,
Rowlestown Ho.,
Roxborough,
Rox borough,
Roxborough,
Roxborough Cas.,
Roxborough Ho.,
Roxborough Ho.,
Rox ton Ho.,
Roy L.,
RoyR.
Cork F 2
Donegal A 3
Wicklow E 2
Kerry B 2
Cork D 4
Cork E 4
Fermanagh B 2
Kerry C 3
Kilkenny C 4
Mayo D
Sligo E
Fennanagh D
Kilkenny D
Tipperary C
Donegal IC
Fermanagh B
Wexford D
Fennanagh G
Cork E
Wexford D 2
Cork E 3
Monaghan C 2
Limerick D 3
Kerry C 3
Kildare B 2
Meath E 2
Donegal C 4
Fermanagh D 2
Down B 5
Donegal E 2
Cork G 3
Louth B 3
Cork G 3
Fermanagh C 2
Kerry C 2
Kerry D 3
Carlow D 3
Antrim D 4
Louth B 1
Kilkenny A 2
Mayo D 3
Galway B 2
Wicklow D 2
Queen's Co. B 2
Tyrone F 2
Leitrim D 3
Kilkenny E 4
Wexford D 4
Dublin D 3
Armagh C 4
Galway E 3
Roscommon D 4
Tyrone H 4
Limerick F 2
Louth B 3
Clare F 2
Donegal D 2
Donegal C 2
Royal Canal, Dublin C 4, Meath D 4,
West Meath B
Royaloak,
Ruan,
Rubane Ho.,
Ruddan L.,
Rue Pt,,
Runabay Hd.,
Runnastoat,
Rush,
Rush Hall Court,
Rush Harbour,
Rushen L.,
Rushestown,
Rushfield,
Rushwee,
Rusk Ho.,
Russboroiigh Ho.,
Russellstown Ho.,
Russellstown Ho.,
Cariow A 2
Clare G 2
Down G 3
West Meath D 1
Antrim D 1
Antrim E 1
Rosci^mmon D 8
Dublin F 2
Queen's Co, B 3
Dublin G 2
Fermanagh C 1
Galway F 2
Roscommon D 2
Meath E 2
Meath F 4
Wicklow B 2
Kilkenny E 4
Wicklow B 2
Russellsto-A-n Lo. and Park, Carlow C 1
Russellstown R.
Rutland I.,
Rutland Ho.,
Rutland Lo, and Ho.
Rye Water,
Rycficld,
Kycfield Ho.,
Rychill,
Rycvalc,
liylagh,
HyndviUe,
Ryston,
Ryves Cas,,
Sabine Field,
Sackinstown,
Saddle Head.
5;ftddlc Hill,
Sadlcirswells Ho.,
Snggart,
S.igg«rt Hill.
S* Andrews Well,
St Anne's,
St Adds Grave Yd.,
\\'aterford C 2
Donegal B 8
King's Co. C 4
Carlow B 1
Kildare D 1
Roscommon D 2
Cavan G 4
GaU-ay E S
Kildare E 1
Tyrone E 3
Meath C 4
Kildare C 2
Limerick G 8
Queen's Co. E 2
Kilkenny E 3
Mayo A 1
Leitrim C 1
Tipperary B 4
Dublin B 6
Dublin B 6
Carlow B 2
Wexford C 8
Dublin C 6
I
ST ANNS.
INDEX.
SLISH.
St Anns Ho., Dublin E 4
StAubynsHo., Dublin F 6
St Braagh'8 Well, W.:xford D 4
St Bridgets Qi., Carlow B 2
St Catherines, Clare I 2
St Cloud Ho., Meath E 3
St CoIumb'<;, Londonderry B 2
St Denis's Well, ' Louth C 3
St Doalaghs, : Dublin E 4
St Edans, Wexford C 2
St Edmonds, W-^xford D 8
St Edniondsbury Ho., Dublin B 4
St Finan's Bay, Kerry A
St Hubert. Fcrm.inagh E
St Johns Ho., Kildare C
St Johns L., Lcitrim D
St Johns Pt., Donegal B
St Johns Pt., Down F
St Johnsto'-vn, Donegal E
St Johnstown Cas., Tipperary D 3
St Kenny's Well, ' Dublin D 2
St Macdara's L, Galway B 3
St Margaret's Ho., Wexford D 4
St Michaels Ch., Carlow B
St Mullins and Lock, Carlow B
St Mullins, Lower Bar., Carlow B
St Mullins, Upper Bar., Carlow D
St Nalery, Wicklow E
St Nicholas Well, Wexford D
St Patrick's L. Dublin G
St Patriclcs Well, Down
St Patricks Well, Carlow
St Patrickswell, Limerick
St Thomas Island (Shannon), Clare
St Wolstans and Al)bey, Kildare
Saintfield and Ho.,
Saints L.
Salem Lodge,
Salem Mt.,
Saltalean,
Salisbury Ho.,
Salisbury Lo.,
Sallagb L.,
Sallaghan Hrl.,
Sallins and Sta.,
Sallow L,
Sallowglen,
Sally Bog,
Sally Gap,
Sally Park,
Sallybrook,
Sallyfield,
Sallymount,
Sallymount,
Sallymount Ho,,
Sallymount Ho.,
Sailyvtew,
Sal rock.
Salt L.,
Salt Hill.
Salt Hill,
Salt Rock,
Salt, North Barony,
Salt, South Barony,
Saltee Islands,
Salterbridge Ho.|
Salterstown,
Saltmills,
Salville Ho.,
Sand Bay,
Saod L.,
Sandbrook Ho.,
Sand eel Bay,
Sandfield Ho..
Sandfords Cott.,
Sandhole Ho.,
SandWlle,
Sandy Ford,
Sandymount,
Sandymount,
Santi^and Ho..
Safttry R.,
Sapp^ton Ho.,
Sarah vi lie,
Sar^hill Ho.,
Saugville Ho.,
Saul,
Sauls ForS,
Saunders Bri.,
Saunders Court,
Saundersville,
Sawel Mtn.,
Scalp,
Scalp,
Scalp,
Scalp, The,
Scarawalsh Barony,
Scardan,
Scariff,
Scamagh Cross Roads,
Scairiff,
Scarriff Bayi
Scartaglai),
Scartana Ho.,
Scarteon Uo.,
Scartieft,
F
D
E
I 3
D 1
Down D 3
Longford B 3
Armagh C 2
Monaehan A 2
Gal way C 2
Kildare B 3
LoHG^ford A 3
Leitrim E 4
Cavan D 3
Kildare D 2
Kildare A 3
Kerry D 1
Kilkenny D 3
Wicklow D 2
.Queen's Co. E 2
Cork F 3
Roscommon F 2
Monaghan C 2
Roscommon E 3
Kildare C 3
West Meath E 1
West Meath F 2
Galway B 2
Donegal D 2
Donegal C 4
Galway D 3
Wexford E 2
Kildare D
Kildare D
Wexford C
W.^terford B
Louth C
Wex-ford A
Wexford C
Fermanagh D 2
Fermanagh F 3
Carlow C 2
Wexford A 5
Roscommon E 4
Kilkenny C 2
Fermanagh F 8
Limerick F 2
Wicklow C 3
Dublin E 6
Louth B 2
Dublin D 4
Dublin E 4
Waierford B 3
Waterford E 2
Wexford C 4
Clare F 3
Down E 3
Carlow D 1
West Meath E 2
Wexford D 3
Wicklow A 3
Londonderry C 4
Donegal E 2
Galway F 4
Wicklow B 2
Dublin E 6
Wexford C 2
West Meath F 2
Kerry B 3
WexfoH E 1
Clare I 2
Clare K 2
Kerry D 2
Tipperary C 4
Limerick G 3
Cork C 3
Scarva,
Scarvaand Junct.,
Scarvy Ho.,
Scattery L,
Scilly Cjve,
Scion Kill,
Scogh,
Scolban L.,
Scolboa,
Scollogs Tn.,
Scotch Street,
Scotch Town,
Scotchrath Ho.,
Scotland Bri.,
Scotsborough,
Scotshouse,
Scotstown,
Scottsborough Ho.
Sera b by,
Scrabo Hill,
Scramoge K.,
Scrawtown,
Screcnagh R.,
Screggand Ho,,
Scregg, E. and W .
Screggan,
Scullaboge Ho.,
Scullane Pt.,
Scur L.,
Scurlocks Leap,
Seabank Ho.,
Seacor Big,
Sea field,
Seafield,
Seafield Ho.,
Seafield Ho.,
Scafield Ho.i
Seafield Hoi,
S':afin,
Seafin Cas.,
Seaforde,
Seaforde Ho ,
Sea fort,
Seal Rocks,
Sea Park,
Sea Park,
Seapark Ho.,
Seasons Ho.,
Sea town Cas..
Seaview,
Sea View,
Sea View,
Seaview,
Seaview Cott.,
Sea View Cott.,
Seaview Ho.,
Seaville Ho.,
Seaweed Pt.,
Seecon L,
Seefin,
Seefin Mt.,
Seefmgan Mt.,
Segiave Cas.,
SeJloo Ho.,
Seltan L.,
Semlockstovin Cas.,
Sentry Lodge,
Seskin Ho,,
Seskinore,
Sessiagh L.,
Seven Churches,
Seven Churche-;,
Seven Heads and Bay,
Seven Scars, The,
Shad L.,
Shaen Ho.,
Shallee R.,
Shalwy,
Shamrock Hill,
Shamrock Lodge,
Shamrock Lo. ,
Shanafaraghaup,
Shanagarry,
Shanagh,
Shanaglish,
Slianagolden,
Shanbally,
Shan bally,
Shanbally Cas.>
Shanbally Ho.,
Shan bally more,
Shanderry,
Shanes Cas.,
Shanganagh Cas.,
Shan.^anny Cas.,
3hantd Barony and Cas.,
ShankillCas.,
Shankill Ho.,
Shankill Riv.,
Shankill Sta.,
Shanlieve,
Shan lis Ho.,
Sbannagh L.,
Shannon Bridge,
Shannon Harb.,
Shannon Lawn,
Down A i
Armagh E 2
Monaghan A 8
Clare C 4
Cork F 3
Down C 3
KilkcTiny B 4
Fermanagh B 2
Antnm D 4
Down E 4
Armagh C 2
Tyrone F 2
Quecn'^sCo. C 8
Carlow D 1
Kilkenny B 3
Konaghan A 3
Monaghan B 2
Fermanagh G 3
Cavan D 3
Down E 2
Roscommon E
Kildare C
Fermanagh C
Roscommon E
Galway F
King's Co. E
We;(ford B 3
Cork D 4
Leitrim D 3
Wick'low C 1
Wicklow E 4
Donegal D S
Dublin E 3
Louth C
Clare C
Sligcj E
Waterford E
Wexford E
Meath A
Down C
Down E
Down D
Cork C
Sli.^o D
Antrim G
Dublin F 8
Wicklow E 3
KiWare D 3
Dublin E 3
Mayo C 2
Sligo D 2
Wicklow E 4
Waterford D 3
Louth B 2
Waterford G 3
Wexford E 2
Sligo B 2
Galway D 3
Galway C 2
Waterford D 2
Limerick F 4
Dublin C 6
Kildare D 2
Monaghan B 2
Leitrim D 4
West Meath F 2
Queen's Co. B 3
Kilkenny B 2
Tyrone E 3
Donegal D 2
King's Co. B 2
Wicklow C
Cork F
Kildare B
Roscommon D
Queen's Co. D
Clare F
Donegal B
Meath D
Dublin C
Kildare B
Galivay C
Cork H 3
Cork E 4
Galway E 3
Limerick C 2
Cork F 3
Down D 4
Tipperary B 4
Tipperary B 2
Cork F 2
Queen's Co. B 3
Antrim D 4
Dublin F 6
Kilkenny C 2
Limerick C 2
Kilkenny D 2
Waterford D 2
Wicklow C 1
Dublin F 6
Down C 6
Louth A 2
Down C 5
King's Co. B 2
King's Co. C 2
Limerick B 2
' Shannon R., source.
Shannon R., mouth.
Shannon View,
Shannongrove Ho.,
Shannon vale Ho.,
SImnow R.,
Shantonagh,
Shanvally,
Shanvally,
Sh.iraghan,
Sharavogue Ho.,
Shark L.,
Shaws L.,
Shean, North,
Shee Bridge,
Shee L.,
Sheenamore,
Shet^un,
SheefTry Mines,
Sheehaunrevagh,
Sheehills Ho.,
Sheelin, Lough,
Sheen R.,
Sheep Haven,
Sheep L,
Sheep L,
Sheepland Mar.,
Sheeptown Cas.,
Sheeptown Ho.,
Sheepwalk Ho.,
Sheerin Street,
Sheetrim L.,
Sheever L.,
Shefheld Ho.,
Shehy Mt.,
Shelbume Baropy,
Shelmalicre, East Hr.r.j
Shelmaliere, Wesi i'.ir.,
Shelton Abbey,
Shenick's L,
Shercock,
Shei-iflfhill,'
Sherkin L, C.-C
Sherky L,
Sherlockstown,
Sherwood Ho. and Park
Sheshia,
Sheskirmiore L.
, S.,
Cavan B 1
^ Clare C 4
Limerick D 2
Limerick D 1
1 ippcrary A 2
Kerry D 1
Monaghan C3& D 3
Galway G 8
Roscommon F 3
Donegal B 8
King's Co. C 3
Down A 4
Armagh C 3
Fermanagh C 2
Kildare B 2
Monaghan B 2
Wicklow C 8
Galway D 3
Mayo C 2
Roscommon E 3
Tipperary D 2
Civan F 4
Kerry D 3
Donegal D 2
Antnm C 1
Waterford F 3
Down F
Kilkenny C
Kilkenny B
V.'icklov/ D
Roscommon F
Armagh C
West Meath E
Queen's Co. D 2
Cork D 3
Wexford A 4
Wexford D 3
^Vexford B 4
Wifcklow D 4
I^blin G 2
CJiyan H 3
KIMire C 4
Cork C 4
Kerry C 3
Kildare D 2
Carlow C 2
Clar^ F 1
Donegal B 3
ShiHelaghTn., Bar., & Sta., Wicklow B 4
Shillelogher Barony,
Sbinan Ho.,
ShifKlUIa L.,
Shingiis Cott.,
Shinina R.,
Shinrone,
Shippool,
Shiven R.,
Shortstone Ho.,
Shot Head,
Shournagh River,
Shrigley,
Shrule Barony,
Shrule,
Shrule Cas.,
Shuddan,
Siddan,
Sigginstown 1 5.,
Silian L.,
Sillees R.,
Silver and Lead Mines,
Silver Bridge,
"Silver Brook,
Silver Hill,
Silver Hill.
Silver Mine,
Silver R.,
Sllvcrfield,
Silverfort Ho.,
Silverhijl,
Silvcrmine Mis.,
Silvermines,
Silverspring,
Silverspring Ho.,
Singland Ho.,
Single Street,
Singleton Fort,
SI on,
Sion Ho.,
Sion Mills Sta.,
Si,\milebridge,
Sixmilebridge,
SJK Mile Cross,
Six Mile L.,
Six Mile Pt. and Sta.,
Six Mile Water,
Six Road Ends,
Six Towns, The,
Skady Tower,
Skahugh,
Skannivc L.,
Skate L. ,
Skea and Ho.,
Skeagh L.,
Skeaffha t ooree n ,
Skeahoges,
Skean L.,
Kilkenny B 3
Cavan H 3
Galway C 2
West Meath B 2
Down D
King's Co. C
Cork F
Galway F
Louth A
Cork C
Cork E
Down F 3
Longford C 3
Mayo D 3
Queen's Co. F 3
Donegal F 2
Meath E 2
Wexford D 4
Cavan H 2
Fermanagh D 2
Clare G 2
Armagh C 4
Tyrone E 1
Fermanagh D 2
King's Co. C 4
Clare D 1
King's Co. D2& E 2
Roscommon B 2
Tipperary D 3
Louth A 2
Tipperary A 2
Tipperary A 2
Wexford D 4
Kilkenny C 5
Limerick F 2
Donegal C 4
Monaghan C 1
Tyrtsne D 2
Wexford C 3
Tyrone D 2
Clare H 3
Limerick F 2
Tyrone F 3
Monaghan C 2
Wicklow E 2
Antrim E 4
Down F 2
Londonderry D 4
Antrim C 4
West Meath C 2
Galway B 2
Fermanagh E 2
Fermanagh D 5
Cavan H 3
Tipperary C 4
Leitrim E 4
Roscommon D 1
Skehanar;!),
Skellie Rucks,
Skenakilla Cross Roads,
Skerdmorc,
Skcrnaghan Pt.,
Skerries, llic,
Skerries and Sta.,
Skerries Ho.,
Skerry Ch.,
Skibbereen,
Skirk,
Skreen and Bare v.
Skrcen,
Skreen Hi!I,
Skrecny Ho.,
Skull,
Slade,
Slade Bum,
Slaght Bridg^
Slaneny R.,
Slane,
Slane and Cai?.,
Slane, Lower Barony,
Slane, Upper Barony,
Slaney Park and R.,
Slaney R.,
Slaney R.,
Slate Pt.,
Slate R.,
Slea Hd.,
Sleady Cas.,
Slean More,
Sleatygraigue,
Slemish Mount,
Slevins L.,
Slevoir Ho.,
Slevoy Cas.,
Sliddery Bay,
Siievbingian,
Slieve,
Slieve Alf),
Slieve Anierin,
Slieve Aughty Mts.,
Slieve Beagh,
Slieve Beamagh,
Slieve Bemagh Mts..
Slieve Bloom,
Slieve Eregh,
Slieve Croob,
Slieve Daeane,
Slieve Dart,
Slieve Elva,
Slieve Fyagh,
Slieve Gamph Mts.
Galway E 3
Kerry A 3
Cork F 2
Galway A 3
Antrim G S
Antrim B 1
Dublin F 2
Kildare B 3
Antrim E 3
Cork C 4
Queen's Co. B 3
Meath E 3
Wexford D 3
Fermanagh D 3
Lcitrim C 2
Cork C 4
Wexford A 6
Dublin C 6
Antrim C 8
Kerry D 3
Antrim E 3
Meath E 2
Meath E 2
Meath E 2
Wkklow A 8
Carlow C 2
Wexford C 3
Waterford G 8
KUdare A 2
Kerry A
\Vaterford C
Mayo A
Queen's Co. F
Antrim E
V.'cst Meath D
Tipperary B
Wexford B
Down F 3
Down D 5
Roscommon C 8
Mavo B 1
Leitrim D 3
Galway F 3
Tyrone E 4
Down D 4
Clare I 3
Queen's Co. B 2
Meath E 2
DowTi D 8
Sligo F 2
Roscommon A 8
Clare E 1
Mayo B 1
Sligo C 3
Slieve Gadoe or Church Mt.,
Wicklow B 2
Londonderry E 4
Slieve Gallion,
Slieve Glah,
Slieve Gullion,
Slieve Guilion,
Slieve League,
Slieve Mish,
Slieve Miskish Mts.,
Slieve Muck,
Slieve-na-Calliagh,
Slieve Naglogh,
Slieve Rushen,
Slieve Snaght,
Slieveanard,
Slieveanorra,
Slieveardagh Barony,
Slieveatooey,
Slieveavaddy,
Slieveboy,
Slievebrack,
Slievebuck,
Slievecallan,
Slievecarran,
Slievecommedagh,
Slievecorragh,
Slievefelim Mts.,
Slievegarran,
Slieveglass,
Slievemaan,
Slievemargy Ear.,
Slievemartin,
Slievemeel,
Slievemore,
Slievcnaboley Mt.,
Slievenaglough,-
Slievenahanaghan,
Slisvenakilla,
Slievenaman,
Slievenamuck,
Slievenanee,
Slievenisky,
Cavan F
Armagh D 4
Meath B 2
Donegal A 4
Kerry C 2
Cork B 3
Down C 5
Meath B 2
Louth C 1
Fermanagh E 4
Donegal E 2
Tipperary B 4
Antrim D 2
Tipperary D 3
Donegal B 3
Londonderry D 4
Wexford D 2
Armagh D 4
Donegal E S
Clare E
Clare F
Down D
Wicklow B
Limerick H
Down D
Kerry B
Wicklow C .
Queen's Co. E 3
Down E 6
Down C
Tyrone F
Down C
Down D
Antrim D
Cavan B
Tipperary D 4
Tipperary A 4
Antrim D 2
Down D 4
Slievekimalta or Keeper Hill.
Tipperary 3
Slievekirk, Tyrone E 1
Shevelamagan, Down D 6
Slieveroe, Kilkenny D B
Sligoj Sligo F 2
Sligo Bay, Sligo D 2
SliguffLock, Carlow B 3
Slihaunmore, Galway F 3
Slish Mt., Sligo F 2
SLYNE.
INDEX.
TINHAT.T.A.
Slyne Head,
Small County Barony,
Smarm ore Cas.,
Smearlagh R.,
Smerwtck Harb.,
Smithborough and Sta.
Smhhstown,
Smithstown Ho.,
Smythbrook Ho.,
Snave Br.,
Sneem,
Snowhill,
Snowhill Ho,,
Snugboro,
Snugborou.^h Bridge,
Siiagboro'J.::jh Ho.,
SnugbuiTow,
Soaras Hili,
Sccl<ar,
Soldiers town,
Solsborough Ho.,
Saisborough Ho.,
Soaierser,
So me rt on,
Somerton Ho.,
Somen-itle Ho.,
Ponna Ho.,
Sonnagh,
Sopwell Hall,
Sorrel HiU,
Sorrel Ho.,
SoiTelhiU Ho.,
Sorrento Pc,
South HUI,
South Lodge,
Southfield Ho.,
Southpark Ho;,
Sovereign Is.,
SowR,,
Spa Co:t.,
Spa Hi!!.
Spancelliill,
Spanish Pt.,
Spear Vale,
Spences Mt. and R,,
Sperrin Mts.,
Spiddle,
Spike I.,
SpinansCrossRds. and B:
Spink,
Spittle,
Sporihouse Cross Rds.,
Spring Farm,
Spring Garden Ho.,
Spring Ho.,
Spring L.,
Spring Lodge,
Spring Mount,
Spring Mount,
Spring Park,
Spring Vale,
Spring Valley,
Spring Villa,
Springfield,
Springfield,
Springfield,
Springfield,
Springfield,
Springfield Cos.,
Springfield, East,
Springfield Ho.,.
Springfield Ho.,
Springford Ho.,
Springhiil,
Springhiil,
SpringJiill Ho.,
Springhiil Ho.,
Springh^Mi,
Springmount,
Springmount,
Springmount Ho.,
•SpringtowTi,
Springvale Ho.,
Spunkanc,
Square,
S'i'jires Hill.
Sra:;h Bridge,
Srrih,
Srali,
Sral.an Ca*.,
Srahdufr Ho.,
SrahdufTy R.,
Sraid,
f-'mlri Ho..
I
^ R.,
, tgbBr..
SMDortI Lodge,
iilaffcrd* Bri.,
Galway A 2
Limerick F 2
Louth A 3
Kerry D 1
Kerry A 2
Monaghan B 2
Kilkenny D 4
Clare E 2
Longford C 3
Cork C 3
Kerry C 3
Fermanagh F 3
Kilkenny D 5
Meath F 3
Wicklow B 2
Wicklow E 3
Kildare B 4
Antrim E 3
Donegal D 3
Antrim D 5
Tipperary A 2
Wexford C 2
Londonderry E 2
. Sligo E 3
Kilkenny C 2
Meath E 3
West Meath D 2
Galway F 2
Tipoerary B 2
Wicklow C 2
Clare E 3
Tipperary C 2
Dublin G 5
West Meath F 2
Tipnerary E 4
Queen's Co. E 3
Roscommon C 3
Cork F 4
Wexford C 3
Do\TO D 3
Limerick B 2
Ciare G 2
Clare D 2
Cavan G 3
Down D 5
Londonderry C 4
Galway D 3
Cork G 3
!.. Wicklow B S
King's Co. E 3
Limerick G 3
Waterford F 2
Armagh C 2
King's Co. 0 1
Tipperary B 4
Monaghan D 4
Kildare B 4
Limerick D 3
Monaghan C 1
Longford D 2
Cork F 2
Meath D 4
Longford D 2
Cavan F 3
Fermanagh D 2
Kildare D 1
Queen's Co- C 2
Wicklow B 4
Limerick D 3
Sligo F 2
Kilkenny D 5
King's Co. G 2
Carlow B 2
Londonderry F 4
TjTonc D 4
Louth A 2
Queen's Co. B S & F 4
Galway F 2
Antrim D 3
Tipperary B 2
Queen's Co. C S
Fermanagh E 8
Down G 2
Kerry B 8
Down C 4
Antrim E 5
Carlow C 2
King's Co. D 2
Mayo C 2
Queen's Co. B 2
Tipperary B 1
Leitrim C 1
Longford C 2
Roscommon T> Q
Galway C 2
Leitrim B 2
Waterford B 3
Fermanagh C 3
Carlow V. 3
Louth B 2
Meath E 2
Kerry D 2
Kildare E 1
Meath G 3
W:,r.-,-ford K 2
Meath D 1 ,
n
Staffordstown Ho.,
StatfordstowD Sta.,
Stagdale.
Stags of Broad Haven,
Stahohnog,
StamuUin,
Stand Ho.,
Staplestown and Ho.,
Stapletown Lo.,
Starinagh,
Steamstown Ho.,
Steeple, The,
Stepaside,
Stephenstown BrL and Ho.
Steplienstown Ho.,
Stewart Lodge,
Stewarts Town,
Stewartstown,
StickiSlin Ho.,
Stifyans Cross,
Stillorgan, Cas., and Sta.,
Stokcstown Ho. and Cas.
Stone Bridge,
Stone Ho.,
Stone Park,
Stonebrook and Cott.,
Stonefield Ho.,
Stonehall,
Stonehail,
Stonestown R
Stoneville Ho.
Stony R.,
Stonybatter,
Stonyford,
Stonyford,
Ston>'ford R.,
Stormont Cas.,
Stormount,
Stormount Ho.,
Storren L.,
Strabane,
Strabane, Lower Barony,
Strabane, Upper Barony,
Stracum R.,
Stradarran,
S trad bally,
Stradbaliy,
S trad bally,
Stradbaliy Barony,
StTade,
S trad one,
Straffan and Ho.,
Straghan's L.,
Stra^R.,
Straid,
Straid,
Straid Hill,
Straid R.,
Straidtilly,
Stranagal willy,
Straiifcally Cas. and Ho.
Strand Bridge,
Strand L,
Strandfield,
Strangford and Lough,
Stranraore,
Stranocum,
Stranorlar,
Stratford and Lo.,
Straw Hall,
Strawberry hill Ho.,
Streamhilf Ho.,
Streamstown Ho.,
Streamstown Ho.,
SlTcamstown Ho.,
Streamstown;
Meath E 3
Antrim C 4
Limerick H 3
Mayo B 1
Meath D 2
Meath G 3
Kildare B 2
Kildare C 2
Carlow B 2
Meath F 2
Sligo D S
Tipperary B 4
Dublin E 5
Louth B 2
Meath D 2
Cariow B 2
Cavan G 2
Tyrone H 3
Louth A 2
Louth B 3
Dublin E 5
Wexford A 3
Bioiiaghan A 2
Louth B 3
Fermanagh F 3
Kildare D 3
Meath B 2
Linerick D 2
West Meath D 2
West Meath F 2
Limerick D 2
Leitrim D 3
Wicklow C 4
Antrim E 5
Kilkenny C 3
Meath C 3
Down E 2
Armagh D 2
Wicklow B 2
Sligo C 2
TiTone D 2
Tyrone D 2
Tyrone F 2
Antrim C 2
Londonderry C 3
Galway E 3
Kerry B 2
Waterford E 3
Queen's Co. D 2
Mayo D 2
Cavan F 3
Kildare D 2
Armagh B 3
Donegal B 3
Antrim F 4
Donegal E 2
Londonderry C 3
Donegal F 2
Antrim E 3
Tyrone F 1
, Waterford B
Wicklow C
Galway C
Louth B
Down F
Down A
Antrim C
Donegal D 3
Wicklow A 3
Carlow B 1
King's Co. C 2
Cork F 2
Kildare C 3
King's Co. D 3
Summerhill,
Summerhill,
Summerhill,
Summerhili Ho.,
Summerhiil Ho.,
Summerhill Ho.,
Summerhill Ho.,
Summerhill Ho.,
Summerhill Ho.,
Summerhill Ho.,
Summerhill Ho.,
Summers eat,
Summerstown Ho.,
Summerville,
SummervLlle,
Sun Ville,
Suncroft,
Sunderlin L.,
Sunlawn Ho.,
Sunnyhill Cott.,
Sutherland,
Sutton and Ho.,
Suttons Bridge,
Swallow L.,
Swan,
Swan L.,
S^vanlibar smd R.,
KiiV:enny D 2
Meath D 1 & D 4
Mejth D 4
Armagh B 2
Ciare I 3
Kilkenny D 3
King's Co. D 4
Mayo D 1 & D 2
Meath D 4
Roscommon F 5
Tipperary C 2
Meath F 4
Meath D 3
Cavan E 4
Waterford G 3
Limerick F 3 & G 2
Kildare B 3
West Meath B 2
Waterford C 3
Kildare C 3
Meath F 3
Dublin F 4
Wicklow E 3
West Meath D 3
Queen's Co. E 3
Cavan D 3
Cavan C I
SwanlibarorCladaghR., Fermanagh D 3
Swatragh,
Sweep, The,
Sweep, The,
Sweetbank,
Sweetmount,
Swiily Burn and R.
S willy Lough,
Swineford,
Swinehill,
Swine's Head,
Swords,
Sybil Hd. and Pi.,
Sydenham,
Sylvanpark Ho.,
Syngficld,
Sydnan Cas.,
Londonderry F 3
Kilkenny C 4
V.'aterford F 2
Wicklow E 2
\Vexford A 3
Donegal E 3
Donegal E 2
Mayo E 2
Tipperary A 2
Waterford G 3
Dublin E 3
Kerry A 2
Down D 2
Meath C 2
King's Co. C 3
West Meath C 3
Louth A 2
Ho., and Sta.,
West Meath C 3
Streamstown Ho., West Meath E 2
Streedagh Pt. and Ho., SKgo E 1
Street,
Streevc Ho.,
Strcevc Mt.,
Strogue,
'kest
Strokestown and Ho.,
Stroove,
Struell,
Strulc R.,
Struwaddacon Bay,
Stuake,
Stuart Hall,
Sturrakecn,
Sturrall,
Sturrin,
Suck R.,
Suffolk,
Sugar HUI,
Sugar Loaf. Gt. and Lit.
Sugarloaf Mu,
Suir Cas.,
Suir Mount, ^.^ ^^
SuirU., Tipperary C 4 & Waterford F
Sullanc R.. Cork D
bummer Grove, Queen's Co. C
Summer Island, Annagh C
Summer Ville, Cork E
West Meath C 1
Londonderry D 2
Londonderry D 3
Tipperary C 2
Roscommon E S
Donegal G 2
Do\™ E 4
Tyrone E 2
Mayo B 1
Cork E 3
Tyrone I 3
Tipperary B 4
Donegal A 3
Tyrone A 3
Roscommon D 6
Antrim E 0
Limerick B 3
Wicklow E 2
Cork C Z
Tipperary C 4
Waterford C 2
Summerhill,
Fcnn.inagh G 3
Tacker L.,
Tacumshin L.,
Taghadoe,
Taghboy,
Taghmon,
Taghmon Ch.,
Tagh mores,
Taghshinny,
Tagoat,
TahUla,
Talbot Hall,
Talbotstown Ho,,
Talbotsiown, Lower Bar.,
Talbotstown, Upper Bar.,
Tall R.,
Tallaghonght,
Tallaght,
Tallanstown,
Tallow,
Tallowbridge,
Tallyho,
TaltL. andR.,
Tamaghore,
Tamlaght,
Tamlaght,
Tamlaght Ch.,
Tamlaght Finlagan,
Tamnagh Lo.,
Tamur Lo.,
Tanderagee and Sta.,
Taney Lo.,
Tang R.,
Tankard Ville,
Tankardstov/n,
Tankardstawn Ho.,
Tankersley Ho,,
Tanrego flo..
Tap L.,
Tappaghan Mt.,
TarR.,
Tara,
Tara and Hall,
lara Cott.,
Tara HUI,
Taibcrt,
Tassagh,
Taughblan©,
Taiir,
Tawin L.,
Tawlaght Sta.,
Tawnagh,
Tawnrush Ho.,
Tawny and Bay,
Tawnj'ard L.,
Tawnybrack How,
Tawnyinah,
Ta\vnylca,
Tay Lo<Ige,
Cavan H 2
Wexford D 4
Kildare D 1
Roscommon D 5
Wexford C 4
West Meath E
Londonderry E
Longford C
Wexford D
Kerry C
Wexford A
Wicklow C
Wicklow B
Wicklow B
Armagh C
Kilkenny B 4
Dublin C 5
Louth A
Waterford B
Waterford B
Wicklow C
Sligo C
Antrim D
Fermanagh E
Londonderry F 3
Londonderry F 5
Londonderry D 2
Londonderry C 3
Donegal C 3
Armagh D
Dublin E
West Meath B
Dublin E
Oirlow C
Meath E
Wicklow C
Sligo E
Roscommon F
Tyrone C
Tipperary C 4
Down G 3
Mcnth E 3
Cavan E 4
Wexford E 1
Kerry D 1
Armagh B 3
Down C 3
Cork D 2
Galw.iy D 3
Roscommon E 2
Roscommon E 3 & E 5
Kildare B 3
Donegal B 4 & D 2
Mayo B 3
Antrim )) 4
Mayo E 2
Leitrim C 2
W.itcrford D C
Tay R., V/atcrford E 3
Taylor Cas., Galway E 3
Taylorstown, Down A 4
Tearaght, Kerry A 2
Tedavnet, Monaghan C 2
Teelin Bay, Donegal A 4
Teerelton Cross Road , Cork E 3
Teiges Mountain. Fennanagh F 3
Teltown Ho., Meath D 2
Temora Ho., King's Co. D 2
Temple, Louth B 3
Temple Ho., Sligo E 3
Temple Mills, Kildare D 2
Temple Molasha, Carlow B 3
Templeboy Ch.. Carlow C 1
Templecarrig, Upper and Lower,
Wicklow E
Templegowran Ho., Down B 4
Templehouse Lake, SlJgo E 3
Teraplekieran Abbey, King's Co. E 2
Templelusk Ho., Wicklow D 3
Tempielyon Ho., Wicklow E 3
Templemary Ho., Cork E 2
Templemichael Ho., Waterford B
Templenoneen Ch., Carlow C
Templemore and Sta., Tipperary C
Templemoyle Agricultural Seminary,
Londonderry B
Templeogue Ho.,
Templeoran,
Templeorum,
Templepatrick Sta.,
Templeport L..
Templerany Ho.,
Templetouhy,
Templetown,
Tempo R. and Ho.,
Templevancy,
Tents L.,
Tercheen,
TerenureandHo.,
Termalin,
Termon,
Termon Cott.,
Termon R.,
Tennonamongnn,
Texmonbarry,
Termon carragh ,
Termoneeny Ch.,
Termon feckin,
Terpointchurch He,
Terryglass,
Tervoe Ho.,
Thistle Lodge,
Thtstletown,
Thomas Street
Thomastown,
Thomastown,
Thomastown,
Thomastown,
Thomastown and Sta.,
Thomastown Cas.,
Thomastown Cas.,
Thomastown Ho.,
Thomastown Ho.,
Thomastown Ho.,
Thomondtown Ho.,
Thonogc R.,
Thorn Hill,
Thorn Vale,
Thomberr^',
Thomberry Ho.,
Thomfield Ho.,
Thorn ford,
Thomhill,
Thornhilt,
Thornhill Ho.,
Thomhill Ho.,
Thomo^^s,
Thornton,
Thomtown Lod.- ,
ThomvilJc Ho.,
Three CaitlcHd..
Three Lakes.
Three Mile W.itcr,
Three Ko-„-k Mt.,
Three Tops,
Three Wells,
Threecacilc'. Ho.,
Thurles zim\ Sla..
Tiaguin Ho. and Barony,
Tibraddcn r.It.,
Tildarg,
Til tin banc,
Timahoc,
Timahoc and Ho.,
Timahoc Bridge,
Timolcaguc,
Timolin,.
Timoncy Park,
Tinacarm,
Tinahcly and St.n.,
Tiiiakelly, Uppei,
Tinarana Ho.,
Tincoora,
TirjhallaHo..
Dublin C 5
West Meath D 3
Kilkenny C 4
Antrim E 4
Cavan D 2
Wicklow E 4
Tipperary D 2
Louth D 2
Fermanagh F 2
Sligo F 3
Cavan B 1
Wexford D 5
Dublin D 5
Londonderry D 3
Mayo A 1
Clare F 1
Donegal D 4
Tyrone C 2
Roscommon F S
Mayo A 1
Londonderry F 4
Louth C 3
Kilkenny C 3
Tipperary B 1
Limericic E 2
Louth B 1
Wexford A 4
Roscommon D 5
Kildare B 1
Mayo D 2
, Meath F 3
West Meath F S
Kilkenny D 3
Louth A 2
Tipperary B 4
icing's Co. D 3
Roscommon K 6
Wicklow D 4
Dublin E 2
Tipperary C 4
Tyrone D 1
King's Co. C 4
Kildare D 2
Qu len's Co. D 3
Limerick G 1
Monaghan D 3
Galway E
Sligo E
Carlow C
llonaghan B
Louth C
Ki Id-ore C
Itjblin C
Carlow B
Cork B
WicUow C
Wi>;klow E
Dublin E
Donegal D 3
Wic)aow D 3
Kilkenny H 2
Tipperary C 3
G.^lv,■ay F 2
Dublin n 0
Antrim E 4
Cavan B 1
Queen's Co. D 3
Kildare C 1
Kild.-irc B 1
Cork E 4
Kildare C 4
Tipperary D 2
Roscommon C 2
Wicklow C 4
Wicklow E 3
Clare K 2
Cork F. 2
Waterford E 2
TINKERSLANE.
INDEX.
WEST.
Tinkcrslanc,
Tinnacr(.>i? Ho.,
Tionaglo^-Ii,
TinnaKinch,
Tinnahinch Barony,
Tinnakelly Ho.,
Tinnakill,
Tinnakil! Ho.,
Titinapark Ho.,
'l'inna[>ark Ho.,
Tinnaranny,
Tinnasaggart,
Tinnashitly Ho.,
Tiiinehinch,
Tinnock Bridge,
Tinny Park,
Tinnypark Ho.,
Tinriland Ho.,
Tintcm Abbey,
Tintine,
Tinure Cross,
Tinvaun,
Tipper Ho,,
Tipperari',
Tiranny Barony,
Tirawley Barony.
Tircahan Lo.,
Tireragh Barony,
Tirerrill Barony,
lirhugh Barony,
Tirkeeran Barony,
Tirkennedy Barony,
Tirnaneill,
Tirnaskca Ho.,
Tithewer,
Tivoli-Ho.,
Tober,
Tober Ho.,
Tober Patrick,
Toberanierin Br!.,
ToberaviUer,
Tobercuny,
Toberdan,
Toberlady Ho.,
Tobermore,
Tobemaskeha,
Toberogan,
Toberpatrick Ho.,
Tobirreendoney,
Toberroe,
Toberscanavan,
Tobcrtynan Ho.,
Tobinstown Cross Road
Toe Head and Bay,
Togher,
Togher,
Togher,
Togher,
Togher, The,
Tolka R.,
Tollymere Park,
Tomacork Barrack,
Tombeoia Er.,
I'ombrack,
Tombreen Ho.,
Tomduff Ho.,
Tomgar Ho.,
Tomgraney,
Tom haggard,
Tomies Mt., ;
Tondufi",
Tonduff, South,
Tonet R.,
Tonlegee Ho.,
Tonnagh Ho.,
Toolestown,
Toom R.,
Toomaline Ho.,
Tooman Ho.,
Mc-ith B
Wexford D
Wexford A
Carlow B
Queen's Co. C
Tipperary C
Queen's Co. 15
Queen's Co. C
Carlow B
Wicklow li
Kilkenny E 4
Waterford D 2
Kilkenny B
Wicklow E
Wexford E
Roscommon C
Kilkenny C
Carlow B
Wexford A
Kilkenny K
Louth B 3
Kilkenny C
Kildare D 2
lipperary B 4
Armagh A 3
Mayo C 1
Cavan C 1
Sligo C 2
Sligo F 3
Donegal C 4
Londonderry B 3
Fermanagh E 2
Monaghan C 2
Tyrone G 3
Wicklow D 2
Cork F 3
Cavan A 1
Wicklow A 2
Fermanagh B 2
.Wexford D 2
Wicklow E 3
Sligo D 3
Roscommon E 4
King's Co. G 2
Londonderry E 4
Roscommon E 3
Kildare C 3
Wicklow C 4
Galway E 3
Galway F 2
Sligo F 2
Meath C 4
s, Carlow C 1
Cork D 4
Cork F 3
Louth C 2
Meath C 4
Wicklow B 2
Queen's Co. D 2
Dublin D 4
Down D 4
Wicklow C 4
Galway B 2
Wexford C 2
Wicklow B 4
Wexford E 2
Wexford D 2
Clare I 2
Wexford D 4
Kerry D 2
Donegal E 2
Wicklow D 2
Queen's Co. B 2
Kildare A 4
Monaghan B 3
Kildare D 1
Cork D 3
Limerick H 2
Wicklow E 2
Toome and Toome Bridge Sla.,
Antrim C
Toome, Lov/er Barony, Antrim C
Toome, Upper Barony, Antrim C
Toomona Ho., Roscommon D
Toomore Bay and Cottage, Cork C
Toomour,
Toomyvar^
Toonagh Ho.-'
Toor,
Toor Ho.,
Tooraneena
Tooreen,
Tooreendonneli,
Toormore Bay,
Toorafulla,
Topped Mountain,
Toppio,
Toprass L.,
Tore Mt.,
Tomdarragh Ho.,
Tomoge,
Tor pan Beg,
Torr and Hd.,
Torrent R.,
Torsaghaunmore R,
Tory Hiil.
i-
Mayo E
Tipperary B
Clare F
Wicklow B 2
West Meath D 3
Waterford C 2
Mayo D 2
Limerick B 3
Cork C
Roscommon E
Fermanagh E
Antrim F
Louth A
Kerry D
Wicklow D 2
Tyrone E 1
Roscommon D 6
Antrim E 1
Tyrone H 3
Mayo B 1
Limerick E 2
Tory Isl.ind,
'Jlourig R.,
Tourin,
Tourmakcady L.,
Toumorc Ho.,
I'owcr Hill,
Tower VilLigc,
Towlerton Ho.,
Town View, -
Townley Hall.
7'racarta,
Tracton,
Trafalgar Lodge,
Trahecn Br.,
Traholgan,
Tralee and Bay,
Trallie Lodge,
Tramore and Ij;iy,
Tranagh,
Tranarossan Brxy,
Tranish,
Traverston Ho.,
Trawbrega Bny,
Trawenagh Bay,
Trawmore Bay,
Trean,
Trcanlaw,
Trcanlewis Ho.,
Treantagh,
Tremblestown R.,
Tremone Bny,
Triangle, The,
Triermore Ho.,
Trillick,
Trillickacurry,
Trim,
Trinamadan,
Triogue R.,
Tristernagh Ho.,
Tromaun,
Troopers Lane Sta.,
Trooperstown Hill,
Trory Ch.,
Trostan,
Trough and Cas.
Trough Barony,
Trubley Cas.,
Trudder Ho.,
Truemoy and Sta.,
Trughanacmy Barony,
Trusk L.,
Trusklieve,
Trtiskmore,
Truskmore Mt.,
Trustia,
Tuam,
'Tubbrid Cas.,
Tubridd,
Tuck,
Tultestown,
Tulla,
Tulla Ho.,
Tulla, Lower Barony,
Tulla, Upper Barony,
Tullagh Pt.,
Tullaghan,
Tullaghan,
Tullaghan Bay,
Tullagher and Ho.,
Tullaghgarley,
Tullaghmedan Ho.,
Tullaghoge,
Tullaghoughi,
Tullaher L.,
Tullamain Cas.,
Tullamore,
Tullamore and Riv.,
TuIIaroan,
Tullaun Bn'.,
Tullig,
TuUig and Pt.,
Tullighan B.,
Tullira Cas.,
Tullokyne,
Tullomoy Ho.,
Tullow and Cot:.,
Tullowclay Ho.,
Tully,
Tully,
Tully Cas. and Bay,
Tully Ho.,
Tully Ho.,
Tully Ho.,
Tully Ho.,
Tully L.,
Tully, South L.,
Tullyallen,
TuUyalien,
Tu 11 yard,
Tullyard,
Tullyboy,
Tullycanna,
Tullydonnell Ho.,
Tullydowey Ho.,
Tullyeenta,
Tiillyclmer Ho..
Donegal C 2
Waterford I! 4
Waterford li 3
Mayo C 3
Waterford U S
Limerick G 2
Cork F 3
Queen's Co. K S
Wicklow C 3
Louth U 4
Cork D 4
Cork F 3
Mayo C 2
Galway B 2
Cork G 3
Kerry C 2
Dublin D 2
Waterford G 3
Tipperary D 3
Donegal D 2
I'ermanagh F 3
Tipperary B 2
Donegal E 2
Donegal B S
Mayo B 1
Galway C 2
Longford C 2
Limerick F 8
Donegal D 2
Meath C 3
Donegal F 2
Mayo C 2
Meath B 3
Tyrone D 4
Longford C 2
Meath D 3
Tyrone E 2
Queen's Co. D 2
West Meath C 2
Roscommon E 4
Antrim F 4
Wicklow D 3
Fermanagh E 2
Antrim E 2
Clare 1 3
Monaghan B 1
Meath D 3
Wicklow E 2
Tyrone H 4
Kerry D 2
Donegal D 3
Clare B 4
Leitrim A 1
Sligo F 1
Fermanagh C 2
Galway E 2
Kilkenny B 2
Fermanagh D 1
Carlow C 2
West Meath D 2
Clare H 2
Tipperary A 2
Clare I 3
Clare H 2
Donegal E 2
Leitrim A 1
West Meath D 2
Mayo B 1
Kilkenny D 4
Antrim D 3
Meath D 4
Tyrone H S
Kilkenny B 4
Clare C 3
Tipperary C 4
Tipperary A 2
King's Co. F 2
Kilkenny B 3
Kilkenny D 4
Kerry C 2
Clare B 4
Mayo B 1
Galway E 3
Galway D 2
Queen's Co. E 3
Carlow C 2
Wicklow B 4
Armagh C 3
Galway A 2
Fermanagh X> 2
Antrim D 5
Kildare B 3
Roscommon E 6
Sligo F 2
Galway B 2
Longford C 1
Louth B 3
■TjTone G 4
Louth C 3
Meath D 3
Roscommon D 2
Wexford C 4
Louth B 2
T>Tone H 4
Fermanagh C 2
Armagh B 2
Tullygarran Ho.,
Tullygarvan,
Tullygarvcy Earo y,
Tullyfiaw Barony,
Tullyhunco Baroiiy,
Tullylcaguc,
Tullylcase,
Tullylish,
Tully lost,
Tullymagawly,
TuIIymore Ho.,
Tully more Lodge,
Tullymurry Sttu,
TullynakillCh.,
Tullynawood L.,
Tullyneill,
TuIIyniskan,
'I'ullynure,
'J'ullyree,
Tullyroan Corner,
Tullystown,
Tullyveery Ho.,
Tullyvcllia Loughs,
Tullyvin and Ho.,
TuUywill,
Tulsk,
Tunny,
Turbot I.,
Turbotstown Ho.,
Ture Lodge,
Turf Lodge,
Turkenagh Mt.",
Turkstown,
Turlesbeg Bri.,
Turlough,
Turlough,
Turlough More and Beg,
Turloughs Hill,
Turners Rock and Tunnel
Turnings Ho.,
Turnings Lower,
TurtuUa Ho.,
Turvey Ho.,
Twelve Pias, The,
Two Mile Riv. Eri...
Twomile Bri.,
Twomileborris,
Twomileditch,
Two Rock Mountain,
Twy L.,
Twyford Ho.,
Tynagh,
Tynan and Riv.,
Tynan Abbey,
Tynte Park,
Tyredagh Cas. ,
Tyrella,
Tyrellspass,
Tyrellstown Ho.,
Tyrrelstown Ho.,
Kerry D 2
Down D 3
Cavan F 2
Cavan C 1
Cavan D 8
Limerick A 2
Cork E 2
Down A 8
Kildare B 2
West Meath B 3
Armagh B 3
Antrim D 3
Down E 4
Down E 2
Armagh B 3
Armagh C 3
Tyrone H 8
Sligo G 8
> ' Down C 4
'Armagh C 2
Louth A 2
Down E 3
Sligo D 3
Cavan G 2
Armagh C 3
Roscommon D 3
Antrim D 5
Galway A 2
West Meath D 1
Cavan D 2
Kildare B 3
Clare I 2
Kilkenny C 5
Tipperary C 3
Clare F 1
Mayo D 2
Siigo D 3
Down D 5
Kerry D 3
Kildare D 2
Kildare D 2
Tipperary C 3
Dublin E 3
Galway B 2
Louth C 1
Queen's Co. C 2
Tipperary D 3
Galway E 3
Dublin E 6
West Meath A 3
West Meath B 3
Galway F 8
Armagn B 3
Armagh A 8
Wicklow A 2
Clare H 2
Down E 4
West Meath D 3
West Meath D 3
Dublin C 3
u
Ullal-d Church,
Ullid,
Ulster Canal,
Ultan L.,
Umbra, The,
Umfin I.,
Umma Ho.,
Ummeracam R.,
Ummeras Bridge,
Umrygar Ho.,
Unionhall,
Unna L.,
Unshin L.,
Unshin R.,
Unshinagh,
Upper Antrim Barony,
Upper Ards Barony,
Upper Belfast Barony,
Upper Castlereagh Barony.
Upper Court,
Upper Deece Barony,
Upper Duleek Barony,
Upper Dundalk Barony,
Upper Dungannon Barony,
Upper Dunluce Barony,
Upper Fews Larony,
Upper Glenarm Barony,
Upper iveagh Barony,
Upper Kells Barony,
Upper Lecale Barony,
Upper L.,
Upper Lough Erne,
Upper Loughtee Barony.
Upper Massereenc Barony
Upper Moyenfenrath Bar.,
Upper Navan Barony,
Upper Orior Barony,
Upper Ormond Barony,
Upper Philipstown Bar.,
Upper St Mulltns Barony,
Upper Slane Barony,
Upper Strabane Barony,
Kilkenny E
Kilkenny C
Monaghan A
Donegal D
Londonderry D
Donegal B
West Meath B
Armagh C
Kildare A
Wicklow C
Cork D
Donegal B
Donegal C
Sligo F
Leitrim B
Antrim E
Down G
Antrim E
Down D
Kilkenny B
Meath D
Meath F
Louth B
Tyrone H
Antrim C
Armagh C
Antiim F
Down C
Meath C
Down E
Keiry D
Fermanagh E
Cavan E
, .-\ntrira D
Meath B
Meath D
Armagh D
Tipperary B
King's Co, G
Carlow D
Meath E
■- yrone F
Upper Tribotstown Bar.
Upper Third Barony,
Upper Tooinc Barony,
Upj'cr Woods Barony,
Uppcrchurch,
UpjKTcross Barony,
Upton Cas.,
Upton Ho.,
Upton Ho.,
Urcgarc Ho.,
Urclands Ho.,
UrLiur L.,
Urlingford,
Urrin R.,
Usna,
Wicklow B 8
Waterford E 2
Antrim C
Queen's Co. B
Tipperary U
Dublin C
Antrim E
Carlow B
Wexford E
Limerick F
iVicklow B
Mayo E 2
Kilkenny A 2
Wexford B 2
RoscomiDon D 2
Valclusa,
Vale of Glendalough,
Vale of Glcndasan,
Valencia I. and Harb..
Vartry R.,
Vearty L.,
Velvct:;iown Ho.,
Ventry and Harb.,
Vermont,
Vomer's Bri. Sta.,
Verona Bri. and Ho.,
Vesingstown Ho.,
Vicars Cam,
Vicarstown Brj.,
Victoria Eri. 5:a.,
View Mount,
View Mount,
Viewmount,
Vilh'erstown,
Violet Hill,
VioIetstowD Ho.,
Virginia,
Virginia Rd. Su.,
w
Wicklow
Wicklow
Wicklow
Kerry
Wicklow
Fermanagh
Cork
Kerry A2&
Limerick
Armagh
Wexford
Meath
Armagh
Queen's Co.
Tyrone
Carlow
Kilkenny
Kildare
Waterford
Kilkenny
West Meath
Cavan
Meath
D 2
C 2
C
A
D 2
B 1
F 2
B 2
E 2
C 2
C 8
E 4
C 3
E 2
D 2
B 1
D 2
C 2
B 3
A 2
E 3
G 3
B 2
Wallaces Hill Hd.,
Wallaces Row,
Wallers I.,
Walshestown,
Walshpark Ho.,
Walshtown,
Walterstown,
Walworth Ho..
War Hill,
Ward Ho.,
Ward R.,
Wardenstown Ho.,
Waringsford,
Waringstown,
Warren,
Warrenpoint,
Warrenstown Barony,
Warrenstown Ho.,
Wa.shel L.,
Washing Bay,
Washington.
Washpin Bri.,
Watch House,
Watch House Cross Rds.,
Water Cas.,
Water Foot,
Waterfall Ho.,
Waierfoot R.,
Waterford,
Waterford Harb.,
Watergrasshill,
Waterloo,
Waterloo,
Waterloo Lodge,
Waters Er.,
Waterside,
Waterstown Ho- & Lo.j
Waterville,
Waterville,
Watsons L.,
Weatherstown,
Weavers Hall,
Webbsborougli Ho.,
Wee Collin,
Wellbank Ho.,
Wellbrook,
Wellbrook Ho.,
Wellesley Farm,
Wellfield Ho.,
Wellington,
Wellington Ho.,
Wellmount Ho.,
Wells,
Wells Ho.
Down B 4
Louth B 3
Limerick D 1
Louth C 3
Tipperary B 1
Cork G 3
Meath E 8
Londonderry C 2
Wicklow D 2
DubUn C 3
Dublin D 3
West Meath F 2
Down C 3
Down B 3
Donegal G 2
Down B 5
King's Co. G 1
Meath E 8
Donegal B 3
T)Tone I 3
Kildare B
Tipperary C
V/exford C
Kildare D
Queen's Co. C
Fermanagh C
Cork F 3
Donegal D 4
Waterford G
Waterford H
Cork F
Cavan G
Cork E
Meath C
Wicklow D
Londonderry* B 3
W. Meath A 3
Kerry B 3
Limerick C 2
Fermanagh E 2
Kilkenny D 4
Louth C 3
Kilkenny C 2
Antrim F 4
Kildare D 3
Tyrone H 2
Kilkenny E 2
Limerick B 3
Kildare D 3
Meath D 3
Kilkenny B 3
Limerick D 2
Carlow A 2
Wexford D 2
West Carberj', East Division Bar.,
Cork D
West Carbery, West Division Bar.,
Cork C
West Colt.,
J^ilkenny B 3
WEST.
INDEX.
TOUHQSTOWN.
West Cove,
Kerry B 3
W^t Meath E 8
Whitefort Ho.,
Wexford C S
Wmgfield,
Wicklow E 1
Woodlawn Su. and Ho
, Galway F 2
West Ho.,
Whitegate,
Cork G S
Wingfield Ho.,
Wexford D 1
Woodmount,
Roscommon D 6
West Idrone Barony.
Carlow A 2
Whitegate,
Galway G 4
Windgap,
Kilkenny B 4
Woodw^unt,
Wicklow C 4
West InIshow«a Baron
1. Donegal E 2
Whitehall Ha,
Wicklow A 8
Windgate,
Wicklow E 1
Woodmount Ho.,
Clare E 2
West Longfield,
Tyrone C 3
Whitehall or PaulstowD
, Kilkenny D 2
Windmill Cron and Lo., Kildare B 1
Wood Park,
Mayo D 1
West Muskerry Earom
West Nanagh and Rel
Cork D 3
Whitehead and Sta.,
Antrim G 4
Windy Harbour,
Dublin E 5
Woodpark,
Armagh B 3
an Barony,
Whitehill Ho.,
Longford D 2
Windy Harbo-.ir,
Meath E 2
Wood park.
Meath E 4
Kildare A 3
Whitehouse,
Antrim F 5
Winter Lodge,
Dublin E 1
Woodpark Ho.,
Dublin E 2
West Offaly Birony,
Kildaro A 3
Whitehouse,
Kildare B 8
Woarwoy Bay,
Wexford A 5
Woodroofl^Ho.,
Tipperary C 4
Kilkenny A 2
Cork F 8
West Omagh Barony,
Tyrone C 3
Whiteleas Ho.,
Kildare D 8
Wobum Ho.,
Down F 2
Woodsgift Ho.,
West Shelmalieve Bar.
Wexford B 4
Whiterath Cross Rds.,
Louth B 2
Wolfhill,
Queen's Co. E 3
Woodsfde,
West Town,
Donegal C 2
Whites Town,
Louth D 2
Wolftrap Mt.,
gueen's Co. B 2
Woodside Ho.,
Carlow D 1
West Village,
Cork F 3
Whitestown Bridge,
Wicklow B 8
Wood,
King's Co. H 1
Woodside Ho.,
Kildare C 2
Westaston Ho.,
Wicklow E 3
Whitestown Ho.,
Waterford E 2
Wood Bank,
Down A 3
Woodstock Ho.,
Kilkenny D 4
Westfield,
CorkC i
Whitewell Ho.,
West Meath D 8
Wood bank.
Londonderry E 3
Woodstock Ho.,
Wicklow E 2
Westland Sta.,
Dublin D i
Whitewood L. and Ho.
Meath D 1
Wood Ho.,
Waterford E 3
Woodstown,
Waterford H 2
Westland Ho.,
Meath C 2
Whitfield,
Waterford F 2
Wood Lo.,
Cavan F 2
Woodstown Ho.,
Limerick F 2
Weston park Ho.,
Dublin B 4
Whiting Bay,
Waterford C 4
Wood Vale,
Wicklow D 3
Woodstown Slre.im,
Waterford F 8
Westown Ho.,
Dublin D 2
Wicklow, Tn., Sta., and Head,
Wood View,
Monaghan B 3
Woodtown Ho.,
Dublin D 6
Westpalstown,
Dublin D 2
Wicklow E 8
Wood Ville,
Cork F 2
Woodtown Ho,,
Louth B 2
Westjxjrt Tn., Bay, S Quay, Mayo C 2
Wicklow Gap,
Wicklow C 2
Wood Ville,
Queen's Co. D 2
Woodtown Ho.,
Meath B 3
Wexford and Bay,
Wexford D 4
Wildgoose Lo.,
Louth A 2
Woodberry Ho.,
Roscommon E 6
Woodvale,
Armagh C 4
Wexford Harbour,
Wexford D 8
Wilford Ho„
Tipperary D 3
Meath D 2
Woodbine Cotr ,
Kildare A 4
Woodview,
Kilkenny C 2
Wheatfield,
Londonderry D 2
Wilklnstown and Sta.,
Woodbine Cotr .
Louth A 1
Woodville,
Down B 4
Wheelam Ho.,
Kildare B 2
Willbrook,
Dublin D 6
Woodbine Hill, '
Waterford C 4
Woodville,
Leitrim A 1
Whiddy I.,
Cork C 3
Williamson's Bri.,
Cavan H 8
Woodbrook,
Roscommon D 2
Woodville,
Longford D 1
Whigsborough Ho.,
King's Co. C 3
Antrim F 4
Williamstown,
Meath C 2
Wood brook,
Wexford B 2
Woodville,
Wexford A 3
White Abbey Sta.,
White Ball Hd.,
Williamstown Cas.,
Limerick F 2
Woodbrook Ho.,
Queen's Co. D 2
Woodville,
King's Co. C 4
Kildare C 2
Cork A 4
Williamstown Ho.,
KUdare B 1
Woodcliff,
Limerick B 2
Woodville Ho.,
White Chapel,
White Hali,
Carlow B 8
Williamstown Ho.,
Louth B 2
Wooden Bri.,
King's Co. H 2
Woodville Ho.,
Sligo E 2
Kildare B 3
Williamstown Ho.,
Waterford G 2
Wooden Bri.,
Wicklow D 4
Woodville Ho.,
Tipperary B 2
Wicklow E 3
White HaU,
Wicklow D 2
Willinglon Cas.,
Tipperary B 2
Woodfield,'
King's Co. F 2
Woodville Ho.,
White I.,
Fermanagh D 2
Wlllistown Ho.,
Louth B 2
Woodfield,
Wexford C 2
Wrixon Castle,
Cork F 2
White L.,
Cavan H 8
Willmount,
Tipperary D 3
Wicklow B 2
Woodfield Ho.,
Clare H 3
Wykeham Ho.,
Carlow B 2
White L.,
Monaehan C 3
Willmount Ho.,
Woodfield Ho.,
King's Co. C 3 & £ 1
White Lough, West Meath E 1 & E 2
Willow Brook,
Leitrim F 4
Woodfield Ho.,
Mayo E 2
White Mountain,
Londonderry D 3
Louth A 8
Willowbrook Ho.,
Sligo F 2
Woodfield Ho.,
Roscommon D 2
Y
White Mountain,
Willowfield,
Leitnm E 8
Woodford and R..
Galway F 8
White Park,
WUU Grove,
Roscommon C 3
Woodford R.,
Cavan D 2
Yearly L.,
Donegal D 4
\Vhite Park Bay.
Aotrim C 1
WiUsborough,
Roscommon A 8
Woodfort,
Meath C 1
Yellow Furje,
Meath E 2
White R.,
Limerick B 2
WUUbrook Ho.,
Roscommon B 8
Woodforlj
West Meath E 2
Yellow R.,
Donegal C 2
King's Co. G 1
White R.,
Louth B 3
Willville Ho.,
Louth D 2
Woodfraigue Ho.,
Wexford C 4
Yellow R.,
White Strand B ,
Donegal E 1
WiUybrook,
Donegal C 4
Woodmstown H...
Tipperary C 4
Yellow R.,
Leitrim D 8
White Water,
Down C 6
Willybrook,
West Meath C 2
Woodland Cott,,
.Waterford C 3
Yellow R.,
Meath D 2
White Water,
Londonderry E 4
Cork F 3
WUmount Ho., Wexford B 2 & D 8
Woodland Ho.,
King's Co. C 2
Carlow D 2
Yeomanstown Ho.,
Kildare C 4
Whitechurch,
Wilson's Bridge,
Kildare B 4
Woodlands Ho.,
Yewtree Ho.,
Wicklow B 2
Whitechurch,
Wexford A 4
Waterfotd C 3
Wilson's Hosptial,
West Meath D 2
Woodlands Ho.,
Dublin B 4
Youghal,
Tipperary A 2
Cork H 8
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STORY OF IRELAND.
BY
A. M. SULLIVAN.
BEING A COMPLETE AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF IRELAND FROtt
THE EARLIEST AGES TO 1867.
AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
This little book is written for youuj^ people.
It does not pretend to the serious character of a
History of Ireland. It does not claim to be
more than a compilation from the many admira-
ble works which have been published by pains-
taking and faithful historians. It is an effort to
interest the young in the subject of Irish his-
tory, and attract them to its study.
I say so much in deprecation of tlie stern
judgment of learned critics. I say it further-
more and chiefly by way of owning my obliga-
tions to those authors the fruits of whose re-
searches have been availed of so freely by me.
To two of these in particular, Mr. M'Gee and
Mr. Haverty, I am deeply indebted. In several
instance*, even where I have not expressly re-
ferred to my authority, I have followed almost
literally the text supplied hy them. If I suc-
ceed in my desi^ n of interesting mj' young
fellow-countrymea in the subject of Irish his-
tory, I recommend them strongly to follow it up
by reading the works of the two historiau.s
whom I have mentioned. They possess this im-
measurable advantage over every other previously
published history of Ireland that in them the
authors were able to avail themselves of the rich
stores of material brought to light by the
lamented O'Cun-y and O'Donovan, by Todd,
Greaves, Wilde, Meehan, Gilbert, and others.
These revelations of authentic history, inaccessi-
ble or unknown to previous history writers, not
only throw a flood of light upon many periods of
our history, heretofore darkened and obscured,
but may be said to have given to many of the
most important events in our annals an aspect
totally new, and in some instances the reverse of
that commonly assigned to them. Mr. Haverty's
book is Irish history clearly and faithfully
traced, and carefully corrected by recent in-
valuable archselogical discoveries; Mr. M'Gee's
is the only work of the kind accessible to our
people whic'a is yet more than a painstaking and
reliable record of events. It rises above mere
chronicling, and presents to the reader the phil-
osophy of history, assisting him to view great
movements and changes in their comprehensive
totality, and to understand the principles which
underlay, promoted, guided, or controlled them.
In all these, however, the learned and gifted
authors have aimed high. They have written
for adult readers. Mine is an humble, but I
trust it may prove to be a no less useful, aim.
I desire to get hold of the young people, and not
to offer them a learned and serious "history,"
which might perhaps be associated in their
minds with school tasks and painful efforts to
remember ; but to have a pleasant talk with them
about Ireland ; to tell them its story, after the
manner of simple storytellers; not confusing
their minds with a mournful series of feuds,
raids, and slaughters, merely for the sake of
noting them; or with essays upon the state of
agriculture or commerce, religion or science, at
particular periods — all of which they will find
instructive when they grow to an age to compre-
hend and be interested in more advanced works.
I desire to do for^our young people that which
has been well done for the j'outh of England by
numerous writers. I desire to interest them in
their country; to convince them that its history'
is no wild, dreary, and uninviting monotony of
internecine slaughter, but an entertaining and
instructive narrative of stirring events, abound-
ing in episodes, thrilling, glorious, and beautiful.
I do not take upon myself the credit of being
the first tc remember that "the Child is father
of the Man." The Kev. John O'Hanlon's ad-
mirable "Catechism of Irish History" has al-
readj' well appreciated that fact. I hope there
will follow many beside myself to cater for the
amusement and instruction of the young people.
They dii-jerve more attention than has hithei-to
been paid them by our Irish book-writers. In
childhood or boyhood to-day, there rapidly
approaches for them a to-morrow, bringing man-
hood, with its cares, duties, responsibilities.
When we who have preceded them shall have
passed away forever, they will be the men on
whom Ireland must depend. They will make
her future. They will guide her destinies.
They will guard her honor. They will defend
her life. To the service of this "Irish Nation of
the future" I devote the following pages, confi-
dent my young friends will not fail to read aright
the lesson taught by "The Story of Ireland-"
Dublin, August 15, 1867.
INTRODUCTORY.
How We Learn the Faots of Eablt Histobi.
It may occur to my young friends, that, be-
fore I begin my narration, I ought to explain
how far or by what means any one now living
can correctly ascertain and narrate the facts of
very remote historj'. The reply is, that what
we know of history anterior to the keeping of
written records is derived from the traditioLi
handed down "by word of mouth" from genera-
tion to generation. -^We may safely assume that
the commemoration of important events by this
means was, at first, unguarded or unregulated
by any public authority, and accordingly led to
much confusion, exaggeration, and corruption;
but we have positive and certain information
that at length steps were taken to regulate these
oral communications, and guard them as far as
possible from corruption. The method most
generally adopted for perpetuating them was to
compose them into historical chants or verse-
histories, which were easily committed to
memory, and were recited on all public or festive
occasions. When written records began to be
used, the events thus commemorated were set
down in the regular chronicles. Several of these
latter, in one shape or another, are still in exist-
ence. From these we chiefly derive our knowl-
edge, such as it is, of the ancient history of
Erinn.
It is, however, necessary to remember that all
history of very early or remote times, unless
what is derived from the narratives of Holy Writ,
is clouded, to a greater or lesser degree, with
doubt and obscurity, and is, to a greater or
lesser degree, a hazy mixture of probable fact
and manifest fable. When writing was un-
known, and before measures were taken to keep
the oral traditions with exactitude and for a public
, purpose, and while yet events were loosely
handed down by unregulated "hearsay" which
no one was charged to guard from exagg^ation
and corruption, some of the facts thus commem-
orated became gradually distorted, until, after
great lapse of time, whatever was described as
marvelously wonderful in the past was set down as
at least partly supernatural and the long dead
heroes whose prowess had become fabulously
exaggerated came to be regarded as demi-gods.
It is thus as regards the early history of ancienf
Bome and Greece. It is thus with the early
history of Ireland, and indeed of all other Euro-
pean countries.
It would, however, be a great blunder for any
one to conclude that because some of those old
mists of early tradition contain such gross absurd-
ities, they contain no truths at all. Investiga-
tion is every day more and more clearly estab-
lishing the fact that, shrouded in some of the
most absurd of those fables of antiquity there
are most indisputable and valuable truths of
history.
CONTENTS.
PAGE,
AUTHOH'S PREFACIi, V
Introddctouy — How we 'earn tlie facts of early
liUtorv xi
CHAPTER I.
iKow the Milesians souglit and found "the Promised
Isle "— an d conquered it 1
CHAPTER n.
How Ireland fared under the Milesian dynasty 3
CHAPTER HI.
How the Unfree Clans tried a revolution; and what
came of it — How the Romans thought in vain to
attempt a conquest of Ireland ■>
CHAPTER IV.
Bardic tales of Ancient Erinn — " The Sorrowful Fate
of the Children of Usna " 6
CHAPTER V.
The deatbof King Conor Mac Nessa 10
CHAPTER VI.
The " GolQon Age " of Pre-Christian Erinn 13
CHAPTER VII.
How Ireland i«ceived the Christian faith 16
CHAPTER Vlli.
A retrospective glance at pagan Ireland 18
CHAPTER IX.
Christian Ireland — The Story of Columba, the " Dove
oftheCell" 19
CHAPTER X.
The Danes in Ireland 28
CHAPTER XI.
How "Brian of the Tribute" became a High King of
Erinn 30
CHAPTER XII.
How a dark thunder-cloud gathered over Ireland 34
CHAPTER XIII.
The glorious day of Clontarf 85
CHAPTER XIV.
" After the Battle " — The scene " upon Ossory's plain"
— The last days of national freedom 40
CHAPTER XV.
flow England became a compact kingdom, while Ire-
land was breaking into fragments 41
CHAPTER XVI.
How Henry the Second feigned wondrous anxiety to
beal the disorders of Ireland 43
CHAPTER XVIL mm
The treason of Dijwmid M'Murrogh 44
CHAPTER XVIII. .
How the Norman adventurers got a foothold on Irish
soil 4lt
CHAPTER XIX.
IIow Henry recalled the adventurers — How he came
over himself to punish them and befriend the
Irish 48
CHAPTER XX.
How Henry made a treaty with the Irish king — and
did not keep it 51
CHAPTER XXI.
Death-bed scenes 54
CHAPTER XXII.
How the Anglo-Norman colony fared S>
CHAPTER XXIII.
" The bier that conquered" — The story of Godfrey of
Ty rconnell ffi
CHAPTER XXIV.
How the Irish nation awoke from its trance, and flung
off its chains — The career of King Edward Bfuce.. 81
CHAPTER XXV.
How this bright day of independence was turned to
gloom — How the seasons fought agiinst Ireland,
and famine for England &t
CHAPTER XXVI.
How the Anglo-Irish lords learned to prefer Irish man.
ners, laws, and language, aud were tecoming
"more Irish than the Irish themselves" — How
the king in London took measures to arrest that
dreaded evil 6T
CHAPTER XXVII.
How tne vainglorious Richard of England and his
overwhelming army failed to " dazzle " or conquer
the Prince of Leinster — Career of the heroic Art
M'Murrogh OB
CHAPTER XXVIII.
How the vainglorious English king tried another
campaign against the invincible Irish Prince, and
was utterly defeated as before It
CHAPTER XXIX.
How the civil wars in England left the Anglo-Irish
colony to ruin — How the Irish did not grasp the
opportunity of easy liberation 7S
via
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XXX. page
flow a new element of antagonism came into tbe
struggle — How tbe English king and nation
adopted a new religion, and how the Irish held fast
by the old 76
CHAPTER XXXI.
" Those Geraldinee ! those Geraldines I" 78
CHAPTER XXXII.
rhe rebellion of Silken Thomas 81
CHAPTER XXXIII.
flow tbe " Reformation" was accomplished in England,
and how it was resisted in Ireland 85
CHAPTER XXXIV.
How the Irish chiefs gave up all hope and yielded to
Henry; and how the Irish clans served the chiefs
for such treason S7
CHAPTER XXXV.
Henry's successors; Edward, Mary, and Elizabeth
— The career of "John the Proud " 89
CHAPTER XXXVI.
How the (feraldines once more leagued against Eng-
land under tbe banner of the cross — How "tbe
royal Pope " was tbe earliest and the most active
aUy of tbe Irish cause 91
CHAPTER XXXVII.
ft)w Commander Cosby held a "feast" at Mullagh-
mast; and bow "Iluari Oge" recompensed that
"hospitality" — A viceroy's visit to Qlenmalure,
and his reception there 95
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
' Hugh of Dungannon " — How Queen Elizabeth
brought up the young Irish chief at court, with
certain crafty designs of her own 98
CHAPTER XXXIX.
How Lord Deputy Perrot planned a right cunning ex-
pedition, and stole away tbe youtlifiil prince of
Tyrconnell — How, in tbe dungeons of Dublin
Castle, tlie boy chief learned his duty toward Eng-
land; and how he at length escaped and commenced
discharging that duty 99
CHAPTER XL.
Bow Hugh of Dungannon was meantime drawing oft
from England and drawing near to Ireland 103
CHAPTER XLI.
How Red Hugh went circuit against the English in tbe
North — How the crisis came upon O'Neill 105
CHAPTER XLII.
O'Neill in arms for Ireland — Clontibret and Beal-an-
aibabuie 106
CHAPTER XLIII.
Bow Ilugb formed a great national confederacy and
b»ilt up a nation once more on Irish aoil 113
CHAPTER XLIV. vtjm
How the reconstructed Iiish nation was overborne —
How tbe two Hughs "fought back to back"
against their overwhelming foes — How the
" Spanish aid " ruined tbe Irish cause. Tbe dis-
astrous battle of Kinsale 118
CHAPTER XLV.
" The last Lord of Beara " — How Donal of Dunboy
was assigned a perilous prominence, and nobly
undertook its duties — How Don Juan's imbecility
or treason ruined tbe Irish cause 119
CHAPTER XLVI.
How the queen's forces set about " tranquillizing "
Munster — How Carew sent Earl Tbomond on a
mission into Carbery, Bear, and Bantry 123
CHAPTER XLVII.
How tbe lord president gathered an army of four thou-
• sand men to crush doomed Dunboy, the last hope
of the national cause in Munster 123
CHAPTER XLVIII.
The last days of Dunboy; a tale of heroism 124
CHAPTER XLIX.
How tbe fall of Dunboy caused King Philip to change
all his plans, and recall tbe expedition for Ireland;
and how the reverse broke the brave heart of Red
Hugh — How the "Lion of the North" stood at
bay, and made bis foes tremble to the last Vl'i
CHAPTER L.
Tbe retreat to Leitri m ; "tbe most romantic and gallant
achievement of the age" \'6\
CHAPTER LI.
How the government and Hugh made a treaty of
peace — How England came under tbe Scottish
monarchy; and how Ireland hopefully hailed the
Gaelic sovereign 13(i
CHAPTER LII.
"Tbe Flight of the Earls " — How the princes of Ire-
land went into exile, menaced by destruction at
home 138
CHAPTER LIII.
A memorable epoch — How Milesian Ireland finally
disappeared from history; and how a new Ireland,
Ireland in exile, appeared for the first time —
How "plantations " of foreigners were designed
for the "colonization" of Ireland, and the extirpa-
tion of the native race 148
CHAPTER LIV.
How the lords justices got up the needful bloody fury
in England by a "dreadful massacre" story — How
the Confederation of Kilkenny came about 149
CHAPTER LV.
Something about the conflicting elements of the civil
war in 1642-9 — How the Confederate Catholics
made good their position, and established a naiir nal
goveniriient in Ireland . 16'
CONTENTS.
IX
CHAPTER LVI. rir.E
How King Charles opened nej;otiations with the Con-
federate Council— How tlie Anplo-Irish party
would "have peace at any price," and the "native
Irish " party btood out for peace with honor — How
Pope Innocent the Tenth sent an envoy, "not
empty-handed," to aid the Irish cause 154
CHAPTER LVII.
How the nuncio freed and armed the hand of Owen
Roe, and hade him strike at least one worthy blow
for God and Ireland — How gloriously Owen struck
that blow at Benburb 157
CHAPTER LVIII.
How the king disavowed the treaty, and the Irish repu-
diated it — How the council by a worse blunder
clasped hands with a sacrilegious murderer, and
incurred excommunication — How at length the
royalists and confederates concluded an honorable
peace 1 60
CHAPTER LIX.
How Cromwell led the Puritan rebels into Ireland —
How Ireland by a lesson too terrible to be forgotten
was taught the danger of too much loyalty to an
English sovereign 161
CHAPTER LX.
The agony of a nation 163
CHAPTER LXI.
How King Charles the Second came back on a compro-
mise— How a new massacre story was set to work
— The martyrdom of Primate Plunkett 167
CHAPTER LXII.
How King James the Second, by arbitrarily asserting
liberty of conscience, utterly violated the will of
the English nation — How the English agreed,
confederated, combined, and conspired to depose
the king, and beat up for " foreign emissaries " to
come and begin the rebellion for them 169
CHAPTER LXIII.
How William and James met face to face at the Boyne
— A plain sketch of the battlefield and the tactics
of the day 172
CHAPTER LXIV.
" Before the battle " 174
CHAPTER LXV.
The battle of the Boyne 175
CHAPTER LXVI.
How James abandoned the struggle; but the Irish
would not give up 179
CHAPTER LXVII.
Hov William sat down before Limerick and began the
siege — Sarsfield's midnight ride — The fate of
William's siege train 181
CHAPTER LXVIII. p^oe
How William procured a new siege train and breached
the wall — How the women of Limerick won their
fame in Irisb history — How the breach was
stormed and the mine sprung — How William ttfii
from " unconquered Limerick " 184
CHAPTER LXIX.
How the French sailed off, and the deserted Irish army
starved in rags, but would not give up the right —
Arrival of "St. Ruth, the Vain and Brave " 186
CHAPTER LXX.
How Ginckel besieged Athlone — How the Irish "kept
the bridge," and how the brave Custume and his
glorious companions "died for Ireland" — How
Athlone, thus saved, was lost in an hour 187
CHAPTER LXXI.
" TheCullodenof Ireland" — How Aughrim was fought
and lost — A story of the battlefield; "the dog of
Aughrim," or, fidelity in death 190
CHAPTER LXXII.
How glorious Limerick once more braved the ordeal —
How at length a treaty and capitulation were
agreed upon — How Sarsfield and the Irish army
sailed into exile 195
CHAPTER LXXIIL
How the Treaty of Limerick was broken and trampled
under foot by the "Protestant interest," yelling for
more plunder and more persecution 198
CHAPTER LXXIV.
"The penal times" — How "Protestant ascendency"
by a bloody penal code endeavored to brutify the
mind, destroy the intellect, and deform the physical
and moral features of the subject Catholics 201
CHAPTER LXXV.
The Irish army in exile — How Sarsfield fell on Landen
Plain — How the regiments of Burke and O'.Mahoney
saved Cremona, fighting in "muskets and shirts"
■ — The glorious victory of Fontenoy! — How the Irish
exiles, faithful to the end, shared the last gallant
effort of Prince Charles Edward 202
CHAPTER LXXVL
How Ireland began to awaken from the sleep of slavery
— The dawn of legislative independence 207
CHAPTER LXXVIL
How the Irish volunteers achieved the legislative in-
dependence of Ireland; or, how the moral force of
a citizen army effected a peaceful, legal, and con-
stitutional revolution 209
CHAPTER LXXVIIL
What national independence accomplished for Ireland —
How England once more broke faith with Ireland,
and repaid generous trust with base betrayal 213
l\.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER LXXIX. page
How the Englisli minister saw bis advantage in provok-
ing Ireland into an armed struggle; and bow beart-
lessly be labored to tliat end 214
CHAPTER LXXX.
How tbe Britisb minister forced on tbe rising— Tbe
fate of tbe brave Lord Edward — How tbe brotbers
Sbeares died band-in-band — The rising of ninety-
eigbt 216
CHAPTER LXXXI.
How tbe government consjiiracy now achieved its pur-
pose— How the parliament of Ireland was extin-
guished 221
CHAPTER LXXXII.
Ireland after the Union — Tbe storv of Robert Emmet. . 226
CHAPTER LXXXIII.
flow tbe Irish Catholics, under the leadership of
D'Connell, won Catholic emancipation 231
CHAPTER LXXXIV.
How the Irish people next sought to achieve tbe res-
toration of their legislative independence — How
England answered them with a challenge to the
sword 233
CHAPTER LXXXV.
How the horrors of the famine bad their effect on Irish
politics — How the French revolution set Europe
in a fiame — How Ireland made a vain attempt at
insurrection ....... 237
CHAPTER LXXXVI.
How tbe Irish exodus came about, and tbe English
press gloated over the anticipated extirpation of tbe
Irish race , 240
CHAPTER LXXXVII. page
How some Irishmen took to "tbe politics of despair" —
How England's revolutionary teachings "came
home to roost " — How General .John O'Neill gave
Colonel Booker a touch of Fontenoy at Kidgeway. . 342
CHAPTER LXXXVIII.
Tbe unfinished chapter of eighteen hundred and sixty-
seven — How Ireland, " oft doomed to death," has
shown that she is " fated not to die" 245
CHAPTER LXXXIX.
The Fenian rising and what followed it — Tbe "sur-
prise " of Chester Castle — The " Jacknell" expedi-
tion— The Manchester rescue 248
CHAPTER XC.
Funeral processions for tbe martyrs — Agitation for
amnesty and disestablishment — Clerkenwell and
Ballycohey 252
CHAPTER XCI.
The home rule movement — Its defects and failure —
"Obstruction " — A success — The Land League.. . 257
CHAPTER XCII.
Tbe visions at Knock— The Land League proclaimed
—Arrest of the leaders— Tbe "No rent" manifesto
—Tbe Arrears Act— The Phoenix Park tragedy-
Shooting of James Carey and trial of O'Donnell
— The National League 265
CHAPTER XCIII.
" Parnellism and Crime "—The Home Rule Bill 272
CHAPTER XCIV.
Coercion — Tbe plan of campaign — Death of Mr. Par-
nell — Tbe Home Rule Bill passed — Retirement of
Mr. Gladstone 275
Valedictory 277
ROBEKT Emmet 5WH
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
CHAPTER I.
HOW THE MILESIANS SOUGHT AND FOUND "tHE PROM-
ISED isle" and conquered it.
The earliest settlement or colonization of Ire-
land, of which there is tolerably precise and sat-
isfactory information, was that by the sons of
Miledh or Milesius, from whom the Irish are
occasionally styled Milesians. There are abun-
dant evidences that at least two or three "waves"
of colonization had long previously reached the
island; but it is not very clear whence they
came. Those first settlers are severally known
in history as the Partholanians, the Nemedians,
the Firbolgs, and the Tuatha de Danaans.
These latter, the Tuatha de Danaans, who im-
mediately preceded the Milesians, possessed a
civilization and a knowledge of "arts and
sciences" which, limited as we may be sure it
was, greatly amazed the earlier settlers (whom
they had subjected) by the results it produced.
To the Firbolgs (the more early settlers) the
wonderful things done by the conquering new- '
comers, and the wonderful knowledge they dis-
played, could only be the results of supernatural
power. Accordingly they set down the Tuatha
de Danaans as "magicians," an idea which the
Milesians, as we shall presently see, also adopted.
The Firbolgs seem to have been a pastoral
r»ce; the Tuatha de Danaans were more of a
manufacturing and commercial people. The
soldier Milesian came, and he ruled over all.
The Milesian colony reached Ireland from
Spain,* but they were not Spaniards. They were
an eastern people who had tarried in that coun-
try on their way westward, seeking, they said,
an island promised to the posterity of their an-
cestor, Gadelius. Moved by this mysterious
purpose to fulfill their destiny, they had passed
from land to land, from the shores of Asia across
the wide expanse of southern Europe, bearing
*Tbe settled Irish account ; but tbis is also disputed by
tbeorists wbo couteml tbat all tbe waves of colonization
reached Ireland from tbe eontioent across Britain.
aloft through all their wanderings the Sacred
Banner, which symbolized to them at once their
origin and their missiouj the blessing and th©
prom:.-3e given to their race. This celebrated
standard, the "Sacred Banner of the Milesians,"
was a flag on which was represented a dead ser-
pent and the rod of Moses; a device to com-
memorate forever among the posterity of Ga-
delius the miracle by which his life had been
saved. The story of this event, treasured with
singular pertinacity by the Milesians, is told as
follows in their traditions, which so far I have
been following :
While Gadelius, being yet a child, was sleep-
ing one day, he was bitten by a poisonous ser-
pent. His father — Niul, a younger, son of the
king of Scytliia — carried the child to the camp
of the Israelites, then close by, where the dis-
tracted parent with tears and prayers implored
the aid of Moses. The inspired leader was pro-
foundly touched by the anguish of Niul. He
laid the child down, and prayed over him; ther
he touched with his rod the wound, and the boy
arose healed. Then, say the Milesians, the man
of God promised or prophesied for the poster-
ity of the young prince, that they should inhabit
a country in which no venomous reptile could
live, an island which they should seek and find
in tbe track of the setting sun.
It was not, however, until the third generation
subsequently that the descendants and people of
Gadelius are found setting forth on their proph-
esied wanderings; and of this migration itself
— of the adventures and fortunes of the Gadelian
colony in its journeyings — the history would
make a volume. At length we find them tarry-
ing in Spain, where they built a city, Brigantia,
and occupied and ruled a certain extent of terri-
tory. It is said that Ith (pronounced "Eeh"),
uncle of Milesius, an adventurous explorer, had,
in his cruising northward of the Brigantian
coast, sighted the Promised Isle, and landing to
explore it, was attacked by the inhabitants
(Tuatha de Danaans), and mortally wounded ere
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
he could regain his ship. He died at sea ou the
way homeward. His body was reverentially
preserved and brought back to Spain by his son,
Lui (spelled Lugaid),* who had accompanied
■ him, and who now summoned the entire Milesian
host to the last stage of their destined wander-
ings— to avenge the death of Ith, and occupy
the Promised Isle. The old patriarch himself,
Miledh, had died before Lui arrived; but his
sons all responded quickly to the summons ; and
the widowed queen, their mother, Scota, placed
herself at the head of the expedition, which soon
sailed in thirty galleys for "the isle they had
seen in dreams." The names of the sons of
Milesius who thus sailed for Ireland were, Heber
the Fair, Amergiu, Heber the Brown, Colpa, Ir,
and Heremon ; and the date of this event is gen-
erally supposed to have been about fourteen hun-
dred years before the birth of our Lord.
At that time Ireland, known as Innis Ealga
(the Noble Isle) was ruled over by three brothers,
Tuatha de Danaan princes, after whose wives
(who were three sisters) the island was alternately
called, Eire, Banba (or Banva), and Fiola (spelled
Fodhla), by which names Ireland is still fre-
quently styled in national poems. "Whatever
difficulties or obstacles beset the Milesians in
landing they at once attributed to the "necro-
mancy" of the Tuatha de Danaans, and the old
traditions narrate amusing stories of the contest
between the resources of magic and the power of
valor. When the Milesians could not discover
land where they thought to sight it, they simply
agreed that the Tuatha de Danaans had by their
black arts rendered it invisible. At length they
descried the island, its tall blue hills touched by
the last beams of the setting sun, and from the
galleys there arose a shout of joy ; Innisfail, the
* Here let me at the outset state, once for all, tliat I
liave decided, after mature consideration, to .spell most of
the Irish names occurring in our annals according to their
correct prununciation or sound, and not according to their
strictly correct orthography in the Irish language and typog-
raphy. I am aware of all that may fairly be said against
this course, yet consider the weight of advantage to be on
its side, ^ome of our Irish name.s are irretrievably Angli-
cii'dinthe worst form — uncouth and absurd, ('boosing
therefore between difnculties and objections, I have de-
cided to rescue the correct pronuuciatiun in this manner ;
giving, besides, with sutEcient frequency, the correct
orthography.
Isle of Destiny, was found !* But lo, next morn-
ing the land was submerged, until only a low
ridge appeared above the ocean. A device of
the magicians, say the Milesians. Nevertheless
they reached the shore and made good their
landing. The "magician" inhabitants, however,
stated that this was not a fair conquest by the
rules of war ; that they had no standing army to
oppose the Milesians; but if the newcomers
would again take to their galleys, they should,
if able once more to effect a landing, be recog-
nized as masters of the isle by the laws of war.
The Milesians did not quite like the proposi-
tion. They feared much the "necromancy" of
the Tuatha de Danaans. It had cost them
trouble enough .already to get their feet upon the
soil, and they did not greatly relish the idea of
having to begin it all over again. They debated
the point, and it was resolved to submit the case
to the dacision of Amergin, who was the Ollav
(the Learned Man, Lawgiver, or Seer) of the ex-
pedition. Amergin, strange to say, decided on
the merits against his own brothers and kins-
men, and in favor of the Tuatha de Danaans.
Accordingl.v, with scrupulous obedience to his
decision, the Milesians relinquished all they had
* In Moore's " Melodies" the event here related is made
the subject of the following verses :
" They came from a laud beyond the sea,
And now o'er the western main
Set sail, in their good ships, gallantly,
From the sunny land of Spain.
' Oh, where 's the Isle we've seen in dreams.
Our destin'd home or grave?'
Thus sung they as, by the morning's beams.
They swept the Atlantic wave.
" And, lo. where afar o'er ocean shines
A sparkle of radiant green.
As though in that deep lay emerald mines.
Whose light through the wave was seen.
' 'Tis Innisfail — 'tis Innisfail 1'
Rings o'er the echoing sea ;
While, bending to heav'n, the warriors bail
That home of the brave and free.
"Tlien turu'd they unto the Eastern wave,
Where now their Day-God's eye
A look of such sunny omen gave
As lighted up sea and sky.
Nor frown was seen through sky or ses.
Nor tear o'er leaf or sod, \
When first on their Isle of Destiny ^
Our great forefathers trod."
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so far vvuji. They re-embarked in their galleys,
aiul, as demanded, withdrew "nine waves off
from the shore." Immediately a hurricane,
raised, say their versions, by the spells of the
magicians on shore, burst over the fleet, dispers-
ing it in all directions. Several of the princes
and chiefs and their wives and retainers were
drowned. The Milesians paid dearly for their
chivalrous acquiescence in the rather singular
proposition of the inhabitants indorsed by the
decision of Amergin. When they did land next
time, it was not in one combined force, but
in detachments widely separated; some at the
mouth of the Boyne ; others on the Kerry coast.
A short but fiercely contested campaign decided
the fate of the kingdom. In the first great
pitched battle, which was fought in a glen a few
miles south of Tralee,* the Milesians were vic-
torious. But they lost the aged Queen-Mother,
Scota, who fell amidst the slain, and was buried
beneath a royal cairn in Glen Scohene, close by.
Indeed the queens of ancient Ireland figure very
prominently in our history, as we shall learn as
we proceed. In the final engagement, which
was fought at Tailtan in Meath, between the
sons of Milesius and the three Tuatha de Danaan
kings, the latter were utterly and finally de-
feated, and were themselves slain. And with
their husbands, the three brothers, there fell
upon that dreadful day, when crown and coun-
try, home and husband, all were lost to them,
the three sisters. Queens Eire, Banva, and Fiola!
CHAPTER n.
HOW IRELAND FARED UNDER THE MILESIAN DYNASTY.
It is unnecessary to follow through their de-
tails the proceedingfs of the Milesian princes in
the period immediately subsequent to the land-
ing. It will suffice to state that in a compara-
* All that I bave beeu bere relating is a condensation of
traditions, very old, and until recently little valued or
credited by bistorical theorists. Yet singular corrobora-
tions bave been turning up daily, establishing the truth
of tfie main facts thus handed down. Accidental excava-
tions a few years since in the glen which tradition has
handed down as the scene of this battle more than th7'ee
thonsand years ago, brought to light full corroboration of
this fact, at least, that a battle of great slaughter was
ought upon the exact spot some thousands of years ago.
tively brief time they subdued the country,
entering, however, into regular pacts, treaties,
or alliances with the conquered but not power-
less Firbolgs and Tuatha de Danaans. Accord-
ing to the constitution under which Ireland was
governed for more than a thousand years, the
population of the island were distinguished in
two classes — the Free Clans, and the Unfree
Clans; the former being the descendants of the
Milesian legions, the latter the descendants of
the subjected Tuatha de Danaans and Firbolgs.
The latter were allowed certain rights and privi-
leges, and to a great extent regulated their own
internal affairs ; but they could not vote in the
selection of a sovereign, nor exercise any other
of the attributes of full citizenship without
special leave. Indeed, those subject populations
occasioned the conquerors serious trouble by
their hostility from time to time for centuries
afterward.
The sovereignty of the island was jointly
vested in, or assumed by, Heremon and Heber,
the Romulus and Remus of ancient Ireland.
Like these twin brothers, who, seven hundred
years later on, founded Rome, Heber and Here-
mon quarreled in the sovereignty. In a pitched
battle fought between them Heber was slain, and
Heremon remained sole ruler of the island.
For more than a thousand years the dynasty
thus established reigned in Ireland, the scepter
never passing out of the family of Milesius in the
direct line of descent, unless upon one occasion
(to which I shall more fully advert at the proper
time) for the brief period of less than twenty
years. The Milesian sovereigns appear to have
exhibited considerable energy in organizing the
country and establishing what we may call "in-
stitutions," some of which have beeu adopted
or copied with improvements and adaptations by
the most civilized governments of the present
day ; and the island advanced in renown for
valor, for wealth, for manufactures, and for
commerce.
By this, however, my young readers are not to
suppose that anything like the civilization of
our times, or even faintly approaching that to
which ancient Greece and Rome afterward at-
tained, prevailed at this period in Ii-eland. Not
so. But, compared with the civilization of its
own period in northern and Western Eurooe, and
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recolli ftmg how isolated and how far removed
Irelana was from the great center and source of
colonization and civilization in the East, the civ-
ilization of iiagan Ireland must be admitted to
iave been proudly eminent. In the works re-
maining to us of the earliest writers of ancient
Rome, we find references to Ii'eland that attest
the high position it then held in the estimation
of the most civilized and learned nations of an-
ti(iuity. From our own historians we know that
more than fifteen hundred years before the birth
of our Lord, gold mining and smelting, and
artistic working in the precious metals, were car-
ried on to a great extent in Ireland. Numerous
i^acts might be adduced to proTe that a high
order of political, social, industrial, and intel-
lectual intelligence prevailed in the country.
Even in an age which was rudely barbaric else-
where all over the world, the superiority of in-
tellect over force, of the scholar over the soldier,
was not only recognized but decreed bj^ leglisla-
tion in Ireland ! We find in the L'ish chronicles
that in the reign of Eochy the First (more than
a thousand j-ears before Christ) society was clas-
sified into seven grades, each marked by the
number of colors in its dress, and that in this clas-
sification men of learning, i.e., eminent scholars,
or savants as they would now be called, were by
law ranked next to royalty.
But the most signal proof of all, attesting the
existence in Ireland at that period of a civiliza-
tion marvelous for its time, was the celebrated
institution of the Feis Tara, or Triennial Parlia-
ment of Tara, one of the first formal parliaments
or legislative assemblies of which we have record.*
This great national legislative assembly was in-
stituted by an Irish monarch, whose name sur-
vives as a synonym of wisdom and justice, Ollav
Fiola, who reigned as Ard-Ri of Erinn about one
thousand years before the birth of Christ. To
this assembly were regularly summoned :
Firstly — All the subordinate royal j>rinces or
chieftains ;
Secondly — Ollavs and bards, judges, scholars,
and historians; and
Thirdly — Military commandere.
•The Ampliictyonic Council did not by any moans par-
take to a like extent of the nature and character of a par-
liament.
We have in the old records the most precise
accounts of the formalities observed a^ the open-
ing and during the sitting of the assembly, from
which we learn that its proceedings were regu-
lated with admirable order and conducted with
the greatest solemnity.
Nor was the institution of "triennial parlia-
ments" the only instance in which this illustri-
ous Irish monarch, two thousand eight hundred
years ago, anticipated to a certain extent the
forms of constitutional government of which the
nineteenth century is so proud. In the civil ad-
ministration of the kingdom the same enlightened
wisdom was displayed. He organized the coun-
try into regular prefectures. "Over every can-
tred, " says the historian, "he appointed a chief-
tain, and over every townland a kind of prefect
or secondary chief, all being the officials of the
king of Ireland. " After a reign of more than
forty years, this "true Irish king" died at an
advanced age, having lived to witness long the
prosperity, happiness, and peace which his noble
efforts had diffused all over the realm. His real
name was Eochy the Foui'th, but he is more
familiarly known in history by the title or sou-
briquet of "Ollav Fiola," that is, the "Ollav,"
or lawgiver, pre-eminently of Ireland, or "Fiola."
Though the comparative civilization of Ire-
land at this remote time was so high, the annals
of the period disclose the usual recurrence of
wars for the throne between rival members of
the same dynasty, which early and medieval
European history in general exhibits. Reading
over the history of ancient Ireland, as of ancient
Greece, Rome, Assyria, Gaul, Britain, or Spain,
one is struck by the number of sovereigns who
fell by violent deaths, and the fewness of those
who ended their reigns otherwise. But those
were the days when between kings and princes,
chiefs and warriors, the sword was the ready
arbiter that decided all causes, executed all jiidg-
ments, avenged all wrongs, and accomplished all
ambitious. Moreover, it is essential to bear in
mind that the kings of those times commanded
and led their own armies, not merely in theory
or by "legal fiction," but in reality and fact;
and that iiersonal participation in the battle and
prowess in the field were expected and were
requisite on the part of the royal commander.
Under such circumstances one can easily perceive
*
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6
iiow it came to pass, naturally and inevitably,
that the battlefield became ordinarily the death-
bed of the kiiiji. In those earlj- times the kings
who did not fall by the sword, in fair battle or
unfair assault, were the exceptions everywhere.
Yet it is a remarkable fact, that we find the
average duration of the reigns of Irish monarchs,
for fifteen hundred or two thousand years after
the Milesian dynasty ascended the throne, was
as long as that of most European reigns in the
seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centu-
ries. Several of the Milesian sovereigns enjoyed
reigns extending to over thirty years; some to
fifty years. Many of them were highly accom-
plished and learned men, liberal patrons of arts,
science, and commerce ; and as one of them,
fourteen hundred years before the Christian era,
instituted regularly convened parliaments, so we
find others of them instituting orders of knight-
hood and Companionships of Chivalry long be-
fore we hear of their establishment elsewhere.
The Irish kings of this period, as well as dur-
ing the first ten centuries of the Christian age,
in frequent instances intermarried with the royal
families of other countries — Spain, Gaul, Britain,
and Alba ; and the commerce and manufactures
of Ireland were, as the early Latin writers ac-
quaint us, famed in all the marts and ports of
Europe.
CHAPTER in.
HOW THE UNFREE CLANS TRIED A REVOLUTION; AND
WHAT CAME OF IT. HOW THE ROMANS THOUGHT
IT VAIN TO ATTEMPT A CONQUEST OF IRELAND.
During those fifteen hundred years preceding
the Christian era, the other great nations of
Europe, the Romans and the Greeks, were pass-
ing, by violent changes and bloody convulsions,
through nearly every conceivable form of govern-
ment— republics, confederations, empires, king-
doms, limited monarchies, despotisms, consu-
lates, etc. During the like period (fifteen cen-
turies) the one form of government, a limited
monarchy, and the one dynasty, the Milesian,
ruled in Ireland. The monarchy was elective,
but elective out of the eligible members of the
established or legitimate dynasty.
Indeed the principle of "legitimacy," as it is
sometimes called in our times — the hereditary-
right of a ruling family or dynasty — seems from
the earliest ages to have been devotedly, I might
almost say superstitiously, held by the Irish.
Wars for the crown, and violent changes of
rulers, were always frequent enough; but the
wars and the changes were always between mem-
bers of the i-uling family or "blood royal;" and
the two or three instances to the contrary that
occur are so singularly strong in their illustra-
tion of the fact to which I have adverted, that I
will cite one of them here.
The Milesians and the earlier settlers never
completely fused. Fifteen hundred years after
the Milesian landing, the Firbolgs, the Tuatha
de Danaans, and the Milesians were still sub-
stantially distinct races or classes, the first being
agriculturists or tillers of the soil, the second
manufacturers and merchants, the third soldiers
and rulers. The exactions and oppressions of
the ruling classes at one time became so griev-
ous that in the reign succeeding that of Creivan
the Second, who was the ninety-ninth Milesian
monarch of Ii'eland, a widespread conspiracy was
organized for the overthrow and extirpation of
the Milesian princes and aristocracy. After
three years of secret preparation, everything
being ready, the royal and noble Milesian fami-
lies, one and all, were invited to a "monster
meeting" for games, exhibitions, feastings, etc.,
on the plain of Knock Ma, in the county of Gal-
way. The great spectacle had lasted nine days,
when suddenly the Milesians were set upon by
the Attacotti (as the Latin chroniclers called the
conspirators), and massacred to a man. Of the
royal line there escaped, however, three princes,
children yet unborn. Their mothers, wives of
Irish princes, were the daughters respectively of
the kings of Scotland, Saxony, and Brittany.
They succeeded in escaping into Albion, where
the three young princes were born and educated.
The successful conspirators raised to the throne
Carbry the First, who reigned five years, during
which time, say the chronicles, the country was
a prey to every misfortune ; the earth refused to
yield, the cattle gave no milk, the trees bore no
fruit, the waters had no fish, and "the oak *had
* Such was the deep faith the Irish had in the principle
of legitimacy in a dynasty ! This characteristic of nearl/
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but on. , acorn. ' ' Carbry was succeeded by his
son, Moien, -whose name deservedly lives in Irish
history as "Moran the Just." He refused to
■wear- the crown, which belonged, he said, to the
royal line that had been so miraculously pre-
served ; and he urged that the rightful princes,
who by this time had grown to man's estate,
should be recalled. Moran 's powerful pleading
commended itself readily to the popular con-
science, already disquieted by the misfortunes
and evil omens which, as the iieople read them,
had fallen upon the laud since the legitimate
line had been so dreadfully cut down. The
young princes were recalled from exile, and one
of them, Faradah the Piighteous, was, amid
great rejoicing, elected king of Ireland. Moran
was appointed chief judge of Erinn, and under
his administration of justice the land long pre-
sented a scene of peace, happiness, and content-
ment. To the gold chain of office which Moran
wore on the judgment seat, the Irish for centu-
ries subsequently attached supernatural powers.
It was said that it would tighten around the neck
of the judge if he was unjustly judging a cause!
The dawn of Christianity found the Romans
masters of nearly the whole of the known world.
Britain, after a short struggle, succumbed, and
eventually learned to love the yoke. Gaul, after
a gallant effort, was also overpowered and held
as a conquered province. But upon Irish soil
the Roman eagles were never planted. Of Ire-
land, or lerne, as they called it, of its great
wealth and amazing beauty of scenery and rich-
aess of soil, the all-conquering Romans heard
much. But they had heard also that the fruitful
and beautiful island was peopled by a soldier
race, and, judging them by the few who occasion-
ally crossed to Alba to help their British neigh-
bors, and whose prowess and skill the imperial
legions had betimes to prove, the conquest of
all the Celtic Dations survives in all its force in the Jacobite
Relics of Ireland, the outbursts of Irish national feeling
seventeen liundred years subge</uenU!/. Ex.gr. Compare the
above taken from an old chronicle of the period, with the
well-Unown .Jacobite song translated from the Irish by
(lallanan :
" No more the cuckoo hails the spring ;
No more tlie woods with stanch hounds ring ;
The «Mn nc/irce Hg?its the norromng day,
Binee tlie rightful prince i»far away."
lerne was wisely judged by the Romans to be a
work better not attempted.
The eai-ly centuries of the Christian era may
be considered the period pre-eminently of pagan
bardic or legendary fame in Ireland. In this,
which we may call the "Ossianic" period, lived
Cuhal or Cumhal, father of the celebrated Fin
Mac Cumhal, and commander of the great Irish
legion called the Fiana Erion, or Ii-ish militia.
The Ossianic poems* recount the most marvelous
stories of Fin and Fiana Erion, which stories ai'e
compounds of undoubted facts and manifest fic-
tions, the prowess of the heroes being in the
coixrse of time magnified into the supernatural,
and the figures and poetic allegories of the earlier
bai'ds gradually coming to be read as realities.
Some of these poems are gross, extravagant, and
absurd. Others of them are of rare beauty, and
are, moreover, valuable for the insight they give,
though obliquely, into the manners and customs,
thoughts, feelings, guiding principles, and mov-
ing passions of the ancient Irish.
CHAPTER IV.
BARDIC TALES OF ANCIENT EKINN "tHE SORROWFUI.
FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF USNA. ' '
One of the oldest, and perhaps the most fa-
mous, of all the great national history-poems or
bai-dic tales of the ancient Irish, is called "The
Fate of the Children of Usna, ' ' the incidents of
which belong to the period preceding by half a
century the Christian era, or anno mundi 3960.
Indeed it was always classified by the bards as
one of "The Three Sorrowful Tales of Erinn."
Singularly enough, the story contains much less
poetic fiction, and keeps much closer to the simple
facts of history, than do several of the poems of
Ossian's time, written much later on. From the
highly dramatic and tragic nature of the events
related, one can well conceive that, clad in the
beautiful idiom of the Irish tongue and told in
the fanciful language of poetry, "The Story of
the Children of Usnach" was calculated to win a
prominent place among the bardic recitals of
the pagan Irish. A semi-fanciful version of it
has been given in English at great length by Dr.
•So called from their author, Oisin, or Ossian, the war-
rior poet, son of Fin, and grandson of Cuhal.
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Ferguson in the "Hibernian Nights' Entertain-
ment;" but the story is variously related by other
narrators. As it may, perhaps, be interesting
to my young readers, I summarize the various
versions here as the only specimen I mean to
give of the semi-imaginative literature of the
pagan Irish :
When Conor Mac Nessa was reigning king of
TJlidia, and Eochy the Tenth was Ard-Ei of
Eriuu, it happened one day that Conor had
deigned to be present at a feast which was given
at the house of Eelemi, son of the laureate of
Ulster. While the festivities were going on, it
came to pass that the wife of the host gave birth
to a daughter; and the infant being brought
into the presence of the king and the other
assembled guests, all saw that a beauty more
than natural had been given to the cliild. In the
midst of remark and marvel on all hands at the
circumstance, Kavaiee, the chief Druid of the
Dlidians, cried out with a loud voice and proph-
esied that through the infant before them
there would come dark woe and misfortune to
Ulster, such as the laud had not known for years.
When the warriors heard this, they all demanded
that the child should instantly be put to death.
But Conor interposed and forbade the deed.
"I," said the king, "will myself take charge of
this beautiful child of destiny. I shall have her
reared where no evil can befall through her or to
her, and in time she may become a wife for me. "
Then the chief Druid, Kavaiee, named the child
Deirdri, which means alarm or danger. Conor
placed the infant under the charge of a nurse or
attendant, and subsequently a female tutor, in a
residence situated in a district which no foot of
man was allowed to tread ; so that Deirdri had
grown to the age of woman before sho saw a
human form other than those of her female at-
tendants. And the maiden was beautiful beyond
aught that the eye of man had ever beheld.
Meanwhile, at the court of the Ulidian king
■was a young noble named Naeisi, son of Usna,
whose manly beauty, vigor, activity, and bravery
were the theme of every tongue. One day,
accompanied only by a faithful deerhound, Naeisi
had hunted the deer from the rising of the sun,
until, toward evening, he found the chase had
led him into a district quite strange to his eye.
He paused to think how best he might retrace
his way homeward, when suddenly the terrible'
idea flashed across his mind that he was within
the forbidden ground which it was death to enter
— the watchfully-guarded retreat of the king's
mysterious j^ro/e^K', Deirdri. While pondering
on his fatal position, ho came suddenly upon
Deirdri and her nurse, who were strolling in the
sunset by a running stream. Deirdri cried out
with joy to her attendant, and asked what sort
of a being it was who stood beyond ; for she had
never seen any such before The consternation
and embarrassment of the aged attendant were
extreme, and she in vain sought to baffle Deirdri '»
queries, and to induce her to hasten homeward,
Naeisi too, riveted by the beauty of Deirdri, even
though he knew the awful consequences of his
unexpected presence there, stirred not from the
scene. He felt that even on the penalty of death
he would not lose the enchanting vision. He
and Deirdri spoke to each other ; and eventua'.ly
the nurse, perplexed at first, seems to have be-
come a confidante to the attachment which on
the spot sprung up between the young people.
It was vain for them, however, to hide from
themselves the fate awaiting them on the king's
discovery of their affection, and accordingly Naeisi
3nd Deirdri arranged that they would fly into
Alba .where they might find a home. Now
Naeisi was greatly loved by all the nobles of
Ulster ; but most of all was he loved by his two
brothers, Anli and Ardan, and his affection for
them caused him to feel poignantly the idea of
leaving them forever. So he confided to them
the dread secret of his love for Deirdri and" of the-
flight he and she had planned. Then Anli and
Ardan said that wherever Naeisi would fly,
thither also would they go, and with their good
swords guard their brother and the wife for
whom he was sacrificing home and heritage. So,
privately selecting a trusty band of one hundred
and fifty warriors, Naeisi, Anli, and Ardan, tak-
ing Deirdri with them, succeeded in making
their escape out of Ireland and into Alba, where
the king of that country, aware of their noble
lineage and high valor, assigned them ample
"maintenance and quarterage," as the bards ex-
press it. There they lived peacefully and happilj-
for a time, until the fame of Deirdri 's unequalled
beauty made the Albanian king restless and envi-
ous, reflecting that he might, as sovereign, him-
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self claim her as wife, -wbieli demand at length
he made. Naeisi and bis brothers were filled
■with indignation at this ; but their difficulty was
extreme, for whither now could they fly? Ire-
land was closed against them forever; and now
they were no longer safe in Alba! The full dis-
tress of their position was soon realized : for the
iiug of Alba came with force of arms to take
Deirdri. After many desperate encounters and
adventures, however, any one of which would
supply ample material for a poem-story, the
exilevl brothers and their retainers made good
their retreat into a small island off the Scottish
coast.
'\\'hen it was heard in TJlidia that the sons of
TJsna were in such sore strait, great murmurs
•went round among the nobles of Ulster, for
Kaeisi and his brothers were greatly beloved of
them all. Bo the nobles of the province eventu-
ally spoke up to the king, and said it was hard
and a sad thing that these three .young nobles,
the foremost warriors of Ulster, should be lost to
their native land and should suffer such difficulty
"on account of one woman. " Conor saw what
discontent and disaffection would prevail through-
out the province if the popular favorites were not
at once pardoned and recalled. He consented to
the entreaties of the nobles, and a royal courier
was dispatched with the glad tidings to the sons
of Usna.
When the news came, joy beamed on everj'
face but on that of Deirdri. She felc an unac-
countable sense of fear and sorrow, "as if of
coming ill." Yet, with all Naeisi's unbounded
love for her, she feared to put it to the strain of
calling on him to choose between exile with her
or a return to Ireland without her. For it was
clear that both he and Anli and Ardan longed in
their hearts for one glimpse of the hills of Erinu.
However, she could not conceal the terrible dread
that oppressed her, and Naeisi, though his soul
yearned for home, was so moved by Deirdri 's
forebodings, that he replied to the royal messen-
ger by exi)ressing doubts of the safety promised
to him if he returned.
When this answer reached Ulster, it only in-
flamed the discontent against tlie king, and the
noVjlcB agreed that it was but right that the most
Bolemn guarantees and ample sureties should be
given to the sons of Usna on the part of the king.
To this also Conor assented ; and he gave Fergus
Mac Eoi, Duthach del Ulad, and Cormac Colingas
as guarantees or hostages that he would himself
act toward the sons of Usna in good faith.
The royal messenger set out once more, accom-
panied by Fiachy, a young noble of Ulster, son
of Fergus Mac Koi, one of the three hostages ;
and now there remained no excuse for Naeisi de-
laying to return. Deirdri still felt oppressed by
the mysterious sense of dread and hidden danger •
but (so she reflected) as Naeisi and his devoted
brothers had hiterto uncomplainingly sacrificed
everything for her, she would now sacrifice her
feelings for their sakes. She assented, therefore
(though with secret sorrow and foreboding), to
their homeward voyage.
Soon the gallej'S laden with the returning
exiles reached the Irish shore. On landing, they
found a Dalariadan legion waiting to escort them
to Emania, the palace of the king ; and of this
legion the young Fiachy was the commander
Before completing the first day's march some
misgivings seem occasionally to have flitted
across the minds of the brothers, but they were
allayed by the frank and fearless, brave and hon-
orable Fiachy, who told them to have no fear,
and to be of good heart. But every spear's
length they drew near to Emania, Deirdri 's feel-
ings became more and more insupportable, and
so overpowered was she with the forebodings of
evil, that again the cavalcade halted, and again
the brothers would have turned back but for the
persuasions of their escort. Next day, toward
evening, they sighted Emania. "O Naeisi,"
cried Deirdri, "view the cloud that I here see in
the sky! I see over Eman Green a chilling cloud
of blood-tinged red." But Naeisi tried to cheer
her with assurances of safety and pictures of the
happy days that were yet befoi-e them.
Nest day came Durthaeht, chieftain of Fermao
(now Farne.v), sa.viug that he came from the
king, by whose orders the charge of the escort
should now be given to him. But Fiach.y, who
perhaps at this stage began to have misgivings
as to what was in meditation, answered that to
no one would he sun-ender the honorable trust
confided to him on the stake of his father's life
and honor, which with his own life and honor he
would defend.
And here, iiifcri'upting the summarized text
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of the story, I may state that it is a matter of
doubt whether the king was really a party to the
treachery which ensued, or whether Durthacht
and others themselves moved in the bloody busi-
ness without his orders, using his name and cal-
culating that what they iiroposed to do would
secretly please him, would be readily forgiven or
approved, and would recommend them to Conor's
favor. Conor's character as it stands on the
page of authentic history, woixld forbid the idea
of such murderous perfidy on his part ; but all
the versions of the tale allege the king's guilt to
be deep and plain.
Fiachy escorted his charge to a palace which
had been assigned for them in the neighborhood ;
and, much to the disconcerting of Durthacht of
Fermae, quartered his legion of Dalariadans as
guards upon the building. That night neither
the chivalrous Fiachy nor the children of Usna
disguised the now irresistible and mournful con-
viction that foul play was to be apprehended ;
but Naeisi and his brothers had seen enough of
their brave young custodian to convince them
that, even though his own father should come at
the palace gate, to bid him connive at the sur-
render of his charge, Fiachy would defend them
while life remained.
Next morning the effort was renewed to induce
Fiachy to hand over the charge of the returned
exiles. He was immovable. ""What interest is
it of yours to obstruct the king's orders?" said
Durthacht of Fermae; "can you not turn over
your responsibility to us, and in peace and safety
go your way?" — "It is of the last interest to
me, "replied Fiachy, "to see that the sons of
Usna have not trusted in vain on the word of the
king, on the hostage of my father, or on the
honor of my father's son." Then all chance of
prevailing on Fiachy being over, Durthacht gave
the signal for assault, and the palace was stormed
on all sides.
Then spoke Naeisi, touched to the heart by the
devotion and fidelity of Fiachy: "Why should
you perish defending us? We have seen all.
Your honor is safe, noblest of youths. We will
not have you sacrifice vainly resisting the fate
that for us now is clearly inevitable. We will
meet death calmly, we will surrender ourselves,
and spare needless slaughter." But Fiachy
would not have it so, and all the entreaties of
the sons of Usna could not prevail upon him to
assent. "lam here, " said he, "the representa-
tive of my father's hostage, of the honor of
Ulster, and the word of the king. To these and
on me you trusted. While you were safe you
would have turned back, but for me. Now, they
who would harm you must pass over the lifeless
corpse of Fiachy."
Then they asked that they might at least go
forth on the ramparts and take part in the de-
fense of the palace ; but Fiachy pointed out that
by the etiquette of knightly honor in Ulidia, this
would be infringing on his sacred charge. He
was the pledge for their safetj-, and he alone
should look to it. They must, under no circum-
stances, run even the slightest peril of a spear-
wound, unless he should first fall, when by the
laws of honor, his trust would have been
acquitted, but not otherwise. So ran the code
of chivalry among the warriors of Dalariada.
Then Naeisi and his brothers and Deirdri with-
drew into the palace, and no more, even by a
glance, gave sign of any interest or thought
whatsoever about their fate ; whether it was near
or far,-brighteuing or darkening; "but Naeisi
and Deirdri sat down at a chessboard and played
at the game."
Meanwhile, not all the thunders of the heavens
could equal the resounding din of the clanging
of shields, the clash of swords and spears, the
cries of the wounded, and the shouts of the com-
batants outside. The assailants were twenty to
one; but the faithful Fiachy and his Dalariadans
performed prodigies of valor, and at noon they
still held the outer ramparts of all. By th&
assailants nothing had yet been won.
An attendant rushed with word to Naeisi. H&
raised not his eyes from the board, but continued
the game.
But now the attacking party, having secured
reinforcements, returned to the charge with in-
creased desperation. For an hour there was no
pause in the frightful fury of the struggle.
At length the first rampart was won.
A wounded guard rushed in with the dark
news to Naeisi, who "moved a piece on the
board, but never raised his ej-es. "
The story in this way goes on to describe how,
as each fosse surrounding the palace was lost and
won, and as the din and carnage of the strife
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drew nearer and nearer to the doomed guests in-
side, each report from the scene of slaughter,
whether of good or evil report failed alike to
elicit the slightest motion of concern or interest
one way or another from the brothers or from
Deirdri. In all the relics we possess of the old
poems or bardic stories of those pagan times,
there is nothing finer than the climax of the
tragedy which the semi-imaginative stoi-y I have
been epitomizing here proceeds to reach. The
deafening clangor and bloody strife outside,
drawing nearer and nearei-, the supreme equa-
nimity of the noble victims inside, too proud to
evince the slightest emotion, is most powerfully
and dramatically antithesized; the story culmi-
nating in the final act of the tragedy, when the
faithful Fiachy and the last of his guards having
been slain, "the Sons of Usna" met their fate
with a dignity that befitted three such noble
champions of Ulster.
"V\'hen Fergus and Duthach heard of the foul
murder of the sous of Usna, in violation of the
pledge for which they themselves were sureties,
they marched upon Emania, and, in a desperate
encounter with Conor's forces in which tire king's
son was slain and his palace burned to the ground,
they inaugurated a desolating war that lasted in
Ulster for many a year, and amply fulfilled the
dark prophecy of Kavaiee the Druid in the hour
of Deirdri 's birth.
Deirdri, we are told, "never smiled" from the
day of the slaughter of her husband on Eman
Green.
In vain the king lavished kindness and
favors upon her. In vain he exhausted every
resource in the endeavor to cheer, amuse, or in-
.terest her.
One day, after more than a year had been
'passed by Deirdri in this settled but placid
despair and melancholy, Conor took her in his
own chariot to drive into the country. He at-
tempted to jest her sarcastically about her con-
tinued grieving for Naeisi, when suddenly she
Bprang out of the chariot, then flying at the full
Hpeed of the steeds, and falling headforemost
ngainst a sharp rock on the roadside, was killed
upoTi tlie si>ot
"Well known to most Irish readers, young and
old, is Moore's beautiful and passionate "La-
BQont for the Children of Usna:"
"Avenging and bright fall the swift sword ol
Erin
On him who the brave sons of Usna be-
trayed ! —
For every fond eye he hath waken 'd a tear in,
A drop from his heart-wounds shall weep
o'er her blade!
"By the red cloud that hung over Conor's dark
dwelling,
When Ulad's three champions lay sleeping
in gore —
By the billows of war, which so often, high
swelling,
Have wafted these heroes to victory's shore —
""We swear to revenge them! —
No joy shall be tasted.
The harp shall be silent, the maiden unwed.
Our halls shall be mute, and our fields shall
lie wasted.
Till vengeance is wreak'd on the murderer's
head!
"Yes, monarch, tho' sweet are our home recol-
lections;
Though sweet are the tears that from tender-
ness fall;
Though sweet are our friendships, our hopes,
our affections.
Revenge on a tyrant is sweetest of all!"
CHAPTER V.
THE DEATH OF KINO CONOR MAC NES3A.
I HAVE alluded to doubts suggested in my
mind by the facts of authentic history, as to
whether King Conor Mac Ncssa was likely to
have played the foul part attributed to him in
this celebrated bardic story, and for which, cer-
tainly, the "sureties" Fergus, Duthach, and
Cormac, held him to a terrible account. All that
can be said is, that no other incident recorded
of him would warrant such an estimate of his
character; and it is certain he was a num of
many brave and noble parts. He met his death
under truly singular circumstances. The ancient
bardic version of the event is almost literally
given in the following poem, by Mr. T. D. Sulli-
van:
■COPYRIGHT, I3q8.
THOMAS MOORH.
MURPHV & MCCARTH,.
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DEATH OF KING CONOR MAC NESSA.
I.
'Twas a day full of sorrow for Ulster when Conor
Mac Nessa went forth
To punish the clansmen of Connaught who dared
to take spoil from the North ;
For his men brought him back from the battle
scarce better than one that was dead,
AVith the brain-ball of Mesgedra* buried two-
thirds of its depth in his head.
His royal physician bent o'er him, great Fingen,
who often before
Stanched the war-battered bodies of heroes, and
built them for battle once more.
And be looked on the wound of the monarch, and
heark'd to his low- breathed sighs.
And he said, "In the day when that missile is
loosed from his forehead, he dies.
II.
"Yet lon^ midst the people who love him King
Conor Mac Nessa may reign.
If always the high pulse of passion be kept from
his heart and his brain ;
And for this I lay down his restrictions : — no
more from this day shall his place
Be with armies, in battles, or hostings, or lead-
ing the van of the chase ;
At night when the banquet is flashing, his
measure of wine must be small.
And take heed that the bright eyes of woman be
kept from his sight above all ;
For if heart-thrilling joyance or anger awhile
o'er his being have power.
The ball will start forth from his forehead, and
surely he dies in that hour."
III.
Oh! woe for the valiant King Conor, struck down
from the summit of life,
"While glory unclouded shone round him, and
regal enjoyment was rife —
* The pagan Irish warriors sometimes took the brai'ns out
of champions whom they had slain in single combat, mixed
them up with lime, and rolled them into balls, which
hardened with time, and which they preserved as trophies.
It was with one of these balls, which had been abstracted
from his armory, that Conor Mao Nessa was wounded, as
■described in the text.
Shut out from his toils and his duties, condemned
to ignoble repose,
No longer to friends a true helper, no longer a
scourge to his foes!
He, the strong-handed smiter of champions, the
piercer of armor and shields.
The foremost in earth-shaking onsets, the last
out of blood-sodden fields —
The mildest, the kindest, the gayest, when revels
ran high in his hall —
Oh, well might his true-hearted people feel
gloomy and sad for his fall !
IV.
The princes, the chieftains, the nobles, who met
to consult at his board.
Whispered low when their talk was of combats,
and wielding the spear and the sword :
The bards from their harps feared to waken the
full-pealing sweetness of song,
To give homage to valor or beauty, or praise to
the wise and the strong ;
The flash of no joj--giving story made cheers or
gay laughter resound.
Amid silence constrained and unwonted the
seldom-filled wine-cup went round ;
And, sadder to all who remembered the glories
and joys that had been.
The heart-swaying presence of woman not once
shed its light on the scene.
He knew it, he felt it, and sorrow sunk daily
more deep in his heart ;
He wearied of doleful inaction, from all his
loved labors apart.
He sat at his door in the sunlight, sore grieving
and weeping to see
The life and the motion around him, and nothing
so stricken as he.
Above him the eagle went wheeling, before him
the deer galloped by.
And the quick-legged rabbits went skipping from
green glades and burrows a-nigh,
The song-birds sang out from the copses, the
bees passed on musical wing.
And all things were happy and busy, save Conor
Mac Nessa the king!
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VI.
So yeaxs had passed oyer, when, sitting mid
silence like that of the tomb,
A terror crept through him as sudden the noon-
light was blackened with gloom.
One red flare of lighting blazed brightly, illum-
ing the landscape ai'ound.
One thunder-peal roared through the mountains,
and rumbled and crashed under ground ;
He heard the rocks bursting asunder, the trees
tearing up by the roots.
And loud through the horrid confusion the
howling of terrified brutes.
From the halls of his tottering palace came
screamings of terror and pain.
And he saw crowding thickly around him the
ghosts of the foes he had slain !
vn.
And as soon as the sudden commotion that shud-
dered through nature had ceased.
The king sent for Barach, his Druid, and said :
"Tell me truly, O priest,
What magical arts have created this scene of vj'.d
horror and dread?
"What has blotted the blue sky above us, and
shaken the earth that we tread?
Are the gods that we worship offended? what
crime or what wrong has been done?
Has the fault been committed in Ei-in, and how
may their favor be won ?
"What rites may avail to appease them? what
gifts on their altars should smoke?
Only say, and the offering demanded we lay by
your consecrate oak. ' '
vni.
"O king," said the white-bearded Druid, "the
truth unto me has been shown.
There lives but one God, the Eternal ; far up in
high Heaven is His throne.
He looked ui>on men with compassion, and sent
from His kingdom of light
His Son, in the shape of a mortal, to teach them
and guide thein aright.
Near the time of your birth, O King Conor, the
Savior of mankind was born,
Xnd since then in the kingdoms far eastward He
taught, toiled, and prayed, till this morn.
When wicked men seized Him, fast bound Him
with nails to a cross, lanced His side.
And that moment of gloom and confusion was
earth's cry of di-ead when He died.
IX.
"O king. He was gracious and gentle. His heart
was all pity and love.
And for men He was ever beseeching the grace
of His Father above;
He helped them. He healed them. He blessed
them. He labored that all might attain
To the true God's high kingdom of glory, where
never comes sorrow or pain ;
But they rose in their pride and their folly, their
hearts filled with merciless rage.
That only the sight of His life-blood fast poured
from His heai't could assuage :
Yet while on the cross-beams uplifted. His body
racked, tortured, and riven.
He prayed — -not for justice or vengeance, but
asked that His foes be forgiven. ' '
X.
With a bound from his seat rose King Conor, thf*
red flush of rage on his face,
Fast he ran through the hall for his weapons,
and snatching his sword from its place.
He rushed to the woods, striking wildly at
boughs that dropped down with each blow,
And he cried: "Were I midst the vile rabble, I'd
cleave them to earth even so!
With the strokes of a high king of Erinn, the
whirls of my keen-tempered sword,
I would save from their horrible fury that mild
and that merciful Lord."
His frame shook and heaved with emotion ; the
brain-ball leaped forth from his head.
And commending his soul to that Savior, King
Conor Mac Nessa fell dead.
CHAPTEK VI.
THE ''GOLDEN AGe" OP PRE-CHRISTIAN ERINN.
As early as the reign of Ard-Ki Cormac the
First — the first years of the third century — the
Christian faith had iienetrated into Ireland.
Prol)ably in the commercial intercourse betweej^
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the Irish and continental ports, some Christian
converts had been made among the Irish navi-
gators or merchants. Some historians think the
monarch himself, Cormac, toward the close of his
life adored the true God, and attempted to put
down druidism. ' ' His reign, ' ' says Mr. Haverty
the historian, "is generally looked upon as the
brightest epoch in the entire history of pagan
Ireland. He established three colleges ; one for
War, one for History, and the third for Jurispru-
dence. He collected and remodeled the laws,
and published the code which remained in force
until the English invasion (a period extending
beyond nine hundred years), and outside the
English Pale for many centuries after! He
assembled the bards and chroniclers at Tara, and
directed them to collect the annals of Ii-eland,
and to write out the records of the country from
year to year, making them synchronize with the
history of other countries, by collating events
■with the reigns of contemporary foreign i^oten-
tates ; Cormac himself having been the inventor
of this kind of chronology. These annals formed
what is called the 'Psalter of Tara,' which also
contained full details of the boiradaries of prov-
inces, districts, and small divisions of land
throughout Ireland ; but unfortunately this great
record has been lost, no vestige of it being now,
it is believed, in existence. The magnificence of
Cormac's palace at Tara was commensurate with
the greatness of his power and the brilliancy of
his actions ; and he fitted out a fleet which he
sent to harass the shores of Alba or Scotland,
until that country also was compelled to acknowl-
edge him as sovereign. He wrote a book or
tract called Teaguscna-Ri, or the 'Institutions of
a Prince, ' which is still in existence, and which
contains admirable maxims on manners, morals,
and government." This illustrious sovereign
died A.D. 2G6, at Cleitach, on the Boyne, a sal-
mon bone, it is said, having fastened in his
throat while dining, and defied all efforts at ex-
trication. He was bui'ied at Ross-na-ri, the first
of the pagan monarchs for many generations who
was not interred at Brugh, the famous burial
place of the pre-Christian kings. A vivid tradi-
tion relating the circumstances of his burial has
been very beautifully versified by Dr. Ferguson
in his poem, "The Burial of King Cormac:"
" 'Crom Cruach and his sub-gods 'welve, '
Said Cormac, 'are but craven treeue;
The ax that made them, haft or helve.
Had worthier of our worship been :
" 'But He who made the tree to grow.
And hid in earth tlie iron-stonre.
And made the man with mind to know
The ax's use, is God alone.' "
The Druids hear of this fearful speech, and are
horrified :
"Anon to priests of Crom was brought
(Where girded in their service dread
They ministered on red Moy Slaught)
Word of the words King Cormac said.
"They loosed their curse against the king.
They cursed him in his flesh and bones
And daily in their mystic ring
They turned the maledictive stones.
At length one day comes the news to them
that the king is dead, "choked upon the food he
ate,'' and they exultantly sound "the praise of
their avenging god." Cormac, before he dies,
however, leaves as his last behest, a direction
that he shall not be interred in the old pagan
cemetery of the kings at Brugh, but at Ross-
na-ri :
"But ere the voice was wholly spent
That priest and prince should still obey.
To awed attendants o'er him bent
Great Cormac gathered breath to say :
" 'Spread not the beds of Brugh for me.
When restless death-bed's use is done;
But bury me at Ross-nar-ee,
And face me to the rising sun.
" 'For all the kings who lie in Brugh
Put trust in gods of wood and stone ;
And 'twas at Ross that first I knew
One Unseen, who is God alone.
" 'His glory lightens from the east.
His message soon shall reach our shore,.
And idol-god and cursing priest
Shall plague us from Moy Slaught no
more. ' "
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King Cormac 3ies, and his people one and all
are shocked at the idea of burying him anywhere
save in the ancient pagan cemetery -where all his
ffxeat forefathers repose. They agree that he
must have been raving when he desired other-
wise; and they decide to bury him in Brugh,
where his grandsire, Conn of the hundred Battles,
lies armor-clad, upright, hound at foot and spear
in hand :
"Dead Cormac on his bier they laid:
'He reigned a king for forty years;
And shame it were,' his captains said,
'He lay not with his royal peers:
" 'His grandsire, Hundi-ed Battles, sleeps
Serene in Brugh, and all around
Dead kings, in stone sepulchral keeps.
Protect the sacred burial ground.
" 'What though a dying man should rave
Of changes o'er the eastern sea.
In Brugh of Boyne shall be his grave.
And not in noteless Ross-na-ree. '
"Then northward forth they bore the bier.
And down from Sleithac's side they drew
"With horseman and with charioteer.
To cross the fords of Boyne to Brugh."
Suddenly "a breath of finer air" touches the
river "with rustling wings."
' Vnd as the burial train came down
With dirge, and savage doloi'ous shows,
Across their pathway broad and brown.
The deep full-hearted river rose.
"From bank to bank through all his fords,
Neath blackening squalls he swelled and
boiled.
And thrice the wond'ring gentile lords
Essay'd to cross, and thrice recoil'd.
■'Then forth stepped gray-haired warriors four;
They said: 'Through angrier floods than
these.
On link'd shield once our King we bore
From Dread-spear and the hosts of Deece ;
" 'And long as loyal will holds good.
And limbs respond with helpful thews.
Nor flood nor fiend witliiu the flood
Shall bai- him of his burial dues.' "
So they lift the bier, and step into the boiling
surge.
"And now they slide and now they swim.
And now amid the blackening squall.
Gray locks afloat with clutchings grim.
They plunge around the floating pall.
"While as a youth with practiced spear
Through justling crowds bears off the ring--
Boyne from their shoulders caught the bier.
And proudly bare away the King!"
The foaming torrent sweeps the coffin a"vay;
next day it is found far down the river, stranded
on the bank under Ross-na-ri ; the last behegt of
Cormac is fulfilled after all!
"At morning on the grassy marge
Of Ross-ua-ree the corjjse was found.
And shepherds at their early charge.
Entombed it in the peaceful ground.
"And life and time rejoicing run
From age to age their wonted way;
But still he waits the risen Sun,
For still it is only dawning Day."
In the two centuries succeeding, there flour-
ished among other sovereigns of Ireland iless
known to fame, the celebrated Nial of the Nine
Hostages, and King Dahi. During these two
hundred years the flag of Ii-eland waved thi'ough
continental Europe over victorious legions and
fleets; the Irish monarchs leading powerful
armies across the plains of Gaul, and up to the
very confines of "the Caesar's domains" in
Italy. It was the day of Ireland's military power
in Europe ; a day which subsequently waned so
disastrouslj', and, later on, set in utter gloom.
Neighboring Britain, whose yoke a thousand
years subsequent!:"" Ireland was to wear, then lay
helpless and abject at the mercy of the Irish
hosts ; the Britons, as history relates, absolutely
weeping and wailing at the departure ?f the
enslaving Roman legions, because nov • there
would be naught to stay the visits of the Scoti,
or Irish, and the Picts! The courts of the Irisli
princes and homes of the Irish nobility were filled
with white slave attendants, brought from abroad.
* This was a sobriquet,
the Second.
His real name was FeredacU
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fiome from Gaul, but the most from Anglia. It
was in this way the youtliful Patriciua, or Pat-
rick, was brought a slave iuto Ireland from Gaul.
As the power of Imperial Rome began to pale,
and the outlying legions were being every year
drawn in nearer and nearer to the great city
itself, the Irish sunburst blazed over tLe scene,
and the retreating Romans found the cohorts of
Erinn pushing dauntlessly and vengefully on
their track. Although the Irish chronicles of
the period themselves say little of the deeds of
the armies abroad, the continental records of the
time give us pretty full insight into the part they
played on the European stage in that day.* Nial
of fhe Nine Hostages met his death in Gaul, on
the banks of the Loire, while leading his armies
in one of those campaigns. The death of King
Dahi, who was killed by lightning at the foot of
the Alps while marching at the head of his
legions, one of our national poets, Davis, has im-
mortalized in a poem, from which I quote here:
"Darkly their gliljs o'erhang,
Sharp is their wolf-dog's fang,
Bronze spear and falchion clang —
Brave men might shuu them!
Heavy the spoil they bear —
Jewels and gold are there —
Hostage and maiden fair —
How have they won them?
"From the soft sons of Gaul,
Roman, and Frank, and thrall.
Borough, and hut, and hall —
These have been torn.
Over Britannia wide.
Over fair Gaul they hied.
Often in battle tried —
Enemies mourn!
•Haverty the historian says: " It is in the verses of the
Latin poet Claiiiiian that we read of the sending of troops
by Stilichio, the general of Theodosius the Great, to repel
the Scottish hosts led by the brave and adventurous Nial.
One of the passages of Claudian thus referred to is that in
which th 1 poet says :
" ' Totam cum Scotus lernem
Movit, et infesto spuuiavit remige Tethys.'
That is, as translated in Gibson's "Camden :"
•"When Scots came thundering from the Irish shores
The ocean trembled, struck with hostile oars.' "
"Upon the glacier's snow,
Down on the vales below,
Monarch and clansmen go —
Bright is the morning.
Never their march they slack,
Jura is at their back.
When falls the evening black.
Hideous, and warning.
"Eagles scream loud on high;
Far off the chamois fly ;
Hoarse comes the torrent's cry,'
On the rocks whitening.
Strong are the storm's wings;
Down the tall pine it flings;
Hailstone and sleet it brings —
Thunder and lightning.
"Little these veterans mind
Thundering, hail, or wind;
Closer their ranks they bind —
Matching the storm.
While, a spear-east or more.
On, the first ranks before,
Dathi the sunburst bore —
Haughty his form.
"Forth from the thunder-cloud
Leajjs out a foe as proud — ■
' Sudden the monarch bowed —
On rush the vanguard ;
Wildly the king they raise —
Struck by the lightning's blaze —
Ghastly his dying.gaze.
Clutching his standard!
'Mild is the morning beam,
Gentlj' the rivers stream,
Happy the valleys seem ;
But the lone islanders —
Mark how they guard their king!
Hark, to the wail they sing!
Dark is their counselling —
Helvetia's highlandera.
'Gather like ravens, near—
Shall Dathi's soldiers fear?
Soon their home-path they clear-
Rapid and daring;
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On through the pass and plain.
Until the shore they gain.
And, with their spoil, again
Landed in Eirinn.
"Little does Eire care
For gold or maiden fair —
'Where is King Dathi? — where,
AVhere is my bravest?'
On the rich deck he lies.
O'er him his sunburst flies.
Solemn the obsequies,
Eire! thou gavest.
"See ye that couutless train
Crossing Eos-Comaiu's plain,
Crying, like hurricane,
Uileliuai?
Broad is his cairn's base —
Nigh the 'King's burial place,'
Last of the Pagan race,
Lieth King Dathi!"
CHAPTER Vn.
HOW IRELAND RECEIVED THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
To these foreign expeditions Ireland was des-
tined to be indebted for her own conquest by
the spirit of Christianity. As I have already
mentioned, in one of the military excursions of
King Nial the First into Gaul, he captured and
brought to Ireland among other white slaves,
Patricius, a Romano-Gallic youth of good quality,
and his sisters Darerca and Lupita. The story
of St. Patrick's bondage in Ireland, of his mirac-
ulous escape, his entry into holy orders, his
vision of Ireland — in which he thought he heard
the cries of a multitude of people, entreating him
to come to them in Erinn— his long studies under
St. Germain, and eventually his determination
to undertake in an esiiecial manner the conver-
sion of the Irish,* will all be found in any Irish
•My young readers will find tliis glorious cbapter in our
religious annals, related with great simplicity, beauty, and
trutli, in a little publication called, " St. Patrick's : Low it
was restored," by the Kev. James GaflFney, of the diocese
of Dublin, whose admirable volume on " The Ancient Irish
Church," as well as the Rev. S. Malone's " Church History
of Ireland," will be found invaluable to students.
Church History or Life of St. Patrick. Having
received the sanction and benediction of the holy
pontiff Pope Celestine, and having been conse-
crated bishop, St. Patrick, accompanied by a few
chosen priests, reached Ii-eland in 432. Chris-
tianity had been preached in Ireland long before
St. Patrick's time. In 431 St. Palladius, Arch-
deacon of Rome, was sent by Pope Celestine as
a bishop to the Christians in Ireland. These,
however, were evidently but few in number, and
worshiped only in fear or secrecy. The attempt
to preach the faith openly to the people was
violently suppressed, and St. Palladius sailed
from Ireland. St. Patrick and his missioners
landed on the spot where now stands the fash-
ionable watering place called Bray, near Dublin.
The hostility of the Lagenian prince and people
compelled him to re-embark. He sailed north-
ward, touching at Innis-Patrick near Skerries,
county Dublin, and eventually landed at Magh
Innis, in Strangford Lough.
Druidism would appear to have been the form
of paganism then prevailing in Ireland, though
even then some traces remained of a still more
ancient idol-worship, probably dating from the
time of the Tuatha de Danaans, two thousand
years before. St. Patrick, however, found the
Irish mind much better prepared, by its com-
parative civilization and refinement, to receive
the truths of Christianity, than that of any other
nation in Europe outside imperial Rome. The
Irish were always — then as they are now — pre-
eminently a reverential people, and thus were
peculiarly susceptible of religious truth. St.
Patrick's progress through the island was marked
by success from the outset. Tradition state?
that, expounding the doctrine of the Holy
Trinity, he used a little si)rig of trefoil, or three-
leaved grass, whence the Shamrock comes to be
the National Emblem, as St. Patrick is the Na-
tional Saint or Patron of Ireland.
Ard-Ri Laori * was holding a druidical festival
in Tara, at which the kindling of a great fire
formed a chief feature of the proceedings, and it
was a crime punishable with death for any one
to light a fire in the surrounding country on the
evening of that festival until the sacred fiame
on Tara Hill blazed forth. To his amazement,
•Son of Niiil the First.
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17
Jiowevfi, the monarch beheld ou the Hill of
Slano, visible from Tara, a bright tire kiudlod
early iu the evening. This was the Paschal tire
which St. Patrick and his missionaries had
lighted, for it was Holy Saturday. The king
sent for the chief Druid, and pointed out to him
on the distant horiaon the flickering beam that
so audaciously violated the sacred laws. The
archpriest gazed long and wistfully at the spot,
and eventually answered: "O king, there is in-
deed a flame lighted on yonder hill, which, if it
be not put out to-night will never be yuenched
in Erinn. " Much disquieted by this oracular
answer, Laori directed that the offenders, who-
ever they might be, should be instantly brought
before him for punishment. St. Patrick, on
being arrested, arrayed himself in his vestments,
and, crozier iu hand, marched boldly at the head
of his captors, reciting aloud, as he went along,
a litany which is still extant, in which he in-
voked, "on that momentous day for Erinn," the
Holy Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Spirit, ever Blessed Mary the Mother of God,
and the saints around the throne of heaven.
Having arrived before the king and his assem-
bled courtiers and druidical high priests, St.
Patrick, undismayed, proclaimed to them that he
had come to quench the fires of pagan sacrifice
in Ireland, and light the flame of Christian faith.
The king listened amazed and angered, j-et no
penalty fell on Patrick. On the contrary, he
made several converts on the spot, and the
sermon and controversy in the king's presence
proved an auspicious beginning for the glorious
mission upon which he had just entered.
It would fill a large volume to chronicle the
progress of the saint through the island. Before
iis death, though only a few of the reigning
princes had embraced the faith (for many years
subsequently pagan kings ruled the countrj-),
the good seeds had been sown far and wide, and
were thriving apace, and the cross had been
raised throughout Ireland, "from the center to
the sea. " Ours was the only country in Europe,
it is said, bloodlessly converted to the faith.
Strictly speaking, only one martyr suffered
death for the evangelization of Ireland, and
death in this instance had been devised for the
saint himself. While St. Patrick was returning
from Munster a pagan chieftain formed a design
to murder him. The plan came to the knowledge
of Odrau, the faithful charioteer of Patrick, who,
saying nought of it to him, managed to change
seats with the saint, and thus received himself
the fatal blow intended for his master.
Another authentic anecdote may be mentioned
here. At the baptism of Aengus, King of
Mononia or Munster, St. Patrick accidentally
pierced through the sandal-covered foot of the
king with his pastoral staff,* which terminated
iu an iron spike, and which it was the saint's
custom to strike into the ground Ijy his side,
supporting himself more or less thereby, while
preaching or baptizing. The king bore the
wound without wiuciug until the ceremony was
over, when St. Patrick with surprise and pain
beheld the ground covered with blood, and ob-
served the cause. Being questioned by the saint
as to why he did not cry out, Aengus replied
that he thought it was part of the ceremony to
represent, though faintly, the wounds our Lord
had borne for man's redemption.
In the year of our Lord 493, on the 17th of
March — which day is celebrated as his feast by
the Catholic Church and by the Irish nation at
home and in exile — St. Patrick departed this life
in his favorite retreat of Saul, iu the county of
Down, where his body was interred. "His ob-
sequies," say the old annalists, "continued for
twelve days, during which the light of innumer-
able tapers seemed to turn night into day ; and
the bishops and priests of Ireland congregated
on the occasion."
Several of the saint's compositions, chiefly
prayers and litanies, are extant. They are full
of the most powerful invocations of the saints,
and in all other particulars are exactly such
prayers and express such doctrines as are taught
in our own day in the unchanged and unchange-
able Catholic Church.
* " The staff of Jesus " is the ifame by wbicli tbe crozier
of St. Patrioli is always mentioned in tbe earliest of our
annals; a well-preserved tradition asserting it to have
been a rood or staff wLicb our Lord bad carried. It was
brougbt by St. Patrick from Rome wben setting fortb by
tbe autbority of Pope Celestine to evangelize Ireland. Tbis
staff was treasured as one of tbe most precious relics on
Irisb soil for more than one thousand years, and was an
object of special veneration. It was sacrilegiously de-
stroyed in tbe reign of Henry tbe Eigbtb by one of Henry's
"reforming" bisbops, wbo writes to the king boasting of
tbe deed !
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CHAPTER "VTin.
A EETROSPECTIVE GLANCE AT PAGAN IRELAND.
"We have now, mj' clear yo-ung friends, arrived
at a memorable point in Ii'ish history ; we are
about to pass from pagan Ireland to Christian
Ireland. Before doing so, it may be well that I
should tell you something about matters which
require a few words apart from the brief narra-
tive of events which I have been relating for you.
Let ns pause, and take a glance at the country
and the people, at the manners and customs, laws
and institutions, of our pagan ancestors.
The geographical subdivisions of the country
varied in successive centuries. The chief subdi-
vision, the designations of which are most fre-
quently used by the ancient chroniclers, was
effected by a line drawn from the hill or ridge
on the south bank of the Liffey, on the eastern
end of which the castle of Dublin is built, run-
ning due west to the peninsula of Marej-, at the
head of Galway Bay. The portion of L-eland
south of this line was called Leah Moha ("Moh
Nua's half"); the portion to the north of it
Leah Cuinn ("Conn's half."). As these names
suggest, this division of the island was first made
between two princes. Conn of the Hundred Bat-
tles, and Moh Nua, or Eoghau Mor, otherwise
Eugene the Great, the former being the head or
chief representative of the Milesian families de-
scended from Ir, the latter the head of those de-
scended from Heber. Though the primai'y object
of this partition was achieved but for a short
time, the names thus given to the two territories
are found in use to designate the northern and
southern halves of Ireland for a thousand years
subseiiuently.
"Within these there were smaller subdivisions.
The ancient names of the four jirovinces into
which Ireland is still divided were Mononia
(Muuster), Dalariada, or Ulidia (Ulster), Lageuia
(Leiuster), and Conacia, or Conact Connaught.
Again, Moncjuia was subdivided into Thomond
and Desmond, i.e., north and south Munster.
Beside these names, the territory or district
possessed by every sept or clan had a designation
of its own.
The chief palaces of the Irish kings, whose
Bplendors are celebrated in Irish history, were :
the iialace of Emania, in Ulster, founded or built
by Macha, queen of Ciubaeth the First (pro-
nounced Kimbahe), about the year B.C. 700;
Tara, in Meath ; Cruachan, in Conact, built by
Queen Maeve, the beautiful, albeit Amazonian,
Queen of the "West, about the year B.C. 100;
Aileach, in Donegal, built on the site of an an-
cient Sun-temple, or Tuatha de Danaan fort-
palace.
Kincora had not at this period an existence,
nor had it for some centuries subsequently. It
was never more than the local residence, a pala-
tial castle, of Brian Boruma. It stood on the
spot where now stands the town of Killaloe.
Emania, next to Tara the most celebrated of
all the royal palaces of Ancient Erinn, stood on
the spot now marked by a large rath called the
Navan Fort, two miles to the west of Armagh.
It was the residence of the Ulster kings for a
period of 855 years.
The mound or Grianau of Aileach, upon which
even for hundreds of years after the destruction
of the palace, the O'Donnells were elected, in-
stalled, or "inaugurated," is still an object of
wonder and curiosity. It stands on the crown of
a low hill by the shores of Lough Swilly, about
five miles from Londonderry.
Royal Tara has been crowned with an imper-
ishable fame in song and story. The entire crest
and slopes of Tara Hill were covered with build-
ings at one time ; for it was not alone a royal
palace, the residence of the Ard-Ri (or High
King) of Erinn, but, moreover, the legislative
chambers, the military buildings, the law courts,
and royal universities that stood thereupon. Of
all these, naught now remains but the moated
mounds or raths that mark where stood the halls
within which bard and warrior, ruler and law-
giver, once assembled in glorious pageant.
Of the orders of knighthood, or companion-
ships of valor and chivalry, mentioned in pagan
Irish history, the two ]irincipal were: the Knights
of the (Craev Rua, or) Red Branch of Emania,
and the Clanna Morna, or Damnoniau Knights of
lorras. The former were a Dalariadan, the latter
a Conacian body ; and, test the records how we
may, it is incontrovertible that no chivalric in-
stitutions of modern times eclipsed in knightly
valor and romantic daring those warrior compan-
ionships of ancient Erinn.
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Besides these orders of kuightliood, several
military legions figure familiarly and prominently
in Irish history; but the most celebrated of them
all, the Dalcassians — one of the most brave and
"glory-crowned" bodies of which there is record
in ancient or modern times — did not figure in
Irish history until long after the commencement
of the Christian era.
The Fianna Eiriou or National Militia of
Erinn, I have already mentioned. This cele-
brated enrollment had the advantage of claiming
within its own ranks a warrior-poet, Ossian (son
of the commander Fin), whose poems, taking for
their theme invariably the achievements and ad-
ventures of the Fenian host, or of its chiefs, have
given to it a lasting fame. According to Ossian,
there never existed upon the earth another such
force of heroes as the Fianna Eirion ; and the
feats he attributes to them were of course unpar-
alleled. He would have us believe there were no
taller, straighter, stronger, braver, bolder, men
in all Erinn than his Fenian comrades; and with
the recital of their deeds he mixes up the wildest
romance and fable. What is strictly true of them
is, that at one period undoubtedly they were a
splendid national force ; but ultimately they be-
came a danger rather than a protection to the
kingdom, and had to be put down by the regular
army in the reign of King Cai'bry the Second,
who encountered and destroyed them finally on
the bloody battlefield of Gavra, about the year
A.D. 280.
Ben Eder, now called the Hill of Howth, near
Dublin, was the camp or exercise ground of the
Fianna Eirion when called out annually for
training.
The laws of pagan Ii-eland, which were col-
lected and codified in the reign of Cormac the
First, and which prevailed throughout the king-
dom as long subsequently as a vestige of native
Irish regal authority remained — a space of nearly
fifteen hundred years — are, even in this present
age, exciting considerable attention among legis-
lators and savants. A royal commission — the
"Brehon Laws Commission" — appointed by the
British government in the year 1856 (chiefly
owing to the energetic exertions of Eev. Dr.
Graves and Eev. Dr. Todd, of Trinity College,
Dublin), has been laboring at their translation,
parliament voting an annual sum to defray the
expenses. Of course only i^ortions of the orig-
inal manuscriiits are now in existence, but even
these portions attest the marvelous wisdom and
the profound justness of the ancient Milesian
Code, and give us a high opinion of Irish juris-
prudence two thousand years ago!
The Brehon Laws Commission published their
first volume, the "Seanchus Mor, " in 1865, and
a most interesting imblication it is. Immedi-
ately on the establishment of Christianity in Ire-
laud a royal commission of that day was ap-
pointed to revise the statute laws of Erinn, so
that they might be purged of everything appli-
cable only to a pagan nation and inconsistent
with the pure doctrines of Christianity. On this
commission, we are told, there were appointed
by the Irish monarch three chief Brehons or
judges, three Christian bishops, and three terri-
torial chiefs or viceroys. The result of their
labors was presented to the Irish parliament of
Tara, and being duly confirmed, the code thence-
forth became known as the Seanchus Mor.
From the earliest age the Ii'ish appear to have
been extremely fond of games, athletic sports,
and displays of x^J^owess or agility. Among the
royal and noble families chess was the chief df
mestic game. There are indubitable proofs tha»
it was played among the princes of Erinn two
thousand years ago ; and the oldest bardic chants
and verse-histories mention the gold and jewel
inlaid chessboards of the kings.
Of the passionate attachment of the Irish to
music little need be said, as this is one of the
national characteristics which has been at all
times the most stronglj' marked, and is now
most widely appreciated; the harp being uni-
versally emblazoned as a national emblem of Ire-
land. Even in the pre-Christian period we are
here reviewing, music was an "institution" and
a power in Erinn.
CHAPTER IX.
CHRISTIAN IRELAND. THE STORY OF COLUMBIA, THB
"DOVE OF THE CELL."
The five hundred years, one-half of which pre-
ceded the birth of our Lord, may be con.sidered
the period of Ireland's greatest power and mili-
tary glory as a nation. The five hundred yeara
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THE STORY OF IRELAND.
which succeeded St. Patrick's mission may be
regarded as the period of Ireland's Christian and
scholastic fame. In the former she sent her
•warriors, in the latter her missionaries, all over
Europe. Where her fierce hero-kings cairied the
.8T7ord, her saints now bore the cross of faith.
It was in this latter period, between the sixth
Aud the eighth centuries particularly, that Ire-
^nd became known all over Europe as the Insula
Sanctorum et Doctorum — "the Island of Saints
and Scholars. "
Churches, cathedrals, monasteries, convents,
universities, covered the island. From even the
most distant parts of Europe, kings and their
subjects came to study in the Ii-ish schools.
King Alfred of Northumberland was educated in
one of the Ii-ish universities. A glorious roll of
Irish saints and scholars belong to this period:
St. Columba or Columcillo, St. Columbanus, St.
Gall, who evangelized Helvetia, St. Frigidian,
who was bishop of Lucca in Italy, St. Livinus,
who was martyred in Flanders, St. Argobast,
v.ho became bishop of Strasburg, St. Killian, the
apostle of Franeonia, and quite a host of illustri-
ous Irish missionaries, who carried the blessings
of faith and education all over Europe. The
record of their myriad adventurous enterprises,
their glorious labors, their evangelizing con-
quests, cannot be traced within the scope of this
book. There is one, however, the foremost of
that sainted band, with whom exception must be
made — the first and the greatest of Irish mis-
eionary saints, the abbot of lona's isle, whose
name and fame filled the world, and the story of
■whose life is a Christian romance — Columba, the
"Dove of the Cell."*
The personal character of Columba and the
romantic incidents of his life, as well as his pre-
e:;iiuence among the missionary conquerers of
he British Isles, seem to have had a powerful
t'.tractiou for the illustrious Montalcmbert, who,
iu his great work, "The Monks of the West,"
traces the eventful career of the saint in language
of exquisite beauty, eloquence, and feeling.
Moreover, there is this to be said further of that
Christian romance, as I have called it, the life of
St. Columba, that happily the accounts thereof
■which we possess are complete, authentic, and
* Coluiobkillu ; id Englisli, " Dove of the Cell.''
documentary; most of the incidents related we
have on the authority of well-known writers, who
lived in Columba's time and held personal com-
munication with him or with his companions.
The picture presented to us in these life-
portraitures of lona's saint is assuredly one to
move the hearts of Irishmen, young and old. In
Columba two great features stand out in bold
prominence ; and never perhaps were those two
characteristics more powerfully developed in one
man — devotion to God and passionate love of
countrj-. He was a great saint, but he was as
great a "politician, " entering deeply and warmly
into everything affecting the weal of Clan Nial,
or the honor of Erinn. His love for Ireland was
something beyond description. As he often de-
clared in his after-life exile, the verj' breezes that
blew on the fair hills of holy Ireland were to him
like the zephyrs of paradise. Our story were in-
complete indeed, without a sketch, however
brief, of the "Dove of the Cell."
Columba* was a prince of the royal race of
Xial, his father being the third in descent from
the founder of that illustrious house, Nial of
the Nine Hostages. He was born at Gartan, in
Donegal, on Dec. 7, 521. "The Irish legends,"
says Moutalembert, "which are always distin-
guished, even amid the wildest vagaries of fancy,
bj' a high and pure morality, linger lovinglj-
upon the childhood and youth of the predes-
tined saint." Before his birth (according to one
of these traditions) the mother of Columba had a
dream, "which posteritj' has accepted as a grace-
ful and poetical symbol of her son's career. An
angel appeared to her, bringing her a veil cc rered
with flowers of wonderful beauty, and the sjweet-
est variety of colors ; immediately after she saw
the veil carried away by the wind, and rolling
out as it fled over the plains, woods, and moun-
tains. Then the angel said to her, 'Thou art
about to become the mother of a sou who shall
blossom for Heaven, who shall be reckoned
among the prophets of God, and who shall lead
numberless souls to the heavenly country.' "
But indeed, according to the legends of the
Hy-Nial, the coming of their great saint was fore-
told still more remotely. St. Patrick, the/ tell
us, having come northward to bless the teriitor>i
*His name was pronouuced Creivan or Creivhau.'
THE STOKY OF I ."(ELAND.
21
and people, was stopped at the Daol — the modern
Deel or Burudale river — by the breaking of his
chariot wheels. The chariot was repaired, but
again broke down ; a third time it was refitted,
and a third time it failed at the ford. Then
Patrick, addressing those around him, said:
"Wonder no moi'e; behold, the land from this
stream northward needs no blessing from me ;
for a son shall be born there who shall be called
the Dove of the Churches; and he shall bless
that land ; in honor of whom God has this day
prevented my doing so." The name Ath-an-
Charpaid (ford of the chariot) marks to this day
the spot memorized by this tradition. Count
Montalembert cites many of these stories of the
"childhood and youth of the predestined saint."
He was, while yet a child, confided to the care
of the priest who had baptized him, and from
him he received the first rudiments of education.
"His guardian angel often appeared to him; and
the child asked if all the angels in Heaven were
so young and shining as he. A little later, Co-
lumba was invited by the same angel to choose
among all the virtues that which he would like
best to possess. 'I choose,' said the youth,
'chastity and wisdom;' and immediately three
young girls of wonderful beauty but foreign air,
appeared to him, and threw themselves on his
neck to embrace him. The pious youth frowned,
and repulsed them with indignation. 'What,'
they said, 'then thou dost not know us?' — 'No,
not the least in the world. ' — 'We are three sis-
ters, whom our Father gives to thee to be thy
brides.' — 'Who, then, is your Father?' — 'Our
Father is God, He is Jesus Christ, the Lord and
Savior of the world. ' — 'Ah, you have indeed an
illustrious Father. But what are .your names?'
— 'Our names are Virginity, Wisdom, and Proph-
ecy; and we come to leava thee no more, to
love thee with an incorruptible love.' "
From the house of this early tutor Columba
"passed into the great monastic schools, which
were not only a nursery for the clergy of the
Lrish church, but where also young laymen of
all conditions were educated. ' '
"While Columba studied at Clonard, being
still only a deacon," says his biographer, "an
incident took place which has been proved by
authentic testimony, and which fixed general
attention upon him by giving a first evidence of
his 8ui)ernatural and prophetic intuiti* ]i. An
old Christian bard (the bards were not all Chris-
tians) named Germain had come to live near the
Abbot Finian, asking from him, in exchange for
his poetry the secret of fertilizing the soil.
Columba, who continued all his life a passionate
admirer of the traditionary poetry of his nation,
determined to join the school of the bard, and
to share his labors and studies. The two were
reading together out of doors, at a little distance
from each other, when a young girl apjieared in
the distance pursued by a robber At the sight
of the old man the fugitive made for him with
all her remaining strength, hoping, no doubt, to
find safety in the authority exercised throughout
Ii-eland by the national poets. Germain, in
great trouble, called his pupil to his aid to de-
feud the unfortunate child, who was trying to
bide herself under their long robes, when her
pursuer reached the spot. Without taking any
notice of her defenders, he struck her in the neck
with his lance, and was making off, leaving her
dead at their feet. The horrified old man turned
to Columba. 'How long,' he said, 'will God
leave unpunished this crime which dishonors
us?' 'For this moment only,' said Columba,
'not longer; at this very hour, when the soul of
this innocent creature ascends to heaven, the
soul of the murderer shall go down to hell. ' At
the instant, like Ananias at the words of Peter,
the assassin fell dead. The news of this sudden
punishment, the story goes, went over Ireland,
and spread the fame of young Columba far and
wide."
At the comparatively early age of twenty-five,
Columba had attained to a prominent position
in the ecclesiastical world, and had presided
over the creation of a crowd of monasteries. As
many as thirty-seven in Ireland alone recognized
him as their founder. "It is easy, " says Mon-
talembert, "to perceive, by the importance of
the monastic establishments which he had
brought into being, even before he had attained
to manhood, that his influence must have been
as precocious as it was considerable. Apart
from the virtues of which his after life afforded
so many examples, it may be supposed that his
royal birth gave him an irresistible ascendency
in a country where, since the introduction of
Christianity, all the early saints, like the princi-
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THE STORY OF IRELAND,
pal abbots, belonged to reigning families, and
wliere the influence of blood and tbe worship of
genealogy still continue, even to this daj-, to a
degree unknown in other lands. Springing, as
has been said, from the same race as the monarch
of all Ireland, and consequently himself eligible
for the same high office, which was more fre-
quently obtained by election or usurpation than
inheritance — nephew or near cousin of the seven
monarchs who successive wielded the supreme
authority during his life — he was also related
by ties of blood to almost all the provincial
kings. Thus we see him during his whole
career treated on a footing of i>erfect intimacy
and equality by all the princes of Ii'eland and of
■Caledonia, and exercising a sort of spiritual sway
equal or superior to the authority of secular
sovereigns."
His attachment to poetry and literature has
been already glanced at. He was, in fact, an
«nthusiast on the subject; he was himself a poet
and writer of a high order of genius, and to an
advanced period of his life remained an ardent
devotee of the muse, ever powerfully moved by
whatever aflfected the weal of the ministrel fra-
ternity. His passion for books (all manuscript,
of course, in those days, and of great rarity and
value) was destined to lead him into that great
offense of his life, which he was afterward to ex-
piate by a penance so grievous. ."He went
everywhere in search of volumes which he could
borrow or copy; often experiencing refusals
which he resented bitterly." In this way oc-
curred what Montalembert calls "the decisive
event which changed the destinj- of Columba,
and transformed him from a wandering poet and
ardent bookworm, into a missionary and apostle. "
V/hile visiting one of bis former tutors, Finian,
he found means to copy clandestinely the abbot's
Psalter by shutting himself up at nights in the
church where the book was deposited "Indig-
nant at what he considered as almost a theft,
Finian claimed the copj' when it was finished by
Columba, on the ground that a copy made with-
out permission ought to belong to the master of
the original, seeing that the transcription is the
80U of the original book. Columba refused to
give up his work, and the question was referred
to the king in his palace of Tara. " "What imme-
diately follows, I relate in the words of Count
Montalembert, summarizing or citing almost
literally the ancients authors already referred to:
"King Diarmid, or Dermott, supreme monarch
of Ireland, was, like Columba, descended from the
great King Nial, but by another son than he
whose great-grandson Columba was. He lived,
like all the princes of his country, in a close
union with the Church, which was represented
in Ireland, more completely than anywhere else,
by the monastic order. Exiled and persecuted
in his youth, he had found refuge in an island
situated in one of those lakes which interrupt the
course of the Shannon, the chief river of Ireland,
and had there formed a friendship with a holy
monk called Kierau, a zealous comrade of Columba
at the monastic school of Clonard, and since that
time his generous rival in knowledge and in aus-
terity. Upon the still solitary bank of the riv*
the two friends had planned the foundation of ?
monastery, which, owing to the marshj- nature o'
the soil, had to be built upon piles. 'Plant with
me tbe iirst stake, ' the monk said to the exiled
prince, 'putting your hand under mine, and soo7\
that hand shall be over all tbe men of Eriun ;'
and it happened that Diarmid was very shortly
after called to the throne. He immediately used
his new power to endow richly the monastery
which was rendered doubly dear to him by tbe
recollection of his exile and of bis friend. This
sanctuary became, under the name of Clonmac-
uoise, one of the greatest monasteries and most
fre<iuented schools of Ireland and even of West-
ern Europe.
"This king might accordingly be regarded aa
a competent judge in a contest at once monastic
and literarj-; he might even have been suspected
of partiality for Columba, his kinsman — and yet
he pronounced judgment against him. His judg-
ment was given in a rustic jihrase which has
passed into a proverb in Ireland- — To every cow
her calf, and, conse<iucntly, to every book its
copy. Columba protested loudly. 'It is an un-
just sentence,' he said, 'and I will revenge my-
self.' After this incident a young prince, son of
the provincial king of Connaught, who was pur-
sued for having committed an involuntary mur-
der, took refuge with Columba, but was seized
and put to death by the king. The irritation of
tbe i>oet-monk knew no bounds. The ecclesias-
tical immunity which he enjoyed in his quality
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2'i
!of superior and founder of several monasteries,
ought to have, in his opinion, created a sort of
sanctuary around bis person, and this immunity
liad been scandalously violated bj- the execution
of a youth ■whom he protected. He threatened
the king with prompt vengeance. 'I will de-
nounce,' he said, 'to my brethren and my kin-
dred thy wicked judgment, and the violation in
my person of the immunity of the Church ; they
will listen to my complaint, and punish thee
sword in hand. Bad king, thou shalt no more
see my face in thy i)rovince until God, the just
judge, has subdued thy pride. As thou hast
humbled me to-day before thy lords and thy
friends, God will humble thee on the battle-day
before thine enemies.' Diarmid attempted to
retain him by force in the neighborhood ; but,
evading the vigilance of his guards, he escaped
by night from the court of Tara, and directed his
steps to his native province of Tyrconnell.
"Columba arrived safely in his province, and
immediately set to work to excite against King
Diarmid the numerous and powerful clans of his
relatives and friends, who belonged to a branch
of the house of Nial, distinct from and hostile to
that of the reigning monarch. His efforts were
crowned with success. The Hy-Nials of the
north armed eagerly against the Hy-Nials of the
south, of whom Diarmid was the special chief.
"Diarmid marched to meet them, and they
met in battle at Cool-Drewny, or Cul-Dreimhne,
upon the borders of Ultonia and Connacia. He
was completely beaten, and was obliged to take
refuge at Tara. The victory was due, according
to the annalist Tighernach, to the prayers and
songs of Columba, who had fasted and prayed
■with all his might to obtain from heaven the
punishment of the royal insolence, and who, be-
sides, was present at the battle, and took upon
himself before all men the responsibility of the
bloodshed.
"As for the manuscript which had been the
object of this sti'ange conflict of copyright ele-
vated into a civil war, it was afterward venerated
as a kind of national, military, and religious ]ial-
ladium. Under the name of Cathach or Fightu,
the Latin Psalter transcribed by Columba, en-
shrined in a sort of portable altar, became the
national relic of the O'Donnell clan. For more
than a thousand years it was carried with them
to battle as a pledge of victory, on the condition
of being supported on tlie breast of a clerk free
from all mortal sin. It has escaped as by miracle
from the ravages of which Ireland has been the
victim, and exists still, to the [great joy of all
learned Irish patriots."*
But soon a terrible punishment was to fall
upon Columba for this dread violence. He, an
anointed priest of the Most High, a minister of
the Prince of Peace, had made himself the cause
of the inciter of a civil war, which had bathed
the land in blood — the blood of Christian men —
the blood of kindred! Clearly enough, the vio-
lence of political passions, of which this war was
the most lamentable fruit, had, in many other
ways, attracted upon the youthful monk the
severe opinions of the ecclesiastical authorities.
"His excitable and vindictive character," we are
told, "and above all his passionate attachment to
his relatives, and the violent part which he took
in their domestic disputes and their continually
recurring rivalries, had engaged him in other
struggles, the date of which is perhaps later than
that of his first departure from Ireland, but the
responsibility of which is formally imputed to
him by various authorities, and which also ended
in bloody battles. " At all events, immediately
after the battle of Cool-Drewny, "he was accused
by a synod, convoked in the center of the royal
domain at Tailte, of having occasioned the shed-
ding of Christian blood. ' ' The synod seems to have
acted with very uncanonical precipitancy; for it
judged the cause without waiting for the defense
— though, in sooth, the facts, beyond the power
of any defense to remove, were ample and notori-
ous. However, the decision was announced —
* "The Annals of tbe Four Masters report that in a bat-
tle waged in 1497, between tbe O'Donnells and M'Dermotts,
tbe sacred book fell into tbe bands of tbe latter, who,
bowever, restored it in 1499. It was preserved for thir-
teen hundred years in tbe O'Donnell family, and at present
belongs to a baronet of that name, who bas permitted it to
be exhibited in tbe museum of tbe Royal Irish Academy,
where it can be seen by all. It is composed of fifty-eight
leaves of parchment, bound in silver Tbe learned O'Curry
(p. 322) bas given a facsimile of a fragment of this MS.,
which be does not hesitate to believe is in the handwriting
of our saint, as well as that of the fine copy of tbe Gospel?
called tbe Book of Kells, of which he bas also given a fao-
simile. See Reeves' notes upon Adamnan, p. 250, and the
pamphlet upon Marianas Scotus, p. 12." — Count Monta-
lembert's note.
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sentence of excommunication was pronounced
against him !
"Columba was not a man to draw back before
his accusers and judges. He presented himself
before the sj^nod which had struck without hear-
ing him. He found a defender in the famoiis
Abbot Brendan, the founder of the monastery of
Birr. When Columba made his appearance, this
abbot rose, went up to him, and embraced him.
'How can you give the kiss of peace to an excom-
municated man?' said some of the other members
of the synod. 'Tou would do as I have done,'
he answered, 'and you never would have excom-
municated him, had you seen what I see — a pillar
of fire which goes before him, and the angels that
accompany him. I dare not disdain a man pre-
destined by God to be the guide of an entire
people to eternal life. ' Thanks to the interven-
tion of Brendan, or to some other motive not
mentioned, the sentence of excommunication was
withdrawn, but Columba was changed to win to
Christ, by his preaching, as many pagan souls as
the number of Christians who had fallen in the
battle of Cool-Drewny. ' '
Troubled in soul, but still struggling with a
stubborn self-will, Columba found his life miser-
able, unhappy, and full of unrest; yet remorse
had even now "planted in his soul the germs at
once of a startling conversion and of his future
apostolic mission." "Various legends reveal
him to us at this crisis of his life, wandering long
from solitude to solitude, and from monastery to
monastery, seeking out holy monks, masters of
penitence and Christian virtue, and asking them
anxiously what he should do to obtain the pardon
of God for the murder of so many victims. "
At length, after many wanderings in contrition
and mortification, "he found the light which he
sought from a holy monk, St. Molaise, famed for
his studies of Holy Scripture, and who had
already been his confessor.
"This severe hermit confirmed the decision of
the synod ; but to the obligation of converting
to the Christian faith an equal number of pagans
as there were of Christians killed in the civil
war, Jie added a new condition which bore
cruelly ujion a soul so passionately attached to
country and kindred. The confessor condemned
his penitent to perpetual exile from Ireland!"
Exile from Ireland! Did Columba hear the
words aright? Exile from j.. eland! Vrhat!
See no more that land which he loved with such
a wild and passionate love! Part from the
brothers and kinsmen all, for whom he felt per-
haps too strong and too deep an affection ! Quit
for ay the stirring scenes in which so great a
part of his sympathies were engaged! Leave
Ireland !
Oh ! it was more hard than to bare his breast
to the piercing sword ; less welcome than to walk
in constant punishment of suffering, so that his
feet pressed the soil of his worshiped Erinn!
But it was even so. Thus ran the sentence of
Molaise: "perpetual exile from Ireland!"
Staggered, stunned, struck to the heart, Co-
lumba could not speak for a moment. But God
gave him in that great crisis of his life the su-
preme grace of bearing the blow and embracing
the cross presented to him. At last he spoke,
and in a voice agitated with emotion he answered :
"Be it so; what you have commanded shall be
done. "
From that instant forth his life was one pro-
longed act of ijenitential sacrifice. For thirty
years — his heart bursting within his breast the-
while — yearning for one sight of Ireland — he
lived and labored in distant lona. The fame of his
sanctity filled the world; religious houses subject
to his rule arose in man.v a glen and isle of rug-
ged Caledonia; the gifts of prophecy and miracle
momentously attested him as one of God's most
favored apostles ; yet all the while his heart was
breaking ; all the while in his silent cell Colum-
ba's tears flowed freely for the one grief that
never left him — the wound that only deepened
with lengthening time — he was away from Ire-
land! Into all his thoughts this sorrow entered.
In all his songs — and several of his compositions
still remain to us — this one sad strain is intro-
duced. Witness the following, which, even in
its merely literal translation into the English,
retains much of the jioctic beauty and exquisite
tenderness of the original by Columba in the
Gaelic tongue:
What joy to fly ui)ou the white-crested sea; and
watch the waves break ui)on the Irish shore!
My foot is in my little boat; but my sad heart
ever bleeds!
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There is a gray eye which ever turns to Erinn;
but never in this life shall it see Eriun, nor her
sons, nor her daughters!
From the high prow I look over the sea; and
great tears are in my eyes when I turn to
Erinn —
To Eriun, where the songs of the birds are so
sweet, and where the clerks sing like the birds :
Where the young are so gentle, and the old are
so wise ; where the great men are so noble to
look at, and the women so fair to wed!
Young traveler! carry my sorrows with you;
carry them to Comgall of eternal life!
Noble youth, take my prayer with thee, and my
blessing: one part for Ireland — seven times
may she be blest — and the other for Albyn.
Carry my blessing across the sea ; carrj- it to the
West. My heart is broken in luy breast!
If death comes suddenly to me, it will be because
of the great love I bear to the Gael !*
It was to the rugged and desolate Hebrides
that Columba turned his face when he accepted
the terrible penance of Molaise. He bade fare-
well to his relatives, and, with a few monks who
insisted on accompany him whithersoever he
might go, launched his frail currochs from the
northern shore. They landed first, or rather
were carried by wind and stream, ui^on the little
isle of Oronsay, close by Islay ; and here for a
moment they thought their future abode was to
be. But when Columba, with the early morn-
ing, ascending the highest ground on the island,
to take what he thought would be a harmless look
toward the land of his heart, lo! on the dim hori-
zon a faint blue ridge — the distant hills of An-
trim! He averts his head and flies downward to
the strand! Here they cannot stay, if his vow is
to be kept. They betake them once more to the
currochs, and steering further northward, event-
ually land upon loua, thenceforth, till time shall
be no more, to be famed as the sacred isle of Co-
lumba! Here landing, he ascended the loftiest
of the hills upon the isle, and "gazing into the
distance, found no longer any trace of Ireland
upon the horizon. " Tn lona accordingly he re-
* This poeui appeart: to liave been presented as a farewell
gift by St. Columba to some of the Irish visitors at lona,
when returning home to Ireland It is deservedly classed
among the most beautiful of his poetic compositions.
solved to make his home. The spot from whence
St. Columba made this sorrowful survey is still
called by tlie islesmeu in the Gaelic tongue,
Carn-cul-ri-Erinu, or the Cairu of Farewell — lit-
erally. The back turued on Ireland.
\\'riters without number have traced the glories
of loua.* Here rose, as if by miracle, a city of
churches ; the isle became one vast monastery,
and soon much too small for the crowds that still
pressed thither. Then from the parent isle there
went forth to the surrounding shores, and all over
the mainland, off-shoot establishments and mis-
sionary colonies (all under the authority of Co-
lumba), until in time the Gospel light was ablaze
on the hills of Albyn ; and the names of St.
Columba and lona were on every tongue from
Rome to the utmost limits of Europe!
"This man, whom we have seen so passionate,
so irritable, so wai'like and vindictive, became
little bj- little the most gentle, the humblest, the
most tender of friends and fathers. It was he,
the great head of the Caledonian Church, who,
kneeling before the strangers who came to lona,
or before the monks returning from their work,
took off their shoes, washed their feet, and after
having washed them, respectfully kissed them.
But charity was still stronger than humility in
that transfigured soul. No necessity, spiritual
or temporal, found him indifferent. He devoted
himself to the solace of all infirmities, all misery
and pain, wepeing often over those who did not
weep for themselves.
"The work of transcription remained until his
last day the occupation of his old age, as it had
been the passion of his youth ; it had such an at-
traction for him, and seemed to him so essential
to a knowledge of the truth that, as we have
already said, three hundred copies of the Holy
Gospels, copied by his own hand, have been
attributed to him."
*" We are now," said Dr. Johnson, "treading that illus-
trious island which was once the luminary of the Caledon-
ian regions; whence savage clans and roving barbarians
derived the benefits of knowledge and the blessings of
religion. .. .Far from me and from my friends be such
frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and un-
moved over any ground which has been dignified by wis-
dom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied
whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of
Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among
ihe ruins of lona." — Boswell's "Tour to the Hebrides."
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But still Columba carried with liim in his heart
the great grief that made life for him a length-
ened penance. "Far from having any prevision
of the glory of lona, his soul," says Montalem-
bert, "was still swayed by a sentiment which
never abandoned him — regret for his lost coun-
try. All his life he retained for Ireland the pas-
sionate tenderness of an exile, a love which dis-
playtel itself in the songs which have been
preserved to us, and which date perhaps from
the fii-st moment of his exile. . . . 'Death
in faultless Ireland is better than life without
end in Albyn. ' After this cry of despair follow
strains more plaintive and submissive."
"But it was not only in these elegies, repeated
and perhaps retouched by Irish bards and monks,
but at each instant of his life, in season and out
of season, that this love and passionate longing
for his native country burst forth in words and
musings ; the narratives of his most trustworthy
biographers are full of it. The most severe pen-
ance which he could have imagined for the guilt-
iest sinners who came to confess to him, was to
impose upon them the same fate which he had
voluntarily inflicted on himself — never to set foot
again upou Irish soil! But when, instead of for-
bidding to sinners all access to that beloved isle,
he had to smother his envy of those who had the
right and happiness to go there at their pleasure,
be dared scarcely trust himself to name its name ;
and when speaking to his guests, or to the monks
who were to return to Ireland, he would only say
to them, 'you will return to the country that j'ou
love.'"
At length there arrived an event for Columba
full of excruciating trial — it became necessary
for him to revisit Ireland! His presence was
found to be imperatively re<iuired at the general
assembly or convocation of the princes and pre-
lates of the Irish nation, convened A.D. 573 by
Hugh the Second.* At this memorable as-
sembly, known in history as the great Conven-
tion of Drumceat, the first meeting of the States
of Ireland held since the abandonment of Tara,
there were to be discussed, among other impor-
tant subjects, two which were of deep and pow-
erful interest to Columba: firstly, the relations
between Ireland and the Argyle or Caledonian
'Aedh (pronounced Aeli), .son of Aniuire ibe F"irst.
colony ; and secondly, the proposed decree for
the abolition of the bards.
The country now known as Scotland was, about
the time of the Christian era, inhabited by a bar-
barous and warlike race called Picts. About the
middle of the second centurj-, when Ireland was
known to the Romans as Scotia, an Irish chief-
tain, Carbry Kiada (from whom were descended,
the Dalariads of Antrim), crossed over to the
western shores of Alba or Albyn, and founded
there a Dalariadan or Milesian colony. The col-
onists had a hard time of it with their savage
Pictish neighbors; yet they managed to hold
their ground, though receiving very little aid or
attention from the parent country, to which
nevertheless they regularly paid tribute. At
length, in the year 503, the neglected colony was-
utterly overwhelmed by the Picts, whereupon a
powerful force of the Irish Dalariads, under the
leadership of Leorn, Aengus, and Fergus, crossed
over, invaded Albany, and gradually subjugating
the Picts, re-established the colony on a basis
which was the foundation eventually of the Scot-
tish monarchy of all subsequent history. To the
re-established colony was given the name by
which it was known long after, Scotia Minor;
Ireland being called Scotia Major.
In the time of St. Columba, the colonj', which
so far had continuously been assessed by, and
had duly paid its tribute to, the mother country,
began to feel its competency to claim independ-
ence. Already it had selected and installed a
king (whom St. Columba had formally conse-
crated), and now it sent to Ireland a demand to
exempted from further tribute. The Irish mon-
arch resisted the demand, which, however, ii
was decided first to submit to a national assembly,
at which the Scottish colony should be repre-
sented, and where it might plead its case as best
it could.
Many and obvious considerations pointed
to St. Columba as the man of men to plead
the cause of the young nationalitj'' on thia
momentous occasion. He was peculiarly quali-
fied to act as umpire in this threatening quarrel
between the old country, to which he felt bound
by such sacred ties, and the new one, which by
adoption was now his hosie. He consented to
attend at the assembly. Ho did so the more
readily, perhaps, because of his strong feelings
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in reference to the other proposition named, viz.,
the ijroscription of the bards.
It may seem strange that in Ireland, where,
from an early date, music and song held so high
a place in national estimation such a proposition
should be made. But by this time the numerous
and absurd immunities claimed by the bardic
profession had become intolerable ; and by gross
abuses of the bardic privileges, the bards them-
selves had indubitably become a pest to society.
King Hugh had therefore, a strong public opin-
ion at his back in his design of utterly abolish-
ing the bardic corporation.
St. Columba, however, not only was allied to
them by a fraternity of feeling, but he discerned
clearly that by purifying and conserving, rather
than by destroj'ing, the national minstrels^', it
would become a potential influence for good, and
would entwine itself gratefullj' around the shrine
within which at such a crisis it found shelter. In
fine, he felt, and felt deeply, as an Irishman and
as an ecclesiastic, that the proposition of King
Hugh would annihilate one of the most treasured
institutions of the nation — one of the most pow-
erful aids to patriotism and religion.
So, to plead the cause of liberty for a young
nationality, and the cause of patriotism, religion,
literature, music, and poetry, in defending the
minstrel race, St. Columba to Ireland would go !
To Ireland! But then his vow! His penance
sentence, that he should never more see Ireland !
How his heart surged ! O great allurement ! O
stern resolve ! O triumph of sacrifice !
Yes; he would keep his vow, yet attend the
convocation amid those hills oi Ireland which he
was never more to see ! With a vast array of at-
tendant monks and lay princes, he embarked for
the unforgotten land ; but when the galleys came
within some leagues of the Irish coast, and before
it could yet be sighted, St. Columba caused his
eyes to be bandaged with a white scarf, and thus
blindfolded was he led on shore! It is said that
when he stepped upon the beach, and for the
first time during so many years felt that he trod
the soil of Ireland, he trembled from head to foot
with emotion.
When the great saint was led blindfold into
the convention, the whole assemblage — kings,
princes, prelates, and chieftains — rose and un-
covered as reverentially as if Patrick himself had
once more appeared among them.* It was, we
may well believe, an impressive scene; and w©
can well understand the stillness of anxious at-
tention with which all waited to hear once more
the tones of that voice which many traditions
class among the miraculous gifts of Columba.
More than one contemporary writer has des-
cribed his personal appearance at this time; and
Montalembert says: "All testimonies agree in
celebrating his manly beauty, his rematkable
height, his sweet aud sonorous voice, the cordial-
ity of his manner, the gracious dignity of his
deportment and person. ' '
Not in vain did he plead the causes he had
come to advocate. Long and ably was the ques-
tion of the Scottish colony debated. Some ver-
sions allege that it was amicably left to the
decision of Columba, and that his award of sev-
eral independence, but fraternal alliance, was
cheerfully acquiesced in. Other accounts state
that King Hugh, finding argument prevailing
against his views, angrily drawing his sword,
declared he would compel the colony to submis-
sion by force of arms ; whereupon Columba, ris-
ing from his seat, in a voice full of solemnity and
authority, exclaimed: "In the pi-esence of this
threat of tyrannic force, I declare the cause
ended, and proclaim the Scottish colony free for-
ever from the yoke!" By whichever way, how-
ever, the result was arrived at, the independence
of the young Caledonian nation was recognized
and voted by the convention through the exer-
tions of St. Columba.
His views in behalf of the bards likewise pre-
vailed. He admitted the disorders, irregulari-
ties, and abuses alleged against the body ; but
he pleaded, and pleaded successfully, for reform
instead of abolition. Time has vindicated the
far sighted policy of the statesman saint. The
national music and poetry of Ireland, thus puri-
fied and consecrated to the service of religion and
country, have ever since, through ages of perse-
cution, been true to the holy mission assigned
them on that day by Columba.
The Dove of the Cell made a comparatively
* Some versions allege that, altliougb the saint himself
was received with reverence, almost with awe, a hostile
demonstration was designed, if not attempted, by the
king's party against the Scottic delegation who accom-
panied St. Columba.
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long stay iu Ireland, visiting with scarf-bound
brow tbe numerous monastic establishments sub-
ject to his rule. At length he returned to lona,
where far into the evening of life he waited for
his summons to the beatific vision. The miracles
he wrought, attested by evidence of weight to
move the most callous sceptic, the myriad won-
drous signs of God's favor that marked his daily
acts, filled all the nations with awe. The hour
and the manner of his death had long been re-
vealed to him. The precise time he concealed
from those about him until close upon the last
day of his life ; but the manner of his death he
long foretold to his attendants. "I shall die,"
said he, "without sickness or hurt; suddenly,
but happily, and without accident. " At length
one day, while iu his usual health, he disclosed
to Diarmid, his "minister," or regular attendant
monk, that the hour of his summons was nigh.
A week before he had gone around the island,
taking le.ive of the monks and laborers ; and
when all wept, he strove anxiously to console
them. Then he blessed the island and the in-
habitants. "And now," said he to Diarmid,
"here is a secret; but you must keep it till I am
gone. This is Saturday, the day called Sabbath,
or day of rest : and that it will be to me, for it
shall be the last of my laborious life. ' ' In the
evening he retired to his cell, and began to work
for the last time, being then occupied in trans-
cribing the Psalter. ^Vhen he had come to the
thirty-third Psalm, and the verse, " Inquirentes
ai'tem Dominiun non deficient omni bono," he
stopped short. "I cease here," said he; "Bai-
thin must do the rest. "
Montalembert thus describes for us the "last
scene of all:" "As soon as the midnight bell
had rung for the matins of the Sunday festival,
he rose and hastened before the other monks to
the church, where he knelt down before the altar.
Diarmid followed him; but, as the chiirch was
not yet lighted, he could only find him by grop-
ing and crj'ing in a plaintive voice, '"Wliere art
thou, my father?' He found Columba lying
before the altar, and, jilacing himsolf at his side,
raised the old abbot's venerable head upon his
knees. The whole community eoou arrived with
lights, and wept as one man at the sight of their
dying father. Columba opened his eyes once
more, and turned them to his children at either
side with a look full of serene and radiant Joy.
Then, with the aid of Diarmid, he raised as best
he might his right hand to bless them all. His
hand dropped, the last sigh came from his lips,
and his face remained calm and sweet, like that
of a man who in his sleep had seen a vision of
heaven."
Like the illustrious French publicist whom I
have so largely followed in this sketch, I may
say that I have "lingered perhaps too long on
the grand form of this monk rising uii before us
from the midst of the Hebrideau sea." But I
have, from the missionary saint-army of Ireland,
selected this one — this typical apostle — to illus-
trate the characters that illumine one of the most
glorious pages of our history. Many, indeed,
were the "Columbs" that went forth from Ire-
land, as from an ark of faith, bearing blessed
olive branches to the mountain tops of Europe,
then slowly emerging from the flood of pagan-
ism. "Well might we dwell upon this pei'iod of
L'ish history ! It was a bright and a glorious
chapter. It was soon, alas! to be followed by
one of gloom. Five hundred years of military
fame and five hundred years of Christian glory
were to be followed by five hundred years of dis-
organizing dissensions, leading to centuries of
painful bondage.
CHAPTER X.
THE DANES IN IRELAND.
The first dark cloud came from Scandinavia.
Toward the close of the eighth century the Danes
made their appearance in Ireland. They came
at first as transitory coast marauders, landing,
and sacking a neighboring town, church, or
monastery. For this species of warfare the Irish
seem to have been as little prepared as any of the
other Europeap countries subjected to the like
scourge, that is to say, none of them but the
Danes possessed at this ]>eriod of history a pow-
erful fleet. So when the pirates had wreaked
their will uiion the city or monastery, in order
to phmdcr which they had landed, they simply
re-embarked and sailed away comparatively safe
from molestation.
At length it seems to have occurred to the pro-
fessional pirates that in jjlace of making period*
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ioal dashes ou tLd Irish coast, they might secure
a permaiioiit footing? thereupon, and so X'l'epare
the way for eventually subjugatiu;^ the entire
kingdom. Accordingly, they came iu force and
possessed themselves of several spots favorably
placed for such purposes as theirs — sites for for-
tified maritime cities on estuaries affording good
shelter for their fleets, viz. : Dublin, Drogheda,
Waterford, Limerick, "Wexford, etc.
In the fourth year of Nial the Third (about the
year a.d. 840), there arrived a monster fleet of
these tierce and ruthless savages, under the com-
mand of Turgesius. They poured into the coun-
try and carried all before them. For nearly
seven years, Turgesius exert ised over a consider-
able district kingly authority, and the Irish
gi'oaned under the horrors of oppression the most
heartless and brutal. Turgesius converted the
cathedral at Clonmacnoise into a palace for his
own use, and from the high altar, used as a
throne, the fierce idolater gave forth his tyran-
nical command*. Meantime the Christian faith
was proscribed, the Christian shrines were plun-
dered, the gold and jewels were kept by the
spoilers, bus the holy relics were sacrilegiously
given to destruction. The schools were dis-
persed, the bocis and chronicles burned, and
finally the "successor of Patrick," the Archbis-
hop of Armagh, was seized, the cathedral sacked,
and the holy prelaie brought a captive in«tt *he
Danish stronghold. j
But a day of retribution was at hand. 'l!he
divided and disorganized tribes were being bit-
terly taught the necessity of union. These laiaet
outrages were too much for Christian Irish flesh
and blood to bear. Concerting their measures,
the people simultaneously rose ou their oppres-
sors. Turgesius was seized and put to death by
Malachy, Prince of Westmeath, while the Irish
Ard-Ri, Nial the' Third, at length able to rally a
powerful army against the invaders, swooped
.down upon them from the north, and drove them
panic-stricken to their maritime fortresses, their
track marked with slaughter. Nial seems to
have been a really noble character, and the
circumstances under which he met his death,
sudden and calamitous, in the very midst of his
victorious career, afl'ord ample illustration of
the fact. His army had halted on the banks of
the Callan River, at the moment swollen b.v
heavy rains. One of the royal domestics or at-
tendants, a common Giolla, in endeavoring to
ford the river for some i^urpose, was swept from
his feet and carried off by the flood. The mon-
arch, who happened to bo looking ou, cried aloud
to his guards to succour the drowning man, but
quicker than any other he himself plunged into
the torrent. Ho never rose again. The brave
Nial, who had a hundred times faced death in
the midst of reddened spears, perished in his
effort to save the life of one of the humblest of
his followers!
The power of the Danes was broken, but they
still clung to the seaports, where either they
were able to defy efforts at expulsion, or else
obtained permission to remain by paying heavy-
tribute to the Irish sovereign. It is clear enough
that the presence of the Danes came, in course of
time, to be regarded as useful and profitable by
the Irish, so long as they did not refuse tribute
to the native power. The history of the succeeding
centuries accordingly — the period of the Danish
struggle — exhibits a singular spectacle. The
Danes made themselves fully at home in the great
maritime cities, which they may be said to have
founded, and which their commerce certainly
raised to importance. The Irish princes made
alliances betimes with them, and Danes fre-
quentl.v fought on opposite sides in the inter-
necine conflicts of the Irish princes. Occasion-
ally seizing a favorable opportunity (when the
Irish were particularly weakened by internal
feud, and when a powerful reinforcement for
themselves arrived from Scandinavia) they
would make a fierce endeavor to extend their
dominion on Irish soil. These efforts were mostly
successful for a time, owing to the absence of a
strong centralized authority among the Ii-ish;
but eventually the Irish, by itutting forth their
native valor, and even partially combining for
the time, were always able to crush them.
Yet it is evident that during the three hundred
years over which this Danish struggle spreads,
the Irish nation was undergoing disintegration
and demoralization. Toward the middle of the
period, the Danes became converted to Christian-
ity ; but their coarse and fierce barbarism re-
mained long after, and it is evident that contact
with such elements, and increasing political dis-
ruption among themselves, had a fatal effect on
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the Irsh. They absolutely retrograded in learn-
ing and civilization during this time, and con-
tracted some of the worst vices that could pave
the way for the fate that a few centuries more
were to bring upon them.
National pride may vainly seek to ignore or
hide the great truth here displayed. During the
three hundred years that preceded the Anglo-
Norman invasion, the Ii-ish princes appeared to
be given over to a madness marking them for de-
struction! At a time when consolidation of
national authority was becoming the rule all over
Europe, and was becoming so necessary for
them, they were going into the other extreme.
As the general rule, each one sought only his
personal or family ambition or aggrandizement,
and strove for it lawlessly and violently. Fre-
quently when the Ard-Ki of Erinn was nobly
grappling with the Danish foe, and w-as on the
point of finally expelling the foreigner, a subor-
'iinste prince would seize what seemed to him
the golden opportunity for throwing off the
authority of the chief king, or for treacherously
endeavoring to grasp it himself! During the
whole time — three centuries — there was scarcely
a single reign in which the Ard-Ei did not find
occupation for his arms as constantly in compell-
ing the submission of the subordinate native
princes, as in combating the Scandinavian foe.
Religion itself suffered in this national declen-
sion. In these centuries we find professedly
Christian Irish kings themselves as ruthless de-
stroyers of churches and schools as the pagan
Danes of a few years previous. The titles of the
Irish episcopacy were sometimes seized by lay
princes for the sake of the revenues attached to
them ; the spiritual functions of the offices, how-
ever, being performed by ecclesiastics mean-
while. In fine, the Irish national character in
♦hose centuries is to be censured, not admired.
It w.ould seem as if by adding sacrilege and war
upon religion and on learning to political suicide
and a fatal frenzy of factiousness, the Irish
princes of that period were doing their best and
their worst to shame the glories of their nation
in the i>rec(!ding thousand years, and to draw
down upon their country the terrible chastise-
ment that eventually bofcl it, a chastisement
which never could have befallen it but for the
•tnte of things I am here pointing out.
Yet was this gloomy period lit up by some
brilliant flashes of glorj', the brightest, if not the
last, being that which surrounds the name of
Clontarf, where the power of the Danes in Ire-
land was crushed totally and forever.
CHAPTER XI.
HOW "BRIAN OF THE TRIBUTE " BECAME A HIGH KllfO
OF EEINN.
Few historical names are more widely known
among Irishmen than that of Brian the First —
"Brian Boru, or Borumha;"* and the story of
his life is a necessary and an interesting intro-
duction to an account of the battle of Clontarf.
About the middle of the tenth century the
crown of Munster was worn by Mahon, son of
Ceineidi (pr. Kennedy,) a prince of the Dalcas-
sian family. Mahon had a young brother, Brian,
and by all testimony the affection which existed
between the brothers was something touching.
Mahon, who was a noble character — "as a prince
and captain in every way worthy of his inherit-
ance"— was accompanied in all his expeditions,
and from an early age, by Brian, to whom he
acted not only as a brother and prince, but as a
military preceptor. After a brilliant cai'eer,
Mahon fell by a deed of deadly treachery. A
rival prince of South Munster — "Molloy, son of
Bran, Lord of Desmond" — whom he had van-
quished, proposed to meet him in friendly con-
ference at the house of Donovan, an Eugenian
chief. The safety of each person was guaranteed
by the Bishop of Cork, who acted as mediator
between them. Mahon, chivalrous and unsus-
pecting, went unattended and unarmed to the
conference. He was seized by an armed band of
Donovan's men, who handed him over to a party
of Molloy 's retainers, by whom he was put tc
death. He had with him, as the sacred and (as it
ought to have been) inviolable "safe-conduct" on
the faith of which he had trusted himself into
the power of his foes, a copy of the Gospels writ-
ten by the hand of St. Barre. As t)\e assassins
drew their swords upon him, Mahon snatched up
the sacred scroll, and held it on his breast, as if
ho could not credit that a murderous hand would
i
t
#
•That is. " Brian of the 'i'liliiite. "
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dare to wound him througL such a shield! But
the murderers plunged their swords into his
heart, piercing right through the vellum, which
became all stained and matted with his blood.
Two priests had, horror-stricken, witnessed the
outrage. They caught up the blood-stained Gos-
pels and fled to the bishop, spreading through
the country as they went the dreadful news which
they bore. The venerable successor of St. Fin
Bar, we are told, wept bitterly and uttered a
prophecy concerning the fate of the murderers,
which was soon and remarkably fulfilled.
"When the news of his noble-hearted brother's
death was brought to Brian at Kincora, he was
seized with the most violent grief. His favorite
harp was taken down, and he sang the death-song
of Mahon, recounting all the glorious actions of
his life. His anger flashed out through his tears
as he wildly chanted —
" 'My heart shall burst within my breast.
Unless I avenge this great king.
They shall forfeit life for this foul deed.
Or I must perish by a violent death. '
"But the climax of his grief was, that Mahon
'had not fallen behind the shelter of his shield,
rather than trust the treacherous word of
D(movan. "*
A "Bard of Thomond" in our own day — one
not unworthy of his proud pseudonym— Mr. M.
Hogan of Limerick, has supplied the following
very beautiful version of "Brian's Lament for
King Mahon:"
"Lament, O Dalcassians! the Eagle of Cashel is
dead!
The grandeur, the glory, the joy of her palace is
fled;
Your strength in the battle — your bulwark of
valor is low.
But the fire of your vengeance will fall on th«
murderous foe !
"His country was mighty — his people were blest
in his reign.
But the ray of his glory shall never shine on them
again ;
Like the beauty of summer his presence gave joy
to our souls.
When bards sung his deeds at the banquet of
bright golden bowls.
*M'Gee.
"Ye maids of Temora, whose rich garmentsi
sweep the green plain !
Ye chiefs of the Sunburst, the terror and scourge'
of the Dane !
Ye gray-haired Ard-Fileas! whose songs fire the
blood of the brave !
Oh! weep, for your Sun-star is quenched in the
night of the grave.
"He clad you with honors — he filled your high
hearts with delight.
In the midst of your councils he beamed in his
wisdom and might;
Gold, silver, and jewels were only as dust in his
hand.
But his sword like a lightning-flash blasted the
foes of his land.
"Oh! Mahon, my brother ! we've conquer'd and
marched side by side,
And thou wert to the love of my soul as a beauti-
ful bride ;
In the battle, the banquet, the council, the chase
and the throne,
Our beings were blended — our spirits were filled
with one tone.
"Oh! Mahon, my brother! thou'st died like the
hind of the wood.
The hands of assassins were red with thy pure
noble blood ;
And I was not near, my beloved, when thou wast
o'er power'd.
To steep in their hearts' blood the steel of ray
blue-beaming sword.
"I stood by the dark misty river at eve dim and
gray.
And I heard the death-cry of the spirit of gloomy
Craghlea ;
She repeated thy name in her caoine of desolatt
woe.
Then I knew that the Beauty and Joy of Clan
Tail was laid low.
"All day and all night one dark vigil of sorrow I
keep.
My spirit is bleeding with wounds that are many
and deep;
My banquet is anguish, tears, groaning, and
wringing of hands.
In madness lamenting my prince of the gold-
hilted brands.
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"O God! give me patience to bear the affliction
I feel,
But for every hot tear a red blood-drop shall
blush on my steel ;
For every deep pang which my grief-stricken
spirit has known,
A thousand death-wounds in the day of revenge
shall atone."
And he smote the murderers of his brother
with a swift and terrible vengeance. Mustering
his Dalcassian legions, which so often with
Mahon he had led to victory, he set forth upon
the task of retribution. His first effort, the old
records tell us, was directed against the Danes of
Limerick, who were Donovan's allies, and he
slew Ivor, their king, and his two sons. Foresee-
ing their fate, they had fled before him, and had
taken refuge in "Scattery's Holy Isle." But
Brian slew them even "between the horns of the
altar." Next came the turn of Donovan, who
had meantime hastily gathered to his aid the
Danes of South Munster. But "Brian," say
the Annals of Innisf alien, "gave them battle, and
Auliffe and his Danes, and Donovan and his
allies, were all cut off." Of all guilty in the
murder of the brother whom he so loved, there
now remained but one — the principal, Molloy,
son of Brian. After the fashion in those times,
Brian sent Molloy a formal summons or citation
to meet him in battle until the terrible issue
between them should be settled. To this Molloy
responded by confederating all the Irish and
Danes of South Munster whom he could rally,
for yet another encounter with the avenging Dal-
cassian. But the curse of the Comharba of St.
Barre was upon the murderers of Mahon, and
the might of a passionate vengeance "was in
Brian's arm. Again he was victorious. The
confederated Danes and Irish were overthrown
with great slaughter; Brian's son, Morrogh,
then a mere lad, "killing the murderer of his
uncle Mahon with his own hand." "Molloy was
buried on the north side of the mountain where
Mahon had been murdered and interred : on
Mahon the sun shone full and fair; but on the
grave of his assassin the black shadow of the
northern sky rested always. Such was the tradi-
tion which all Munster piously believed. After
this victory Brian was universally acknowledged
king of Munster, and Hntil Ard-Ri Malachy won
the battle of Tara, was justly considered the first
Irish captain of his age."*
This was the opening chapter of Brian's career.
Thenceforth his military reputation and his
political influence are found extending far be-
yond the confines of Munster.
The supreme crown of Ireland at this time was
worn by a brave and enlightened sovereign,
Malachy the Second, or Malachy Mor. He ex-
hibited rare txualities of statesmanship, patriot-
ism, and valor, in his vigorous efforts against the
Danes. On che occasion of one of his most
signal victories over them, he himself engaged
in combat two Danish princes, overcame and slew
both of them, taking from off the neck of one a
massive collar of gold, and from the grasp of the
other a jewel-hilted sword, which he himself
thenceforward wore as trophies. To this mon-
arch, and to the incident here mentioned, Moore
alludes in his well-known lines:
"Let Erin remember the days of old.
Ere her faithless sons betrayed her.
When Malachi wore the collar of gold
Which he won from her proud invader."
Whether it was that Ard-Ri Malachy began to
fear the increasing and almost overshadowing
power and influence of his southern tributary,
or that Brian had in his pride of strength refused
to own his tributary position, it seems impossi-
ble to tell ; but unfortunately for Ii'elaud the
brave and wise Ard-Ri Malachy, and the not less
brave and wise tributary Brian, became em-
broiled in a bitter war, the remote but indubit-
able consequences of which most powerfully and
calamitously affected the future destinies of L-e-
land. For nearly twenty years the struggle
between them continued. Any adversary less
able than Malachy would have been quickly com-
pelled to succumb to ability such as Brian's; and
it may on the other hand be said that it was only
a man of Brian's marvelous powers whom
Malachy could not effectively crush in as many
months. Two such men united could accomplish
anything with Ireland ; and when they eventuall.v
did unite, they absolutely swept the Danes into
their walled and fortified cities, from whence
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33
they had begun once more to overrun the coun-
try during the distractions of the struggle be-
tween Malachy and Brian. During the short
peace or truce between himself and the Ard-Ri,
Brian — who was a sagacious diplomatist as well
as great general — seems to have attached to his
interest nearly all the tributary kings, and subse-
quently even the Danish princes ; so that it was
easy to see that already his eye began to glance
at the supreme crown. Malachy saw it all, and
when the decisive moment at last arrived, and
Brian, playing Caesar, "crossed the Rubicon,"
the now only titular Ard-Ri made a gallant but
brief defence against the ambitious usurper — for
such Brian was on the occasion. After this
short effort Malachy yielded with dignity and
calmness to the inevitable, and gave up the mon-
archy of Erinn to Brian. The abdicated sovereign
thenceforward served under his victorious rival
as a subordinate, with a readiness and fidelity
which showed him to be Brian's superior at least
in unselfish patriotism and in readiness to sacri-
fice personal pride and personal rights to the
public interests of his country.
Brian, now no longer king of Munster, but
Ard-Ri of Erin, found his ambition fully
crowned. The power and authority to which he
had thus attained, he wielded with a wisdom, a
sagacity, a firmness, and a success that made his
reign as Ard-Ri, while it lasted, one of almost
unsurpassed glory, prosperity, and happiness for
Ireland. Yet the student of Irish history finds
no fact more indelibly marked on his mind by
the thoughtful study of the great page before
him than this, namely, that, glorious as was
Brian's reign — brave, generous, noble, pious,
learned, accomplished, politic, and wise, as he
is confessed on all hands to have been — his seiz-
ure of the supreme national crown was a calam-
ity for Ireland. Or rather, perhaps, it would be
more correct and more just to say, that having
reference not singly to his ambitious seizure of
the national crown, but also to the loss in one
day of his own life and the lives of his next heirs
(both son and grandson), the event resulted ca-
lamitously for Ireland. For "it threw open the
sovereignty to every great family as a prize to
be won by policy or force, and no longer an in-
heritance to be determined by law and usage.
The consequences were what might have been
expected. After his death the O'Connors of the
West competed with both O'Neills and O'Brien's
for supremacy, and a chronic civil war prpjHired
the way for Stronr/how and the Normann. The
term 'kings with opposition' is applied to nearly
all who reigned between King Brian's time
and that of Roderick O'Connor" (the Norman
invasion), "meaning thereby kings who were
unable to secure general obedience to their
administration of affairs."*
Brian, however, in all probability, as the his-
torian I have quoted pleads on his behalf, might
have been moved by the great and statesmanlike
scheme of consolidating and fusing Ireland into
one kingdom ; gradually repressing individuality
in the subordinate principalities, and laying the
firm foundation of an enduring and compact
monarchial state, of which his own posterity
would be the sovereigns. For Morrogh, his
first-born, and for Morrogh's descendants he
hoped to found an hereditary kingship after the
type universall}' copied throughout Christendom.
He was not ignorant of what Alfred had done for
England, Harold for Norway, Charlemagne for
France, and Otho for Germany." If any such
design really inspired Brian's course, it was a
grandly useful one, comprehensive, and truly
national. Its realization was just what Ireland
wanted at that period of her history. But its
existence in Brian's mind is a most fanciful
theory. He was himself, while a tributary king,
no wondrous friend or helper of centralized
authority. He pushed from the throne a wise
and worthy monarch. He grasped at the scepter
not in a reign of anarchy, but in a period of
comparative order, authority, and tranquility.
Be that as it may, certain it is that Brian was
"every inch a king." 'Neither on the Irish
throne, nor on that of any other kingdom, did
sovereign ever sit more splendidly qualified to
rule; and Ireland had not for some centuries
known such a glorious and prosperous, peaceful,
and happy time as the five years preceding
Brian's death. He caused his authority to be
not only unquestioned, but obeyed and respected,
in every corner of the land. So justly were the
laws administered in his name, and so loyally
obeyed throughout the kini;dom. that the bards
* M'Gee.
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relate a rather fanciful story of a young and ex-
quisitely beautiful lady, making, without the
slightest apprehension of violence or insult, and
in perfect safety, a tour of the island on foot,
alone and unprotected, though bearing about her
the most costly jewels and ornaments of gold!
A national minstrel of our own times has cele-
brated this illustration of the tranquility of
>Brian'8 reign in the well-known poem, "Eich
and rare were the gems she wore.
CHAPTEE Xn.
HOW A DARK THUNDER-CLOUD GATHERED OVER IRELAND.
About this time the Danish power all over
Europe had made considerable advances. In
France it had fastened itself upon Normandy, and
in England it had once more become victorious,
the Danish prince, Sweyne, having been pro-
claimed king of England in 1013, though it was
not until the time of his successor, Canute, that
the Danish line were undisputed monarchs of
England. All these triumphs made them turn
their attention the more earnestly to Ireland,
which they so often and so desperately yet so
vainly, sought to win. At length the Danes of
this countrj' — holding several of the large sea-
port cities, but yielding tribute to the Irish mon-
arch— seem to have been roused to the design of
rallying all the might of the Scanian race for one
gigantic and supreme effort to conquer the king-
dom : for it was a reflection hard for uorthmen
to endure, that they who had conquered England
almost as often as they tried, who had now
placed a Danish sovereign on the 'English throne,
and had established a Danish dukedom of Nor-
mandy in France, had never yet been able to
bring this dearly coveted western isle into sub-
jection, and had never once given a monarch to
its line of kings. Coincideutly with the victories
of Sweyne in England, several Danish expedi-
tions appeared upon the Irish coast : now at Cork
in the south, now at Lough Foyle in the north ;
but these were promptly met and rei)elled by the
vigor of the Ard-Ei, or of the local princes.
These forays, however, though serious and dan-
gerous enough, were but the prelude to the forth-
coming grand assault, or as it has boon aptly
«tyled, "the last field-day of Christianity and
Paganism on Irish 8oil."
"A taunt thrown out over a game of chess ai
Kincora is said to have hastened this memorable
day. Maelmurra, prince of Leinster, playing or
advising on the game, made or recommended a
false move, upon which Morrogh, son of Brian,
observed it was no wonder his friends the Danes
(to whom he owed his elevation) were beaten at
Glenmana, if he gave them advice like that.
Maelmurra, highly incensed by the allusion — all
the more severe for its bitter truth — arose, or-
dered his horse, and rode away in haste. Brian,
when he heard it, dispatched a messenger after
the indignant guest, begging him to return ; but
Maelmurra was not to be pacified, and refused.
We nest hear of him as concerting with certain
Danish agents, always open to such negotiations,
those measures which led to the great invasion
of the i'^ear 1014, in which the whole Scanian
race, from Anglesea and Man, north to Norway,
bore an active share.
"These agents passing over to England and
Man, among the Scottish isles, and even to the
Baltic, followed iip the design of an invasion on
a gigantic scale. Suibne, earl of Man, entered
warmly into this conspiracy, and sent 'the war-
arrow' through |_all those 'out-islands' which
obeyed him as lord. A yet n^ore formidable
potentate, Sigurd, of the Orkneys, next joined
the league. He was the fourteenth earl of
Orkney, of Norse origin, and his power was at
this period a balance to that of his nearest
neighbor, the king of Scots. He had ruled since
the year 996, not only over the Orkneys, Shet-
land, and Northern Hebrides, but the coasts of
Caithness and Sutherland, and even Boss and
Moray rendered him homage and tribute. Eight
years before the battle of Clontarf, Malcom the
Second of Scotland had been fain to purchase
his alliance by giving him his daughter in mar-
riage, and the kings of Denmark and Norway
treated with him on equal terms. The hundred
inhabited isles which lie between Yell and Man
— isles which after their conversion contained
'three hundred churches and chapels' — sent in
their contingents, to swell the following of the
renowned Earl Sigurd. As his fleet bore south-
ward from Kirkwall, it swept the subject coast
of Scotland, and gathered from every lough its
galleys and its fighting-men. The rendezvous
was the Isle of Man, where Suibne bad placed hip
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own forces, imder the command of Brodar, or
Broderick, a famous leader against the Britons of
Wales and Cornwall. In conjinictiou .with
Sigurd, the Manxmen sailed over to Ireland,
where they were joined, in the Liffey, by Earl
Cauutesou, prince of Denmark, at the head of
fourteen hundred champions clad in armor.
Sitric of Dublin stood, or affected to stand, neu-
tral in these preparations, but Malemurra of
Leinster had mustered all the forces he could
command for such an expedition. "*
Here was a mighty thunder-etorm gathering
over and around Ireland! Never before was an
effort of such magnitude made for the conquest
of the island. Never before had the Danish
power so palpably put forth its utmost strength,
and never hitherto had it put forth such strength
in vain. This was the supreme moment for Ire-
land to show what she could do when united
in self-defence against a foreign invader. Here
were the unconquered Northmen, the scourge and
terror of Europe, the conquerors of Britain, Nor-
mandy, Anglesea, Orkney, and Man, now con-
centrating the might of their whole race, from
fiord and haven, from the Orkneys to the Scilly
Isles, to burst in an overwhelming billow upon
Ireland! If before a far less formidable assault
England went down, dare Ireland hope now to
meet and withstand this tremendous shock? In
truth, it seemed a hard chance. It was a trial-
hour for the men of Erin. And gloriously did
they meet it! Never for an instant were they
daunted by the tidings of the extensive and
mighty preparations going forward; for the news
filled Europe, and a hundred harbors in Norway,
Denmark, France, England, and the Channel
Isles resounded daj' and night with the bustle
preparatory for the coming war. Brian was fully
equal to the emergency. He resolved to meet
force by force, combination by combination,
preparation by preparation ; to defy the foe, and let
them see "what Irishmen could do. " His efforts
were nobly seconded by the zeal of all the
tributary princes (with barely a few exceptions),
but most nobly of all by the deposed Malachy,
whose conduct upon this occasion alone would
entitle him to a proud place in the annals of Ire-
land. In one of the preliminary expeditions of
the Danes a few years previously, he detected
more quickly that Brian the seriousness of the
work going forward ; ho sent word hurriedly to
Kincora that the Danes, who had landed near
Dublin, were marching inward, and entreated of
Brian to hasten to check them promptly. The
Ard-Ri, however, was at that time absolutely in-
credulous that anything more serious than a
paltry foray was designed ; and he refused, it is
said, to lend any assistance to the local prince.
But Malachy had ii truer conception of the grav-
ity of the case. Hi himself marched to meet the
invaders, and in a battle which ensued, routed
them, losing, howe /er, in the hour of victory, his
son Flann. This engagement awakened Brian
to a sense of the danger at hand. He quickly
dispatched an auxiliary force, under his son
Morrogh to Malachy 's aid; but the Danes,
driven into their walled city of Dublin b3''
Malachy, did not venture out ; and so the Dal-
cassian force returned southward, devastating the
territory of the traitor, Maelmurra, of Leinster,
whose perfidy was now openly proclaimed.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE GLORIOUS D.\Y OF CL0NT.\K1 .
Brian soon became fully aware of the scheme
at which the Danes all over Europe were labor-
ing, and of the terrible trial approaching for Ire-
land. Through all the autumn of that year 1013,
and the spring months of the year following, the
two powers, Danish and Irish, were working hard
at preparations for the great event, each strain-
ing every energy and summoning every resource
for the crisis. Toward the close of March,
Brian's arrangements being completed, he gave
the order for a simultaneous march to Kilmain-
ham,* usually the camping ground and now the
appointed rendezvous of the national forces. By
the second week in April there had rallied to the
national standard a force which, if numerically
unequal to that assembled by the invaders, was,
as the result showed, able to compensate by
superior valor for whatever it lacked in numbers.
* M'Gee.
*The district north and south of the Liffey at this point
— the Phoenix Park, Kilmainham, Inchicore, and Chapel-
Izod — was the rendezvous.
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THE STOEY OF IRELAND.
The lords of all the southern half of the kingdom
— the lord of Deoies, Inchiquin, Fermoy, Corca-
Baiskin, Kiualnieaky, and Kerry — and the lords
of Hy-Manie and Hy-Fiachra in Connaught, we
axe told, hastened to Brian's standai-d. O'More
and O 'Nolan of Leinster, and Donald, Steward
of Mar, in Scotland, continues the historian,
"were the other chieftains who joined him before
Clontarf, besides those of his own kindred," or
the forces proper of Thomond.* Just one faint
shadow catches the eye as we survey the picture
presented by Ireland in the hour of this great
national rally. The northern chieftains, the
lords of Ulster, alone held back. Sullen and
silent, they stirred not. "They had submitted
to Brian; but thvy never cordially supported
him."
The great Danish flotilla, under Brodar, the
admiral-in-chief, entered Dublin Bay on Palm
Sunday, the 18th of April, 1014. The galleys
anchored, some of them at Sutton, near Howth,
others were moored in the mouth of the river
Liffey, and the rest were beached or anchored in
a vast line stretching along the Clontarf shore,
■which sweeps between the two points indicated.
Brian immediately swung his army round upon
Glassnevin, crossed the Tolka at the point where
the Botanical Gardens now stand, and faced his
line of battle southward toward where the enemy
■were encamped upon the shore. Meantime, becom-
ing aware that Maelnmrra, prince of Leinster, was
so eager to help the invader that he had entered
the Danish camp with every man of his follow-
ing, Brian secretly dispatched a body of Dalcas-
sians, under his son Donagh, to dash into the
traitor's territory and waste it with fire and
sword. The secret march southward of the Dal-
cassians was communicated to Maelmurra by a
spy in Brian's camp, and, iuaftmuch as the Dal-
•" Under the standard of Brian Bortiralia iilso fougbt
that day the Maermors, or Great Stewards of Ijennox and
Mar, with a contingent of the brave Gaels of Alba. It
would even appear, from a Danish account, that some of
the Northmen who had always been friendly to Brian,
fought on his side at Clontarf. A large body of hardy men
came from the distant iiiarilime districts of Coiinemara ;
many warriors flocked from other territories, and, on the
whole, the rallying of tlic men of Ireland in the cause of
their country upon that occasion, as much as the victory
which their gallantry achieved, renders the event n proud
and cheering one in Irish history." — Havertv.
cassians were famed as the "invincible logion"
of the Irish army, the traitor urged vehemently
upon his English allies that this was the mo-
ment to give battle — -while Brian's best troop*
were away. Accordingly, on Holy Thursday, the
Danes announced their resolution to give battle
nest day. Brian had the utmost reluctance to
fight upon that day, which would be Good Fri
day, thinking it almost a profanation to engage
in combat upon the day on which our Lord died
for man's redemption. He begged that the en-
gagement might be postponed even one day ; but
the Danes were all the more resolute to engage on
the next morning, for, saj-s an old legend of
the battle, Brodar, having consulted one of the
Danish pagan oracles, was told that if he rjave
battle upon the Friday Brian would fall.
With early dawn next daj% Good Friday, 23d
of April, 1014, all was bustle in both camps.*
The Danish arm3', facing inland, northward or
northeast, stretched along the shore of Dublin
Bay ; its left flank touching and protected by the
city of Dublin, its center being about the spot
where Clontarf castle now stands, and its right
wing resting on Dollymount. The Irish army,
facing southward, had its right on Drumcondra,
its center on Fairview, and its extreme left on
Clontarf. The Danish forces were disposed of in
three divisions, of which the first, or left, was.
composed of the Danes of Dublin, under their
king, Sitric, and the princes Dolat and Conmael,
with the thousand Norwegians already mentioned
as clothed in suits of ringed mail, under the
*Haverty says : "The exact site of the battle seems to
be tolerably well defined. In some copies of the Annals it
is called ' the Battle of the Fishing-weir of Clontarf :' and
the weir in question must have been at the mouth of the
Tolka, about the place where Ballybough Bridge now
stands. It also appears that the principal destruction of
the Danes took place when in their flight they endeavored to
cross the Tolka, probably at the moment of high water, when
great numbers of them were drowned ; and it is expressly
stated that they were pursued with great slaughter 'from the
Tolka to Dublin.'" I, however, venture, though with
proper diffidence, to suggest that the ' Fishing-weir ' stood
a short distance higher up the river, to wit, at Clonliffe,
directly below where the College of the Holy Cross now
stands. For there is, in my opinion, ample evidence to
show that at that time the sea flowed over the flats on the
city side, by which Ballybough Bridge is now approached,
making a goodly bay, or wide estuary, there ; and that
only aliout the point I indicate was a fishing-weir likely to
have stood in 1014.
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37
youthful waiTiors Carlus and AuruJ ; the secoinl,
or ccutnil division, was composed chiefly of the
Lagenians, commanded by Maehnurra himself,
and the piinces of Offaly and of the Liffey terri-
tory ; and the third division, or right wing, was
made up of the auxiliaries from the Baltic and
the Islands, under Brodar, admiral of the fleet,
and the earl of Orkneys, together with some
iBritish auxiliaries from Wales and Cornwall. To
oppose these the Irish monarch also marshaled
his forces in three corps or divisions. The first,
or right wing, composed chiefly of the dimin-
ished legions of the brave Dalcassians, was under
the command of his sou Morrogh, who had also
with him his four brothers, Tiege, Donald,
Conor, and Flann, and his own son (grandson
of Bi'iau), the youthful Torlogh, who was but
fifteen years of age. In this division also fought
Malachy with the Meath contingent. The Lrish
center division comprised the troops of Desmond,
or South Munster, under the commander of Kian,
son of Molloy, and Donel, son of Duv Davoren
(ancestor of The O'Donoghue), both of the
Eugenian line. The Irish left wing was com-
posed mainly of the forces of Connaught, under
O'Kelly, prince of Hy-Manie (the great central
territory of Connaught); O'Heyne, prince of Hy-
Piachra Ahna ; and Echtigern, king of Dalariada.
It is supposed that Brian's army numbered about
20,000 men.*
All being ready for the signal of battle,
Brian himself, mounted on a richly-caparisoned
charger, rode through the Ii-ish lines, as all the
records are careful to tell us, "with his sword in
one hand, and a crucifix in the other, exhorting
the troops to remember the momentous issues
that depended upon the fortunes of that day —
Keligion and Country against Paganism and
Bondage. It is said that on this occasion he
delivered an address which moved his soldiers,
now to tears, and anon to the utmost pitch of
enthusiasm and resolution. And we can well
imagine the effect, upon an army drawn up as
they were for the onset of battle in defence of
"Faith and Fatherland," of such a sight and
such an appeal — their aged and venerable mon-
arch, "his white hair floating in the wind, " riding
through their lines, with the sacred symbol of
'Oj»!dged from Haverly.
Rodemption borne aloft, and adjuring them,
as the chronicles tell us to "remember that on
this day Christ died for us, on the Mount of
Calvary." Moreover, Brian himself had given
them an earnest, such perhaps as monarch had
never given before, of his resolve, that with
the fortunes of his country he and his sous and
kinsmen all would stand or fall. He had brought
"his sons and nephews there, " says the histo-
rian, who might have added, and even his grand-
children, "and showed that he was prepared to
let the existence of his race depend upon the
issue of the day." We maybe sure a circum-
stance so affecting as this was not lost ujjon
Brian's soldiers. It gave force to every word of
his address. He recounted, we are told, all the
barbarities and the sacrileges perpetrated by the
invaders in their lawless ravages on Iris-' soil,
the shrines they had plundered, the holy relics
they had profaned, the brutal cruelties they had
inflicted on unarmed non-combatants — nay, on
"the servants of the Altar." Then, raising the
crucifix aloft, he invoked the Omnipotent God to
look down upon them that day, and to strengthen
their arms in a cause so just and holy.
Mr. William Kenealy (now of Kilkenny) is the
author of a truly noble poem which gives with
all the native vigor and force of the original,
this thrilling "Address of Brian to his Army."
"Stand ye now for Erin's glory! Stand ye now
for Erin's cause!
Long ye've groaned beneath the rigor of tha
Northmen's savage laws.
What though brothers league against us? What,
though myriads be the foe?
Victory will be more honored in the myriads'
overthrow.
"Proud Connacians! oft we've wrangled in our
petty feuds of yore ;
Now we fight against the robber Dane upon our
native shore ;
May our hearts unite in friendship, as our blood
in one red tide,
While we crush their mail-clad legions, and an-
nihilate their pride!
"Brave Eugenians! Erin triumphs in the sight
she sees to-day —
Desmond's homesteads all deserted for the mus-
ter and the fray !
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THE STOKY OF IRELAND.
Cluan's vale and Galtees' summit send their
bravest and their best —
May such hearts be theira forever, for the
Freedom of the West!
"Caiiefs and Keraes of Dalcassia! Brothers of
my past career,
Oft we've trodden on the pirate-flag that flaunts
before us here ;
Tou remember Inniscattery, how we bounded on
the foe,
As the torrent of the mountain bursts upon the
plain below !
"They have razed our proudest castles — spoiled
the Temples of the Lord — •
Burne'^. to dust tLo sacred relics — put the Peace-
ful to the sword —
Desecrated all things holy^ — as they soon may
do again,
If their power to-day we smite not — if to-day we
be not men !
"On this day the God-man suffered — look upon
the sacred si.cn —
May we conquer 'neath its shadow, as of old did
Constantine!
May the heathen tribe of Odin fade before it like
a dream.
And the triumph of this glorious day in our
future annuals gleam!
"God of heaven, bless our banner — nerve our
sinews for the strife!
Fight we now for all that's holj' — for our altars,
land and life —
For red vengeance on the spoiler, whom the blaz-
ing temples trace —
For the honor of our maidens and the glory of
our race 1
"Should I fall before the foeman, 'tis the death
I seek to-day ;
Should ten thousand daggers pierce me, bear my
body not away,
Till this day of da.\s be over — till the field is
fouglit and won —
Then the holy mass be chanted, and the funeral
rites be done.
"Men of Erin! men of Erin! grasp the battle-ax
and spear!
Chase these Northern wolves before you like a
herd of frightened deer!
Burst their ranks, like bolts from heaven ! Down
on the heathen crew.
For the glory of tls Crucified, and Erin's glory
too!"
Who can be astonished that, as he ceased, a
shout wild, furious, and deafening, burst from
the Irish lines? A cry arose from the soldiers,
we are told, demanding instantly to be led
against the enemy. The aged monarch now
placed himself at the head of his guards, to lead
the van of battle; but at this point his sons and
all the attendant princes and commanders pro-
tested against his attempting, at his advanced
age, to take part personally in the conflict; and
eventually, after much effort, they succeeded in
prevailing upon him to retire to his tent, and to
let the chief command devolve upon his eldest
son Morrogh.
"The battle, " says a historian, 'then com-
menced;- 'a spirited, fierce, violent, vengeful,
and furious battle ; the likeness of which was not
to be found at that time,' as the old annalists
quaintly desaribe it. It was a conflict of heroes.
The chieftains engaged at every point in single
combat; and the greater part of them on both
sides fell. The impetuosity of the Irish was ir-
resistible, and their battle-axes did fearful execu-
tion, every man of the ten hundred mailed war-
riors of Norway having been made to bite the
dust, and it was against them, we are told, that
the Dalcassians had been obliged to contend
single-handed. The heroic Morrogh performed
prodigies of valor throughout the day. Eauks of
men fell before him ; and, hewing his way to the
Danish standard, he cut down two successive
bearers of it with his battlo-ax. Two Danish
leaders, Carolus and Conmael, enraged at this
success, rushed on him together, but both fell
in rapid succession by his sword. Twice Mor-
rogh and some of his chiefs retired to slake their
thirst and cool their hands, swollen from the vio-
lent use of the sword; and the Danes observing
the vigor with which they returned to the con-
flict, succeeded, by a dosiiornto effort in cutting
off the brook which had refreshed them. Thus
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39
the battle raged from an early hour in the morn-
ing— innumerable deeds of valor being performed
on both sides, and victory appearing still doubt-
ful, until the third or fourth hour in the after-
noon, when afresh and desperate effort was made
by the Irish, and the Danes, now almost desti-
tute of leaders, began to waver and give way at
everj' point. Just at this moment the Norwegian
prince, Anrud, encountered Morrogh, who was
unable to raise his arms from fatigue, but with
the left hand he seized Anrud and hurled him to
the earth, and with the other placed the point of
his sword on the breast of the i>rostrate North-
man, and leaning on it plunged it through his
body. While stooping, however, for this pur-
pose, Anrud contrived to inflict on him a mortal
wound with a dagger, and Morrogh fell in the
arms of victory. According to other accounts,
Morrogh was in the act of stooping to relieve an
enemy when he received from him his death
■wound. This disaster had not the effect of turn-
ing the fortune of the day, for the Danes and
their allies were in a state of utter disorder, and
along their whole line had commenced to fly
toward the city or to their ships. They plunged
into the Tolka at a time, we may conclude, when
the river was swollen with the tide, so that great
numbers were drowned. The body of young
Turlogh was found after the battle 'at the weir of
Clontarf, ' with his hands entangled in the hair
of a Dane whom he had grappled with in the
pursuit.
"But the chief tragedy of the day remains to
be related. Brodar, the pirate admiral, who
commanded in the point of the Danish lines re-
motest from the city, seeing the rout general,
was making his way through some thickets with
only a few attendants, when he came upon the
tent of Brian Borumha, left at that moment with-
out his guards. The fierce Norseman rushed in
and found the aged monarch at prayer before
the crucifix, which he had that morning held up
to the view of his troops, and attended only by
his page. Yet, Brian had time to seize his arms,
and died sword in hand. The Irish accounts say
that the king killed Brodar.and was only overcome
bj' numbers ; but the Danish version in the Niala
Saga is more probable, and in this Brodar is
represented as holding up his reeking sword and
crying : 'Let it be croclaimed from man to man
that Brian has been slain by Brodar. ' It is
added, on the same authority, that the ferocious
pirate was then hemmed in by Brian's returned
guards and captured alive, and that he was hung
from a tree, and continued to rage like a beast
of prey until all his entrails were torn out — the
Irish soldiers thus taking savage vengeance for
the death of their king, who but for their own .
neglect would have been safe. "* L
Such was the victory of Clontarf — one of the
most glorious events in the annals of Ireland!
It was the final effort of the Danish power to
effect the conquest of this country. Never again
was that effort renewed. For a century subse-
quently the Danes continued to hold some mari-
time cities in Ireland ; but never more did they
dream of conquest. That design was overthrown
forever on the bloody plain of Clontarf.
It was, as the historian called it truly, "a con-
flict of heroes." There was no flinching on
either side, and on each side fell nearly every
commander of note who had entered the battle!
The list of the dead is a roll of nobility, Danish
and Irish ; among the dead being the brave Cale-
donian chiefs, the great Stewards of Mar and
Lennox, who had come from distant Alba to fight
on the Irish side that day !
But direst disaster of all — most woeful in its
ulterior results affecting the fate and fortunes of
Ireland — was the slaughter of the reigning
family : Brian himself, Morrogh, his eldest son
and destined successor, and his grandson, "the
youthful Torlogh," eldest child of Morrogh — •
three generations cut down in the one day upon
the same field of battle!
"The fame of the event went out through all
nations. The chronicles of Wales, of Scotland,
and of Man ; the annals of Ademar and Marianus ;f
the saga of Denmark and the Isles, all record the
event. The Norse settlers in Caithness saw ter-
rific visions of Valhalla 'the day after the
battle.' "J "The annals state that Brian and
Morrogh both lived lived to receive the last
sacraments of the Church, and that their remains
* Haverty.
f " Brian, king- of Hibernia, slain on 6ood Friday, the
9th of tLe calends of May {23d April), with his mind and
his hands turned toward God." — " Chronicles of Marianus
Seotus."
I M'Gee.
40
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were conveyed by the monks to Swords (near
Dublin), and thence to Armagh by the Arch-
bishop ; and that their obsequies were celebrated
for twelve days and nights with great splendor
by the clergy of Armagh after which the body
of Brian was deposited in a stone coffin on the
north side of the high altar in the cathedra], the
body of his son being interred on the south side
of the same church. The remains of Torlogh and
of several of the other chieftains were buried in
the old churchyard of Kilmainham, where the
shaft of an Irish cross still marks the spot. "*
CHAPTER XIV.
"atteb the battle." the scene "upo». ossory's
plain." the last days of national freedom.
Three days after the battle the decimated but
victory-crowned Irish legions broke up camp and
marched homeward to their respective provinces,
chanting songs of triumph. The Dalcassians
(who had sufifered terribly in the battle) found
their way barred by a hostile prince, Fitzpat-
rick, lord of Ossory, whose opposing numbers
vastly exceeded their effective force, which in-
deed was barely enough to convey or convoy
their wounded homeward to Kincora. In this
extremity the wounded soldiers entreated that
they might be allowed to fight with the rest.
"Let stake " they said, "be driven into the
ground, and suffer each of us, tied to and sup-
ported by one of these stakes, to be placed in his
rank by the side of a sound man." "Between
seven and eight hundred wounded men," adds
the historian, "pale, emaciated, and supported in
this manner, appeared mixed with the foremost
of the troops! Never was such another sight ex-
hibited !"f Keating's quaint narrative of the
event is well worthy of quotation. He says:
"Donagh then again gave orders that one-third
of his host should be placed on guard as a pro-
tection for the wounded, and that the other two-
thirds sliould meet the expected battle. But
•when the wounded men heard of the.se orders,
they spranii ui> in such haste that their wounds
and HorcH burst open ; but they bound them up
in moss, and grasping their lances and their
swords, they came thus equipped into the midst
' Haverty.
t O'Halloran.
of their comrades. Here they requested of
Donncadh, son of Brian, to send some men to the
forest with instructions to bring them a number
of strong stakes, which they proposed to have
thrust into the ground, 'and to these stakes,'
said they, 'let us be bound with our arms in our
hands, and let our sons and our kinsmen be sta-
tioned by our sides; and let two warriors, who
are unwounded, be placed near each one of us
wounded, for it is thus that we will help one
another with truer zeal, because shame will not
allow the sound man to leave his position until
his wounded and bound comrade can leave it
likewise.' This request was complied with, and
the wounded men were stationed after the man-
ner which they had pointed out. And, indeed,
that aiTay in which the Dal g-Cais were then
drawn, was a thing for the mind to dwell upon
in admiration, for .it was a great and amazing
wonder. ' '
Our national minstrel, Moore, has alluded to
this episode of the return of the Dalcassians in
one of the melodies :
"Forget not our wounded companions, who stood
In the day of distress by our side :
"While the moss of the valley grew red with their
blood.
They stirred not, but conquered and died.
The sun that now blesses our arms with his light
Saw them fall upon Ossory's plain;
Oh! let him not blush, when he leaves us to-
night.
To find that they fell there in vain!"
With the victory of Clontarf the day of Ire-
land's unity and power as a nation may be said
to have ended. The sun of her national great-
ness, that had been waning previously, set sud-
denly in a brilliant flash of glory. If we except
the eight years immediately following Brian's
death, Ireland never more knew the blessing of
national unity — never more was a kingdom, in
the full sense of the word. Malachy Mor — well
worthy of his title "the great" — the good, the
magnanimous, the patriotic, and brave king,
whom Brian had deposed, was unanimously re-
called to the throne after Brian's death. The
eight years during which Malachy ruled in this
the second term of his sovereignty, were marked
by every evidence of kingly ability and virtue on
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41
his part. At length, finding death approaching,
he retired for greater solititude to an island in
Lough Ennel (now called Cormorant Island),
whither repaired sorrowfully to his spiritual suc-
cor "Amalgaid, Archbishop of Armagh, the
abbots of Clonmacnoise and of Durrow, and a
good train of clergy;" and where, as the old
chronicles relate it, "after intense penance, on
the fourth of the nones of September, died Ma-
lachy, the pillar of the dignity and nobility of
the western world."
He was the last "unquestioned" monarch of
Ireland. The interval between his death and the
landing of Henry the Second (over one hundred
and fifty years) was a period of bloody and
ruinous contention that invited — and I had al-
most said merited — the yoke of a foreign rule.
After Malachy's death, Brian's younger son,
Donogh, claimed the throne ; but his claim was
scorned and repudiated by a moiety of the
princes, who had, indeed, always regarded Brian
himself as little better than an usurper, though
a brave and a heroic sovereign. Never after-
ward was an Ard-Ri fully and lawfully elected or
acknowledged. There were frequently two or
more claimants assuming the title at the same
time, and desolating the country in their contest
for sovereignty. Brian had broken the charmed
line of regulated succession that had, as I have
already detailed, lasted through nearly two thou-
sand years. His act was the final blow at the
already loosened and tottering edifice of central-
ized national authority. While he himself
lived, with his own strong hand and powerful
mind to keep all things in order, it was well ; no
evil was likely to come of the act that supplied a
new ground for wasting discords and bloody civil
strife.
But when the powerful hand and the
strong mind had passed away ; when the splendid
talents that had made even the deposed monarch,
Malachy, bow to their supremacy, no longer
availed to bind the kingdom into unity and
strength, the miseries that ensued were hopeless.
The political disintegration of Ireland was ag-
gravated a thousand-fold. The idea of national
unity seemed as completely dead, buried, and
forgotten, when the Normans came in, as if it
never had existence among the faction-split
people of Erinn.
'Twas self-abasement paved the way
For villain bonds and despot's sway.
Donogh O'Brien, never acknowledged as
Ard-Ili, was driven from even his titular sover-
eignty by his own nephew, Torlogh. Aged,
broken, and weary, he sailed for Rome, where
he entered a monastery and ended his life "in
penance," as the old chronicles say. It is stated
that this Donogh took with him to Rome the
crown and the harp of his father, the illustrious
Brian, and presented them to the pope.* This
donation of his father's diadem to the pope by
Donogh has sometimes been referred to as if it
implied a bestowal of the Irish sovereignty ; a
placing of it, as it were, at the disposal of the
Father of Christendom, for the best interests of
faction-ruined Ireland herself, and for the benefit
of the Christian religion. Perhaps the pojie was
led so to regard it. But the Supreme Pontiff did
not know that such a gift was not Donogh's to
give! Donogh never owned or possessed the
Irish sovereignty ; and even if he had been unan-
imously elected and acknowledged Ajrd-Ri (and
he never was), th« Irish sovereignty was a trust
to which the Ard-Ri was elected for life, and
which he could not donate even to his own son,
except by the consent of the Royal Electors and
Free Clans of Erinn.
CHAPTER XV.
HOW ENGLAND BECAME A COMPACT KINGDOM, WHILE
IBELAKD WAS BREAKING INTO FRAGMENTS.
We now approach the period at which, for the
first time, the history of Ireland needs to be read
with that of England.
A quarter of a century after the rout of the
Danes by the Irish at Clontarf, the Anglo-Saxons
drove them from the English throne, the Anglo-
Saxon line being restored in the person of Ed-
ward the Confessor. A quarter of a century sub-
sequently, however, the Anglo-Saxons were again
dethroned, and England was again conquered by
new invaders — or the old ones with a new name
— the Normans. In this last struggle, the Anglo-
Saxons were aided by troops from Ireland, for
the Normans were kith and kin of the Norse foes
'Tliebarp is still in existence. It is ic the Museum et
Trinity College, Dublin.
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THE STOEY OF IRELAND.
whom Ireland had such reason to hate. An Irish
contingent fought side by side with the Saxons
in their struggle against William ; and when the
brave but unfortunate Harold fell at Hastings, it
Was to Ii'eland his children were sent for friendly
asylum.
The Noi-mans treasured a bitter remembrance
of this against Ireland; and there is evidence
that from the first they meant to essay the sub-
jugation of that island also, as soon as they
should have consolidated their British conquest.
These same Normans were a brave race. They
possessed every quality requisite for military
conquerors. To the rough, fierce vigor of their
Norse ancestors they had added the military dis-
cipline and scientific skill which the Gauls had
learned from their Roman masters. They con-
quered united England in one year. Yet they
were five hundred years unsuccessfully laboring
to conquer disunited Ireland !
During the one hundred and lifty years follow-
ing Brian's death (devoted by the Irish princes
to every factious folly and crime that could
weaken, disorganize, disunite, and demoralize
their country), the Normans in England were
solidifying and strengthing their power. Eng-
land was becoming a compact nation, governed
by concentrated national authority, and possessed
of a military organization formidable in numbers
and in arms, but most of all in scientific mode of
wai'fare and perfection of military discipline ;
while Ireland, like a noble vessel amid the
breakers, was absolutely going to pieces — break-
ing up into fragments, or "clans," north, south,
east, and west. As a natural result of this
anarchy or wasting strife of factions, social and
religious disorders supervened ; and as a his-
torian aptly remarks, the "Island of Saints"
became an "Island of Sinners." The state of
religion was deplorable. The rules of ecclesi-
astical discipline were in many places over-
thrown, as was nearly every other necessary
moral and social safeguard ; and, inevitably, the
most lamentaV)lo disorders and scandals resulted.
The bishops vainly sought to calm this fearful
war of factions that was thus ruining the power
of a great nation, and destroying or disgracing
its Christian faith. They threatened to appeal to
the Suijremo Pontiff, and to invoke his interijosi-
tion in behalf of religion thus outraged, and civil
society thus desolated. St. Malachy, the pri-
mate of Armagh, the fame of whose sanctity,
piety, and learning had reached all Europe,
labored heroically amid these terrible afflictions.
He proceeded to Eome, and was received with
every mark of consideration by the reigning
pope. Innocent the Second, who, "descending
from his throne, placed his own mitre on the
head of the Ii-ish saint, presented him with his
own vestments and other religious gifts, and ap-
pointed him apostolic legate in the place of Gil-
bert, Bishop of Limerick, then a very old man."
St. Malachy petitioned the pope for the neces-
sary recognition of the Irish archiepiscopal sees,
by the sending of the palliums to the archbishops ;
but the pope pointed out that so grave a request
should proceed from a synod of the Irish Church.
The primate returned to Ireland ; and after some
time devoted to still more energetic measures to
cope with the diificulties created by perpetual
civil war, he eventually convened a national
synod, which was held at Inuis-Patrick, near
Skerries, county Dublin. St. Malachy was
authorized again to proceed to the Holy Father,
and in the name of the Irish Church beseech him
to grant the palliums. The aged primate set out
on his journey. But while on his way, having
reached Clairvaux, he was seized with his death-
sickness, and expired there (November 2, ll^S),
attended by the great St. Bernard, between
whom and the Irish i)rimate a personal friend-
ship existed, and a correspondence passed, a por-
tion of which is still extant. Three years after-
ward the palliums, sent by Pope Eugene the
Third, were brought to Ireland by Cardinal
Paparo, and were solemnly conferred on the
archbishoi)s the year following, at a national
synod held at Kells.
But all the efforts of the ministers of religion
could not compensate for the want of a stable
civil government in the land. Nothing eould
permanently restrain the fierce violence of the
chiefs ; and it is clear that at Borne, and through-
out Europe, the opinion at this time began to
gain ground that Ireland was a hopeless case.
And, indeed, so it must have seemed. It is true
that the innate virtue and morality of the Irish
national character began to assert itself the
moment society was allowed to enjoy the least
resi)ite : it is beyond question that, during and
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43
after the time of the sainted primato, Mitlucliy,
vigorous and comprehensive efforts were afoot,
and great strides made, toward reforming the
abuses with which chronic civil war had covered
the land. But, like many another reformation,
it camo too late. Before the ruined nation could
be reconstituted, the Nemesis of invasion arrived,
to teach all peoples, by the story of Ireland's
fate, that when national cohesiveness is gone,
national power has departed and national suffer-
ing is at hand.
CHAPTER XVI.
■STOW HENEY THE SECOND FEIGNED WONDEOUS ANXIETY
TO HEAL THE DISOEDEKS OF IRELAND.
The grandson of William of Normandy, Con-
queror of England, Henry the Second, was not
an inattentive observer of the progressing wreck
of the Irish Church and Nation. He inherited
the Norman design of one day conquering Ireland
also, and adding that kingdom to his English
crown. He was not ignorant that at Kome Ire-
land was regarded as derelict. An Englishman,
Pope Adrian, now sat in the Chair of Peter ; and
the English ecclesiastical authorities, who were
in constant communication with the Holy See,
were transmitting the most alarming accounts of
the fearful state of Ireland. It is now known
that these accounts were, in many cases, mon-
strously exaggerated; but it is true that, at best,
the state of affairs was very bad.
The cunning and politic Henry saw his oppor-
tunity. Though his was the heart of a mere con-
queror, sordid and callous, he clothed himself in
the garb of the most saintly pietj-, and wrote to
the Holy Father, calling attention to the state of
Ireland, which for over a hundred years had been
a scandal to Europe. But oh ! it was the state of
religion there that most afflicted his pious and
holy Norman heart! It was all in the interests
of social order, morality, religion, and civiliza-
tion,* that he now approached the Holy Father
with a proposition. In those times (when Chris-
tendom was an unbroken family, of which the
pope was the head), the Supreme Pontiff was, by
the voice of the nations themselves, invested with
* Even in that day — seven hundred years ago — English
subjugators had learned the use of these amiable pretexts
for invasion and annexation I
a certain kind of arbitrative civil authority for
the general good. And, indeed, even infidel and
non-Catholic historians declare to us that, on the
whole, and with scarcely a possible exception,
the popes exei-ted the authority thus vested in
them with a pure, unselfish, and exalted anxiety
for the general public good and the ends of jus-
tice, for the advancement of religion, learning,
civilization, and civil freedom. But this author-
ity rested merely on the principle by which the
Acadian farmers in Longfellow's poem consti-
tuted their venerable pastor supreme lawgiver,
arbitrator, and regulator in their little commu-
nity ; a practice which, even in our own day,
prevails within the realms of fact here in Ireland
and in other countries.
Henry's proposition to the pope was that he,
the English king, should, with the sanction of
the Holy Father, and (of course) purely in the
interests of religion, morality, and social order,
enter Ireland and restore order in that region of
anarchy. He pleaded that the pope was bound
to cause some such step to be taken, and alto-
gether urged numerous grounds for persuading
the pontiff to credit his professions as to his mo-
tives and designs. Pope Adrian is said to have
complied by issuing a bull approving of Henry's
scheme as presented to him, and with the pur-
poses and on the conditions therein set forth.
There is no such bull now to be found in the
papal archives, yet it is credited that some such
bull was issued; but its contents, terms, and
permissions have been absurdly misrepresented
and exaggerated in some versions coined by
English writers.
The papal bull or letter once issued, Henry
had gained his point. He. stored away the docu-
ment iintil his other jilans should be ripe ; and,
meanwhile, having no longer any need of feign-
ing great piety and love for religion, he flung off
the mask and entered upon that course of con-
duct which, culminating in the murder of St.
Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury,
drew down upon him the excommunication of
Rome.
Meantime events were transpiring in Ireland
destined to afford him a splendid opportunity for
practically availing of his fraudulently obtained
papal letter, and making a commencement in hia
scheme of Irish conquest.
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CHAPTER XVn.
THE TREASON OF DIABMID m'mTJEBOGH.
About the year 1152, in the course of the inter-
minable civil war desolating Ireland, a feud
of peculiar bitterness arose between Tiernan
O'Ruarc, Prince of Brefni, and Diarmid M'Mur-
rogh. Prince of Leinster. While one of the Ard-
Righana favorable to the latter was for the
moment uppermost, O'Ruarc had been dispos-
sessed of his territory, its lordship being handed
over toM'Murrogh. To this was added a wrong
still more dire. Devorgilla, the wife of O'Ruarc,
eloped with M'Murrogh, already her husband's
most bitter rival and foe ! Her father and her
husband both appealed to Torlogh O'Connor for
justice upon the guilty prince of Leinster.
O'Connor, although M'Murrogh had been one of
his supporters, at once acceded to this request.
M'Murrogh soon found his territory surrounded,
and Devorgilla was restored to her husband.
She did not, however, return to domestic life.
Recent researches among the ancient "Manu-
script Materials for Irish History," by O'Curry
and O'Donovan, throw much light upon this epi-
sode, and considerably alter the long-prevailing
populiw: impressions in reference thereto. What-
ever the measure of Devorgilla's fault in eloping
with M'Murrogh — and the researches alluded to
bring to light manj' circumstances invoking for
her more of commiseration than of angry scorn
— her whole life subsequently to this sad event,
and she lived for forty years afterward, was one
prolonged act of contrition and of penitential
reparation for the scandal she had given. As I
have already said, she did not return to the home
she had abandoned. She entered a religious
retreat; and thenceforth, while living a life of
practical piety, penance, and mortification, de-
voted the immense dower wliich she possessed in
her own right to works of charity, relieving the
poor, building hospitals, asylums, convents, and
churches.
Thirteen years after this event, Roderick
O'Connor, sou and successor of the king who had
forced M'Murrogh to yield up the unhappy De-
vorgilla, claimed the throne of the kingdom.
lV>df'rick was a devoted friend of O'Ruarc, and
fnt<Tt.iiinod no very warm feelings toward
M'Murrogh. The king claimant marched on his
"circuit, " claiming "hostages" from the local
princes as recognition of sovereignty. M'Mur-
rogh, who hated Roderick with intense violence,
burned his city of Ferns, and retired to his
Wicklow fastnesses, rather than yield allegiance
to him. Roderick could not just then delay on
his circuit to follow him up, but passed on south-
ward, took up his hostages there, and then re-
turned to settle accounts with M'Murrogh. But
b.y this time O'Ruarc, apparently only too glad
to have such a pretext and opportunity for a
stroke at his mortal foe, had f»ssembled a power-
ful army and marched upon M'Murrogh from the
north, while Roderick approached him from the
south. Diarmid, thus surrounded, and deserted
by most of his own people, outwitted and over-
matched on all sides, saw that he was a ruined
man. He abandoned the few followers yet re-
maining to him, Hed to the nearest seaport, and,
with a heart bursting with the most deadly pas-
sions, sailed for England (a.d. 1168), vowing
vengeance, black, bitter, and terrible, on all that
he left behind !
"A solemn sentence of banishment was pub-
licly pronounced against him by the assembled
princes, and Morrogh, his cousin — commonly
called 'Morrogh na Gael,' (or 'of the Irish'), to
distinguish him from 'Morrogh na Gall' (or 'of
the Foreigners') — was inaugurated in his
stead."*
Straightway he sought out the English king,
who was just then in Aquitaine quelling a revolt
of the nobles in that portion of his possessions.
M'Murrogh laid before Henry a most piteous
recital of his wrongs and grievances, appealed to
him for justice and for aid, inviting him to enter
Ireland, which he was sure most easily to reduce
to his sway, and finally offering to become his
most submissive vassal if his majesty would but
aid him in recovering the possessions from which
he had been expelled. "Henry, " as one of our
historians justl.r remarks, "must have been for-
cibly struck by such an invitation to carry out a
project which he had long entertained, and for
which he had been making grave preparations
long befiore. " He was too busy himself, how-
ever, just then to enter upon the project; but he
gave M'Murrogh a royal letter or proclamation
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authorizing such of his subjects as might so
desire to aid the views of the Irish fugitive.
Diarmid hurried back to England, and had all
publicity given to this i)roclamation in his favor;
but though he made the most alluring offers of
reward and booty, it was a long time before he
found any one to espouse his cause. At length
Robert Fitzstephen, a Norman relative of the
prince of North Wales, just then held in prison
by his Cambrian kinsman, was released or
brought out of prison by M'Murrogh, on condi-
tion of undertaking his service. Through Fitz-
stephen there came into the enterprise several
other knights, Maurice Fitzgerald, Meyler Fitz-
henry, and others — all of them men of supreme
daring, but of needy circumstaceeB. Eveuiually
there joined one who was destined to take com-
mand of them all — Richard de Clare, Earl of
Pembroke, commonly called "Strongbow;" a
man of ruined fortune, needy, greedy, unscrupu-
lous, and ready for any desperate adventure ;
possessing unquestionable military skill and
reckless daring, and having a tolerably strong
following of like adventurous spirits among the
knights of the Welsh marches — in fine, just the
man for Diarmid's purpose. The terms were
soon settled. Strongbow and his companions
undertook to raise a force of adventurers, proceed
to Ireland with M'Murrogh, and reinstate him in
his principality. M'Murrogh was to bestow on
Strongbow (then a widower between fifty and
sixty years of age) his daughter Eva in mar-
riage, with succession to the throne of Leinster.
Large grants of land also were to be di^ributed
among the adventurers.
Now, Diarmid knew that "succession to the
throne" was not a matter which any king in Ire-
land, whether provincial or national, at any time
could bestow, the monarchy being elective out
of the members of the reigning family. Even if
he was himself at the time in full legal posses-
sion of "the throne of Leinster, " he could not
promise, secure, or bequeath it, as of right,
even to his own son.
In the next place, Diarmid knew that his offers
of "grants of laud" struek directly and utterly
at the existing land system, the basis of all soci-
ety in Ireland. For, according to the Irish con-
stitution and laws for a thousand, years, the fee-
simple or ownership of the soil was vested in the
sept,' tribe, or clan ; its use or occupancy (by the
individual members of the sept or others) being
only regulated on behalf of and in the interest of
the whole sept, by the elected king for the time
being. "Tribe land" could not be alienated
unless by the king, with the sanction of the sept.
The users and occupiers were, so to sfieak, a co-
operative society of agriculturists, who, as a
body or a community, owned the soil they tilled,
while individually renting it from that body or
community under its administrative official — the
king.
While Strongbow and his confederates were
completing their arrangements in Chester,
M'Murrogh crossed over to his native Wexford
privately to prepare the way there for their re-
ception. It would seem that no whisper had
reached Ireland of his movements, designs, proc-
lamations, and preparations on the other side of
the channel. The wolf assumed the sheep's
clothing. M'Murrogh feigned great humility
and contrition, and pretended to aspire only to
the recovery, by grace and favor, of his immedi-
ate patrimony of Hy-Kinsella. Among his own
immediate clansmen, no doubt, he found a
friendly meeting and a ready following, and,
more generally, a feeling somewhat of commiser-
ation for one deemed to be now so fallen, so help-
less, so humiliated. This secured him from very-
close observation, and greatly favored the prepa-
rations he was stealthily making to meet the
Norman expedition with stout help on the shore.
CHAPTER XVni.
HOW THE NORMAN ADVENTUKERS GOT A FOOTHOLD ON
IRISH SOIL.
The fatal hour was now at hand. Early in the
month of May a small flotilla of strange vessels
ran into a little creek on the Wexford coast, near
Bannow and disembarked an armed force upon
the shore. This was the advanced guard of the
Norman invasion ; a partf^ of thirty knights,
sixty men in armor, and three hundred footmen,
under Robert Fitzstephen. Next day at the same
point of disembarkation arrived Maurice de Pren-
dergast, a Welsh gentleman who had joined the
enterprise, bringing with him an additional
force. Camping on the coast, they quickly dis-
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patched a courier to M'Murrogb to say that they
had come. Diarmid hastened to the spot -with
all the men he could rallj'. The joint force at
once marched upon and laid siege to Wexford,
which town, after a gallant defence, capitulated
to them. Elate with this important victory, and
strengthened in numbers, Diarmid now marched
into Ossory. Here he was confronted by Eitz-
patrick, prince of Ossory, commanding, how-
ever, a force quite inferior to M'Murrogb 's. A
sanguinary engagement ensued. The Ossorians
bravely held their own throughout the day, until
decoyed from their chosen position into an open
ground where the Norman cavalry had full play,
"the poise of the beam" was turned against
them ; they were thrown into confusion, pressed
by the enemy, and at length overthrown with
great slaughter.
Roderick the Second, titular Ard-Ri, now
■awakened to the necessity of interposing with
the national forces ; not as against an invasion ;
for at this period, and indeed for some time
afterward, none of the Irish princes attached
such a character or meaning to the circumstance
that M'Murrogb had enlisted into his service
some men of England. It was to check M'Mur-
rogb, the deposed king of Leinster, in his hostile
proceedings, that the Ard-Ri summoned the
national forces to meet him at the Hill of Tara.
The provincial princes, with their respective
forces, assembled at his call; but had scarcelj'
done so, when, owing to some contention, the
northern contingent, under Mac Dunlevy, prince
of Ulidia, withdrew. With the remainder, how-
ever, Roderick marched upon Ferns, the Lagen-
ian capital, where M'Murrogb bad intrenched
himself. Roderick appears to have exhibited
weakness and vacillation in the crisis, when bold-
ness, i)romptitude, and vigor were so vitally
requisite. He began to parley and diplomatize
with M'Murrogb, who cunningly feigned willing-
ness to agree to any terms; for all he secretly
desired wa.s to gain time till Strongbow and the
full force from Wales would be at his side.
M'Murrogb, with much show of moderation and
humility, agreed to a treaty with the Ard-Ri,
by which the sovereignty of Leinster was re-
stored to him; and he, on the other hand,
Bolomnly bound liimsclf by a secret clause, guar-
anteed by his own son as hostage, that he would
bring over no more foreigners to serve in his
army.
No suspicion of any such scheme as an invasion
seems even for an instant to have crossed the
monarch's mind; yet he wisely saw the danger of
importing a foreign force into the country.
He and the other princes really believed that
the only object M'Murrogb had was to regain the
sovereignty of Leinster.
The crafty and perfidious Diarmid in this
treaty gained the object he sought — time.
Scarcely had Roderick and the national forces
retired, than the Leinster king, hearing that a
further Norman contingent, under Maurice Fitz-
gerald, had landed at Wexford, marched upon
Dublin — then held by the Danes under their
prince Hasculf Mac Turkill, tributary to the
Irish Ard-Ri — and set up a claim to the mon-
archy of Ireland. The struggle was now fully
inaugurated. Soon after a third Norman force,
under Raymond le Gros (or "the Fat"), landed
in Waterford estuary, on the Wexford side, and
hastily fortified themselves on the rock of Dun-
donolf, awaiting the main force under Strongbow.
And now we encounter tha evil and terrible
results of the I'iven and disorganized state of
Ireland, to which I have already sufficiently ad-
verted. The hour at last hUd come, when the
curse was to work, when the punishment was to
fall!
It was at such a moment as this — just as
Roderick was again preparing to take the field to
crush the more fully developed designs of Diar-
mid— that Donogh O'Brien, Prince of Thomoud,
chose to throw off allegiance to the Ard-Ri, and
precipitate a civil war in the very face of a for-
eign invasion! Meanwhile, Strongbow was on
the point of embarking at Milford Haven with a
most formidable force, when King Henry, much
mistrusting the adventurous and powerful knight
— and having, secretly, his own designs about
Ii'cland, which ho feared the ambition of Strong-
bow, if successful, might thwart — imperatively
forbade his sailing. Strongbow disregarded the
royal mandate, and set sail with his fleet. He
landed at Waterford (August 23, 1171), and
joined by the force of Raymond, which had been
cooped up in their fort on tlie rock of Dundo-
nolf, laid siege to the city. Waterford, like
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and commanded by Reginald, a prince of Danieli
race. The neighboring Irish under O'Felan,
prince of tlie Deisi, patriotically hurried to tlie
aasistance of the Danish citizens; and the city
■was defended with a heroism equal to that of the
three hundred at Thermopylae. Again and again
the assailants were hurled from the walls ; but at
length the Norman sieging skill prevailed; a
breach was effected ; the enemy poured into the
town, and a scene of butchery shocking to con-
template ensued. Diarmid arrived just in time
to congratulate Strongbow on this important vic-
tory. He had brought his daughter Eva 'with
him, and amid the smoking and blood-stained
ruins of the city the nuptials of the Norman
knight and the Irish princess were celebrated.
Strongbow and M'Murrogh now marched for
Dublin. The Ard-Ri who had meantime taken
the field, made an effort to intercept them, but
he was out-maneuvered, and they reached and
commenced to siege the city. The citizens
sought a parley. The fate of Waterford had
struck terror into them. They disjjatched to the
besiegers' camji, as negotiator or mediator, their
archbishop, Laurence, or Lorcan O'Tuahal, the
first prelate of Dublin of Irish origin.
"This illustrious man, canonized both by
sanctity and patriotism, was then in the thirt}--
ninth year of his age, and the ninth of his epis-
coi^ate. His father was lord of Imayle and chief
of his clan ; his sister had been wife of Dermid
and mother of Eva, the prize bride of Eail
Richai'd. He himself had been a hostage with
Dermid in his youth, and afterward abbot of
Glendalough, the most celebrated monastic city
of Leiuster. He stood, therefore, to the besieged,
being their chief pastor, in the relation of a
father; to Dermid, and strangely enough to
Strongbow also, as brother-in-law and uncle by
marriage. A fitter ambassador could not be
found.
"Maurice Regan, the 'Latiner, ' or secretary of
Dermid, had advanced to the walls and summoned
the city to surrender, and deliver up 'thirty
pledges' to his master, their lawful prince.
Asculph, son of Torcall, was in favor of the sur-
render, but the citizens could liot agree among
themselves as to hostages. No one was willing
to trust himself to the notoriously untrustworthy
Dermid. The archbishop was then sent out on
the part of the citizens to arrange the terms ia
detail. He was received with all reverence in
the camp, but while he was deliberating with the
commanders without, and the townsmen were
anxiously awaiting his return, Milo do Cogan
and Raymond the Fat, seizing the ojjportunity,
broke into the city at the bead of their compa-
nies, and began to put the inhabitants ruthlessly
to the sword. They were soon followed by the
whole force eager for massacre and pillage. The
archbishoi) hastened back to endeavor to stay the
havoc which was being made of his people. He
threw himself before the infuriated Irish and
Normans, he threatened, he denounced, he bared
his own breast to the swords of the assassins.
All to little purpose : the blood fury exhausted
itself before peace settled over the city. Its
Danish chief Asculph, with many of his follow-
ers, escaped to their ships, and fled to the Isle of
Man and the Hebrides in search of succor and
revenge. Roderick, unprepared to besiege the
enemy who had thus outmarched and outwitted
him, at that season of the year — it could not be
earlier than October- — broke up his encampment
at Clondalkin and retired to Connaught. Earl
Richard having appointed De Cogan his governor
of Dublin, followed on the rear of the retreating
Ard-Ri, at the instigation of M'Murrogh, burn-
ing and plundering the churches of Kells, Clon-
ard, and Slane, and carrying off the hostages of
East-Meath. "*
Roderick, having first vainly notified M'Mur-
rogh to return to his allegiance on forfeit of the
life of his hostage, beheaded the son of Diarmid,
who had been given as surety for his father's
good faith at the treaty of Ferns. Soon after
M'Murrogh himself died, and his end, as re-
cordeel in the chronicles, was truly horrible.
"His death, which took place in less than a \'ear
after his sacrilegious church burnings in Meath,
is described as being accompanied by fearful
evidence of divine displeasure. He died intes-
tate, and without the sacraments of the church.
His disease was of some unknown and loathsome
kind, and was attended with insufferable pain,
which, acting on the naturally savage violence of
his temper, rendered him so furious that his
ordinai-y attendants must have been afraid to ap-
* M'Qee.
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preach him, and his body became at once a putrid
mass, so that its presence aboveground could not
be endured. Some historians suggest that this
account of his death may have been the invention
of enemies, yet it is so consistent with what we
know of M'Murrogh's character and career from
other sources, as to be noways incredible. He
was at his death eighty-one years of age, and is
known in Irish history as Diarmaid-na-Gall, or
Dermot of the Foreigners. ' '
An incident well calculated to win our admira-
tion presents itself, in the midst of the dismal
chapter I have just sketched in outline ; an in-
stance of chivalrous honor and good faith on the
part of a Norman lord in behalf of an Irish
chieftain ! Maurice de Prendergast was deputed
by Earl "Strongbow" as envoy to Mao Gilla
Patrick, prince of Ossory, charged to invite him
to a conference in the Norman camp. Prender-
gast undertook to prevail upon the Ossorian
prince to comply, on receiving from Strongbow
a solemn pledge that good faith would be ob-
served toward the Irish chief, and that he should
be free and safe coming and returning. Belying
on this pledge, Prendergast bore the invitation
to Mac Gilla Patrick, and prevailed upon him to
accompany him to the earl. "Understanding,
however, during the conference," says the his-
torian, "that treacherj' was about to be used
toward Mac Gilla Patrick, he rushed into Earl
Strongbow 's presence, and 'sware by the cross
of his sword that no man there that day should
dare lay handes on the kyng of Ossery. ' " And
well kept he his word. Out of the camp, when
the conference ended, rode the Irish chief, and
by his side, good sword in hand, that glorious
type of honor and chivalry, Prendergast, ever
since named in Irish tradition and history as
"the Faithful Norman" — "faithful among the
faithless" we might truly say ! Scrupulously did
he redeem his word to the Irish prince. Ho not
only conducted him safely back to his own camp,
but, encountering on the way a force belonging
to Strongbow's ally, O'Brien, returning from a
foray into Ossory, ho attacked and defeated them.
That night "the Faithful Norman" remained,
as the old chronicler has it, "in the woods," the
guest of the Irish chief, and next day returned
to the Englisli lines. This truly jjleasing
episode — this little ouuis of chivalrous honor in
the midst of a trackless expanse of treacherous
and ruthless warfare, has been made the subject
of a short poem by Mr. Aubrey De Vere, in his
"Lj-rical Chronicle of Ireland:"
THE FAITHFUL NORMAN.
Praise to the valiant and faithful foe!
Give us noble foes, not the friend who lies!
We dread the drugged cup, not the open blow:
We dread the old hate in the new disguise.
To Ossory 's king they had pledged their word:
He stood in their camp, and their pledge they
broke ;
Then Maurice the Norman upraised his sword;
The cross on its hilt he kiss'd, and spoke:
"So long as this sword or this arm hath might,
I swear by the cross which is lord of all.
By the faith and honor of noble and knight.
Who touches you, Prince, by this hand shall
fall!"
So side by side through the throng they pass'd;
And Eire gave praise to the just and true.
Brave foe ! the past truth heals at last :
There is room in the great heart of Eire for
you !
It is nigh seven hundred years since "the
Faithful Norman" linked the name of Prender-
gast to honor and chivalry on Irish soil. Those
who have read that truly remarkable work, Pren-
dergast's "Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland will
conclude that the spirit of Maurice is still to be
found among some of those who bear his name.
CHAPTER XIX.
HOW HENRY KECALLED THE ADVENTURERS HOW HE
CASIE OVER HIMSELF TO PUNISH THEM AND BEFRIEND
THE IRISH.
Strongbow having now assumed the sovereignty
of Leinster, King Henry's jealousy burst into a
flame. He issued a proclamation ordering
Strongbow and every other Englishman in Ire-
land to return forthwith to England on pain of
outlawry 1 Strongbow hurriedly dispatched am-
bassador after ambassador to soothe Henry's
anger; but all was vain. At length he hastened
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to England himself, and found the English sover-
eign assembling an enormous fleet and army with
the intent of himself invading Ireland! The
crafty knight humiliated himself to the utmost;
yet it was with great difficulty tke king was
induced even to grant him audience. When he
did, Strongbow, partly by his own most abject
protestations of submission, and partly by the
aid of mediators, received, the royal pardon for
his contumacy, and was confirmed in his grants
of land in Wexford.
Early in October, 1171, Henry sailed with his
armada of over four hundred ships, with a power-
ful army ; and on the ISth of that month landed
at Crooch, in Waterford harbor. In his, train
came the flower of the Norman knigkts, captains,
and commanders; and even in the day of Ire-
land's greatest unity and strength she would
have found it difficult to cope with the force
which the English king now led into the land.
Coming in such kingly power, and with all the
pomp and pageantry with which he was particu-
larly careful to surround himself — studiously
polished, politic, plausible, dignified, and cour-
tierlike toward such of the Irish princes as came
within his presence — proclaiming himself by
word and act, angry with the lawless and ruth-
less proceedings of Strongbow, Raymond, Fitz-
Btephen, and Fitzgerald — Henry seems to have
appeared to the Irish of the neighborhood some-
thing like an illustrious deliverer! They had
full and public knowledge of his strong procla-
mation against Strongbow and his companions,
calling upon all the Norman auxiliaries of Der-
mot to return forthwith to England on pain of
outlawry. On every occasion subsequent to his
landing Henry manifested a like feeling and pur-
pose ; so much so that the Irish of Wexford, who
had taken Fitzstephen prisoner, sent a deputation
to deliver him up to be dealt with by Henry, and
the king imprisoned him forthwith in Reginald's
tower to wait further sentence! In fine, Henry
pretended to come as an angry king to chastise
his own contumacious subjects — the Norman
auxiliaries of the Leiuster prince — and to adjudi-
cate upon the complicated issues which had
arisen out of the treaties of tkat prince with
them. This most smooth and plausible hypoc-
risy, kept up with admirable skill, threw the
Irish utterly ofiE their guard, and made them
regard his visit as the reverse of hostile or unde-
sirable. As I have already pointed out, the idea
of national unity was practically defunct among
the Irish at the time. For more than a hundred
years it had been very much a game of "every
one for himself" (varied with "every man against
everybody else'.') with them. There was no
stable or enduring national government or cen-
tral authority in the land since Brian's time.
The nakedly hostile and sanguinary invasion of
Strongbow they were all ready enough, in their
disintegrated and ill-organized way, to confront
and bravely resist to the death ; and had Henry
on this occasion really appeared to them to come
as an invader, they would have instantly encoun-
tered him sword in hand ; a truth most amply-
proven by the fact that when subsequently (but
too late) they found out the real nature of the
English designs, not all the power of united,
compact, and mighty England was able, for hun-
dreds and hundreds of years, to subdue the
broken and weakened, deceived and betrayed,
but still heroic Irish nation.
Attracted by the fame of Henry's magnanim-
ity, the splendor of his power, the (supposed)
justice and friendliness of his intentions, the
local princes one by one arrived at his temporary
court ; where they were dazzled by the pomp,
and caressed by the courtier affabilities, of the
great English king. To several of them it seems
very quickly to have occurred that, considering
the ruinously distracted and demoralized state of
the country, and the absence of any strong cen-
tral governmental authority able to protect any
one of them against the capricious lawlessness of
his neighbors, the very best thing they could do
— possibly for the interests of the whole country,
certainly for their own particular personal or
local interests — would be to constitute Henry a
friendly arbitrator, regulator, and protector, on
a much wider scale than (as they imagined) he
intended. The wily Englishman only wanted
the whisper of such a desirable pretext. It was
just what he had been angling for. Yes; he, the
mighty and magnanimous, the just and friendly,
English sovereign would accept the position.
They should all, to this end, recognize him as a
nominal liege lord ; and then he, on the other
hand, would undertake to regulate all their
differences, tranquillize the island, and guarantee
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to each individual secure possession of his own
territory !
Thus, by a smooth and plausible diplomacy,
Henry found himself, with the consent or at the
request of the southern Irish princes, in a posi-
tion which he never could have attained, except
through seas of blood, if he had allowed them to
suspect that he came as a hostile invader, not as
a neighbor and powerful friend.
From "Waterford he marched to Cashel, and
from Cashel to Dublin, receiving on the way
visits from the several local princes; and now
that the news spread that the magnanimous
English king had consented to be their arbitra-
tor, protector, and liege lore!, every one of them
that once visited Henry went away wheedled
into adhesion to the scheme. Among the i"est
was Donald O'Brien, prince of Thomond, who
the more readily gave in his adhesion to the new
idea, for that he, as I have already mentioned of
him, had thrown off allegiance to Roderick, the
titular Ard-Ri, and felt the necessity of protec-
tion by some one against the probable conse-
quences of his conduct. Arrived at Dublin,
Henry played the king on a still grander scale.
A vast palace of wicker-work was erected* for
his especial residence ; and here, during the
winter, he kept up a continued round of feasting,
hospitality, pomp and pageantry. Every effort
was used to attract the Irish princes to the royal
court, and once attracted thither, Henry made
them the object of the most flattering attentions.
They were made to feel painfully the contrast
between the marked superiority in elegance,
wealth, civilization — especially in new species of
armor and weapons, and in new methods of war
and military tactics — presented by the Norman-
English, and the backwardness of their own
country in each particular; a change wrought,
as they well knew, altogether ' or mainly within
the last hundred and fifty years!
Where was the titular Ard-Ri all this time?
Away in his western home, sullen and perplexed,
scarcely knowing what to think of this singular
and unprecented turn of affairs. Henry tried
hard to ricrsuade Roderick to visit him; but
neither Roderick nor any of the northern princes
could be persuaded to an interview with the
• On the spot where now stands the Protestant church of
St. Andrew, St. Andrew Street, Dublin.
English king. On the contrary, the Ard-Ri,
when he heard that Henry was likely to com«
westward and visit him, instantly mustered an
army and boldly took his stand at Athlone,
resolved to defend the integrity and independence
of at least his own territory. Henry, however,
disclaimed the idea of conflict; and, once again
trusting more to smooth diplomacy than to the
sword, dispatched two ambassadors to the Irish ?
titular monarch. The result was, according to
some English versions of very doubtful and sus-
picious authority, that Roderick so far came in
to the scheme of constituting Henry general
suzerain as to agree to offer it no opposition on
condition (readily acceded to by the ambassa-
dors) that his own sovereignty, as, at least, next
in supremacy to Henry, should be recognized.
But there is no reliable proof that Roderick made
any such concession, conditional or uncondi-
tional ; and most Ii'ish historians reject the story.
Having spent the Christmas in D.ublin, and
devoted the winter season to feasting and enter-
tainment on a right royal scale, Henry now set
about exercising his authority as general pacifi-
cator and regulator ; and his first exercise of it
was marked by that profound policy and sagacity
which seem to have guided all his acts since he
landed. He began, not by openly aggrandizing
himself or his followers — that might have excited
suspicion — but by evidencing a deep and earnest
solicitude for the state of religion in the country.
This strengthened the opinion that estimated
him as a noble, magnanimous, unselfish and
friendly protector, and it won for him the favor
of the country. As his first exercise of general
authority in the land, he convened a synod at
Cashel ; and at this synod, the decrees of which
are known, measures were devised for the repres-
sion and correction of such abuses and irregulari-
ties in connection with religion as were known to
exist in the country. Yet, strange to say, we
find bj^ the statutes and decrees of this synod
nothing of a doctrinal nature requiring correc-
tion; notliing more serious calling for regulation
tlian what is referred to in the following enact-
ments then made :
1. That the prohibition of marriage within the
canonical degrees of consanguinitj' be enforced.
2. That children should be regularly catechized
before the church door in each parish.
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3. That children should be baptized in the
public fonts of the parish churches.
4. That regular tithes should be paid to the
clergy rather than irregular donations from time
to time.
5. That church lands should be exempt from
the exaction of "livery," etc.
6. That the clergy should not be liable to any
share of the eric or blood-fine, levied off the
kindred of a man guilty of homicide.
7. A decree regulating wills.
Such and no more were the reforms found to
be necessary in the Irish Church under Henry's
own eye, notwithstanding all the dreadful stories
he had been hearing, and which he (not without
addition by exaggeration) bad been so carefulb"
forwarding to Rome for years before! Truth
and candor, however, require the confession that
the reason why there was so little, comparatively,
needing to be set right just then, was because
there had been during and ever since St.
Malachy's time vigorous efforts on the part of
the Irish prelates, priests, princes, and people
themselves, to restore and repair the ruins caused
by long years of bloody convulsion.
The synod over, Henry next turned his atten-
tion to civil affairs. He held a royal court at
Lismore, whereat he made numerous civil ap-
pointments and regulations for the government
of the territories and cities possessed by the
Norman allies of the late prince of Leinster,
or those surrendered by Irish princes to him-
self.
While Henry was thus engaged in adroitly
causing his authority to be gradually recognized,
respected and obeyed in the execution of peace-
ful, wise and politic measures for the general
tranquillity and welfare of the country — for, from
the hour of his landing, he had not spilled one
drop of Irish blood, nor harshly treated a native
of Ireland — he suddenly found himself summoned
to England by gathering troubles there. Papal
commissioners had arrived in his realm of Nor-
mandy to investigate the murder of St. Thomas a
Becket, and threatening to lay England under
an interdict if Henry could not clear or purge
himself of guilty part in that foul deed. There
was nothing for it but to hasten thither with all
speed, abandoning for the time his Irish plans
and schemes, but taking the best means he could
to i)rovide meantime for the retention of his-
power and authority in the realm of Ireland.
I do not hesitate to express my ojiinion that,
as the Normans had fastened at all upon Ireland,
it was unfortunate that Henry was called away at
this juncture. No one can for an instant rank
side by side the naked and heartless rapacity and
bloody ferocity of the Normans who preceded and
who succeeded him in Ireland with the modera-
tion, the statesmanship, and the tolerance ex-
hibited by Henry while remaining here. Much
of this, doubtless, was policy on his part; but
such a policy, though it might result in bring-
ing the kingdom of Ireland under the same
crown with England manj' centuries sooner than
it was so brought eventually by other means,
would have spared our country centuries of
slaughter, persecution, and suffering unexampled
in the annals of the world. There are abundant
grounds for presuming that Henry's views and
designs originally were wise and comprehensive,
and certainly the reverse of sanguinary. He
meant simply to win the sovereignty of another
kingdom ; but the spirit in which the Normans
who remained and who came after him in Ire-
land acted was that of mere freebooters — rapa-
cious and merciless plunderers — whose sole
redeeming trait was their indomitable pluck and
undaunted bravery.
CHAPTER XX.
HOW HENRT MADE A TREATY WITH THE iKlSH KEKG
AND DID NOT KEEP IT.
Soon the Irish began to learn the difference
between King Henry's friendly courtesies and
mild adjudications and the rough iron-shod rule
of his needy, covetous, and lawless lieutenants.
On all sides the Normans commenced to encroach
upon, outrage, and despoil the Irish, until, be-
fore three years had elapsed, Henry found all he
had won in Ireland lost, and the English power
there apparently at the last extremity. A signal
defeat which Strongbow encountered in one of
his insolent forays, at the hands of O'Brien,
prince of Thomond, was the signal fur a general
assault upon the Normans. They were routed
on all sides; Strongbow himself being chased
into and cooped up with a few men in a fortified
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tower in "Waterford. But this simultaneous out-
break lacked the unity of direction, the reach of
purpose, and the perseverance which would
cause it to accomplish permanent rather than
transitory results. The Irish gave no thought to
the necessity of following up their victories; aud
the Norman power, on the verj' point of extinc-
tion, was allowed slowly to recruit and extend
itself again.
Henry was sorely displeased to find affairs in
Ireland in this condition; but, of course, the
versions which reached him laid all the blame on
the Irish, and represented the Norman settlers
as meek and peaceful colonists driven to defend
themselves against treacherous savages. The
English monarch, unable to repair to Ireland
himself, bethought him of the papal letters, and
resolved to try their influence on the Irish. He
accordingly commissioned William Fitzadelm De
Burgo and Nicholas, the prior of Walliugford, to
proceed with these documents to Ii'eland, and
report to him on the true state of affairs there.
These royal commissioners dulj' reached that
country, and we are told that, having assembled
the Irish prelates, the papal letters were read.
But no chronicle, English or Irish, tells us what
was said by the Irish bishops on hearing them
read. Very likely there were not wanting pre-
lates to point out that the pope had been utterly
misinformed and kept in the dark as to the truth
about Ireland ; and that so far the bulls were of
no valid force as such : that as to the authority
necessary to King Henry to effect the excellent
designs he professed, it had already been pretty
generally yielded to him for such purpose by the
Irish princes themselves without these letters at
all: ih&t, for the pui^)o><es aud 0)i the conditions
specified in the papal letters, he was likely to
receive every co-operation from the Irish princes;
but that it was quite another thing if he expected
them to yield themselves up to be plundered and
enslaved — that they would resist forever and
ever; and if there was to be peace, morality, or
religion in the land, it was his own Norman
lords aud governors he should recall or curb.
Very much to this effect was tlio report of the
royul commisHionors when they returned, and as if
to confirm the conclusion that these were the views
of the Irish prelates and princes at the time, we
find the Irish monarch, Roderick, sending special
ambassadors to King Henry to negotiate a formal
treaty, recording and regulating the relations
which were to exist between them. "In Septem-
ber 1175," we are told, "The Irish monarch sent
over to England as his plenipotentiaries, Cathol-
icus O'Duffy, the archbishop of Tuam ; Concors,
abbot of St. Brendan's of Clonfert; and a third,
who is called Master Laurence, his chancellor,
but who was no other than the holy Archbishop
of Dublin, as we know that that illustrious man
was one of those who signed the treaty on this
occasion. A great council was held at Windsor,
within the octave of Michaelmas, and a treaty
was agree on, the articles of which were to the
effect that Roderick was to be king under
Henry, rendering him service as his vassal ; that
he was to hold his hereditary territory of Con-
naught in the same way as before the coming of
Henry into Ireland; that he was to have juris-
diction and dominion over the rest of the island,
including its kings and princes, whom he should
oblige to pay tribute, through his hands, to the
king of England; that these kings and princes
were also to hold possession of their respective
territories as long as they remained faithful to
the king of England and paid their tribute to
him ; that if they departed from their fealty to
the king of England, Roderick was to judge and
depose them, either by his own power, or, if that
was not sufl[icient, by the aid of the Anglo-
Norman authorities; but that his jurisdiction
should not extend to the territories occupied by
the English settlers, which at a later period was
called the English Pale, and comprised Meath
and Leinster, Dublin with its dependent district,
Waterford, and the country thence to Dungarvan.
The treaty between the two sovereigns, Roder-
ick and Henry, clearly shows that the mere
recognition of the English king as suzerain was
all that appeared to be claimed on the one side
or yielded on the other With this single ex-
ception or qualification, the native Irish power,
authority, rights and liberties, were fully and
formally guaranteed. What Henry himself
thought of the relations in which he stood by
this treaty toward Ireland, and the sense in
which ho read its stiimlations, is very intelligibly
evidenced in the fact that he never styled,
signed, or described himself as either king or
lord of Ii-eland in the documents reciting and
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referring to his relations with and toward that
country.
But neither Henry nor his Norman barons kept
the treatj'. Like that made with Ireland by
another English king, five hundred years later
on at Limerick, it was "broken ere the ink where-
with 't was writ was dry."
I am inclined to credit Henry with having at
one time intended to keep it. I think there are
indications that he was in a certain sense coerced
by his Norman lords into the abandonment, or
at least the alteration, of his original policy,
plans, and intentions as to Ireland, which were
quite too peaceful and afforded too little scope
for plunder to please those adventurers. In fact
the barons revolted against the idea of not being
allowed full scope for robbing the Irish ; and one
of them, De Courcy, resolved to fling the king's
restrictions overboard, and set off on a conquer-
ing or freebooting expedition on his own ac-
count! A historian tells us that the royal com-
missioner Fitzadelm was quite unpopulai' with
the colony. "His tastes were not military; he
did not afford sufficient scope for spoliation; and he
was openly accused of being toofriendly to the Irish.
De Courcy, one of his aides in the government,
became so disgusted with his inactivity that he
set out, in open defiance of the viceroy's pro-
hibition, on an expedition to the north. Having
selected a small army of twenty-two knights and
three hundred soldiers, all picked men, to ac-
company him, by rapid marches he arrived the
fourth day at Downpatrick, the chief city of
TJlidia, and the clangor of his bugles ringing
through the streets at the break of day was the
first intimation which the inhabitants received of
this wholly unexpected incursion. In the alarm
and confusion which ensued, the people became
easy victims, and the English, after indulging
their rage and rapacity, intrenched themselves
in a corner of the city. Cardinal Vivian, who
had come as legate from Pope Alexander the
Third to the nations of Scotland and Ireland, and
who had only recently arrived fi'om the Isle of
Man, happened to be then in Down, and was hor-
rified at this act of aggression. He attempted to
negotiate terms of peace, and proposed that De
Courcy should withdraw his army on the condi-
tion of the TJlidians paying tribute to the English
king ; but any such terms being sternly rejected
by De Courcy, the cardinal encouraged and ex-
horted Mac Dunlevy, the king of Ulidia and Dal-
ariada, to defend his territories manfully against
the invaders. Coming as this advice did from
the pope's legate, we may judge in what light
the grant of Ireland to King Henry the Second
was regarded by the pope himself."
It became clear that whatever policy or princi-
ples Henry might originally have thought of act-
ing on in Ireland, he should abandon them and
come into the scheme of the barons, which was,
that he should give them free and full license for
the plunder of the Irish, and they in return
would extend his realm. So we find the whole
aim and spirit of the royal policy forthwith
altered to meet the piratical views of the barons.
One of Roderick's sons, Murrogh, rebelled
against and endeavored to depose his father (as
the sons of Henry endeavored to dethrone him a
few years subsequently), and Milo de Cogan, by
the lord deputy's orders, led a Norman force into
Connaught to aid the parricidal revolt! The
Connacians, however, stood by their aged king,
shrank from the rebellious son, and under the
command of Roderick in person gave battle to
the Normans at the Shannon. De Cogan and his
Norman treaty -breakers and plunder-seekers were
utterly and disastrously defeated; and Murrogh,
the unnatural son, being captured, was tried for
his offence by the assembled clans, and suffered
the eric decreed by law for his crime.
This was the first deliberate rent in the treaty
by the English. The next, was by Henry him-
self, who, in violation of his kingly troth, under-
took to dub his son John, yet a mere child,
either lord or king of Ireland, and by those
plausible deceits and diplomatic arts in which he
proved himself a master, he obtained the appro-
bation of the pope for his proceeding. Quickly
following upon these violations of the treaty of
Windsor, and suddenly and completely changing
the whole nature of the relations between the
Irish and the Normans as previously laid down,
Henry began to grant and assign away after the
most wholesale fashion the lands of the Irish,
apportioning among his hungry followers whole
territories yet unseen by an English ej'e!
Naturalists tell how the paw of a tiger can touch
with the softness of velvet or clutch with the
force of a vice, according as the deadly fangs are
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sheathed or put forth. The Irish princes had
been treated with the velvet smoothness ; they
were now to be torn jby the lacerating fangs of
that tiger grip to which they had yielded them-
selves UD so easily.
CHAPTER XXI.
_EATH-BED SCENES.
It is a singular fact — one which no historian
can avoid particularly noticing — that every cue
of the principal actors on the English side in this
eventful episode of the first Anglo-Normau inva-
sion, ended life violently, or under most painful
circumstances. M'Murrogh the traitor died, as
we have already seen, of a mysterious disease,
by which his body became putrid while yet he
lingered between life and death. Strongbow
died under somewhat similar circumstances ; an
ulcer in his foot spread upward, and so eat away
his body that it almost fell to pieces. Strong-
bow's son was slain by the father's hand. The
death-bed of King Henry the Second was a scene
of horror. He died cursing with the most fear-
ful maledictions his own sons! In vain the
bishops and ecclesiastics surrounding his couch,
horror-stricken, sought to prevail upon him to
revoke these awful imprecations on his own
offspring! "Accursed be the day on which I
was born ; and accursed of God be the sons that
I leave after me, "were his last words.* Far
different is the spectacle presented to us in the
death-scene of the hapless Irish monarch Roder-
ick. Misfortunes in every shape had indeed
overwhelmed him, and in his last hours sorrows
were multiplied to him. "Near the* junction of
Lough Corrib with Lough Mask, on the bound-
ary line between Mayo and Galwaj', stand the
ruins of the once populous monastery and village
of Cong. The first Christian kings of Connaught
had founded the monastery, or enabled St.
Fechin to do so by their generous donations.
The father of Roderick had enriched its shrine
by the gift of a particle of the true cross, rever-
ently enshrined in a reliquary, the workmauship
of which still excites the admiration of auti-
/luaries. Here Roderick retired in the seventieth
'"Mandit soil le jour ou j» suis ni; et mandits do
DU'ii soK'Ht les Gls qui je laisae."
year of his age, and for twelve j'ears thereafter
— until the 29th day of November, 1198 — here he
wept and prayed and withered away. Dead to
the world, as the world to him, the opening of a
new grave in the royal corner at Clonmacnoise
was the laat incident connected with his name
which reminded Connaught that it had lost its
once prosperous prince, and Ireland that she had
seen her last Ard-Ri, according to the ancient
Milesian constitution Powerful princes of his
own and other houses the land was destined to
know for many generations, before its sover-
eignity was merged in that of England, but none
fully entitled to claim the high-sounding but
often fallacious title of Monarch of all Ireland."
One other deathbed scene, described to us by
the same historian, one more picture from the
Irish side, and we shall take our leave of this
eventful chapter of Irish history, and the actors
who moved in it. The last hours of Roderick's
ambassador, the illustrious archbishop of Dublin,
are thus described: "From Rome he returned
with legatine powers which he used with great
energy during the year 1180. In the autumn of
that year he was intrusted with the delivery to
Henry the Second of the son of Roderick O'Con-
nor, as a pledge for the fulfillment of the treaty
of "Windsor, and with other diplomatic functions.
On reaching England he found the king had
gone to France, and following him thither, he
was seized with illness as he approached the
monastery of Eu, and with a prophetic foretaste
of death, he exclaimed as he came in sight of the
towers of the' convent, 'Here shall I make my
resting place. ' The Abbot Osbert and the monks
of the order of St. Victor received him tenderly
and watched his couch for the few days he yet
lingered. Anxious to fulfill his mission, he dis-
patched David, tutor of the son of Roderick,
with messages to Henry, and waited his return
with anxiety. David brought him a satisfactory
response from the English king, and the last
anxiety only remained. In death, as in life, bis
thoughts were with his country. 'Ah, foolish
and insensible people,' he exclaimed in his latest
hours, 'what will become of you? Who will re-
lieve your miseries? Who will heal you?'.
When recommended to make his last will, he
answered with apostolic simplicity : 'God knows
out of all my revenues I have not a single coin
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to bequeath. ' And thus on the 11th of Novem-
ber, 1180, in the forty -eighth year of his age,
under the shelter of a Norman roof, surrounded
by Norman mourners, the Gaelic statesman-saint
departed out of this life, bequeathing one more
canonized memory to Ireland and to Rome."
CHAPTER XXII.
HOW THE ANGLO-NORMAN COLONY FARED.
I HAVE, in the foregoing pages, endeavored to
narrate fully and minutely all the circumstances
leading to, and attendant upon, the Anglo-Nor-
man landing and settlement in this countrj', A.
D. 1169-1172. It transcends in importance all
other events in our history, having regard to
ulterior and enduring consequences ; and a clear
and correct understanding of that event will fur-
nish a key to the confused history of the troubled
period which immediately succeeded it.
It is not my design to follow the formal his-
tories of Ii-eland in relating at full length, and in
consecutive detail, the events of the four centu-
ries that succeeded the date of King Henry's
landing. It was a period of such wild, confused
and chaotic struggle that youthful readers would
be hopelessly bewildered in the effort to keep its
incidents minutely and consecutively remem-
bered. Moreover, the history of those four cen-
turies, fully written out, would make a goodly
volume in itself; a volume abounding with stir-
ring incidents and affecting tragedies, and with
episodes of valor and heroism, adventurous
daring, and chivalrous, patriotic devotion, not to
be surpassed in the pages of romance. But the
scope of my story forbids my dwelling at any
great length upon the events of this period.
Such of mj' readers as may desire to trace them
in detail will find them succinctly related in the
formal histories of Ireland. "What I propose to
do here is to make my youthful readers ac-
quainted with the general character, course, and
progress of the struggle; the phases, changes,
or mutations through which it passed; 'the
aspects it presented, and the issues it contested,
as each century rolled on, dwelling only upon
events of comparative importance, and incidents
illustrating the actions and the actors of the
period.
Let us suppose a hundred years to have passed
away since King Henry's visit to Ireland — that
event which Englishmen who write Irish history
affect to regard as an "easy conquest" of our
country. Let us see what the Normans have
achieved by the end of one hundred years in
Ireland. They required but one year to conquer
England; and, accordingly, judging by all or-
dinary calculations and probabilities, we ought
surely, in one hundred times that duration, to
find Ireland as thoroughlj- subdued and as com-
pletely pacified as England had been in the
twelvemonth that sufficed for its utter subjuga-
tion.
The nature of the struggle waged by the
Anglo-Normans against Ireland during this
period was rather peculiar. At no time was it
an open and avowed effort to conquer Ireland as
England had been conquered, though, as a mat-
ter of fact, the military force engaged against
the Irish throughout the period exceeded that
which had sufficed the Normans to conquer
England. King Henry, as we have already seen,
presented himself and his designs in no such
hostile guise to the Irish. He seems to have
concluded that, broken and faction-split, disor-
ganized and demoralized, as the Ii-ish princes
were, they would probably be rallied into union
by the appearance of a nakedly hostile invasion ;
and he knew well that it would be easier to con-
quer a dozen Englands than to overcome this
soldier race if only united against a common foe.
So the crown of England did not, until long after
this time, openly profess to pursue a conqicest of
Ireland, any more than it professed to pursue a
conquest in India in the time of Clive. An
Anglo-Norman colony was planted on the south-
eastern corner of the island. This colony, which
was well sustained from England, was to push its
own fortunes, as it were, in Ireland, and to ex-
tend itself as rapidly as it could. To it, as ample
excitement, sustainment, and recompense was
given, prospectively, the land to be taken from
the Irish. The planting of such a colony — com-
posed, as it was, of able, skillful, and desperate
military adventurers — and the endowing of it, so
to speak, with such rich pi-ospect of plunder, was
the establishment of a perpetual and self-acting
mechanism for the gradual reduction of Ireland.
Against this colony the Irish warred in their
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own desultory wa.v, very much as they warred
against each other, neither better nor worse ; and
in the fierce warring of the Irish princes with
each other, the Anglo-Norman colonists sided
now with one, now with another ; nay, very fre-
quently in such conflicts Anglo-Normans fought
on each side ! The colony, however, had pre-
cisely that which the Irish needed — a supreme
authority ever guiding it in the one purpose;
and it always felt strong in the consciousness
that, at the worst, England was at its back, and
that in its front lay, not the Irish nation, but the
broken fragments of that once great and glorious
power.
The Irish princes, meantime, each one for him-
self, fought away as usual, either against the
Norman colonists or against some neighboring
Irish chief. Indeed, they maj^ be described as
fighting each other with one hand, and fighting
England with the other! Quite as curious is the
fact that in all their struggles with the latter,
they seem to have been ready enough to admit
the honorary lordship or suzerainty of the
English king, but resolved to resist to the death
the Norman encroachments beyond the cities and
lands to the possession of which they had at-
tained by reason of their treaties with, or suc-
cesses under, Dermot M'Murrogh. The fight
was all for the soil. Then, as in our own times,
the battle crj- was "Land or Life!"
But the English power had two modes of ac-
tion ; and when one failed the other was tried.
As long as the rapacious f reebooting of the barons
was working profitably, not only for themselves
but for the king, it was all very well. But when
that policy resulted in arousing the Irish to suc-
cessful resistance, and the freebooters were being
routed everywhere, or when they had learned to
think too much of their own profit and too little
of the king's, then his English majesty could
take to the role of magnanimous friend, protec-
tor, or suzerain of the Irish princes, and angry
punisher of the rapacious Norman barons.
"We have already seen that when Henry the
Second visited Ireland it was (pretendedly at
least) in the character of a just-minded king
■who came to chastise his own subjects, the Nor-
man settlers. "Wlien next an English king vis-
ited these shores, it was professedly with a like
design, in J210 King John arrived, and during
his entire stay in this country he was occupied,
not in wars or conflicts with the Irish — quite the
contrary — in chastising the most powerful and
presumptuous of the great Norman lords I What
wonder that the Irish princes were confirmed in
the old idea, impressed upon them by King
Henry's words and actions, that though in the
Norman barons they had to deal with savage and
merciless spoliators, in the English king they
had a friendly suzerain? As a matter of fact,
the B'ish princes who had fought most stoutly
and victoriously against the Normans up to the
date of John's arrival, at once joined their armies
to his, and at the head of this combined force
the English king proceeded to overthrow the
most piratical and powerful of the barons ! Says
M'Gee: "The visit of King John, which lasted
from 20th of June to the 25th of August, was
mainly directed to the reduction of those intrac-
table Anglo-Irish princes whom Fitz-Henry and
Gray had proved themselves unable to cope with.
Of these the De Lacys of Meath were the most
obnoxious. They not only assumed an indepen-
dent state, but had sheltered De Braos, Lord of
Brecknock, one of the recusant barons of Wales,
and refused to surrender him on the royal sum-
mons. To assert his authority and to strike
terror into the nobles of other possessions, John
crossed the channel with a prodigious fleet — in
the Irish annals said to consist of seven hundred
sail. He landed at Crook, reached Dublin, and
prepared at once to subdue the Lacys. With
his own army, and the co-operation of Cathal
O 'Conor, he drove out Walter de Lacy, Lord of
Meath, who fled to his brother, Hugh de Lacy,
since De Courcy's disgrace, Earl of Ulster.
From Meath into Louth John pursued the broth-
ers, crossing the lough at Carlingford with his
ships, which must have coasted in his company.
From Carlingford they retreated, and he pursued
to Carrickfergus, and that fortress, being unable
to resist a royal fleet and navy, they fled into
Man or Scotland, and thence escaped in disguise
into France. With their guest De Braos, they
wrought as gardeners in the grounds of the
Abbey of Saint Taurin Evreux, until the abbot,
having discovered by their manners the key to
their real rank, negotiated successfully with John
for their restoration to their estates. Walter
agreed to i)ay a flne of twenty-five hundred
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marks for his lordship in Meath, and Hugh four
thousand for his possessions in Ulster. Of De
Braos we have no particulars ; his high-spirited
wife and children were thought to have been
starved to death by order of the unforgiving
tyrant in one of his castles."
In the next succeeding reign (that of Henry
the Third), we find a like impression existing
and encouraged among the Irish princes; the
king of Connaught proceeding to England and
■complaining to the king of the unjust, oppres-
sive, and rapacious conduct of the barons. And
we find King Henry ordering him substantial
redress, writing to his lord justice in Ireland,
Maurice Fitzgerald, to "pluck up by the root"
the powerful De Burgo, who lorded it over all
the west. There is still in existence a letter
written by the Connacian king to Henry the
Third, thanking him for the many favors he had
conferred upon him, but particularly for this one.
CHAPTER XXm.
"the BIEK that conquered" THE STORY OF
GODFREY OF TYRCONNELL.
I HAVE remarked that the Irish chiefs may be
said to have fought each other with one hand,
while they fought the English with the other.
Illustrating this state of things, I may refer to
the story of Godfrey, Prince of Tj'rconnell — as
glorious a character as ever adorned the page of
history. For years the Normans had striven in
vain to gain a foothold in Tyrconnell. Else-
where— in Connaught, in Munster, throughout
all Leinster, and in Southern Ulster — they could
betimes assert their sway, either by dint of arms
or insidious diplomatic strategy. But never
could they overreach the wary and martial Cinel-
Connal, from whom more than once the Norman
armies had suffered overthrow. At length the
lord justice, Maurice Fitzgerald, felt that this
hitherto invulnerable fortress of native Irish
power in the northwest had become a formidable
standing peril to the entire English colony ; and
it was accordingly resolved that the whole
strength of the Anglo-Norman force in Ireland
should be put forth in one grand expedition
against it; and this expedition the lord justice
decided that he himself would lead and command
in person ! At this time Tyrconnell was ruled
by a prince who was the soul of chivalric brav-
ery, wise in the council, and daring in the field
— Godfrey O'Dounell. The lord justice, while
assembling his forces, employed the time, more-
over, in skillfully diplomatizing, playing the in-
sidious game which, in every century, most
largely helped the Anglo-Norman interest in Ire-
land— setting up rivalries and inciting hostilities
among the Irish princes ! Having, as he thought,
not only cut off Godfrey from all chance of alli-
ance or support from his fellow-princes of the
north and west, but environed him with their
active hostility, Fitzgerald marched on Tyrcon-
nell. His army moved with all the pomp and
panoply of Norman pride. Lords, earls, knights,
and squires, from every Norman castle or settle-
ment in the land, had rallied at the summons of
the king's representative. Godfrey, isolated
though he found himself, was nothing daunted
by the tremendous odds which he knew were
against him. He was conscious of his own mili-
tary superiority to any of the Norman lords yet
sent against him — he was in fact one of the most
skillful captains of the age — and he relied im-
plicitly on the unconquerable bravery of his
clansmen. Both armies met at Credan-Kille in
the north of Sligo. A battle which the Normans
describe as fiercely and vehemently contested,
ensued and raged for hours without palpable
advantage to either side. In vain the mail-clad
battalions of England rushed upon the saffron
kilted Irish clansmen; each time they reeled
from the shock and fled in bloody rout! In vain
the cavalry squadrons — long the boasted pride of
the Normans — headed by earls and knights whose
names were rallying cries in Norman England,
swept upon the Irish lines! Riderless horses
alone returned,
"Their nostrils all red with the sign of despair. "
The lord justice in wild dismay saw the pro&dest
army ever rallied by Norman power on Irish soil
being routed and hevm piecemeal before his
eyes! Godfrey, on the other hand, the very im-
personation of valor, was everywhere cheering
his men, directing the battle and dealing destruc-
tion to the Normans. The gleam of his battle-
ax or the flash of his sword was the sure pre-
cursor of death to the haughtiest earl or knight
that dared to confront him. The lord justice —
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than -nhom no abler general or braver soldier
served the king — saw that the day was lost if he
could not save it by some desperate effort, and at
the worst he had no wish to survive the over-
throw of the splendid army he had led into the
field. The flower of the Norman nobles had fallen
under the sword of Godfrey, and him the Lord
Maurice now sought out, dashing into the thick-
est of the fight. The two leaders met in single
combat. Fitzgerald dealt the Tyrconnell chief a
deadly wound; but Godfrey, still keeping his
seat, with one blow of his battle-as, clove the
lord justice to the earth, and the proud baron
was carried senseless off the field by his follow-
ers. The English fled in hopeless confusion ;
and of them the chroniclers tell us there was
made a slaughter that night's darkness alone
arrested. The Lord Maurice was done with
pomp and power after the ruin of that day. He
survived his dreadful wound for some time ; he
retired into a Franciscan monastery which he
himself had built and endowed at Youghal, and
there taking the habit of a monk, he departed
this life tranquilly in the bosom of religion.
Godfrey, meanwhile, mortally wounded, was
unable to follow up quickly the great victory of
Credan-Kille ; but stricken as he was, and with
life ebbing fast, he did not disband his army till
he had demolished the only castle the English
had dared to raise on the soil of Tyrconnell.
This being done, and the last soldier of England
chased beyond the frontier line, he gave the order
for dispersion, and himself was borne homewai'd
to die.
This, however, sad to tell, was the moment
seized upon by O'Neill, Prince of Tyrone, to
wrest from the Cinel-Connal submission to his
power! Hearing that the lion-hearted Godfrey
lay dying, and while yet the Tyrconnellian clans,
disbanded and on their homeward roads, were
Buffering from their recent engagement with the
Normans, O'Neill sent envoys to the dying prince
demanding hostages in token of submission.
The envoys, say all the historians, no sooner de-
livered this message than they fled for their
lives! Dying though Godfrey was, and broken
and wounded as were his clansmen by their
recent glorious struggle, the messengers of
Tyrowen felt but too forcibly the peril of delivc^r-
ing this inBolcut demand! And characteristic-
ally was it answered by Godfrey ! His only reply
was to order an instantaneous muster of all the
fighting men of Tyrconnell. The army of Tyrowen
meanwhile pressed forward rapidly to strike the
Cinel-Connal, if possible, before their available
strength (such as it was), could be rallied.
Nevertheless, they found the quickly reassembled
victors of Credan-Kille awaiting them. But alas,
sorrowful story! On the morning of the battle
death had but too plainly set his seal upon the
brow of the heroic Godfrey ! As the troops were
being drawn up in line, ready to march into the
field, the physicians announced that his last mo-
ments were at hand ; he had but a few hours to
live ! Godfrey Iiimself received the information
with sublime composure. Having first received
the last sacraments of the church, and given
minute instructions as to the order of battle, he
directed that he should be laid upon the bier
which was to have borne him to the grave; and
that thus he should be carried at the head of
his army on their march! His orders were
obeyed, and then was witnessed a scene for
which history has not a parallel! The dying
king, laid on his bier, was borne at the head of
his troops into the field! After the bier came
the standard of Godfrey — on which was embla-
zoned a cross with the words. In hoc signo vincei*
*0n the banner and shield of Tyrconnell were embla-
zoned a cross surrounded by the words /)i hoc aigno vinces.
One readily inclines to the conjecture that this was bor-
rowed from the Roman emperor Constantine. The words
may have been ; but among the treasured traditions of
the Cinel-Connal whs one which there is reason for regard-
ing as historically reliable, assigning to an interesting cir-
cumstance the adoption by them of the cross as the armorial
bearings of the sept. One of the earliest of St. Patrick's
converts was Conall Crievan, brother of ArdRi Laori and
ancestor of the Ciuel-Connal. Conall was a prince famed
for his courage and bravery, and much attached to military
pursuits ; but on his conversion he desired to become a
priest; preferring his request to this effect to St. Patrick,
when either baptizing or confirming him. The saint, how-
ever, commanded him to remain a soldier ; but to fight
henceforth as became a Christian warrior ; " and under this
sign serve and conquer," said the saint, raising the iron-
poinled end of the "Staff of Jesus," and marking on the
shield of Conall a cross. The shield thus marked by St.
Patrick's crozier was ever after called " Sciath Bachlach,"
or tlie " Shield of the Crozier." Mr. Aubrey de Vere very
truly calls this the ''.'L.'.iitguration of Irish (Christian) chiv-
alry," and ha-'" ' >' JM' ="• ident the subject of the foHow-
ing poem :
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— and next came the charger of the dying king,
caparisoned as if for battle! But Godfrey's last
fight was fought! Never more was that charger
to bear him where the sword-blows fell thickest.
Never more would his battle-ax gleam in the
front of the combat. But as if his presence, liv-
ing, dead, or dying, was still a potential assur-
ance of triumph to his people, the Cinel-Connal
bore down all opposition. Long and fiercely,
but vainly, the army of Tyrowen contested the
field. Around the bier of Godfrey his faithful
clansmen made an adamantine rampart which no
foe could penetrate. Wherever it was borne the
Tyrconnell phalanx, of which it was the heart
and center, swept all before them. At length,
when the foe was flying on all sides, they laid
the bier upon the ground to tell the king that
the day was won. But the face of Godfrey was
marblfe pale, and cold and motionless! All was
over! His heroic spirit had departed amid his
people's shouts of victory!
Several poems have been written on this tragic
yet glorious episode. That from which I take
the following passages is generally accounted
the best :*
"All worn and wan, and sore with wounds from
Credau's bloody fray.
In Donegal for weary months the proud O'Don-
nell lay ;
; Around his couch in bitter grief his trusty
clansmen wait.
And silent watch, with aching hearts, his faint
and feeble state."
ST. PATRICK AND THE KNIGHT.
" Thou slialt not be a priest," he said ;
"Christ hath for thee a lowlier task :
Be thou his soldier ! Wear with dread
His cross upon thy shield an-d casque 1
Put on God's armor, faithful knight 1
Mercy witli justice, love with law ;
Nor e'er, except for truth and right,
This sword, cross-hilted, dare to draw."
He spake, and with his crozier pointed
Graved on the broad shield's brazen boss
(That hour baptized, confirmed, anointed.
Stood Erin's chivalry) the Cross:
And there was heard a whisper low —
(Saint Michael, was that whisper thine?) —
Thou sword, keep pure thy virgin vow,
And trenchant thou shalt be as mine.
•The name of the author is unknown.
The chief asks one evening to be brought into
the open air, that he may gaze once more on the
landscape's familiar scenes:
" 'And see the stai: upon the hills, the white
clouds drifting by ;
And feel upon my wasted cheek God's sun-
shine ere I die.' "
Suddenly he starts on his pallet, and exclaims ;
" 'A war-steed's tramp is on the heath, and on-
ward Cometh fast.
And by the rood! a trumpet sounds! hark, it
is the Red Hand's blast!'
And soon a kern all breathless ran, and told a
stranger train
Across the heath was spurring fast, and then
in sight it came.
" 'Go, bring me, quick, my father's sword,' the
noble chieftain said;
'My mantle o'er my shoulders fling, place
hslmet on vay head ;
And raise me to my feet, for ne'er shall clans-
man of my foe
Go boasting tell in far Tyrone he saw O'Don-
nell low.' "
The envoys of O'Neill arrive in Godfrey's pres-
ence, and deliver their message, demanding
tribute :
" 'A hundred hawks from out your woods, all
trained their prey to get ;
A hundred steeds from off your hills, un-
crossed by rider yet ;
A hundred kine from off your hills, the best
your land doth know ;
A hundred hounds from out your halls, to
hunt the stag and roe. ' ' '
Godfrey, however, is resolved to let his foes,
be they Norman or native, know that, though
dying, he is not dead yet. He orders a levy of
all the fighting men of Tyrconnell :
" 'Go call around Tyrconnell 's chief my warriors
tried and true ;
Send forth a friend to Donal More, a scout to
Lisnahue ;
Light baal-fires quick on Esker's towers, that
all the land maj^ know
O'Donnell needeth help and haste to meet his
haughty foe.
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" 'Ob, could I but my people head, or wield once
more a spear.
Saint Augus! but we'd bunt tbeir bosts like
herds of fallow deer.
But vain the wish, since I am now a faint and
failing man;
Tet, ye shall bear me to the field, in the cen-
ter of my clan.
" 'Right in the midst, and lest, perchance, upon
the march I die.
In my coffin ye shall place me, uncovered let
me lie ;
And swear ye now, my body cold shall never
rest in clay,
Until you drive from Donegal O'Niall's host
away. '
^'Then sad and stern, with band on skian, that
solemn oath they swore.
And in a coffin placed tbeir chief, and on a lit-
ter bore.
Tbo' ebbing fast bis life-throbs cams, yet
dauntless in his mood.
He marshaled well Tyrconnell's chiefs, like
leader wise and good.
"Lough Swilly's sides are thick with speai-s,
O'Niall's host is there.
And proud and gay their battle sheen, their
banners float the air ;
And haughtily a challege bold their trumpets
blowetb free.
When winding down the heath-clad hills,
O'Donnell's band they see!
"No answerback those warriors gave, but sternly
on they stept.
And in tbeir center, curtained black, a litter
close is kept ;
And all their host it guideth fair, as did in
Galilee
Proud Judah's tribes the Ark of God, when
crossing Egypt's sea.
"Then rose the roar of battle loud, as clan met
clan in fight;
The ax and skian grew red with blood, a sad
and woeful sight;
Yet in the midst o'er all, unmoved, that litter
black is seen,
Like some dark rock that lifts its head o'er
ocean's war serene.
"Yet once, when blenching back fierce Bryan's
charge before,
Tyrcounell wavered in its ranks, and all was
nearly o'er.
Aside those curtains wide were flung, and
plainly to the view
Each host beheld O'Donnell there, all pale and
wan in hue.
'And to bis tribes he stretch'd his hands — then
pointed to the foe.
When with a shout they rally round, and on
Clan Hugh they go;
And back thej' beat their horsemen fierce, and
in a column deep.
With O'Donnell in their foremost rank, in one
fierce charge they sweep.
"Lough Swilly's banks are thick with spears! — •
O'Niall's host is there,
But rent and tost like tempest clouds — dan
Donnell in the rere !
Lough Swilly's waves are red with blood, as
madly in its tide
O'Niall's horsemen wildly plunge, to reach the
other side.
"And broken is Tyrowen's pride, and vanctuished
Clannaboy,
And there is wailing thro' the land, from Bann
to Aughnacloy ;
The Red Hand's crest is bent in grief, upon its
shield a stain.
For its stoutest clans are broken, its stoutest
chiefs are slain.
"And proud and high Tyrconnell shouts; but
blending on the gale,
Upon the ear ascendeth a sad and sullen wail ;
For on that field, as back they bore, from chaf-
ing of the foe.
The spirit of O'Donnell fled! — oh, woe for Uls-
ter, woe!
"Yet died he there all gloriously — a victor in the
fight;
A chieftain at his people's bead, a warrior in
bis might;
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They dug him there a fittin? grave upon that
field of pride.
And a lofty cairn Jhey raised above, by fair
Lough Swilly's side."
In this story of Godfrey of Tyrconnell we have
a perfect illustration of the state of affairs in Ire-
land at the time. Studying it, no one can marvel
that the English power eventually prevailed ; but
many may wonder that the struggle lasted so
many centuries. What Irishman can contempLite
without sorrow the spectacle of those brave sol-
diers of Tyrconnell and their heroic prince, after
contending with, and defeating, the concentrated
power of the Anglo-Norman settlement, called
upon to hurriedly re-unite their broken and
wounded ranks that they might fight yet another
battle against fresh foes — those foes their own
countrymen! Only among a people given over
to the madness that precedes destruction, could
conduct like that of O'Neill be exhibited. At a
moment when Godfi'ey and his battle-wounded
clansmen had routed the common foe — at a mo-
ment when they were known to be weakened after
such a desperate combat — at a moment when they
should have been hailed with acclaim, and greeted
with aid and succour by every chief and clan in
Ireland — they are foully taken at disadvantage,
and called upon to fight anew by their own fel-
low-countrymen and neighbors of Tj'rowen!
The conduct of O'Neill on this occasion was a
fair sample of the prevailing practice among the
Irish princes. Faction-split to the last degree,
each one sought merely his own personal advan-
tage or ambition. Nationality and patriotism
were sentiments no longer understood. Bravery
in battle, dauntless courage, heroic endurance,
marvelous skill, we find them displaying to the
last; but the higher political virtues so essential
to the existence of a nation — unity of purpose
and of action against a common foe — recognition
of and obedience to a central national authority —
were utterly absent. Let us own in sorrow that a
people among whom such conduct as thatof O'Neill
toward Godfrey of Tyrconnell was not only pos-
sible but of frequent occurrence, deserved sub-
jection— invited it — rendered it inevitable. Na-
tions, like individuals, must expect the penalty
of disregarding the first essentials to existence.
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."
Factionism like that of the Irish princes found
its sure punishment in subjugation.
CHAPTER XXTV. '
HOW THE iniSH NATION AWOKE FROM ITJi TEAStffi,
AND FLUNG OFF ITS CHAINS. THE CAREER OE
KING EDWARD BRUCE.
Early in the second century of the Norman
settlement we find the Irish for the first time ap-
parently realizing their true position in relation
to England. They begin to appreciate the fact
that it is England and not the Anglo-Norman
colony they have to combat, and that recognition
of the English power means loss of liberty, loss
of honor, loss of property, alienation of the soil !
Had the Irish awakened sooner to these facts, it
is just possible they might have exerted them-
selves and combined in a national struggle
against the fate thus presaged. But they awoke
to them too late :
The fatal chain was o'er them cast,
^nd they were men no more !
As if to quicken within them the strings ot
self-reproach, they saw their Gaelic kinsmen ol
Caledonia bravely battling in compact national
array against this same English power that had
for a time conquered them also. When King
Edward marched northward to measure swords
with the Scottish "rebel" Robert Bruce, he
summoned his Norman lieges and all other true
and royal subjects in Ireland to send him aid.
The Anglo-Norman lords of Ireland did accord-
ingly equip considerable bodies, and with them
joined the king in Scotland. The native Irish,
on the other hand, sent aid to Bruce ; and on the
field of Bannockburn old foes on Iri.sh soil met
once more in deadly combat on new ground — the
Norman lords and the Ii-ish ch ief tains. ' ' Twenty-
one clans, Highlanders and Islesmen, and many
Ulstermen fought on the side of Bruce an the
field of Bannockburn. The grant of 'Kincardine-
O'Neill, ' made by the victor-king to his Irish fo:-
lowers, remains a striking evidence of their
fidelity to his person and their sacrifices in his
cause. The result of that glorious day was, by
the testimony of all historians, English aa well
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as Scottish, received with enthusiasm on the Irish
tiide of the channel. ' '*
Fired by the glorious example of their Scot-
tish kinsmen, the native Irish princes for the first
time took up the design of a really national and
united effort to expel the English invaders root
and branch. Utterly unused to union or com-
bination as they had been for hundreds of yeai-s,
it is really wonderful how readily and success-
fully they carried out their design. The north-
ern Irish princes with few exceptions entered
into it; and it was agreed that as well to secure
the prestige of Bruce 's name and the alliance of
Scotland, as also to avoid native Irish jealousies
in subraitting to a national leader or king, Ed-
,Tard Bruce, the brother of King Robert, should
be invited to land in Ii-eland with an auxiliary
liberating army, and should be recognized as
king. The Ulster princes, with Donald O'Neill
at their head, sent off a memorial to the pope
(John the Twelfth), a document which is still
extant, and is, as may be supposed, of singular
interest and importance. In this memorable let-
ter the Irish princes acquaint his holiness with
their national design ; and having reference to
the bulls or letters of popes Adrian and Alexan-
der, they proceed to justify their resolution of
destroying the hated English power in their
country, and point out the fraud and false pre-
tense upon which those documents were obtained
by King Henry from the pontiffs named. The
sovereign pontiff appears to have been profoundly
moved by the recital of facts in this remonstrance
or memorial. Not long after he addressed to the
English king (Edward the Third) a letter forci-
bly reproaching the English sovereigns who had
obtained those bulls from popes Adrian and
Alexander, with the crimes of deceit and viola-
tion of their specific conditions and covenants.
To the objects of those bulls, his holiness says,
"neither King Henry nor his successors paid any
regard ; but, passing the bounds that had been
prescribed for them, they had heaped upon the
Irish the most unheard-of miseries and persecu-
tions, and had, during a long period, imposed
on them a yoke of slavery which could not be
borne."
The Irish themselves were now. however,
'M'Oee.
about to make a brave effort to break that un-
bearable yoke, to terminate those miseries and
persecutions, and to establish a national throne
once more in the land. On May 25, 1315, Ed-
ward Bruce, the invited deliverer, landed near
Glenarm in Antrim with a force of six thousand
men. He was instantly joined by Donald
O'Neill, prince of Ulster, and throughout all thr
northern half of the island the most intense ex-
citement spread The native Irish flocked to
Bruce's standard; the Anglo-Normans, in dis-
may, hurried from all parts to encounter thi?
truly formidable danger, and succeeded in com-
pelling, or inducing, the Connacian prince,
O'Connor, to join them. Meanwhile the Scotto-
Irish army marched southward, defeating every
attempt of the local English garrisons to obstruct
its victorious progress. The lord justice, com-
ing from Dublin with all the forces he could
bring from the south, and Richard de Burgo,
Anglo-Norman titular Earl of Ulster, hurrying
from Athlone with a powerful contingent raised
in the west, came up with the national army at
Ardee, too late however, to save that town, which
the Irish had just captured and destroj'ed. This
Earl Richard is known in Anglo-Irish historj-
as "the Red Earl." He was the most prominent
character, and in every sense the greatest — tb&
ablest and most powerful and influential — man of
that century among the Anglo-Norman rulers or
nobles. As a matter of fact, his influence and
power overtopped and overshadowed that of the
lord justice; and, singular to relate, the king's
letters and writs, coming to Ireland, were invari-
ably, as a matter of form, addressed to him in
the first instance, that is, his name came first,
and that of the lord justice for the time being
next. He was, in truth, king of the Anglo-
Normans in Ireland. He raised armies, levied
war, made treaties, conferred titles, and bestowed
lands, without the least reference to the formal
royal deputy — the lord justice in Dublin — whom
he looked down upon with disdain. According-
ly, when these two magnates met on this occa-
sion, the Red Earl contemptuously desired the
lord justice to get him back to his castle of Dub-
lin as quickly as he pleased, for that he himself.
Earl Richard, as befitted his rank of Earl of Uls-
ter, would take in hands the work of clearing the
province of the Scottish-Irish army, and wouJ'?
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guarantee to deliver Edward Bruce, liying or
dead, into the justice's hands ere many days.
Notwithstanding this haughty speech, the lord
justice and his forces remained, and the com-
bined army now confronted Bruce, outnumber-
ing him hopelessly; whereupon he commenced
to retreat slowly, his object being to effect,
either by military strategy or diplomacy, a
separation of the enemy's forces. This object
was soon accomplished. When the Connacian
king, Felim O'Connor, joined the Ked Eai'l and
marched against Bruce in his own principality,
his act was revolted against as parricidal treason.
Kuari, son of Cathal Eoe O'Conor, head of the
Clanna-Murtough, unfurled the national flag,
declared for the national cause, and soon struck
for it boldly and decisively. Hurriedly dispatch-
ing envoys to Bruce, tendering adhesion, and
requesting to be commissioned or recognized as
Prince of Connaught in place of Felim, who had
forfeited by fighting against his country at such
a crisis, he meanwhile swept through all the
west, tearing down the Norman rule and erecting
in its stead the national authority, declaring the
penalty of high treason against all who favored
or sided with the Norman enemy or refused to
aid the national cause. Felim heard of these
proceedings before Ruari's envoys reached
Bruce, and quickly saw that his only chance of
safety — and in truth the course most in conso-
nance with his secret feelings — was, himself, to
make overtures to Bruce, which he did ; so that
about the time Ruari's envoys arrived, Felim 's
offers were also before the Scotto-Irish com-
mander. Valuable as were Ruari's services in
the west, the greater and more urgent considera-
tion was to detach Felim from the Norman army,
w2iich thus might be fought, but which other-
wise could not be withstood. Accordingly,
Bruce came to terms with Felim, and answered
to Ruari that he was in no way to molest the pos-
sessions of Felim, who was now on the right
side, but to take all he could from the common
enemy the English. Felim, in pursuance of his
agreement with Bruce, now withdrew from the
English camp and faced homeward, whereupon
Bruce and O'Neill, no longer afraid to encounter
the enemy, though still superior to them in num-
bers, gave battle to the lord justice. A desperate
the river Bann, nearBallymena. The great Nor-
man army was defeated; the haughty Earl Rich-
ard was obliged to seek personal safety in flight j
his brother, William, with quite a uumijer of
other Norman knights and nobles, being taken
prisoners by that same soldier-chief whom he had
arrogantly undertaken to capture and present^
dead or alive, within a few days, at Dublin Castle
gate! The shattered forces of the lord justice
retreated southward as best they could. The
Red Earl fled into Connaught, where, for a year,
he was fain to seek safety in comparative obscu«
rity, shorn of all power, pomp, and possessions.
Of these, what he had not lost on the battlefield
at Connoyr, he found wrested from him by the
Prince of Tyrconnell, who, by way of giving the
Red Earl something to do near home, had burst
down upon the Anglo-Norman possessions in the
west, and levelled every castle that flew the red
flag of England ! The Irish army now marched
southward once more, capturing all the great
towns and Norman castles on the way. At
Loughsweedy, in West-Meath, Bruce and O'Neill
went into winter quarters, and spent their Christ-
mas "in the midst of the most considerable chiefs
of Ulster, Meath, and Connaught."
Thus closed the first campaign in this, the first
really national war undertaken against the Eng-
lish power in Ireland. "The termination of his
first campaign on Irish soil, "says a historian,
"might be considered highly favorable to Bruce.
More than half the clans had risen, and others
were certain to follow their example ; the clergy
were almost wholly with him, and his heroic
brother had promised to lead an army to his ai^
in the ensuing spring."
In the early spring of the succeeding year
(1316) he opened the next campaign by a march
southward. The Anglo-Norman armies made
several ineffectual efforts to bar his progress.
At Kells, in King's County of the present day.
Sir Roger Mortimer at the head of fifteen thou-
sand men made the most determined stand. A
great battle ensued, the Irish utterly routing
this the last army of any proportions now op-
posed to them. Soon after this decisive victory,
Bruce and O'Neill returned northward in proud
exultation. Already it seemed that the libera-
tion of Ireland was complete. Having arrived at
engagement ensued at Connoyr, on the banks of | Dundalk, the national army halted, and prepara-
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tions were commenced for the great ceremonial
that was to consummate and commemorate the
national deliverance. At a solemn council of the
native princes and chiefs, Edward Bruce was
elected king of Ireland; Donald O'Neill, the
heart and head of the entire movement, formally
resigning by letters patent in favor of Bruce such
rights as belonged to him as son of the last ac-
knowledged native sovereign. After the election,
the ceremonial of inauguaration was carried out
in the native Irish forms, with a pomp and
splendor such as had not been witnessed since
the reign of Brian the First. This imposing
ceremony took place on the hill of Knocknemelan,
within a mile of Dundalk ; and the formal elec-
tion and inauguaration being over, the king and
the assembled princes and chiefs marched in pro-
cession into the town, where the solemn conse-
cration took place in one of the churches. King
Edward now established his court in the castle of
Northburg, possessing and exercising all the pre-
rogatives, powers, and privileges of royalty,
holding courts of justice, and enforcing such
regulations as were necessary for the welfare and
good order of the country.
CHAPTER XXV.
HOW THIS BRIGHT DAY OP INDEPENDENCE WAS TURNED
TO GLOOM. HOW THE SEASONS FOUGHT AGAINST
IRELAND, AND FAMINE FOR ENGLAND.
The Anglo -Irish power was almost extinct. It
'vTould probably never more have been heard of,
and the newly-revived nationality would have
lasted long and jn-ospered, had there not been
behind that broken and ruined colony all the
resources of a great and powerful nation. The
English monarch summoned to a conference with
^himself in London several of the Anglo-Irish
■ barons, and it was agreed by all that nothing but
a compact union among themselves, strong rein-
forcements from England, and the equipment of
an army of groat magnitude for a new camjiaigu
in Ireland, could avert the comxilete and final ex-
tinction of the English power in that country.
Preparations were accordingly made for placing
in the field such an army as had never before
been assembled by the Anglo-Irish colony. King
Edward of Ireland, on the other hand, was fully
conscious that the next campaign would be the
supreme trial, and both parties, English and
Irish, prepared to put forth their utmost
strength. True to his promise. King Robert of
Scotland arrived to the aid of his brother, bring-
ing with him a small contingent. The royal
brothers soon opened the campaign. Marching
southward at the head of thirty-six thousand
men, thej' crosstd the Boyue at Slane, and soon
were beneath the walls of Castleknock, a power-
ful Anglo-Norman fortress, barely three miles
form the gate of Dublin. Castleknock was
assaulted and taken, the governor, Hugh Tyrell,
being made prisoner. The Irish and Scotch
kings took up their quarters in the castle, and
the Anglo-Normans of Dublin, gazing from the
city walls, could see' between them and the set-
ting sun the royal standards of L-eland and Scot-
land floating proudly side by side! In this
extremity the citizens of Dublin exhibited a
spirit of indomitable courage and determination.
To their action in this emergency — designated
by some as the desperation of wild panic, but by
others, in my opinion more justly, intrepidity
and heroic public spirit — they saved the chief
seat of Anglo-Norman authority and power, the
loss of which at that moment would have altered
the whole fate and fortunes of the ensuing cam-
paign. Led on by the mayor, they exhibited a
frantic spirit of resistance, burning down the
suburbs of their city, and freely devoting to
demolition even their churches and priories out-
side the walls, lest these should afford shelter or
advantage to a besieging army. The Irish army
had no sieging materials, and could not just then
pause for the tedious operations of reducing a
walled and fortified city like Dublin, especially
when such a spirit of vehement determination
was evinced not merely by the garrison but by
the citizens themselves. In fact, the city could
not be invested Mithoiit the co-operation of a
powerful fleet to cut off supplies by sea from
England. The Irish army, therefore, was com-
jielled to turn away from Dublin, and leave that
formidable position intact in their rear. They
marched southward as in the previous cam-
paigns, this time reaching as far as Limerick.
Again, as before, victory followed their banners.
Their course was literally a sucoession of splen-
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did achievements. The Normans never offered
battle that they were not utterly defeated.
The full strength of the English, however, had
not yet been available, and a foe more deadly and
more formidable than all the power of England
was about to fall upon the Irish army.
By one of those calamitous concurrences which
are often to be noted in history, there fell upon
Ii'eland in this year (1317) a famine of dreadful
severity. The crops had entirely failed the pre-
■vious autumn, and now throughout the land the
dread consequences were spreading desolation.
The brothers Bruce each day found it more and
more difficult to provision the army, and soon it
became apparent that hunger and privation were
destroying and demoralizing the national force.
This evil in itself was bad enough, but a worse
followed upon it. As privation and hunger
loosed the bonds of military discipline, the
soldiers spread themselves over the country seek-
ing food, and soon there sprung up between the
Scottish contingent and the Irish troops and
inhabitants bitter ill feeling and contention.
The Scots — who from the very outset appear to
have discriminated nought in plundering castles
and churches when the opportunity came fairly
in their way — now, throwing off all restraint,
broke into churches, and broke open and rifled
shrines and tombs. The Ii'ish, whose reverence
for religion was always so intense and solemn,
were horrified at these acts of sacrilege and
desecration, and there gradually' spread through
the country a vague but all-powerf Ld popular be-
lief that the dreadful scourge of famine was a
"visitation of heaven" called down upon the
country by the presence of the irreverent Scots !
Meanwhile the English were mustering a tre-
mendous force in the rear of the wasted Irish
army. The Bruces, on learning the fact, quickly
ordered a night retreat, and pushed northward
by jforced marches. An Anglo-Irish army of
thirty thousand men, well appointed and provi-
sioned, lay across their path ; yet such was the
terror inspired by vivid recollection of the recent
victories of the Irish and the prestige of Bruce's
name, that this vast force, as the historian tells
us, hung around the camp of the half-starved and
din,inished Siotto-Irish army, without ever once
dar-.ftg to attack them in a pitched battle ! On
tiia va« May after a march full of unexampled
suffering, the remnant of the Irish army safely
reached Ulster.
The famine now raged with such intensity all
over Ireland that it brought about a suspension
of hostilities. Neither party could provision an
army in the field. King Robert of Scotland,
utterly disheartened, sailed homeward. His
own country was not free from suffering, and in
any event, the terrible privations of the past few
mouths had filled the Scottish contingent with
discontent. King Edward, however, nothing
daunted, resolved to stand by the Irish kingdom
to the last, and it was arranged that whenever a
resumption of hostilities became feasible, Eobert
should send him another Scottish contingent.
The harvest of the following year 1318 was no
sooner gathered in and found to be of compara-
tive abundance, than both parties ■ sprang to
arms. The English commander-in-chief, John
de Birmingham, was quickly across the Boyne at
the head of twelve thousapj. men, intent on
striking King Edward before his hourly expected
Scottish contingent could arrive. The Irish
levies were but slowly coming in, and Edward
at this time had barely two or three thousand
men at hand. Nevertheless he resolved to meet
the English and give them battle. Donald
O'Neill and the other native princes saw the
madness of this course, and vainly endeavored to
dissuade the king from it. They pointed out
that the true strategy to be adopted under the
circumstances was to gain time, to retire slowly
on their northern base, disputing each inch of
ground, but risking no pitched battle until the
national levies would have come in, and the Scot-
tish contingent arrived, by which time, more-
over, they would have drawn Birmingham away
from his base, and would have him in a hostile
country. There can be no second opinion about
the merits of this scheme. It was the only one
for Edward to pursue just then. It was identi-
cal with that which had enabled him to over-
throw the Bed Earl three years before and had
won the battle of Connoyr. But the king was
immovable. At all times headstrong, self-
willed, and impetuous, he now seemed to have
been rendered extravagantly over-confident by
the singular fact (for fact it was), that never yet
had he met the English in battle on Irish soil
that he did not defeat them. It is said that
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some of the Irish princes, fully persuaded of the
madness of the course resolved upon, and in-
censed by the despotic obstinacy of the king,
withdrew from the camp. "There remained
with the iron-headed king," says the historian,
"the lords Mowbray de Soulis and Stewart, with
the three brothers of the latter, Mac Roy, Lord
of the Isles, and Mac Donald, chief of his clan.
The neighborhood of Duudalk, the scene of his
triumphs and coronation, was to be the scene of
the last act of Bruce's chivalrous and stormy
career." From the same authority (M'Gee) I
quote the following account of that scene :
"On the 14th of October, 1318, at the Hill of
Faughard, within a couple of miles of Dundalk,
the advance guard of the hostile armies came into
the presence of each other, and made ready for
battle. Roland de Jorse, the foreign Arch-
bishop of Ai-magh, who had not been able to take
possession of his see, though appointed to it
seven years before, accom]3auied the Anglo-
Irish, and moving through their ranks, gave his
benediction to their banners. But the impetuos-
ity of Bruce gave little time for preparation. At
the head of the vanguard, without waiting for
the whole of his company to come up, he
charged the enemy with impetuosity. The action
became general, and the skill of De Birmingham
as a leader was again demonstrated. An in-
cident common to the warfare of that age was,
however, the immediate caijse of the victory.
Master John de Maupas, a burgher of Dundalk,
believing that the death of the Scottish leader
would be the signal for the retreat of his follow-
ers, disguised as a jester or a fool, sought him
throughout the field. One of the royal es'iuires
named Gilbert Harper, wearing the surcoat of
his master, was mistaken for him and slain; but
the true leader was at length found by Do Maujias,
and struck down by the blow of a leaden plummet
or slung-shot. After the battle, when the field
was searched for his body, it was found under
that of De Maupas, who had bravel.v yielded up
life for life. The Hiberno-Scottish forces dis-
persed in dismay, and when King Robert of
Scotland landed, a day or two afterward, he was
met by the fugitive men of Carrick, under their
leader Thompson, who informed him of his
brother's fate. He returned at once into his
own country, carrying off the few Scottish sur-
vivors. The head of the impetuous Edward waa
sent to London, but the body was interred in
the churchyard of Faughard, where, within liv-
ing memory, a tall pillar stone was pointed out
by every peasant in the neigborhood as marking
the grave of King Bruce. ' '
Thus ended the fLrst grand effort of Ireland as
an independent nation to expel the Anglo-Norman
power. Never was so great an effort so brill-
iantly successful, yet eventually defeated by
means outside and beyond human skill to avert,
or human bravery to withstand. The seasons
fought against Ii-elaud in this great crisis of her
fate. A dreadful scourge struck down the coun-
try in the very moment of national triumph.
The arm that was victorious in battle fell lifeless
at the breath of this dread destroyer. To the
singular and calamitous coincidence of a famine
so terrible at such a critical moment for Ireland,
and to this alone was the ruin of the national
cause attributable. The Irish under the king of
their choice had, in three heavy campaigns,
shown themselves able to meet and overcome the
utmost force that could be brought against them.
England had put forth her best energies and had
been defeated. Prestige was rapidly multiply-
ing the forces and increasing the moral and
material resources of the Irish ; and but for the
circumstances which compelled the retreat north-
ward from Limerick, reducing and disorganizing
the national army, and leading in a long train of
still greater evils, as far as human ken could see,
the independent nationality of Ireland was tri-
umphantly consolidated and her freedom securely
established.
The battle of Faughard — or rather the fall of
Edward under such circumstances — was a deci-
sive termination of the whole struggle. The ex-
pected Scottish contingent arrived soon after;
but all was over, and it returned home. The
English king, some years subsequently, took
measures to guard against the recurrence of
such a formidable danger as that wliich had so
nearly wrested Ireland from his grasp — a Scotto-
Irish alliance. On March 17, 1328, a treaty
between England and Scotland was signed at
Edinburg, by which it was stipulated that, in
the event of a rebellion against Scotland in
Skye, Man, or the Islands, or against England in
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«»ch other's "rebel subjects." Ireland had
played for a great stake, and lost the game. The
nation that had reappeared for a moment again
disappeared, and once more the struggle against
the English power was waged merely by isolated
chiefs and princes, each one acting for himself
alone.
CHAPTER XXVI.
BOW THE ANQLO-IBISH LORDS LEARNED TO PREFER
IRISH MANNERS, LAWS, AND LANGUAGE, AND WERE
BECOMING "more IRISH THAN THE IRISH THEM-
SELVES." HOW THE KING IN LONDON TOOK
MEASURES TO ARREST THAT DREADED EVIL.
But a new danger arose to the English power.
It was not alone fresh armies and a constant
stream of subsidies that England found it neces-
sary to be pouring into Ireland, to insure the
retention of the Anglo-Noi'man Colony. Some-
thing more became requisite now. It was found
that a constant stream of fresh colonization from
England, a frequent change of governors, nay,
further, the most severe repressive laws, could
alone keep the colony English in spirit, in inter-
est, in language, laws, manners, and customs.
The descendants of the early Anglo-Norman set-
tlers— gentle and simple, lord and burgher —
were becoming thoroughly Hibernicized. Not-
withstanding the ceaseless warfare waged between
the Norman lords and the Irish chiefs, it was
found that the former were becoming absorbed
into or fused with the native element. The mid-
dle of the fourteenth century found the Irish
language and Brehon law, native Irish manners,
habits and customs, almost universally prevalent
among the Anglo-Normans in Ireland; while
marriage and "fosterage" — that most sacred
domestic tie in Gaelic estimation — were becom-
ing quite frequent between the noble families of
each race. In fact the great lords and nobles of
the Colony became chieftains, and their families
and following. Septs. Like the Irish chiefs,
whom they imitated in most things, they fought
against each other or against some native chief,
or sided with either of them, if choice so de-
terminer' Each earl or baron among them kept
his bard and his brehon, like any native prince ;
fcnd, in several instances, they began to drop
their Anglo-Norman names and take Irish ones
instead.
It needed little penetration on the part of the
king and his council in London to discern in
this state of things a peril far and away more
formidable than any the English power had yet
encountered in Ireland. True, the Anglo-Irish
lords had always as yet professed allegiance to the
English sovereign, and had, on the whole, so far
helped forward the English designs. But it was
easy to foresee that it would require but a few
more years of this process of fusion with the
native Irish race to make the Anglo-Ii'ish element
Ii'ish in every sense. To avert this dreaded and
now imminent evil, the London government
resolved to adopt the most stringent measures.
Among the first of these was a royal ordinance
issued in 1.3-41, declaring that whereas it had
appeared to the King (Edward the Third) and his
council that thej' would be better and more use-
fully served in Ireland by Englishmen whose
revenues were derived from England than by
Irish or English who possessed estates only in
Ireland, or were married there, the king's jus-
ticiary should therefore, after diligent inquiries,
remove all such officers as were married or held
estates in Ireland, and replace them by fit
Englishmen, having no personal interest what-
ever in Ireland. This ordinance set the Anglo-
Irish colony in a flame. Edward's lord-deputy.
Sir John Morris, alarmed at its efifect on the
proud and powerful barons, summoned them to
a parliament to meet in Dublin to i'eason over the
matter. But they would have no reasoning with
him. They contemptuously derided his sum-
mons, and called a parliament of their own,
which, accordingly, met at Kilkenny in Novem-
ber, 1342, whereat they adopted a strong remon-
strance, and forwarded it to the king, complain-
ing of the royal ordinance, and recriminating by
alleging, that to the ignorance and incapacity of
the English officials sent over from time to time
to conduct the government of the colony, was
owing the fact that the native Irish had possessed
themselves of nearly all the land that had ever
hitherto been wrested from them by the "gallant
services of themselves (the remonstrancers) or
their ancestors. " Edward was obliged to tempo-
rize. He answered this remonstrance graciously,
and "played" the dangerous barons.
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But the policy of the ordinance was not relin-
quished. It was to be pushed on as opportunity
offered. Eight years subsequent to the above
proceedings— in 1360 — Lionel, son of King
Edward, was sent over as lord-lieutenant. He
brought with him a considerable army, and was
io inaugurate the new system with great eclat.
He had personal claims to assert as well as a
atate policy to carry out. By his wife, Eliza-
beth de Burgh, he succeeded to the empty titles
ot Earl of Ulster and Lord of Connaught, and
the possessions supposed to follow them ; but
these were just then held by their rightful Irish
owners, and one of Lionel's objects was to ob-
tain them by force of arms for himself. Soon
after landing he marched against "the Irish
enemy," and, confident in the strength of newly-
landed legions, he issued a proclamation "for-
bidding any of L-ish birth to come near his
army." This arrogance was soon humbled.
His vaunted English army was a failure. The
Irish cut it to pieces; and Prince Lionel was
obliged to abandon the campaign, and retreated
to Dublin a prey to mortification and humilia-
tion. His courtiers plied him with flatteries in
order to cheer him. By a process not very
intelligible, they argued that he conquered
Glare, though, O'Brien had utterly defeated him
there, and compelled him to fly to Dublin ; and
they manufactured for him out of this piece of
adulatory invention the title oi" Clarence." But
he only half accepted these pleasant fictions, the
falseness of which he knew too well. He recalled
his arrogant and offensive proclamation, and
besought the aid of the Anglo-Irish. To gain
their favor he conferred additional titles and
privileges on some of them, and knighted several
of the most powerful commoners. After an ad-
ministration of seven years it was deemed high
time for Lionel to bring the new policy into
greater prominence. In 1367 he convened a par-
liament at Kilkenny, whereat he succeeded in
having passed that memorable statute known
ever since in history as "The Statute of Kil-
kenny"— the first formal enactment in that "penal
code of race" which was so elaborately developed
by all subsequent English legislation for hun-
dreds of years. The act sets out by reciting that
"Whereas, at the conquest of the land of Ii-eland,
and for a long time after, the English of the said
land used the English language, mode of riding,
and apparel, and were governed and ruled, both
they and their subjects, called Betaghese (villeins)
according to English law, etc. ; but now many
English of the said land, forsaking the English
language, manners, mode of riding, laws, and
usages, live and govern themselves according
to the manners, fashion and language of the
Irish enemies, and also have made divers mar-
riages and alliances between themselves and the
Irish enemies aforesaid: it is therefore enacted
(among other provisions), that all intermarriages,
festerings, gossipred, and buying or selling with
the enemy shall be accounted treason; that
English names, fashions, and manners shall be
resumed under penalty of the confiscation of the
delinquent's lands ; that March laws and Brehon
laws are illegal, and that there shall be no law
but English law ; that the Irish shall not pasture
their cattle on English lands, that the English
shall not entertain Irish rhymers, minstrels, or
news men; and, moreover, that no 'mere Irish-
man' shall be admitted to any ecclesiastical
benefice or religious house situated within the
English district."
The Anglo-Irish barons must have been
strangely overawed or overreached when they
were brought to pass this statute; several of
themselves being at that moment answerable to
all its penalties ! Its immediate result, however,
wellnigh completed the ruin of the power it was
meant to restore and strengthen. It roused the
native Irish to a full conception of the English
policy, and simultaneously, though without the
least concert, they fell upon the colony on all
sides, drove in the outposts, destroyed the
castles, hunted the barons, and reoccupied the
country very nearly up to the walls of Dublin.
"O'Connor of Connaught and O'Brien of Tho-
mond, " says Hardiman, "laid aside for the
moment their private feuds, and united against
the common foe. The Earl of Desmond, lord
justice, marched against them with a consider-
able ai-my, but was defeated and slain (captured)
in a sanguinary engagement, fought a.d. 1369
in the county of Limerick. 0'1'arrell, the chief-
tain of Annaly, committed great slaughter in
Meath. The O'Mores, Cavanaghs, ' 0 'Byrnes,
and O'Tooles, pressed upon Leinster, and the
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English of the Pale were seized with consterna-
tion and dismay, and terror and confusion
reigned in their councils, while the natives con-
tinued to gain ground upon them in every direc-
tion. At this crisis an opportunity offered such
as had never before occurred, of terminating the
dominion of the English in Ireland ; but if the
natives had ever conceived such a project, they
were never sufficiently united to achieve it. The
opportunity passed away, and the disunion of
the Irish saved the colony."
As for the obnoxious statute, it was found im-
possible to enforce it further. Cunning policy
did not risk permanent defeat by pressing it at
such a moment. It was allowed to remain "a
dead letter" for a while; not dead, however, but
only slumbering.
CHAPTER XXVII.-
HOW THE VAINGLORIOUS EICH.UtD OF ENGLAND AND
HIS OVERWHELMING ARMY FAILED TO " DAZZLE "
OB CONQUER THE PRINCE OF LEINSTER. CAREER
OF THE HEROIC ART m'mURROGH.
The close of the century which witnessed the
events I have been mentioning, brought about
another "royal visit" to Ireland. The weak,
vain, and pomp-loving Richard the Second vis-
ited this country twice in the course of his ill-
fated career — for the first time 1394. I would
not deem either worth more than a passing word
(for both of them were barren of results), were
it not that they interweave with the story of the
chivalrous Art M'Murrogh "Kavanagh," Prince
of Leinster, whose heroic figure stands out in
glorious prominence on this page of Irish his-
tory.
If theM'Murroghs of Leinster in 1170 contrib-
uted to our national annals one character of evil
fame, they were destined to give, two centuries
later on, another, illustrious in all that ennobles
or adorns the patriot, the soldier, or the states-
man. Eva M'Murrogh, daughter of Diarmid the
Traitor, who married Strongbow the Freebooter,
claimed to be only child of her father born in
lawful wedlock. That there were sons of her
father then living, was not questioned ; but she,
or her husband on her behalf, setting up a claim
of inheritance to Diarmid's possessions, im-
pugned their legitimacy. | However this may
have been, the sept proceeded according to law
and usage under fho Irish constitution, to elect
from the reigningfamily a successor to Diarmid,
and they raised to the chieftaincy his son Donal.
Thenceforth the name of M'Murrogh is heard of
in Irish history only in connection with the
bravest and boldest efforts of patriotism. When-
ever a blow was to be struck for Ireland, the
M'Murroghs were the readiest in tlie field — the
"first in front and last in rear." They became
a formidable barrier to the English encroach-
ments, and in importance were not second to any
native power in Ireland. In 1350 the sept was
ruled by Art, or Arthur the First, father of our
hero. "To carry on a war against him," we are
told, "the whole English interest was assessed
with a special tax. Louth contributed twenty
pounds, Meath and Waterford two shillings, on
every carucate (one hundred and forty acres) of
tilled land; Kilkenny the same sum, with the
addition of 6d. in the pound on chattels. This
Art captured the strong castles of Kilbelle, Gal-
barstown, Rathville; and although his career was
not one of invariable success, he bequeathed to
his son, also called Art, in 1375, an inheritance
extending over a large portion — perhaps one-half
— of the territory ruled by his ancestors before
the invasion."
From the same historian* I take the subjoined
sketch of the early career of that son. Art the
Second. "Art M'Murrogh, or Art Kavanagh, as
he is commonly called, was born in the year
1357, and from the age of sixteen and upward
was distinguished by his hospitality, knowledge,
and feats of arms. Like the great Brian, he was
a younger son, but the fortune of war removed
one by one those who would otherwise have
preceded him in the captaincy of his clan and
connections. About the year 1375 — while he was
still under age — he was elected successor to his
father, according to the annalists, who record his
death in 1417, 'after being forty-two years in the
government of Leinster.' Fortunately he at-
tained command at a period favorable to his
genius and enterprise. His own and the adjoin-
ing tribes were aroused by tidings of snceess
from other provinces, and the partial victories of
their immediate predecessors, to entertain bolder
* M'Gee.
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schemes, and tbey only ■waited for a chief of dis-
tinguished ability to concentrate their efforts.
This chief they found, where they naturally
looked for him, amoog the old ruling family of
the province. Nor were the English settlers
ignorant of his promise. In the parliament held
at Castledermot in 1377 they granted to him the
customary annual tribute paid to his house.
.... Art M'Murrogh the younger not only ex-
tended the bounds of his inheritance and imposed
tribute on the English settlers in adjoining dis-
tricts during the first years of his rule, but hav-
ing married a noble lady of the 'Pale, ' Elizabeth,
heiress to the barony of Norragh, in Kildare,
Avhich included Naas and its neighborhood, he
claimed her inheritance in full, though forfeited
under 'the statute of Kilkenny,' according to
English notions. So necessary did it seem to
the deputy and council of the day to conciliate
their formidable neighbor, that they addressed a
special representation to King Richard, setting
forth the facts of the case, and adding that
M'Murrogh threatened, until this lady's estates
were restored and the arrears of tribute due to
him fully discharged, he should never cease from
war, 'but would join with the Earl of Desmond
against the Earl of Ormond, and afterward return
with a great force out of Munster to ravage the
Country.' . . . By this time the banner of
Art M'Murrogh floated over all the castles and
raths on the slope of the Ridge of Leinster, or
the steps of the Blackstair hills ; while the for-
ests along the Barrow and the Upper Slaney, as
well as in the plain of Carlow and in the south-
western angle of Wicklow (now the barony of
Shillelagh), served still better his purposes of
defensive warfare.
"S» entirely was the range of country thus
vaguely defined under native sway that John
Griffin, the English bishop of Leighlin and
chancellor of the exchequer, obtained a grant
in 1389 of the town of Gulroestown, in the
county of Dublin, 'near the marches of O'Toole,
seeing ho could not live within his own see for
the rebels. ' In 1390, Peter Creagh, Bishop of
Limerick, on his way to attend an Anglo-Irish
parliament, was taken prisoner in that region,
and in consequence the usual fine was remitted in
his favor. In 1392, James, the third earl of
Ormond, gave M'Murrogh a severe check at Tis-
coffin, near Shankill, where six hundred of his
clansmen were left dead among the hills.
"This defeat, however, was thrown into the
shade by the capture of New Ross, on the very
eve of Richard's arrival at Waterford. In a
previous chapter we have described the fortifica-
tions erected round this important seaport
toward the end of the thirteenth century. Since
that period its progress had been steadily on-
ward. In the reign of Edward the Third the
controversy which had long subsisted between
the merchants of New Ross and those of Water-
ford, concerning the trade monopolies claimed
by the latter, had been decided in favor of Ross.
At this period it could muster in its own defense
363 cross-bowmen, 1,200 long bowmen, 1,200
pikemen, and 104 horsemen — a force which
would seem to place it second to Dublin in point
of military strength. The capture of so impor-
tant a place by M'Murrogh was a cheering omen
to his followers. He razed the walls and towers,
and carried off gold, silver, and hostages."
From the first sentence in the concluding pas-
sage of the foregoing extract it will be gathered,
that it was at this juncture the vainglorious
Richard made his first visit to L'eland. He had
just recently been a candidate for the imperial
throne of the Germanic empire, and had been
rejected in a manner most wounding to his pride.
So he formed the project of visiting Ireland with
a display of pomp, power, and royal splendor,
such afe had not been seen in Europe for a long
time, and would, he was firmly persuaded,
enable him to accomplish the complete subjuga-
tion of the Irish kingdom after the manner of
that Roman general who came and saw and con-
quered. Early in October he landed at Water-
ford with a force of 30,000 bowmen and 4,000
men-at-arms; a force in those days deemed
ample to overrun and conquer the strongest king-
dom, and far exceeding many that sufficed to
change the fate of empires previously and subse-
quently in Europe. This vast army was trans-
ported across the channel in a fleet of some three
hundred ships or galleys. Great pains were
taken to provide the expedition with all the ap-
pliances and features of impressive pageantry ;
and in the king's train, as usual, came the chief
nobles of England — his uncle, the duke of Glos-
ter, the young earl of March (heir apparent), and
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71
oi earls and iords a goodly attendance, besides
several prelates, abbots, and other ecclesiastical
dignitaries. But with this vast expedition King
Eichard accomplished in Ireland just as much as
that king in the ballad, who "marched up the
hill, and then marched down again." He re-
hearsed King Henry and King John on Irish soil.
The Irish princes were invited to visit their
"friend" the mighty and puissant king of Eng-
land. They did visit him, and were subjected,
as of old, to the "dazzling" process. They were
patronizingly fondled ; made to understand that
their magnanimous suzerain was a most power-
ful, and most grand, and most gorgeous poten-
tate, own brother of the Sun and Moon. They
accepted his flattering attentions ; but they did
not altogether so clearly understand or accept a
proposition he made them as to surrendering
their lands and chieftaincies to him, and receiv-
ing, instead, royal pensions and English titles
from his most gracious hand. Manj' of the Irish
princes yielded, from one motive or another, to
this insidious proposition. But foremost among
those who could not be persuaded to see the ex-
cellence of this arrangement was the young
prince of Leinster, whose fame had already filled
the land, and whose victories had made the Eng-
lish king feel ill at ease. Art would not come to
"court" to reason over the matter with the bland
and puissant king. He was obdurate. He re-
sisted all "dazzling. " He mocked at the roj^al
pageants, and snapped his fingers at the brother
of the Sun and Moon. All this was keenly mor-
tifying to the vainglorious Eichard. There was
nothing for it but to send a royal commissioner
to treat with Art. He accordingly dispatched
the earl marshal (Mowbray) to meet and treat
with the prince of Leinster. On the jilain of
Balligory, near Carlow, the conference took place,
Art being accompanied by his uncle Malachi.
The earl marshal soon found that he had in Art a
statesman as well as a soldier to treat with. Art
proudly refused to treat with an inferior. If he
was to treat at all, it should be with the king
himself! Mowbray had to bend to this humiliat-
ing rebuff and try to palaver the stern M'Mur-
rogh. In vain! Art's final answer was, that "so
far from yielding his own lauds, his wife's patri-
mony in Kildare should instantly be restored to
him; or — " Of course this broke up the confer-
ence. The earl marshal returned with the un-
welcome news to the king, who flew into rage!
What! He, the great, the courtly, the puissant,
and gorgeous King Eichard of England, thus
haughtily treated by a mere Irish prince! By
the toenails of William the Conqueror, this as-
tounding conduct should meet a dreadful chas-
tisement! He would wipe out this haughty
prince! The defiant M'Murrogh should be made
to feel the might of England's royal arm! So,
putting himself at the head of his grand army,.
King Eichard set out wrathfully to annihilate
Art.
But the Legenian chief soon taught him a bit-
ter lesson. Art's superior military genius, the
valor of his troops, and the patriotism of the
population, soon caused the vastness of the in-
vading English host to be a weakness, not a
strength. Eichard found his march tedious and
tardy. It was impossible to make in that
strange and hostile country commissariat ar-
rangements for such an enormous army. Im-
penetrable forests and impassable bogs were
varied only by mountain defiles defended with
true Spartan heroism by the fearless M'Murrogh
clansmen. Then the weather broke into severity
awful to endure. Fodder for the horses, food
for the men, now became the sole objects of each
day's labor on the part of King Eichard's grand
army; "but," says the historian, "M'Murrogh
swept off everything of the nature of food — took
advantage of his knowledge of the country to
burst upon the enemy by night, to entrap them
into ambuscades, to separate the cavalry from the
foot, and by many other stratagems to thin their
ranks and harass the stragglers." In fine, King
Eichard's splendid army, stuck fast in the Wick-
low mountains, was a wreck: while the vengeful
and victorious Lagenians hovered around, daily
growing more daring in their disastrous assaults.
Eichard found there was nothing for it but to
supplicate Art, and obtain peace at an3' price.
A deputation of "the English and Irish of Lein-
ster" was dispatched to him by the king, making
humble apologies and inviting him to a confer-
ence with his majesty in Dublin, where, if he
would thus honor the king, he should be the
royal guest, and learn how highly his valor and
wisdom were esteemed by the English sovereign.
Art acceded, and permitted Eichard to make his
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way in peace northward to Dublin, crestfallen
and defeated, with the relics of his grand army
and the tattered rags of the gilt silk banners, the
crimson canopies and other regal "properties"
that were to have "dazzled" the sept of M'Mur-
rogh.
Art, a few months afterward followed, accord-
ing to invitation ; but he had not been long in
Dublin — where Richard had by great exertions
(once more established a royal court with all its
splendors — when he found himself in the hands
of treacherous and faithless foes. He was seized
and imprisoned on a charge of "conspiring"
against the king. Nevertheless, Richard found
that he daied not carry out the base plot of
which this was meant to be the beginning. He
had already got a taste of what he might expect
if he relied on fighting to conquer Ireland ; and,
on reflection, he seems to have decided that the
overreaching arts of diplomacy, and the seduc-
tions of court life were pleasauter modes of ex-
tendirjg his nominal sway than conducting cam-
paigns like that in which he had already lost a
splendid army and tarnished the tinsel of his
vain prestige. So Art was eventually set at lib-
erty, but three of his neighboring fellow-chief-
tains were retained as "hostages" for him; and
it is even said that before he was released some
form or promise of submission was extorted from
him by the treacherous "hosts" who had so
basely violated the sanctity of hospitality to
which he had frankly trusted. Not long after,
an attempt was made to entrap and murder him
in one of the Norman border castles, the owner
of which had invited him to a friendly feast. As
M'Murrogh was sitting down to the banquet, it
happened that the quick eye of his bard detected
in the courtyard outside certain movements of
troops that told him at once what was afoot. He
knew that if he or his master openly and sud-
denly manifested their discovery of the danger,
they were lost; their jierfidious hosts would slay
them at the board. Striking his harp to an old
Irish air, the minstrel commenced to sing to the
music ; but the words in the Gaelic tongue soon
caught the ear of JI'Murrogh. They warned
bim to bo calm, circumspect, yet ready and reso-
lute, for that ho was in the toils of the foe. The
prince divined all in an instant. He maintained
a calm demeanor until, seizing a favorable pre-
text for reaching the yard, he sprang to horse,
dashed through his foes, and, sword in hand,
hewed his way to freedom. This second instance
of perfidy completely persuaded M'Murrogh that
he was dealing with faithless foes, whom no bond
of honor could bind, and with whom no truce
was safe ; so, unfurling once more the Lagenian
standard, he declared war a la mort against the
English settlement.
It was no light struggle he thus inaugurated.
Alone, unaided, he challenged and fought for
twenty years the full power of England; in many
a dearly-bought victory proving himself truly
worthy of his reputation as a master of military
science. The ablest generals of England were
one by one sent to cope with him ; but Art out-
matched them in strategy and outstripped them
in valor. In the second year's campaign the
strongly -fortified frontier town and castle of Car-
low fell before him ; and in the next year (July
20, 1398) was fought the memorable battle of
Kenlis. "Here, "says a historian, "fell the heir
presumptive to the English crown, whose prema-
ture removal was one of the causes which con-
tributed to the revolution in England a year or
two later. ' '* We can well credit the next suc-
ceeding observation of the historian just quoted,
that "the tidings of this event filled the Pale with
consternation, and thoroughly aroused the vin-
dictive temper of Richard. He at once dis-
patched to Dublin his half-brother, the Earl of
Kent, to whom he made a gift of Carlow castle
and town, to be held (if taken) by knight's serv-
ice. He then, as much perhaps to give occupa-
tion to the minds of his people as to prosecute
his old project of subduing Ireland, began to
make preparations for his second expedition
thither."
CHAPTER XXVin.
HOW THE VAINGLORIOUS ENGLISH KING TRIED ANOTHER
CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE INVINCIBLE IRISH PRINCE,
AND WAS UTTERLY DEFEATED AS BEFORE.
Of this second expedition of King Richard
there is extant an account written by a French-
man who was in his train. In all its main fea-
tures expedition number two was a singular
repetition of expedition number one; vastprepa-
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rations and levies of men and materials, ships
and armaments, as if for the invasion and sub-
jugation of one of the most povrerful empires of
the world ; gorgeous trajipings, courtly attend-
ants, and all the necessaries for renewed experi-
ments with the royal "dazzling" policy. Land-
ing at "Waterford, Richard, at the head of his
panoplied host, marched against M'Murrogh,
who, to a lofty and magnilociuent invitation to
seek the king's gracious clemency, had rudely
replied, "that he would neither submit to
nor obey him in any way ; and that he would
never cease from war and the defense of his
country until his death." To the overawing
force of the English king. Art had, as the French
narrator informs us, just "three thousand hardy
men, who did not appear to be much afraid of
the English." M'Murrogh's tactics were those
which had stood in such good stead on the previ-
ous occasion. He removed all the cattle and
corn, food and fodder of every kind, as well as
the women, children, aged, and helpless of his
people, into the interior, while he himself, at the
head of his Spartan band, "few, but undis-
mayed," took up a position at Idrone awaiting
the invaders. Once more Richard found his
huge army entangled in impenetrable forests,
hemmed in by bogs, morass, and mountain —
M'Murrogh fighting and retiring with deadly
craft to draw him deeper and deeper into diffi-
culty, "harassing him dreadfully, carrying off
everything fit for food for man or beast, surpris-
ing and slaying his foragers, and filling his camp
nightly with alarm and blood." A crumb of
consolation greatly regarded by the mortified
and humiliated English king was the appearance
one day in his camp of Art's uncle giving in sub-
mission, supplicating for himself "pardon and
favor. ' ' This Richard only too joyfully granted ;
and, allowing the incident to persuade him that
Art himself might also be wavering, a royal mes-
sage was sent to the Leinster prince assuring him
of free pardon, and "castles and lands in abun-
dance elsewhere, " if only he would submit. The
Frenchman records M'Murrogh's reply: "Mac-
Mor told the king's people that for all the gold
in the world he would not submit himself, but
would continue to war and endamage the king in
all that he could." This ruined Richard's last
hope of anything like a fair pretext for abandon-
ing his enterprise. He now relinquished all idea
of assailing M'Murrogli, and marched as best ho
could toward Dublin, his army meanwhile suffer-
ing fearfully from famine. After some days of
di'eadful privation they reached the seashore at
Arklow, where ships with provisions from Dublin
awaited them. The soldiers rushed into the sea
to reach at the food, fought for it ravenously,
and drank all the wine they could seize. Soon
after this timely relief, a still more welcome
gleam of fortune fell upon the English host. A
messenger arrived from Art exjiressing his will-
ingness to meet some accredited ambassador from
the king and discuss the matters at issue between
them. "Whereupon, says the chronicler, there
was great joy in the English camp. The Earl of
Gloster was at onqe dispatched to treat with Art.
The French knight was among the earl's escort,
and witnessed the meeting, of which he has left
a quaint description. He describes Art as a.
"fine large man, wondrously active. To look at
him he seemed very stern and savage and a verj"-
able man." The horse which Art i"ode especially
transfixed the Frenchman's gaze. He declares,
that a steed more exquisitely beautiful, more
marvelously fleet, he had never beheld. "In
coming down it galloped so hard, that, in my
opinion, I never saw; hare, deer, sheep, or any
other animal, I declare to you for a certainty,
run with such speed as it did." This horse Art
rode "without housing or saddle," yet sat like a
king, and guided with utmost ease in the most
astounding feats of horsemanship. "He and the
earl," the Frenchman tells, "exchanged much
discourse, but did not come to agreement. They
took short leave and hastily parted. Each took
his way apart, and the earl returned to King
Richard." The announcement brought by his
ambassador was a sore disappointment to the
king. Art would only agree to "peace without
reserve;" "otherwise he will never come to
agreement." "This speech," continues the
Frenchman, "was not agreeable to the king. It.
appeared to me that his face grew pale with
anger. He swore in great wrath by St. Bernard
that no, never would he depart from Ireland till,,
alive or dead, he had him in his power."
Rash oath — soon broken. Little thought
Richard when he so hotly swore against Art in
such impotent anger that he would have to quit
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Ireland, leaving Art free, unconquered, and defi-
ant, while he returned to England only to find
himself a crownless monarch, deposed and friend-
less, in a few brief days subsequently to meet a
treacherous cruel death in Pontefract castle !
All this, however, though near at hand, was as
yet in the unforeseen future; and Richard, on
reaching Dublin, devoted himself once more to
"dazzling" revels there. But while he feasted
he forgot not his hatred of the indomitabl-e
M'Murrogh. "A hundred marks in pure gold"
were publicly proclaimed by the king to any one
who should bring to him in Dublin, alive or
dead, the defiant prince of Leinster; against
whom, moreover, the army, divided into three
divisions, were dispatched upon a new campaign.
Soon the revels and marchings were abruptly in-
terrupted by sinister news from England. A
formidable rebellion had broken out there,
headed by the banished Lancaster. Richard
marched southward with all speed to take ship-
ping at "Waterford, collecting on the way the
several divisions of his armJ^ He embarked for
England, but arrived too late. His campaign
against Art M'Murrogh had cost him his crown,
eventually his life; had changed the dynasty in
England, and seated the house of Lancaster upon
the throne.
For eighteen years subsequently the invincible
Art reigned over his inviolate territory ; his
career to the last being a record of brilliant
victories over every expedition sent against it.
As we wade through the crowded annals of those
years, his name is ever found in connection with
some gallant achievement.
"Wherever else the fight is found going against
Ireland, whatever hand falters or falls in the un-
broken struggle, in the mountains of "Wicklow
there is one stout arm, one bold heart, one glor-
ious intellect, ever nobly daring and bravely
conquering in the cause of native land. Art,
"whose activity defied the chilling effects of age,
poured his cohorts through Sculloge Gap on the
igarrisons of Wexford, taking in rapid succession
in one campaign (1400) the castles of Camolins,
Ferns, and Enniscorthy. A few years subse-
quently his last great battle, probably the most
HeriouB engagement of his life, was fought by
him against the whole force of the Palo under
the walls of Dublin. The duke of Lancaster, son
of the king and lord lieutenant of Ireland, issued
orders for the concentration of a powerful army
for an expedition southward against M'Murrogh's
allies. But M'Murrogh and the mountaineers
of Wicklow now felt themselves strong enough to
take the iniative. They crossed the plain which
lies to the north of Dublin and encamped at
Kilmainham, where Roderick, when he besieged
the city, and Brian before the battle of Clontarf,
had i)itched their tents of old. The English and
Anglo-Irish forces, under the eye of their prince,
marched out to dislodge them in four divisions.
The first was led by the duke in person; the sec-
ond by the veteran knight, Jenicho d'Artois;
the third by Sir Edward Perrers, an English
knight ; and the fourth by Sir Thomas Butler,
prior of the order of St. John, afterward created
by Henry the Fifth, for his distinguished serv-
ice, earl of Kilmain. With M'Murrogh were
O 'Byrne, O'Nolan, and other chiefs, beside his
sons, nephews, and relatives. The numbers on
each side could hardly fall short of ten thousand
men, and the action may be fairly considered one
of the most decisive of those times. The duke
wascarried back wounded into Dublin ; the slopes
of Inchicore and the valley of the Liffey were
strewn with the dying and the dead ; the river at
that point obtained from the Leinster Irish the
name of Athcroe, or the ford of slaughter ; the
widowed city was filled with lamentation and
dismay."
This was the last endeavor of the English
power against Ai-t. "While he lived no further
attacks were made upon his kindred or country."
He was not, alas! destined to enjoy long the
peace he had thus conquered from his powerful
foes by a forty-four years' war! On January
12, 1417, he died at Ross in the sixtieth year of
his age, many of the chroniclers attributing
his death to jioison administered in a drink.
Whether the enemies whom he had so often van-
quished in the battlefield resorted to such foul
means of accomplishing his removal, is, how-
ever, only a matter of suspicion, resting mainly
on the fact that his chief brehon, O'Doran,
who with him had partaken of a drink given
them by a woman on the wayside as they passed,
also died on the same day, and was attacked with
like symptoms. Leeches' skill was vain to save
the heroic chief. His grief-stricken people fol-
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lowed him to the ^ave, well knowing and keenly
feeling that in him they had lost their invincible
tower of defense. He had been called to the
chieftaincy of Leinster at the early age of sixteen
years; and on the very threshold of his career
had to draw the sword to defend the integrity of
his principality. From that hour to the last of
his battles, more than forty years subsequent, he
proved himself one of the moat consummate mili-
tary tacticians of his time. Again and again he
met and defeated the proudest armies of Eng-
land, led by the ablest generals of the age. "He
was," say the Four Masters, "a man distin-
guished for his hospitality, knowledge, and feats
of arms ; a man full of prosperity and royalty ; a
founder of churches and monasteries by his
bounties and contributions." In fine, our his-
tory enumerates no braver soldier, no nobler
character, than Art M'Murrogh "Kavanagh,"
prince of Leiuster.
CHAPTER XXIX.
HOV. i'HE CIVIL WAB8 IN ENGLAND LEFT THE ANGLO-
IKISH COLONY TO BUIN. HOW THE IRISH DID NOT
GRASP THE OPPORTUNITY OF EASY LIBERATION.
Within the hundred years next succeeding the
events we have just traced — the period embraced
between 1420 and 1520 — England was convulsed
by the great civil war of the White and Red
Roses, the houses of York and Lancaster. Irish
history during the same period being chiefly a
record of the contest for mastery between the
two principal families of the Pale — the Butlers
and the Geraldines. During this protracted
civil sti'uggle, which bathed England in blood,
the colony in Ireland had, of course, to be left
very much to its own resources ; and, as a nat-
ural consequence, its dimensions gradually con-
tracted, or rather it ceased to have any defined
boundary at all, and the merest exertion on the
part of the Irish must have suflBced to sweep it
away completely. Here was, in fine, the oppor-
tunity of opportunities for the native population,
had they but been in a position to avail of it, or
had they been capable of profiting by any oppor-
tunity, to accomplish with scarcely an effort the
complete deliverance of their country. England
was powerless for aggreaeion, torn, distracted,
wasted, paralyzed, by a protracted civil war.
The lords of the Pale were equally disunited and
comparatively helpless. One-hundredth part oi
the exertion put forth so bravely, yet so vainly,
by the native princes in the time of Donald
O'Neill and Robert Bruce would have more than
sufficed them now to sweep from the land everj'
vestige of foreign rule. The chain hung so
loo.sely that they had but to arise and shake it
from their limbs. They literally needed but to
will it, and they were free !
Yet not an effort, not a movement, not a mo-
tion, during all this time — while this supreme
opportunity was passing away forever — was made
by the native Irish to grasp the prize thus almost
thrust into their hand — the prize of national
freedom! They had boldly and bravely striven
for it before, when no such opportunity invited
them ; they were subsequently to strive for it yet
again with valor and daring as great, when every
advantage would be arrayed against them. But
now, at the moment when they had but to reach
out their hand and grasp the object of all their
endeavors, they seemed dead to all conceptions
of duty or policy. The individual chiefs, north,
south, east, and west, lived on in the usual way.
They fought each other or the neighboring
Anglo-Norman lord just as usual, or else they
enjoyed as a pleasant diversification a spell of
tranquility, peace, and friendship. In the rela-
tions between the Pale and the Irish ground
there was, for the time, no regular government
"policy" of any kind on either hand. Each
Anglo-Norman lord, and each Irish chieftain, did
very much as be himself pleased ; made peace or
war with his neighbors, or took anj' side he
listed in the current conflicts of the period.
Some of the Irish princes do certainly appear to
have turned this time of respite to a good ac-
count, if not for national interests, for other not
less sacred interests. Many of them employed
their lives during this century in rehabilitating
religion and learning in all their pristine power
and grandeur. Science and literature once more
began to flourish ; and the shrines of Rome and
Compostello were thronged with pilgrim chiefs
and princes, paying their vows of faith, from
the Western Isle. Within this period lived Mar-
garet of Offaly, the beautiful and accomplished
queen of 0 'Carroll, king of Ely. She and her
husband were munificent patrons of literature.
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tttt, aad iseience. On Queen Margaret's special
inyitation the literati of Ireland and Scotland, to
the number of nearly three thousand, held a
"session" for the furtherance of literary and
scientific interests, at her palace, near Killeagh,
in Offaly, the entire assemblage being the guests
of the king and queen during their stay. "The
nave of the great church of Da Sinchell was con-
Terted for the occasion into a banqueting hall,
where Margaret herself inaugurated the proceed-
ing by placing two massive chalices of gold, as
offerings, on the high altar, and committing two
orphan children to the charge of nurses to be
fostered at her charge. Eobed in cloth of gold,
this illustrious lady, who was as distinguished
for her beauty as for her generosity, sat in
queenly state in one of the galleries of the
church, surrounded by the clergy, the brehons,
and her private friends, shedding a luster on the
scene which was passing below, while her hus-
band, who had often encountered England's
greatest generals in battle, remained mounted on
a charger outside the church to bid the guests
welcome, and see that order was preserved. The
invitations were issued, and the guests arranged,
according to a list prepared by O'Connor's chief
brehon ; and the second entertainment, which
took 'place at Eathangan, was a supplemented
one, to embrace such men of learning as had not
been brought together at the former feast."
CHAPTER XXX.
HOW THE NEW ELEMENT OP ANT.4a0NISM CAME INTO
THE STRUGGLE HOW THE ENGLISH KING AND
NATION ADOPTED A NEW RELIGION, AND HOW THE
IRISH HELD FAST BY THE OLD.
The time was now at hand when, to the exist-
ing elements of strife and hatred between the
Irish and the English nations, there was to be
added one more fierce than all the rest; one
bitterly intensifying the issues of battle already
knit with such deadly vehemence between the Celt
and the Saxon. Christendom was being rent in
twain by a terrible convulsion. A new religion had
flung aloft the standard of revolt and revolution
against the successors of St. Peter; and the
Christian world was being divided into two hos-
tile camps — of the old faith and the new. This
was not the mere agitation of new theories of
subverting tendencies, pushed and preached with
vehemence to the overturning of the old; but
the crash of a politico-religious revolution,
bursting like the eruption of a volcano, and as
suddenly spreading confusion and change far
and wide. The political policy and the personal
aims and interests of kings and princes gave to
the new doctrines at their very birth a range of
dominion greater than original Christianity
itself had been able to attain in a century.
Almost instantaneously, princes and magnates
grasped at the new theories according as per-
sonal or state policy dictated. To each and all
of them those theories offered one most tempting
and invaluable advantage — supremacy, spiritual
and temporal, unshadowed, unrestrained, unac-
countable, and irresponsible on eartn. No more
of vexing conflicts with the obstinate Roman
Pontiffs. No more of supplications to the Holy
See "with whispering breath and bated humble-
ness," if a divorce was needed or a new wife
sighted while yet the old one was alive. No-
more humiliating submissions to the penances or
conditions imposed by that antique tribunal in
the Eternal City; but each one a king, spiritual
as well as temporal, in his own dominions. Who
would not hail such a system ? There was pei -
haps not one among the kings of Europe who had
not, at one time or another, been made to feel
unpleasantly the restraint put on him by the
pope, acting either as spiritual pontiff or in his
capacity of chief arbiter in the disputes of the
Christian family. Sometimes, though rarely,
this latter function — entirely of human origin
and authority — seemed to sink into mere state
policy, and like all human schemes, had its vary-
ing characteristics of good and ill. But that
which most frequently brought the Popes into
conflict with the civil r;ilersof the world was the
striving of the Holy See to mitigate the evils of
villeinage or serfdom appertainins; to the feudal
system ; to restrain by the sjiiritual authority-
the lawless violence and passion of feudal lords
and kings; and, above all, to maintain the sanc-
tity and invioliability of the marriage tie,
whether in the cottage of the bondman or in the
palace of the king. To many of the European
sovereigns, therefore, the newly propounded
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affected the public policy of individual princes,
prescinding entirely from its doctrinal aspect)
held forth powerful attractions; yet among the
Teutonic principalities by the Rhine alone was
it readily embraced at first.
So far, identity of faith had prevailed between
England and Ireland; albeit English churchmen
— archbishops, bishops, priests, and monks —
waged the national war in their own way against
the Irish hierarchj;, clergy, and people, as hotly
as the most implacable of the military chiefs.
With the cessation of the civil war iu England,
and the restoration of English national power
during the reign of the seventh Henry, the
state policy of strengthening and extending the
English colony in Ireland was vigorously re-
sumed ; and the period which witnessed the out-
break of the religious revolution in Germany
found the sensual and brutal Henry the Eighth
engaged in a savage war upon the Irish nation.
Henry early entered the lists against the new
doctrines. He wrote a controversial pamphlet
in refutation of Luther's dogmas, and was re-
warded therefor by an encomiastic letter from
the pope conferring on him the title of "De-
fender of the Faith. ' ' Indeed, ever since the time
of Adrian, the popes had always been wondrously
friendly toward the English kings; much too
ready to give them "aid and comfort" in their
schemes of Irish subjugation, and much too little
regardful of the heroic people that were battling
so persistently in defence of their nationality.
A terrible lesson was now to awaken Rome to
remorse and sorrow. The power she had aided
and sanctioned in those schemes was to turn
from her with unblushing apostasy, and become
the most deadly and malignant of her foes ; while
that crushed and broken nation whom she had
uninquiringly given up to be the prey of merci-
less invaders, was to shame this ingratitude and
perfidy by a fidelity and devotedness not to be
surpassed in the history of the world.
Henr3'-^a creature of mere animal passions —
tired of his lawful wife, and desired another.
He applied to Rome for a divorce. He was, of
course, refused. He pressed his application
again in terms that but too plainly foreshadowed
to the supreme pontiff what the result of a re-
fusal might be. It was, no doubt, a serious con-
tingency for the Holy See to contemplate — the
defection to the new religion of a king and a
nation so powerful as the English. In fact, it
would give to the now creed a status and a power
it otherwise would not possess. To avert this
disaster to Catholicity, it was merely required to
wrong one woman ; merely to permit a lustful
king to have his way, and sacrifice to his brute
passions his helpless wife. "With full conscious-
ness, however, of all that the refusal implied, the
Holy See refused to permit to a king that which
could not be permitted to the humblest of his
subjects — refused to allow a wife's rights to be
sacrificed, even to save to the side of Catholicity
for three centuries the great and powerful Eng-
lish nation.
Henry had an easy wa^' out of the difficulty.
According to the Jle^^, system, he would have no
need to incur such mortifying refusals from this
intractable, antiquated, and unprogressive tribu-
nal at Rome, but could grant to himself divorces
and dispensations ad libitum. So he threw off
the pope's authority, embraced the new religion,
and helped himself to a new wife as often as he
pleased ; merely cutting off the head of the dis-
carded one after he had granted himself a divorce
from her.
In a country where feudal institutions and
ideas prevailed, a king who could appease the
lords carried the nation. In England, at this
period, the masses of the people, though for
some time past by the letter of the law freed from
villeinage, were still, practically, the creatures of
the lords and barons, and depended upon, looked
up to, and followed them with the olden stolid
docility. Henry, of course, though he might
himself have changed as he listed, could never
have carried the nation over with him into the
new creed, had he not devised a means for giving
the lords and barons also a material interest iia
the change. This he effected by sharing with
them the rich plunder of the church. Fow
among the English nobility were proof against
the great temptations of kingly favor and princely
estates, and the great perils of kingly anger and
confiscations. For, in good truth, even at a very
early stage of the business, to hesitate was to
lose life as well as possessions, inasmuch as-
Henry unceremoniously chopped off the heads of
those who wavered or refused to join him in the
new movement. The feudal system sarried
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England bodily over with the king. Once he
was able to get to his side (by proposing liberal
bribes out of the plundered abbej' lands) a
sufficient number of the nobles, the game was all
in his hands. The people counted for nothing
in such a system. They went with their lords,
like the cattle stock on the estates. The English
bishops, mostly scions of the noble houses, were
not greatly behind in the corrupt and cowardly
acceptance of the king's scheme; but there were
in the episcopacy noble and glorious exceptions
to this spectacle of baseness. The body of the
clergy, too, made a brave struggle for a time;
but the king and the nobles made light of what
they could do. A brisk application of the ax
and the block — a rattling code of penalties for
premunire and so forth — and soon the trouble-
some priests were all either killed off or ban-
ished.
But now, thought Henry, what of Ireland!
How is the revolution likely to be received by
the English colony there ? In ti'uth, it was quite
a ticklish consideration ; and Henry appears to
have apprehended very nearly that which actually
resulted — namely, that in proportion as the
Anglo-Irish lords had become hibernicized, they
would resist that revolution, and stand by the
old faith ; while those of them least imbued with
Irish sentiment would proportionately be on his
side.
Among the former, and of all others most
coveted now and feared for their vast influence
and power, were the Geraldines. Scions of that
great house had been among the earliest to drop
their distinctive character as Anglo-Norman
lords, and become Anglo-Irish chiefs — adopting
the institutions, laws, language, manners, and
customs of the native Irish. For years the head
of the family had been kept on the side of the
English power, simply by confiding to him its
supreme control in Ireland ; but of the Irish .sym-
pathies of Clan Gerald, Henry had misgivings
sore, and ruefully su.spocted now that it would
lead the van in a powerful struggle in Ireland
against his politico-religious revolution. In
fact, at the very moment in which he was plung-
ing into his revolt against the pope, a rebellion,
led by a Geraldine chief, was shaking to its
foundations the English power in Ireland — the
rebellion of "Silken Thomas."
CHAPTER XXXI.
"those geraldines! those geraldines!"
The history of the Geraldine family is a per-
fect romance, and in many respects outrivals the
creations of fiction. From the earliest period of
their settlement in Ireland they attained to a
position of almost kingly power, and for full five
hundred years were the foremost figures in
Anglo-Irish history. Yet with what changing
fortunes! Now vice-kings reigning in Dublin,
their vast estates stretching from Maj'nooth to
Lixnaw, their strong castles sentineling the land
from sea to sea! Anon captive victims of at-
tainder, stripped of every earthly honor and
possession; to-day in the dungeon, to-morrow
led to the scaffold ! Now a numerous and power-
ful family- — a fruitful, strong, and wide-spread-
ing ti'ee.
Anon hewn down to earth, or plucked
up seemingly root and branch, beyond the pos-
sibility of further existence; yet mysteriously
preserved and budding forth from some single
seedling to new and greater power! Often the
Geraldine stock seemed extinct; frequently its
jealous enemies — the English king or his favor-
ites— made safe and sure (as they thought) that
the dangerous line was extirpated. Yet as fre-
quently did they find it miraculously resurgent,
grasping all its ancient power and renewing all
its ancient glory.
At a verj' early period the Geraldine line was
very nearly cut off forever, but was preserved in
the person of one infant child, under circum-
stances worthy of narration. In the year 1261 a
pitched battle was fought between the justiciary.
Lord Thomas Fitzgerald, and the MacCarthy
More, at a glen a few miles east of Kenmare in
Kerry. It was a formidable engagement, in
which each side put forth all its resources of
military generalship and strength of levies. The
Irish commander completely outgeneraled the
Normans. At the close of a i)rotracted and
sanguinary battle they were routed with fear-
ful slaughter. Lord Thomas being mortally
wounded, and his son, beside numerous barons
and knights, loft dead upon the field. "Alas!"
continues the narrative of O'Daly (who wrote in
the year 1()55), "the whole family of the Geral-
dines had well-nigh perished ; at one blow they
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were cut off — father and son; and now there i-e-
mained but an infant one year old, to wit, the
son of John Fitz-Thomas, recently slain. The
nurse, who had heard the dismal tidings at
Tralee, ran about here and there distrau!i;ht with
grief, and left the cradle of the young Geraldine
without a watcher; thereupon an ape which
was kept for amusement's sake came and raised
the infant out of the cradle and carried him to
the top of the castle. There, to the astonish-
ment of those who passed by, the ape took off the
babe's swaddling clothes, licked him all over,
clothed him again, and brought him back to his
cradle safe and sound. Then coming to the
nurse, as it were in reproof for her neglect, he
dealt her a blow. Ever after was that babe
called Thomas an' Appa; that is, 'of the Ape;'
and when he grew to man's estate he was
ennobled by many virtues. Bravely did he
avenge his father's and grandfather's murder,
and re-erect the fortunes of his house.* He left
a son, Maurice Fitz-Thomas, who was the first
earl of Desmond."
Of Lord Thomas, the sixth earl, is related a
romantic, yet authentic story, known to many
Irish readers. While on a hunting expedition
in some of the lonely and picturesque glens in
North Kerry, he was benighted on his homeward
way. Weary and thirsting, he urged his steed
forward through the tangled wood. At length,
through the gloom he discerned close b.y an
humble cottage, which proved to be the dwelling
of one of his own retainers or clansmen, named
MacCormick. Lord Thomas rode to the door,
halted, and asked for a drink. His summons
was attended to and his request supplied by
Catherine, the daughter of the cottagei', a young
girl whose simple grace and exquisite beauty
struck the young earl with astonishment — and
with warmer feelings too. He dismounted and
rested awhile in the cottage, and became quite
charmed with the daughter of its humble host.
He bade her farewell, resolving to seek that cot-
tage soon again. Often subsequently his horse
bore him thither; for Lord Thomas loved Cath-
erine MacCormick, and loved her purely and
honorably. Not perhaps without certain mis-
* To this incident is attributed the circumstance that the
annurial ensigns of the Qeraldiue family exhibit two apes
as supporters.
givings as to the results did he resolve to make
her his wife ; yet never did he waver in that
resolve. In due time ho led the beautiful cottage
girl to the altar, and brought her home his wife.
His worst fears were quickly realized. His
kindred and clansmen all rose against him for
this Tnemlliance, which, according to their code,
forfeited for him lands and title. In vain he
pleaded. An ambitious uncle, James, eventually
seventh earl, led the movement against him, and
claiming for himself the title and estates thus
"forfeited," was clamorous and uncompassisn-
ate. Lord Thomas at the last nobly declared
that even on the penalty thus inexorably decreed
against him, he in nowise repented him of his
marriage, and that he would give up lands and
titles rather than part with his peasant wife.
Relinquishing everything, he bade an eternal
adieu to Ireland, and sailed with his young wife
for France, where he died at Rouen in 1420.
This romantic episode of authentic history fur-
nished our national melodist with the subject of
the following verses :
"By the Feal's wave benighted.
No star in the skies,
To thy door by love lighted,
I first saw those eyes.
Some voice whispered o'er me.
As the threshold I cross'd.
There was ruin before me;
If I lov'd, I was lost.
"Love came, and brought sorrow
Too soon in his train ;
Tet so sweet, that to-morrow
'Twere welcome again
Though misery's full measure
My portion should be,
I would drain it with pleasure
If poured out by thee !
"You, who call it dishonor
To bow to love's flame,
If you've eyes look but on her.
And blush while you blame.
Hath the pearl less whiteness
Because of its birth?
Hath the violet less brightness
For growing near earth ?
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"No : man for his glory
To ancestry flies ;
But woman's bright story
Is told in her eyes.
"While the monarch but traces
Through mortals his line.
Beauty, born of the graces.
Banks nest to divine!"
In the reign of the eighth Henry, as well as
for a long time previous thereto, the Geraldine
family comprised' two great branches, of which
the earl of Desmond and the earl of Kildare were
respectively the heads; the latter being para-
mount. Early in Henry's reign Gerald, earl of
Kildare, or "The Great Earl," as he is called in
the Irish annals, died after a long life, illustrious
as a soldier, statesman and ruler. He was suc-
ceeded by his son. Garret Oge, or Gerald the
younger, who was soon appointed by the crown
to the high office and authority of lord deputy as
vested in his father. Gerald Oge found his
enemies at court active and restless in ] plotting
his overthrow. He had more than once to pro-
ceed to England to make his defence against fatal
charges, but invariably succeeded in vindicating
himself with the king. With Henry, indeed, he
was apparently rather a favorite ; while, on the
other hand, Cardinal Wolsey viewed him with
marked suspicion. Kildare, though at the head
of the English power in Ii'eland was, like many
of the Geraldines, nearly as much of an Irish
chief as an English noble. Not only was he, to
the sore uneasiness of the court at London, in
friendly alliance with many of the native princes,
but ho was "allied by the closest ties of kindred
and alliance with the royal houses of Ulster.
So proud was he of this relationship, that, upon
one occasion, when he was being reinstated as
lord deputy, to the expulsion of Ormond, his
accusing enemy, we are told that at Kildare's
request "his kinsman, Con O'Neill, carried the
sword of state before him to St. Thomas's
Abbey, where he entertained the king's commis-
Bioners and others at a sumptuous banquet. ' '
But soon Gerald's enemies were destined to
witness the accomplishment of all their designs
against his house. James, carl of Desmond, "a
man of lofty and ambitious views, " entered into
a correspondence with Charles the Fifth, king of
Spain, and Francis the First of France, for the
purpose, some hold, of inducing one or other of
those sovereigns to invade Ireland. "What fol-
lows I quote textually from O'Daly's quaint nar-
rative, as translated by the Kev. C. P. Meehan :
"Many messages passed between them, of all
which Henry the Eighth was a long time igno-
rant. It is commonly thought that Charles the
Fifth at this time meditated an invasion of Ire-
land; and when at length the intelligence of
these facts reached the king of England, Cardinal
"Wolsey (a man of immoderate ambition, most
inimical to the Geraldines, and then ruling
England as it were by his nod) caused the earl to
be summoned to London ; but Desmond did not
choose to place himself in the hands of the cardi-
nal, and declined the invitation. Thereupon the
king dispatched a messenger to the earl of Kil-
dare, then viceroy in Ireland, ordering him to
arrest Desmond and send him to England forth-
with. On receipt of the order, Kildare collected
troops and marched into Munster to seize Des-
mond; but after some time, whether through
inability or reluctance to injure his kinsman, the
business failed and Kildare returned. Then
did the cardinal poison the mind of the king
against Kildare, asseverating that by his con-
nivance Desmond had escaped — (this, indeed,
was not the fact, for Kildare, however so anxious,
could not have arrested Desmond). Kildare was
then arraigned before the privy council, as Henry
gave willing ear to the cardinal's assertions; but
before the viceroy sailed for England, he com-
mitted the state and adminstratiou of Ireland to
Thomas, his son and heir, and then presented
himself before the council. The cardinal accused
him of high treason to his liege sovereign, and
endeavored to brand him and all his family with
the ignominious mark of disloyalty. Kildare,
who was a man of bold spirit, and despised the
base origin of Wolsey, replied in polished, yet
vehement language ; and though the cardinal and
court were hostile to him, nevertheless he so well
managed the matter that he was only committed
to the Tower of London. But the cardinal, de-
termining to carry out his designs of vengeance
without knowledge of the king, sent private
instructions to the constable of the tower order-
ing him to behead the earl without delay. When
the constable received his orders, although he
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knew liow dangerous it was to contravene the
cardinal's mandate, commiserating the earl, ho
made him aware of his instructions. Calmly,
yet firmly, did Kildare listen to the person who
read his death-warrant; and then launching into
a violent invective against the cardinal, he caused
the constable to proceed to the king to learn if
such order had emanated from him, for he sus-
pected that it was the act of the cardinal unau-
thorized. The constable, regardless of the risk
he ran, hastened to the king, and, about ten
o'clock at night, reported to his majesty the
order of the cardinal for destroying Kildai-e.
Thereon the king was bitterly incensed against
"U'olsey, whom he cursed, and forbade the con-
stable to execute any order not sanctioned by his
own sign-manual ; stating, at the same time,
that he would cause the cardinal to repent of his
usurped authority and unjust dislike to Kildare.
The constable returned, and informed the eai'l of
his message ; but Kildare was nevertheless de-
tained a prisoner in the tower to the end of his
days."
"There is," says O'Daly's translator, "a chap-
ter in Gait's 'Life of Wolsey' full of errors and
gross misrepresentations of Ireland and the Irish.
It is only fair, however, to give him credit for
the spirited sketch he has given of the dialogue
between Wolsey and Kildare. 'My Lord,' said
Wolsey, 'you will remember how the Earl of Des-
mond, your kinsman, sent letters to Francis, the
French king, what messages have been sent to
you to arrest him (Desmond), and it is not yet
done . . . but, in performing your duty in this
affair, merciful God! how dilatory have you
been! . . . what! the earl of Kildare dare not
venture! nay, the King of Kildare; for you reign
more than you govern the land.' 'My lord chan-
cellor,' replied the Earl, 'if you proceed in this
way, I will forget half my defense. I have no
school tricks nor art of recollection ; unless you
hear me while I remember, your second charge
will hammer the first out of my head. As to mj'
kingdom, I know not what you mean. ... I
would you and I, my lord, exchanged kingdoms
for one month ; I would in that time undertake to
gather more crumbs than twice the revenues of
my poor earldom. While you sleep in your bed
of down, I lie in a poor hovel ; while you are
served under a canopy, I serve under the cope of
heaven ; while you drink wine from golden cups,
I must be content with water from a shell ; my
charger is trained for the field, your jennet is
taught to amble. ' O'Daly's assertion that Wol-
sey issued the eai'l's death-warrant does not ai>-
pear to rest on any solid foundation ; and the
contrary appears likely, when such usurpation of
royalty was not objected in the impeachment of
the cardinal. "
CHAPTER XXXII.
THE REBELLION OF SIL7EN THOMAS.
When Kildare was summoned to London — as
it proved to be for the last time — he was called
upon to nominate some one wh.> should act for
him in his absence, and for whom he himself
would be responsible. Unfortunately he nomi-
nated his own son Thomas,* a hot, impetuous,
brave, daring, and chivalrous youth, scarce
twenty-one years of age. For some time the
earl lay in London Tower, his fate as yet uncer-
tain ; the enemies of his house meanwhile striv-
ing steadily to insure his ruin.
It was at this juncture that the events detailed
in bj'gone pages — Henry's quarrel with the
pope, and the consequent politico-religious
revolution in England — flung all the English
realm into consternation and dismay. Amid
the tidings of startling changes and bloody exe-
cutions in London brought by each mail to Ii'e-
land, came many disquieting rumors of the fate
of the Geraldine earl. The effect of these stories
on the young Lord Thomas seems to have sug-
gested to the anti-Geraldine faction a foul plot
to accomplish his ruin. Forged letters were cir-
culated giving out with much circumstantiality
how the earl his father had been beheaded in the
Tower of London, notwithstanding the king's
promise to the contrary. The effect of this news
on the Geraldine partj', but most of all on the
j-oung Lord Thomas, may be imagined. Stunned
for an instant by this cruel blow, his resolution
was taken in a burst of passionate grief and
anger. Vengeance! vengeance on the trebly per-
jui'ed and blood-guilty king, whose crimes of
* Known in history as "Silken Thomas." He was so
called, we are told, from the silken banners carried br his
standard-bearers — others say because of the richness of
his personal attire.
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lust, murder, and sacrilege called aloud for pun-
ishment, and forfeited for him allegiance, throne
and life! The youthful deputy hastily assem-
bling his guards and retainers, and surrounded
by a crowd of his grief-stricken and vengeful
kinsmen, marched to Mary's Abbey, where the
privy council was alreadj- sitting, waiting for
him to preside over its deliberations. The scene
at the council chamber is picturesquely sketched
by Mr. Ferguson, in his "Hibernian Nights'
Entertainment, ' '*
"Presently the crowd collected round the gates
began to break up and line the causeways at
either side, and a gallant cavalcade was seen
through the open arch advancing from Thomas'
Court toward the drawbridge. 'Way for the
lord deputy,' cried two truncheon-bearers, dash-
ing through the gate, and a shout arose on all
sides that Lord Thomas was coming. Trum-
peters and pursuivants at arms rode first, then
came the mace-beju'er with his symbol of office,
and after him the sword of state, in a rich scab-
bard of velvet, carried by its proper officer.
Lord Thomas himself, in his robes of state, and
surrounded by a dazzling array of nobles and
gentlemen, spurred after. The arched gateway
was choked for a moment with tossing plumes
and banners, flashing arms and gleaming faces,
as the magnificent troop burst in like a flood of
fire upon the dark and narrow precincts of the
city. But behind the splendid cortege which
headed their march, came a dense column of
mailed men-at-arms, that continued to defile
through the close pass long after the gay mantles
and waving pennons of their leaders were indis-
tinct in the distance.
"The gate of Mary's Abbey soon received the
leaders of the revolt; and ere the last of their
followers had ceased to pour into the echoing
courtyard, Lord Thomas and his friends were at
the door of the council-chamber. The assembled
lords rose at his entrance, and way was made for
him to the chair of state.
" 'Keep your seats, my lords,' said he, stop-
ping midway between the entrance and council-
•Tbe lK>ok here alluded to, it may be right to remind
yoiing readers, does not purport to be more than a fanciful
itory founded on facts ; but the author so closely adheres
to llie outlines of authentic history, that we may credit his
kkelclies and descriptions as well juslitied a])i>roximatious
to U>e literal truth.
table, while his friends gathered in a body at his
back. 'I have not come to preside over this
council, my lords; I come to tell you of a bloody
tragedy that has been enacted in London, and to
give j'ou to know what steps I have thought fit
to take in consequence. '
" 'What tragedj% my lord?' said Alan, the
archbishop of Dublin; 'your lordship's looks and
words alarm me : what means this multitude of
men now in the house of God? My lord, my
lord, I feai- this step is rashly taken ; this looks
like something, my lord, that I would be loth
to name in the presence of loyal men. '
" 'My lord archbishop,' replied Thomas,
'when yon pretend an ignorance of my noble
father's murder '
" 'Murder!' cried the lord chancellor, Cromer,
starting from his seat, and all at the council-table
uttered exclamations of astonishment in horror,
save only Alan and the lord high treasurer.
" 'Yes, my lord,' the young Geraldine contin-
ued, with a stern voice, still addressing the arch-
bishop, 'when you pretend ignorance of that foul
and cruel murder, which was done by the in-
stigation and traitorous procuring of yourself and
others, your accomplices, and yet taunt me with
the step which I have taken, rashly, as it may
be, but not, I trust, unworthily of my noble
father's son, in consequence you betray at once
your treachery and your hypocrisy.' By this
time the tumult among the soldiery without, who
had not till now heard of the death of the earl,
was as if a thousand men had been storming the
abbey. They were all native Irish, and to a man
devoted to Kildare. Curses, lamentations, and
cries of rage and vengeance sounded from
every quarter of the courtyard ; and some who
rushed into the council-hall with drawn swords,
to be revenged on the authors of their calamity,
were with difficulty restrained by the knights
and gentlemen around the door from rushing on
the archbishop and slaying him, as they heard
him denounced by their chief, on the spot.
When the clamor was somewhat abated, Alan,
who had stood up to speak at its commencement,
addressed the chancellor.
" 'My lord, this unhappy young man says he
knows not what. If his noble father, which God
forbid, should have come under his majesty's
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— although I know not that he hath — the penalty
of his numerous treasons '
" 'Bold priest, thou liest!' cried Sir Oliver
Fitzgerald; 'my murdered brother was a truer
servant of the crown than ever stood in thy satin
shoes ! '
"Alan and the lord chancellor, Cromer, also an
archbishop and primate of Armagh, rose
together; the one complaining loudly of the
wrong and insult done his order; the other be-
seeching that all present would remember they
were Christians and subjects of the crown of
England; but, in the midst of this confusion.
Lord Thomas, taking the sword of state out of
the hands of its bearer, advanced up the hall to
the council-table with a lofty determination in
his bearing that at once arrested all eyes. It
was plain he was about to announce his final pur-
pose, and all within the hall awaited what he
would say in sullen silence. His friends and fol-
lowers now formed a dense semicircle at the foot
of the hall ; the lords of the council had involun-
iarily drawn round the throne and lord chan-
cellor's chair ; Thomas stood alone on the floor
opposite the table, with the sword in his hands.
Anxiety and pity were marked on the venerable
features of Cromer as he bent forward to hear
what he would say ; but Alan and the treasurer.
Lord James Butler, exchanged looks of malig-
nant satisfaction.
" 'My lord,' said Thomas, 'I come to tell you
that my father has been basely put to death, for
I know not what alleged treason, and that we
have taken up arms to avenge his murder. Yet,
although we be thus driven by the tyranny and
cruelty of the king into open hostility, we would
not have it said hereafter that we have conspired
like villains and churls, but boldly declared our
purpose as becomes warriors and gentlemen.
This sword of state, my lords, is yours, not mine.
I received it with an oath that I would use it for
your benefit ; I should stain my honor if I turned
it to your hurt. My lords, I have now need of
my own weapon, which I can trust ; but as for
the common sword, it has flattered me not — a
painted scabbard, while its edge was yet red
in the best blood of my house — ay, and is even
now whetted anew for further destruction of the
Geraldines. Therefore, my lords, save your-
selves from ns as from open enemies. I am no
longer Henry Tudor's deputy — I am his foe. I
have more mind to corupier than to govern — to
meet him in the field than to serve him in office.
And now, my lords, if all the hearts in England
and Ireland, that have cause thereto, do but join
in this quarrel, as I look that they will, then
shall the world shortly be made sensible of the
tyranny, cruelty, falsehood, and heresy, for
which the age to come may well count this base
king among the ancient traitors of most abomi-
nable and hateful memory.
" 'Croom aboo!' cried Neale Eoe O'Kennedy,
Lord Thomas' bard, who had pressed into the
body of the hall at the head of the Irish soldiery.
He was conspicuous over all by his height and
the splendor of his native costume. His lega
and arms were bare; the sleeves of his yellow
cothone, jiarting above the elbow, fell in volumi-
nous folds almost to the ground, while its skirts,
girded at the loins, covered him to the knee.
Over this he wore a short jacket of crimson, the
sleeves just covering the shoulders, richly
wrought and embroidered, and drawn round the
waist by a broad belt set with precious stones
and fastened with a massive golden buckle. His
laced and fringed mantle was thrown back, but
kept from falling by a silver brooch, as broad as
a man's palm, which glittered on his breast. He
stretched out his hand, the gold bracelets rat-
tling as they slid back on the thickness of his
arm, and exclaimed in Irish
" 'Who is the young lion of the plains of
Liffey that affrights the men of counsel, and the
ruler of the Saxon, with his noble voice?
" 'Who is the quickened ember of Kildare,
that would consume the enemies of his people,
and the false churls of the cruel race of clan-
London ?
" 'It is the son of Gerald — the top branch of
the oak of Offaly !
" 'It is Thomas of the silken mantle — Ard-
Righ Eireann!'
" 'Kigh Tomas go bragh!' shouted the sol-
diery; and many of the young lord's Anglo-Irish
friends responded — 'Long live King Thomas!'
but the chancellor. Archbishop Cromer, who had
listened to his insane avowal with undisguised
distress, and who had already been seen to wring
his hand, and even to shed tears as the misguided
nobleman and his friends thus madly invoked
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their own destruction, came down from his seat,
and earnestly grasping the young lord by the
hand, addressed him :
" 'Good my lord,' he cried, while his vener-
able figure and known attachment to the house
Kildare, attested as it was by such visible evi-
dences of concern, commanded for a time the at-
tention of all present. 'Good my lord, suffer me
to use the privilege of an old man's speech with
you before you finally give up this ensign of
your authority and pledge of your allegiance. '
"The archbishop reasoned and pleaded at much
length and with deep emotion ; but he urged and
prayed in vain.
" 'My Lord Chancellor,' replied Thomas, 'I
came not here to take advice, but to give you to
understand what I purpose to do. As loyalty
would have me know my prince, so duty compels
me to reverence my father. I thank you heartily
for j-our counsel ; but it is now too late. As to
my fortune, I will take it as God sends it, and
rather choose to die with valor and liberty than
live under King Henry in bondage and villainy.
Therefore, my lord, I thank you again for the
concern you take in my welfare, and since you
will not receive this sword out of my hand, I can
but cast it from me, even as here I cast off and
renounce all dutj' and allegiance to your master. '
"So saying, he flung the sword of state upon
the council-table. The blade started a hand's-
breadth out of its sheath from the violence with
which it was dashed out of his hands. He, then,
in the midst of a tumult of acclamation from his
followers, and cries of horror and pity from the
lords and prelates around, tore off his robes of
oflSce and cast them at his feet. Stripped thus
of his ensigns of dignity. Lord Thomas Fitz-
gerald stood up, amid the wreck of his fair for-
tune, an armed and avowed rebel, equipped in
complete mail, before the representatives of Eng-
land and L-eland The cheering from his adher-
ents was loud and enthusiastic, and those with-
out replied with cries of fierce exultation."
The gallant but hapless Geraldine was now
fully launched on his wild and desperate enter-
prise. There is no doubt that, had it partaken
less of a hasty burst of passionate impetuosity,
had it been more deliberately planned and
organized, the revolt of Silken Thomas might
have wrested the Anglo-Irish colony from
Henry's authority. As it was, it shook the
Anglo-L-ish power to its base, and at one
time seemed irresistible in its progress to suc-
cess. But, however the ties of blood, kindred,
and clanship might draw men to the eide
of Lord Thomas, most persons outside the
Geraldine party soon saw the fate that surely
awaited such a desperate venture, and saw too
that it had all been the result of a subtle plot of
the Ormond faction to ruin their powerful rivals.
Moreover, in due time the truth leaked out that
the old earl had not been beheaded at all, but
was alive a prisoner in London. Lord Thomas
now saw the gulf of ruin into which he had been
precipitated, and knew now that his acts would
only seal the doom or else break the heart of that
father, the news of whose murder had driven him
into this desperate course. But it was all too
late to turn back. He would see the hopeless
struggle through to the bitter end.
One of his first acts was to besiege Dublin city
while another wing of his armj' devastated the
possessions and reduced the castles of Ormond.
Alan, the Archbishop of Dublin, a prominent
enemy of the Geraldines, fled from the city by
ship. The vessel, however, was driven ashore on
Clontarf, and the archbishop sought refuge in
the village of Artane. News of this fact was
quickly carried into the Geraldine camp at Dub-
lin; and before day's-dawn Lord Thomas and his
uncles, John and Oliver, with an armed party,
reached Ai-taue, and dragged the archbishop
from his bed. The unhappy prelate pleaded hard
for his life ; but the elder Geraldines, who were
men of savage passion, barbarously miu'dered
him as he knelt at their feet. This foul deed
ruined any prospect of success which their cause
might have had. It excited universal horror,
and drew down upon its perpetrators, and all
who should aid or shelter them, the terrible sen-
tence of excommunication. This sentence was
exhibited to the hapless Earl of Kildare in his
dungeon in London Tower, and, it is said, so
affected him that he never rallied more. He
sank under the great load of his aflliotions, and
died of a broken heart.
Meanwhile, Lord Thomas was pushing the re-
bellion with all his energies, and for a time with
wondrous success. He dispatched ambassadors
to the Emperor Charles the Fifth, and to the
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pope, demanding aid in this war against Henry
as the foe of God and man. But it is clear that
neither the pope nor the emperor augured well of
Silken Thomas' ill-devised endeavors. No suc-
cors reached him. His fortunes eventually
began to pale. Powerful levies were brought
against him ; and, finally, he sought a parley
with the English commander-in-chief. Lord
Leonard Gray, who granted him terms of life for
himself and uncles. Henry was wroth that any
terms should have been promised to such daring
foes ; but as terms had been pledged, there was
nothing for it, according to Henry's code of
morality, but to break the promise. Accord-
ingly, the five uncles of Silken Thomas, and the
unfortunate young nobleman himself, were
treacherously seized — the uncles at a banquet to
which they were invited, and which was, indeed,
given in their honor, by the lord deputy Grey —
and brought to London, where, in violation of
plighted troth, they were all six beheaded at
Tyburn, January 3, 1537.
This terrible blow was designed to cut off the
Geraldiue family forever, and to all appearance
it seemed, and Henry fondly believed, that this
wholesale execution had accomplished that de-
sign, and left neither root nor seed behind. Yet
once again that mysterious protection which
had so often preserved the Geraldiue line in like
terrible times saved it from the decreed destruc-
tion. "The imprisoned earl (Lord Thomas'
father) having died in the Tower on December
12, 1534, the sole survivor of this historic house
was now a child of twelve years of age, whose
life was sought with an avidity equal to Herod's,
but who was protected with a fidelity which de-
feated every attempt to capture him. Alternately
the guest of his aunts, married to the chiefs of
Offaly and Donegal, the sympathy everywhere
felt for him led to a confederacy between the
northern and southern chiefs, which had long
been wanting. A loose league was formed, in-
cluding the O'Neills of both branches, O'Don-
nell, O'Brien, the Earl of Desmond, and the
chiefs of Moylurg and Breffni. The lad, the
object of so much natural and chivalrous affec-
tion, was harbored for a time in Munster,
thence transported through Connaught into
Donegal, and finally, after four years, in which
he engaged more of the minds of statesmen than
any other individual under the rank of royalty,
was safely landed in France."
The Geraldine line was preserved once more !
From this child Gerald it was to branch out as
of yore, in stately strength and princely power.
CHAPTER xxxrn.
HOW THE " REFOEMATION " WAS ACCOMPLISHBD IN
ENGLAND, AND HOW IT WAS KESISTED IS IRELAND.
I HAVE SO far called the event, usually termed
the Reformation, a politico-religious revolution,
and treated of it only as such. With phases of
religious belief or the propagandism of new re-
ligious doctrines, unless in so far as they affected
political events or effected marked national
changes, I do not puri^ose dealing in this story.
As a matter of fact, however, the Reformation
was during the reign of Henry mucl- less of a
religious than a political revolution. The only
points Henry was particular about were the
matters of supremacy and church property.
For a long period the idea of adopting the new
form of faith in all its doctrinal sequence seemed
quite foreign to his mind. The doctrine, firstly,
that he, Henrj', was supreme king, spiritual as
well as temporal, within his own realms; the
doctrine, secondly, that he could, in virtue of
such spiritual supremacy, give full rein to his
beastly lusts, and call concubinage marriage;
and lastly, that whatever property the church
possessed, bequeathed for pious uses, he might
rob and keep for himself, or divide as bribes be-
tween his abetting nobles, legislators, and states-
men— these were the "reforms," so-called, upon
which the king set most value. Other matters
he allowed for a time to have their way ; at least
it was so wherever difficulty was anticipated in
pulling down the old and setting up new forms
of worship. Thus we find the king at the same
time sending a "reforming" archbishop to Dub-
lin while sanctioning prelates of the old faith in
other dioceses, barely on condition of taking the
oath of allegiance to him. Doctrine or theology
had scarcely any concern for him or his states-
men, and it is clear and plain to any student of
history that if the Catholic Church would only
sanction to him his polygamy, and to them the
rich plunder they had clutched, they would never
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have gone further, and would still be wondi-ous
zealous "defenders of the faith. " But the Cath-
olic Church, which could have avoided the whole
disaster at the outset bj' merely sufifering one
lawful wife to be unlawfully put away, was not
going to compromise, with him or with them, an
iota of sacred truth or public morality, much less
to sacrifice both wholesale after this fashion.
So, in time, the king and his party saw that hav-
ing gone so far, they must needs go the whole
way. Like the panther that has tasted blood,
their thirst for plunder was but whetted by their
taste of church spoil. They should go further
or they might lose all. They knew right well
that of these spoils they never could rest sure as
long as the owner, the Catholic Church, was
•allowed to live; so to kill the church outright be-
came to them as much of a necessity as the sure
"dispatching" of a half-murdered victim is to a
burglar or an assassin. Had it not been for this
question of church property — had there been no
plunder to divide — in all human probability
there would have been no "reformation" con-
summated in these countries. But by the spoils
of the sanctuary Henry was able to bribe the
nobles to his side, and to give them such an in-
terest in the utter abolition of catholicity and
the perpetuation of the new system, that no king
or queen coming after him would be able perma-
nently to restore the old order of things.
Here the reflection at once confronts us — what
a mean, sordid, worldly-minded kennel these
same "nobles" must have been! Aj', mean and
soulless indeed! If there was any pretense of
religious convictions having anything to say in
the business, no such reflection would arise ; no
such language would be seemly. But few or
none of the i)arties cared to get up even a sem-
blance of interest in the doctrinal aspect of the
Ijassing revolution. One object, and one alone,
seemed fixed before their gaze — to get as much as
possible of "what was going;" to secure some of
the loot, and to keep it. Given this one considera-
tion, all things else might remain or be changed
a thousand times over for all they cared. If any
one question the correctness of this estimate of
the conduct of the English and Anglo-Irish lords
of the fieriod before us, I need only point to the
page of authentic history. They wore a debased
and cowardly pack. As long as Henry fed them
with bribes from the abbey lands, they made and
unmade laws "to order" for him. He asked
them to declare his marriage with Catherine of
Aragon invalid — they did it; his marriage with
Anne Boleyn lawful — they did it ; this same mar-
riage unlawful and its fruits illegitimate^ they
did it; his marriage with Jane Seymour lawful —
they did it. In fine they said and unsaid, legiti-
matized and illegitimatized, just as he desired.
Nor was this all. In the reign of his child,
Edward, they enacted every law deemed neces-
sary for the more complete overthrow of the
ancient faith and the setting up of the new. But
no sooner had Mary come to the throne than
these same lords, legislators, and statesmen in-
stantaneously wheeled around, beat their breasts,
became wondrously pious Catholics, whined out
repentantly that they had been frightful crimi-
nals; and, like the facile creatures that thej'
were, at the request of Mary, or to please her,
undid in a rush all they had been doing during
the two preceding reigns — ^but all on one condi-
tion, most significant and most necessary to
mark, viz. : that they should not be called upon
to give back the stolen property! Again a
change on the throne, and again they change!
Elizabeth comes to undo all that Mary had re-
stored, and lo ! the venal lords and legislators in
an instant wheel around once more; they decree
false and illegitimate all they had just declared
true and lawful ; they swallow their own words,
they say and unsa.y, they repeal and re-enact, do
and undo, as the whim of the queen, or the neces-
sity of conserving their sacrilegious robberies
dictates!
Yes ; the historj- of the world has nothing to
parallel the disgusting baseness, the mean, sordid
cowardice of the English and Anglo-Irish lords
and legislators. Theirs was not a change of re-
ligious convictions, right or wrong, but a greedy
venality, a facile readiness to change any way
or every way for worldly advantage. Their
model of policy was Judas Iscariot, who sold our
Lord for thirty pieces of silver.
That Ireland also was not carried over into the
new system was owing to the circumstance that
the English authority had, so far, been able to
secure for itself but a partial hold on the Irish
nation. It must have been a curious reflection
with the supreme pontiffs that Ireland might in
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a cort;iia dense be said to have been saved to the
Catholic Church by its obstinate disregard of
exhortations addressed to it repeatedly, it not by
the popes, under cover or ostensible sanction of
papal authority, in support of the English crown ;
for bad the Irish yielded all that the English
king demanded with papal bull in hand, and be-
come part and parcel of the English realm, Ii'e-
land, too, was lost to the old faith. At this
point one is tempted to indulge in bitter reflec-
tions on the course of the Roman pontiffs toward
Ireland. "Hitherto" — so one might put it —
"that hapless nation in its fearful struggle
against x-uthless invaders found Rome on the side
of its foes. It was surel.v a hard and cruel thing
for the Irish, so devotedly attached to the Holy
See, to behold the rapacious and bloodthirsty
Normans, Plantagenets, and Tudors, able to
flourish against them papal bulls and rescripts,
until now when Henry quarreled with Eome.
Now — henceforth — too late — all that is to be
altered; henceforth the bulls and the rescripts
are all to exhort the broken and ruined Irish
nation to fight valiantly against that power to
which, for four hundred yeai«, the Roman court
had been exhorting or commanding it to submit.
Surely Ireland has been the sport of Roman
policy, if not its victim!"
These bitter reflections would be not only
natural but just, if the facts of the case really
supported them. But the facts do not quite sup-
port this view, which, it is singular to note, the
Irish themselves never entertained. At all times
they seem to have most justly and accurately ap-
preciated the real attitude of the Holy See toward
them, aud fixed the value and force of the bulls
and rescripts obtained bj- the English sovereign
at their true figure. The conduct of the popes
was not free from reproach in a particular sub-
sequently to be noted ; but the one thing they
had really urged, rightly or wrongly, on the
Irish from the first was the acceptance of the
sovereignty of the English king, by no means
implying an incorporation with the English
nation, or an abandonment of their nationality.
In this sense the popes' exhortations were always
read by the native Irish ; and it will be noted
that in this sense from the very beginning the
Irish princes very generally were read.v to ac-
quiesce in them. The idea, rightly or wrongly.
appears to have been that thi.s strong sovereignty
would be capable of reducing the chaotic ele-
ments in Ireland (given up to such hopeless dis-
order previously) to compactness and order — a
good to Ireland and to Christendom. This was
the guise in which the Irish question had always
been presented bj- plausible English envoys,
civil or ecclesiastical, at Rome. The Irish them-
selves did not greatly quarrel with it so far; but
there was all the difference in the world between
this the theory and the bloody and barbarous
fact and practice as revealed in L'cland.
What may be said with truth is, that the popes
inquired too little about the fact and practice,
and were always too ready to write and exhort
upon such a question at the instance of the Eng-
lish. The Irish chiefs were sensible of this
wrona; done them ; but in their every act and
word they evidenced a perfect consciousness that
the rectitude of the motives animating the popes
was not to be questioned. Even when the
authority of the Holy See was most painfully
misused against them, they received it with rev-
erence aud respect. The time had at length
arrived, however, when Rome was to mourn over
whatever of error or wrong had marked its past
policy toward Ireland, and forever after nobly
and unchangeably to stand by her side. But
alas! too late — all too late now for succeeding!
All the harm had been done, and was now be-
yond repairing. The grasp of England had been
too firmly tightened in the past. At the very
moment when the pope desired, hoped, urged,
and expected Ireland to arise triumphant aud
glorious, a free Catholic nation, a recompense for
lost England, she sank broken, helpless, and des-
pairing under the feet of the sacrilegious Tudor.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
HOW THE IRISH CHIEFS GAVE DP ALL HOPE AND YIELDED
TO HENKY; and how the IRISH CLANS SERVED
THE CHIEFS FOR SUCH TREASON.
Henry the Eighth was the first English sover-
eign styled King of Ireland, and it must be con-
fessed he had more to show for [assuming such a
title than his predecessors had for the lesser
dignities of the kind which they claimed ; inas-
much as the title was "voted" to him in the first
formal parliament in which Irish chieftains and
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Anglo-Norman lords sat side by side. To be
sure the Irish chieftains had no authority from
the stepts (from whom alone they derived any
authority or power) to give such a vote ; and, as we
shall learn presently, some of those septs, instantly
on becoming aware of it and the consequences it
implied, deposed the chiefs thus acting, and
promptly elected (in each case from the same
family however) others in their stead. But never
previouslj' had so many of the native princes in
a manner so formal given in their acknowledg-
ment of the English dynastj', and their renunci-
ation of the ancient institutions of their nation.
Utterly broken down in spirit, reft of hope,
■weary of struggle, they seem to have yielded
themselves up to inevitable fate. "The argu-
ments," says one of our historians, "by which
many of the chiefs might have justified them-
selves to the clans in 1541-2-3, for submitting to
the inevitable laws of necessity, in rendering-
homage to Henry the Eighth, were neither few
nor weak. Abroad there was no hope of an alli-
ance sufficient to counterbalance the immense
resources of England; at home, life-wasting
private wars, the conflict of laws, of languages,
and of titles to property had become unbearable.
That fatal family pride which would not permit
an O'Brien to obey an O'Neill, nor an O'Connor
to follow either, rendered the establishment of a
native monarchy (even if there had been no other
obstacle) wholly impracticable." Another says:
"The chief lords of both English and Irish de-
scent were reduced to a state of deplorable
misery and exhaustion. ... It was high
time, therefore, on the one side to think of sub-
mission, and prudent on the other to propose
concession; and Henry was just then fortunate
in selecting a governor for Ireland who knew
how to take advantage of the favorable circum-
stances." This was Saintleger, whose politic
course of action resulted in the assembling at
Dublin, June 12, ISAl, of a parliament at which,
beside all the principal Anglo-Norman lords,
there attended, Donogh O'Brien, tanist of
Thomond, the O'Reilly, O'More, M 'William,
Fitzpatrick, and Kavanagh.* The speeches in
•Son of M'Murrogb who had just previously "submit-
ted," renouncing the titleof M'Murrogh, adopting the name
of Kavanagh, and undortalting on tlie part of his sept,
that no one henceforth would assume the renounced title I
the English language were translated in the
Gaelic tongue to the Irish chiefs by the Earl of
Ormond. The main business was to consider a
bill voting the crown of Ireland to Henry, which
was unanimously passed — registered rather ; for,
as far as the native "legislators" were concerned,
the assemblage was that of conquered and sub-
dued chieftains, ready to acknowledge their sub-
jection in any way. O'Neill and O'Donnell
refused to attend. They held out sullenly j'et
awhile in the North. But in the next year they
"came in," much to the delight of Henry, who
loaded them with flatteries and attentions. The
several chiefs yielded up their ancient Irish
titles, and consented to receive English instead.
O'Brien was created Earl of Thomond; L'lick
M'William was created Earl of Clanrickard and
Baron Dunkellin; Hugh O'Donnell was made
Earl of Tyrconnell; O'Neill was made Earl of
Tyrone ; Kavanagh was made Baron of Ballyann ;
and Fitzpatrick, Baron of Ossory. Most of these
titles were conferred by Henry in person at
Greenwich palace, with extravagant pomp and
formality, the Irish chiefs having been specially
invited thither for that purpose, and sums of
money given them for their equipment and ex-
penses. In many instances, if not in all, they
consented to receive from Henry royal patents or
title deeds for "their" lands, as the English from
their feudal standpoint would regard them ; not
their lands, however, in point of fact and law,
but the "tribe-lands" of their septs. The ac-
ceptance of these "patents" of land proprietor-
ship, still more than the acceptance of English
titles, was "a comxjlete abrogation of the Gaelic
relation of clansman and chief." Some of the
new earls were moreover apportioned a share of
the plundered church lands. This was yet a
further outrage on their people. Little need we
wonder, therefore, that while the newly created
earls and barons were airing their modern digni-
ties at the English court, feted and flattered by
Henry, the clans at home, learning by dark
rumor of these treasons, were already stripping
the backsliding chiefs of all authority and power,
and were taking measures to arrest and consign
them to punishment on their return. O'Donnell
found most of his clan, headed by his son, up in
arms against him; O'Brien, on his return, was
confronted by like circumstances; the new "Earl
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of Clanrickard" was incontinently attainted by
biB people, and a Gaelic "M'WiJliam" was duly
installed in his stead. O'Neill, "the first of his
race who had accepted an English title," found
that his clansmen had formally deposed him, and
elected as the O'Neill, his son John, surnamed
"John the Proud" — the celebrated "Shane"
O'Neill, so called in the jargon of English writ-
ers. On all sides the septs repudiated and took
formal and practical measures to disavow and
reverse the acts of their representatives. The
hopelessness that had broken the spirit of the
chief found no place in the heart of the clan.
This was the beginning of new complications
in the already tangled skein of Irish affairs. A
new source of division and disorganization was
now planted in the country. Hitherto the clans
at least were intact, though the nation was shat-
tered. Henceforth the clans themselves were
split into fragments. From this period forward
we hear of a king's or a queen's O'Eeilly
and an Irish O'Eeilly; a king's O'Neill and an
Irish O'Neill; a king's O'Donnell and an Irish
O'Donnell. The English government presented
a very artful compromise to the septs — offering
them a chief of the native family stock, but re-
quiring that he should hold from the crown, not
from the clan. The nominee of the government,
backed by all the English power and interest,
was generally able to make head for a time at
least against the legitimate chief duly and legally
chosen and elected by the sept. In many in-
stances the English nominee was able to rally to
his side a considerable section of the clan, and
even without external aid to hold the chosen
chief in check, "^y the internal feuds thus in-
cited, the clans were utterly riven, and were
given over to a self-acting process of extinction.
Occasionally, indeed, the crown nominee, once
he was firmly seated in the chieftaincy, threw off
all allegiance to his foreign masters, declared
himself an Irish chief, cast away scornfully his
English earlship, and assumed proudly the an-
cient title that named him head of his clan. In
this event the government simply declared him
"deposed," iiroceeded to nominate another chief
in his place, and sent an army to install the new
liominee on the necks of the stubborn clan. This
was the artful system — copied in all its craft and
cruelty by the British in India centuries after-
ward— pursued toward the native princes and
chiefs of Ireland from the reign of Henry the
Eighth to the middle of the seventeenth century.
CHAPTER XXXV.
henry's S0CCESSORS : EDWARD, MARY, AND ELIZABETH
THE CAREER OF "jOHN THE PROUD."
The changes of English sovereigns little affected
English policy in Ireland. "Whatever meaning
the change from Henry to Edward, from Edward
to Mary, and from Mary to Elizabeth, may have
had in England, in Ireland it mattered little
who filled the throne; the policy of subjugation,
plunder, and extirpation went on. In Mary's
reign, indeed, incidents more than one occurred
to show that, though of course bent on complet-
ing the conquest and annexation of Ireland, she
was a stranger to the savage and cruel i^assions
that had ruled her father, and that were so fear-
fuUj' inherited by his other daughter, Elizabeth.
The aged chief of Offaly, O'Connor, had long
lain in the dungeons of London Tower, all efforts
to obtain his release having failed. At length
his daughter Margaret, hearing that now a queen
— a woman — sat on the throne, bethought her of
an appeal in person to Mary for her father's life
and freedom. She proceeded to London and
succeeded in obtaining an audience of the queen.
She pleaded with all a woman's eloquence, and
with all the fervor of a daughter petitioning for
a father's life. Mary was touched to the heart
by this instance of devotedness. She treated
young Margaret of Offaly with the greatest ten-
derness, spoke to her cheeringly, and promised
her that what she had so bravely sought should
be freely granted. And it was so. O'Connor
Faly returned with his daughter to Ireland a free
man.
Nor was this the only instance in which Mary
exhibited a womanly sympathy for misfortune.
The fate of the Geraldines moved her to compas-
sion. The young Gerald — long time a fugitive
among the glens of Muskery and Donegal, now an
exile sheltered in Rome — was recalled and re-
stored to all his estates, honors, and titles; and
with O'Connor Faly and the young Geraldine
there were allowed to return to their homes, we
are told, the heirs of the houses of Ormond and
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Upper Ossory, "to the great delight of tlie
southern half of the kingdom. "
To Mary there succeeded on the English
throne her Amazonian sister, Elizabeth. The
nobles and commoners of England had, indeed,
as in Mary's case, at her father's request, de-
clared and decreed as the immortal and unchange-
able truth that she was illegitimate ; but, accord-
ing to their cpde of morality, that was no earthly
reason against their now declaring and decreeing
as the immortal and unchangeable triith that she
was legitimate. For these very noble nobles and
most uncommon commoners eat dirt with a hearty
zest, and were ready to decree and declare,
to swear and unswear, the most contradictory
and irreconcilable assertions, according as their
venality and servility suggested.
Elizabeth was a woman of marvelous ability.
She possessed abundantly the talents that qualify
a statesman. She was greatly gifted indeed ; but
nature, while richly endowing her with so much
else beside, forgot or withheld from her one of
the commonest gifts of human kind — Elizabeth
had no heart. A woman devoid of heart is, after
all, a terrible freak of nature. She may be gifted
with marvelous powers of intellect, and endowed
with great personal beauty, but she is still a
monster. Such was Elizabeth ; a true Tudor and
veritable daughter of King Henry the Eighth ;
one of the most remarkable women of her age,
and in one sense one of the greatest of English
sovereigns.
Her reign was memorable in Irish history. It
witnessed at its opening the revolt of John the
Proud in Ulster ; later on the Desmond rebellion ;
and toward the close the great struggle that to
all time will immortalize the name of Hugh
O'Neill.
John the Proud, as I have already mentioned,
■was elected to the chieftaincy of the O'Neills on
the deposition of his father by the clan. He
scornfully defied all the efforts of the English to
dispute his claim, and soon they were fain to
recognize him and court his friendship. Of this
extraordinary man little more can be said in
praise than that he was an indomitable and, up
to the great reverse which suddenly closed his
career, a successful soldier, who was able to defy
and defeat the best armies of England on Irish
soil, and more than once to bring the English
government very submissively to terms of hiji
dictation. But he lacked the personal virtues
that adorned the lives and inspired the efforts of
the great and brave men whose struggles we love
to trace in the annals of Ireland. His was, in-
deed, a splendid military career, and his admin-
istration of the government of his territory was
undoubtedlj' exemplary in many respects, but he
was in private life no better than a mere English
noble of the time ; his conduct toward the unfor-
tunate Calvach O'Donnell leaving a lasting stain
on his name.* The state papers of England
reveal an incident in his life which presents us
with an authenticated illustration of the means
deemed lawful bj' the English government often
enough in those centuries for the removing of an
Irish foe. John had reduced all the north to his
swaj% and cleared out every vestige of English
dominion in Ulster. He had encountered the
English commander-in-chief and defeated him.
He had marched to the very confines of Dublin,
spreading terror through the Pale. In this strait
Sussex, the lord lieutenant, bethought him of a
good plan for the effectual i-emoval of this danger-
ous enemy to the crown and government. With
the full cognizance and sanction of the queen, he
hired an assassin to murder O'Neill. The plot,
however, miscarried, and we should probably
have never heard of it, but that, very awkwardly
for the memory of Elizabeth and of her worthy
viceroy, some portions of their correspondence
on the subject remained undestroyed among the
state papers, and ai'e now to be seen in the State
Paper Office. The career of John the Proud
closed suddenly and miserably. He was utterly
defeated (a.d. 1567) in a great pitched battle by
the O'Donnells; an overthrow which it is said
* He invaded tlie O'DDiinell's territory, and acting, it is
said, on information secretly supplied by tlie unfaithful
wife of tlie Tyrconuell chief, succeeded in surprising and
capturing liim. He kept O'Donnell, wbo was Lis fatberin-
lavv, for years a close prisoner, and lived in open adultery
with the perfidious wife of the imprisoned chief, the step-
mother of his own lawful wife 1 " What deepens the hor-
ror of this odious domestic tragedy," .'says M'Oee, "is the
fact that the wife of O'Neill, the daughter of O'Donnell,
thus supplanted by her shameless stepmother under her
own roof, died soon afterward of ' horror, loathing, grief
and deep anguish' at the spectacle afforded by the private
life of O'Neill, and the severities inflicted on hw wretched
father 1"
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ftfifected his reason. Flying from the field with
his guilty mistress, his secretary, and a body-
guard of fifty horsemen, he was induced to be-
come the guest of some Scottish adventurers in
Antrim, upon whom he had inflicted a severe
defeat not long previously. After dinner, when
most of those present were under the influence of
wine — John, it is said, having been purposely
plied with drink — an Englishman who was jires-
ent designedly got up a brawl, or pretense of a
brawl, about O'Neill's recent defeat of his then
guests. Daggers were drawn in an instant, and
the unfortunate John the Proud, while sitting
helplessly at the banqueting board, was sur-
rounded and butchered.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
HOW THE GEEALDINES ONCE MORE LEAGUED AGAINST
ENGLAND UNDER THE BANNER OF THE CROSS
HOW "the ROYAL POPe" WAS THE EARLIEST
AND THE MOST ACTIVE ALLY OF THE IRISH CAUSE.
The death of John the Proud gave the English
power respite in the north; but, respited for a
moment in the north, that power was doomed to
encounter danger still as menacing in the south.
Once more the Geraldines were to put it severely
to the proof.
Elizabeth had not witnessed and studied in
vain the events of her father's reign. She very
sagaciously concluded that if she would safely
push her war against the Catholic faith in Ire-
land, she must first get the dreaded Geraldines
out of the way. And she knew, too, from all
previous events, how necessary it was to guard
that not even a solitary seedling of that danger-
ous race was allowed to escape. She wrote to
Sydney, her lord lieutenant, to lay a right cun-
ning snare for the catching of the Geraldines in
one haul. That faithful viceroy of a gracious
queen forthwith "issued an invitation for the
nobility of Ireland to meet him on a given day
in the city of Dublin, to confer with him on some
matters of great weight, particularly regarding re-
ligion. ' ' The bait took. "The dynasts of Ireland,
little suspecting the design, hastened to the city,
and along with them the Earl of Desmond and his
brother John. ' ' They had a safe conduct from
Sydney, but had scarcely arrived when they were
seized and committed to the castle dungeons,
whence they W«re soon sliipped off to the Tower
of London. This was tlie plan Elizabeth had
laid, but it had only partially succeeded. All
the Geraldines had not come into the snare, and
she took five years to decide whether it would be
worth while murdering these (according to law),
while so many other members of the family were
yet outside her grasp. The earl and his brother
appear not to have been imprisoned, but merely-
held to residence under surveillance in London.
According to the version of the family chronicler,
they found means of transmitting a document Or
message to their kinsmen and retainers, ai^point-
ing their cousin James, son of Maurice — known
as James Fitzmaurice — to be the head and leader
of the family in their absence, "for he was well-
known for his attachment to the ancient faith, no
less than for his valor and chivalry. " "Gladly,"
says the old chronicler, "did the people of Ear]
Desmond receive these commands, and inviolable
was their attachment to him who was now their
aiipointed chieftain."
This was that James Fitzmaurice of Desmond
— "James Geraldine of happy memory," as Pope
Gregory calls him — who originated, planned, and
organized the memorable Geraldine League of
1579, upon the fortunes of which for years the
attention of Christendom was fixed. With loftier,
nobler, holier aims than the righting of mere
family wrongs he conceived the idea of a great
league in defense of religion ; a holy war, in
which he might demand the sustainment and in-
tervention of the Catholic powers. Elizabeth's
own conduct at this juncture in stirring up and
subsidizing the Huguenots in France supplied
Fitzmaurice with another argument in favor of
his scheme. Fii-st of all he sent an envoy to the
pope — Gregory the Thirteenth — demanding the
blessing and assistance of the Supreme Pontiff in
this struggle of a Catholic nation against a mon-
arch nakedly violating all title to allegiance.
The act of an apostate sovereign of a Catholic
country drawing the sword to compel his sub-
jects into apostasy on pain of death, was not
only a forfeiture of his title to rule, it placed
him outside the pale of law, civil and ecclesias-
tical. This was Henry's position when he died;
to this position, as the envoy pointed out, Eliza-
beth succeeded "with a vengeance;" and so he
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prayed of Pope Gregorj', "his blessing on the
undertaking and the concession of indulgences
■which the church bestows on those who die in
defense of the faith." The holy father flung
himself earnestly and actively into the cause.
"Then," says the old Geraldine chaplain, "forth
flashed the sword of the Geraldine ; like chaff did
he scatter the host of reformers ; fire and devas-
tation did he carry into their strongholds, so
that during five years he won many a glorious
victory, and carried off innumerable trophies."
This burst of rhapsody, excusable enough on
the part of the old Geraldine chronicler, gives,
however, no faithful idea of what ensued ; many
bi'illiant victories, it is true, James Geraldine
achieved in his protracted struggle. But after
five years of valiant effort and of varied fortunes,
the hour of reverses came. One by one Pitz-
maurice's allies were struck down or fell away
from him, until at length he himself with a small
foi-ce stood to bay in the historic Glen of Aher-
low, which "had now become to the patriots of
the south what the valley of Glenmalure had been
for those of Leinster — a fortress dedicated by
nature to the defense of freedom." Here he held
out for a year; but, eventually, he dispatched
envoj's to the lord president at Kilmallock to
make terms of submission, which were duly
granted. "Whether from motives of policy, or in
compliance with these stipulations, the impris-
oned earl and his brother were forthwith released
in Loudon ; the queen making them an exceed-
ingly smooth and bland speech against the sin of
rebellion. The gallant Fitzmaurice betook him-
self into exile, there to plot and organize with
redoubled energy in the cause of faith and coun-
try; while the Earl of Desmond, utterly dis-
heartaned no doubt by the result of James'
revolt, and "only too happy to be tolerated in
the possession of his five hundred and seventy
thousand acres, was eager enough to testify his
allegiance by any sort of service. "
Fitzmaurice did not labor in vain. He went
from court to court pleading the cause he had so
deeply at heart. He was received with honor
and respect everywhere ; but it was only at Rome
that he obtained that which he valued bej'ond
personal honors for himself — aid in men, money,
and arms for the struggle in Ireland. A power-
ful t;::pociition was fitted out at Civita Vecchia
by the sovereign pontiff; and from variouis
pi-inces of Europe secret promises of further aid
were showered upon the brave Geraldine. He
little knew, all this time, while he in exile was
toiling night and day — was pleading, urging,
beseeching — planning, organizing, and direct-
ing— full of ardor and of faithful courageous re-
solve, that his countrymen at home — even his
own kinsmen — were temporizing and compromis-
ing with the lord president! He little knew
that, instead of finding L'eland ready to welcome
him as a deliverer, he was to land in the midst
of a prostrate, dispirited, and apathetic popula-
tion, and was to find some of his own relatives,
not only fearing to countenance, but cravenly
arrayed against him! It was even so. As the
youthful Emmett exclaimed of his own project
against the British crown more than two hundred
years subsequently, we may say of Fitzmaurice 's
— "There was failure in every part. " By some
wild fatality everything miscarried. There was
concert nowhere ; there was no one engaged in
the cause of ability to second James' efforts; and
what misfortune marred, incompetency ruined.
The pope's expedition, upon which so much de-
pended, was diverted from its destination by its
incompetent commander, an English adventurer
named Stukely, knave or fool, to whom, in an
evil hour, James had unfortunately confided such
a trust. Stukely, having arrived at Lisbon on
his way to Ireland, and having there learned that
the King of Portugal was setting out on an ex-
pedition against the Moors, absolutely joined his
forces to those of Dom Sebastian, and accom-
panied him,* leaving James of Desmond to learn
as best he might of this inexplicable imbecilitj'',
if not cold-blooded treason !
Meanwhile, in Ireland, the air was thick with
rumors, vague and furtive, that James was "on
the sea," and soon to land with a liberating ex-
pedition. The government was, of course, on
the alert, fastening its gaze with lynx-eyed vigi-
lance on all men likely to join the "foreign emis-
saries," as the returning Irish and their friends
were styled ; and around the southwestern coast
of Ireland was instantly drawn a line of British
cruisers. The government fain would have
• Stukely, and most of bis force, perished on the bloody
field of Alcazarquobir, where Dom Sebastian and twe
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93
saized upon the Earl of Desmond and hiw broth-
ers, but it was not certain wbethor this would
aid or retard the apprehended revolt ; for, so far,
these Geraldines i)rote8ted their opposition to it,
and to theiu — to the earl in particular — the pop-
ulation of the south looked for leadersbij). Yet,
in sooth, the English might have relieved the
earl, who, hoping nothing of the revolt, yet
sympathizing secretly with his kinsman, was in a
sad plight what to do, anxious to be "neutral,"
and trying to convince the lord president that he
was well affected. The government party, on
the other hand, trusting him naught, seemed
anxious to goad him into some "overt act" that
would put him utterly in their power. "While all
was sxcitement about the expected expedition,
fo! three suspicious strangers were landed at
Dingle firom a Spanish ship! They were seized
aa "foreign emissaries," and were brought first
oefore the Earl of Desmond. Glad of an oppor-
tunity for showing the government nis zeal, he
forthwith sent them prisoners to the lord presi-
dent at Kilmallock. In vain they protested that
they were not conspirators or invaders. And in-
deed they were not, though they were what was
just as bad in the eyes of the law, namely. Cath-
olic ecclesiastics, one of them being Dr. O'Haly,
Bishop of Mayo, and another Father Cornelius
O'Rorke. To reveal what they really were would
jerve them little ; inasmuch as hanging and be-
heading as "rebels" was in no way different
from hanging and beheading as "popish ec-
•lesiastics. " Yet would the authorities insist
that they were vile foreign emissaries. They
spoke with a Spanish accent ; they wore their
beards in the Spanish fashion, and their boots
■were of Spanish cut. So to force a confession of
what was not truth out of t^iem, no effort was
spared. They were "put to every conceivable
torture," says the historian, "in order to extract
intelligence of Fitzmaurice's movements. After
their thighs had been broken with hammers they
were hanged on a tree, and their bodies used as
targets by the soldiery.
By this time James, all unconscious of Stukely's
defection, had embarked from Spain for Ireland,
with a few score Spanish soldiers in three small
ships. He brought with him Dr. Saunders, papal
legate, the Bishop of Killaloe, and Dr. Allen.
The little fleet, after surviving shipwreck on the
coast of Gallicia, sailed into Dingle Harbor July
17, l.')79. Here James first tasted disheartening
disillusion. His great kinsman the earl, so far
from marching to welcome him and summoning
the country to rise, "sent him neither sign of
friendship nor promise of co-operation." This
was discouragement indeed; yet Fitzmaurice
was not without hope tliat when in a few days
the main expedition under Stukely would arrive,
the earl might think more hopefully of the enter-
prise, and rally to it that power which he alono
could assemble in Munster. So, weighing anchor,
James steered for a spot which no doubt he had
long previously noted and marked as pre-emi-
nently suited by nature for such a purpose as
this of his just row — Illan-an-Oir, or Golden
Island, in Smerwicic Harbor, on the northwest
Kerry coast, destined to be famed in story as
Fort del Ore. This was a singular rock, a dimin~
utive Gibraltar, jutting into the harbor or bay of
Smerwick. Even previously its natural strength
as a site for a fort had been noticed, and a rude
fortification of some sort crowned the rock. Hore
James landed his small force, threw up an earth-
work across the narrow neck of land connecting
the "Isle of Gold" with the mainland, and waited
for news of Stukely.
But Stukely never came! There did come,
however, unfortunately for James, an English
man-of-war, which had little difficulty in captor-
ing his transports within sight of the helpless
fort. All hope of the expected expedition soon
fled, or mayhap its fate became known, and mat-
ters grew desperate on Illan-an-Oir. Still the
earl made no sign. His brothers John and
James, however, less timid or more true to kins-
ship, had chivalrously hastened to join Fitz-
maurice. But it was clear the enterprise was
lost. The government forces were mustering
throughout Munster, and nowhere was help be-
ing organized. In this strait it was decided to
quit the fort and endeavor to reach the old fast-
nesses amid the Galtees. The little band in
their eastward march were actually pursued by
the Earl of Desmond, not very much in earnest
indeed — in downright sham, the English said,
yet in truth severelj' enough to compel them to
divide into three fugitive groups, the papal
legate and the other dignitaries remaining with
Fitzmaurice. Making a desperate push to reach
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the Shannon, his horses utterly exhausted, the
brave Geraldine was obliged to impress into his
service some horses belonging to Sir William
Burke, through whose lands he wae then passing.
Burke, indeed, was a relative of his, and Fitz-
mauriee thought that revealing his name would
silence all objection. On the contrary, however,
this miserable Burke assembled a force, pursued
the fugitives, and fell upon them, as "few and
faint, "jaded and outworn, they had halted at
the little river Mulkeru in Limerick county.
Fitzmaurice was wounded mortally early in the
fray, j'et his ancient prowess flashed out with all
its native brilliancy at the last. Dashing into
the midst of his dastard foes, at one blow he
clove to earth Theobald Burke, and in another
instant laid the brother of Theobald mortally
wounded at his feet. The assailants, though ten
to one, at once turned and fled. But alas! vain
was the victory — James Geraldine had received
his death wound! Calmly receiving the last
rites of the church at the hands of Dr. Allen,
and having with his last breath dictated a mes-
sage to his kinsmen enjoining them to take up
the banner fallen in his hand, and to fight to the
last in the holy war — naming his cousin John of
Desmond as leader to succeed him — the chival-
rous Fitzmaurice breathed his last sigh. "Such,"
says the historian, "was the fate of the glorious
hopes of Sir James Fitzmaurice ! So ended in a
squabble with churls about cattle, on the banks
of an insignificant stream, a career which had
drawn the attention of Europe, and had inspired
with apprehension the lion-hearted English
queen
Faithful to the dying message of Fitzmaurice,
John of Desmond now avowed his resolution to
continue the struggle; which he did bravely, and
not without brilliant results. But the earl still
"stood on the fence. " Still would he fain per-
suade the government that he was tiuite averse
to the mad designs of his unfortunate kinsmen;
and still government, fully believing him a sym-
pathizer with the movement, lost no o]>portunity
of scornfully taunting him with insinuations.
Eventually they commenced to treat his lauds 'as
the iiossessious of an enemy, wasting and harry-
ing them ; and at length the earl, finding too late
that in such a struggle there was for him no
neutrality, took the field. But this step on his
part, which if it had been tak'^n earlier, might
have had a powerful effect, ;vas now, as I have
said, all too late for any substantial influence
upon the lost cause. Yet he showed by a few
brilliant victories at the very outset that he was.
in a military sense, not all unworthy of his posi-
tion as First Geraldine, The Spanish king, too,
had by this time been moved to the aid of the
struggle. The Fort del Ore once more received
an expedition from Spain, where this time there
landed a force of seven hundred Spaniards and
Italians, under the command of Sebastian Sau
Josef, Hercules Pisano, and the Duke of Biscay.
They broiight, moreover, arms for five thousand
men, a large supply of money, and cheering
promises of still further aid from over the sea.
Lord Grey, the deputy, quickly saw that prob-
ably the future existence of British power in Ire-
land depended upon the swift and sudden crush-
ing of this formidable expedition ; accordingly
with all vehemence did he strain every energy to
concentrate with rapidity around Fort del Ore,
by land and sea, an overwhelming force before
any aid or co-operation could reach it from the
Geraldines. "Among the ofiicers of the besieg-
ing force were three especially notable men — Sir
Walter Raleigh, the poet Spenser, and Hugh
O'Neill — afterward Earl of Tyrone, but at thi.s
time commanding a squadron of cavalry for her
majesty Queen Elizabeth. San Josef surrendered
the place on conditions; that savage outrage
ensued, which is known in L'ish history as 'the
massacre of Smerwick. ' Raleigh and Wingfield
appear to have directed the operations by which
eight hundred prisoners of war were cruelly
butchered and flung over the rocks. The sea
upon that coast is deep, and the tide swift ; but
it has not proved deep enough to hide that hor
rid crime, or to wash the stains of such wanton
bloodshed from the memory of its authors!"*
It may be said that the Geraldine cause never
rallied after this disaster. "For four years
longer," says the historian whom I have just
quoted, "the Geraldine League flickered in the
south. Proclamations oilering pardon to all con-
cerned, excejit Earl Gerald and a few of his most
devoted adherents, had their effect. Deserted at
home, and cut off from foreign assistance, th©
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coudition of Desmond grew more and more intol-
erable. On one occasion bo narrowly escaped
capture by rushing with his countess into a
river, and rcmaiuiug concealed up to the chin in
water. His dangers can hardly be paralleled by
those of Bruce after the battle of Falkirk, or by
the more familiar adventures of Charles Edward.
At length on the night of November 11, 1584, he
was surprised with only two followers in a lone-
some valley, about live miles distant from Tralee,
among the mountains of Kerry. The spot is
still remembered, and the name of 'the Earl's
Road' transports the fancy of the traveler to that
tragical scene. Cowering over the embers of a
half-extinct fire in a miserable hovel, the lord of
a country which in time of peace had yielded an
annual rental of 'forty thousand golden pieces,'
was dispatched by the hands of common soldiers,
without pity, or time, or hesitation. A few fol-
lowers watching their creaghts or herds, further
up the vallej', found his bleeding trunk flung out
upon the highway ; the head was transported
over seas to rot upon the spikes of London
Tower."
Such was the end of the great Geraldine
League of 1579. Even the youngest of my read-
ers must have noticed in its plan and constitu-
tion, one singular omission which proved a fatal
defect. It did not raise the issue of national in-
dependence at all. It made no appeal to the
national aspirations for liberty. It was simply a
war to compel Elizabeth to desist from her blood.v
persecution of the Catholic faith. Furthermore,
it left out of calculation altogether the purely
Irish elements. It left all the northern half of
the kingdom out of sight. It was only a south-
ern movement. The Irish princes and chiefs —
those of them most opposed to the English power
■ — never viewed the enterprise with confidence or
sympathy. Fitzmaurice devoted much more at-
tention to foreign aid than to native combina-
tion. In truth his movement was simjjly an
Anglo-Irish war to obtain freedom of conscience,
and never raised issues calculated to call forth
the united efforts of the Irish nation in a war
against England.
Before passing to the next great event of this
era, I may pause to note here a few occurrences
worthy of record, but for whic^i I did not deem
it advisable to break in fp^f" the consecutive
narration of the Geraldine war. My endeavor
throughout is to jiresent to my young readerei, in
clear and distinct outline, a sketch of the chief
event of each period more or less complete by
itself, so that it may be easily comprehended and
remembered. To this end I omit many minor
incidents and occurrences, whicli, if engrafted or
brought in upon the main narrative, might have
a tendency to confuse and bewilder the facts in
one's recollection.
CHAPTER XXXVn.
HOW COMMANDER COSBY HELD A "fEASt" AT MUL-
LAGHMAST; AND HOW "rUARI OGe" RECOMPENSED
THAT "hospitality" A VICEROy's VISIT TO
GLENMALURE, AND HIS RECEPTION THERE.
It was within the period which we have just
passed over that the ever-memorable massacre of
MuUaghmast occurred. It is not, unhappily,
the only tragedy of the kind to be met with in
our blood-stained annals; yet it is of all the most
vividly perpetuated in popular traditions. In
1577, Sir Francis Cosby, commanding the queen's^
troops in Leix and Offaly, formed a diabolical
plot for the permanent conquest of that district.
Peace at the moment prevailed between the gov-
ernment and the inhabitants ; but Cosby seemed
to think that in extirpation lay the only effectual
security for the crown. Feigning, however,,
great friendshiji, albeit suspicious of some few
"evil disposed" persons said not to be well
affected, he invited to a grand feast all the chief
families of the territory; attendance thereat
being a sort of test of amity. To this summons
responded the flower of the Irish nobility in Leix.
and Offaly, with their kinsmen and friends —
the O'Mores, O'Kellys, Lalors, O'Xolans, etc.
The "banquet" — alas!^ — was prepared by Cosby
in the great Rath or Fort of Mullach-Maisten, or
MuUaghmast, in Kildare county. Into the great
rath rode many a pleasant cavalcade that day ;
but none ever came forth that entered in. A
gentleman named Lalor who had halted a little
way off, had his suspicions in some way aroused.
He noticed, it is said, that while many went into
the rath, none were seen to reaiii)ea: outside.
Accordingly he desired his friends to remain be-
hind while he advanced and reconnoitered. He
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entered cautiously. Inside, what a horrid spec-
tacle met his sight I At the very entrance the
dead bodies of some of his slaughtered kinsmen!
In an instant he himself was set upon; but draw-
ing his sword, he hewed his way out of the fort
and back to his friends, and they barely escaped
with their lives to Dysart! He was the only
Irishman out of more than four hundred who
entered the fort that daj- that escaped with life!
The invited guests were butchered to a man ; one
hundred and eighty of the O'Mores alone having
thus perished.
The peasantry long earnestly believed and
asserted that on the encircled rath of slaughter
rain nor dew never fell, and that the ghosts of
the slain might be seen, and their groans dis-
tinctly heard "on the solemn midnight blast!"
"O'er the Eath of Mullaghmast,
On the solemn midnight blast,
What bleeding specters pass'd
With their gashed breasts bare!
"Hast thou heard the fitful wail
That o'erloads the sullen gale
When the waning moon shines pale
O'er the cursed ground there?
"Hark! hollow moans arise
Through the black tempestuous skies.
And curses, strife, and cries,
From the lone rath swell;
"For blood.v Sydney there
Nightly fills the lurid air
"With the unholy pompous glare
Of the foul, deep hell.
"False Sydney! knighthood's stain!
The trusting brave — in vain
Tby guests — ride o'er the plain
To thy dark cow'rd snare;
"Flow'r of Offaly and Leix,
They have come tliy board to grace —
Fools! to meet a faithless race.
Save with true swords bare.
"While cup and song abound.
The triple lines surround
The closed and guarded mound.
In the night's dark noon.
"Alas! too brave O 'Moore,
Ere the revelry was o'er.
They have spill 'd thy j'oung heart's gore.
Snatch 'd from love too soon!
"At the feast, unarmed all,
Priest, bard, and chieftain fall
In the treacherous Saxon's hall.
O'er the bright wine bowl;
"And now nightly round the board,
With unsheath'd and reeking sword.
Strides the cruel felon lord
Of the blood-stain'd soul.
"Since that hour the clouds that pass'd
O'er the Eath of Mullaghmast,
One tear have never cast
On the gore-dyed sod;
"For the shower of crimson i-ain
That o'erflowed that fatal plain,
Cries aloud, and not in vain,
To the most high God!"
A sword of vengeance tracked Cosby from that
day. In Leix or Oiifaly after this terrible blow
there was no raising a regular force ; yet of the
family thus murderously cut down, there re-
mained one man who thenceforth lived but to
avenge his slaughtered kindred. This was Euari
Oge 0'More,the guerrilla chief of Leix and Offaly,
long the terror and the scourge of the Pale.
While he lived none of Cosby's "undertakers"
slept securely in the homes of the plundered
race. Swooping down upon their castles and
mansions, towns and settlements, Ruari became
to them an angel of destruction. When they
deemed him farthest away his sword of venge-
ance was at hand. In the lurid glare of burning
roof and blazing granarj', they saw like a specter
from the rath, the face of an O'More; and, aboT©
the roar of the flames, the shrieks of victims, or
the crash of falling battlements, they heard in the
hoarse voice of an implacable avenger — "Remem-
ber Mullayhmaal !"
And the sword of Ireland still was swift and
strong to pursue the author of that blood.v deed,
and to strike him and his race through two gen-
erations. One by one they met their doom :
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"In the lost battle
Borne down by tLe flying;
Where mingles war's rattle
With the groans of the dying."
On the bloody daj' of Glenmalure, when the
red flag of England went down in the battle's
hurricane, and Elizabeth's proud viceroy, Lord
Grey de Wilton, and all the chivalry of the Pale
were scattered and strewn like autumn leaves in
the gale, Cosby of Mullaghmast fell in the rout,
sent swiftly to eternal judgment with the brand
of Cain upon his brow. A like doom, a fatality,
tracked his children from generation to genera-
tion! They too perished by the sword or the
battle-ax — the last of them, son and grandson,
on one day, by the stroke of an avenging
O'More* — until it may be questioned if there
now exists a human being in whose veins runs
the blood of the greatly infamous knight com-
mander. Sir Francis Cosby.
The battle of Glenmalure was fought August
25, 1580. That magnificent defile, as I have
already remarked, in the words of one of our his-
torians, had long been for the patriots of Lein-
ster "a fortress dedicated by nature to the de-
fense of freedom;" and never had fortress of
freedom a nobler soul to command its defense
than he who now held Glenmalure for God and
Ireland — Feach M'Hugh O'Byrne, of Ballinacor,
called by the English "The Firebrand of the
Mountains." In his time no sword was drawn
for liberty in any corner of the island, near or
far, that his own good blade did not leap respon-
sively from its scabbard to aid "the good old
cause. ' ' Whether the tocsin was sounded in the
north or in the south, it ever woke pealing echoes
amid the hills of Glenmalure. As in later
years, Feach of Ballinacor was the most trusted
and faithful of Hugh O'Neill's friends and allies,
so was he now in arms stoutly battling for the
Gerakline league. His son-in-law, Sir Francis
Fitzgerald, and James Eustace, Viscount Bal-
tinglass, had rallied what survived of the clans-
men of Idrone, Oflfaly, and Leix, and had effected
a junction with him, taking up strong positions
•■'Ounej', son of Ruari Oge O'More, slew Alexander and
Francis Cosby, son and grandson of Cosby of Mullaghmast,
and routed tbeir troops with great slaughter, at Stradbally
Bridge, May 19, 1597."
in the passes of Slieveroe and Glenmalure. Lord
Grey of Wilton arrived as lord lieutenant from
England on August 12th. Eager to signalize
his advent to office by some brilliant achieve-
ment, he rejoiced greatly that so near at hand —
within a day's march of Dublin Castle — an op-
portunity presented itself. Yes! He would
measure swords with this wild chief of Glenma-
lure who had so often defied the power of
England. He would extinguish the "Firebrand
of the Mountain," and plant the cross of St.
George on the ruins of Ballinacor! So, assem-
bling a right roj'al host, the haughty viceroy
marched upon Glenmalure. The only accounts
which we possess of the battle are those con-
tained in letters written to England by Sir Will-
iam Stanley and others of the lord lieutenant's
officials and subordinates; so that W8 may be
sure the truth is very scantily revealed. Lord
Grey having arrived at the entrance to the glen,
seems to have had no greater anxiety than to
"hem in" the Irish. So he constructed a strong
earthwork or intrenched camp at the mouth of
the valley the more effectually to stop "escape."
It never once occurred to the vainglorious
English viceroy that it was he himself and his
royal army that were to play the part of fugitives
in the approaching scene! All being in readi-
ness. Lord Grey gave the order of the advance;
he and a group of courtier friends taking their
places on a high ground commanding a full view
up the valley, so that they might lose nothing of
the gratifying spectacle anticipated. An omi-
nous silence i>revailed as the English regiments
pushed their way into the glen. The courtiers
waxed witty ; they wondered whether the game
had not "stolen away;" they sadly thought there
would be "no sport;" or they halloedright mer-
rily to the troops to follow on and "unearth" the
"old fox." After awhile the way became more
and more tedious. "We were, " says Sir William
Stanley, "forced to slide sometimes three or four
fathoms ere we could stay our feet;" the way
being "full of stones, rocks, logs, and wood; in
the bottom thereof a river full of loose stones
which we were driven to cross divers times."
At length it seemed good to Feach M'Hugh
O'Byrne to declare that the time had come for
action. Then, from the forest-clad mountain
sides there burst forth a wild shout, whereat
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many of the jesting courtiers turned pale ; and a
storm of bullets assailed the entangled English
legions. As yet the foe was unseen, but his ex-
ecution was disastrous. The English troops
broke into disorder. Lord Grey, furious and
distracted, ordered up the reserves; but now
Feach passed the word along the L-ish lines to
charge the foe. Like the torrents of winter
pouring down those hills, down swept the Irish
force from every side upon the struggling mass
below. Vain was all efifort to wrfestle against
such a furious charge. From the very first it
became a pursuit. How to escape was now each
castle courtier's wild endeavor. Discipline was
utterly east aside in the panic rout! Lord Grey
and a few attendants fled early, and by fleet
horses saved themselves ; but of all the brilliant
host the viceroy had led out of Dublin a few days
before, there returned but a few shattered com-
panies to tell the tale of disaster, and to sur-
round with new terrors the name of Feach
M'Hugh, the "Firebrand of the Mountains."
CHAPTER XXXVin.
"hOGH of DDNGANSOn" HOW QUEEN ELIZ.\BETH
BROUGHT UP THE YOUNG IRISH CHIEF AT COURT,
WITH CERT.UN CR-VFTY DESIGNS OF HER OWN.
There now appears upon the scene of Irish
history that remarkable man whose name will
live in song and story as long as the Irish race
survives — leader of one of the greatest struggles
ever waged against the Anglo-Norman subjuga-
tion— Hugh O'Neill; called in English "patents"
Earl of Tyrone.
Ever since the closing years of the eighth
Henry's reign — the period at which, as I have
already explained, the policy of splitting up the
clans by rival chiefs began to be adopted bj' the
English power — the government took care to pro-
vide itself, by fair means or by foul, with a supply
of material from which crown chiefs might be
taken. That is to say, the government took care
to have in its hands, and trained to its own pur-
poses, some member or members of each of the
ruling families— the O'Neills, O'Reillys, O'Don-
nells, M'Guires, O'Connors, etc., ready to be set
up as the king's or queen's O'Neill, O'Reilly, or
O'Donnell, as the case might be, according as
I>olicy dictated and opi^ortunity offered. One of
these government proteges was Hugh O'Neill,
who, when yet a boy, was taken to London and
brought up in the court of Elizabeth. As he
was a scion of the royal house of O'Neill, and,
in English plannings, destined one daj' to play
the most important part as yet assigned to a
queen's chief in Ireland, viz., the reducing to
subserviency of that Ulster which formed the
standing menace of English power, the uncon-
querable citadel of nationality, the boy Hugh —
the young Baron of Dunganuon, as he was called
— was the object of unusual attention. He was
an especial favorita with the queen, and as may
be supposed the courtiers all, lords and ladies,
took care to pay him suitable obeisance. No
pains were spared with his education. He had
the best tutors to attend upon him, and above all
he was assiduously trained into court finesse,
how to dissemble, and with smooth and smiling
face to veil the true workings of mind and heart.
In this way it was hoped to mold the young
Irish chief into English shape for English pur-
poses; it never once occurring to his royal
trainers that nature some day might burst forth
and prove stronger than courtly artificiality, or
that the arts they were so assiduouslj- teaching
the boy chief for the ruin of his country's inde-
pendence might be turned against themselves.
In due time he was sent into the army to perfect
his military studies, and eventually (fully trained,
polished, educated, and prepared for the role
designed for him by his English masters) he took
up his residence at his family seat in Dungannon.
Fortunately for the fame of Hugh O'Neill, and
for the Irish nation in whose history he played
so memorable a part, the life of that illustrious
man has been written in our generation by a
biographer worthy of the theme. Among the
masses of Irishmen, comparatively little would
be known of that wondrous career had its history
not been poi)ularized by John Mitchel's "Life oi
Hugh O'Neill. ' ' The dust of centuries had been
allowed to cover the noble picture drawn from
life by the master hand of Don Philip O'Sulli-
van Beare — a writer but for whom we should now
be without any contemporaneous record of the
most eventful period of Anglo-Irish history, save
the unjust and distorted versions of bitterly
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partisan English officials.* Don Philip's his-
tory, however, was practically inaccessible to
the masses of Irishmen ; and to Mr. Mitchel is
almost entirely owing the place O'Neill now
holds — his rightful prominence — in popular
estimation.
Mr. Mitchel pictures the great Ulster chieftain
to us a patriot from the beginning; adroitly
and dissemblingly biding his time; learning
all that was to be learned in the camp of
the enemy ; looking far ahead into the future,
and shaping his course from the start with
fixed purpose toward the goal of national in-
dependence. This, however, cannot well be
considered more than a "view, " a "theory, " a
"reading." O'Neill was, during his earlier
career, in purpose and in plan, in mind, manner,
and action, quite a different man from the O'Neill
of his later years. It is very doubtful that he
had any patriotic aspirations after national inde-
pendence— much less any fixed policy or design
tending thereto^ — until long after he first found
himself, by the force of circumstances, in colli-
sion with the English power. In him we see the
conflicting influences of nature and nature-re-
pressing art. His Irishism was ineradicable,
though long dormant. His court tutors strove
hard to eliminate it, and to give him instead a
"polished" Englishism; but they never more
than partially succeeded. They put a court lac-
quer on the Celtic material, and the superficial
wash remained for a few years, not more. The
voice of nature was ever crying out to Hugh
O'Neill. For some years after leaving court, he
lived very much like any other Anglicized or
English baron, in his house at Dungannon. But
the touch of his native soil, intercourse with
neighboring Irish chieftains, and the force of
sympathy with his own people, now surrounding
* To Don Philip's great work the "Historic CatLoIicae
Ibernife," we are indebted for nearly all that we know of
this memorable struggle. "He is." says Mr. Mitchel,
" the only writer, Irish or foreign, who gives an intelligible
account of O'Neill's battles ; but he was a soldier as well as
a chronicler." Another writer says, " The loss of this his-
tory could not be supplied by any work extant." Don
Philip was nephew to Donal, la^ lord of Beare, of whom
we shall hear more anon. The " Historite Ibernias " was
written in Latin, and published about the year 1621, in
Lisbon, the O'SulUvans having settled in Spain after the
fall of Dunboj.
him, were gradually telling upon him. His life
then became a curious spectacle of inconsisten-
cies, as he found himself i)ulled and strained in
opposite directions by opposite sympathies,
claims, commands, or impulses ; sometimes in
proud disregard of his English masters, behav-
ing like a true Irish O'Neill; at other times
swayed by his foreign allegiance into acts of very
obedient suit and service to the queen's cause.
But the day was gradually nearing when these
struggles between two allegiances were to cease,
and when Hugh, with all the fervor of a great
and noble heart, was to dedicate his life to one
unalterable puriiose, the overthrow of English
rule and the liberation of hia native land!
-. CHAPTER XXXIX.
HOW LORD DEPUTY PERROT PLANNED A RIGHT CUNNTNG
EXPEDITION, AND STOLE AWAY THE YODTHFUL
PRINCE OP TYRCONNELL HOW, IN THE DDNGEONS
OF DUBLIN CASTLE, THE BOY CHIEF LEARNED HIS
DUTY TOWARD ENGLAND ; AND HOW HE AT LENGTH
ESCAPED AND COMMENCED DISCHARGING THAT DUTY.
Meanwhile, years passed by, and another Hugh
had begun to rise above the northern horizon,
amid signs and perturbations boding no good
to the crown and government of the Pale. This
was Hugh O'Donnell — "Hugh Roe" or "Red
Hugh" — -son of the reigning chief of Tyrconnell.
Young O'Donnell, who was at this time "a fiery
stripling of fifteen, was already known through-
out the five provinces of Ireland, not only 'by
the report of his beauty, his agility, and his
noble deeds, ' but as a sworn foe to the Saxons of
the Pale;" and the mere thought of the possibil-
ity of the two Hughs — Hugh of Tyrone and
Hugh of Tyrconnell — ever forming a combina-
tion, sufficed to fill Dublin Castle with dismay.
For already indeed, Hugh O'Neill's "loyalty"
was beginning to be considered rather unsteady.
To be sure, as yet no man durst whisper a word
against him in the queen's hearing; and he was
still ready at call to do the queen's fighting
against southern Geraldine, O'Brien, or Mac
Caura. But the astute in these matters noted
that he was unpleasantly neighborly and friendly
with the northern chiefs and tanists ; that, so far
fi'om maintaining suitable ill-will toward the
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reigning O'Neill (whom the queen meant him
some day to overthrow), Hugh had actually
treated him with respect and obedience. More-
over, "the English knew, "says the chronicler of
- Hugh Eoe, "that it was Judith, the daughter of
O'Donnell, and sister of the before-mentioned
Hugh Eoe, that was the spouse and best beloved
of the Earl ^O'Neill." "Those six companies of
- troops also," says Mr. Mitchel, "that he kept on
; foot (in the queen's name, but for his own
behoof) began to be suspicious in the eyes of the
state; for it is much feared that he changes the
men so soon as they thoroughly learn the use of
arms, replacing them by others, all of his own
clansmen, whom he diligentlj' drills and reviews
- for some unknown service. And the lead he im-
i ports — surely the roofing of that house of Dun-
gannon will not need all these shiploads of lead —
lead enough to sheet Glenshane, or clothe the
sides of Cairuocher. And, indeed, a rumor does
reach the deputy in Dublin that there goes on
at Dungannon an incredible casting of bullets.
No wonder that the eyes of the English govern-
ment began to turn anxiously to the north."
"And if this princely Ked Hugh should live to
take the leading of his sept — and if the two
potent chieftains of the north should forget their
ancient feud, and unite for the cause of Ireland, ' '
proceeds Mr. Mitchel, "then, indeed, not only
this settlement of the Ulster 'counties' must be
adjourned, one knows not how long; but the
Pale itself or the Castle of Dublin might hardlj'
protect her majesty's ofi&cers. These were con-
tingencies which any prudent agent of the queen
<jf England must speedily take order to prevent;
and we are now to see Perrot's device for that
end.
"Near Eathmullan, on the western shore of
Lough Swilly, looking toward the mountains of
Inniehowen, stood a monastery of Carmelites and
a church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, the
most famous place of devotion in Tyrconnell,
■whither all the Clan-Connell, both chiefs and
yjeople, naade resort at certain seasons to pay
their devotions. Here the young Eed Hugh, with
Mac Swyne of the battle-axes, O'Gallagher of
Ballyshannon, and some other chiefs, were in the
summer of 1587 sojourning a short time in that
part to pay their vows of religion ; but not with-
out staghounds and implements of chase, having
views upon the red deer of Fanad and Innish-
owen. One day, while the prince was here, a swift-
sailing merchant ship doubled the promontory
of Dunaff, stood up the lough, and cast anchor
opposite Eathmullan; a 'bark, black-hatched,
deceptive,' bearing the flag of England, and
offering for sale, as a peaceful trader, her cargo
of Spanish wine. And surely no more courteous
merchant than the master of that ship had
visited the north for many a year. He invited
the people most hospitably on board, solicited
them, whether purchasers or not, to partake of
his good cheer, entertained them with music and
wine, and so gained very speedily the good will
of all Fanad. Eed Hugh and his companions
soon heard of the obliging merchant and his
rare wines. They visited the shin, where they
were received with all respect, and indeed,
with unfeigned joy; descended into the cabin,
and with connoisseur discriminatioa tried and
tasted, and finally drank too deeply ; and at last
when they would come on deck and return to the
shore, they found themselves secured under
hatches ; their weapons had been removed ; night
had fallen ; they were prisoners to those traitor
Saxons. Morning dawned, and they looked
anxiously toward the shore; but, ah! where is
Eathmullan and the Carmelite church? And
what wild coast is this? Past Malin and the
cliffs of Innishowen ; jiast Benmore, and south-
ward to the shores of Antrim and the mountains
of Mourne fiew that ill-omened bark, and never
dropped anchor till she lay under the towers of
Dublin. The treacherous Perrot joyfully re-
ceived his prize, and 'exulted,' says an historian,
'in the easiness and success with which he had
procured hostages for the peaceable submission
of O'Donnell.' And the prince of Tyrconnell
was thrown into 'a strong stone castle,' and kept
in heavy irons three years and three months,
'meditating,' says the chronicle, on the feeble
and impotent condition of his friends and rela-
tions, of his princes and supreme chiefs, of bis
nobles and clergy, his poets and professors."*
Three long and weary years — oh! but they
seemed three ages! — the young Hugh pined in
the grated dungeons of that "Bermingbam
Tower," which still stands in Dublin Castle
*Mitcliel'8 '■ Life of Hugh 0'N«ill."
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101
yard. How the fierce hot spirit of the impetu-
ous northern youth chafed in this cruel captiv-
ity. He, accustomed daily to breathe the free
air of his native hills in the pastimes of the
chase, now gasped for breath in the close and
fetid atmosphere of a squalid cell! He, the joy
and the pride of an aged father — the strong hope
of a thousand faithful clansmen — was now the
helpless object of jailers' insolence, neglect, and
persecution! "Three years and three mouths, "
the old chroniclers tell us — when hark! there is
whispering furtively betimes as young'Hugh and
Art Kavanagh, and other of the captives meet on
the stone stairs, or the narrow landing, by the
warders' gracious courtesy. Yes; Art had a plan
of escape. Escape! Oh! the thought sends the
blood rushing hotly through the veins of Red
Hugh. Escape! Home! Freedom on the Tyr-
connell hills once more ! O blessed, thrice blessed
words!
It is even so. And now all is arranged, and
the daring attempt waits but a night favorably
dark and wild — which comes at last; and while
the sentries shelter themselves from the pitiless
sleet, the young fugitives, at peril of life or limb,
are stealthily scaling or descending bastion and
battlement, fosse and barbican. With beating
hearts they pass the last sentry, and now through
the city streets they grope their way southward ;
for the nearest hand of succor is amid the val-
leys of Wicklow. Theirs is a slow and toilsome
progress; they know not the paths, and they
must hide by day and fly as best they can in the
night-time through wooded country. At length
they cross the Three Rock Mountain, and look
down upon Glencree. But alas! Young Hugh
sinks down exhausted. Three years in a dungeon
have cramped his limbs, and he is no longer the
Hugh that bounded like a deer on the slopes of
Glenvigh ! His feet are torn and bleeding from
sharp rock and piercing bramble ; his strength is
gone; he can no further fly. He exhorts his
companions to speed onward and save them-
selves, while he secretes himself in the copee and
awaits succor if they can send it. Reluctantly,
and only yielding to his urgent entreaties, they
departed. A faithful servant, we are told, who
had been in the secret of Hugh's escape, still re-
mained with him, and repaired for succor to the
house of Felim O 'Tubal, the beautiful site of
whose residence is now called PowerB-court.
Felim was known to be a friend, though he dared
not openly disclose the fact. He was too close
to the seat of the English power, and was obliged
to keep on terms with the Pale authorities. But
now "the flight of the prisoners had created
great excitement in Dublin, and numerous bands
were dispatched in pursuit of them." It was
next to impossible — certainly full of danger- — ^for
the friendly O'Tuhal, with the English scouring-
parties spread all over hill and vale, to bring in
the exhausted and helpless fugitive from his
hiding-place, where nevertheless he must perish
if not quickly reached. Sorrowfully and reluct-
antly Felim was forced to conclude that all hope
of escape for young Hugh this time must be
abandoned, and that the best course was to pre-
tend to discover him in the copse, and to make a
merit of giving him up to his pursuers. So,
with a heart bursting with mingled rage, grief,
and despair, Hugh found himself once more in
the gripe of his savage foes. He was brought
back to Dublin "loaded with heavy iron fetters,"
and flung into a narrower and stronger dungeon,
to spend another year cursing the day that Nor-
man foot had touched the Irish shore.
There he lay until Christmas Day, December
25, 1592, "when," says the old chronicle, "it
seemed to the Son of the Virgin time for him to
escape. Henry and Art O'Neill, fellow-prisoners,
were on this occasion companions of Hugh's
flight. In fact the lord deputy, Fitzwilliam, a
needy and corrupt creature, had taken a bribe
from Hugh O'Neill to afford opportunity for the
escape. Hugh of Dungannon had designs of his
own in desiring the freedom of all three; for
events to be noted further on had been occur-
ring, and already he was, like a skillful states-
man, preparing for future contingencies. He
knew that the liberation of Red Hugh would give
him an ally worth half Ireland, and he knew that
rescuing the two O'Neills would leave the gov-
ernment without a "queen's O'Neill" to set up
against him at a future day. Of this escape
Haverty gives us the following account :
"They descended by a rope through a sewer
which opened into the castle ditch ; and leaving
there the soiled outer garments, they were con-
ducted by a young man, named Turlough Roe
O'Ungan, the confidential servant or emissar)j of the
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Earl of Tyrone, who was sent to act as their
gnide. Passing through the gates of the city,
which were still open, three of the party reached
the same Slieve Bua which Hugh had visited on
the former occasion. The fourth, Henry O'Neill,
t:trayed from his companions in some way — prob-
ably before they left the city — but eventually he
reached Tyrone, where the earl seized and im-
prisoned him. Hugh Roe and Art O'Neill, with
their faithful guide, proceeded on their way over
the Wicklow mountains toward Glenmalure, to
Feagh Mac Hugh O 'Byrne, a chief famous for his
heroism, and who was then in arms against the
government. Ai-t O'Neill had grown corpulent
in prison, and had beside been hurt in descend-
ing from the castle, so that he became quite worn
out from fatigue. The party were also exhausted
with hunger, and as the snow fell thickly, and
their clothing was very scanty, they suffered ad-
ditionally from intense cold. For awhile Red
Hugh and the servant supported Art between
them ; but this exertion could not long be sus-
tained, and at length Red Hugh and Art lay
down exhausted under a lofty rock, and sent the
servant to Glenmalure for help. With all possi-
ble speed Feagh O'Byrne, on receiving the mes-
sage, dispatched some of his trusty men to carry
the necessary succor; but they arrived almost
too late at the precipice under which the two
youths lay. 'Their bodies,' say the Four Mas-
ters, 'were covered with white-bordered shrouds
of hailstones freezing around them, and their
light clothes adhered to their skin, so that, cov-
ered as they were with the snow, it did not
appear to the men who had arrived that they
were human beings at all, for they found no life
in their members, but just as if they were dead. '
On being raised up, Art O'Neill fell back and
expired, and was buried on the spot; but Red
Hugh was revived with some difficulty, and car-
ried to Glenmalure, where he was secreted in a
sequestered cabin and attended by a physician."
Mr. Mitchel describes for us the sequel.
"O'Byrne brought them to his house and revived
and warmed and clothed them, and instantly sent
a messenger to Hugh O'Neill (with whom he was
then in close alliance) with the joyful tidings of
O'Donnell's escape. O'Neill beard it with de-
light, and sent a faithful retainer, Tirlough
Buidhe O'Hagan, who was well acquainted with
the country, to guide the young chief into Ul-
ster. After a few days of rest and refreshment,
O'Donnell and his guide set forth, and the Irish
chronicler minutely details that perilous journey
— how they crossed the Liffey far to the west-
ward of Fitzwilliam's hated towers, and rode
cautiously through Fingal and Meath, avoiding
the garrisons of the Pale, until they arrived at
the Boyne, a short distance west of Inver Colpa
(Drogheda), 'where the Danes had built a noble
city ;' how they sent round their horses through
the town, and themselves passed over in a fisher-
man's boat; how they passed by Mellifont, a
great monastery, 'which belonged to a noted
young Englishman attached to Hugh O'Neill,'
and therefore met with no interruption there;
rode right throiigh Dundalk, and entered the
friendly Irish country, where they had nothing
more to fear. One night they rested at Feadth
Mor (the Fews), where O'Neill's brother had a
house, and the next day crossed the Blackwater
at Moy, and so to Dungannon, where O'Neill
received them right joyfully. And here 'the two
Hughs' entered into a strict and cordial friend-
ship, and told each other of their wrongs and of
their hopes. O'Neill listened, with such feel-
ings as one can imagine, to the story of the
youth's base kidnapping and cruel imprisonment
in darkness and chains ; and the impetuous Hugh
Roe heard with scornful rage of the English
deputy's atrocity toward Mac Mahon, and at-
tempts to bring his accursed sheriffs and juries
among the ancient Irish of Ulster. And they
deeply swore to bury forever the unhappy feuds
of their families, and to stand by each other with
all the powers of the North against their treach-
erous and relentless foe. The chiefs parted, and
O'Donnell, with an escort of the Tyrowen cavalry,
passed into Mac Gwire's country. The chief of
Fermanagh received him with honor, eagerly
joined in the confederacy, and gave him 'a black
polished boat, ' in which the prince and his at-
tendants rnw^ed through Lough Erne, and glided
down that 'pleasant salmon-breeding river' which
leads to Ballyshannon and the ancient seats of
the Clan-Coiial.
"We may conceive with what stormy joy the
tribes of Tyrconnell welcomed their prince ; with
what mingled pity and wrath, thanksgivings
and curses, they heard of his chains and wander-
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ings and sufferings, and beheld the foot that
used to bound so lightly on the hills swollen and
crippled by that cruel frost, by the crueller flat-
ters of the Saxon. But little time was now for
festal rejoicing or the unprofitable luxury of
cursing; for just then. Sir Eichard Bingham, the
English leader in Connaugbt, relying on the ir-
resolute nature of old O'Donnell, and not aware
of Ked Hugh's return, had sent two hundred men
by sea to Donegal, where they took by surprise
the Franciscan monastery, drove away the monks
(making small account of their historic studies
and learned annals), and garrisoned the build-
ings for the queen. The fiery Hugh could ill
endure to hear of these outrages, or brook an
English garrison upon the soil of Tyrconnell. He
collected the people in hot haste, led them in-
stantlj' into Donegal, and commanded the Eng-
lish by a certain day and hour to betake them-
selves with all speed back to Connaught, and
leave behind them the rich spoils they had taken ;
all which they thought it prudent without fur-
ther parley to do. And so the monks of St.
Francis returned to their home and their books,
gave thanks to God, and prayed, as well they
might, for Hugh O'Donnell."
CHAPTER XL.
HOW HUGH OF DCNGAMNON WAS MEANTIME DRAWING
OFF FROM ENGLAND AND DRAWING NEAR TO IRELAND.
During the four years over which the imprison-
ment of Red Hugh extended, important events
had been transpiring in the outer world ; and
amid them the character of Hugh of Dungannon
was undergoing a rapid transmutation. We had
already seen him cultivating friendly relations
with the neighboring chiefs, though most of
them were in a state of open hostility to the
queen. He, by degrees, went much further than
this. He busied himself in the disloyal work of
healing the feuds of the rival clans, and extend-
ing throughout the north feelings of amity — nay,
a network of alliances between them. To some
of the native princes he lends one or two of his
fullj'-trained companies of foot ; to others, some
troops of his cavalry. He secretly encourages
some of them (say his enemies at court) to
stouter resistance to the English. It is even said
that he harbors popish priests. "North of Slieve
Gullion the venerable brehons still arbitrate un-
disturbed the causes of the peojjle ; the ancient
laws, civilization, and religion stand untouched.
Nay, it is credibly rumored to the Dublin deputy
that this noble earl, forgetful apjiarently of his
coronet and golden chain, and of his high favor
with so potent a princess, does about this time
get recognized and solemnly inaugurated as
chieftain of his sept, by the proscribed name of
'The O'Neill;' and at the rath of Tulloghoge, on
the Stone of Royalty, amid the circling warriors,
amid the bards and oUamhs of Tyr-eoghain, 're-
ceives an oath to preserve all the ancient former
customs of the country inviolable, and to deliver
up the succession peaceably to his tanist ; and
theu hath a wand delivered to him by one whose
proper oiSce that is, after which, descending
from the stone, he turneth himself round thrice
forward and thrice backward,' even as the
O'Neills had done for a thousand years; alto-
gether in the most un-English manner, and with
the strangest ceremonies, which no garter king-
at-arms could endure. "
"While matters were happening thus in Ulster,
England was undergoing the excitement of ap-
prehended invasion. The Armada of Philip the
Second was on the sea, and the English nation —
queen and people — Protestant and Catholic — per-
secutor and persecuted — with a burst of genuine
patriotism, prepared to meet the invaders. The
elements, however, averted the threatened doom.
A hurricane of unexampled fury scattered Philip's
flotilla, so vaur.tingly styled "invincible ;" the
ships were strewn, shattered wrecks, all over the
coasts of England and Ireland. In the latter
country the crews were treated very differently,
according as they happened to be cast upon the
shores of districts amenable to English authority
or influences, or the reverse. In the former in-
stances thej' were treated barbarously — slain as
the queen's enemies, or given up to the queen's
forces. In the latter, they were sheltered and
succored, treated as friends, and afforded means
of safe return to their native Spain- Some of
these ships were cast upon the coast of O'Neill's
country, and by no one were the Spanish crews
more kindly treated, more warmly befriended,
than by Hugh, erstwhile the queen's most
favored protege, and still professedly her most
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true and obedient servant. This hospitality to
the shipwrecked Spaniards, however, is too much
for English flesh and blood to bear. Hugh is
openly murmured against in Dublin and in Lon-
don.
And soon formal proof of his "treason" is
preferred. An envious cousin of his, known as
John of the Fetters — a natural son of John the
Proud, by the false wife of O'Donnell — animated
by a mortal hatred of Hugh, gave information to
the lord deputy that he had not only regaled the
Spanish officers right royally at Duugannon, but
had then and there planned with them an alliance
between himself and King Philip, to whom Hugh
— so said his accuser — had forwarded letters and
presents by the said officers. Ail of which the
said accuser undertook to prove, either upon the
body of Hugh in mortal combat, or before a jury
well and truly packed or impanneled, as the
case might be Whereupon there was dreadful
commotion in Dublin Castle. Hugh's reply was
— to arrest the base informer on a charge of trea-
son against the sacred person and prerogatives
of his lawful chief; which charge being proved,
John of the Fetters was at once executed. In-
deed, some accounts say that Hugh himself had
to act as executioner; since in all Tyrone no man
could be prevailed upon to put to death one of
the royal race of Nial — albeit an attainted and
condemned traitor. Then Hugh, full of a fine
glowing indignation against these accusing mur-
murers in Dublin, sped straightway to London
to complain of them to the (lueen, and to con-
vince her anew, with that politic hypocrisy
taught him (for quite a different use, though) in
that same court, that her majesty had no more
devoted admirer than himself. And he suc-
ceedeii. He professed and promised the most
ample loyalty. He would undertake to harbor
no more popish priests; he would admit sheriffs
into Tyrone ; ho would no more molest chiefs
friendly to England, or befriend chiefs hostile to
the queen; and as for the title of "The O'Neill,"
which, it was charged, ho gloried in, while feel-
ing quite ashamed of the mean English title,
"Earl of Tyrone," he protested by her majesty's
most angelic countenance (ah, Hugh!) that he
merely adopted it, lost some ono else might pos-
sess himself thereof; but if it in the least
offended a queen so beautiful and so exalted,
why he would disown it forever!* Elizabeth was
charmed by that dear sweet-spoken young noble
— and so handsome too. (Hugh, who was
brought up at court, knew Elizabeth's weak
points). The Lord of Dungannon returned to
L'elaud higher than ever in the queen's favor;
and his enemies in Dublin Castle were overturned
for that time.
The most inveterate of these was Sir Henry
Bagnal, commander of the Newry garrison.
"The marshal and his English garrison in the
castle and abbey of Newry," says Mr. Mitchel,
"were a secret thorn in the side of O'Neill.
They lay upon one of the main passes to the
north, and he had deeply vowed that one day the
ancient monastery, de viridi ligno, should be swept
clear of this foreign soldiery. But in that castle
of Newry the Saxon marshal had a fair sister, a
woman of rarest beauty, whom O'Neill thought
it a sin to leave for a spouse to some churl of an
English undertaker. And indeed we next hear
of him as a love-suitor at the feet of the English
beauty. ' ' Ha verty tells the story of this romantic
love-suit as follows :
"This man — the marshal. Sir Henry Bagnal —
hated the Irish with a rancor which bad men
are known to feel toward those whom they have
mortally injured. He had shed a great deal of
their blood, obtained a great deal of their lands,
and was the sworn enemy of the whole race.
Sir Henry had a sister who was young and ex-
ceedingly beautiful. The wife of the Earl of
Tyrone, the daughter of Sir Hugh Mae Manus
O'Donnell, had died, and the heart of the Irish
chieftain was captivated by the beautiful English
girl. His love was reciprocated, and he became
in due form a suitor for her hand ; but all efforts
to gain her brother's consent to this marriage
were in vain. The story, indeed, is one which
might seem to be borrowed from some old ro-
maiH-e, if we did not find it circumstantially de-
tailed in the niattor-of-fact documents of the
State Paper Office. The Irish prince and the
English maiden mutually plighted their vows,
*Thus, according to the tenor of Knglisli chroniclers,
but as a mutter of fact, Hugh had not at tliis time been
elected as The O'Neill. This event occurred .suliseciuently;
the existing O'Neill having been persuaded or compelled
by Hugh Hoe of Tyrconnell to abdicate, that the clans
might, as they desired to do, elect Hugh of Duugauaon in
liis place.
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and O'Neill presented to the lady a gold chain I
worth one hundred pounds; but the inexorable
Sir Henry removed his sister from Ncwry to the
house of Sir Patrick Barnwell, who was married
to another of his sisters, and who lived about
seven miles from Dublin. Hither the carl fol-
lowed her. He was courteously received by Sir
Patrick, and seems to have had many friends
among the English. One of these, a gentleman
named William "Warren, acted as his confidant,
and at a party at Barnwell's house, the earl en-
gaged the rest of the company in conversation
while Warren rode off with the lady behind him,
accompanied by two servants, and carried her
safely to the residence of a friend at Drumcondra,
near Dublin. Here O'Neill soon followed, and
the Protestant bishop of Meath, Thomas Jones, a
Lancashire man, was easily induced to come and
unite them in marriage the same evening. This
elopement and marriage, which took place on
August 3, 1591, were made the subject of violent
accusations against O'Neill. Sir Henry Bagnal
■was furious. He charged the earl with having
another wife living; but this point was ex-
plained, as O'Neill showed that this lady, who
was his first wife, the daughter of Sir Brian Mac
Felim O'Neill, had been divorced previous to his
marriage with the daughter of O'Dounell. Alto-
gether the government would appear to have
viewed the conduct of O'Neill in this matter
rather leniently ; but Bagnal was henceforth his
most implacable foe, and the circumstance was
not without its influence ob succeeding events."
CHAPTEE XLI.
how red hugh went circuit against the dnglish
in the north how the crisis came upon
o'neill.
By this time young Hugh Roe O'Donnell had,
as we have already learned, escaped from his
cruel captivity in Dublin, mainly by the help of
that astute and skillful organizer, Hugh of Dun-
gannon. In the spring of the year following,
"on May 3, 1593, there was a solemn meeting of
the warriors, clergy, and bards of Tyrconnell, at
the Rock of Doune, at Kilmacrenan, 'the nursing
place of Columbcille. ' And here the father of
Red Hugh renounced the chieftaincy of the sept,
and his impetuous son at nineteen years of ago
was duly inaugurated by Erenach O'Firghil,
and made The O'Donnell with the ancient cere-
monies of his race."
The young chief did not wear his honors idly.
In the Dublin dungeons he had sworn vows, and
he was not the man to break them ; vows that
while his good right hand could draw a sword,
the English should have no peace in Ireland.
Close by The O'Donnell's territory, in Strabane,
old Torlogh Lynagh O'Neill had admitted an
English force as "auxiliaries" forsooth. "And
it was a heart-break," says the old [chronicler,
"to Hugh O'Donnell, that the English of Dublin
should thus obtain a knowledge of the country. "
He fiercely attacked Strabane, and chased the
obnoxious English "auxiliaries" away, "pardon-
ing old Torlogh only on solemn promise not to
repeat his offense. From this forth Red Hugh
engaged himself in what we may call a circuit of
the north, rooting out English garrisons, sheriffs,
seneschals, or functionaries of what sort soever,
as zealously and scrupulously as if they were
plague-pests. Woe to the English chief that ad-
mitted a queen's sheriff within his territories!
Hugh was down upon him like a whirlwind!
O'Donnell's cordial ally in this crusade was
Maguire lord of Fermanagh, a man truly worthy
of such a colleague. Hugh of Dungannon saw
with dire concern this premature conflict pre-
cipatated by Red Hugh's impetuosity. Very
probably he was not unwilling that O'Donnell
should find the English some occupation j-et
awhile in the north ; but the time had not at all
arrived (in his opinion) for the serious and com-
prehensive undertaking of a stand-up fight for
the great stake of national freedom. But it was
vain for him to try remonstrance with Hugh Roe,
whose nature could ill bi-ook restraint, and who,
indeed, could not relish or comprehend at all the
subtle and politic slowness of O'Neill. Hugh of
Dungannon, however, would not allow himself at
any hazard to be pushed or drawn into open
action a day or an hour sooner than his own
judgment approved. He could hardly keep out
of the conflict so close beside him, and so, rather
than be i>reeipitated prematurely into the strug-
gle which, no doubt, he now deemed inevitable,
and for which, accordingly, he was preparing,
he made show of joining the queen's side, and
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led some troops against Maguire. It was noted,
however, that the species of assistance whicb he
gave the English generally consisted in "moder-
ating" Hugh Roe's punishment of them, and
pleading with him merely to sweep them away a
little more gently; "interfering," as Moryson
informs us, "to save their lives, on condition of
their instantly quitting the country !" Now this
seemed to the English (small wonder indeed) a
very queer kind of "help. " It was not what
suited them at all ; and we need not be surprised
that soon Hugh's accusers in Dublin and in Lon-
don once more, and more vehemently than ever,
demanded his destruction.
It was now the statesmen and courtiers of Eng-
land began to feel that craft may overleap itself.
In the moment when first they seriously contem-
plated Hugh as a foe to the queen, they felt like
"the engineer hoist by his own petard." Here
was their own pupil, trained under their own
hands, versed in their closest secrets, and let into
their most subtle arts! Here was the steel they
had polished and sharpened to pierce tlie heart
of Ireland, now turned against their own breast!
No wonder there was dismay and consternation
in Loudon and Dublin — it was so hard to devise
any plan against him that Hugh would not divine
like one of themselves! Failing any better resort,
it was resolved to inveigle him into Dublin by
offering him a safe-conduct, and, this document
notwithstanding, to seize him at all hazards.
Accordingly Hugh was duly notified of charges
against his loyalty, and a roj-al safe-conduct was
given to him that be might "come in and ap-
pear." To the utter astonishment of the plotters,
he came with the greatest alacrity, and daringly
confronted them at the council-board in the cas-
tle! He would have been seized in the room,
but for the nobly honorable conduct of the Earl
of Ormond, whose indignant letter to the lord
treasurer Burleigh (in reply to the queen's order
to seize O'Neill) is recorded by Carte: "My
lord, I will never use treachery to any man ; for
it would both touch her highness' honor and my
own credit too much ; and whosoever gave the
queen advice thus to write, is fitter for such base
service than I am. Saving my duty to her ma-
jesty, I would I might have revenge by my sword
of any man that thus persuaded the queen to
write to me." Ormond acquainted O'Neill with
the perfidy designed against him, and told him
that if he did not fly that night he was lost, as
the false deputy was drawing a cordon round
Dublin. O'Neill made his escape, and prepared
to meet the crisis which now he knew to be at
hand, "News soon reached him in the north,"
as IMr. Mitchel recounts, "that large reinforce-
ments were on their way to the deputy from
England, consisting of veteran troops who had
fought in Bretagne and Flanders under Sir John
Norreys, the most experienced general in Eliza-
beth's service; and that garrisons were to be
forced upon Ballyshannon and Belleek, com-
manding the passes into Tyrconnell, between
Lough Erne and the sea. The strong fortress of
Portmore also, on the southern bank of the
Blackw-ater, was to be strengthened and well
manned; thus forming, with Newry and Green-
castle, a chain of forts across the island, and a
basis for future operations against the north."
CHAPTER XLH.
o'nEILL in arms for IRELAND CLONTIBRET AND
BEAL-AN-ATHA-BHIE.
There was no misunderstanding all this. "It
was clear that, let King Philip send his promised
aid, or send it not, ojien and vigorous resistance
must be made to the further progress of foreign
power, or Ulster would soon become an English
province." Moreover, in all respects, save the
aid from Spain, Hugh was well forward in organ-
ization and preparation. A great Northern
Confederacy, the creation of his master-mind,
now spanned the land from shore to shore, and
waited only for him to take his rightful place as
leader, and give the signal for such a war as had
not tried the strength of England for two hun-
dred years.
"At last," says Mitchel, "the time had come;
and Dunganuon with stern joy beheld unfurled
the royal standard of O'Neill, displaying, as it
floated proudly on the breeze, that terrible Red
Right Hand upon its snow-white folds, waving
defiance to the Saxon queen, dawning like a new
Aurora upon the awakened children of Heromon.
"With a strong body of horse and foot, O'Neill
suddenly appeared upon the ISlackwator, stormed
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fully,' .says an historian, 'as he would have
driven poison from his heart;' then demolished
the fortress, burned down the bridge, and ad-
vanced into O'Reilly's country, everywhere driv-
ing the English and their adherents before him
to the south (but without wanton bloodshed,
slaying no man save in battle, for cruelty is no-
where charged against O'Neill); and, finally,
with Mac Gwire and Mac Mahon, he laid close
siege to Monagban, which was still held for the
queen of England. O'Donnell, on his side,
crossed the Saimer at the head of his fierce clan,
burst into Couuaught, and shutting up Bing-
ham's troops in their strong places at Sligo,
Ballymote, Tulsk, and Boyle, traversed the coun-
try with avenging fire and sword, putting to
death every man who could speak no Irish, ravag-
ing their lands, and sending the spoil to Tyrcon-
nell. Then he crossed the Shannon, entered the
Annally's, where O'Ferghal was living under
English dominion, and devastated that country
so furiously, that 'the whole firmament, ' says the
chronicle, 'was one black cloud of smoke.'
This rapidity of action took the English at
complete disadvantage. They accordinglj'
(merely to gain time) feigned a great desire to
"treat" with the two Hughs. Perhaps those
noble gentlemen bad been wronged. If so, the
queen's tender heart yearned to have them recon-
ciled; and so forth. Hugh, owing to his court
training, understood this kind of thing perfectly.
It did not impose upon him for a moment ; yet
he consented to give audience to the royal com-
missioners, whom he refused to see except at the
head of his army, "nor would he enter any walled
town as liege man of the Queen of England."
"So they met," we are told, "in the open plain,
in the presence of both armies. " The conditions
of peace demanded by Hugh were :
1. Complete cessation of attempts to disturb
the Catholic Church in Ireland.
2. No more garrisons — no more sheriffs or
English officials of any sort soever to be allowed
into the Irish territories, which should be unre-
stictedly under the .i-irisdiction of their lawfully
elected native chiefs.
3. Payment by Marshal Bagnal to O'Neill of
one thousand pounds of silver "as a marriage
portion with the lady whom he had raised to the
dignity of an O'Neill's bride."
We may imagine how hard the royal commis-
sioners must have found it to even hearken to
these i)roi)Ositioiis, esi)eciall}' this last keen touch
at Bagnal. Nevertheless, thej' were fain to de-
clare them very reasonable indeed; only they
suggested — merely recommended for considera-
tion— that as a sort of set-off, the confederates
might lay down their arms, beg forgiveness, an<I
"discover" their correspondence with foreign
states. Phew! There was a storm about their
ears! Beg "pardon" indeed! "The rebels grew
insolent," saysMoryson. The utmost that could
be obtained from O'Neill was a truce of a few
days' duration.
Early in June Bagnal took the field with a
strong force, and effecting a junction with Nor-
reys, made good his march from Dundalk to
Armagh. Not far from Monaghan is Clontibret
— Cluain-Tuberaid, the "Lawn of the Spring."
What befell there, I will relate in the words of
Mr. Mitchel:
"The castle of Monaghan, which had been
taken by Con O'Neill, was now once more in the
hands of the enemy, and once more besieged by
the Irish troops. Norreys, with his whole force,
was in full march to relieve it; and O'Neill, who
had hitherto avoided pitched battles, and con-
tented himself with harassing the enemy by con-
tinual skirmishes in their march through the
woods and bogs, now resolved to meet this re-
doubtable general fairly in the open field. He
chose his ground at Clontibret, about five miles
from Monaghan, where a small stream runs
noi-thward through a valley inclosed by low hills.
On the left bank of this stream the Irish, in bat-
tle array, awaited the approach of Norreys. We
have no account of the numbers on each side,
but when the English general came up, he
thought himself strong enough to force a pas-
sage. Twice the English infantry tried to make
good their way over the river, and twice were
beaten back, their gallant leader each time
charging at their head, and being the last to re-
tire. The general and his brother. Sir Thomas,
were both wounded in these conflicts, and the
Irish counted the victory won, when a chosen
body of English horse, led on by Segrave, a
Meathian oflicer, of giagntic bone and height,
spurred fiercel.y across the river, and charged the
cavalry of Tyrowen, commanded by their prince
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in person. Segrave singled out O'Neill, and the
two leaders laid lance in rest for deadly combat,
•while the troops on each side lowered their
weapons and held their breath, awaiting the
shock in silence. The warriors met, and the
lance of each was splintered on the others'
corslet, but Segrave again dashed his horse
against the chief, flung his giant frame against
his enemy, and endeavored to unhorse him by
the mere weight of his gauntleted hand. O'Neill
grasped him in his arms, and the combatants
rolled together in that fatal embrace to the
ground :
" 'Now, gallant Saxon, hold thine own:
No maiden's arms are round thee thrown.'
There was one moment's deadly wrestle and a
death groan: the shortened sword of O'Neill was
buried in the Englishman's groin beneath his
mail. Then from the Irish ranks arose such a
wild shout of triumph as those hills had never
echoed before — the still thunder-cloud burst into
a tempest — -those equestrian statues become as
winged demons, and with their battle-cry of
' ' Lamh-dearg-aboo ! ' ' and their long lances poised
in Eastern fashion above their heads, down swept
the chivalry of Tyrowen upon the astonished
ranks of the Saxon. The banner of St. George
wavered and went down before that furious
charge. The English turned their bridle-reins
and fled headlong over the stream, leaving the
field covered with their dead, and, worse than
all, leaving with the Irish that proud red-cross
banner, the first of its disgraces in those Ulster
wars. Norreys hastily retreated southward, and
the castle of Monaghan was yielded to the Irish.
This was opening the campaign in a manner
truly worthy of a royal O'Neill. The flame thus
lighted sjiread all over the northern land. Suc-
cess shone on the Irish banners, and as the his-
torian informs us, "at the close of the year 1595,
the Irish power predominated in Ulster and
Connaught. "
The proceedings of the next two years — 1590
and 1597 — during which the struggle was varied
by several efforts at negotiation, occupy too large
a portion of history to be traced at length in these
pages. The English forces were being steadily
though slowly driven in upon the Pale from
nearly all sides, and strenuous efforts were made
to induce O'Neill to accept terms. He invariably
professed the utmost readiness to do so ; deplored
the stern necessity that had driven him to claim
his rights in the field, and debated conditions of
peace ; but, either mistrusting the designs of the
English in treating with him, or because he had
hopes far beyond anything they were likely to
concede, he managed so that the negotiations
somehow fell through at all times. On one oc-
casion royal commissioners actually followed and
chased him through the country with a royal
"pardon" and treaty, which they were beseech-
ing him to accept, but O'Neill continued to
"miss" all appointments with them. More than
once the English bitterly felt that their quondam
pupil was feathering his keenest arrows against
them with plumes plucked from their own wing !
But it was not in what they called "diplomacy"
alone Hugh showed them to their cost that be
had not forgotten his lessons. He could enliven
the tedium of a siege — and, indeed, terminate it
— by a ruse worthy of an humorist as of a strat-
egist. On the expiration of one of the truces,
we are told, he attacked Norrey's encampment
with great fury, "and drove the English before
him with heavy loss till they found shelter within
the walla of Armagh." He sat down before the
town and began a regular siege; "but the troops
of Ulster were unused to a war of posts, and little
skilled in reducing fortified places by mines,
blockades, or artillery. They better loved a
rushing charge in the open field, or the guerrilla
warfare of the woods and mountains, and soon
tired of sitting idly before battlements of stone-
O'Neill tried a stratagem. General Norrej's had
sent a quantity of provisions to relieve Armagh
under a convoy of three companies of foot and a
body of cavalry, and the Irish had surprised
these troops by night, captured the stores, and
made prisoners of all the convoy. O'Neill caused
the English soldiers to be stripped of their uni-
form, and an equal number of his own inen to bo
dressed in it, whom he ordered to appear by day-
break as if marching to relieve Armagh. Then,
having stationed an ambuscade before moining
in the walls of a ruined monastery lying on the
eastern side of the city, he sent another body of
troops to meet the red-coated gallow-glasses, so
that when day dawned the defenders of Armagh
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of their countrymen in full march to relieve them
■with supplies of provisions, then they saw
CNeill's troops rush to attack these, and a furi-
ous conflict seemed to proceed, but apparently
the English were overmatched, many of them
fell, and the Irish -were pressing forward, pour-
ing in their shot and brandishing their battle-
axes with all the tumult of a deadly fifrht. The
hungry garrison could not endure this sight. A
strong sallying party issued from the city and
rushed to sujiport their friends ; but when they
came to the field of battle all the combatants on
both sides turned their weapons against them
alone.
"The English saw the snare that had been laid
for them, and made for the walls again ; but Con
O'Neill and his party issued from the monastery
and barred their retreat. They defended them-
selves gallantly, but were all cut to pieces, and
the Irish entered Armagh in triumph. Stafford
and the remnant of his garrison were allowed to
retire to Dundalk, and O'Neill, who wanted no
strong places, dismantled the fortifications and
then abandoned the town."
Over several of the subsequent engagements in
1596 and 1597 I must pass rapidly, to reach the
more important events in which the career of
O'Neill culminated and closed. My young read-
ers can trace for themselves on the page of Irish
history the episodes of valor and patriotism that
memorize "Tyrrell's Pass" and "Portmore. "
The ignis fatuus of "aid from Spain" was still in
O'Neill's eyes. He was waiting- — ^but striking
betimes, parleying with royal commissioners, and
corresponding with King Philip, when he was
not engaging Bagnal or Norreys; Red Hugh
meanwhile echoing in Connaught every blow
struck by O'Neill in Ulster. At length, in the
summer of 1598, he seems to have thrown aside
all reliance upon foreign aid, and to have
organized his countrymen for a still more reso-
lute stand than any they yet had made against
the national enemy.
"In the month of July, O'Neill sent messen-
gers to Phelim Mac Hugh, then chief of the
O'Byrnes, that he might fall upon the Pale, as
they were about to make employment in the
north for the troops of Ormond, and at the same
time he detached fifteen hundred men and sent
them to assist his ally, O'More, who was then be-
sieging Porteloise, a fort of the English in Leix.
Then he made a sudden stoop upon the castle of
Portmore, which, says Moryson, 'was a great
eyesore to him lying upon the cbicfe passage into
his country,' hoping to carry it by assault.
"Ormond now perceived that a powerful effort
must be made by the English to hold their
ground in the north, or Ulster might at once be
abandoned to the Irish. Strong reinforcements
were sent from England, and O'Neill's spies soon
brought him intelligence of large maHses of
troops moving northward, led by Marshal Sir
Henry Bagnal, and composed of the choicest
forces in the queen's service. Ncwry was their
place of rendezvous, and early la August, Bagnal
found himself at the head of the largest and best
appointed army of veteran Englishmen that had
ever fought in Ireland. He si'cceeded in reliev-
ing Armagh, and dislodging O'Neill from his
encampment at Mullaghbane, where the chief
himself narrowly escaped beipg taken, and then
prepared to advance with his whole army to the
Blackwater, and raise the sfege of Portmore.
Williams and his men were by this time nearly
famished with hunger; they had eaten all their
horses, and had come to feeding, on the herbs and
grass that grew upon the wallf« of the fortress.
And every morning they gazed anxiously over
the southern hills, and strained their eyes to see
the waving of a red-cross flag, or the glance of
English spears in the rising sun.
"O'Neill hastily summoned O'Donnell and
Mac William to his aid, and determined to cross
the marshal's path, and give him battle before
he reached the Blackwater. His entire force on
the day of battle, including the Scots and the
troops of Connaught and Tyrconnell, consisted of
four thousand five hundred foot and six hundred
horse, and Bagnal 's army amounted to an equal
number of infantry and five hundred veteran
horsemen, sheathed in corslets and headpieces,
together with some field artillery, in which
O'Neill was wholly wanting.
"Hugh RoeO'Donnell had snuffed the coming
battle from afar, and on the 9th of August joined
O'Neill with the clans of Connaught andTyrcon'
nell. They drew up their main body about a
mile from Portmore, on the way to Armagh,
where the plain was narrowed to a pass, inclosed
on one side by a thick wood, and on the other by
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a bog. To arrive at that plain from Armagh tne
enemy would Lave to penetrate through wooded
hills, divided by winding and marshy hollows,
in which flowed a sluggish and discolored stream
from the bogs, and hence the pass was called
Beal-an-atha-buie,"the mouth of the yellow ford. '
Fearfasa O'Clery, a learned poet of O'Donnell's,
asked the name of that place, and when he heard
it, remembered (and proclaimed aloud to the
army) that St. Bercan had foretold a terrible
battle to be fought at a yellow ford, and a glori-
ous victory to be won by the ancient Irish.
"Even so, Moran, son of Maoin! and for thee,
wisest poet, O'Clery, thou hast this day served
thy country well, for, to an Ii-ish army, auguries
of good were more needful than a commissariat;
and those bards' songs, like the Dorian flute of
Greece, breathed a passionate valor that no blare
of English trumpets could ever kindle.
"Bagnal's army rested that night in Armagh,
and the Irish bivouacked in the woods, each war-
rior covered by his shaggy cloak, under the stars
of a summer night, for to 'an Ii'ish rebel,' says
Edmund Spenser, 'the wood is his house against
all weathers, and his mantle is his couch to sleep
in.' But O'Neill, we may well believe, slept not
that night away ; the morrow was to put to proof
what valor and discipline was in that Irish army,
•which he had been so long organizing and train-
ing to meet this very hour. Before him lay a
splendid army of tried English troops in full
march for his ancient seat of Dungannon, and led
on by his mortal enemy. And O'Neill would
not have had that host weakened by the deser-
tion of a single man, nor commanded — no, not
for his white wand of chieftaincy — by any leader
but this his dearest foe. "
To Mr. Mitchel, whose vivid narrative I have
so far been quoting, we are indebted for the fol-
lowing stirring description of O'Neill's greatest
battle — ever memorable Beal-an-atha-buie :
"The tenth morning of August rose bright and
serene upon the towers of Armagh and the silver
waters of Avonmore. Before day dawned the
English army left the city in three divisions, and
at sunrise they were winding tlirough the hills
and woods behind the spot where now stands tlie
little church of Grange.
"The Hun was glancing on the corslets and
spears of tlieir glittering cavalry, their banners
waved proudly, and their bugles rung clear in
the morning air, when, suddenly, from the
thickets on both sides of their path, a deadly
volley of musketry swept through the foremost
ranks. O'Neill had stationed here five hundred
light-armed troops to guard the defiles, and in
the shelter of thick groves of fir trees they had
silently waited for the enemy. Now they poured
in their shot, volley after volley, and killed great
numbers of the English ; but the first division,
led by Bagnal in person, after some hard fight-
ing, carried the pass, dislodged the marksmen
from their position, and drove them backward
into the plain. The center division under Cosby
and "VVingfield and the rearguard led by Cuin
and Billing, supported in flank by the cavalry
under Brooke, Montacute, and Fleming, now
pushed forward, speedily cleared the difficult
country, and formed in the open ground in front
of the Irish lines. 'It was not quite safe,' says
an Irish chronicler (in admiration of Bagnal's
disposition of his forces) 'to attack the nest of
griffins and den of lions in which were placed the
soldiers of London.' Bagnal at the head of his
first division, and aided by a body of cavalry,
charged the Irish light-^rmed troops up to the
very intrenchments, in front of which O'Neill's
foresight had prepared some pits, covered over
with wattles and grass, and many of the English
cavalry rushing impetuously forward, rolled
headlong, both men and horses, into these
trenches and perished. Still the marshal's
chosen troops, with loud cheers and shouts of
'St. George for merry England!' resolutely at-
tacked the intreuchment that stretched across
the pass, battered them with cannon, and in one
place succeeded, though with heavy loss, in forc-
ing back their defenders. Then first the main
body of O'Neill's troops was brought into action,
and with bagpipes sounding a charge, they fell
upon the English, shoutiugtheir fierce battle-cries,
'Lamh-dearg!' and 'O'Donnell aboo!' O'Neill
himself, at the head of a body of horse, pricked
forward to seek out Bagnal amid the throng of
battle, but they never met : the marshal, who had
done his devoir that day like a good soldier, was
shot through the brain by some unknown marks-
man. The division he had led was forced back
by the furious onslaught of the Irish, and put to
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a cart of gunpowder exploded amid the English
ranks and blew many of their men to atoms.
And now the cavalry of Tyrconnell and Tyrowen
dashed into the plain and bore down the remnant
of Brooke's and Fleming's horse; the columns of
Wingfield and Cosby reeled before their rushing
charge — while in front, to the warcry of 'Batail-
lah-aboo!' the swords and axes of the heavy
armed gallowglasses were raging among the
Saxon ranks. By this time the cannon were all
taken; the cries of 'St. George!' had failed, or
turned into death-shrieks ; and once more, Eng-
land's royal standard sunk before the Red Hand
of Tyrowen." '
Twelve thousand gold pieces, thirty-four stan-
dards, and all the artillery of 'the vanquished
army were taken. Nearly three thousand dead
were left by the English on the field. The splen-
did army of the Pale was, in fact, annihilated.
Beal-an-atha-buie, or, as some of the English
chroniclers call it, Blackwater, may be classed as
one of the great battles of the Irish nation ; per-
haps the greatest fought in the course of the war
against English invasion. Other victories as
brilliant and complete may be found recorded in
our annals; many defeats of English armies as
utter and disastrous; but most of these were, in
a military point of view, not to be ranked for a
moment with the "Yellow Ford." Very nearly
ail of them were defile surprises, conducted on
the simplest principles of warfare common to
struggles in a mountainous country. But Beal-
an-atha-buie was a deliberate engagement, a for-
midable f)itched battle between the largest and
the best armies which England and Ireland re-
spectively were able to send forth, and was
fought out on principles of military science in
which both O'Neill and Bagnal were proficients.
It was a fair stand-up fight between the picked
troops and chosen generals of the two nations;
and it must be told of the vanquished on that
day, that, though defeated, they were not dis-
honored. The Irish annals and chants, one and
all, do justice to the daring braverj' and unflinch-
ing endurance displayed by Bagnal 's army on
the disastrous battlefield of Beal-an-atha-buie.
4.8 might be supposed, a victory so consider-
able as this has been sung by a hundred bards.
More than one notable poem ia the native Gaelic
has celebrated its glory ; and quite a number of
our modern bards haTO made \t Mie theme of stir-
ring lays. Of these latter, probably the besi
known is Drennan's ballad, from which I quote
the opening and concluding verses:
"By O'Neill close beleaguer'd, the spirits might
droop
Of the Saxon three hundred shut up in their
coop.
Till Bagnal drew forth his Toledo, and swore
On the sword of a soldier to succor Portmore.
"His veteran troops, in the foreign wars triod.
Their features how bronz'd, and how haughty
their stride,
Step'd steadily on; it was thrilling to see
That thunder-cloud brooding o'er Beal-an-atha-
Buidh!
"The flash of their armor, inlaid with fine gold.
Gleaming matchlocks and cannons that mut-
teringly roll'd.
With the tramp and the clank of those stern
cuirassiers.
Dyed in blood of the Flemish and French cava-
liers.
"Land of Owen aboo! and the Irish rushed on:
The foe fir'd but one volley — their gunners are
gone.
Before the bare bosoms the steel coats have fled.
Or, despite casque or corslet, lie dying or dead.
"And brave Harry Bagnal, he fell while he
fought.
With many gay gallants: they slept as men
ought.
Their faces to Heaven : there were others, alack!
By pikes overtaken, and taken aback.
"And the Irish got clothing, coin, colors, great
store.
Arms, forage, and provender — plunder go leor.
They munch 'd the white manchets, they
champ 'd the brown chine,
Fuliluah for that day, how the natives did dine !
"The chieftain looked on, when O'Shanagan rose.
And cried: 'Hearken, O'Neill, I've a health to
propose —
To our Sassenach hosts, ' and all quaffed in hugs
glee,
With GeadmilefaiUego! Beal-an-atha-Buidh ! "
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The same subject has been the inspiration of,
perhaps, the most beautiful poem in Mr. Aubrey
de Yere's "Lyrical Chronicle of Ireland:"
THE WAK-SONG OF TTRCONNELL'S BARD
AT THE BATTLE OF BLACKWATER.
Glory to God, and to the Powers that fight
For Freedom and the Right!
We have them then, the invaders! there they
stand
Once more on Oriel's land!
They have pass'd the gorge stream cloven.
And the mountain's purple bonud;
Now the toils are round them woven,
Now the nets are spread around!
Give them time : their steeds are blown ;
Let them stand and round them stare.
Breathing blasts of Irish air :
Our eagles know their own!
Thou rising sun, fair fall
Thy greeting on Armagh's time-honored wall
And on the willows hoar
That fringe thy silver waters, Avonmore !
See ! on that hill of drifted sand
The far-famed marshal holds command,
Bagnal, their bravest : to the right.
That recreant, neither chief nor knight,
"The Queen's O'Reillj'," he that sold
His countrj', clan, and church for gold!
"Saint George for England!" — ^recreant
crew.
What are the saints ye spurn to you?
They charge ; they pass yon grassy swell ;
They reach our pitfalls hidden well:
On! — warriors native to the sod!
Be on them, in the power of God!
Seest thou yon stream, whose tawny waters glide
Through weeds and yellow marsh lingeringly
and slowly ?
Blest is that spot and holy !
There, ages past, Saint Beican stood and cried,
"This spot shall quell one day th' invader's
pride!"
He saw in mystic trance
The bloodstain flush yon rill:
On! — hosts of God, advance!
Your country's fate fulfill!
Hark! the thunder of their meeting!
Hand meets hand, and rough the greetingJ
Hark! the crash of shield and brand;
They mix, they mingle, band with band.
Like two horn-commingling stags.
Wrestling on the mountain crags.
Intertwined, intertangled.
Mangled forehead meeting mangled!
See ! the wavering darkness through
I see the banner of Red Hugh ;
Close beside is thine, O'Neill!
Now they stoop and now thej' reel.
Rise once more and onward sail.
Like two falcons on one gale!
O ye clansmen past me rushing.
Like mountain torents seaward gushing.
Tell the chiefs that from this height
Their chief of bai'ds beholds the fight;
That on theirs he pours his spirit;
Marks their deeds and chants their merit;
While the Priesthood evermore,
Like him that ruled God's host of yore.
With arms outstretched that God implore!
Glory be to God on high!
That shout rang up into the sky!
The islain lies bare ; the smoke drifts by ;
Again that cry ; they &y I they fly !
O'er them standards thirty -four
Waved at morn : they wave no more.
Glory be to Him alone who holds the nations in
His hand.
And to them the heavenly guardians of our
church and native land!
Sing, ye priests, j-our deep Te Deum ; bards.
make answer loud and long.
In your rapture flinging heavenward censers of
triumphant song.
Isle for centuries blind in bondage, lift once
more thine ancient boast,
From the cliffs of Innishowen southward on to
Carbery's coast!
We have seen the right made perfect, seen the
Hand that rules the spheres.
Glance like lightning through the clouds, and
backward roll the wrongful years.
Glory fadeth, but this triumph is no barren mun-
dane glory ;
Rays of healing it shall scatter on the eyes that
read our story :
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113
Upon aations bound and torpid as they waken it
shall shine,
As on Peter in his chains the angel shone, with
light divine.
Prom th' unheeding, from th' unholy it may
hide, like truth, its ray;
But when Truth and Justice conquer, on their
crowns its beams shall play :
O'er the ken of troubled tyrants it shall trail a
meteor's glare ;
For the blameless it shall glitter as the star of
morning fair ;
"Whensoever Erin triumphs, then its dawn it shall
renew ;
'T*^en O'Neill shall be remember 'd, and Tyrcon-
nell's chief. Red Hugh!
The fame of this great victory filled the land.
Not in Ireland alone did it create a sensation.
The English historians tell us that for months
nothing was talked of at court or elsewhere
throughout England but O'Neill and the great
battle on the Blackwater, which had resulted so
'disastrously for "her highness." Moryson him-
self informs us that "the generall voyce was of
Tyrone amongst the English after the defeat of
Blackwater, as of Hannibal amongst the Romans
after the defeat at Cannae." The event got
noised abroad, too, and in all the courts of
Europe Hugh of Tyrone became celebrated as a
jnilitary commander and as a patriot leader.
CHAPTER LXm.
.HOW HUGH FORMED A GEEAT NATIONAL CONFEDERACY
AND BUILT UP A NATION ONCE MORE ON IRISH
SOIL.
If Ulster was Ireland, Ireland now was free.
But all that has been narrated so far has affected
only half the island. The south all this time lay
in the heavy trance of helplessness, suffering,
and despair, that had supervened upon the deso-
lating Desmond war. At best the south was very
unlikelj- to second with equal zeal, energy, and
success such an effort as the north had made.
Munster was almost exclusively possessed bj^
Anglo-Irish lords, or Irish chiefs in the power
:of, and submissive to, the English. Ulster was
the stronghold of the native cause; and what
was possible there might be, and in truth was,
very far from feasible in the "colonized" south-
ern province. Nevertheless, so irresistible was
the inspiration of Hugh's victories in the north
that even the occupied, conquered, broken, di-
vided, and desolated south began to take heart
and look upward. Messengers were dispatched
to Hugh entreating him to send some duly
authorized lieutenants to raise the standard of
Church and Country inMuustcr, and take charge
of the cause there. Ho complied by detaching
Richard Tyrrell, of Fertullah, and Owen, son of
Ruari O'More, at the head of a chosen band, to
unfurl the national flag in the southern prov-
inces. They were enthusiastically received.
The Catholic Anglo-Norman lords and the native
chiefs entered into the movement, and rose to
arms on all sides. The newly-planted "settlers,"
or "undertakers" as they were styled — English
adventurers among whom had been pareled
out the lands of several southern Catholic fami-
lies, lawlessly seized on the ending of the Des-
mond rebellion — fled pell-mell, abandoning the
stolen castles and lands to their rightful owners,
and only too happy to escape with life.* The
lord president had to draw in every outpost, and
abandon all Munster, except the garrison towns
of Cork and Kilmallock, within which, cooped up
like prisoners, he and his diminished troops
were glad to find even momentary shelter. By
the beginning of 1599, "no English force was
able to keep the field throughout all Ireland."
O'Neill's authority wac paramount — was loj-ally
recognized and obeyed everywhere outside two
or three garrison towns. He exercised the pre-
rogatives of royalty; issued commissions, con-
ferred offices, honors, and titles; removed or
deposed lords and chiefs actively or passively
disloyal to the national authority, and appointed
others in their stead. And all was done so
wisely, so impartially, so patriotically— with such
scrupulous and fixed regard for the one great
object, and no other — namely, the common cause
of national independence and freedom — that even
"Among them was Spenser, a gentle poet and rapacious
freebooter. His poesy was sweet, and full of cliarms.
quaint, simple, and eloquent. His prose politics were
brutal, venal, and cowardly. He wooed the muses very
blandly, living in a stolen home, and philosophically coun-
seled the extirpation of the Irish owners of the land, fot
the greater security of himself and fellow adventurers.
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men chronically disposed to suspect family or
clan selfishness in every act gave in their full
confidence to him as to a leader who had com-
pletely sunk the clan chief in the national leader.
In fine, siace the days of Brian the First, no
native sovereign of equal capacity — singularly
qualified as a soldier and as a statesman — had
been known in Ireland. "He omitted no means
of strengthening the league. He renewed his
intercourse with Spain; planted permanent
bodies of troops on the^Foyle, Erne, and Black-
water; engaged the services of some additional
Scots from the Western Isles, improved the dis-
cipline of his own troops, and on every side made
preparations to renew the conflict with his pow-
erful enemj-. For he well knew that Elizabeth
was not the monarch to quit her deadly gripe of
this fair island without a more terribl'^ struggle
than had yet been endured.,"*
That struggle was soon inaugurated. Eng-
land, at that time one of the strongest nations in
Europe, and a match for the best among them by
land and sea, ruled over by one of the ablest, the
boldest, and most crafty sovereigns that had ever
sat upon her throne, and served by statesmen,
soldiers, philosophers, and writers whose names
are famous in history — was now about to put
forth all her power in a combined naval and mil-
itary armament against the almost reconstituted,
but as yet all too fragile Irish nation. Such an
effort, under all the circumstances, could scarcely
result otherwise than as it eventually did ; for
there are, after all, odds against which no human
effort can avail and for which no human valor
can compensate. It was England's good fortune
on this occasion, as on others previously and
subsequently, that the Irish nation challenged
her when she was at peace with all the world —
when her hands were free and her resources un-
divided. Equally fortunate was she at all times,
on the other hand, in the complete tranciuillity of
the Irish when desperate emergencies put her on
her own defense, and left her no resources to
spare for a campaign in Ireland, had she been
challenged then. What we have to contemplate
in the closing scones of O'Neill's glorious career
is the heroism of Thermopylic, not the success of
Salamis or Platu>a.
Elizabeth's favorite, Essex, was dispatched to
•Mitcbel.
Ireland with twenty thousand men at his back;
an army not only the largest England had put
into the field for centuries, but in equipment, in
drill, and in armament, the most complete ever
assembled under her standard. Against this the
Irish nowhere had ten thousand men concen-
trated in a regular army or movable corps. In
equipment and in armament they were sadly de-
ficient, while of sieging material they were alto-
gether destitute. Nevertheless, we are told
"O'Neill and his confederates were not dismayed
by the arrival of this great army and its magnifi-
cent leader." And had the question behveen
the two nations depended solely upon such issues
as armies settle, and superior skill and prowess
control, neither O'Neill nor his confederates
would have erred in the strong faith, the high
hope, the exultant self-reliance, that now ani-
mated them. The campaign of 1.599 — the disas-
trous failure of the courtly Essex and his mag-
nificent army — must be told in a few lines.
O'Neill completely out-generaled and overawed
or overreached the haughty deputy. In more
than one fatal engagement his splendid force was
routed by the Irish, until, notwithstanding a
constant stream of reinforcements from England,
it had wasted away, and was no longer formi-
dable in O'Neill's eyes. In vain the queen wrote
letter after letter endeavoring to sting her quon-
dam favorite into "something notable;" that is,
a victory over O'Neill. Nothing could induce
Essex to face the famous hero of Clontibret and
the Yellow Ford, unless, indeed, in peaceful
parley. At length having been taunted into a
movement northward, he proceeded tliither reluc-
tantly and slowly. "On the high ground north
of the Lagan, he found the host of O'Neill en-
camped, and received a courteous message from
their leader, soliciting a personal interview. At
an appointed hour the two commanders rode
down to the opposite banks of the river, wholly
unattended, the advanced guards of each looking
cui-iously on from the uplands."* O'Neill, ever
the flower of courtesy, spurred his horse into the
stream up to the saddlegirths. "First they had
a private conference, in which Lord Essex, won
by the chivalrous bearing and kindly address of
the chief, became, say the English historians,
too confidential with an enemy of his sovereign,
•M'Qee.
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lit
spoke without reserve of his daring hopes and
most private thoughts of ambition, until O'Neill
had suihcieutly read his secret soul, fathomed his
poor capacity, and understood the full meanness
of his shallow treason. Then Cormac O'Neill
and five other Irish leaders were summoned on
the one side, ou the other Lord Southampton
and an equal number of English officers, and a
solemn parley was opened in due form."*
O'Neill offered terms: "first, complete liberty of
conscience ; second, indemnity for his allies in all
the four provinces; third, the principal officers
of state, the judges, and one-half the army to be
henceforth Irish by birth." Essex considered
these very far from extravagant demands from a
man now virtually master in the island. He de-
clared as much to O'Neill, and concluded a truce
pending reply from London. Elizabeth saw in
fury how completely O'Neill had dominated her
favorite. She wrote him a frantic letter full of
scornful taunt and upbraiding. Essex flung up
all his duties in Ireland without leave, and hur-
ried to London, to bring into requisition the
personal influences he had undoubtedly possessed
at one time with the queen. But he found her
unapproachable. She stamped and swore at
him, and ordered him to the tower, where the
unfortunate earl paid, with his head upon the
block, the forfeit for not having grappled suc-
cessfully with the "Red Hand of Ulster."
The year 1600 was employed by O'Neill in a
general circuit of the kingdom, for the more
complete establishment of the national league
and the better organization of the national re-
sources. "He marched through the center of
the island at the head of his troops to the
south," says his biographer, "a kind of royal
progress, which he thought fit to call a pilgrim-
age to Holy Cross. He held princely state
there, concerted measures with the southern
lords, and distributed a manifesto announcing
himself as the accredited Defender of the
Faith."
"In the beginning of March," says another
authority, "the Catholic army halted at Innis-
carra, upon the river Lee, about five miles west
of Cork. Here O'Neill remained three weeks in
camp consolidating the Catholic party in South
* MitcheL
Munster. During that time ho was visited by
the chiefs of the ancient Eugouian clans — O'Don-
ohoe, O'Donovan, and O'Mahony. Thither also
came two of the most remarkable men of the
southern province : Florence McCarthy, Lord of
Carbery, and Donald O'Sullivan, Lord of Bear-
haven. McCarthy, 'like Saul, higher by th*
{ head and shoulders than any of his house, ' had
brain in proportion to his brawn; O'Sullivan, as
was afterward shown, was possessed of military
virtues of a high order. Florence was inaugu-
rated with O'Neill's sanction as McCarthy More;
and although the rival house of Muskerry fiercely
resisted his claim to superiority at first, a wiser
choice could not have been made had the times
tended to confirm it.
"While at Inniscarra, O'Neill lost in single
combat one of his most accomplished officers, the
chief of Fermanagh. Maguire, accompanied
only by a priest and two horsemen, was making
observations nearer to the city than the camp,
when Sir Warham St. Leger, marshal of Munster,
issued out of Cork with a company of soldiers,
probablj- on a similar mission. Both were in
advance of their attendants when they came un-
expectedly face to face. Both were famous as
horsemen and for the use of their weapons, and
neither would retrace his steps. The Irish chief,
posing his spear, dashed forward against his op-
ponent, but received a pistol shot which proved
mortal the same day. He, however, had strength
enough left to drive his spear through the neck
of St. Leger, and to effect his escape from the
English cavalry. St. Leger was carried back to
Cork, where he expired. Maguire, on reaching
the camp, had barely time left to make his last
confession when he breathed his last. This un-
toward event, the necessity of preventing pos-
sible dissensions in Fermanagh, and still more
the menacing movements of the new deputy,
lately sworn in at Dublin, obliged O'Neill to re-
turn home earlier than he intended. Soon after
reaching Dungannon he had the gratification of
receiving a most gracious letter from Pope Cle-
ment the Eighth, together with a crown of
phojnix feathers, symbolical of the consideration
with which he was regarded by the Sovereign
Pontiff."*
►M'Gee.
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CHAPTER XLIV.
HOW THE RECONSTRUCTED IRISH NATION WAS OVEEBORNE
HOW THE TWO HUGHS " FOUGHT BACK TO BACK "
AGAINST THEIR OVERWHELMING FOES HOW THE
' ' SPANISH AID ' ' RUINED THE IRISH CAUSE THE
DISASTROUS BATTLE OF KINSALE.
There now appear before us two remarkable
men whose names are prominently identified with
this memorable epoch in Irish history— Mount-
joy, the new lord deputy; and Carew, the new
lord president of Munster. In the hour in which
these men were appointed to the conduct of
affairs in Ireland, the Irish cause was lost. Im-
mense resources were i)laced at their disposal,
new levies and armaments were ordered ; and
again all the might of England by land and sea
was to be put forth against Ireland. But Mount-
joy and Cai'ew alone were worth all the levies.
They were men of indomitable energy, masters
of subtlety, craft, and cunning, utterly unscru-
pulous as to the employment of means to an end ;
cold-blooded, callous, cruel, and brutal. Nor-
reys and Bagnal were soldiers — able generals,
illustrious in the field. Essex was a lordly cour-
tier, vain and pomp-loving. Of these men — sol-
dier and courtier — the Irish annals speak as of
fair foes. But of Mouutjoy and Carew a differ-
ent memory is kept in Ireland. They did their
work by the wile of the serpent, not by the skill
of the soldier. "Where the brave and manly Nor-
reys tried the sword, they tried snares, treach-
ery, and deceit, gold, flattery, promises, tempta-
tion, and seduction in every shape. To split up
the confederation of chiefs was an end toward
■which they steadily labored by means the most
subtle and crafty that human ingenuity could
•devise. Letters, for instance, were forged pur-
porting to have been written secretly to the lord
deputy by the Earl of Desmond, offering to betray
one of his fellows confederates; O'Connor.
These forgeries were "disclosed," as it were, to
O'Connor, with an offer that he should "fore-
stal" the earl, by seizing and giving up the latter
to the government, for which, moreover, he was
to have a thousand pounds in hand, besides other
considerations promised. The plot succeeded.
O'Connor betrayed the earl and banded him over
a prisoner to the lord deputy, and of course go-
ing over himself as an ally also. This rent
worked the dismemberment of the league in the
south. Worse defections followed soon after;
defections unaccountable, and, indeed, irretriev-
able. Art O'Neill and Nial Garv O'Donnell, un-
der the operation of mysterious influences, went
over to the English, and in all the subsequent
events, were more active and effective than any
other commanders on the queen's side! Nial
Gary alone was worth a host. He was one of the
ablest generals in the Irish camp. His treason
fell upon the national leaders like a thunderbolt.
This was the sort of "campaigning" on which
Mountjoy relied most. Time and money were
freelj- devoted to it, and not in vain. After the
national confederation had been sufficiently split
up and weakened in this way and when, north
and south, the defecting chiefs were able of
themselves to afford stiff employment for the
national forces, the lord deputy took the field.
In the struggle that now ensued O'Neill and
O'Donnell presented one of those spectacles
which, according to the language of the heathen
classics, move gods and men to sympathy and
admiration! Hearts less brave might despair;
but they, like Leonidas and the immortal Three
Hundred, would fight out the battle of country
while life remained. The English now had in
any one province a force superior to the entire
strength of the national army. The eventful
campaign of 1601, we are told, was fought out in
almost every part of the kingdom. To hold the
coast lines on the north — where Dowcra had
landed (at Derry) four thousand foot and four
hundred horse — was the task of O'Donnell ;
while to defend the southern Ulster frontier was
the peculiar charge of O'Neill. "They thus,"
says the historian, "fought as it were back to
back against the opposite lines of attack."
Through all the spring and summer months that
fight went on. From hill to valley, from pass to
plain, all over the island, it was one roll of can-
non and musketry, one ceaseless and universal
engagement ; the smoke of battle never lifted off
the scene. The two Hughs were all but ubiqui-
tous ; confronting and defeating an attack to-day
at one point; falling upon the foes nest day at
another far distant from the scene of the last en-
counter! Between the two chiefs the most
touching confidence and devoted affection sub-
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on the northern horizon, O'Neill relied that all
was well, for O'Donnell was at his post. No
matter what myriads of foes were massing in the
south, it was enough for O'Donnell to know that
O'Neill was there.
"Back to back," indeed, as many a brave bat-
tle against desperate odds has been fought, they
maintained the unequal combat, giving blow for
blow, and so far holding their ground right nobly.
By September, except in Munster, comparatively
little had been gained by the English beyond the
successful planting of some further garrisons;
but the Irish were considerably exhausted, and
sorely needed rest and recruitment. At this
juncture came the exciting news that — at length
— a powerful auxiliary force from Spain had
landed at Kinsale. The Anglo-Irish privy coun-
cil were startled by the news while assembled in
deliberation at Kilkenny. Instantly they ordered
a concentration of all their available forces in the
south, and resolved upon a winter campaign.
They acted with a vigor and determination which
plainly showed their conviction that on the quick
crushing of the Spanish force hung the fate of
their cause in Ireland. A powerful fleet was sent
round the coast, and soon blockaded Kinsale ;
while on the land side it was invested by a force
of some fifteen thousand men.
This Spanish expedition, meant io aid, effected
the ruin of the Irish cause. It consisted of little
more than thre ■ thousand men, with a good sup-
ply of stores, arms, and ammunition. In all his
letters to Spain, O'Neill is said to have strongly
urged that if a force under five thousand men
came, it should land in Ulster, where it would be
morally and materially worth ten thousand landed
elsewhere ; but that if Munster was to be the
point of debarkation, anything less than eight or
ten thousand men would be useless. The mean-
ing of this is easily discerned. The south was
the strong ground of the English, as the north
was of the Irish side. A force landed in Munster
should be able of itself to cope with the strong
opposition which it was sure to encounter.
These facts were not altogether lost sight of in
Spain. The expedition as fitted out consisted of
six thousand men ; but various mishaps and dis-
appointments reduced it to half the number by
the time it landed at Kinsale. Worse than all,
the wrong man commanded it; Don Juan
D'Aquilla, a good soldier, but utterly unsuited
for an enterprise like this. He was proud, sour-
tempered, hasty, and irascible. He had heard
nothing of the defections and disasters in the
south. The seizure of Desmond and the ensnar-
ing of Florence McCarthy — the latter the most
influential and powerful of the southern nobles
and chiefs — had paralyzed everything there; and
Don Juan, instead of finding himself in the midst
of friends in arms, found himself suiTounded by
foes on land and sea. He gave way to his natural
ill-temper in reproaches and complaints ; and in
letters to O'Neill bitterly demanded whether he
and the other confederates meant to hasten to his
relief. For O'Neill and O'Donnell, with their
exhausted and weakened troops tc abandon the
north and undertake a winter march southward
was plain destruction. At least it staked every-
thing on the single issue of success or defeat be-
fore Kinsale ; and to prevent defeat and to insure
success there, much greater organization for co-
operation and concert, and much more careful
preparations, were needed than was possible now,
hurried southward in this way by D'Aquilla.
Nevertheless, there was nothing else for it.
O'Neill clearly discerned that the crafty and poli-
tic Carew had been insidiously working on the
Spanish commander, to disgust him with the
enterprise, and induce him to sail homeward on
liberal terms. And it was so. Don Juan, it is
said, agreed, or intimated that if, within a given
time, an Irish army did not appear to his relief,
he would treat with Carew for terms. If it was,
therefore, probable disaster for O'Neill to pro-
ceed to the south, it was certain ruin for him to
refuse ; so with heavy hearts the northern chief-
tains set out on their winter march for Munster,
at the head of their thinned and wasted troops.
"O'Donnell, with his habitual ardor, was first on
the way. He was joined by Felim O'Doherty,
MacSwiney-na-Tuath, O'Boyle, O'Rorke, the
brother of O'Connor Sligo, the O'Connor Eoe,
Mac Dermott, O 'Kelly, and others; mustering in
all about two thousand five hundred men."
O'Neill, with MacDonnell of Antrim, Mac Gennis
of Down, MacMahon of Monaghan, and others of
his suffragans, marched southward at the head of
between three and four thousand men. Holy
Cross was the point where both their forces ap-
pointed to effect their junction. O'Donnell was
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first at the rendezvous. A desperate effort on
the part of Carew to intercept and overwhelm
him before O'Neill could come up was defeated
only by a sudden night-march of nearly forty
miles by Red Hugh. O'Neill reached Belgoolej-,
within sight of Kinsale, on the 21st of December.
In Munster, in the face of all odds — amid the
wreck of the national confederacy, and in the
presence of an overwhelming army of occupation
— a few chiefs^ihere were, undismayed and unfal-
tering, who rallied faithfully at the call of duty.
Foremost among these was Donal O 'Sullivan,
Lord of Bear, a man in whose fidelity, intrepiditj',
and militarj^ ability, O'Neill appears to have re-
posed unbounded confidence. In all the south,
the historian tells us, "only O'Sullivan Beare,
O'Driscoll, and O'Connor Kerry declared openly
for the national cause" in this momentous crisis.
Some of the missing ships of the Spanish expe-
dition reached Castlehaven in November, just as
O'Donnell, who had made a detour westward,
reached that place. Some of this Spanish con-
tingent were detailed as garrisons for the forts of
Dunboy, Baltimore, and Castlehaven, command-
ing three of the best havens in Munster. The
rest joined O'Donnell's division, and which soon
sat down before Kinsale.
When O'Neill came up, his master mind at
once scanned the whole position, and quickly
discerned the true policy to be pursued. The
English force was utterly failing in commissariat
arrangements; and disease as well as hunger was
committing rapid havoc in the besiegers' camp.
O'Neill accordingly resolved to besiege the be-
siegers; to increase their difficulties in obtain-
ing provisions or provender, and to cut up their
lines of communication. These tactics mani-
festly offered every advantage to the Irish and
allied forces, and were certain to A-ork the de-
struction of Carew 's army. But the testy Don
Juan could not brook this slow and cautious mode
of procedure. "The Spaniards only felt their own
inconveniences; they were cut off from escape by
sea by a powerful English fleet; and," continues
the historian, "Carew was already practicing in-
directly on their commander his 'wit and cun-
ning' in the fabrication of rumors and the forg-
ing of letters. Don Juan wrote urgent appeals
to the northern chiefs to attack the English lines
without another day's delay; and a council of
war in the Irish camp, on the third day after
their arrival at Belgooley, decided that the attack
should be made on the morrow." At this coun-
cil, so strongly and vehemently was O'Neill op-
posed to the mad and foolish policy of risking an
engagement, which, nevertheless, O'Donnell, ever
impetuous, as violently supported, that for the
first time the two friends were angrily at issue,
and some writers even allege that on this occa-
sion question was raised between them as to who
should assume command-in-chief on the morrow.
However this may have been, it is certain that
once the vote of the council was taken, and the
decision found to be against him, O'Neill loyally
acquiesced in it, and prepared to do his duty.
"On the night of the 2d of January (new style)
— 24th of December old style, in use among the
English — the Ii-ish army left their camp in three
divisions ; the vanguard led by Tyrrell, the cen-
ter by O'Neill, and the rear by O'Donnell. The
night was stormy and dark, with continuous
peals and flashes of thunder and lightning. The
guides lost their way, and the march, which even
by the most circuitous route ought not to have
exceeded four or five miles, was protracted
through the whole night. At dawn of day,
O'Neill, with whom were O'Sullivan and
O'Campo, came in sight of the English lines,
and to his infinite surprise found the men under
arms, the cavalry in troops posted in advance of
their quarters. O'Donnell's division was still to
come up, and the veteran earl now found himself
in the same dilemma into which Bagnal had
fallen at the Yellow Ford. His embarrassment
was perceived from the English camp ; the cavalry
were at once ordered to advance. For an hour
O'Neill maintained his ground alone; at the end
of that time he was forced to retire. Of
O'Campo 's three hundred Spaniards, forty sur-
vivors were with their gallant leader taken pris-
oners; O'Donnell at length arrived and drove
back a wing of the English cavalry; Tyrrell's
horsemen also held their ground tenaciously.
But the rout of the center proved irremediable.
Fully twelve hundred of the Irish were left dead
on the field, and every prisoner taken was in-
stantly executed. On the English side fell Sir
Richard Graeme ; Captains Danvors and Godol-
phin, with several others, were ■pounded; their
total loss they stated at two hundred, and the
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119
Ant;!:. -Irish, of whom they seldom made count in
their reports, must have lost in proportion. The
earls of Thomoud and Clanricardc were actively
eagaj:od with their followers, and their loss could
hardly have been less than that of the English
regulars.
"On the night following their defeat, the Irish
leaders held council together at Inuishannon, on
the river Bandon, where it was agreed that
O'Dounell should instantly take shipping for
Spain to lay the true state of the contest before
Philip the Third; that O'Sullivan should en-
deavor to hold his castle of Dunboy, as com-
manding a most important harbor ; that Rory
O'Donnell, second brother of Hugh Roe, should
act as chieftain of Tyrconnell, and that O'Neill
should return into Ulster to make the best de-
fense in his power. The loss in men was not ir-
reparable; the loss in arms, colors, and reputa-
tion was more painful to bear, and far more
difficult to retrieve."*
CHAPTER XLV.
"the LAST LORD OF BEAK.i" HOW DONAL OF DUNBOY
WAS ASSIGNED A PERILOUS PROMINENCE, AND NOBLY
UNDERTOOK ITS DUTIES HOW DON JDAN's IMBECIL-
ITY OR TREASON RUINED THE IRISH CAUSE.
Confessedly for none of the defeated chiefs did
the day's disaster at Kinsale involve such conse-
quences as it presaged for the three southern
leaders — O'Sullivan, O'Driscoll, and O'Connor
Kerry. The northern chieftains returning
homeward, retired upon and within the strong
lines of what we may call the vast intrenched
camp of the native cause. But the three south-
erns— who alone of all their Munster compeers
had dared to take the field against the English
side in the recent crisis — were left isolated in a
distant extremity of the island, the most remote
from native support or co-operation, left at the
raerc3' of Carew, now master of Munster, and
leader of a powerful army flushed with victory.
The northerns might have some chance, standing
together and with a considerable district almost
entirely in their hands, of holding out, or exact-
ing good terms, as they had done often before.
But for the doomed southern chiefs, if aid from
Spain came not soon, there was literally no pros-
pect but the swift and immediate crash of
Carew 's vengeance; no hope save what the
strong ramparts of Dunboy and the stout heart
of its chieftain might encourage!
O'Neill, as I have already remarked, had a
high opinion of O'Sullivan — of his devotedness
to the national cause — of his prudence, skill,
foresight, and courage. And truly the character
of the "last lord of Beara, " as writ upon the page
of history, as depicted by contemporary writers,
as revealed to us in his correspondence, and as
displayed in his career and actions from the hour
when, at the call of duty, with nothing to gain
and all to peril, he committed himself to the na-
tional struggle — is one to command respect,
sympathy, and admiration. In extent of terri-
torial sway and in "following" he was exceeded
by many of the southern chiefs, but his personal
character seems to haT€ secured for him by com-
mon assent the position among them left vacant
by the imprisonment of Florence MacCarthy,
facile princeps among the Irish of Munster, now
fast held in London Tower. In manner, temper-
ament, and disposition, O'Sullivan was singu-
larly unlike most of the impulsive ardent Irish of
his time. He was a man of deep, quiet, calm
demeanor; grave and thoughtful in his manner,
yet notably firm and inflexible in all that touched
his personal honor, his duty toward his people,*
or his loyalty to religion or country. His family
had flung themselves into the struggle of James
Geraldine, and suffered the penalties that fol-
lowed thereupon. Early in Elizabeth's reign,
Eoghan, or Eugene, styled by the English Sir
Owen O'Sullivan, contrived to possess himself of
the chieftaincy and territory of Bear, on the
death of his brother Donal, father of the hero of
Dunboy. Eugene accepted an English title, sat
in Lord Deputy Perrot's parliament of 1585, in
•M'Qee.
* Nothing strikes tbe reader of Donal's correspondence
with King Philip and the Spanish ministers more forcibly
than the constant solicitude, the deep feeling, and affec-
tionate attachment he exhibits toward his " poor people,'
as he always calls them. Amid the wreck of all his
hopes, the loss of worldly wealth and possessions, home,
country, friends, his chief concern is for his " poor peo-
ple " abandoned to the persecution of the merciless English
foe. In all bis letters it is the same. No murmur, no
repining for himself ; but constant solicitude about Ireland,
and constant sorrow for his poor people, left "like sheep
without a shepherd when the storm shuts out the sky."
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the records of which we find his name duly regis-
tered, and toot out a "patent" in his own name
for the tribe land. His nephew, j'oung Donal —
Donal Mac Donal O'Sullivan, as he was called — •
vehemently disputed the validity of Sir Owen's
title to the lands, and after a lengthy lawsuit, a
letter of partition was issued under the great seal
in January, 1593, according to which Donal was
to have the lordship, castles, and dependencies
of Bear, while Sir Owen was to possess those east-
ward and northward of the peninsula. It is
highly probable that by this decision the Pale
authorities hoped to enthral Doual without los-
ing Sir Owen, to make both branches of the
family, as it were, compete in loyalty to the
English powex, aud in any event, by putting
enmity between them, cause them to split up
and weaken their own influence. In this latter
calculation thej' were not disappointed, as the
sequel shows; but their speculations or expecta-
tions about Donal were all astray. He was in-
deed averse to hopeless and prospectless strug-
gles against the power of England,'and on attain-
ing to the chieftaincy, directed his attention
mainly to the internal regulation of his territory,
and the bettering of the condition of his people
in every respect, not by forays on neighboring
clans, but by the peaceful influences of industry.
But Donal, grave and placid of exterioi% truly
patriotic of heart, watched attentively the rise
and progress of O'Neill's great movement in the
north. For a time he believed it to be merely a
quarrel between the queen's protege and his
royal patroness, sure to be eventually adjusted;
and accordingly up to a recent period he dis-
played no sympathy with either side in the con-
flict. But when that conflict developed itself
into a really national struggle, O'Sullivan never
wavered for a moment in deciding what his atti-
tude should be ; and that attitude, once taken,
was never abandoned, never varied, never com-
promised by act or word or wish, through all
that followed of sacrifice and suffering and loss.
O'Neill, who was a keen diseerner of character,
read O'Sullivan correctly when he estimated all
the more highly his accession, because it was
that of a man who acted not from hot imjjulse or
selfish calculation, but from full deliberation and
a pure sense of duty. In fine, it was not lightly
the Irish council atlnuishannon selected the lord
of Dunboy for such honorable but perilous promi-
nence as to name him one of the three men to
whom was committed, in the darkest crisis of
their country, the future conduct of the national
cause.*
"We may imagine the memorable scene of the
morn succeeding that night of sleepless consulta-
tion at Innishannon over "hapless Erinn's fate"
— the parting of the chiefs! Wildly they em-
braced each other, and like clutch of iron was the
farewell grasp of hand in hand, as each one
turned away on the path of his allotted task!
O'Neill marched northward, where we shall trace
his movements subsequently. O'Donnell took
shipping for Spain, and O'Sullivan at the head
of his faithful clansmen marched westward
for Bautry and Bearhaven. Had Don Juan
D'Aquilla been a true and steadfast man — had
he been at all worthy and fit to command or con-
duct such an enterprise — had he been at all
capable of appreciating its peculiar exigencies
and duties — the defeat at Kinsale, heavy and full
of disaster as it was, might soon have been re-
trieved, and the whole aspect of affairs reversed.
Had he but held his ground (as not unreasonably
he might have been expected to do, with three
thousand men within a fortified and well-stored
town) until the arrival of the further reinforce-
ments which he must have known his royal
master was sending, or would quickly send, and
thus co-operated in the scheme of operations
planned by the Irish chiefs at Innishannon,
nothing that had so far happened could be
counted of such great moment as to warrant
abandonment of the expedition. ButD'Aquilla's
conduct was miserably inexplicable. He could
not act more despairingly if his last cartridge
had been fired, if his last gunner had perished,
if his "last horse had been eaten," or if assured
that King Philip had utterly abandoned him.
After a few sorties, easily repulsed, he offered to
capitulate. Carew, who hereby saw that Don
Juan was a fool, was, of course, only too happy
to grant him any terms that would insure the de-
*"Tliese liigh Irishmen, namely, O'Neill and O'Donnell,
ordered that the chief command and leadership of these
(the Minister forces) should be given to O'Sullivan Beare,
t. e., Donal, the son of Donal the son of Dermot; for he
was at this time the best commander among their allies in
Muuster for wisdom and valor." — Annals of the Foui
Masters."
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121
parture of the Spanish aids. By conceding con-
ditions highly flattering to D'Aquilla's personal
vanity, the lord president induced that outwitted
commander not only to draw off to Spain the
entire of the expedition, but to undertake to
yield up to the English all the castles and for-
tresses of the Irish chiefs in which Spanish gar-
risons had been placed, and to order back to
Spain any further troops that might arrive before
his departure. This imbecility or treason ruined
the Irish cause in the south, and ruining it there
at such a juncture, ruined it everywhere. Such
a capitulation was utter and swift destruction to
the southern leaders. It "took the ground from
under their feet. ' ' It reft them of bases of opera-
tions, and flung them as mere fugitives unshel-
tered and unprovisioned into the open field, the
forest, the morass, or the mountain, to be hunted
and harried, cut off in detail, and pitilessly put
to the sword by Carew's numerous, powerful,
and well-appointed field corps or scouring
parties.
Don Juan's capitulation was signed January
11, 1602 (N.S.). Seven days afterward the lord
deputy and the lord president drew off to Cork.
"The day follc^ing the captains received direc-
tions to repair to sundry towns in Munster ap-
pointed for their garrisons ; and the same day
Captain Roger Harvie and Captain George Flower
were dispatched with certain companies to go by
sea to receive the castles of Castlehaven, Don-
nashed and Dounelong at Baltimore, and Dun-
boy at Bearhaven. " On the 12th of February
the Spanish olficer in command at Castlehaven
gave up the castle to Harvie. On the 21st he
proceeded to Baltimore, the two castles of which
the Spanish officers therein gave up in like man-
ner; and in a few weeks all the coast district
castles of the southwest, those of the Bear prom-
ontory alone excepted, were in the han'ds of the
English. A month later (March 16th) Don Juan
sailed for Spain, most of his forces having been
shipped thither previously.*
O'SuUivan heard with dismay and indignation
of Don Juan's audacious undertaking to deliver
up to his "cruel, cursed, misbelieving enemies, "
* "On his return to Spain lie was degraded from bis rank
for his too great intimacy with Carew, and confined a pris-
oner in his own house. He is said to have died of a broken
heart occasioned by these indignities." — M'Qee.
his castle of Dunboy, the key of his inheritance.*
With speed, increased by this evil news, he
pushed rapidly homeward, and in due time he
appeared with the remnant of his little forcef be-
fore the walls of the castle, demanding admit-
tance. The Spaniards refused ; they had heard
of D'Aquilla's terms of capitulation, they re-
gretted them, but felt constrained to abide by
them. Donal, however, knowing a portion of
the outworks of the i)lace which afforded some
facilities for his purpose, availed himself of a
dark and stormy night to effept an entrance,
mining his way through the outer wall, and sur-
prising and overpowering the Spaniards. He
then addressed them feelingly on the conduct of
D'Aquilla and the present posture of affairs, stat-
ing his resolution to hold the castle till Kiag
Philip would send fresh aid, and offering a
choice to the Spaniards to remain with him or
sail for home. Some of them decided to remain,
and were among the most determined defenders
of Dunboy in the subsequent siege. The rest
Donal sent to Spain, dispatching at the same
time envoys with letters to King Philip, urg-
ently entreating speedy aid. Moreover, in
charge of these messengers, he sent to the king,
as guarantee of his good faith and perseverance,
his oldest son, a boy of tender years.
"Well knowing that soon he would have the foe
upon him, Donal now set about preparing Dun-
boy for the tough and terrible trial before it.
He had the outworks strengthened in every part ;
and another castle of his, on Dursey Island (at
the uttermost extremity of the peninsula divid-
ing Bantry and Kenmare bays), garrisoned by a
trusty band ; designing this latter as a refuge for
himself, his family, and clansmen, in the event
of the worst befalling Dunboy.
*" Among other places which were neither yielded nor
taken toe the end that they shouU be delivered to the Eng-
lish, Don Juan tied himself to deliver my castell and
haven, the only key of mine inheritance, whereupon the
living of many thousand persons doth rest that live some
twenty. leagues upon the sea coast, into the hands of my
cruell, cursed, misbelieving enemies." — Letter of Donal
O'Sullivan Beare to the Kingof Spain. — " Pacata Hibernia."
f O'Sullivan's contingent, we are told, "was among
those who made the most determined fight on the disas-
trous day of Kinsale, and when the battle was lost it
bravely protected some of the retreating troops of the
northern chieftains, who but for such protection would
have suiiered more severely than they did."
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CHAPTER XliYI.
HOW THE queen's FORCES SET ABOUT "TRANQUILLIZING"
MUNSTER HOW CAREW SENT EARL THOMOND ON
A MISSION INTO CARBERY, BEAR, AND BANTRT.
Meanwhile the detachments detailed by Carew
were doing their savage and merciless -work
throughout Cork and Kerry. According to
Carew 's own version, the occupation of these
troops, day by day, was the seeking out and
murdering in cold blood of all the native inhabi-
tants, men, women, and children ; and when
they were not murdering they were cow-stealing
and corn-burning. How to extirpate the hap-
less people — how to blast and desolate the land,
rather than it should afford sustenance to even a
solitary fugitive of the doomed race — w-as the
constant effort of the English commanders.
Carew was not the first of his name to signalize
himself in such work. It was the process by
which Munster had been "pacified" — i.e., deso-
lated— barely thirty years before. It was that
by which Cromwell, forty years subsequently,
pursued the same end. It was a system, the in-
famy of which, among the nations of the world,
pagan or Christian, is wholly monopolized by
England. The impartial reader, be his nation-
ality English or Irish, perusing the authentic
documents stored in the State Paper Office, is
forced to admit that it was not war in even its
severest sense, but murder in its most hideous
and heartless atrocity, that was waged upon the
Irish people in the process of subjugating them.
It was not that process of conquest the wounds
of which, though sharp and severe for the mo-
ment, soon cicatrize with time. Such conquests
other countries have passed through, and time
has either fused the conqueror and the con-
quered, or obliterated all bitterness or hate be-
tween them. Had Ireland, too, been conquered
thus, like happy results might be looked for;
but as the jirocess was woefully different, so has
the product been; so must it ever be, till the
laws of nature are reversed and revolutionized,
and gruiies grow on thorns and figs on thistles.
It was not war — which might be forgotten on
both sides — but murder which to this day is
remembered on one side with a terrible memory.
A thoroughly English historian— Froude—
writing in our day on these events, has found the
testimony of the State Paper Office too powerful
to resist; and with all his natural and legitimate
bias or sympathy in favor of his own country, his
candor as a historian more than once constitutes
him an accuser of the infamies to which I have
been referring. "The English nation, " he says,
"was shuddering over the atrocities of the Duke
of Alva. The children in the nurseries were be-
ing inflamed to patriotic rage and madness by
the tales of Spanish tyranny. Yet Alva's bloody
sword never touched the young, the defenseless,
or those whose sex even dogs can recognize and
respect. "*
"Sir Peter Carew has been seen murdering
women and children, and babies that had scarcely
left the breast; but Sir Peter Carew was not
called on to answer for his conduct, and remained
in favor with the deputy. Gilbert, who was left
in command at Kilmallock, was illustrating yet
more signally the same teudencj-.l
"Nor was Gilbert a bad man. As times went
he passed for a brave and chivalrous gentleman ;
not the least distinguished in that high band of
adventurers who carried the English flag into the
western hemisphere, a founder of colonies, an
explorer of unknown seas, a man of science, and,
above all, a man of special piety. He regarded
himself as dealing rather with savage beasts than
with human beings, and when he tracked them
to their dens he strangled the cubs and rooted
out the entire broods. "J
"The Gilbert method of treatment," says Mr.
Froude again, "has this disadvantage, that it
must be carried out to the last extremity, or it
ought not to be tried at all. The dead do not
come back; and if the mothers and the babies
are slaughtered with the men, the race gives no
further trouble ; but the work must be done thor-
oughly ; partial and fitful cruelty lays up only a
long debt of deserved and ever-deepening hate."
The work on this occasion happening not to be
"done thoroughly," Mr. Froude immediately
proceeds to explain :
"In justice to the English soldiers, however,
it must be said that it was no fault of theirs if
any Irish child of that generation was allowed to.
live to manhood. "§
•Froude's " History of England," vol. x., p. 508.
t Ibid., p. 509. } Ibid., p. 508. § Ibid., p. 507.
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
123
The same historian frankly warns his readers
against supposing that such work was exceptional
on the part of the English forces. From the
language of the official documents before him, he
says, "the inference is but too natural that work
of Jhis kind was the road to preferment, and that
this, or something like it, was the ordinary em-
ploj-ment of the 'Saxon' garrisons in Ire-
land. "*
Such, then, was the work in which Carew the
Second and his garrisons occupied themselves ou
the fall of Kinsale.
Sir Charles "VVilmot at the head of fifteen
hundred men was dispatched to desolate the
whole of Kerry ; and on the 9th of March Carew
formally issued a commission to the Earl of
Thomond "to assemble his forces together, con-
sisting of two thousand and five hundred foot in
list, and fifty horse," for the purpose of wasting
Carbery, Bear, and Bantry, and making a recon-
naissance of Dunboy.f Thomond accordingly
"marched as far as the abbey of Ban trie, and
there had notice that Donnell O'Sullivau Beare
and his people, by the advice of two Spaniards,
an Italian, and a fryer called Dominicke Collins,
did still continue their workes about the castle of
Dunboy."
"Hereupon the earl left seven hundred
men in list in the Whiddy (an island lying
within the Bay of Bantrie) very convenient for
the service, and himself with the rest of his
forces returned to Corke, where having made
relation of the particulars of his journey, it was
found necessary that the president, without
any protractions or delay, should draw all
the forces in the province to a head against
them."*
»Ibid.,
513.
f " The service you are to performe is to doe all your
sndeavour to burne the rebels' Come in Carbery, Bear, and
Bantry, take tlieir Cowes, and to use all hostile prosecution
upon the persons of the people, as in such cases of rebellion
is accustomed. . . .When you are in Beare (if you may with-
out any apparent perill). your lordship shall doe well to
take a view of the Castle of Dunboy, whereby wee may be
the better instructed how to proceed for the taking of it
when time convenient shall be afforded."— Instructions
given to the Earl of Thomond, Marsh 9th.— "Pacata Hi-
bernia."
i " Pacata Hibernia."
CHAPTER XLVII.
HOW THE LOUD 1'rb:sii)knt gathered an army of
FOUR thousand MEN TO CRUSH IiOOMED DUNBOY,
THE LAST HOPE OF THE NATIONAL CAUSE IN
MONSTER.
Carew set out from Cork on the 20th of April,
at the head of his army ; on the 30th they reached
Dunamark, about a mile north of the town of
Bantry, having on the way halted, on the 23d at
Owneboy, near Kinsale; 24th, at Timoleague;
25th, at Eoscarbery ; 26th, at Gleuharahan, near
Castlehaveu; 27th, at Baltimore, where they
spent two days, Carew visiting lunisherkin;
29th, "on the mountain, at a place called Recar-
eneltaghe, neare unto Kilcoa, being a castel
wherein the rebell Conoghor, eldest sonne to Sir
Finnin O'Drischoll, knight, held a ward."
Carew spent a month in encampment at Dun-
amark, by the end of which time the fleet arrived
at the same place, or in the bay close by, having
come round the coast from Cork. Meantime his
message for a war-muster against O'Sullivan had
spread throughout Munster. Ou the other hand,
such effort as was possible in their hapless plight
was made by the few patriot leaders in the prov-
ince ; all perceiving that upon Dunboy now hung
the fate of the Irish cause, and seeing clearly
enough that if they «ould not keep off from
O'Sullivan the tremendous force ordered against
him, it must inevitably overwhelm him. Accord-
ingly, spreading themselves eastward around the
base of the Bear promontory, and placing them-
selves on all the lines leading thereto, they desper-
ately disputed the ground with the concentrating
English contingents, beating them back or ob-
structing them as best they could. Above all, the
endeavor was to keep Wilmot's Kerry contingent
from coming up. Tyn-ell was specially charged
to watch Wilmot — to hold him in check at Kil-
larnej', and at all hazards and any cost to prevent
his junction with Carew at Bantry. Tyrrell
posted his force so advantageously in the passes
leading southward from Killarney, and held them
so firmly, that for weeks "Wilmot's most vehe-
ment efforts to force or flank them were vain.
At length, by a feat which merits for him, as a
military achievement, everlasting praise — a night
march over Mangerton Mountain — Wilmot evaded
Tyrrell ; pushed on through a mountain district
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scarcely passable at this day for horsemen, until
he reached Inchigeela; thence he marched
though Ceam-an-Eigh Pass (unaccountably left
unguarded), and so onward till he reached
Bantry. By this junction Carew's force was
raised to nearly four thousand men. "While
waiting for "Wilmot, the daily occupation of the
army, according to the lord president's account,
was sheep-stealing and cow-stealing.* At Duna-
mark Carew was joined by the sons of Sir Owen
Sullivan, uncle of Donal of Dunboy; and to the
information and co-operation given his enemies
by these perfidious cousins, Donal most largely
cwed the fate that subsequently befell him.
On the 14th of May a council of war was held
in the English camp to determine their course to
Bearhaven ; whereat it was decided to march by
the southern shore of the bay, called Muinter-
varia, to a point nearly opposite Bear Island;
from this point, by means of the fleet, to trans-
port the whole army across the bay to Bear
Island; aud thence across to the mainland close
by Dunboy ; this course being rendered neces-
sary by the fact that Donal's forces defended the
passes of GlengarriKc, through which alone Bear-
haven could be reached by land from Bantry.
On the 31st of May, accordingly, Carew marched
from Dunamark to "Kilnamenghe on the sea
side, in Mountervarry. " The two next following
days were occupied in transporting the army to
Bear Island, upon which, eventually, the whole
force was landed. A short march across the
island brought them to its northern shore, in full
view of Dunboy, barely a mile distant across the
narrow entrance to Bearhaven Harbor.
* " The 6rst of May, Captaine Taffe's troop of Horse with
certain light foote were sent from the Campe, who returned
with three hundred Cowes, many Sheepe, and a great num-
ber of Oarrans they got from the Rebels.
"The second C'aptaiue, John Barry, brought into the
Campe five hundred Cowes, three htindred iSheepe, three
hundred Oarrans, and had the killing of fve Rebels ; and
the same day we procured skirmish in the edge of the
Fastnesse with the rebels, but no hurt of our part.
"The third, Owen Osulevan and his brothers, sonnes to
Sir Owen Osulevan (who stands firme, and deserved well
of her Majestie, being Competltours with Osulevan Beare)
brought some fiftie Cowes and some Sheepe from the enemy
into the Campe.
"The Rebells, receiving also notice that the President
was marched so neere to the Countrey of Beare, withdrew
themselves out of Desmond (as before) into Glangarve,
whereby npportunitie was offered to the Qovernour of per-
forming some good service. For Donnell Osulevan More,
a malicious Rebell, remained with great store of cattell and
certain Kerne in Iverah ; which being made knowen to Sir
Charles, upon the fifth of May, hee secretly dispatched a
partie of men, which burnt |and spoykd all the Countrey,
and returned withfoure thousand Cowes, besides Sheepe and
Oarrans."
"A Sergeant of the Earle of Thomond's with a partie of
Lis Company, drew to Uown-Manus, whence hee brought
a prey of three-score and sixe Cowes, with a great many of
Oarrans." — " Pacata Ilibernia."
CHAPTER XLVIII.
THE LAST D.«'S OF DUNBOY : A TALE OF HEROISM !
Well might consternation fill the breasts of
the Bear clansmen on beholding the resources
now displayed against them; a well-appointed
army of nearly four thousand men on the shore,
and hostile warships encircling them by sea!
Within the castle O'SuUivan had, according to
the English accounts, exactly one hundred and
forty-three men; there being besides these not
more than five or six hundred of his clansmen
available at the moment for fighting purposes.
But his was not a soul to be shaken by fears into
abandonment of a cause which, failing or gain-
ing, was sacred and holy in his eyes — the cause
of religion aud country. So Donal, who knew
that a word of submission would purchase for
him not only safety but reward, undisturbed pos-
session of his ancestral rights, aud English titles
to wear if he would, quailed not in this nor in
still darker hours. He had "nailed his colors to
the mast, ' ' aud looked fate calmly in the face.
It seems to have been a maxim with the lord
president never to risk open fight until he had
first tried to effect his purpose by secret treason.
While staying at Bantry he had addressed a let-
ter to the Spanish guuuers in Dunboy, offering
them all manner of inducements to betray O'Sul-
livau, to desert the castle, first taking care, as he
says, "to cloy the ordnance or mayme their car-
riages, that when they shall have need of them
they may prove useless; for the which I will
forthwith liberally recompense you answerable to
the qualities of your merit." The infamous
proposition was scouted by the meu to whom it
was addressed. Carow, unabashed, now resolved
to try whether he could not corrupt the Consta-
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pie of Dunooy, O'Sullivan's most trusted friend
— a muu wliose memory is to this day held in
worship by the people of Bear — Richard Ma-
Geoghegau, the impersonation of chivalrous
fidelity, the very soul of truth, honor, and brav-
ery ! Thomond was commissioned to invite the
Constable of Dunboy to a parley. Mac Geoghe-
gan acceded to the invitation, came ac»oss to
Bear Island (5th of June), and met the eari, in
presence of, but apart from, their respective
guards, on the shore. Of that memorable inter-
view Carew has left us a brief but characteristic
description. "All the eloquence and artifice
which the earle could use avayled nothing : for
Mac Geoghegan was resolved to persevere in his
wayes; and, in the great love which he pretended
io beare unto the earle (Thomond), he advised
him not to hazard his life in landing upon the
Maj'ne. . . The earle disdayning both his
obstinacie and his vaine-glorious advice, broke
off his speech, telling Mac Geoghegan that ere
many days passed hee would repent that hee had
not followed his (the earl's) counsel."*
Carew had at first designed to cross over and
land on the main at what seemed to be the only
feasible point, a smooth strana at a spot now
■called Caematrangan. Within a few perches of
this spot reaches one end of a small island
("Deenish") which stretches almost completely
acroes the mouth of the inner harbor of (modern)
Castletown Beare. Cai-ew landed a portion of his
army on this small island; but O'Sullivan had
erected a battery faced with gabions at Caema-
trangan, and had, moreover, his small force
drawn up at hand to meet the invaders at the
shore Whereupon Carew, while making a feint
as if about to attempt the passage there, di-
rected the remainder of his force quickly to pass
to the other (or eastern) extremity of Deenish,
and effect a landing on the main at that point.
This they were able to accomplish unopposed,
for the distance thereto from O'Sullivan 's strand
battery, owing to the sweep of the shore and a
narrow arm of the sea intervening, was two or
three miles, whereas directly across, by water
or on Deenish Island, was a reach of less than
half a mile. Nevertheless, O'Sullivan, discern-
ing, though all too late, the skillful use made by
* " Pacata Hibernia."
Cai'ew of the natural advantages of the ground,
hastened with all speed to confront the invaders,
and, unawed by the disparity of numbers against
him — thousands against hundreds — boldly gave
them battle. Carew himself seems to have been
quite struck with the daring courage or "audac-
ity" of this proceeding. After marveling at
such foolhardiness, as he thought it, he owns
"they came on bravely," and maintained a very
determined attack. It was only when additional
regiments were hun'ied up, and utterly over-
whelmed them by numbers, that Donal's little
force had to abandon the unequal strife, leaving
their dead and wounded upon the field.
That night, however, there reached Dunboy
news well calculated to compensate for the gloom
of perils so great and so near at hand. A Span-
ish ship had arrived at O 'Sullivan's castle of
Ardea (in Kenmare Bay, on the northern shori;
of the Bear promontory) bringing to Donal letters
and envoys from King Philip, and aid for the
Munster chiefs in money, arms, and aramrinition
committed to his care for distribution. More
over, there came by this ship the cheering Intel
ligence that an expedition of some fifteen thou
sand men was being organized in Spain fa."
Ireland when the vessel sailed! Here was glori-
ous hope indeed! It was instantly decided that
the chief himself should proceed witn all promp-
titude to meet the envoys landed at Ardea,* and
look to the important duties required of him by
their messages; meanwhile intrusting the de-
fense of Dunboy to Mac Geoghegan and a chosen
garrison. Next morning Donal,- with all his
available force, exclusive of a garrison of one
hundred and fort.v-three picked men left in the
castle, set out for Ardea. The farewell cheers
that rang out from the ramparts behind him,
gave token of brave resolve to do or die, and
doubtless helped to lighten the chieftain's heart
* These were the Most Rev. Dr. McEagen, Bishop of
Ross, and Father Nealon. "They brought," says Carew,
"letters to sundry rebels and twelve thousand pounds.
The disposition of theinoney by appointmeut in Spaine was
left principally to Donnall O'Sulevan Beare, Owen Mc-
Fggan, James Archer, and some other."?." This same
Bishop McEgan was subsequently killed near Bandon fight-
ing gallantly, with his sword in one hand and his beads in
the other. His remains were buried in the Abbey of Timo-
league. — (See the "Pacata Hibernia;" also, "Dunboy,"
bv T. D. Sullivan.
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•with whispers of hope. But alas! Donal had
taken his last farewell of Dunboy. When next
he gazed upon the once proud home of his
fathers, it was a smoking and blood-clotted ruin !
The halls where mirth and minstrelsy
Than Beara's wind rose louder,
"Were flung in masses lonelily.
And black with English powder!
For eleven da3's Mac Geoghegan fought Dun-
boy against Carew and his surrcjnding army of
four thousand men ! Eleven days, during which
the thick white cloud of smoke never once lifted
from battery and trench, and the deafening boom
of cannon never once ceased to roll across the
bay. By the 17th of June the castle had been
knocked into a ruinous condition b.v an incessant
bombardment from the well-appointed English
batteries. The lord president devotes several
pages of his journal to minute and copious de-
scriptions of each day's labor in a siege which
he declares to be unparalleled for obstinacy of
defense ; and his narrative of the closing scenes
of the struggle is told with painful particularity.
Mr. Haverty condenses the tragic story very
effectively as follows: "The garrison consisted of
only one hundred and forty-three chosen fight-
ing men, who had but a few small cannon, while
the comparatively large army which assailed
them were well supplied with artillery and all
the means of attack. At length, on the 17th of
June, when the castle had been nearly shattered
to pieces, the garrison offered to surrender if al-
lowed to depart with their arms ; but their mes-
senger was immediately hanged and the order for
the assault was given. Although the proportion
of the assailants in point of numbers was over-
whelming, tlic storming party were resisted with
the most desperate bravery. From turret to tur-
ret, and in every part of the crumbling ruins,
the struggle was successively maintained through-
out the livelong day; thirtj' of the gallant de-
fenders attempted to escape by swimming, but
soldiers had been posted in boats, who killed
them in the water ; and at length the surviving
portion of the garrison retreated into a cellar,
into which the only access was by a narrow,
winding flight of stone steps. Their loader,
M:ic riooghega' , being mortally wounded, the
command wa5 given to Thomas Taj-lor, the son of
an Englishman, and the intimate friend of Cap-
tain Tyrrell, to whose niece he was married.
Nine barrels of gunpowder were stowed away in
the cellar, and with these Taj'lor declared that
he would blow up all that remained of the castle,
burying himself and his companions with their
enemies in the ruins, unless they received a
promise of life. This was refused by the savage
Carew, who, placing a guard upon the entrance
to the cellar, as it was then after sunset, re-
turned to the work of slaughter next morning.
Cannon balls were discharged among the Irish in
their last dark retreat, and Taylor was forced by
his companions to surrender unconditionally;
but when some of the English olScers descended
into the cellar, they found the wounded Mac
Geoghegan, with a lighted torch in his hand,
staggering to throw it into the gunpowder.
Captain Power thereupon seized him by the
arms, and the others dispatched him with their
swords ; but the work of death was not yet com-
pleted. Fifty-eight of those who had surren-
dered were hanged that daj' in the English camp,
and some others were hanged a few days after ;
so that not one of the one hundred and forty-
three heroic defenders of Dunboy survived. On
the 22d of June the remains of the castle were
blown up bj^ Carew with the gunpowder found
therein."
Few episodes of Irish history have been more
warmly eulogized than this heroic defense of
Dunboy ; nor would it be easy to find in the his-
tory of any country one more largely calculated
to excite sympathy and admiration. Dr. Robert
Dwyer Joyce, in his published volume of "Bal-
lads, Romances, and Songs," contributes a truly
graphic poem on the subject. Subjoined are the
concluding stanzas :
THE SACK OF DUNBUI.
Nearer yet they crowd and come.
With taunting and yelling and thundering drum,
With taunting and yelling the hold they environ,
And sw'ear that its towers and defenders must
fall.
While the cannon are set, and their death-hail of
iron
Crash wildly on bastion and tn'-vct and v.-all;
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127
And the ramparts aro torn from their base to
their brow;
Ho! will they not yield to the murderers now?
No! its huge towers shall float over Cleena's
bright sea,
Ere the Gael jn'ove a craven in lonely Dunbui.
Like the iierce god of battle, Mac Geoghegan
goes
From rampart to wall, in the face of his foes ;
Now his voice rises high o'er the cannon's
fierce din,
"Whilst the taunt of the Saxon is loud as before.
But a yell thunders up from his warriors
within,
And they dash through the gateway, down, down
to the shore,
With their chief rushing on. Like a storm in its
wrath.
They sweep the cowed Saxon to death in their
path ;
Ah! dearly he'll purchase the fall of the free.
Of the lion-souled warriors of lonely Dunbui !
Leaving terror behind them, and death in their
train,
Now they stand on their walls 'mid the dying
and slain.
And the night is around them — the battle is
still-
That lone summer midnight, ah! short is its
reign ;
For the morn springeth upward, and valley
and hill
Fling back the fierce echoes of conflict again.
And see! how the foe rushes up to the breach.
Toward the green waving banner he yet may not
reach,
For look how the Gael flings bim back to the sea,
From the blood-reeking ramparts of lonely Dun-
bui!
Night cometh again, and the white stars look
down.
From the hold to the beach, where the batteries
frown.
Night cometh again, but affrighted she flies,
Like a black Indian queen from the fierce pan-
ther's roar.
And morning leaps up in the wide-spreading
skies.
To his welcome of thunder and flame evermore ;
For the guns of the Saxon crush feai-fully there.
Till the walls and the towers and ramparts are
bare.
And the foe make their last mighty swoop on the
free.
The brave-hearted warriors of lonely Dunbui!
Within the red breach see Mac Geoghegan stand.
With the blood of the foe on his arm and his
brand,
And he turns to his warriors, and "fight we,"
says he,
"For country, for freedom, religion, and all:
Better sink into death, and for ever be free,
Than yield to the false Saxon's mercy and
thrall!"
And they answer with brandish of sparth and of
glaive :
"Let them come: we will give them a welcome
and grave ;
Let them come : from their swords could we
flinch, could we flee.
When we fight for our country, our God, and
Dunbui?"
They came, and the Gael met their merciless
shock —
Flung them backward like spray from the lone
Skellig rock.
But they rally, as wolves springing up to the
death
Of their brother of famine, the bear of the snow —
He hurls them adown to the ice-fields beneath.
Rushing back to his dark norland cave from the
foe —
So up to the breaches they savagely bound,
Thousands still thronging beneath and around.
Till the firm Gael is driven — till the brave Gael
must flee
In, into the chambers of lonely Dunbui!
In chamber, in cellar, on stairwa.v and tower.
Evermore they resisted the false Saxon's power;
Through the noon, through the eve, and the
darkness of night
The clangor of battle rolls fearfully there.
Till the morning leaps upward in glory and
light.
Then, where are the true-hearted warriors of
Beare?
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They have found them a refuge from torment and
chain,
They have died with their chief, save the few
who remain,
And that few — oh, fair Heaven ! on the high gal-
lows tree,
They swing by the ruins of lonely Dunbui!
Long, long in the hearts of the brave and the free
Live the warriors who died in the lonely Dun-
bui!
Down time's silent river their fair names shall
go,
A light to our race toward the long coming day ;
Till the billows of time shall be checked in
their flow
Can we find names so sweet for remembrance as
they!
And we will hold their memories for ever and ay,
A halo, a glory that ne'er shall decay,
"We'll set theui as stars o'er eternity's sea.
The names of the heroes who fell at Dunbui !
During the progress of the siege at Dunboy,
Carew had dispatched a force to Dursey Island,
which, landing in the night, succeeded in over-
powering the small and indeed unwary garrison
left there; "so that, " as a historian remarks,
"no roof now remained to the Lord of Bear-
haven." Donal, collecting his people, one and
all, men, women, and children, as well as all the
herds and removable property of the clan, now
retired eastward upon his great natural strong-
hold of Glengarrifl^e. Here he defied and de-
feated every attempt to dislodge him.* For
* On one occasion a fierce and protracted battle ensued be-
tween him and the combined forces of Wilmot, Selsby, and
Slingsby : "A bitter fight," says Carew, " maintained with-
out intermission for sixe bowers ; the Enemy not leaving
their pursuit untill they came in sight of the campe; for
whose reliefe two regiments were drawne forth to gieve
countenance, and Downings was sent with one hundred
and twenty choisse men to the succour of liarry and Seiby,
wlio in the reare were so hotly charge<l by the Hebels that
they came to the Sword and Piko ; and the .skirmish con-
tinued <iW nig/U parted them." Notwithistanding tlieir im-
mense superiority in numbers, night was a welcome relief
to the English ; for it not only saved them from a perilous
position, but enabled them to get off an immen.se spoil of
cattle, which early in the day they had taken from the
Irish. Brilliant a* was the victory for O'Sullivan in other
re«p««lH, the loss thus sustained must have been most se-
vere-— Iwi) thoDsand cows, four thousand sheep, and one
three months he awaited with increasing anxiety
and suspense the daily-expected news from Spain.
Alas! In the words of one of our historians,
"the ill-news from Spain in September threw a
gloom over those mountains deeper than was
ever cast by equinoctial storm." But here we
must pause for awhile to trace the movements of
O'Donnell and O'Neill after the parting at In-
nishannon.
CHAPTER XLIX.
HOW THE FAXL OF DUNBOY CAUSED KING PHLLIP TO
CHANGE ALL HIS PLANS, AND RECALL THE EXPEDI-
TION FOR IRELAND ; AND HOW THE REVERSE BROKE
THE BRAVE HEART OF RED HUGH HOW THE "lION
OF THE north" STOOD AT BAY, AND MADE HIS FOES
TREMBLE TO THE LAST.
Tehee days after the defeat at Kinsale, O'Don-
nell— having deputed his brother Kuari to com-
mand the clan in his absence — accompanied by
his confessor, his secretary, and some military
attaches or aids-de-eamp, sailed from Castlehaven
for Corunna, where he arrived on the lith of
January. "He was received with high distinc-
tion by the Marquis of Cara9ena and other
nobles, 'who evermore gave O'Donnell the right
hand; which, within his government,' says
Carew, 'he would not have done to the greatest
duke in Spain.' He traveled through Gallicia,
and at Santiago de Compostella was royally en-
tertained by the archbishop and citizens ; but in
bull-fighting on the stately Alameda he had small
pleasure. With teeth set and heart on fire, the
chieftain hurried on, traversed the mountains of
Gallicia and Leon, and drew not bridle until he
reached Zamora, where King Philip was then
holding his court. With passionate zeal he
pleaded his country's cause; entreated that a
greater fleet and a stronger army might be sent
to Ireland without delay, unless his Catholic
majesty desired to see his ancient Milesian kins-
men and allies utterly destroyed and trodden into
earth by the tyrant Elizabeth ; and above all,
whatever was to be done he prayed it might bo
thousand horse.s, according to Carew ; a store of sheep and
kine which even in these days of "cattle shows" and
"agricultural societies," it would be difficult to collect ia
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done instantly, while O'Neill still held his army
on foot and his banner flying; while it was not
yet too late to rescue poor Erin from the deadly
fangs of those dogs of England. The king re-
ceived him affectionately, treated him with high
consideration, and actually gave orders for a
powerful force to be drawn together at Corunna
for another descent upon Ireland.*
"He returned to that port, from iv tiich he
could every day look out across the western
waves that lay between him and home, and where
he could be kept constantly informed of what
was passing in Ireland. Spring was over and
gone, and summer too had passed away, but still
the exigencies of Spanish policy delayed the
promised expedition, "f "That armament never
sailed; and poor O'Donnell never saw Ireland
more; for news arrived in Spain, a few months
after, that Dun-baoi Castle, the last stronghold in
Munster that held out for King Philip, was
taken ; and Beare-Haven, the last harbor in the
south that was open to his ships, effectually
guarded by the English. The Spanish prepara-
tions were countermanded, and Eed Hugh was
once more on his journey to the court, to renew
his almost hopeless suit, and had arrived at
Simancas, two leagues from Valladolid, when he
suddenly fell sick ; his gallant heart was broken,
and he died there on September 10, 1602. He
was buried by order of the king with royal
honors, as befitted a prince of the Kinel-Conal ;
and the chapter of the cathedral of St. Francis,
in the stately city of Valladolid, holds the bones
of as noble a chief and as stout a warrior as ever
bore the wand of chieftaincy or led a clan to
battle."!
"Thus," says another writer, "closed the
career of one of the brightest and noblest char-
acters in any history. His youth, his early cap-
tivity, his princel.v generosity', his daring cour-
age, his sincere piety, won the hearts of all who
came in contact with him. He was the sword,
as O'Neill was the brain, of the Ulster confeder-
acy : the Ulysses and Achilles of the war, they
fought side by side without jealousy or envy, for
almost as long a period as their prototypes had
(^pent in besieging Troy."
One cannot peruse unmoved the quaint and
■ Mitchel.
t M'Gee.
i Mitchel.
singular recital of O'Donnell 's characteristic
merits and virtues given by the Four Masters.
Of him it can with scrupulous truth be said that
— unlike not a few others, famed as soldiers, or
rulers, or statesmen — his character, in every
phase, was pure and noble; and that his private
life as well as his public career was worthy of
admiration, without stain and without reproach.
Meanwhile O'Neill had set out homeward at
the head of the shattered Ulster contingent ; and
now the lord deputy felt that the moment had
come for a supreme effort to pour down upon and
overwhelm him. The "Lion of the North" waa
struck, and, badly wounded, was retreating to
his lair. This was surely the time for pressing
him to the death — for surrounding, capturing,
or slaying the once dreaded foe. So throughout
Leinster, Connaught, and Ulster, the cry was
spread for the English garrisons, and all natives
who would mark themselves for favor and con-
sideration to rise simultaneously and burst in
upon the territories of the confederate chiefs;
while the deputy swiftly assembled troops to in-
tercept, capture, or destroy them on their home-
ward way from the south. The Irish cause was
down — disastrously and hopelessly. Now, there-
fore, was the time for all who "bow the knee and
worship the rising sun" to show their zeal on the
winning side. Tyrconnell and Tyrowen, as well
as the territories of O'Rorke and Maguire, were
inundated by converging streams of regular
troops and volunteer raiders; while O'Neill, like
a "lion," indeed, who finds that the hunter ia
rifling his home, made the earth tremble in hia
path to the rescue ! With the concentrated pas-
sion of desperation he tore through every ob-
stacle, routed every opposing army, and marched
— strode — to the succor of his people, as if a
thunderbolt cleared the way. Soon his enemies
were made to understand that the "Lion of the
North" was still alive and unsubdued. But it
was, in sooth, a desperate cause that now taxed
to its uttermost the genius of Hugh. The lord
deputy, Mountjoy, proceeded to the north to tak«
command in person against him ; while "Dowcra,
marching out of Derry, pressed O'Neill from the
north and northeast." Mountjoy advanced on
Hugh's family seat, Dungannon; but O'Neill
could even better bear to see his ancestral home
in ashes than to have it become the shelter of his
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foes. The lord deputy "discovered it in the dis-
tance, as Norreys had once before done, in flames
liindled by the hand of its straitened proprietor. ' '
With vigor and sliill undiminished and spirit un-
daunted, Hugh rapidly planned and carried out
his measures of defensive operations. In fine, it
was in this moment of apparent ■wreck and ruin
and despair that O'Neill's character rose into
positive grandeur and sublimity, and that his
glorious talents shone forth in their greatest
4plendor. "Never," says one of our historians,
"did the genius of Hugh O'Neill shine out
brighter than in these last defensive operations.
In July, Mountioy writes apologetically to the
council that, 'notvi'ithstanding her majesty's
great forces O 'Neil doth still live.' He bitterly
complains of his consummate caution, his 'pesti-
lent judgment to spread and to nourish his own
infection, ' and of the reverence entertained for
his person by the native population. Early in
August, Mountjoy had arranged what he hoped
might prove the finishing stroke in the struggle ;
Dowcra from Derry, Chichester from Carrickfer-
gus, Danvers from Armagh, and all who could
be spared from Mountjoy, Charlemont, and
Mountnorris, were gathered under his command,
to the number of eight thousand men, for a foray
into the interior of Tyrone. Inisloghlin, on the
borders of Down and Antrim, which contained a
great quantity of valuables belonging to O'Neill,
was captured, Magherlowney and Tulloghoge
were next taken. At the latter place stood the
ancient stone chair on which the O'Neills were
inaugurated, time out of mind; it was now
broken into atoms by Mouutjoy's orders. But
the most effective warfare was made on the grow-
ing crops. The eight thousand men spread
themselves over the fertile fields, along the val-
leys of the Eann and the Roe, destroying the
standing grain with fire, where it would bui-n, or
with the praca, a peculiar kind of harrow, tear-
ing it up by the roots. The horsemen trampled
crops into the earth which had generously nour-
ished tliem ; the infantry shore them down with
their sabers; and the sword, though in a very
different sense from that of Holy Scripture, was,
indeed, converted into a sickle. The hai'vest
moon never shone upon such fields in any Chris-
tian land. In September, Mountjoy reported to
Cecil, 'that between Tullaghoge and Toome there
lay unburied a thousand dead, ' and that since
his arrival on the Blackwater — a period of a
couple of months — there were three thousand
starved in Tyrone. In O 'Cane's country the
misery of his clansmen drove the chief to sur-
render to Dowcra, and the news of Hugh Roe'g
death having reached Donegal, his brother re-
paired to Athlone, and made his submission to
Mountj y. Earlj' in December, O'Neill, unable
to maii tain himself on the river Roe, retired
with sii hundred foot and sixty horse to Glen-
cancean, near Lough Neagh, the most secure of
his fastnesses. His brother Cormac, McMahon,
and Art O'Neill, of Clandeboy, shared with him
the wintry hardships of that asylum, while
Tyrone, Clandeboy, and Monaghan, were given
up to horrors, surpassing any that had been
known or dreamt of in former wars."
By this time O'Sullivan had bravely held his
position in GlengarrifEe for full six months
against all the efforts of the Munster army.
That picturesque glen, whose beauty is of world-
wide fame, was for Doual a camp foi-med by
nature, within which the old and helpless, the
women and children of his clan, with their kine
and sheep, were safely placed, while the fighting
force, which, with Tyrrell's contingent, did not
exceed eight hundred men, guarded the few
passes through which alone the alpine barriers of
the glen could be penetrated. Here the little
community, as we might call them, housed in
tents of evergreen boughs, lived throughout the
summer and autumn months, "waiting for the
news from Spain." They fished the "fishful
river" that winds through that elysian vale, and
the myriad confluent streams that pour down
from the "hundred lakes"of Caha. They hunted
the deer that in those daj's, as in our own, roamed
wild and free through the densely wooded craggy
dells. Each morning the guards were told off
for the mountain watches; and each evening the
bugles of the chief, returning from his daily in-
spection, or the joyous shouts of victory that
proclaimed some new assault of the enemy re-
pulsed, woke the echoes of the hills. And per-
haps in the calm summer twilight, the laugh and
the song went round; the minstrels touched
their harps, and the clansmen improvised their
simple rustic sports, while the chief and Lady
Aileen moved through the groups with a gracious
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smile for all! For they nothing doubted that
soon would come the glad tidings that King
Philip's ships were in the bay; and then! — Bear
would be swept of the hated foe, and their loved
Dunboy
again would rise
And mock the English rover!
Alas! this happy dream was to fade in sorrow,
and die out in bitterest reality of despair! News
came indeed from Spain at length ; but it was
news that sounded the knell of all their hopes to
O'SuUivan and his people! O'Donnellwas dead,
and on hearing of the fall of Dunboy the Spanish
government had countermanded the expedition
assembled and on the point of sailing for Ireland !
This was heart-crushing intelligence for Donal
and his confederates. Nevertheless they held
out still. There remained one faint glimmer in
the north ; and while there was a sword un-
sheathed anywhere in the sacred cause of father-
land, they would not put up theirs. They gave
Carew's captains hot work throughout Desmond
for the remainder of the autumn, capturing sev-
eral strong positions, and driving in his outlying
garrisons in Muskerry and the Carberies. But
soon even the northern ray went out, and the
skies all around were wrapt in Cimmerian gloom.
There was room for hope no more!
What was now Donal 's position ? It is difficult
adequately to realize it! Winter was upon him;
the mountains were deep in snow ; his resources
were exhausted ; he was cooped up in a remote
glen, with a crowd of helpless people, the aged
and infirm, women and children, and with barely
a few hundred fighting men to guard them. He
was environed by foes on all hands. The nearest
point where an ally could be reached was in Uls-
ter, at the other extremity of Ireland — two or
three hundred miles away — and the country be-
tween him and any such friendly ground was all
in the hands of the English, and swarmed with
their garrisons and scouring parties.
The resolution taken by O'SuUivan under
these circumstances was one which has ever since
excited among historical writers and military
ciritics the liveliest sentiments of astonishment
and admiration. It was to pierce through his
surrounding foes, and fight his way northward
inch by inch to Ulster; convoying meantime the
women and children, the aged, sick, and
wounded of his clan — in fine, all who might elect
to claim his protection and share his retreat
rather than trust the perils of remaining. It
was this latter feature which pre-eminently
stamjied the enterprise as almost without prece-
dent. For four hundred men, under such cir-
cumstances, to cut their way from Glengarriffe to
Leitrim, even if divested of every other charge
or duty save the clearing of their own path,
would be sufficiently daring to form an ei)isode
of romance ; and had Donal more regard for his
own safety than for his "poor people," this
would have been the utmost attemjited by him.
But he was resolved, let what might befall, not
to abandon even the humblest or the weakest
among them. W^hile he had a sword to draw, he
would defend them ; and he would seek no safety
or protection for himself that was not shared by
them. His own wife and, at least, the youngest
of his children, he left behind in charge of his
devoted foster-brother, Mac Swiney, who success-
fully concealed them until the chief's return,
nearly eight months subsequently, in an almost
inaccessible spot at the foot of an immense prec-
ipice in the Glengarriffe mountains, now known
as the Eagle's Nest. Many other families also
elected to try the chance of escape from Carew's
scouring parties, and remained behind, hidden
in the fastnesses of that wild region.
CHAPTER L.
THE RETREAT TO LEITRIM; "tHE MOST ROMANTIO
AND GALLANT ACHIEVEMENT OF THE AGE.
On the last day of December, 1602, was com-
menced this memorable retreat, which every
writer or commentator, whether of that period or
of our own, civil or military, English or Irish,
has concurred in characterizing as scarcely to
be paralleled in history.* Tyrrell and other of
* " We read of nothing more like to the expedition of
Young Cyrus and the Ten Tliousand Greeks than this
retreat of O'SuUivan Beare." — Abbe Mac Geoghegan.
"One of the most extraordinary retreats recorded in his-
tory. " — Haverty .
"A retreat almost unparalleled." — M'Gee.
" The most romantic and gallant achievement of the
age." — Davis.
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the confederates had drawn off some time previ-
ously, when sail re qui pent evidently hecume the
luaxim with the despair-stricken band; so that
O'Snllivan's force when setting out from Glen-
garriffe consistetl exactly of four hundred light-
ing men, and about sis hundi-ed non-combatants,
women, children, aged and infirm people, and
servants.* Even in our own day, and in time of
peace,- with full facilities of transport and supply,
the commissariat arrangements necessary to be
made beforehand along the route of such a body
— a thousand souls — would require some skill
and organization. But O'Sullivan could on no
day tell where or how his people were to iind
sustenance for the morrow. He had money
enough,f it is trut. to purchase supplies; but no
one durst sell them to him, or permit him to take
them. "Word was sent through the country by
the lord president for all, on peril of being
treated as O'Sullivan 's covert or open abettors,
to fall upon him, to cross his road, to bar his
way, to watch him at the fords, to come upon
him bj' night; and, above all, to drive off or de-
stroy all cattle or other possible means of sus-
tenance, so that of sheer necessity his party must
perish on the way. Whose lands soever O'Sul-
livan would be found to have passed thi-ough
unresisted, or whert upon he was allowed to find
food of any kind, tho government would consider
forfeited. Such weic the circumstances under
which the Lord of iJear and his immortal four
hundred set out on their midwinter retreat on
December 31, 1602.
That evening, Don Philip tells us, they reached
and encamped at "a ; lace on the borders of Mus-
kerry, called by the natives Acharis. "J Nest
•"Historise Catholicae Hiberniae," Haverty, M'Gee, Mac
Geogbegan.
f Even on Uie last day of this terrible retreat, we find
biin able to pay a guide vi-ry liberally in gold pieces.
1 1 am not anare that any cue hitherto ha.s identified this
spot ; but it is, nevertheless, plainly to be found. The
place is the junction of some mouutaia roads, in a truly
wild and solit.-iry locality, about a mile north of the present
village of Bealnageary, which is between Gougane Barra
and Macrooin. In a little grove the ruined church of
Agharii (marked on the Ordnance uiap.s) identifies for us
the locality of "Acharis." It is on the road to Kallyvonr-
ney by O'Sullivan's route, which was from (JlengarrilTe
eastward by hi.s castle of the Fawn's Rock (" Carrick-nii
Asa"), where he left a ward; thence through the Pass of
the Deer (" Ceam-an eih ") northward to Agharis.
day, January 1, 1G03, they reached "before
noon, " "Balebrunia" (Ballyvourney), famed as
the retreat of St. Gubeneta, whose ruined church
and penitential stations are still frequented by
pious pilgrims. Here O'Sullivan and his entire
force halted, that they might begin their journey
by offering all their sufferings to God, and sup-
plicating the powerful prayers of His saint.
Donal and several members of his family made
gifts to the altar, and the little army, having
prayed for some time, resumed their weary
march. The ordeal commenced for them soon.
They were assailed and harassed all the way "by
the sons of Thadeus Mac Carthy," several being
wounded on both sietes. They cleared their road,
however, and that night encamped in "O'Kim-
bhi" (O'Keefe's country : Duhallow) "but) " says
Philip, "they had little rest at night after sneha
toilsome daj', for they were constantly molested
by the people of that place, and suffered most
painfully from hunger. For they had been able
to bring with them bitt one day's provisions, and
these they had consumed on the tii«t daj-'s
march." Nest morning they pushed forward
toward the confines of Limerick, designing to
reach that ancient refuge of the oppressed and
vanquished, the historic Glen of Aherlow, where
at least they hoped for rest in safety during a
few days' halt, but their path now lay through
the midst of their foes — right between the gar-
risons of Charleville and Buttevant, and they
scarcely hoped to cross the river in ttieir front
without a heavy penalty. And truly enough, as
the faint and weary cavalcade reached the bank,
a strong force under the brotlier of Viscount
Barry encountered them at Bellaghy Ford. The
women and children were at once put to the rear,
and the hunger-wasted compan.v, nevertheless all
unflinching, came up to the conflict like heroes.
It was a bitter fight, but despair gave energy to
that desperate fugitive band. They literally
swept their foes before them, and would not have
suffered a man to escape them had not hunger
and terrible privation told upon them too severely
to allow of a pursuit. Dr. Joyce chronicles this
combat for us in one of his ballads:
"We stood so steady.
All under fire,
Wo stood so steady,
Our long spears ready
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133
To vent our ire —
To dash on the Saxon,
Our mortal foe,
And lay him low
Id the bloody mire!
'"T was by Blaokwater,
When snows were white,
'T was by Blackwater,
Our foes for the slaughter
Stood full in sight;
But we were ready
With our long spears;
And we had no fears
But we'd win the fight.
"Their bullets came whistling
Upon our rank.
Their bullets came whistling.
Their bay 'nets were bristling'
On th' other bank.
Yet we stood steady.
And each good blade
Ere the morn did fade
At their life-blood drank.
"'Hurra! for Freedom!'
Came from our van ;
'Hurra! for Freedom!
Our swords — we'll feed 'em
As but we can —
"With vengeance we'll feed 'emi'
Then down we crashed.
Through the wild ford dashed.
And the fray began !
"Horses to horses
And man to man —
O'er dying horses
And blood and corses
O'Sullivan,
Our general, thundered;
And we were not slack
To slay at his back
Till the flight began.
"Oh! how we scattered
The foemen then —
Slaughtered and scattered
And chased and shattered.
By shore and glen. —
To the wall of Jloyallo,
Few fled that da.v —
"Will they bar our way
"^'hen we come again?
"Our dead/rercs we buried-^
They were but few —
Our dead freres we buried
"Where the dark waves hurried
And flashed and flew :
Oh ! sweet be their slumber
"Who thus have died
In the battle's tide,
Innisfail, for you!"
Pushing on for Aherlow — the unwounded of
the soldiers carrying between them the wounded
of the past three days' conflict — after a march of
thirty miles they reached at length that "vast
solitude," as Don Philip calls it. They were so
worn out by travel and hunger, toil and suffer-
ing, that the night sentinels posted around the
little camp could scarcely perform their duty.*
The prospect of recruiting , strength by a few
days' repose here had to be abandoned, lest the
foes now gathering around them might bar all
way to the Shannon. So next morning, at dawn,
having refreshed themselves with the only food
available, herbs and water, f they set out north-
ward. On this day one of their severest battles
had to be fought — a conflict of eight hours' dura-
tion. O'Sullivan says that, though the enemy
exceeded greatly in numbers, they were deficient
in military skill, otherwise the men of Bear must
have been overpowered. From this forward the
march grew every day more painful. Nature it-
self could not continue to endure such suffering.
The fugitives dropped on the road from utter ex-
haustion, or strayed away in the wild, delirious
search for food. In many instances the sentries
at night died at their posts from sheer privation.
Arriving at Dunuohill, the starving soldiery at
once occupied the place. The first who arrived
ravenously devoured all the food ; those who
came next greedil.v ate everything in the way of
corn, etc. On by Ballynakill, Sleive Felim, and
Lateragh ; each day a prolonged strife with foes
on all sides. "It was not only," says Dob
Philip, "that they had to fight against superi«:
* ■' HistoruE Catholicte Ibernise.'
flljid.
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numbers; but every day O'SuIlivan had fresh
enemies, while his soldiers were being worn out
by cold, hunger, and incessant fighting. " Still
they guarded faithfully the women and children,
and such of the aged as could walk without as-
sistance; and maintained, though only by the
utmost exertion, that strict disciiiline and pre-
caution to which O'SuIlivan largely owed his
safety on this march. A vanguard of forty men
always went in front; next came the sick and
wounded, the women and children; next, the
baggage and the ammunition; and, last of all,
protecting the rear, Donal himself with the bulk
of his little force. On the 6th of January, they
reached the wood of Brosna (now Portland, in
the parish of Lorh;i) ; and here Donal orders the
little force to intrench themselves. Their great-
est peril is now at hand. The "lordly Shannon, "
wide and deep, is in their front; they have no
boats; and the foe is crowding behind and
around them. Donal's resort in this extremity
was one worthy of his reputation as a skillful cap-
tain. Of the few horses now remaining in his
cavalcade, he directed eleven to be killed. The
skins he strained upon a firmly bound boat-frame
which he had his soldiers to construct iu the
wood close by; the flesh was cooked as a luxury
for the sick and wounded. In this boat, on the
morning of the 8th of January, he commenced to
transport his little force across the Sh.annon,
from Redwood. As he was in the act of so do-
ing, there arrived on the southern bank, where
the women and children, and only a portion of
the rearguard remained, the queen's sheriff of
Tipperary and a strong force, who instantly
"began to plunder tlie baggage, slaughter the
camp followers, and throw the women and chil-
dren into the river."* One of O'Sullivan's lieu-
tenants, iu charge of the small guard which,
howevei', yet remained, fell upon them with such
vehemence, that they retired, and the last of the
fugitives crossed to the Connaught shore.
But there was still no rest for that hapless
company. "The soldiers pressed 1)y hunger
divide themseves into two bands, and alternately
sustain the attacks of the euemj', and collect pro-
visions." Arriving at Aughrim-Hy-Maine a
powerful and well ordered army under Sir
Thomas Burke, Lord Clunricarde's brother, and
* " Uistorio! C'utliolica!."
Colonel Henry Malby, lay across their route.
Even Carew himself informs us that the English
force vastly exceeded the gaunt and famished
band of O'SuIlivan; though he does not venture
into particulars. In truth Donal found himself
compelled to face a pitched battle against a force
of some eight hundred men with his wasted
part.v, now reduced to less than three hundred.
Carew briefly tells the story,- so bitter for him to
tell. "Nevertheless, when they saw that either
they must make their way by the sword or perish,
they gave a brave charge upon our men, in which
Capain Malby was slaine; upon whose fall Sir
Thomas and his troops fainting, with the loss of
many men, studied their safety by flight. "* The
quaint record in the "Annals of the Four Master*"
is as follows: "O'SuIlivan, O' Conor-Kerry, anJ
William Burke, with their small party, were
obliged to remain at Aughrim-Hy-Mauy to
engage, fight, and sustain a battlefield, and test
their true valor against the many hundreds op-
laressing and pursuing them. O'SuIlivan, with
rage, heroism, fury, and ferocity, rushed to the
place where he saw the English, for it was against
them that he cherished most animosits' and
hatred; and made no delay until he reached the
siiot where he saw their chief ; so that he quickly
and dexterously beheaded that noble English-
man, the sou of Captain Malby. The forces there
collected were then routed and a countless num-
ber of them slain."! Beside Malby and Burke
there were left on the field hy the English "three
standard bearers and several olBcers. " ^t was a
decisive victory for the Prince of Bear ; but it
only purchased for him a day's respite. That
night, for the first time — terrible aiHiction — he
had to march forward, unable to bring with him
his sick or wounded ! Next day the English (who
could not win the fight) came up and butchered
tliesc helpless ones iu cold blood! I summarize
from the "Historise Catholicse" the following
narrative of the last days of this luemorablo
retreat :
* " Pacata Hibernia." In the nnxt folldwing sentpiice
Carcvv gives witb liorriil candor and equanimity, a picture,
liardly to be paralleled in the records of savafjery : "Next
morning Sir Charles (WiUiiot) coming to .seeke the enemy
in their campe, hee entered into their quarter without re-
sistance, where he found iiothing but hurt and sick mm,
w/wiie pains arid lives by the soldiers were both determined.''
f " Annuls of the Four Masters," pare 2319.
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135
"Next clay at dawn ho crossed Slieve Muire
(Mount Mary) and came down on some villages
where he hoped to procure provisions. But
he found all the cattle and provisions carried
away, and the people of the district arrayed
against him, under the command of Mao David,
the lord of the place. He withdrew at dusk to
some thick woods at Sliebh Iphlinn. But in the
night he received information that the people
intended to surround him and cut him off.
Large fires were lighted to deceive his enemies,
and he at once set off on a night march. The
soldiers suffered exceedingly. They fell into
deep snowdrifts, whence they dragged each other
out with great difficulty.
"Next day they were overtaken by Mac David.
But their determined attitude made their foes
retire ; and so they were allowed to betake
themselves to another wood called Diamhbhrach,
or the Solitude. Upon entering this refuge, the
men, overpowered with fatigue, lay down and fell
asleep. "When O'Sullivan halted, finding only
twelve companions with himself, he ordered fires
to be lighted, in order that his scattered follow-
ers might know whither to turn upon waking.
"At dawn of next day numbers of the inhabi-
tants flocked to O'Sullivan's bivouac, attracted
by the unprecedented spectacle of so many fires
in such a lonely solitude. They furnished him
gratuitously with food, and subsequently in-
formed Oliver Lombard, the governor of Con-
naught, that the fires had been kindled by the
herdsmen. Many of the Catholics were found to
suffer very much in their feet, by reason of the
severity of the weather and the length of the
march. O'Connor, especially, suffered griev-
ously. To give as long a rest as possible, they
remained all this day in the wood ; but a night
march was necessary for all. This was especially
severe on O'Connor, as it was not possible that
he could proceed on horseback. For, since the
enemy occupied all the piiblic routes and the
paths practicable for a horse, they were obliged
to creep along by out-of-the-way paths, and fre-
quently to help each other in places where alone
they could not move.
"A guide was wanted; but God provided one.
A stranger presented himself, clad in a linen
garment, with bare feet, having bis head bound
with a white cloth, and bearing a long pole shod
with iron, and presenting an appearance well
calculated to strike terror into the beholders.
Having saluted O'Sullivan and the others, he
thus addressed thom : ' I know that you Catholics
have been overwhelmed by various calamities,
that you are fleeing from the tyranny of heretics,
that at the hill of Aughrim you routed the
queen's troops, and that you are now going to
O'Ruarke, who is only fifteen miles off; but j'ou
want a guide. Therefore, a strong desire has
come upon me of leading you thither.' After
some hesitation O'Sullivan acceiited his offer,
and ordered him to receive two hundred gold
pieces. These he took, 'not as a reward, but as
a mark of our mutually grateful feelings for each
other.' The darkness of the night, their igno-
rance of the country, and their unavoidable sus-
picion of their guide multiplied their fears. The
slippery condition of the rocks over which they
had to climb, the snow piled up by the wind,
their fatigue and weakness, the swelling of their
feet, tormented the unfortunate walkers. But
O'Connor suffered most of all. His feet and legs
were inflamed, and rapidly broke into ulcers.
He suffered excruciating pain; but he bore it
patiently for Jesus Christ. In the dead of the
night they reached a hamlet, Knock Vicar (Mons
Vicarii), where they refreshed themselves with
fire and food. But when they were again about
to proceed, O'Connor could not stand, much less
walk. Then his fellow soldiers carried him in
their arms in alternate batches of four, until
they found a wretched horse, upon the back of
which they placed him. At length, when they
had passed Cor Sliebh, the sun having risen,
their guide pointed out O'Kuarke's castle in the
distance, and having assured them that all danger
was now passed, he bade them farewell.
Not unlike the survivors of the Greek Ten
Thousand, to whom they have been so often com-
pared, who, when they first described the sea,
broke from the ranks and rushed forward wildly
shouting "Thalatta! Thalatta!" that group of
mangled and bleeding fugitives — for now, alas I
they were no more — when they saw through the
trees in the distance the towers of Leitrim Castle,
sank upon the eartii, and for the first time since
they had quitted Bear, gave way to passionate
weeping, overpowered by strange paroxysms of
joy, grief, suffering, and exultation. At last — at
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last! — they were safe! No more days of bloody
combat, and nigbts of terror and unrest! No
more of hunger's maddening pangs! No more
of flight for life, with bleeding feet, over rugged
roads, with murderous foes behind ! Relief is at
hand! They can sleep — they can rest. They
are saved — they are saved! Then, kneeling on
the sward, from their bursting hearts they cried
aloud to the God of ^their fathers, who through
an ordeal so awful had brought them, few as they
were, at last to a haven of refuge!
They pushed forward, and about eleven o'clock
in the forenoon reached O'Rorke's castle. Here
they were gazed upon as if they were objects of
miraculous wonder. All that generous kindness
and tender sympathy could devise, was ciuickly
called to their aid. Their wounds and bruises
were tended by a hundred eager hands. Their
every want w«s anticipated. Alas! how few of
them now remained to claim these kindlj^ offices.
Of the thousand souls who had set out from
Glengarriffe, not one hundred entered the
friendly portals of Brefny Hall. Only thirty-five
came in with O'Sullivan that morning. Of
these, but one was a woman- — the aged mother of
Don Philip, the historian ; eighteen were attend-
ants or camp-followers, and only sixteen were
armed men ! About fifty more came in next day,
in twos and threes, or were found by searching
parties sent out by O'Rorke. All the rest, ex-
cept some three hundred in all, who had strayed,
perished on the way, by the sword, or by the ter-
rible privations of the journey. This retreat
■was the last military achievement of Donal O'Sul-
livan. Some of the greatest commanders in his-
tory might be proud to claim an enterprise so
heroic as their best title to the immortality of
fame.
CHAPTER LI.
HOW THE aOVERNMENT AND HUGH MADE A TREATY OF
PEACE HOW ENGLAND CAME UNDEK THE SCOTTISH
MONARCH? ; AND HOW IRELAND HOPEFULLY HAILED
THE GAELIC SOVEREIGN.
The succeeding year (1603) opened upon a
state of gloom and incertitude on all hands in
Ireland. Like a strong man overpowered,
wounded, and cast down, after a protracted and
exhausting struggle, yet still unsubmitting and
not totally reft of strength, the hapless Irish
nation lay prostrate — fallen but unsubdued — un-
willing to yield, but too weak to rise. The Eng-
lish power, on the other hand, was not without
its sense of exhaustion also. It had passed
through an awful crisis; and had come out of
the ordeal victorious, it is true, but greatly by
happy chance, and at best only by purchasing
victory most deai'ly. O'Neill was still uncon-
quered; and though the vast majority of the
lesser chiefs confederated with him in the recent
struggle had been compelled to submit and sue
for pardon, O'Donnell, O'Rorke, Maguire, and
O'Sullivan remained to him;* and, on the
whole, he was still master of elements capable of
being organized into a formidable power, per-
haps to renew the conflict at some future favor-
able opportunity. Elizabeth and her ministers
were too wise and prudent to allow exultation
over their success to blind them to the fact that
so much of it had been due to fortuitous circum-
stances, and that 'twere decidedly better, if pos-
sible, to avoid having the combat tried over again.
Mountjoy was instructed to" sound" the defeated,
but unsubdued and still dangerous Tyrone as to
terms of peace and submission, lest, being hope-
less of "pardon" (as they put it), he might con-
tinue to stand out. Negotiations were accord-
ingly opened with O'Neill. "Sir William Go-
dolphin and Sir Garrett Moore were sent as
com'missioners to arrange with him the terms of
peace," the latter (ancestor of the present Mar-
quis of Drogheda) being a warm personal friend
of O'Neill's. "They found him," we are told,
'in his retreat near Lough Neagh, early in
March, and obtained his promise to give the
deputy an early meeting at Mellifont. " "The
negotiations," according to another writer,
"were hurried on the deputy's part by private
information which he had received of the queen's
death ; and fearing that O'Neill's views might be
altered by that circumstance, he immediately
desired the commissioners to close the agree-
ment, and invite O'Neill under safe conduct to
Drogheda to have it ratified without delay. " On
March 30, 1()03, Hugh met Mountjoy by appoint-
ment at Mellifont Abbc.v, where the terms of
i
* "All that are out doe seeke for mercy excepting O'Korke
and O'Sullivan, who is uow with O'Korke." — Ix>rd Deputy
Mountjoy to the Privy Council, Feb. 36, 1603.
THE STORY OK IRELAND.
137
peace were duly ratified on each side, O'Neill
having on his part gone through the necessary
forms and declarations of submission. The
singularly favorable conditions conceded to
O'Neill show conclusively the estimate held by
the English council of their victory over him,
and of his still formidable influence. He was to
have complete amnesty for the past; he was to be
restored in blood, notwithstanding his attainder
and outlawry ; he was to bo reinstated in his
dignity of Earl of Tyrone; he and his people
were to enjoy full and free exercise of their relig-
ion ; new "letters-patent" were to issue, regrant-
ing to him and other northern chiefs very nearly
the whole of the lands occuxned by their respec-
tive clans. On the other hand, Hugh was to
renounce once and forever the title of "The
O'Neill," should accept the English title of
"earl," and should allow English law to run
through his territories.* Truly liberal terms —
generous, indeed, they might under all circum-
stances be called — if meant to be faithfullj' kept!
It is hard to think O'Neill believed in the good
faith of men whose subtle policy he knew so well.
Tt may be that he doubted it thoroughly, but
was powerless to accomplish more than to obtain
such terms, whatever their worth for the present,
trusting to the future for the rest.
Yet it seemed as if, for the first time, a real
and lasting peace was at hand. James the Sixth
of Scotland, son of the beautiful and ill-fated
Mary Queen of Scots, succeeded Elizabeth on the
English throne ; and even before his express dec-
laration of a conciliatory policy was put forth,
there ran through Ireland, as if intuitively, a
belief in his friendly dispositions. And, in
truth, never before did such a happy oppor-
tunity ofEer for adjusting, at last and forever,
peacefully' and amicably, the questions at issue
between Ireland and England. In James the
Irish — always so peculiarly swayed by considera-
tions of race or kinship — beheld a Gaelic prince,
a king of the sister kingdom, Scotland, to whom
had reverted the kingdom and crown of England.
Kings of England of the now extinct line had
done them grievous wrong; but no king of
friendly Scotland had broken the traditional
kindly relations between Hibernia and Caledonia.
'Mitchel.
Taking King James the Gael for a sovereign was
not like bowing the neck to the yoke of the in-
vading Normans or Tudors. As the son of his
persecuted mother, he was peculiarly recom-
mended to the friendly feelings of the Irish peo-
ple. Mary of Scotland had much to entitle her
to Irish sympathy. She was a princess of the
royal line of Malcolm, tracing direct descent
from the Milesian princes of Dalariada. She was
the representative of many a Scottish sovereign
who had aided Ireland against the Normans.
Moreover, she had just fallen a victim to the
tigress Elizabeth of England, the same who had
so deeply reddened with blood the soil of Ire-
land. She had suffered for the Catholic faith
too ; and if aught else were required to touch the
Gaels of Ireland with compassion and sympathj',
it was to be found in her youth and beauty,
qualities which, when allied with innocence and
misfortune, never fail to win the Irish heart. It
was to the son of such a woman — the martyred
Mary Queen of Scots — that the English crown
and kingdom had lapsed, and with these, such
claim as England might be held to have upon the
Irish kingdom. What wonder if among the
Irish the idea prevailed that now at last they
could heartily offer loyalty to the sovereign on
the English thi'one, and feel that he was neither
a stranger nor a subjugator?
It was indeed a great opportunity, apparently
— the first that had ever offered^for uniting the
three kingdoms under one crown, without en-
forcing between any of them the humiliating
relations of conqueror and conquered. There
can be no doubt whatever, that, had James and
his government appreciated the peculiar oppor-
tunity, and availed of it in a humane, wise, and.
generous spirit, ^
" an end was made, and nobly.
Of the old centennial feud."
The Irish nation, there is every ground for con-
cluding, would cheerfully and happily have come
in to the arrangement; and the simxJest measure
of justice from the government, a reasonable con-
sideration for the national feelings, rights, and
interests, might have realized that dream of a
union between the kingdoms which the compul-
sion of conquest could never — can never — acsom-
plish.
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But that accursed greed of plunder — that
unholy passion for Ii'ish spoil — which from the
first characterized the English adventurers in Ire-
land, and which, unhappily, ever proved poten-
tial to mar any comparatively humane designs of
the king, vrhenever, if ever, such designs were
entertained, was now at hand to demand that
Ireland should be given up to "settlers," by fair
means or by foul, as a stranded ship might be
abandoned to wreckers, or as a captured town
might be given up to sack and pillage by the as-
saulting soldiery. There is, however, slight rea-
son, if any, for thinking that the most unworthy
and unnatural son of Mary Queen of Scots — the
pedantic and pompous James — entertained any
statesmanlike generosity or justice of design in
reference to Ireland. The Irish expectations
about him were doomed to be woefully disap-
pointed He became the mere creature of Eng-
lish policy; and the Anglo-Irish adventurers and
"settlers" yelling for plunder, were able to force
that policy in their own direction. They grum-
bled outright at the favorable terms of Mount-
joy's ti'eaty with O'Neill. It yielded not one acre
of plunder; whereas, the teeth of thousands of
those worthies had been set on edge by the an-
ticipation of the rich spoils of the "confiscated"
north, which they made sure would follow upon
O'Neill's subjection. "It now seemed as if ]the
entire object of that tremendous war had been,
on the part of England, to force a coronet upon
the unwilling b: ows of an Irish chieftain, and
oblige him in his own despite to accept 'letters
patent' and broad lands 'in fee.' Surely, if this
were to be the 'conquest of Ulster, ' if the rich
valleys of the north, with all their woods and
waters, mills and fishings, were to be given up to
these O'Neills and O'Donnells, on whoso heads a
price had so lately been set for traitors ; if,
worse than all, their very religion was to be tol-
erated, and Ulster, with its verdant abbey-lands,
and livings, and termon-lands, were still to set
'Reformation' at defiance; surely, in this case,
the crowd of esurient undertakers, lay and cler-
ical, had ground of complaint. It was not for
this they left their homes, and felled forests, and
camped on the mountains, and plucked down the
Red Hand from many a castle wall. Not for this
they ' preached before the State in Christ Church, '
and censured the backsliding of the times, and
pointed out the mortal sin of a compromise with
Jezebel ! ' '
Notwithstanding that for a year or two subse-
quent to James' accession, the terms of the treaty
of Mellifout were in most part observed by the
government, O'Neill noted well the gathering
storm of discontent, to which he saw but too
clearly the government would succumb at an
early opportunity. By degrees the skies began
to lour, and unerring indications foretold that a
pretest was being sought for his immolation.
CHAPTER LII.
"the flight of the EAKLs" HOW THE PRINCES OF
IRELAND WENT INTO EXILE, MENACED BY DESTRUC-
TION AT HOME.
It was not long wanting. An anonymous let-
ter was found, or was pretended to have been
found, at the door of the council chamber in
Dublin Castle, purporting to disclose with great
circumstantiality a conspiracy, of which O'Neill
was the head, to seize the castle, to murder the
lord deputy, and raise a general revolt.* The
most artful means were resorted to by all whose
interest it was to procure the ruin of the north-
ern chiefs, to get up a wild panic of real or
iiffected terror on this most opportune discovery !
O'Neill well knew the nature of the transaction,
and the design behind it. The vultures must
have prey — his ruin had become a state neces-
sity. In the month of May, he and the othei'
northern chiefs were cited to answer the capital
charge thus preferred against them. This they
were ready to do ; but the government plotters
were not just yet ready to carry out their own
schemes, ao the investigation was on some slight
* There seems to have been a plot of some kind; but it
was one got up by the secretary of state, Cecil himself ;
Lord Howth, his agent in this shocking business, inyeig-
ling O'Neill and O'Donnell into attendance at some of the
meetings. "Artful Cecil," savs Rev. Dr. AndiMson, a
Protestant divine, in his "Royal (Jenealogios," a work
])rinted in London in 1736, " employed one St. Lawrence
to entrap the Earls Tyrone and Tyrconnell, the Lord of
Delvin, and other Irish chiefs, into a sham plot which had
no evidence but his. But these chief.s being informed that
witnesses were to be heard against them, foolishly Hed
from Dublin ; and so taking their guilt upon them, they
were declared rebels, and six entire counties in Ulster were
at once forfeited to the erown, which wuiiwhat their enemici
wanted. "
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139
pretext postpoued, and O'Neill and O'Donnell
were ordered to appear iu London on their de-
fense at Michaelmas. There is little doubt that
hereupon, or about this time, O'Neill formed and
communicated to his northern kinsmen and fcl-
lo-w-victims the resolution of going into exile,
and seeking on some friendly shore that safety
which it was plain he could hope for in Ireland
no longer. They at once determined to share
his fortunes, and to take with them into exile
their wives, children, relatives, and household
attendants; in fine, to bid an eternal farewell to
the "fair hills of holy Ireland. " The sad sequel
forms the subject of that remarkable work —
"The Flight of the Earls; or the Fate and For-
tunes of Tyrone and Tyrconnell," by the Eev.
C. P. Meehan, of Dublin ; a work full of deep
iind sorrowful interest to every student of Irish
history. I can but briefly summarize here, as
■closely as possible from various authorities, that
mournful chapter in our national annals. "In the
beginning of September 1607, nearly four months
after the pretended discovery of St. Lawrence's
plot, O'Neill was at Slane with the lord deputy.
Sir Arthur Chichester; and they conferred rela-
tive to a journe}% which the former was to make
to London before Michaelmas, in compliance
•with a summons from the king. ^'.Vhile here a
letter was delivered to O'Neill from one John
Bath, informing him that Maguire had arrived in
a French ship in Lough Swilly." Sir John
Davis, the attorney-general of that day, says :
"He, O'Neill, took leave of the lord deputy, in a
more sad and passionate manner than was usual
with him. From thence he went to Mellifont,
and Sir Garrett Moore's house, where he wept
abundantly v.hen he took his leave, giving a
solemn farewell to every child and every servant
in the house, which made them all marvel, be-
cause in general it was not his manner to use
such compliments." On his w'ay northward,
we are told, he remained two days at his own
residence in Dungannon — it was hard to quit the
old roof tree forever! Thence he proceeded
hastily (traveling all night) to Eathmullen, on
the shore of Lough Swilly, where he found
O'Donnell and several of his friends waiting,
and laying up stores in the French ship. Amid
a scene of bitter anguish the illustrious partj-
Boon embarked ; numbering fifty persons in all.
including attendants and domestics. With
O'Neill, iu that sorrowful company, we are told,
went — his last countess, Catherina, daughter of
Maginnis ; his three sons, Hugh, Baron of Dun-
gannon, John, and Brian ; Art Ogc, the son of
his brother Cormac, and others of his relatives;
Euari, or Eoderic O'Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell;
Caffa or Cathbar, his brother, and his sister
Nuala, who was married to Niall Garve O'Don-
nell, but who abandoned her husband when he
became a traitor to his country ; Hugh O'Don-
nell, the earl's son, and other members of his
family ; Cuconnaught Maguire, and Owen Eoe
Mac "Ward, chief bard of Tyrconnell." "It is
certain," say the 'Four Masters,' "that the sea
has not borne, and the wind has not wafted in
modern times, a number of persons in one ship,
more eminent, illustrious, or noble in point of
genealogy, heroic deeds, valor, feats of arms, and
brave achievements, than they. Would that God
had but permitted them," continued the old
annalists, "to remain in their patrimonial inheri-
tance until the children should arrive at the age
of manhood! Woe to the heart that meditated —
woe to the mind that conceived — woe to the
council that recommended the project of this ex-
pedition, without knowing whether thej- should
to the end of their lives be able to return to their
ancient principalities and patrimonies." "With
gloomy looks and sad forebodings, the clansmen
of Tyrconnell gazed upon that fated ship, 'built
in th' eclipse and rigged with curses dark,' as
she dropped down Lough Swilly, and was hidden
behind the cliffs of Fanad land. They never saw
their chieftains more."*
They sailed direct to Normandy. On their ar-
rival in France the English minister demanded
their surrender as "rebels;" but Henry the
Fourth would not give them up. Passing from
France through the Netherlands, they were re-
ceived with marked honors by the Archduke
Albert. In all the courts of Europe, as they
passed on their way to the Eternal City, they
were objects of attention, respect, and honor
from the various princes and potentates. But it
was in that Eome to which from the earliest date
their hearts fondly turned — -"the common asylum
of all Catholics, " as it is called in the epitaph on
* Mitchel.
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young Hugh O'Neill's tomb — that the illustrious
fugitives were received with truest, warmest, and
tenderest welcome. Everj' mark of affection,
every honorable distinction, was conferred iipon
them by the venerable pope, Pius the Fifth, who,
in common with all the prelates and jirinces of
Christendom, regarded them as confessors of the
faith. In conjunction with the King of Spain,
the holy father assigned to each of them a liberal
annual pension for their support in a manner be-
fitting their royal birth and princely state in
their lost country. Through many a year, to
them, or to other distinguished Irish exiles, the
papal treasury afforded a generous and princely
bounty.
But those illustrious exiles drooped in the for-
eign climes, and soon, one by one, were laid in
foreign graves. Euari, Earl of Tyrconnell, died
July 28, 1608. His brother, Caffar, died on the
17th of the following September. Maguire died
at Genoa on his way to Spain, on the 12th of the
previous month — August, 1608. Young Hugh
O'Neill, Baron of Dungannon (son of O'Neill),
died about a year afterward, on September 23,
1609, in the twenty-fourth year of his age.
Thus, in the short space of two years after the
flight from Ireland, the aged Prince of Ulster
found himself almost the last of that illustrious
company now left on earth. Bowed down with
years and sorrows, his soul wrung with anguish
as each day's tidings from distant Ireland
brought news of the unparalleled miseries and
ojipressions scourging his faithful people, he
wandered from court to court, "eating his
heart, "for eight j'ears.* Who can imagine or
describe with what earnest jiassion he pleaded
with prelates and princes, and besought them to
think ujion the wrongs of Ireland. "Ha!" (ex-
claims one of the writers from whom I have been
* Of all his sons, but two now survived, Conn and Henry.
The latter was page to the Archduke Albert in the Low
Countries, and, like his father, was beset by English spies.
When the old chieftain died at Rome it was quickly per-
ceived the removal of Henry would greatly free England
from her nightmare apprehensions about the O'Neills. So
the youthful prince was one morning found strangled in
his bed at Brussels. The murder was enveloped in the
profoundest mystery ; but no one wa.s at a loss to divine its
cause and design. Henry had already, by his singular
ability, and by certain movements duly reported by tlie
(Spies, given but too much ground for concluding that if he
lived he would yet be dangerous in Ireland.
summarizing), "if he had sped in that mission of
vengeance — if he had persuaded Paul or Philip
to give him some ten thousand Italians or Span-
iards, how it would have fluttered those Englisli
in their dovecotes to behold his ships standing
up Lough Eoyle with the Bloody Hand dis-
played.* But not so was it written in the Book.
No potentate in Europe was willing to risk such
a force as was needed." To deepen the gloom
that shrouded the evening of his life, he lost his
sight, became totally blind and, like another
Belisarius, tottered mournfully to the grave ; the
world on this side of which was now in every
sense all dark to him. On July 20, 1616, the
aged and heart-crushed prince passed from this
earthly scene to realms —
" where souls are free;
Where tyrants taint not nature's bliss."
It was at Rome he died, and the holy father
ordered him a public funeral ; directing arrange-
ments to be forthwith made for celebrating his
obsequies on a scale of grandeur such as is ac-
corded only to royal princes and kings. The
world that bows in worship before the altar of
Success turns from the falling and the fallen ;
but Rome, the friend of the weak and the unfor-
tunate, never measured its honors to nations or
princes by the standard of their worldly fortunes.
So the English, who would fain have stricken
those illustrious fugitives of Ireland from fame
and memory, as they had driven them from home
and country, gnashed their teeth in rage as they
saw all Christendom assigning to the fallen Irish
princes an exalted place among the martyr-
heroes of Christian patriotism ! On the hill of
the Janiculum, in the Franciscan church of San
Pietro di Montorio, they laid the Prince of Ul-
ster in the grave which, a few years before, had
been opened for his son, beside the last resting-
place of the Tyrconnell chiefs. Side by side
they had fought through life ; side by side they
* In all his movements on the continent he was sur-
rounded by a crowd of English spies, whose letters and re-
ports, now in the State Paper Office, give minute and sin-
gularly interesting information respecting his manners,
habits, conversations, etc. One of them mentions that in
the evenings, after dining, if the aged prince were " warm
witli wine," he had but one topic ; his luce would glow,
and striking the table, he would assert that they would
"have a good day yet in Ireland." .'Uhs'
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141
now sleep in death. Above tho grave where rest
the ashes of those heroes many an Irish pilgrim
has knelt, and prayed, and wept. In the calm
evening, when the sunbeams slant upon the
stones below, the fathers of St. Francis often see
some figure prostrate upon the tomb, which as
often they find wetted by the tears of the
mourner. Then they know that some exiled
child of Ireland has sought and found the spot
made sacred and holy for him and all his nation
by ten thousand memories of mingled grief and
glory.*
There is not perhaps in the elegiac poetry of
any language anything worthy of comparison
with the "Lament for the Princess of Tyrone and
Tyrconnell, " composed by the aged and venerable
bard of G'Donnell, Owen Roe Mac Ward. In this
noble burst of sorrow, rich in plaintive eloqiience
and in all the beauty of true poesy, the bard ad-
dresses himself to Lady NualaO'Dounell and her
attendant mourners at the grave of the i)rinces.
Happily, of this peerless poem we possess a trans-
lation into English, of which it is not too much
to say that it is in every sense worthy of the
original, to which it adheres with great fidelity,
while preserving all the spirit and tenderness of
the Gaelic idiom. I allude to Mangan's admi-
rable translation, from which I take the following
passages :
* Some eighteen years ago a horrible desecration well-
nigh destroyed forever all identification of the grave so
dear to Irishmen. The Eternal City — the sanctuary of
Christendom — was sacrilegiously violated by invaders as
lawless and abhorrent as Alaric and his followers — the Car-
bonari of modern Europe; led by Mazzini and Garibaldi.
The churches were profaned, the tombs were rifled, and
tfie chureh of San Pietro di Moiitorio was converted bi/ Gari-
baldi into cavalry stables! The trampling of the horses de-
stroyed or effaced many of the tombstones, and the Irish in
the city gave up all hope of safety for the one so sacred in
their eyes. Happily, however, when Rome had been res-
cued by France on behalf of the Christian world, and when
the filth and litter had been cleared away from the dese-
crated church, the tomb of the Irish princes was found to
have escaped with very little permanent injury. Some
there are, who, perhaps, do not understand the sentiment
— the principle — which claims Rome as belonging to Chris-
tendom— not to "Italy," or France, or Austria, or Naples.
But in truth and fact, Rome represents not only " God's
acre" of the world, but is the repository of priceless treas-
ures, gifts, and relics, which belong in common to all
Christian peoples, and which they are bound to
guard.
"O woman of the piercing wail!
Who mournest o'er yon mound of clay
With sigh and groan.
Would God thou wert among the Gael !
Thou wouldst not then from day to day
Weep thus alone.
'Twerc long before, around a grave
In green Tyrconnell, one would find
This loneliness;
Near where Beann-Boirche's banners wave.
Such grief as thine could ne'er have iiined
Companionless.
"Beside the wave, in Donegal,
In Antrim's glens, or fair Drcmore,
Or Killilee,
Or where the sunny waters fall
At Assaroe, near Erna's shore.
This could not be.
On Derry's plains — in rich Drumclieff —
Throughout Armagh the Great, renowned
In olden years.
No da.v could pass, but woman's grief
Would rain upon the burial-ground
Fresh floods of tears !
"O no! — from Shannon, Boyne, and Suir,
From high Dunluce's castle walls,
From Lissadill,
Would flock alike both rich and poor.
One wail would rise from Cruachan's halk
To Tara's hill;
And some would come from Barrow side.
And many a maid would leave her home
On Leitrim's plains,
And by melodious Banna's tide,
And by the Mourne and Erne, to come
And swell thy strains!
"Two princes of the line of Conn
Sleep in their cells of clay beside
O'Donnell Eoe;
Three royal youths, alas! are gone.
Who lived for Erin's weal, but died
For Erin's woe!
Ah ! could the men of Ireland read
The names these noteless burial stones
Display to view.
Their wounded hearts afresh would bieed.
Their tears gush forth again, their groans
Resound anew!
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"And who can marvel o'er thy grief,
Or who can blame thy flowing teai-s,
That knows their source?
O'Donnell, Duunasava's chief.
Cut off amid his vernal years.
Lies here a corse.
Beside his brother Cathbai-, whom
Tyrconnell of the Helmets mourns
In deep despair —
For valor, truth, and comely bloom.
For all that greatens and adorns,
A peerless pair.
*' When high the shout of battle rose
On fields where Freedom 's torch still burned
Through Erinn's gloom.
If one — ^if barely one — of those
Were slain, all Ulster would have mourned
The hero's doom!
If at Athboy, where hosts of brave
Ulidian horsemen sank beneath
The shock of spears.
Young Hugh O'Neill had found a grave.
Long must the North have wept his death
With heart-wrung tears!
•'W^hat do I say? Ah, woe is me!
Already we bewail in vain
Their fatal fall !
And Erinn, once the Great and Free,
Now vainly mourns her breakless chain
And iron thrall!
Then, daughter of O'Donnell, dry
Thine overflowing eyes, and turn
Thy heart aside.
For Adam's race is born to die,
And sternly the seinilchral urn.
Mocks human pride !
"Look not, nor sigh, for earthly throne,
Nor place thy trust in arm of clay;
But on thy knees
Uplift thy soul to God alone.
For all things go their destined way
As Ho decrees.
Embrace the faithful crucifix.
And seek the path of pain and prayer
Thy .Savior trod;
Hot let thy spirit intermix
W^ith earthly hoi)o and worldly care
Its groans to God!
"And Thou, O mighty Lord! whose ways
Are far above our feeble minds
To understand ;
Sustain us in those doleful days.
And render light the chain that binds
Our fallen land !
Look down upon our dreary state,
And through the ages that may still
Roll sadly on.
Watch Thou o'er hapless Erinn's fate.
And shield at last from darker ill
The blood of Conn!"
There remains now but to trace the fortunes
of O'Sullivan, the last of O'Neill's illustrious
companions in arms. The special vengeance of
England marked Donal for a fatal distinction
among his fellow chiefs of the ruined confeder-
acy. He was not included in the amnesty set-
tled by the treaty of Mellifout. We maj- be sure
it was a sore thought for O'Neill that he could
not obtain for a friend so true and tried as O'Sul-
livan, participation in the terms granted to him-
self and other of the Northern chieftains. But
the government was inexorable. The Northerns
had yet some power left; from the Southern
chiefs there now was nought to fear. So, we are
told; "there was no pardon for O'Sullivan."
Donal accompanied O'Neill to London the year
succeeding James' accession ; but he could obtain
no relaxation of the policy decreed against him.
He returned to Ireland only to bid it an eternal
farewell! Assembling all that now remained to
him of family and kindred, he sailed for Spain
A.I). 1604. He was received with all honor by
King Philip, who forthwith created him a
grandee of Spain, knight of the military order of
St. lago, and subsequently Earl of Bearhaven.
The king, moreover, assigned to him a pension
of "three hundred pieces of gold monthly."
The end of this illustrious exile was truly tragic.
His young sou, Donal, had a quarrel with an
ungrateful Anglo-Irishman named Bath, to whom
the old chief had been a kind benefactor. Young
Donal's cousin, Philip — the author of the "His-
toriiB Catholicai Ibernicc" — interfered with niedi-
ative intentions, when Bath drew his sword,
uttering some grossly insulting observations
against the O'Sullivans. Philip aud he at once
' attacked each other, but the former soon over-
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143
powered Bath, and would have slain him but for
the interposition of friends ; for all this had oc-
curred at a royal monastery in the suburbs of
Madrid, within the precincts of which it was a
capital offense to engage in such a combat. The
parties were separated. Bath was drawn off,
wounded in the face, when he espied not far oft'
the old chieftain, O'Sullivan Beare, returning
from mass, at which that morning, as was his
wont, he had received holy communion. He
■was pacing slowly along, unaware of what had
happened. His head was bent upon his breast,
he held in his hands his gloves and his rosary
beads, and appeared to be engaged in mental
prayer. Bath, filled with fury, rushed suddenly
behind the aged lord of Bear, and ran him
through the body. O'Sullivan fell to earth;
they raised him up — he was dead. Thus mourn-
fully perished, in the tifty-seventh year of his
age, Donal, the "Last Lord of Beare," as he is
most frequently styled, a man whose personal
virtues and public worth won for him the esteem
and affection of all his contemporaries.
His nephew Philip became an oiScer in the
Spanish navy, and is known to literary fame as
the author of the standard work of history which
bears his name, as well as of several publications
of lesser note. Young Donal, son of the mur-
dered chieftain, entered the army and fell at Bel-
grade, lighting against the Turks. The father of
Philip the historian (Dermod, brother of Donal,
Prince of Bear) died at Corunna, at the ad-
Tanced age of a hundred years, and was followed
to the grave soon after by his long-wedded wife :
"Two pillars of a ruined aisle — two old trees of
the land ;
Two voyagers on a sea of grief; long suff'rers
hand in hand."
CHAPTER Lin.
A MEMORABLE EPOCH HOW MILESIAN IRELAND FINALLY
DISAPPEARED FROM HISTORY; AND HOW A NEW
IRELAND IRELAND IN ESILE APPEARED FOR THE
FIRST TIME HOW "PLANTATIONS" OF FOREIGNERS
WERE DESIGNED FOR THE "COLONIZATION" OF
IRELAND, AND THE EXTIRPATION OF THE NATIVE
RACE.
I HAVE narrated at very considerable length the
jsyents of that period of Iriah history with which
the name of Hugh O'Neill is identified. I have
done so, because that era was one of most
peculiar importance to Ireland ; and it is greatly
necessary for Irishmen to fully understand
and appreciate the momentous meaning of its
results. The war of 1599- 1C02 was the last
struggle of the ancient native rule to sustain
itself against the conquerors and the jurisdiction
of their civil and religious code. Thenceforth —
at least for two hundred years subsequeutly — the
wars in Ireland which eventuated in completing
the spoliation, ruin, and extinction of the native
nobility, were wars in behalf of the English sov-
ereign as the rightful sovereign of Ireland also.
Never more in Irish history do we find the
authority of the ancient native dynasties set up,
recognized, and obeyed. Never more do we find
the ancient laws and judicature undisturbedly
prevailing in any portion of the laud. With the
flight of the Northern chieftains all claims of
ancient native dynasties to sovereignty of power,
rights, or privileges, disappeared, never once to
reappear; and the ancient laws and constitution
of Ireland, the venerable code that had come
down inviolate through the space of fifteen hun-
dred years, vanished totally and forever ! Taking
leave, therefore, of the chapter of history to
which I have devoted so much space, we bid
farewell to Milesian Ireland — Ireland claiming to
be ruled by its own native princes, and hence-
forth have to deal with L-eland as a 'kingdom
subject to the Scotto-Euglish sovereign.
The date at which we have arrived is one most
remarkable in our history in other respects also.
If it witnessed the disappearance of Milesian Ire-
land, it witnessed the first appearance in history
of that other Iielaud, which from that day to the
present has been in so great a degree the hope
and the glory of the parent nation — a rainbow
set in the tearful sky of its captivity — -Ireland in
exile! In the beginning of the seventeenth cen-
tury "the Irish abroad" are first heaid of as a
distinct political element. The new power thus
born into the world was fated to perform a great
and marvelous part in the designs of Providence.
It has endured through the shock of centuries —
has outlived the rise and fall of dynasties and
states — has grown into gigantic size and shape;
and in the influence it exercises at this moment
on the coui'se anu policy of England, affords, per-
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haps, the most remarkable illustration recorded
outside Holy Writ, of the inevitability of retribu-
tive justice. To expel the people of Ireland from
their own country, to thrust them out as outcast
wanderers and exiles all over the world — to seize
their homes and possess their heritage, will be
found to have been for centuries the policy, the
aim, and untiring endeavor of the English gov-
ernment. The scheme which we are about to see
King James prosecuting (Munster witnessed its
inauguration in the previous reign) has ever
since haunted the English mind; namelj', the
expulsion of the native Irish race, and the
"planting" or "colonizing" of their country by
English settlers. The history of the world has
no parallel for such a design, pursued so relent-
lessly through such a great space of time. But
God did not more signally preserve His chosen
people of the Old Law than He has preserved the
Irish nation in captivity and in exile. They
have not melted away, as the calculations oi their
evictors anticipated. They have not become
fused or transformed bj^ time or change. They
have not perished where all ordinary probabili-
ties threatened to the human race impossibility of
existence. Prosperity and adversity in their
new homes have alike failed to kill in their
hearts the sentiment of nationality, the holy
love of Ireland, the resolution of fulfilling their
destiny as the Heraclida: of modern history.
They preserve to-day, all over the world, their
individuality as markedly as the children of Israel
did theirs in Babylon or in Egypt.
The flight of the earls threw all the hungry ad-
venturers into ecstacies! Now, at least, there
■would be plunder. The vultures flapped their
wings and whetted their beaks. Prey in abun-
dance was about to be flung them by the royal
hand. To help still further the schemes of con-
fiscation now being matured in Dublin Castle,
Sir Cahir O'Doherty — who had been a queen's
man most dutifully so far — was skillfully pushed
into a revolt which afforded the necessary pretext
for adding the entire peninsula of lunishowen to
the area of "plantation. " Ulster was now par-
celled out into lots, and divided among court
favorites and clamoring "undertakers;" the
owners and occupiers, the native inhabitants, be-
ing as little regarded as the wild grouse on the
hills! The guilds, or trade companies of Lon-
don, got a vast share of plunder; something like
one hundred and ten thousand acres of the rich-
est lands of the O'Neills and O'Donnells — landa
which the said London companies hold to this day.
To encourage and maintain these "plantations,"
various privileges were conferred upon or offered
to the "colonists;" the conditions required of
them on the other hand being simply to exclude
or kill of£ the owners, to hunt down the native
population as they would any other wild game;
and, above all, to banish and keep out "popery. "
In fine, they and their "heirs, executors, admin-
istrators, and assigns, ' ' were to garrison the
country — to consider themselves a standing army
of occupation in the English Protestant interest.
For two hundred years of history we shall find
that "colonized" province, and the "colonists"
generally, endowed, nursed, petted, protected,
privileged — the especial care of the English gov-
ernment— while the hapless native population
were, during the same period, proscribed, "dead
in law," forbidden to trade, forbidden to edu-
cate, forbidden to own property ; for each which
prohibition, and many besides to a like intent,
acts of parliament, with "day and date, word
and letter, ' ' may be cited.
So great was the excitement created among the
needy and greedy of all classes in England by
the profuse dispensations of splendid estates,
rich, fertile, and almost at their own doors, that
the millions of acres in Ulster were soon all gone ;
and still there were crowds of hungry adventur-
ers yelling for ' ' more, more ! ' ' James soon found
a way for providing "more. " He constituted a
roving commission of inquiry into "defective
titles, "as he was pleased to phrase it — a per-
ipatetic inquisition on the hunt for spoil. The
commissioners soon reported three hundred and
eighty-five thousand acres in Leinster as "dis-
covered," inasmuch as the "titles" were not such
as ought (in their judgment) to stand in the way
of his majesty's designs. The working of this
commission need scarcely be described. Even
the historian, Leland, who would have been its
apologist if ho could, tells us there were not
wanting "proofs of the most iniquitous practices,
of hardened cruelty, of vile perjury, and scanda-
lous subornation, employed to despoil the unfor-
tunate proprietor of his inheritance." Old and
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145
obsolete claims, we are told, some of them dating
as far back as Henry the Second, were revived,
and advantage was taken of the most trivial liaws
and minute informalities. In the midst of his
plundering and colonizing James died, March 27,
lt)25, and was succeeded by his son, Charles.
Bitterly as the Irish Catholics had been unde-
ceived as to James' friendly dispositions, they
gave themselves up more warmly than ever to
the belief that the young prince now just come to
the throne would afford them justice, tolerance,
and protection. And here we have to trace a
chapter of cruelest deceit, fraud, and betrayal of
a too confiding people. The king and his favor-
ite ministers secretly encouraged these expecta-
tions. Charles needed money sorely, and his
Irish representative, Lord Faulkland, told the
Catholic lordn that if they would present to his
majesty, as a voluntary subsidy, a good round
sum of money, he would grant them certain pi'o-
tections or immunities, called "royal graces" in
the records of the time. "The more important
were those which provided 'that recusants should
be allowed to practice in the courts of law, and
to 3ue out the livery of their lands on taking an
oath of civil allegiance in lieu of the oath of
supremacy ; that the undertakers in the several
plantations should have time allowed them to ful-
fill the condition of their tenures; that the
claims of the crown should be limited to the last
sixty years; and that the inhabitants of Con-
naught should be permitted k) make a new enrol-
ment of their estates. ' The contract was duly
ratified by a royal proclamation, in which the
concessions were accompanied by a promise that
ae parliament should be held to confirm them.
The first instalment of the money was paid, and
the Irish agents returned home, but only to learn
that an order had been issued against 'the popish
regular clergy, ' and that the royal promise was
to be evaded in the most shameful manner.
When the Catholics pressed for the fulfillment of
the compact, the essential formalities for calling
an Irish parliament were found to have been
omitted by the officials, and thus the matter fell
to the ground for the present."*
In other words, the Iri.sh Catholics were royally
swindled. The miserable Charles pocketed the
►M'Gee.
money, and then pleaded that certain of the
"graces" were very "unreasonable." He found
that already the mere suspicion of an inclination
on his part to arrest the progress of persecution
and plunder was arousing and inflaming against
liim the fanatical Calvinistic section of English
Protestantism, while his high-handed assertions
of royal prerogative were daily bringing him
into more dangerous conflict with his English
parliament. To complete the complications sur-
rounding him, the attempts to force Episcopalian
Protestantism on the Calvinistic Scots led to
open revolt. A Scottish rebel army* took the
field, demanding that the attempt to extend
Episcopacy into Scotland should be given up,
and that Calvinistic Presbyterianism should be
acknowledged as the established religion of that
kingdom. Charles marshaled an army to march
against them. The parliament would not vote
him supplies — indeed the now dominant party in
parliament sympathized with and encouraged the
rebels; but Charles, raising money as best he
could, proceeded northward. Nevertheless, he
appears to have recoiled from the idea of spilling
the blood of his countrymen for a consideration
of spiritual supremacy. He came to an arrange-
ment with the rebel "Covenanters" granting to
them the liberty of conscience — nay, religious
supremacy — which they denaanded, and even
paying their army for a portion of the time it
was under service in the rebellion.
All this could not fail to attract the deepest at-
tention of the Irish Catholic nobility and gentry,
who found themselves in far worse plight than
that which had moved the Calvinistic Scots to
successful rebellion. Much less indeed than had
been conceded to the rebel Covenanters would
satisfy them. They did not demand that the
Catholic religion should be set up as the estab-
lished creed in Ireland ; they merely asked that
the sword of persecution should not be bared
against it ; and for themselves they sought noth-
ing beyond protection as good citizens in person
and property, and simple equality of civil rights.
Wentworth, Charles' representative in Ireland,
had been pursuing against them a course of the
most scandalous and heartless robbery, pushing
* Often called "Covenanters," from their demands or
articles of confederation in the rebellion being called their
"solemn league and covenant."
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THE STORY OF IRELAND.
on the operations of the commission of inquiry
into defective titles. "He commenced the work
of plunder with Eoscommon, and as a prelimi-
nary step, directed the sheriff to select such
jurors as might be made amenable, 'in case
they should prevaricate;' or, in other words,
thej' might be ruined by enormous fines, if they
refused to find a verdict for the king. The
jurors were told that the object of the commis-
sion was tc find 'a clear and undoubted title in
the crown to the province of Connaught, ' and to
make them 'a civil and rich people' by means of
a plantation ; for which purpose his majesty
should, of course, have the lands in his own
hands to distribute to fit and proper persons.
Under threats which could not be misunder-
stood, the jury found for the king, whereupon
■Wentworth commended the foreman. Sir Lucas
Dillon, to his majesty, that 'he might be remem-
bered upon the dividing of the lands,' and also
obtained a competent reward for the judges.
"Similar means had a like success in Mayo
and Sligo; but when it came to the turn of the
more wealthy and populous county of Galway,
the jury refused to sanction the nefarious robbery
bj' their verdict. "Wentworth was furious at this
rebuff, and the unhappy jurors were punished
without mercy for their 'contumacy.' They
were compelled to appear in the castle chamber,
where each of them was fined four thousand
pounds, and their estates were seized and they
themselves imprisoned until these fines should be
paid, while the sheriff was fined four thousand
pounds, and being unable to pay that sum died
in prison. Wentworth proposed to seize the
lands, not only of the jurors, but of all the gentry
who neglected 'to lay hold on his majesty's
grace ;' he called for an increase of the army
'until the intended plantation should be settled,'
and recommended that the counsel who argued
the cases against the king before the commis-
sioners should be silenced until they took the
oath of supremacy, which was accordingly done.
'The gentlemen of Connaught,' says Carte ("Life
of Orrnond," vol. i.), 'labored under a particular
hardship on this occasion ; for their not having
enrolled their patents and surrenders of the 1.3th
Jacobi (which was what alone rendered their
titles defective) was not their fault, but the
neglect of a clerk intrusted by them. For they
had paid near three thousand pounds to the
officers in Dublin for the enrolment of these sur-
renders and patents, which was never made.' "*
Meanwhile, as I have already described, the
Scots, whose "grievances" were in nowise to be
compared with these, had obtained full redress
by an armed demonstration. It was not to be
expected in the nature of things that events so
suggestive would be thrown away on the spoli-
ated Catholic nobles and gentry of Ireland. Ac-
cordingly, we find them about this period con-
ferring, confederating, or conspiring, on the
basis of an Irish and Catholic "solemn league
and covenant" — of much more modest preten-
sions, however, than the Scottish Calvinistic
original. Their movement, too, was still more
notably distinguished from that demonstration
by the most emphatic and explicit loyalty to the
king, whom indeed they still credited with just
and tolerant dispositions, if freed from the re-
straint of the persecuting Puritan faction. They
saw, too, that the king and the parliament were at
utter issue, and judged that by a bold coup they
might secure for themselves royal recognition
and support, and turn the scale against their
bitter foes and the king's.
Moreover, by this time the "other Irish na-
tion"— "the Irish abroad," had grown to be a
power. Already the exiles on the continent pos-
sessed ready to hand a considerable military
force, and a goodly store of money, arms, and
ammunition. For they had "not forgotten Jeru-
salem," and wherever they served or fought,
they never gave iip that hope of "a good day yet
in L-eland. " The English State Paper OflSce
holds several of the letters or reports of the spies
retained by the government at this time to watch
their movements; and, singularly enough, these
documents describe to us a state of things not
unlike that existing at this day, toward the close
of the nineteenth century! — the Irish in exile,
organized in the design of retui-ning and liberat-
ing their native land, assessing themselves out of
their scanty jiay for contributions to the general
fund If The Irish abroad had moreover, what
*Haverty.
f Mr. Haverty, the bistorian, quotes one of tbese "re-
ports" wbich, as be says, was first brought to light in the
Nation newspaper of 5tli of February, 185!*, liaviug been
copied from the original in the State Paper Office. It is fr
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147
frreatly enhanced their military iniluencc — pres-
tige. Already, they had become honorably
list or return of the names oC the " dangerous " Irish abroad,
supplied by one of the Englisli spies. "The li.st bef,'ins
with Don Ricliardo Burlte, ' a man much experienced in
martial affairs,' and ' a good inffiniere.' He served many
years under the Spaniards in Naples and the West Indies,
and was the governor of Leghorn for the Duke of Florence.
Next • Phellomy O'Neill, nephew unto old Tyrone, liveth
in great respect (in Milan), and is a captain of a troop of
horse.' Then come James Rowtho or Rothe, an alfaros or
standard-bearer in the Spanish army, and bis brother, Cap-
tain John Rothe, ' a pensioner in Naples, who carried Ty-
rone out of Ireland.' One Captain Solomon Mac Da, a Ger-
aldine, resided at F'lorence, and Sir Thomas Talbot, a knight
of Malta, and 'a resolute and well-beloved man,' lived at
Naples, in which latter city ' there were some other Irish
captains and officers.' The list then proceeds. ' In Spain,
Captain Phellomy Cavanagh, son in-law to Donell Spaniagh,
servetU under the king by sea ; Captain Somlevayne (O'Sul-
livan), a man of noted courage. These live commonly at
Ijisbonne, and are sea-captains. Besides others of the Irish,
Captain Driscoll, the younger, sonne to old Captain Dris-
coll ; both men reckoned valourous. In the court of Spaine
liveth the sonne of Richard Burke, which was nephew
untoe William, who died at Valladolid ... he is in high
favour with the king, and (as it is reported) is to be made
a marquis ; Captain Toby Bourke, a pensioner in the court
of Spain, another nephew of the said William deceased ;
Captain John Bourke M'Shane, who served long time in
Flanders, and now liveth on his pension assigned on the
Groyne. Captain Daniell, a pensioner at Antwerp. In the
Low Countries, under the Archduke, John O'Neill, sonne
of the arch-traitor Tyrone, colonel of the Irish regiment.
Young O'Donnell, Sonne of the late traitorous Earl of Tir-
connell. Owen O'Neill (Owen Roe), serjeant-major (equiv-
alent to the present lieutenant-colonel) of the Irish regi-
ment. Captain Art O'Neill, Captain Cormac O'Neill, Cap-
tain Donel O'Donel, Captain Thady O'Sullivane, Captain
Preston, Captain Fit?, Gerrott ; old Captain Fitz Gerrott
continues serjeant-major, now a pensioner ; Captain Ed-
mond O'Mor, Captain Bryan O'Kelly, Captain Stanihurst,
Captain Corton, Captain Daniell, Captain Walshe. There
are diverse othfer captaines and officers of the Irish under
the Archduchess (Isabella), some of whose companies are
oast, and they made pensioners. Of these serving under
the Archduchess, there are about one hundred able to com-
mand companies, and twenty fit to be colonels. Many of
them are descended of gentlemen's families and some of
noblemen. These Irish soldiers and pensioners doe stay
their resolutions until they see whether England makes
peace or war with Spaine. If peace, they have practised
already with other soveraine princes, from whom they
have received hopes of assistance ; if war doe ensue, they
are confident of greater ayde. They have been long pro-
viding of arms for any attempt against Ireland, and had
in readiness five or six thousand arms laid up in Antwerp
for tliat purpose, bought out of the deduction of their
monthly pay, as will be proved, and it is thought they
have doubled that proportion by these means.'"
knuv, n as "bravest of tho brave" on the battle-
fields of Spain, France, and the Netherlands.
Communications were at once opened between
the exiles and the confederates at home, the chief
agent or promoter of the movement being a pri-
vate gentleman, Mr. Roger O'More, or O'Moore,
a member of the ancient family of that name,
chiefs of Leix. With him there soon became as-
sociated Lord Maguire, an Irish nobleman, who
retained a small fragment of the ancient patri-
mony of his famil.v in Fermanagh; his brother
Eoger Maguire, Sir Felim O'Neill of Kinnard,
Sir Con Magennis, Colonel Hugh Oge Mac Mahon,
Very Eev. Heber Mac Mahon, Vicar-General of
Clogher, and a number of others.
About May, Nial O'Neill arrived in Ireland
from the titular Earl of Tyrone (John, son of
Hugh O'Neill), in Spain, to inform his friends
that he had obtained from Cardinal Eichelieu a
promise of arms, ammunition, and money for Ire-
land when required, and desiring them to hold
themselves in readiness. The confederates sent
back the messenger with information as to their
proceedings, and to announce that they would be
prepared to rise a few days before or after All-
Hallowtide, according as opportunity answered.
But scarcely was the messenger dispatched when
news was received that the Earl of Tyrone was
killed, and another messenger was sent with all
speed into the Low Countries to (his cousin) Col-
onel Owen (Eoe) O'Neill, who was the next en-
titled to be their leader. "In the course of Sep-
tember their plans were matured ; and, after
some changes as to the day, the 23d of October
was finally fixed upon for the rising."*
The plan agreed upon by the confederates in-
cluded four main features : I. A rising after the
harvest was gathered in, and a campaign during
the winter months. II. A simultaneous attack
on one and the same day or night on all the for-
tresses within reach of their friends. HE. To
surprise the Castle of Dublin, which was said to
contain arms for twelve thousand men. "All the
details of this project were carried successfully
into effect, except the seizure of Dublin Castle—
the most difiicult, as it would have been the most
decisive blow to strike, "f The government,
which at this time had a cloud of sjiies on the
Continent watching the exiles, seems to have
* Havertv.
+ M'Gee.
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THE STOEY OF IRELAND.
been in utter ignorance of tliis vast conspiracj- at
iiome, wrapping nearly the entire of three prov-
inces, and which perfected all its arrangements
throughout several months of preparation, to the
knowledge of thousands of the population, with-
out one traitorous Irishman being found, up to
the night fixed for the simultaneous movement,
to disclose the fact of its existence.
On the night appointed without failure or mis-
carriage at any point, save one, out of all at
which simultaneousness of action was designed,
the confederate rising w^as accomplished. In
one night the people had swept out of sight, if
not from existence, almost every vestige of Eng-
lish rule throughout three proviuces. The forts
of Charlemont and Mountjoy, and the town of
Dungannon, were seized on the night of the 22d
by Phelim O'Neill or his lieutenants. On the
next day. Sir Connor Magennis took the town of
Newry; the M'Mahons possessed themselves of
Carrickmaei;oss and Castleblayuey ; the O'Han-
lons, Tandragee; while Philip O'Eeilly and
Eoger Maguire raised Cavan and Fermanagh. A
proclamation of the northern leaders appeared
the same daj', dated from Dungannon, setting
forth their "true intent and meaning" to be,
"not hostility to his majesty the king, nor to
any of his subjects, neither English nor .Scotch;
— but only for the defense and liberty of our-
selves and the Irish natives of this kingdom."
"A more elaborate manifesto appeared shortly
afterward from the pen of O'Moore, in which the
oppressions of the Catholics for conscience' sake
were detailed, the king's intended graces ac-
knowledged, and their frustration by the malice
of the Puritan party exhibited : it also endeav-
ored to show that a common danger threatened
the Protestants of the Episcopal Church with
Roman Catholics, and asserted in the strongest
terms the devotion of the Catholics to the crown.
In the same politic and tolerant spirit. Sir Con-
nor Magennis wrote from Newry on the 25th to
the officers conimauding at Down. 'We are,' he
wrote, 'for our lives and liberties. We desire
DO blood to be shed ; but if you mean to shed our
blood, be sure we shall bo as ready as you for
that purpose.' This threat of retaliation, so
customary in all wars, was made on the third day
of the rising, and refers wholly to future con-
tinfcenciea; the monstrous fictions which were
afterwai'd circulated of a wholesale massacre
committed on the 23d, were not as yet invented,
nor does anj- public document or private letter
written in Ireland in the last week of October,
or during the first days of November, so much
as allude to those tales of blood and horror after-
ward so industriously circulated and so greedily
swallowed. "*
The one point at which miscarriage occurred
was, unfortunately for the conspirators, the chief
one in their scheme-:-Dublin ; and here the
escape of the government was narrow and close
indeed. On the night fixed for the rising, Octo-
ber, 23d one of the Irish leaders Colonel Hugh
Mac Mahou, confided the design to one Owen
Connolly, whom he though to be worthy of trust,
but who, however, happened to be a follower of
Sir John Clotworthy, one of the most rabid of
the Puritanical party. Connoll3% who, by the
way, was drunk at the time, instantly hurried to
the private residence of one of the lords justices
and excitedly proclaimed to him that that night
the castle was to be seized, as part of a vast sim-
ultaneous movement all over the country. Sir
W. Parsons, the lord justice, judging the story
to be merely the raving of a half -drunken man,
was on the point of turning Connolly out of
doors, when, fortunately for him, he thought it
better to test the matter. He hurriedly con-
sulted his colleague. Sir John Borlase ; they de-
cided to double the guards, shut the city gates,
and search the houses wherein, according to Con-
nolly's story the leaders of the conspiracy were
at that moment awaiting the hour of action.
Colonel Mac Mahon was seized at his lodgings,
near the King's Inns; Lord Maguire was cap-
tured next morning in a house in Cooke Street;
but O'Moore, Plunkett, and Byrne, succeeded in
making good their escajie out of the city. Mac
Mahou, on being put to question before the lords
justices in the castle, boldly avowed his part in
the national movement; nay, proudly gloried in
it, telling his iiuostioners that lot them do what
they might, their best or their worst, with him,
"the rising was now beyond all human jjower to
arrest." While the lords justices looked as-
tounded, haggard, and aghast, Mac Mahon, his
face radiant with exultation, his form appearing
*M'Uee.
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to dilate with ]>roiul defiance of the bloody fate
he knew to be inevitable for himKolf, told thcnu
to bear him as soon as they pleased to the block,
but that alreadj' Ireland liad burst her chains!
Next day, they found to tJieir dismay that this
was no empty vaunt. Before forty-eight hours
the whole structure of British "colonization" in
the North was a wreck. The "plantation" system
vanished "like the baseless fabric of a vision;"
and while the ship was bearing away to England
the gallant Mac Mahon and his hapless colleague,
Lord Maguire — ■ that an impotent vengeance
might glut itself with their blood upon the scaf-
fold— from all the towers and steeples in the
north, joy bells were ringing merry peals, and
bonfires blazed, proclaiming that the spoliators
had been swept away, and that the rightful own-
ers enjoyed their own again! The people, with
the characteristic exuberance of their nature,
gave themselves up to the most demonstrative joy
and exultation. No words can better enable us
to realize the popular feeling at this moment
than Mr. Gavan Duffy's celebrated poem, "The
Muster of the North:"
"Joy! joy! the day is come at last, the day of
hope and pride.
And, see! our crackling bonfires light old
Bann's rejoicing tide!
And gladsome bell and bugle-horn, from
Newry's captured tow'rs.
Hark! how they tell the Saxon swine, this land
is ours — i« oiusl
"Glory to God! my eyes have seen the ransomed
fields of Down,
My ears have drunk the joyful news, 'Stout
Phelim hath his own. '
Oh! may they see and hear no more, oh! may
they rot to clay,
"When they forget to triumph in the conquest of
to-day.
■'Now, now, we'll teach the shameless Scot to
purge his thievish maw ;
Now, now, the courts may fall to pray, for Jus-
tice is the Law ;
Now shall the undertaker square for once his
loose accounts.
We'll strike, brave boys, a fair result from all
his false amounts.
"Come, trample down their robber rule, and
smite its venal spawn,
Their foreign laws, their foreign church, their
ermine and their lawn.
With all the specious fry of fraud that robbed
us of our own,
And plant our ancient laws again beneath our
lineal throne.
"Down from the sacred hills whereon a saint
commun'd with God,
Up from the vale where Bagnal's blood manured
the reeking sod.
Out from the stately woods of Truagh, M'Ken-
na's plundered home.
Like Malin's waves, as fierce and fast, our
faithful clansmen come.
"Then, brethren, on! — O'Neill s dear shade
would frown to see you pause —
Our banished Hugh, our martyred Hugh, is
watching o'er your cause — •
His generous error lost the land — he deemed
the Norman true.
Oh! forward, friends! it must not lose the land
again in you."
CHAPTER LIV.
HOW THE LORDS JUSTICES GOT DP THE NEEDFUL BLOODY
FURY IN ENGLAND BY A "DREADFUL MASSACRE"
STORY HOW THE CONFEDERATION OF KILKENNY
CAME ABOUT.
The Puritanical party, which ever since Went-
worth's execution had the government of L'eland
in their hands, began to consider that this des-
perate condition of their affairs rendered some
extraordinary resort necessary, if the island was
not to slip totally and forever from their grasp.
The situation was evidentl.v one full of peculiar
difficulty and embarrassment for them. The na-
tional confederacy, which by this time had most
of the kingdom in its hands, declared utmost
loyalty to the king, and in truth, as time subse-
quently showed, meant him more honest and
loyal service than those who now surrounded him
as ministers and officials.
Hence it was more than likely to be extremely
difficult to arouse against the Irish movement
that strong and general effusion of public feeling
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in England wbicli would result in vigorous action
against it. For obviously enough (so reasoned
the Puritanical executive in Dublin Castle) that
section of the English nation which supports the
king will be inclined to side with this Irish
movement ; they will call it far more justifiable
and far more loyal than that of the rebel Scotch
Covenanters; they will counsel negotiation with
its leaders, perhaps the concession of their de-
mands; in any event they will reprehend and
prevent any extreme measures against them. In
which case, of course, the result must be fatal to
the pious project of robbing the native Irish,
and "planting" the country with "colonies" of
saintly plunderers.
In this extremity i , was discerned that there
was barelj' one way of averting all these dangers
and disasters — just one way of preventing any
favorable opinion of the Irish movement taking
root in England — one sure way for arousing
against it such a cry as must render it impossi-
ble for even the king himself to resist or refrain
from joining in the demand for its suppression
at all hazards. This happy idea was to start the
story of an "awful, bloody, and altogether tre-
mendous massacre of Protestants."
To be sure they knew there had been no mas-
sacre--quite the contrary; but this made little
matter. With proper vehemence of assertion,
and suincieut construction of circumstantial
stories to that effect, no difficulty was appre-
hended on this score. But the real embarrass-
ment lay in the fact that it was rather late to
start the thing. Several days or weeks had
elapsed, and several accounts of the rising had
been transmitted without any mention of such a
proceeding as a "wholesale massacre," which
ordinarily should have been the first thing pro-
claimed with all horror. The lords justices and
their advisers, who were all most pious men,
k)ng and with grave trouble of mind considered
this stu7ubling-block ; for it was truly distressing
that such a promising project should be thwarted.
Eventually they decided to chance the story
auj'way, and trust to extra zeal in the use of
horror narratives, to get up such a bloody fury
in England as would render close scrutiny of the
facts out of the question.*
* Several of our recent historians have gone to great pains
citing <>rii;iuul documents, statu papers, and letters of Prot-
So — albeit long after date — suddenly a terrific
outcry arose about the awful "massacre" in Ire-
land; the great wholesale and simultaneous mas-
sacre of Protestants. Horrors were piled on
horrors, as each succeeding mail brought from
estant witnesses, to expose the baseness and wickedness of
tb-is massacre story ; but at this time of day one might as
well occupy himself in gravely demonstrating the villainy
of Titus Oates' " informations." The great Popish Mas-
sacre story has had its day, but it is now dead and gone.
The fact that there were excesses committed by the insur-
gents in a few cases — instantly denounced and punished as
violations of the emphatic orders of their leaders promul-
gated to the contrary — has nothing to say to this question
of massacre. Let it always be said that even one case of
lawless violence or life-taking — even one excess of the laws
of honorable warfare — is a thing to abominate and deplore ;
as the Irish confederate leaders denounced and deplored the
cases reported to them of excesses by some of Sir Phelim
O'Neill's armed bands. Not only did the Irish leaders ve-
hemently inculcate moderation, but the Protestant chroniclers
of the time abundantly testify that those leaders and the
Catholic clergy went about putting those instructions into
practice. Leiand, the Protestant historian, declares that
the Catholic priests "labored zealously to moderate the
excesses of war," and frequently protected the English
where danger threatened them, by concedling them in their
places of worship and even, under their altars ! The Prot-
estant Bishop Burnet, in bis life of Dr. Bedel, who was
titular Protestant Bishop of Di'omore at the time, tells us
that Dr. Bedel, with the tumultuous sea of the " rising"
foaming around him on all sides :r '^"avan, enjoyed, both
himself and all who sought the shelter of his house, " to a
miracle perfect quiet," though he had neither guard nor
defense, save the respect and forbearance of the "insur-
gents." One fact alone, recorded 'oy the Protestant histo-
rians themselves, affords eloquent testimony on this point.
This Bishop Bedel died while the "rising" was in full
rush around him. He was very ardent as a Protestant ; but
lie refused to join in, and, indeed, reprobated the scanda-
lous robberies and persecutions pursued against the Catho-
lic Irish. The natives — the insurgents — the Catholic nobles
and peasants — en masse, attended his funeral, and one of
Sir Phelim O'Neill's regiments, with reversed arms, fol-
lowed the bier. When the grave was closed (says the
Protestant historian whom I am quoting), they fired a fare-
well volley over it, the leaders crying out : " Reqiiiescat in
pace, ultinius Anr/lonim!" ("Rest in peace, last of the
English.") For they had often said that, as he was the
best man of the Kngiisli religion, he outrht to be the last I
Such was the conduct of the Irish insurgents. In no coun-
try, unfortunately, are popular risings unaccompanied by
excesses ; never in any country, probably, did a people ris-
ing against diabolical oppression, sweep away their plun-
derers with KO few excesses as did the Irish in 1G41. But
all this, in any event, has nought to say to such a jiroceed-
ing as a massacre. T/int was an afterthought of the lords
justices, as has already been shown.
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the s^overnment officials in Dublin "further par-
ticulai's" of the dreadful massacre which had,
they declared, taken place all over Ulster on the
night of the rising. Several of the ministers in
London were in the secret of this massacre story ;
but there is no doubt it was sincerely credited
by the bulk of the English people at the time ;
and, as might be expected, a sort of frenzy seized
the populace. A cry arose against the bloody
L'ish popish rebels. Everywhere the shout was
to "stamp them out." The wisdom and sagacity
of the venerable lords justices — the pre-eminent
merits of their device — were triumphantly
attested !
For a time there was a dan^^er that the whole
scheme might be spoiled — shaken in public
credulity— by the injudicious zeal of some of the
furnishers of "further particulars," by whom
the thing was a little overdone. Some thought
twenty thousand would suffice for the number of
massacred Protestants; others would go for a
hundred thousand ; while the more bold and
energetic still stood out for putting it at two or
three hundred thousand, though there were not
that number of Protestants in all Ireland at the
time. As a consequence, there were some most
awkward contradictions and inconsistencies ; but
so great was the fury aroused in England, that
happily these little dangers passed away smoothly,
and King Charles himself joined in the shout
against the horrid popish rebellion ! The Eng-
lish soldiers in Ireland were exhorted to slay and
spare not; additional regiments were quickly
sent over — the men maddened by the massacre
stories — to join in the work of "revenge." And,
just as might be expected, then indeed massacre
in earnest appeared upon the scene. The Irish
had in the very first hour of their movement — in
the very flush of victory^ — humanely and gener-
ously proclaimed that they would seek righteous
ends by righteous means; that they would fight
their cause, if fight they must, by fair and
honorable warfare. They had, with exceptions
so rare as truly to "isrove the rule," exhibited
marvelous forbearance and magnanimity. But
now the English Puritan soldiery, infuriated to
the fiercest pitch, were set upon them, and atroci-
ties that sicken the heart to contemi^late made
the land reek from shore to shore. The Cov-
enanters of Scotland also, who had just previously
secured by rebellion all they demanded for them-
selves, were tilled with a holy desire to bear a
part in the pious work of stamping out the Irish
popish rebellion. King Charles, who was at the
time in Edinburgh endeavoring to conciliate the
Scottish parliament, was quite ready to gratify
them ; and accordingly a force of some two thou-
sand Scots were dispatched across the channel,
landing at Antrim, where they were reinforced
by a recruitment from the remnant of the "colo-
nies" planted by James the First. It was this
force which inaugurated what may be called
"massacres." Before their arrival the Puritan
commanders in the south had, it is true, left no
atrocity untried ; but the Scots went at the work
wholesale. They drove all the native jjopulatiou
of one vast district — (or rather all the aged and
infirm, the women and children ; for the adult
males were away serving in the confederate
armies) — into a promontory, almost an island,
on the coast, called Island Magee. Here, when
the helpless crowd were hemmed in, the Scots
fell upon them sword in hand, and drove them
over the cliffs into the sea, or butchered them to
the last, irrespective of age or sex. "From this
day forward until the accession of Owen Eoe
O'Neil to the command, the northern wsir
assumed a ferocity of character foreign to the
nature of O'Moore, O'Kelly, and Mageunis. "
Horrors and barbarities on each side made
humanity shudder. The confederate leaders
had proposed, hoped for, and on their parts had
done everything to insure the conducting of the
war according to the usages of fair and honorable
warfare. The government, on the other hand,
so far from reciprocating this spirit, in all their
proclamations breathed savage and merciless fui-y
against the L-ish ; and every exhortation of their
commanders (in strange contrast with the humane
and honorable manifestoes of the confederates)
called upon the soldiery to glut their swords
and spare neither young nor old, child nor woman.
The conduct of the government armies soon
widened the area of revolt. So far the native
Irish alone, or almost exclusively, had partici-
pated in it, the Anglo-Irish Catholic Lords and
Pale gentry holding aloof. But these latter
could not fail to see that the Puritan faction,
which now constituted the local government,
were resolved not to spare Catholics whether of
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Celtic or Anglo-Irish race, and were moreover
bent on strengthening their own hands to league
■with the English parliamentarians against the
king. Loyalty to the king, and considerations
for their own safety, alike counseled them to
take some decisive step. Everything rendered
hesitation more perilous. Although they had in
no way encouraged, or, so far, sympathized with,
the northern rising, their possessions were
ravaged by the Puritan armies. Pingal, Santry,
and Swords — districts in profound peace — were
the scenes of bloody excesses on the part of the
government soldiery. The Anglo-Irish Catholic
nobility and gentry of these districts in vain
remonstrated. They drew up a memorial to the
throne, and forwarded it by one of their number.
Sir John Read. He was instantly seized, im-
prisoned, and put to the rack in Dublin Castle ;
"one of the questions which he was pressed to
answer being whether the king and queen were
privy to the Irish rebellion." In line the Eng-
lish or Anglo-Irish Catholic families of the Pale
for the first time in history began to feel that
with the native Irish, between whom and them
hitherto so wide a gulf had yawned, their side
must be taken. After some negotiation between
them and the Irish leaders, "on the invitation of
Lord Gormanstown a meeting of Catholic noble-
men and gentry was held on the Hill of Crofty,
in Meath. Among those who attended were the
Earl of Fingal, Lords Gormanstown, Slane,
Louth, Dunsany, Trimleston, and Netterville;
Sir Patrick Barnwell, Sir Christopher Bellew,
Patrick Barnwell of Kilbrew, Nicholas Darcy of
Platten, James Bath, Gerald Aylmer, Cusack of
Gormanstown, Malone of Lismullen, Segrave of
Kileglan, etc. After being there a few hours a
party of armed men on horseback, with a guard
of musketeers, were seen to approach. The
former were the insurgent leaders, Roger O'More,
Philip O'Reilly, MacMahon, captains Byrne and
Fox, etc. The lords and gentry rode toward
them, and Lord Gormanstown as spokesman de-
manded, 'for what reason they came armed into
the Pale?' O'Moro answered that 'the ground
of their coming thither and taking up arms, was
for the freedom and liberty of their consciences,
the maintenance of his majesty's prerogative, in
which they understood he was abridged, and the
making the subjects of this kingdom as free as
those of England.' "* The leaders then embraced
amid the acclamations of their followers, and the
general conditions of their union having been
unanimously agreed upon, a warrant was drawn
out authorizing the Sheriff of Meath to summon
the gentry of the county to a final meeting at
the Hill of Tara on the 24th of December, "f
From this meeting sprang the Irish Confedera-
tion of 1642, formally and solemnly inaugurated
three months subsequently at Kilkenny.
CHAPTER LV.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE CONFLICTING ELEMENTS OF THE
CIVIL WAH IN 1642-9 HOW THE CONFEDEKATE
CATHOLICS MADE GOOD THEIR POSITION, AND ESTAB-
LISHED A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN IRELAND.
Few chapters of Irish history are more impor-
tant, none have been more momentous in their
results, than that which chronicles the career of
the Confederation of 1642. But it is of all the
most intricate and involved, and the most difficult
to summarize with fitting brevity and clearness
for young readers. In that struggle there were
not two, but at least four or five distinct parties,
with distinct, separate, and to a greater or lesser
degree conflicting interests and views; partially
and momentarily combining, shifting positions,
and changing alliances ; so that the conflict as it
proceeded was, in its character and component
parts, truly "chameleonic." As for the unfor-
tunate king, if he was greatly to be blamed, he
was also greatly to be pitied. He was not a man
of passion, malice, or injustice. He was mild,
kindly, and justly disposed ; but weak, vacillat-
ing, and self-willed ; and, under the pressure of
necessity and danger, his weakness degenerated
into miserable duplicity at times. In the storm
gathering against him in England, his enemies
found great advantage in accusing him of
"popish leanings," and insinuating that he was
secretly authorizing and encouraging the Irish
popish rebels — the same who had just massacred
all the Protestants that were and were not in the
newly planted province of Ulster. To rid him-
self of this suspicion, Charles went into the ex-
treme of anxiety to crush those hated Irish
papists. He denounced them in proclamations,
* riaverty. f M'Uee.
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and applied to parliament for leave to cross over
and head an army against them himself. The
parliament replied bj' maliciously insinuating a
belief that his real object was to get to the head
of the Irish popish rebellion, which (they would
have it) he only hypocritically affected to
denounce.
The newly-settled Anglo-Irish Protestants be-
came from the outset of this struggle bitter
Puritans ; the old families of the Pale mostly
remaining royalists. The former sided with the
parliamentarians and against the king, because
they mistrusted his declarations of intolerance
against the Catholics, and secretly feared he
would allow them to live and hold possession of
lands in Ireland; in which case there would be
no plunder, no "plantations." The Covenanting
Scots — the classes from whom in James' reign
the Ulster colonists had largely been drawn, had
just the same cause of quarrel against the Irish,
whom the English parliamentarians hated with a
fierceness for which there could be no parallel.
This latter party combined religious fanaticism
with revolutionary passion, and to one and the
other the Irish vrere intolerably obnoxious; to
the one, because they were papists, idolaters,
followers of Antichrist, whom to slay was work
good and holy; to the other, because they had
eided with the "tyrant" Charles.
The Catholic prelates and clergy could not be
expected to look on idly while a fierce struggle
in defense of the Catholic religion, and in sus-
tainmeut of the sovereign against rebellious foes,
•was raging in the land. In such a war they
<!ould not be neutral. A provincial sj'nod was
held at Kells, March 22, 1642, whereat, after
full examination and deliberation, the cause of
the confederates — "God and the King," freedom
of worship and loyalty to the sovereign — was
declared just and holy. The assembled prelates
issued an address vehemently denouncing ex-
cesses or severities of any kind, and finally took
steps to convoke a national synod at Kilkenny
on the 10th of May following.
On that day accordingly (10th of May, 1643),
the national synod met in the city of St. Canice.
"The occasion was most solemn, and the pro-
ceedings were characterized by calm dignity and
an enlightened tone. An oath of association,
which all Catholics throughout the land were
enjoined to take, was framed; and those who
were bound together by this solemn tie were
called the 'Confederate Catholics of Ireland.' A
manifesto explanatory of their motives, and con-
taining rules to guide the confederation, and an
admirable plan of provisional government, was
issued. It was ordained that a general assem-
bly, comprising all the lords spiritual and tem-
poral, and the gentry of their party, should be
held ; and that the assembly should select mem-
bers from its body, to represent the different
provinces and principal cities, and to be called
the Supreme Council, which should sit from day
to day, dispense justice, appoint to offices, and
carry on as it were the executive government of
the country. Severe penalties were pronounced
against all who made the war an excuse for the
commission of crime; and after three days' sit-
tings this important conference brought its
labors to a close."*
"The national synod did not break up till
about the end of May, and long before that
period the proclamations issued by the prelates
and lay-lords, calling on the people to take the
oath of association, had the happiest results.
Agents from the synod crossed over into France,
Spain, and Italy, to solicit support and sympathy
from the Catholic jsriuces. Father Luke "Wad-
ding was indefatigably employed collecting
moneys and inciting the Irish officers serving in
the continental armies to return and give their
services to their own land. Lord Mountgarret
was appointed president of the council, and the
October following was fixed for a general assem-
bly of the whole kingdom, "f '
On the 23d of October following the general as-
sembly thus convoked, assembled in Kilkenny,
"eleven bishops and fourteen lay -lords repre-
sented the Irish peerage; two hundred and
twenty-six commoners, the large majority of the
constituencies. The celebrated lawyer Patrick
Darcy, a member of the Commons House, was
chosen as chancelor,and everything was conducted
with the gravity and deliberation befitting so
venerable an assembly and so great an occasion. "
A Supreme Council of six members for each prov-
ince was elected. The archbishops of Armagh,
Dublin, and Tuam, the bishops of Down and of
* Haverty.
f Rev. C. P. Meehan's
Confederation of Kilkenny."
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Cloufert, Lord Gormanstown, Lord Mountgarret,
Lord Roche, and Lord Mayo, -witli fifteen of the
most eminent commoners, composed this council.
Such was the national government and legisla-
ture under which Ii-eland fought a formidable
struggle for three years. It was loyally obe.yed
and served throughout the land; in fact it was
the only sovereign ruling power recognized at all
outside of two or three walled cities for the
greater part of that time. It undertook all the
functions properly appertaining to its high office ;
coined money at a national mint; appointed
judges who went circuit and held assizes; sent
ambassadors or agents abroad, and commissioned
officers to the national armies — among the latter
being Owen Eoe O'Neill, who had landed at Doe
Castle in Donegal in July of that year, and now
formally assumed command of the armj' of Ulster.
While that governing body held together, un-
rent by treason or division, the Irish nation was
able to hold its crowding foes at bay, and was in
fact practically free.
CHAPTER LVI.
HOW KING CHARLES OPENED NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE
CONFEDERATE COUNCIL HOW THE ANGLO-IRISH
PARTY WOULD "hAVE PEACE AT ANY PRICE, " AND
THE "native Irish" party stood out for peace
WITH honor HOW pope INNOCENT THE TENTH
SENT AN ENVOY "nOT EMPTY-HANDED " TO AID
THE IRISH CAUSE.
"The very power of the confederates," says
one of our historians, "now became the root of
their misfortunes. It led the king to desire to
come to terms with them, not from any intention
to do them justice, but with the hope of deriving
assistance from them in his difficulties; and it
exposed them to all those assaults of diplomatic
craft, and that policy of fomenting internal divi-
sion, which ultimately proved their ruin."
The mere idea of the king desiring to treat
with them unsettled the whole body of the
Anglo-Irish lords and nobles. They would have
peace with the king on almost any terms — they
would trust everything to him. The old Irish,
the native or national party, on the other hand,
were for holding tirmly by the power that had
caused the king to value and resi>cct them;
yielding in nowise unless the demands specifically
laid down in the articles of confederation were
efficientl.y secured. On this fatal issue the
Supreme Council and the Confederation were
surelj' split from the first hour. Two parties
were on the instant created — two bitter factions
they became — the "peace party" or "Ormon-
dists;" and the "national party" subsequently
designated the "nuncionist," from the circum-
stance of the Papal nuncio being its firmest sup-
porter, if not its leader.
The first negotiations were conducted on the
royal side by a plenipotentiary whom the Anglo-
Irish lords not only regarded as a friend of the
king, but knew to be as much opposed as they
were themselves to the rebel Puritans — the Mar-
quis of Ormond, a man of profound ability, of
winning manners, and deeply skilled in diplo-
macy. To induce the confederates to lay down
their arms, to abandon their vantage ground in
Ireland, and send their troops across to Scotland
or England to tight for Chai'les, was his great
aim. In return he would offer little more than
"trust to the king, when he shall have put his
enemies down." In the very first negotiation
the compromise party prevailed. On Septem-
ber 15, 1643, a cessation of arms was signed
in Ormond's tent at Sigginstown, near Naas.
In this the confederates were completely out-
witted. They kept the truce ; but they found
Ormond either unable or unwilling to compel to
obedience of its provisions the Puritan gov-
ernment generals, foremost among whom in
savagery were Monroe in the north, leader of the
covenanting Scotch army, and Morrough O'Brien,
Lord Inchiquin (son-in-law of Sentleger, lord
president of Munster), in the south. Mean-
while Ormond, as we are told, "amused the con-
federates with negotiations for a permanent peace
and settlement from spring till midsummer;"
time working all against the confederates, inas-
much as internal division was widening every
day. It turned out that the niai'quis, whose
prejudices against the Catholics were stronger
than his loyalty to the waning fortunes of the
king was deceiving both i)arties; for while he
was skillfully procrastinating and baffling any
decisive action, Charles was really importuning
him to hasten the i)eace, and come to terms with
the Irish, whose aid was every day becoming
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155
more necessary. At this stage, the king privately
sent over Lord Glamorgan to conclude a secret
treaty with the confederates. Lords Mountgar-
ret and Muskerry met the royal commissioner on
the part of the confederation, and the terms of
a treaty fully acceptable were duly agreed upon :
I. The Catholics of Ireland were to enjoy the
free and public exercise of their religion. II.
They were to hold and have secured for their use
all the Catholic churches not then in actual pos-
session of the Protestants. III. They were to be
exempt from the jurisdiction of the Protestant
clergy. IV. The confederates (as the price of
being allowed to hold their own churches and to
worship in their own faith) were to send 10,000
men fully armed to the relief of Chester and the
general succor of the king. Lastly, on the
king's part it was stipulated that this treaty
should be. kept secret while his troubles with
English malcontents were pending. The pre-
tense was that Ormond (by this time lord lieu-
tenant) knew nothing of this secret negotiation ;
but he and Glamorgan and the king understood
each other well. On his way to Kilkenny the
royal agent called upon and had a long sitting
with Ormond ; and from Kilkenny, Glamorgan
and the confederate plenipotentiaries went to
Dublin, where, during several private interviews,
the lord lieutenant argued over all the points
of the treaty with them. He evidently thought
the 10,000 men might be had of the confederates
for less concessions. Meanwhile Charles' for-
tunes were in the balance. Ormond was well-
disposed to serve the king, but not at the risk of
danger to himself. After having fully reasoned
over all the points of the treaty for several days
with Glamorgan and the confederate lords, sud-
denly, one afternoon, Ormond arrested Glamor-
gan with every show of excitement and panic,
and flung him into prison on a charge of high
treason, in having improperly treated in the
king's name with the confederates! A tremen-
dous sensation was created in Dublin by the
event; Ormond feigning that only by accident
that day had Glamorgan's conduct been discov-
ered ! The meaning of all this was, that on the
person of the archbishop of Tuam, who had been
killed a few days previously, bravely lighting
against some of the marauding murderers in the
west, there was found a copj- of the treaty which
thus became pu blic. Ormond saw that as the
affair was prematurely disclosed, he must needs
affect surprise and indignation at, and disavow
it. Of course Glamorgan wuh softly whis7>ered
to lie still, if he would save the king, and offer
no contradiction of the viceregal falsehoods.
With which Glamorgan duly comjilicd. The
duped confederates were to bear all the odium and
discomfiture!
It was during the Glamorgan negotiation —
toward its close — that there arrived in Kilkenny
a man whose name ia indelibly written on the
history of this period-, and is deeply engraved in
Irish memory — John Baptist Rinuccini, arch-
bishop of Fermo, in the marches of Ancona,
chosen by the new pope. Innocent the Tenth, as
nuncio to the confederated Catholics of Ireland.
As the pope, from the first hour when the
Irish were driven into a war in defense of reli-
gion, never sent an envoy empty-handed,
Rinuccini brought with him, purchased by
moneys contributed by the holy father, be-
sides thirty-six thousand dollars forwarded by
Father Luke Wadding, "two thousand muskets,
two thousand cartouche belts, four thoiisand
swords, two thousand pike-heads, four hundred
brace of pistols, twentj' thousand pounds of
powder, with match, shot, and other stores."
He landed from his frigate, the San Pietro, at
Ardtully in Kenmare Bay. He then proceeded
by way of Kilgarvan to Macroom, whither the
Supreme Council sent some troops of cavalry to
meet him as a guard of honor. Thence by way
of Kilmallock and Limerick, as rapidly as his
feeble health admitted (he had to be borne on
a litter or palanquin), he proceeded to Kil-
kenny, now practically the capital of the king-
dom— the seat of the national government — where
there awaited him a reception such as a monarch
might envy. It was Catholic Ireland's saluta-
tion to the "royal pope."
That memorable scene is described for us as
follows by a writer to whom we owe the only
succinct account which we possess in the Eng-
lish language of the great events of the period
now before us: "At a short distance from the
gate, he descended from the litter, and having
put on the cope and pontifical hat, the insignia
of his officej he mounted a horse caparisoned for
the occasion. The secular and regular clergy
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had a;5Sembled iu the cliurcb of St. Patrick,
close by the gate, and wlieu it was annoimeed
that the nuncio was in readiness, they advanced
iuto the city in processional array, preceded by
the standard-bearers of their respective orders.
Under the old arch, called St. Patrick's gate, he
•was met by the vicar-general of the diocese of
Ossory, and the magistrates of the city and
county, who joined in the procession. The
streets were lined by regiments of infautiy, and
the bells of the Black Abbey and the church of
St. Francis pealed a gladsome chime. The pro-
cession then moved on till it ascended the gentle
eminence on which the splendid old fane, sacred
to St. Canice, is erected. At the trrand entrance
he was received by the venerable bishop of
Ossory, whose feebleness prevented his walking
in procession. After mutual salutations, the
bishop handed him the aspersorium and incense,
and then both entered the cathedral, which, even
in the i^almiest days of Catholicity, had never
held W'ithin its precincts a more solemn or
gorgeous assemblage. The nuncio ascended the
steps of the grand altar, intonated the 'Te Deum, '
which was caught up by a thousand voices, till
crypt and chancel resounded with the psalmody ;
and when it ceased, he pronounced a blessing on
the immense multitude which crowded the aisles
and nave. . . . These ceremonies concluded,
he retired for awhile to the residence prepared
for him in the city, and shortly afterward was
waited on by General Preston and Lord Mus-
kerry. He then proceeded on foot to visit Lord
Mountgarret, the president of the assembly.
The reception took place iu the castle. At the
foot of the grand staircase he was met by Thomas
Fleming, archbishop of Dublin, and Walsh, arch-
bishop of Cashel. At the end of the great gal-
lery, Lord Mountgarret was seated, waiting his
arrival, and when the nuncio approached, he got
up from his chair, without moving a single inch
in advance. The seat designed for Einuccini
•was of damask and gold, with a little more orna-
ment than that occupied by the president. . . .
The nuncio immediately addressed the president
in Latin, and declared that the object of bis
mission was to sustain the king, then so peril-
ously circumstanced; but, above all, to rescue
from pains and penalties the people of Ireland,
and to assist them in securing the free and
public exercise of the Catholic religion, and the
restoration of the churches auc' church property
of which fraud and violence Lad so long deprived
their rightful inheritors. "* From the very first
the nuncio discerned the pernicious workings of
the "compromise" idea in pai^alyzing the power
of the confederacy ; and perceiving all its bitter
mischief, he seems to have had little patience
with it. He saw that the old English of the
Pale were more than anxious for a compromise,
and to this end would allow the astute Ormond
to fool them to the last, to the utter ruin of the
confederate cause. They were, however, the
majority, and eventually on the 28th of March,
1646, concluded with Ormond a treaty of peace
which was a modification of Glamorgan's original
propositions.
On the character and merits of this treaty
turns one of the most injurious and mournful
controversies that ever agitated Ii'eland. "A
base peace, " the populace called it when made
public; but it might have been a wise one for
all that. In the denunciations put forward
against it by all who followed the nuncio's views,
full justice has not been done this memorable
pact. It contained one patent and fatal defect —
it failed to make such express and adequate
stipulations for the security of the Catholic re-
ligion as the oath of Confederation demanded.
Failing this, it was substantially a good treaty
under all the circumstances. It secured (as far
as a treaty with a double-dealiug and now virtu-
ally discrowned king might be held to secure
anything), all, or nearly all, that the Irish
Catholics expected then, or have since demanded.
There can be no doubt that the majority of the
Supreme Council honestly judged it the best
peace attainable, nay, wondrously advantageous,
all things considered; and judging so, it is not
to be marveled at that they bittei-ly complained
of and inveighed against the nuncio and the
party following him, as mad and culpable "ex-
tremists," who would lose all by unreasonably
grasping at too much. But the nuncio and the
"native party argued that if the confederates
wei-e but true to themselves, they would not need
to be false to their oaths — that they had it in
their power by vigorous and patriotic effort to
* Rev. C. P. Meelian's " Confederation (if Kilkenny."
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1S7
-wiu equality and freedom, not merely tolerance.
Above all, Rinuccini pointed out that dealing
■with men like Charles the king and Ormond the
viceroy, circumstanced as the royalist cause then
was, the confederates were utterly without secui--
ity. They were selling their whole power and
position for the "promise to pay" of a bankrupt.
CHAPTER LVn.
HOW THE NUNCIO FREED AND ABMED THE HAND OP
OWEN EOE, AND BADE HIM STRIKE AT LEAST ONE
WORTHY BLOW FOB GOD AND IRELAND HOW GLO-
RIOUSLY OWEN STKUCK THAT BLOW AT BENBURB.
It was even so. Two months afterward. May,
1646, Charles, all powerless, fled from the dan-
gers environing him in England and took refuge
with the Scottish parliament. Meanwhile the
Scottish covenanting marauders in Ulster had
been wasting the land unchecked since the fatal
"truce" and "peace negotiations" had tied up
the hands of the confederates. The nuncio had
early discerned the supreme abilities of Owen
Roe O'Neill (the favorite general of the national
part}', or "old Irish faction" in the council), and
now he resolved to strike a blow which might
show the country what was possible to brave
men resolved to conquer or die. He sent north-
ward to O'Neill the greater part of the supplies
which he had brought with him from abroad,
and told the Ulster commander that on him it
BOW lay to open the eyes alike of Puritan rebels,
English loyalists, and half-hearted confederates.
O'Neill was not slow to respond to this sum-
mons. For fhree long years, like a chained
eagle, he had pined in weary idleness, ignoble
"truces" fettering him. At last he was free;
and now he resolved to show weak friend and
arrogant foe how he who had defended Arras,
could strike for God and liberty at home.
With the first days of June he was on the
march from his late "truce" station on the
borders of Leinster, at the head of five thousand
foot and four hundred horse, to attack Monroe.
"The Scottish general received timely notice of
this movement, and setting out with si.\ thousand
infantry and eight hundred horse, encamped
about ten miles from Armagh. His army was
thus considerably superior to that of O'Neill in
point of numbers, at it must jubo Tiave l»een in
eiiuipments; yet he sent word to his brother.
Colonel George Monroe, to hasten from Coleraine
to reinforce him with his cavalry. He appointed
Glasslough, in the south of Monaghan, as their
rendezvous; but the march of the Irish was
quicker than he expected, and he learned on the
ith of June that O'Neill had not only reached
that point, but had crossed the Biafkwater into
Tyrone, and encamped at Benburl>. O'Neill
drew up his army between two small hills, pro-
tected in the rear b}' a wood, with the river
Blackwater on his right and a bog on his left,
and occupied some brushwood in front with
musketeers, so that his position was admirably
selected. He was well informed of Monroe's
plans, and dispatched two regiments to prevent
the junction of Colonel George Monroe's forces
with those of his brother. Finding that the
Irish were in possession of the ford at Benburb,
Monroe crossed the river at Kinard, a considera-
ble distance in O'Neill's rear, and then by a cir-
cuitous march approached him in front from the
east and south. The manner in which the 5th of
June was passed in the Ii-ish camp was singularly
solemn. 'The whole army,' says Rinuccini,
'having confessed, and the general, with the
other officers, having received the holy commun-
ion with the greatest piet.v, made a profession of
faith, and the chaplain deputed by the nuncio
for the spiritual care of the army, aftei a brief
exhortation, gave them his blessing. On the
other hand the Scots were inflamed with fierce
animosity against their foe, and an ardent desire
for battle. ' "*
"As they advanced," says another writer,
"they were met by Colonel Richard O'Ferral,
who occupied a narrow defile through which it
was necessary for the Scotch troops to pass in
order to face the Irish. The fire of Monroe's
guns, however, compelled O'Neill's officer to
retire." Lieutenant-Colonel Cunningham hav-
ing thus cleared the pass for the Scotch horse,
who were commanded by the Lord Viscount of
Ardes, in the absence of Colonel Monroe, "the
whole army advanced to dislodge Owen Roe;
but a shower of bullets from the 'scrogs and
bushes,' which covered O'Neill's infantry.
*Havert>'.
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checked him ; and then the Scotch cannon opened
its fire with little effect; as, owing to the admira-
ble position of the Catholic troops, only one man
was struck by the shot. In vain did Monroe's
cavalry charge; with the river on their right and
'a marish bog' on the left, it was hopeless to
think of stirring the confederates. For four
hours did the Fabius of his country amuse the
enemy -with skirmishing. During ail that time
the wind rolling the smoke of Monroo's musketry
and cannon in the face of the Irish ranks, con-
cealed the adverse ranks from their sight, and
the sun had shone all day in their eyes, blinding
them with its dazzling glare ; but that sun was
now descending, and producing the same effect
on the Scotch, when Monroe perceived the entire
of the Irish army making ready for a general
assault with horse and foot.
"It was the decisive moment. The Irish gen-
eral, throwing himself into the midst of his men,
and pointing out to them that retreat must be
fatal to the enemy, ordered them to pursue vigor-
ously, assuring them of victory. 'I myself,' said
iie, 'with the aid of heaven, will lead the way ;
let those who fail to follow me remember that
they abandon their general.' This address was
received with one unanimous shout by the army.
The colonels threw themselves from their horses,
to cut themselves off from every chance of re-
treat, and 'charged with incredible impetuosity.'
"Monroe had given orders to a squadron of
horse to break through the columns of the Irish
foot as they advanced; but that squadron be-
came panic-stricken, and retreated disorderly
through their own foot, pursued by O'Neill 'b
cavalry. Nevertheless, Monroe's infantry stood
firm, and received the Irish, body to body, with
push of pike, till at last the cavalry reserve,
being routed in a second charge, fell pellmell
among his infantry, which, being now broken
and disordered, had no w.ay to retreat but over
the river which lay in their front."
"The Scots now fled to the river, " says an-
tjther historian ; "but O'Neill held possession of
the ford, and the fl.ving masses were driven into
the deep water, where such numbers iierished
that tradition says one might have crossed over
drysbod on the bodies. Monroe himself fled so
precipitately that his hat, sword, and cloak, were
*inong the spoils, and he halted not till he
reached Lisburn. Lord Montgomery was taken
prisoner, with twenty-one officers and about one
hundred and fifty soldiers; and over three thou-
sand of the Scots were left on the field beside
those killed in the pursuit, which was resumed
next morning. All the Scotch artillery, tents,
and jarovisions, with a vast quantity of arms and
ammunition, and thirty-two colors, fell into the
hands of the Irish, who, on their side, bad only
seventy men killed and two hundred wounded.''*
Father Hartigau, one of the army chaplains,
was sent to bear the glad news of this victory
to the nuncio at Limerick, taking with him the
trophies captured from the enemy. He arrived
on Saturday, June 13th, and his tidings flung
the queen city of the Shannon into ecstacies of
jubilation. "On the following day (Sunday) at
four oclock P.M., all the troops in garrison at
Limerick assembled before the church of St.
Francis, where the nuncio had deposited thirty-
two standards taken by the Irish general from
the Scotch. These trophies were then borne in
solemn procession by the chiefs of the nobilityj
followed by the nuncio, the archbishop of Cashel,
and the bishops of Limerick, Clonfert, and
Ardfert. After these came the Supreme Council,
the mayor and the magistrates, with the entire
population of the city. The procession moved on
till it reached St. Mary 's cathedral, where the 'Te
Deum' was chanted, and on the next day a mass
of thanksgiviag was offered to the Lord, "who
fought among the valiant ones, and overthrew
the nations that were assembled against them to
destroy the sanctuary. ' ' '
Mr. Aubrey de Vere, who is never tru<"- noet,
never more nobly inspired than when tne vic-
tory of an O'Neill is to be sung, gives us tha
following splendid chant of Benburb:
"At midnight I gazed on the moonless skies;
There glisten 'd, 'mid other star blazonries,
A sword all stars ; then heaven, I knew,
Hath holy work for a sword to do.
Be true, ye clansmen of Nial 1 Be true I
"At morning I look'd as the sun uprose
On the fair hills of Antrim, late white with
snows ;
• !J('v. C. P. Meeliun's " Confederation of Kilkenuy."
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159
"Was it morning only that dyed them red?
Martyr'd hosts methought had bled
On their sanguine ridges for years not few!
Te clansmen of Conn, this day be true !
"There is felt once more on the earth
The step of a kingly man :
Like a dead man hidden he lay from his birth
Exiled from his country and clan.
"This day his standard he flingeth forth;
He tramples the bond and ban :
Let them look in his face that usurp'd his
hearth ;
Let them vanquish him, they who can!
"Owen Roe, our own O'Neill^ —
He treads onoe more our land !
The sword in his hand is of Spanish steel.
But the hand is an Irish hand !
"Montgomery, Conway! base-born crew!
This day ye shall learn an old lesson anew!
Thou art red with sunset this hour, Blackwater ;
But twice ere now thou wert red with slaughter !
Another O'Neill by the ford they met;
And 'the bloody loaming' men name it yet!
"Owen Roe, our own O'Neill —
He treads once more our land!
The sword in his hand is of Spanish steel.
But the hand is an Ii'ish hand !
"The storm of battle rings out! On! on!
Shine well in their faces, thou setting sun !
The smoke grows crimson : from left to right
Swift flashes the spleenful and racing light ;
The horses stretched forward with belly to
ground :
On! on! like a lake which has burst its bound.
Through the clangor of brands rolls the laugh-
ter of cannon ;
"Wind-borne it shall reach thine old -walls,
Dungannon.
Our window 'd cathedrals an ancient strain
To-morrow triumphant shall chant again.
On! on! This night on thy banks, Lough
Neagh,
Men born in bondage shall couch them free.
On, warriors, launch'd by a warrior's hand!
four years ye were leaah'd in a brazen band;
He counted your bones, and he meted your
might.
This hour he dashes you into the fight!
Strong Sun of the Battle! — great chief, whose
eye
Wherever it gazes makes victory —
This hour thou shalt see them do or diel
"Owen Roe, our own O'Neill —
He treads once more our land!
The sword in his hand is of Spanish steel,
But the hand is an Lish hand!
"Through the dust and the mist of the golden
west,
New hosts draw nigh : ia it friend or foe?
They cop:e! They are ours! Like a cloud
their vanguard lours!
No help from thy brother this day, Monro 1
They form ; there stand they one moment,
still-
Now, now they charge under banner and sign :
They breast, unbroken, the slope of the hill:
It breaks before them, the invader's line!
Their horse and their foot are crushed together
Like harbor-loCked ships in the winter weather.
Each dash'd upon each, the churn'd wave
strewing
With wreck upon wreck, and ruin on ruin.
The spine of their battle gave way with a yell :
Down drop their standards ! that cry was their
knell !
Some on the bank, and some in the river.
Struggling they lie that shall rally never.
" 'T was God fought for us! with hands of might
From on high He kneaded and shaped the fight.
To Him be the praise ; what He wills must be :
With Him is the future ; for blind are we.
Let Ormond at will make terms or refuse them ;
Let Charles the confederates win or lose them ;
Uplift the old faith, and annul the old strife.
Or cheat us, and forfeit his kingdom and life;
Come hereafter what must or may,
Ulster, thy cause is avenged to-day!
What fraud took from us and force, the sword
That strikes in daylight makes ours restored.
"Owen Roe, our own O'Neill — ■
He treads once more our land !
The sword in his hand is of Spanish stee,\
But ihe hand is an Irish hand!"
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CHAPTER LVm.
HOW THE KTNG DISAVOWED THE TREATY, AND THE
rSISH REPUDIATED IT HOW THE COUNCIL BY A
WORSE BLUNDER CLASPED HAMDS WITH A SACBI-
LBOIOUS MURDERER, AND INCURRED EXCOMMUNI-
CATION HOW AT LENGTH THE ROYALISTS AND
CONTEDERATES CONCLUDED AN HONORABLE PEACE.
Elated by this great victory, that party in the
confederation of vphich O'Neill was the military
favorite, and the nuncio the head, now became
outspoken and vehement in their denunciations
of the temporizers. And opportunely for them
came the news from England that the miserable
Charles, on finding that his commission to
Glamorgan had been discovered, repudiated and
denied the whole transaction, notwithstanding
the formal commission duly signed and sealed by
him, exhibited to the confederate council by his
envoy! Ormond, nevertheless, as strongly ex-
horted the "peace party" to hold firm, and to
consider for the hard position of the king, which
compelled him to prevaricate ! But the popular
spirit was aroused, and Rinucciui, finding the
tide with him, acted with a high hand against
the "Ormondists, " treating them as malcontents,
even arresting and imprisoning them as half-
traitors, whereas.howsoever wrong their judgment
and halting their action, they were the (majority
of the) lawfully elected government of the con-
federation.
New elections vwere ordered throughout the
country for a new general assembly, which ac-
cordingly met at Kilkenny, January 10, 1647.
This body by an overwhelming majority con-
demned the peace as invalid ab initio, inas-
much as it notably fell short of the oath of
federation ; but the conduct of the commissioners
and majority of the council was generously, and
indeed justly, declared to have been animated by
good faith and right intentions. The feuds,
however, were but superficially healed; discord
and suspicion caused the confederate generals,
according as they belonged to the conflicting
parties— the "Pale English" or the "Native
Irish" — to fear each other as much as the Puri-
tan enemy. Meanwhile an Irish Attila was
drenching Munstor in blood — Morrough O'Brien,
Lord Inchicjuin, called to this day in popular
traditions "Morrough of the Burnings," from
the fact that the firmament over his line of march
was usually blackened by the smoke of his burn-
ings and devastations.* One monster massacre
on his part filled all the land with horror. He
besieged and stormed Cashel. The women and
children took refuge in the grand cathedral on
the rock, the ruins of which still excite the
tourist's admiration. "Inchiquin poured in
volleys of musket balls through the doors and
windows, unmoved by the piercing shrieks of
the crowded victims within, and then sent in his
troopers to finish with pike and saber the work
which the bullets had left incomplete. The floor
was incumbered with piles of mangled bodies,
and twenty priests who had sought shelter under
the altars were dragged forth and slaughtered
with a fury which the mere extinction of life
could not half appease. ' 'f Ere the horror ex-
cited by this hideous butchery had died away,
the country heard with consternation that the
Supreme Council of the Confederation had con-
cluded a treaty with Inchiquin, as a first step
toward securing his alliance. In vain the nuncio
and the bishops protested against alliance or
union with the man whose hands were still wet
and red with the blood of anointed priests, mas-
sacred at the altar! The majority of the council
evidently judged — sincerely, it may be credited
-. — that under all the circumstances it was a sub-
stantial good to make terms with, and possibly
draw over to the royal cause, a foe so powerful.
The bishops did not look on the question thus;
nor did the lay (native) Irish leaders. The foi^
mer recoiled in horror from communion with a
sacrilegious murderer; the latter, to like aver-
sion joined an absolute suspicion of his treachery,
and time justified their suspicions. The tnice
nevertheless was signed at Dungarvan on the
*This dreadful lunn was one of the first and bitterest
fruits of the " C'ourt of Wards " scheme, which in the pre-
vious reign was^'appointed for the purpose of seizing the
infant children of the Catholic nobility, and bringing them
up in hatred and horror of the faith of their fathers.
O'Brien had been thus seized when a child, and thus
brought up by the "Court of Wards" — to what purpose
has just been illustrated. It would hardly be fair to the
English to say such a scheme had no parallel ; for history
records that the Turku used to seize the children of the
subJcL-t Christians, and train them up to be the bloodifcet
in fury again.st their ov/u race and creed I
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101
20th of May, 1648. Fully conscious that the
nuncio and the national party would resist such
an unholy pact, the contracting parties bound
themselves to unite their forces against whomso-
ever would assail it. Accordingly Preston, the
favorite general of the "Ormondist" Confederates,
joined his troops to those of Inchiquin to crush
O'Neill, whom with good cause they feared most.
Five days after the "league with sacrilege and
murder" was signed, the nuncio published a
sentence of excommunication against its abettors
and an interdict against all cities and towns re-
ceiving it. Having posted this proclamation on
the gates of the cathedral, he made his escape
from the city, and repaired to the camp of
O'Neill at Maryboro. ' Four months of wild
confused conflict — all the old actors, with barely
a few exceptions having changed sides or allies
— were ended in September, by the arrival of
Ormond at Cork (he had fled to France after an
unaccountable if not traitorous surrender of
Dublin to the Puritans) expressing willingness
to negotiate anew with the confederation on the
part of the king and his friends, on the basis of
Glamorgan's first treaty. Four months subse-
quently— on January 17, 1649 — this treaty, fully
acceptable to all parties, was finally ratified and
published amid great rejoicings ; and the seven
years' war was brought to an end!
Ormond and his royal master had wasted four
years in vain, hesitating over the one clause
which alone is may be said was at issue between
them and the Irish national party — -that one
simply securing the Catholic religion against
proscription and persecution, and stipulating the
restriction of farther spoliation of the churches.
Its simple justice was fully conceded in the end.
Too late! Scarcely had the rejoicings over the
happj' peace, or rather the alliance between the
English, Scotch, and Irish royalists. Catholic
and Protestant, ceased in Ireland, when the news
of the king's death in London shocked the land.
Charles, as already mentioned, had flung himself
upon the loyalty of the Scottish parliament, in
which the Lowland covenanting element predom-
inated. His rebellious subjects on the southern
side of the border, thirsting for his blood, offered
to buy bim from the Scots. After a short time
spent in haggling over the bargain, those canny
saints sold the unfortunate Charles for a money
price of four hundred thousand pounds — an
infamy for which the world has not a parallel.
The blood-mone.v was duly paid, and the English
bore their king to London, where they murdered
him publicly at Whitehall on January 30, 1649.
A few weeks after this event the uncompromis-
ing and true-hearted, but impetuous and im-
perious nuncio, Rinuccini, bade adieu to the
hapless land into whose cause he had entered
heart and soul, but whose distractions prostrated
his warm hopes. He sailed from Galway for
home, in his ship the San Pietro, on February
23, 1649.
And now, while the at-length united confeder-
ates and royalists are proclaiming the young
Prince of Wales as king throughout Ireland, lo!
the huge black shadow of a giant destroyer near
at hand is flung across the scene !
CHAPTER LIX.
HOW CROMWELL LED THE PURITAN REBELS INTO
IRELAND HOW IRELAND BY A LESSON TOO TERRIBLE
TO BE FORGOTTEN WAS TAUGHT THE DANGER OP
TOO MBCH LOYALTY TO AN ENGLISH SOVEREIGN.
It is the figure of the great Regicide that
looms up at this period like a huge colossus of
power and wrath. The English nation caused
Oliver Cromwell's body to be disinterred and
hung in chains, and buried at the gallows foot.
Even in our own day that nation, I believe, re-
fuses to him a place amid the statues of its
famous public men, set up in the legislative
palace at Westminster. If England honored
none of her heroes who were not good as well as
great, this would be more intelligible and less
inconsistent. She gave birth to few greater men,
whose greatness is judged apart from virtue;
and if she honors as her greatest philosopher
and moralist the corrupt and venal lord chancel-
lor Bacon, degraded for selling his decisions to
the highest bribe, it is the merest squeamishness
to ostracize the "Great Protector" because one
king was among his murdered victims.
England has had for half a thousand years
few sovereign rulers to compare in intellect with
this "bankrupt brewer of Huntingdon." She
owes much of her latter-day European prestige
to his undoubted national spirit; for though a
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despot, a bigot, and a canting hypocrite, he was
a thorough nationalist as an Englishman. And
she owes not a little of her constitutional liberty
to the democratic principles with which the
republican party, on whose shoulders he mounted
to power, leavened the nation.
In 1649 the Puritan revolution had consumed
all opposition in England ; but Ii-eland presented
an inviting field for what the Protector and his
isoldierj- called "the work of the Lord. " There
their passions would be fully aroused, and there
their vengeance would have full scope. To pull
down the throne and cut off Charles' head
■was, after all (according to their ideas), over-
throwing only a political tyranny and an episco-
pal dominance among their own fellow-country-
men and fellow-Protestants. But in Ireland
there was an idolatrous people to be put to the
Bword, and their fertile country to be possessed.
Glory, hallelujah! The bare prospect of a cam-
paign there threw all the Puritan regiments into
ecstacies. It was the summons of the Lord to
His chosen people to cross the Jordan and enter
the promised land!
In this spirit Cromwell came to Ireland,
landing at Dublin on August 14, 1649. He
remained nine months. Never, perhaps, in the
same space of time, has one man more of horror
and desolation to show for himself. It is not
for any of the ordinary severities of war that
Cromwell's name is infamous in Ireland. War
is no child's play, and those who take to it must
not wail if its fair penalties fall upon them ever
so hard and heavy. If Cromwell, therefore, was
merely a vigorous and "thorough" soldier, it
would be unjust to cast special odium upon him.
To call him "savage," because the slain of his
enemies in battle might have been enormoiis in
amount, would be simply contemptible. But it
is for a far different reason Cromwell is execrated
in Ireland. It is for such butcheries of the un-
armed and defenseless non-combatants — the
ruthloH« slaughter of inoffensive women and
children — as Drogheda and Wexford witnessed,
that he is justly regarded as a bloody and brutal
tyrant. Bitterly, bitterly, did tho Irish people
pay for their loyalty to the English sovereign ;
an error they had just barely learned to commit,
although scourged for centuries by England
compelling them thereto! I spare myself recital
of the horrors of that time. Yet it is meet to
record the fact that not even before the terrors
of such a man did the Irish exhibit a craven or
cowardly spirit. Unhappily for their worldly
fortunes, if not for their fame, they were high-
spirted and unfearing, where pusillanimity would
certainly have been safety, and might have been
only prudence. Owen Eoe O'Neill was struck
down by death eaily in the struggle, and by the
common testimony of friend and foe, in him the
Irish lost the only military leader capable of
coping with Cromwell.* Nevertheless, with that
courage which unflinchingly looks ruin in the
face, and chooses death before dishonor, the
Irish fought the issue out. At length, after a
fearful and bloody struggle of nearly three
years' duration, "on May 12, 1652, the Leinster
ai'my of the Irish surrendered on terms signed
at Kilkenny, which were adopted successively
by the other principal armies between that time
and the September following, when the Ulster
forces surrendered. "
CHAPTEB LX.
THE AGOin OP A NATION.
What ensued upon the Cromwellian conquest
of Ireland has been told recently in a book writ-
ten under most singular circumstances — a com-
pilation from state records and official documents
— a book which the reader may take in his hand,
and challenge the wide world for another such
true story.
About twenty-one years ago an Irish pro-
fessional gentleman, a member of the bar, a Prot-
estant, educated in England, belonging to one of
those noble Anglo-Norman families who early
identified themselves in sympathy with Ireland as
the country of their adoption, "received a com-
mission from England to make some pedigree
researches in Tipperary." He was well qualified
* He died November 6, 1649, at Cloughoughter Castle,
county Cavan, on bis way southward to effect a junction
with Ormoud for a campaign against Cromwell. He wa«
buried in the cemetery of tbe Franciscan convent in the
town of Cavan. A popular tradition, absurdly erroneous,
to the effect Uiat he died by poison — " having danced in
poisoned slippers" — has been adopted by Davis in his "La-
uiont for the Death of Owen Roe." The story, howaver, ie
quite apocryphal.
THE STOUY OF IRELAND.
1«3
for a task which enlisted at once the abilities of
a jurist and the attainments of an archwologist.
By inclination and habit far removed from the
stormy atmosphere of politics, his life had been
lartrely devoted to ttie tranquil pursuits of study
at liome or in other lands. His literary and
philosophic tastes, his legal schooling, and above
all his professional experience, which in various
occupations had brought him largely into con-
tact with the practical realities of life in Ireland,
all tended to give him au interest in the subject
thus committed to his investigations. His client
little thought, however — for a long time he little
dreamed himself — that to the accident of such a
commission would be traceable the existence
subsequently of one of the most remarkable books
ever printed in the English language, "The
Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland," by Mr.
John P. Prendergast.
It would be hopeless to attempt to abbreviate
or summarize the startling romance, the mourn-
ful tragedy of history — "the record of a nation's
woes" — which Mr. Prendergast, as he tells us,
discovered in the dust-covered cell of that gloomy
tower in Dublin Castle yard, apparently the
same that once was the dungeon of Hugh Eoe
O'Donnell.* I therefore relinquish all idea of
* " I now thought Oif searching the Record Commission
ers' Reports, and found there were several volumes of the
very date required, 1(550-1659, in the custody of the clerk
of the privy council, preserved in the heavily embattled
tower which forms the most striking feature of the Castle
of Dublin. They were only accessible at that day through
the order of the lord lieutenant or chief secretary for Ire-
land. I obtained, at length, in the month of September,
1849, an ordei It may be easily imagined with what in-
terest I followed the porter up the dark winding stone stair-
case of this gloomy tower, once the prison of the castle, and
was ushered into a small central .space that seemed dark,
even after the dark stairs we had just left. As the eye be-
came accustomed to the spot, it appeared that the doors of
five cells made in the prodigious thickness of the tower
walls, opened on the central space. From oue of them
Hugh Roe O'Donel is saidtohave escaped, by getting down
the privy of his cell to the Poddle River that runs around
the base of the tower. The place was covered with the
dust of twenty years ; but opening a couple of volumes of
the .statutes — one as a clean spot to place my coat upon, the
other to sit on — I took my seat in the cell exactly opposite
to the one just mentioned, as it looked to the south over the
castle garden, and had better light. In this tower I found
a series of Order Books of the Commissioners of the Par-
liament of the Comu onwealtb of England for the affairs of
Ireland, together with domestic correspondence and Boolcs
following in detail the transactions which imme-
diately followed upon the cai)itulation of the
Irish armies, "when," says Mr. Prendergast,
"there took place a scene not witnessed in
Europe since the conquest of Spain by the Van-
dals." "Indeed, " he continues, "it is injustice
to the Vandals to equal them with the English of
1652 ; for the Vandals came as strangers and con-
querors in an age of force and barbarism ; nor
did they banish the people, though they seized
and divided their lands by lot; but the English
of 1652 were of the same nation as half of the
chief families in Ireland, and at that time had
the i.sland under their sway for five hundred
years.
"The captains and men of war of the Irish,
amounting to forty thotisand men and upward,
they banished into Spain, where they took service
under that king ; others of them with a crowd of
orphan girls were transported to serve the Eng-
lish planters in the West Indies; and the remnant
of the nation not banished or transported were
to be transplanted into Connaught, while the
conquering army divided the ancient inheritances
of the Irish among them by lot."
James essayed the plantation of Ulster, as
Henry and Elizabeth had the colonization of
Munster. The republican parliament went much
further, "improving" to the full their dreadful
"opportunity." They decided to colonize three
provinces — Leinster, Munster, and Ulster — con-
verting the fourth (Connaught) into a vast en-
circled prison, into which such of the doomed
natives as were not either transported as white
slaves to Barbadoes, kept for servitude by the
new settlers, or allowed to expatriate themselves
of Establishments from 1650 to 1659. They were marked
on the back by the letter A over a number, as will be ob-
served in the various references in the notes to the present
sketch. Here I found the records of a nation's woes. I
felt that I had at last reached the liaven I had been so long
seeking. There I sat, extracting, for many weeks, until I
beo'an to know the voices of many of the corporals that
came with the guard to relieve the sentry in the castle yard
below, and every drum and bugle call of the regiment
quartered in the Ship Street barracks. At length, between
the labor of copying and excitement at the astonishing
drama performing, as it were, before my eyes, my heart by
some strange movements warned me it was necessary to
retire for a time. But I again and again returned at inter-
vals, sometimes of months, sometimes of years." — Preface
to " The Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland."
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as a privilege, might be driven on pain of imme-
diate death; the calculation being, that in the
desolate tracts assigned aa their unsheltered
prison they must inevitably perish ere long.
The American poet Longfellow has, in the
poem of "Evangeline," immortalized the story
of Acadia. How many a heart has melted into
pity, how many an eye has filled with tears,
perusing his metrical relation of the "trans-
planting" and dispersion of that one little com-
mimity "on the shore of the basin of Miuas!"
But alas! how few recall or realize the fact — if,
indeed, aware of it at all — that not one but hun-
dreds of such dispersions, infinitely more tragi-
cal and more romantic, were witnessed in Ire-
land in the year 1654, when in every hamlet
throughout three provinces "the sentence of ex-
pulsion was sped from door to door!" Long-
fellow describes to us how the English captain
read aloud to the dismayed and grief-stricken
villagers of Grand Pre the decree for their dis-
persion. LTnconsciously, the poet merely de-
scribed the form directed by an act of the Eng-
lish parliament to be adopted all over Ireland,
when, "by beat of drumme and sound of trum-
pett, on some markett day, within tenn days after
the same shall come unto them within their re-
spective precincts," "the governor and commis-
sioners of revenue, or any two or more of them
within every precinct," were ordered to publish
and proclaim "this present declaration:" to wit,
that "all the ancient estates and farms of the
people of Ireland were to belong to the adven-
turers and the army of England, and that the
parliament had assigned Connanght (America
was not then accessible) for the habitation of the
Irish nation, whither they must transplant with
their wives and daughters and children before
the Ist of May following (1654), under penalty of
death if found on this side of the Shannon after
that day."
"Connaught was selected for the habitation of
all the Irish nation," we are reminded, "by
reason of its being surrounded by the sea and
the Shannon all but ten miles, and the whole
easily made into line by a few forts.* To further
•"Marcli 9, 1054-.';.— Order— Passes over tlie Shannon
betwnen Janii^sfown and Sligo to be closed, so as to make
one entire line lietvreen Connauglit and the adjacent parts
of Lclnster and Ulster."
secure the imprisonment of the nation, and to.
cut them off from relief by the sea, a belt four
miles wide, commencing one mile west of Sligo,
and so winding along the seacoast and the
Shannon, was reserved by the act (September 27,
1653) from being set out to the Irish, and was
to be given to the soldiery to plant." The Irish
were not to attempt to pass "the four mile line,",
as it was called, or to enter a walled town (or to
come within five miles of certain specified towns)
"on pain of death."*
Need we marvel that all over the land the loud
wail of grief and despair resounded for daj-s
together? It was one universal scene of dis-
tracted leave-taking, and then along every road
that led toward Connaught, each a via dolorosa,
the sorrowing cavalcades streamed, weary, faint-
ing, and footsore, weeping aloud! Toward the
seaports moved other processions; alas! of not
less mournful character — the Irish regiments
marching to embark for exile; or the gangs in
charge to be transported and sold into slavery in
the pestilential settlements of the West Indies I
Of young boys and girls alone Sir William Petty
confesses six thousand were thus transported ;
"but the total number of Irish sent to perish in
the tobacco islands, as they were called, were
estimated in some Irish accounts at one hundred
thousand." Force was necessary to collect
them; but vain was all resistance. Bands of
soldiery went about tearing from the arms of
their shrieking parents young children of ten
or twelve years, then chaining them in gangs,
they marched them to the nearest port! "Henry
Cromwell (Oliver's son), who was most active in
the kidnapping of Irish 'white slaves,' writing
from Ireland to Secretary Thurloe, says: "I
think it might he of like advantage to your affairs
there, and ours here, if you should think to send
one thousand five hundred or two thousand
young boys of twelve or fourteen years of age to
the place aforementioned (West Indies). Who
• " How strict was tbo iiiiprisonrnpnt of tbc transplaiiteil
in C'oiiiiaughl may be judged when it required a special
order for Lord Trimbleston, Sir Richard Barnwall, Mr.
Patrick Xetterville, and others, then dwelling in the sub-
urbs of Athlone on the Connaug-ht side, to pass and repass
the bridge into the part of tlie town on the Leinster side on
llieir business; and only on giving security not to pass
without special leave of the governor.'" — "Croinwellian
8i-ttleiiieiit ;" with a reference to the Slate Recnr.i
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
165
knows but it may be the means to make tbein
Buglishmen — I mean, rather, Christians. ' Thur-
loe answers: 'The committee of the council have
voted one thousand ti'irls and as many youths to
be taken up for that purpose.' "
The piety of the amiable kidnapper will ho
noted. But it was alwa.rs so with his class;
whether confiscating or transplanting, whether
robbing the Irish, or selling them into slavery,
it was always for their spiritual or temporal good
— to sanctify or to civilize them. Accordingly
we read that at this period "the parliamentary
commissioners in Dublin published a proclamation
by which and other edicts any Catholic priest
found in Ireland after twenty days, was guilty
of high treason, and liable to be hanged, drawn,
and quartered; any person harboring such
clergyman was liable to the penalty of death, and
loss of goods and chattels ; and any person know-
ing the place of concealment of a priest and not
disclosing it to the authorities might be publicly
whipped, and further punished with amputation
of ears.
Any person absent from the parish church on
a Sunday was liable to a fine of thirty pence ;
magistrates might take away the children of
Catholics and send them to England for educa-
tion, and might tender the oath of abjuration to
all persons at the age of twent.v-one years, who,
on refusal, were liable to imprisonment during
pleasure, and the forfeiture o.* two-thirds of their
real and personal estates.
"The same price of fiv r^'Jnds was set on the
head of a priest, and on that of a wolf, and the
production of either head was a sufficient claim
for the reward. The military being distributed
in small parties over the country, and their vigi-
lance kept alive by sectarian rancor and the
promise of reward, it must have been difficult
for a priest to escape detection ; but many of
them, nevertheless, braved the danger for their
poor scattered flocks ; and, residing in caverns
in the mountains, or in lonely hovels in the bogs,
they issued forth at night to carry the consola-
tions of religion to the huts of their oppressed
and suffering countrymen."*
"Ludlow," continues the same author, "re-
lates in his 'Memoirs' (vol. i., page 422, De Vevay,
* Haverty
IfiDl) how, when marching from Dundalk to
Castleblaney, probably near the close of 1652, he
discovered a few of the Irish in a cave, and how
his party spent two days in endeavoring to
smother them by smoke. It appears that the
jioor fugitives preserved tliemselves from suffoca-
tion during this operation by holding their
faces close to the surface of some running water
in the cavern, and that one of this party was
armed with a pistol, with which he shot the fore-
most of the troopers who were entering the
mouth of the cave after the first day's smoking.
Ludlow caused the trial to be repeated, and the
crevices through which the smoke escaped having
been closed, 'another smoke was made.' The
next time the soldiers entered with helmets and
breastplates, but the.y found the only armed
man dead, inside the entrance, where he was
suffocated at his post, while the other fugitives
still preserved life at the little brook. Fifteen
were put to the sword within the cave, and four
dragged out alive ; but Ludlow does not mention
whether he hanged these then or not; but one at
least of the original number was a Catholic
priest, for the soldiers found a crucifix, chalioe,
and priest's robes in the cavern. "
Of our kindred, old or young, sold into slavery
in the "tobacco islands," we hear no more in
history, and shall hear no more until the last
great accounting day. Of those little ones — just
old enough to feel all the pangs of such a ruth-
less and eternal severance from loving mother,
from fond father, from brothers and playmates,
from all of happiness on earth — no record tells
the fate. "We only know that a few years subse-
quently there survived of them in the islands
barely the remembrance that they came in ship-
loads and perished soon — too young to stand the
climate or endure the toil! But at home — in the
rifled nest of the parents' hearts — what a memory
of them was kept! There the image of each little
victim was enshrined ; and fatber and mother,
bowed with yews and suffering, went down to
the grave "still thinking, ever thinking" of the
absent, the cherished one, whom they were never
to see on earth again, now writhing beneath a
planter's lash, or filling a nameless grave in
Jamaican soil! Yes, that army of innocents
vanish from the record here ; but the great God
who mai'ked the slaughters of Herod has kept a
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reckoning of the crime that in that hour so nota-
bly likened Ireland to Eachel weeping for her
children.
But there was another army — other of the ex-
patriated— of whom we are not to lose sight, the
"Irish swordmen," so called in the European
writings of the time ; the Irish regiments who
elected to go into exile, preferring to
Where freedom and their God might lead,"
rather than be bondsmen under a bigot-yoke at
home. "Foreign nations were apprised by the
Kilkenny Articles that the Irish were to be
allowed to engage in the service of any state in
amity with the Commonwealth. The valor of
the Ii'ish soldier was well known abroad. From
the time of the ilunster plantation by Queen
Elizabeth, numerous exiles had taken service in
the Spanish army. There were Irish regiments
serving in the Low Countries. The Prince of
Orange declared they were 'born soldiers'; and
Henry the Fourth of France publicly called
Hugh O'Neill 'the third soldier of the age,' and
he said there was no nation made better troops
than the Irish when drilled. Agents from the
King of Spain, the King of Poland, and the
Prince De Conde, were now contending for the
services of Irish troops. Don Eicardo White, in
Maj', 1652, shipped seven thousand in batches
from Waterford, Kinsale, Galway, Limerick, and
Bantry, for the King of Spain. Colonel Christo-
pher Maj-o got liberty in September, 1652, to
beat his drums to raise three thousand for the
same king. Lord Mr.skerry took five thousand
to the King of Poland. In July, 1654, three
thousand five hundred, commanded by Colonel
Edmund Droyer, went to serve the Prince De
Conde. Sir Walter Dungan and others got
liberty to beat their drums in different garrisons,
to a rallying of their men that laid down arms
with them in order to a rendezvous, and to de-
Iiart for Spain. The.v got permission to march
their men together to the different ports, their
pipers perhaps playing 'Ha til. Ha til. Ha til,
mi tulidh' — 'We return, we return no more!'*
Between 1651 and 1604, thirty-four thousand (of
•"The tuno with which the departing Highlanders
nKiially bid farewell to theirnntive .shores." — Preface to Sir
Walter fcott's " Legend of Montrose."
whom few ever saw their loved native land again>
were transported into foreign parts."*
While the roads to Connaught were as I have
described witnessing a stream of hapless fugitives
— prisoners rather, plodding wearily to their
dungeon and grave — a singular scene was going
on in London. At an office or bureau appointed
for the purpose hy government, a lottery was
held, whereat the farms, houses, and estates from
which the owners had thus been driven were
being "drawn" by or on behalf of the soldiers
and officers of the armj', and the "adventur-
ers"— i.e. pett.v shopkeepers in London, and
others who had lent money for the war on the
Irish. The mode of conducting the lottery or
drawing was regulated by public ordinance. Not
unfrequently a vulgar and illiterate trooper
"drew" the mansion and estate of an Irish noble-
man, who was glad to accept permission to in-
habit, for a few weeks merely, the stable or the
cowshed^ with his lady and children, pending
their setting out for Connaught! This same
lottery was the "settlement" (varied a little by
further confiscations to the same end forty years
sub.sequently (by which the now existing landed
proprietary was "planted" upon Ireland. Be-
tween a proprietary thus planted and the bulk of
the population, as well as the tenantry under
them, it is not to be marveled that feelings the
reverse of cordial prevailed. From the first they
scowled at each other. The plundered and tram-
pled people despised and hated the "Cromwellian
brood," as they were called, never regarding
them as more than vulgar and violent usurpers of
other men's estates. The Cromwellians, on the
other hand, feared and hated the serf-peasantry,
whose secret sentiments and desii-es of hostility
they well knew. Nothing but the fusing spirit
of nationality obliterates sucii feelings as these;
but no such spirit was allowed to fuse the Crom-
wellian "landlords" and the Irish tenantry. The
former were taught to consider themselves as a
foreign garrison, endowed to watch and keep
down, and levy a land-tribute off the native
tillers of the soil; moreover "the salt of the
land," the elect of the Lord, the ruling class.
• Prendergast's "Cromwellian Settlemeul.'
f See the case of the then proprietor of the magnificent
place now called Woodlands, county Dublin. — " Crom-
wellian Settlement of Ireland."
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167
alone entitled to be ranked as saints or citizens.
So they looked to and leaned all on England,
without whom they thought they must be massa-
cred. "Aliens in race and language, and in
religion," they had not one tie in common with
the subject population; and so both classes un-
happily grew up to be what they remain very
much in our own day — more of taskmasters and
bondsmen than landlords and tenants.
CHAPTER LXI.
HOW KING CHARLES THE SECOND CAME BACK ON A
COMPROMISE HOW A NEW MASSACRE STORY WAS
SET TO WORK— THE MARTYRDOM OF PRIMATE
PLDNKETT.
Possessed of supreme power, Cromwell, by a
bold stroke of usurpation, now changed the
republic to what he called a "protectorate,"
with himself as "Protector" in other words, a
kingdom, with Oliver as king, vice Charles,
decapitated. This coup d'etat completely dis-
gusted the sincere republicans of the Pym and
Ludlow school; and on the death of the iron-
willed Protector, September 3, 1658, the whole
structure set up by the revolution on the ruins
of the monarchy in England tottered and fell.
Communication had been opened with the
second Charles, a worthless, empty-headed crea-
ture, and it was made clear to him that if he
would only undertake not to disturb too much
the "vested interests" created during the revolu-
tion— that is, if he would undertake to let the
"settlement of property" (as they were pleased
to call their stealing of other men's estates) alone
— his return to the throne might be made easy.
Charles was delighted. This proposal only asked
of him to sacrifice his friends, now no longer
powerful, since they had lost all in his behalf.
He acquiesced, and the monarchy was restored.
The Irish nobility and gentry, native and Anglo-
L-ish, who had been so fearfully scourged for the
sin of loyalty to his father, now joyfully expected
that right would be done, and that they would
enjoy their own once more. They were soon
undeceived. Such of the "lottery" speculators,
or army officers and soldiers as were actually in
possession of the estates of royalist owners, were
not to be disturbed. Such estates only as had
not actually been "taken up" were to be restored
to the owners. There was one class, however,
whom all the others readily agreed might be
robbed without any danger — nay, whom it was
loudly declared to be a crime to desist from rob-
bing to the last — namely, the Catholics — espe-
cially the "Irish Papists. " The reason why was
not clear. Everybody, on the contrary, saw that „
they had suffered most of all for their devoted t,
loyalty to the murdered king. After awhile a "
low murmur of compassion — muttering even of
justice for them — began to bo heard about the
court. This danger created great alarm. The
monstrous idea of justice to the Catholics was
surely not to be endured ; but what was to be
done? "Happy thought!" — imitate the skillful
ruse of the Irish Puritans in starting the mas-
sacre story of 1641. But where was the scene of
massacre to be laid this time, and when must
they say it had taken place ? This was found to
be an irresistible stopper on a new ma.ssacre
story in the past, but then the great boundless
future was open to them : could they not say it
was yet to take place ? A blessed inspiration the
saintly people called this. Yes ; they could get
up an anti-Catholic frenzy with a massacre story
about the future, as well as with one relating to
the past !
Accordingly, in 1678 the diabolical fabrica-
tion known as the "Great Popish Plot" made its
appearance. The great Protestant historian,
Charles James Fox, declared that the Popish plot
story "must always be considered an indelible
disgrace upon the English nation." Macaulay
more recently has still more vehemently de-
nounced the infamy of that concoction; and
indeed, even a year or two after it had done its
work, all England rang with execrations of its
concoctors — several of whom, Titus Oates, the
chief swearer, especially, suffered the penalty of
their discovered perjuries.
But the plot-story did its appointed work
splendidly and completely, and all the senti-
mental horror of a thousand Macaulaj-s could
nought avail, once that work was done.*^ A
proper fury had been got up against the Catho-
lics, arresting the idea of compassionating them,
giving full impetus to a merciless persecution of
popish priests, and above all (crowning merit)
effectually silencing all suggestions about restor-
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ing to Irish Catliolic royalists their estates and
possessions. Shaftesbury, one of the chief pro-
moters of the plot-story, was indeed dragged to
the Tower as an abominable and pei'jured mis-
creant, but not until the scaffold had drunk deep
of Catholic blood, and Tyburn had been the
scene of that mournful tragedy — that foul and
heartless murder — of which Oliver Plunkett, the
sainted martyr-primate of Ireland, was the
victim.*
This venerable man was at Eome when the
pope selected him for the primacy. A bloody
persecution was at the moment raging in Ireland ;
and Dr. Plunkett felt that the appointment was
a summons to martyrdom. Nevertheless he
hastened to Ii'eland, and assumed the duties of
his position. Such was his gentleness and purity
of chai-acter, his profound learning, the piety,
and indeed sanctity, of his life, that even the
Protestant officials and gentry round about came
to entertain for him the highest respect and per-
sonal regard. Prudent and circumspect, he
rigidly abstained from interference in the
troubled politics of the period, and devoted him-
self exclusively to rigorous reforms of such
irregularities and abuses as had crept into paro-
chial or diocesan affairs during the past century
of civil war and social chaos. For the support
of the "intended massacre" story it was clearly
necessary to extend the scene of the plot to Ire-
land (so much more popish than England), and
casting about for some one to put down as chief
conspirator, the constructors of the story thought
the head of the popish prelates ought to be the
man, ex-officio. The London government accord-
ingly wrote to the Irish lord lieutenant to an-
nounce that the "Popish plot" existed in Ireland
* Few episodes in Iri.sli history are more tragic and touch-
ing than that with which the name of the martyr-primate
is associated, and there have been few more valuable con-
tributions to Irish (Jatholic or historical literature in our
generation than the "Memoir" of this illustrious prolate
by the Rev. Dr. Moran. In it the learned reverend author
has utilized the rich stores of original manuscripts relating
to the period — many of them letters in the martyr-primate's
handwriting — preserved in Rome, and has made his book
not only a "memoir" of the murdered archbishop, but an
authentic history of a period momentous in its importance
and interest for Iri.shmen. A much briefer work is the
" Life and Death of Oliver Plunkett," by the Rev. Oeorge
CroUy, a little book which tells a sad story in language full
of simple pathos and true elo [uence.
also. He complied. Next he was to resume
energetically the statutory persecutions of the
Papists. This also he obeyed. Next he was
directed to arrest the popish primate for com-
plicity in the plot. Here he halted. From the
correspondence it would appear that he wrote
back to the effect that this was rather too strong,
inasmuch as even among the ultra-Protestants
the idea of Dr. Plunkett being concerned in any
such business would be scouted. Beside, he
pointed out, there was no evidence. He was told
that this made no matter, to obey his orders,
and arrest the primate. He complied reluctantly.
An agent of the Gates and Shaftesbury gang in
London, Hetherington by name, was now sent
over to Dublin to get up evidence, and soon proc-
lamations were circulated through all the jails
offering pardon to any criminal^ — murderer, rob-
ber, tory, or traitor — who could (would) give
the necessary evidence against the primate ; and
accordingly crown witnesses by the dozen com-
peted in willingness to swear anything that was
required. The primate was brought to trial at
Drogheda, but the grand jury, though ultra-
Protestant to a man, threw out the bill ; the per-
jury of the crown witnesses was too gross, the
innocence of the meek and venerable man before
them too apparent. When the news reached
London great was the indignation there. The
lord lieutenant was at once directed to send the
primate thither, where no such squeamishnesa
of jurors would mar the ends of injustice. The
hapless prelate was shipped to London and
brought to trial there. Macaulay himself has
described for us from original authorities the
manner in which those "trials" were conducted.
Here is his description of the witnesses, the
judges, the juries, and the audience in court:
"A wretch named Carstairs, who had earned a
living ia Scotland by going disguised to conven-
ticles, and then informing against the preachers,
led the way ; Bedloe, a noted swindler, followed ;
and soon from all the brothels, gambling-houses,
and sponging-houses of London, false witnesses
poured forth to swear away the lives of Roman
Catholics. . . . Oates, that he might not be
eclipsed by his imitators, soon added a large sup-
plement to his original narrative. The vulgar
believed, and the highest magistrates pretended to
believe, even such fictions as these. The chief
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^69
judges of the kingdom «ere corrupt, cruel, and
timid. The juries partook of the feelings then com-
mon throughout the nation, and were encouraged
by the bench to indulge those feelings without
restraint. The multitude applauded Gates and
his confederates, hooted and pelted the witnesses
who appeared on behalf of the accused, and
shouted with joy when the verdict of guilty was
pronounced. "
Before such a tribunal, on the 8th of June,
1681, the aged and venerable Primate was
arraigned, and of course convicted. The scene
in court was ineffably brutal. In accordance
with the law at that time, the accused was
allowed no counsel, whereas the crown was repre-
sented by the attorney-general and Sergeant
Maynard ; the judges being fully as ferocious as
the official prosecutors. Every attempt made by
the venerable victim at the bar to defend him-
self only elicited a roar of anger or a malignant
taunt from one side or the other. The scene has
not inappropriately been likened rather to the
torturing of a victim at the stake by savage
Indians, dancing and shouting wildly round him,
than the trial of a prisoner in a court of law.
At length the verdict was delivered; to which,
when he heard it, the archbishop simply an-
swered: "Deo gratias!" Then he was sen-
tenced to be drawn on a hurdle to Tyburn, there
and then to be hanged, cut down while alive, his
body quartered, and the entrails burned in fire.
He heard this infamous decroe with serene
composure.
"But looking upward full of grace,
God's glory smote him on the face. "
Even among the governing party there were
many who felt greatly shocked by this convic-
tion. The thing was too glaring. The Protes-
tant archbishojj of Dublin (who seems to have
been a humane and honorable man) expressed
aloud his horror, and fearlessly declared the
Catholic primate as innocent of the crimes alleged
as an unborn child. But no one durst take on
himself at the moment to stem the tide of Eng-
lish popular fury. The Earl of Essex, indeed,
hurried to the king and vehemently besought him
to save the Irish primate by a royal pardon.
Charles, terribly excited, declared that he, as
■well as every one of them, knew the primate to
be innocent, "but," cried he, with passionate
earnestness, "ye could have saved him; I canaot
— you know well I dare not." "^
Then, like Pontius Pilate, he desired "the
blood of this innocent man" to be on their heads,
not his. The law should take its course.
"The law" did "take its course." The sainted
Plunkett was dragged on a hurdle to TyVjnrn
amid the yells of the London populace. There
he was hanged, beheaded, quartered, and disem-
bowelled, "according to law," July 1, 1681.
Soon after, as I have already intimated, the
popular delirium cooled down, and everybody
began to see that rivers of innocent Catholic
blood had been made to flow without cause,
crime, or offense. But what of that? A most
salutary check had been administered to the
api)rehended design of restoring to Catholic
roj'alists the lands they had lost through their
devotion to the late king. The "Popish plot"
story of 1678, like the great massacre story of
1641, had accomplished its allotted work.
CHAPTER LXII.
HOW KING JAMES THE SECOND, BY ABBITBARILV
ASSERTING LIBEETT OF CONSCIENCE, tJTTERLI
VIOLATED THE WILL OF THE ENGLISH NATION
HOW THE ENGLISH AGREED, CONFEDERATED,
COMBINED, AND CONSPIRED TO DEPOSE THE KINS,
AND BEAT OP FOR "FOREIGN EMISSARIES" TO
COME AND BEGIN THE REBELLION FOR THEM.
On February 6, 1685, Charles the Second
closed a life the chronicles of which may be
searched in vain for a notable act of goodness,
wisdom, valor, or virtue. On his deathbed he
openly professed the faith which for years past,
if not at all times, he had secretly believed in,
but dared not publicly avow — Catholicity. The
man, however, on whom now devolved the triple
crown of England, Scotland, and Ireland —
Charles' brother, James, Duke of York — was one
who had neither dissembled nor concealed his
religious convictions -^He was a sincere Catho-
lic, and had endured much of trouble and perse-
cution in consequence of his profession of that
faith. He was married to the young and beauti-
ful Princess Mary of Modena, an ardent Catholic
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like himself,* and tiie ultra-Protestant party wit-
nessed his accession to the throne with undis-
guised chagrin and sullen discontent.
All -nTiters have agreed in attributing to James
the Second a disregard of the plainest dictates of
prudence, if not of the plainest limits of legality,
in the measures-he adopted for the accomplishment
of a purpose unquestionably equitable, laud-
able, and beneficent — ^namely, the abolition of
proscription and persecution for conscience' sake,
and the establishment of religious freedom and
equality. It may be said, and with perfect
truth, that though this was so, though James
was rash and headlong, it mattered little after
all, for the end he aimed at was so utterly op-
posed to the will of the English people, so incon-
sistent with "vested interests" throughout all
three kingdoms, that it was out of all possibility
he could have succeeded, whether he were politic
and cautious, or straightforward, arbitrary, and
rash. For the English nation was too strongly
bent on thorough persecution to be barred in its
course, or diverted into tolerance or humanity
by any power of king or queen ; and already the
English people had made it plain that no man
should be ruler over them who would not be of
their mind on this subject. But James' conduct
rendered his overthrow simply inevitable. Before
he was well seated on the throne he had precip-
itated conflicts with the judges, the bishops, and
parliament ; the point of contention, to be sure,
being mainly his resolution of granting freedom
of conscience to all creeds. It was in Ireland,
however, that this startling programme evoked
the wildest sensation of alarm on the one hand,
and rejoicing on the other ; and it was there that,
inevitably, owing to the vast preponderance of
the Catholic population, relative equality ap-
peared to the Protestant eye as absolute Catholic
dominance. Two Catholic judges and one Prot-
estant may have been even short of the Catholic
proportion ; yet the Protestant colony would not
look at the question in this way at all, and they
called it intolerable popish ascendency. James
•Sht! wa.s his second wife, and had been married to him
at the age of fifteen. By his first wife, Ann, daughter of
Chancellor Hyde, he had two daughters, who were brought
np Protestants by their mother. They were married, one,
Mary, to Prince William of Orange ; the other, Ann, to
Prince Ueorge of Denmark,
had selected for the carrying out of hie views in
Ireland a man whose faults greatly resembled his
own, Kichard Talbot, subsequently Earl and
Duke of Tyrconnnell. He was devotedly at-
tached to the king; a courtier, not a statesman;
rash, vain, self-willed ; a faithful and loyal
friend, but a famous man to lose a kingdom with.
If the Irish Catholics had indulged in hopes on
the accession successively of James' grandfather,
father, and brother, what must have been their
feelings now? Here, assuredly, there was no
room for mistake or doubt. A king resolved to
befriend them was on the throne! The land
burst forth into universal rejoicing. Out from
hiding place in cellar and garret, cavern and
fastness, came hunted prelate and priest, the sur-
plice and the stole, the chalice and the patten ;
and once more, in the open day and in the public
churches, the ancient rites were seen. The peo-
ple, awakened as if from a long trance of sorrow,
heaved with a new life, and with faces all beam-
ing and radiant went about in crowds chanting
songs of joy and gratitude. One after one, the
barriers of exclusion were laid low, and the bulk
of the population admitted to equal rights with
the colonist-Protestants. In fine, all men were
declared equal in the eye of the law, irrespective
of creed or race ; an utter reversion of the previ-
ous system, which constituted the "colony" the
jailers of the fettered nation.
Ireland and England accordingly seethed with
Protestant disaffection, but there was an idea
that the king would die without legitimate male
issue* and so the general resolution seemed to be
that in a few y«ars all would be right, and these
abominable ideas of religious tolerance swept
away once more. To the consternation and dis-
may of the anti-tolerance party, however, a son
was born to James in June, 1688. There was no
standing this. It was the signal for revolt.
On this occasion no native insurrection initi-
ated the revolution. In this crisis of their his-
tory— this moment in which was molded and
laid down the basis of the English constitution
as it exists to our own time^ — the English nation
asserted by precept and i)ractice the truly singu-
lar doctrine that even for the purpose of over-
* Four children, born to him by his second wife, all died
young, and some years had now elapsed without the birth
of any other.
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throwing a legitimate native sovereign, conspir-
ing malcontents act well and wisely in depending
upon "foreign emissaries" to come and begin
the work — and complete it too ! So they invited
the Dutch and the Danes and the Swedes and
tho French Calvinista — and indeed, for that mat-
ter, foreign emissaries from every country or any
country who would aid them — to come and help
them in their rebellion against their king. To
the Stadtholder of Holland, William Prince of
Orange, they offered the throne, having ascer-
tained that he would accept it without anj'
qualms, on the ground that the king to be be-
headed or driven away was at once his own uncle
and father-in-law.
This remarkable man has been greatly misun-
derstood, owing to the fact of his name being
made the shibboleth of a faction whose sangui-
nary fanaticism he despised and repudiated.
William Henry, Prince of Orange, was now in his
thirty-seventh year. An impartial and discrimi-
nating Catholic historian justly describes him to
us as "fearless of danger, patient, silent, imperi-
ous to his enemies, rather a soldier than a states-
man, indifferent in religion, and personally
adverse to pei-secution for conscience' sake," his
great and almost his only public passion being
the humiliation of France through the instru-
mentality of a European coalition. In the great
struggle against French preponderance on the
continent then being waged by the league of
Augsburg, William was on the same side with
the rulers of Austria, Germany, and Spain, and
€ven with the pope ; James, on the other hand,
being altogether attached to France. In his de-
signs on the English throne, however, the Dutch
prince practiced the grossest deceit on his con-
federates of the league, protesting to them that
he was coming to England solely to compose in
a friendly way a domestic quarrel, one of the
results of which would be to detach James from
the side of France and add England to the
league. By means of this duplicity he was able
to bring to the aid of his English schemes men,
money, and material contributed for league pur-
poses by his continental colleagues.
On November 5, 1688, William landed at Tor-
bay in Devonshire. He brought with him a
Dutch fleet of twenty-two men of war, twenty-
five frigates, twenty-five fire-ships, and about
four hundred transports ; conveying in all about
fifteen thousand men. If the royal army could
have been relied upon, James might easilj' have
disposed of these "invaders" or "liberators;"
but the army went over wholesale to tho "foreign
emissaries." Thus finding himself surrounded
by treason, and having the fate of his hapless
father in remembrance, James took refuge in
France, where he arrived on L^ecember 25, 1088;
the Queen and infant Prince of Wales, much to
the rage of the rebels, having been safely con-
veyed thither some short time previously. The
revolutionary party affected to think the escape
of the king an abdication, the theory being that
by not waiting to be beheaded he had forfeited
the throne.
England and Scotland unmistakably declared
for the revolution. Ireland as unquestionably —
indeed, enthusiastically — declared for the king;
any other course would be impossible to a people
among whom ingratitude has been held infamous,
and against whom want of chivalry or generosity
has never been alleged. In proportion as the
Catholic population expressed their sympathy
with the king, the "colony" Protestants and
Cromwellianite garrisons manifested their adhe-
sion to the rebel cause, and began to flock from
all sides into the strong places of Ulster, bringing
with them their arms and ammunition. Tyrcon-
nell, who had vainly endeavored to call in the
government arms in their hands (as militia) now
commissioned several of the Catholic nobility and
gentry to raise regiments of more certain loyalty
for the king's service. Of recruits there was no
lack, but of the use of arms or knowledge of
drill or discipline, these recruits knew absolutely
nothing ; and of arms, of equipments, or of war
material — especially of cannon • — ■ Tyrconnell
found himself almost entirely destitute. The
malcontents, on the other hand, constituted that
class which for at least forty years past had en-
joyed by law the sole right to possess arms, and >
who had from childhood, of necessity, been
trained to use them. The royalist force which
the viceroy sent to occupy Derry (a Catholic
regiment newly raised by Lord Antrim), incred-
ible as it may appear, had for the greater part no
better arms than clubs and skians. It is not
greatly to be wondered at that the Protestant
citizens — among whom, as well as throughout all
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the Protestant districts in Ireland, anonymous
letters had been circulated, giving out an "in-
tended popish massacre"* of all the Protestants
on the 9th of December — feared to admit such a
gathering within their walls. "The impression
made by the report of the intended massacre, and
the contempt naturally entertained for foes
armed in so rude a fashion," were as a matter of
fact the chief incentives to the "closing of the
gates of Derry," which event we may set down
as the formal inauguration of the rebellion in
Ireland.
CHAPTER LXni.
HOW WTLLIAJiI AND JAMES MET FACE TO FACE AT THE
BOTNE A PLAIN SKETCH OF THE BATTLEFIELD
AND THE TACTICS OF THE DAY.
Eighteen months afterward two armies stood
>'ftce to face on the banks of the Boyue. King
James and Prince William for the first time were
to contest in person the issues between them.
The interval had not been without its events.
In England the revolution encountered no oppo-
sition, and William was free to bring against Ire-
land and Scotland the full strength of his British
levies, as well as of his foreign auxiliaries. Ire-
land, Tyrconnell was quite sanguine of holding
for King James, even though at the worst Eng-
land should be lost; and to arouse to the full the
enthusiasm of the devoted Gaels, nay, possibly to
bring back to their allegiance the rebellious Uls-
ter Protestants, he urged the king to come to
Ireland and assume in person the direction of
affairs. King Louis of France concurred in
those views, and a squadron was prepared at
Brest to carry the fugitive back to his domin-
ions. "Accompanied by his natural sons, the
Duke of Berwick and the Grand Prior Fitzjames,
by Lieutenants-General De Rosen and De Mau-
mout, Majors-General DePersignan and DeLery
(or Geraldine), about a hundred officers of all
ranks, and one thousand two hundred veterans,
James sailed from Brest with a fleet of thirty-
three vessels, and landed at Xinsale on the 12th
daj' of March (old style). His reception by the
southern por)ulation was enthusiastic in the ex-
treme. From Kinsale to Cork, from Cork to
' The old, old storj-, always uvailablo, always efficacious 1
Dublin, his progress was accompanied by Gaelic
songs and dances, bj- Latin orations, loyal ad-
dresses, and all the demonstrations with which a
popular favorite can be welcomed. Nothing was
remembered by that easily-pacified people bat
his great misfortunes, and his steady fidelity to
his and their religion. The royal entry into
Dublin was the crowning pageant of this delusive
restoration. With the tact and taste for such
demonstrations hereditary in the citizens, the
trades and arts were marshaled before him.
Two venerable harpers played on their national
instruments near the gate by which he entered ;
a number of religieuse in their robes, with a huge
cross at their head, chanted as they went; forty
young girls dressed in white, danced the ancient
'Rinka, ' scattering flowers as they danced. The
Earl of Tyrconnell, lately raised to a dukedom,
the judges, the mayor and corporation, com-
pleted the procession which marched over newly-
sanded streets beneath arches of evergreens, and
windows hung with 'tapestry and cloth of Arras. '
But of all the incidents of that striking cere-
monial nothing more powerfullj- impressed the
popular imagination than the green flag floating
from the main tower of the castle, bearing the
significant inscription: 'Now or never — now and
forever.'
So far well ; but when he came to look into the
important matter of material for war, a woeful
state of things confronted James. As we have
already seen, for forty years past, in pursuance
of acts of parliament rigorously enforced, no
Catholic or native Irishman had been allowed to
learn a trade, to inhabit walled towns, or to pos-
sess arms. As a consequence, when the Protes-
tants, whom alone for nearly half a century the
law allowed to learn to make, repair, or use fire-
arms, fled to the north, there was in all the
island scarcely a gunsmith or armorer on whom
the king could rely. Such Protestant artisans as
remained, "when obliged to set about repairing
guns or forging spears, threw every possible
obstacle in the way, or executed the duty in
such a manner as to leave the weapon next to
useless in the hour of action ; while night and
day the fires blazed and the anvils rang in the
propiiration of the best arms for the Williamites. "
The want of cannon was most keenly felt on the
king's side. At the time of the so-called siege
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of Derry (progressing when James arrived),
"'there was nol a single battering cannon fit for
use in Ireland ; and there were only twelve field
pieces." As a consequence, there was, as there
could have been, no real siege of Derry. The
place was blockaded more or less loosely for some
months — closely toward the end. The inhabi-
tants bore the privations of the blockade with
great endurance and heroism ; though certainly
not greater than that exhibited by the besieged
in severer blockades elsewhere during the war.*
It were pitiful and unworthy to deny to the
brave rebels of Derry all that such heroic perse-
verance as theirs deserves. Such qualities as
they displayed — such sufferings cheerfully borne
for a cause they judged just and holy^ — deserve
honor and acclaim wherever found. But, after
all, as I have pointed out, it was a blockade, not
a siege, they endured ; and their courage was put
to no such test as that which tried the citizens of
Limerick two or three years subsequentlj
"Meanwhile a splendidly appointed ^Yilliamite
army had been collected at Chester. It was com-
manded by the veteran Duke Schomberg, and
amounted to ten thousand men. They landed at
Bangor, county Down, August 13, 1689, and on
the 17th took possession of Belfast. " Little was
accomplished on either side up to the summer
following, when the news that William himself
had resolved to take the field in Ireland, flung
the Ulster rebels into a state of enthusiastic re-
joicing, and filled the royalists with concern.
All felt now that the crisis was at hand. On the
14th of June William landed at Carrickfergus,
surrounded by a throng of veteran generals, of
continental fame, princes and peers, English and
foreign. "At Belfast, his first headquarters, he
ascertained the forces at his disposal to be upward
of forty thousand men, 'a strange medley of all
nations' — Scandinavians, Swiss, Dutch, Prus-
• Notably, for instance, Fort Cbarlemont, held for the king
by the gallant O'Regau with ergUt hundred men ; besieged
by Schomberg at the head of more than as many thousands,
with a splendid artillery train. The garrison, we are told,
were reduced by hunger to the last extremity, and at length
offered to surrender if allowed to march out with all the
honors of war. Schomberg complied, and then, says a
chronicler, " eight hundred men, with a large number of
women and children, came forth, eagerly gnawing pieces
of dry hides with the hair on ; a small portion of filthy
meal and a few pounds of tainted beef being the only pro-
visions remaining in the fort,"
sians, Huguenot-Freuih, English, Scotch,
'Scotch-Irish,' and Anglo-Irish. " "On the 16th
of June, James, informed of AVilliam's arrival,
marched northward at the head of twenty thou-
sand men, French and Irish, to meet him. On
the 22d James was at Dundalk, and William at
Newry. As the latter advanced, the Jacobites
retired, and finally chose their ground at the
Boyne, resolved to hazard a battle (even against
such odds) for the preservation of Dublin and
the safety of the province of Leinster. "*
No military opinion has ever been uttered of
that resolution, save that it never should have
been taken. The wonder is not that William
forced the Boyne ; all the marvel and the mad-
ness was that such an army as James' (especially
when commanded by such a man) ever attempted
to defend it. Not merely had William nearly
fifty thousand men against James' twenty-three
thousand ; but whereas the former force, all save a
few thousand of the Ulster levies (and these, skill-
ful and experienced sharpshooters), were veteran
troops, horse and foot, splendidly equipped,
and supported by the finest park of artillery
perhaps ever seen in Ii'eland ; the latter army,
with the exception of a few thousand French,
were nearly all raw recruits hastily collected
within a few mouths past from a population un-
acquainted with the use of firearms, and who
had, of course, never been under fire in the field,
and now had of artillery but six tieldpieces to
support them. But even if this disparity had
never existed, the contrast between the com-
manders would in itself have made all the differ-
ence possible. William was an experienced mil-
itary tactician, brave, cool, prescient, firm, and
resolute. James, as Duke of York, had distin-
guished himself bravely and honorably on land
and sea, so that the charges of absolute cowardice
often urged against him can scarcely be just.
But his whole conduct of affairs in this Lrish
campaign was simply miserable. Weak, vacil-
lating, capricious, selfish, it is no wonder one of
the French officers, stung to madness by his in-
explicable pusillanimity and disgraceful bung-
ling, should have exclaimed aloud to him : "Sire,
if you had a hundred kingdoms, you would lose
them all. " A like sentiment found utterance in
* M'Gee.
174
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the memorable words of an Irish officer when
brought a prisoner after the battle into the pres-
ence of the Williamite council of war : ' ' Exchange
commanders with us, gentlemen, and even with
all the other odds against us, we'll fight the bat-
tle over again."
But now the die was cast. The resolve, on
James' part most falteriugly taken,* was fixed at
last. Uncle and nephew, sovereign and invader,
were to put their quarrel to the issue of a battle
on the morrow-
CHAPTEE LXrV\
''before the battle.''
Early on the morning of June 30, 1690, "Will-
iam's army approached the Boyne in three divis-
ions. "Such was his impatience to behold the
enemy he was to fight, and the ground they had
taken up, that by the time the advanced guard
■was within view of the Jacobite camp, he was in
front of them, having ridden forward from the
head of his own division. Then it was that he
beheld a sight which, yet unstirred by soldier
shout or cannon shot, unstained by blood or
death, might well gladden the heart of him who
gazed, and warm with its glorious beauties even
a colder nature than his! He stood upon a
height, and beheld beneath him and beyond
him, with the clearness of a map and the gor-
geous beauty of a dream, a view as beautiful as
the eye can scan. Doubly beautiful it was then;
because the colors of a golden harvest were
blended with green fields and greener trees, and
a sweet river flowing calmly on in winding
beauty through a valley whose banks rose gently
from its waters, until in lofty hills they touched
the opposite horizon, bending and undulating
into forms of beauty. f "To the southeast the
•Even when tlie whole of such arrausfHinents and dispo-
sitions for battle as lie (after innumerable vacillations) had
ordered, bad been made, James, at the last moment, on the
very eve of battle, once again capriciously changed hi.s
mind, said he would fall back to Dublin, and actually sent
off thither on the moment the baggage, together with six
of the twelve cannon, which constituted his entire ar-
tillery, and some portion of his troops ! Then, again, after
the^o bad gone ofT beyond recall he as capriciously changed
hiH mind once more, and resolved to await battle then and
tbero at the Koyne I
f " VVilliamite and Jacobite Wars in Ireland,' by Pr.
Cane.
steeples and castle of Drogheda, from which
floated the flags of James and Louis, appeared in
the mid-distance; while seaward might be seen
the splendid fleet which attended the motions of
the "Williamite army. But of more interest to
the phlegmatic but experienced commander,
whose eagle eye now wandered over the enchant-
ing panorama, were the lines of white tents, the
waving banners, and moving bodies of troops,
which, to the southwest, between the river and
Donore Hill, indicated the position of James'
camp."*
xiaving viewed the ground carefully, William
selected the Oldbridge fords for the principal
attack, and fixed upon sites for batteries to com-
mand the opposite or Jacobite bank. He then
rode a short way up the river, and alighted to
take some refreshment. On his return he was
fired upon by some fieldpieces at the other side
of the river, the first shot striking to the earth
one of the group beside the jirince. A second
shot followed; the ball struck the river bank,
glanced upward, and wounded William slightly.
He sank upon his horse's neck, and a shout of
exultation burst from the Irish camp, where it
was believed he was killed. He was not much
hurt, however, and rode among his own lines to
assure his troops of his safetj' ; and shouts of tri-
umph and defiance from the WiTliamite ranks
soon apprized the Irish of their error. '
That night — that anxious night! — was devoted
by William to the most careful ]ilanniug and ar-
rangement for the morrow's strife. But ere we
notice these plans or approach that struggle, it
may be well to describe for young readers with
all possible simplicity the battlefield of the
Boyne, and the nature of the military operations
of which it was the scene.
The Boyne enters the Irish Sea a mile or more
to the east of Drogheda, but for a mile or two
above or to the west of that town, the sea-tides
reach and rise and fall in the river. Two miles
and a half up the river from Drogheha, on the
southern bank, is the little village of Oldbridge.
About five miles in a direct line due west of Old-
bridge (but considerably more by the curve of
tlie river, which between these points bends
deeply southward), stands the town of SI an e on
* Thi' Il.n-p for March, 1859 ; The " Battleof the Boyne,"
by iM. J. M
i
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
175
the northern bank. The ground rises rather
rapidly from the river at Oldbridge, sloping back-
ward, or southward, about a mile, to the Hill of
Donore, on the crest of which stand a little
ruined church (it was a ruin even ia KJDO) and a
graveyard ; three miles and a half further south-
ward than Donore, on the road to Dublin from
Oldbridge, stands Duleek.
James' camp was pitched on the northern
slopes of Donore, looking down upon the river at
Oldbridge. James himself slept and had his
headquarters in the little ruined church already
mentioned.
Directly opposite to Oldbridge, on the north-
ern side of the river, the ground, as on the south
side, rises rather abruptly, sloping backward
forming a hill called Tullyallen. This hill is in-
tersected by a ravine north and south, leading
down to the river, its mouth on the northern
brink being directly opposite to Oldbridge. The
ravine is now called King William's Glen. On
and behind Tullyallen Hill, William's camp was
pitched, looking southward, towai'd, but not alto-
gether in sight of James', on the other side of
the river.
At this time of the year, July, the Boyne was
fordable at several places up the river toward
Slane. The easiest fords, however, were at Old-
bridge, where, when the sea-tide was at lowe.st
ebb, the water was not three feet deep.
To force these fords, or some of them, was
William's task. To defend them was James'
endeavor.
The main difficulty in crossing a ford in the
face of an opposing army is that the enemy
almost invariably has batteries to play on the
fords with shot and shell, and troops ready at
hand to charge the crossing party the instant
they attempt to "form" on reaching the bank, if
they succeed in reaching it. If the defending
party have not batteries to perform this service,
and if the assailants have batteries to "cover"
the passage of their fording parties by a strong
cannonade, i.e., to prevent (by shot and shell
fired over their heads at the bank they rush for)
the formation there of any troops to charge them
on reaching the shore, the ford is, as a general
rule, sure to be forced.
James had not a single cannon or howitzer at
the fords. From fifty splendid fieldpieces and
mortars William rained shot and shell on the
Jacobite bank.
William's plan of attack was to outflank
James' left by sending a strong force up the
river toward Slane, where they were to cross and
attack the Jacobite flank and rear; while he,
with the full strength of his main army (the
center under Schomberg .senior, the extreme left
under himself), would, under cover of a furious
cannonade, force all the fords at and below Old-
bridge.
It was only at the last moment that James was
brought to perceive the deadly danger of being
flanked from Slane, and he then detailed merely
a force of five hundred dragoons under the gal-
lant Sir Neal O'Neill to defend the extreme left
there. His attention until the mid-hour of bat-
tle next day was mainly given to the (Old-
bridge) fords in his front, and his sole i-eliance
for their defense was on some poor breastworks
and farm-buildings to shelter musketry-men ;
trusting for the rest to hand-to-hand encounters
when the enemy should have come across! In
fact, he had no other reliance, since he was with-
out artillery to defend the fords.
All else being settled, ere the anxious council-
holders on each side sought their couches, the
password for the morning and the distinguish-
ing badges were announced. The Jacobite sol-
diers wore white cockades. William chose green
for his colors. Every man on his side was ordered
to wear a green bough or sprig in his hat, and
the word was to be "Westminster."
CHAPTER LXV.
THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE.
Tuesday, July 1, 1690, dawned cloudlessly on
those embattled hosts, and as the early sunlight
streamed out from over the eastern hills, the
stillness of that summer morning was broken by
the Williamite drums and bugles sounding the
generale. In accordance with the plan of battle
arranged the previous night, the first move on
William's side was the march of ten thousand
men (the Scotch foot-guards under Lieutenant-
General Douglas, and the Danish horse under
Meinhart Schomberg), with five pieces of artil-
lery, for the bridge of Slane, where, and at the
176
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
fords between it and Ross-na-ree (two miles
nearer to Oldbridge), they were to cross the
river, and tui-n the left flank of James' army.
The infantry portion of this force crossing at
Slane, while the horse were getting over at Ross-
na-ree, came upon Sir Neal O'Neill and his five
hundred dragoons on the extreme left of the
Jacobite position. For fully an hour did the
gallant O'Neill hold this force in check, he him-
B«lf falling mortally wounded in the thick of the
fight. But soon, the Danish horse crossing at
Ross-na-ree, the full force of fen thousand men
united and advanced upon the Jacobite flank, en-
deavoring to get between the royalist army and
Duleek. Just at this moment, however, there
arrived a force of French and Swiss infantry,
and some Irish horse and foot, with six pieces of
cannon under Lauzun, sent up hurriedly from
Oldbridge by James, who now began to think
all the fight would be on his left. Lauzun so
skillfully posted his cheeking force on the slope
of a hill with a marsh in front that Douglas and
Schomberg, notwithstanding their enormous
numerical superiority, halted and did not venture
en an attack until they had sent for and obtained
an additional supply of troops. Then only did
their infantry advance, while the cavalry, amount-
ing to twenty-four squadrons, proceeded round
the bog and extended on toward Duleek, com-
pletely overlapping or flanking the Jacobite left
wing.
Meanwhile, about ten o'clock in the forenoon,
Schomberg the elder (in charge of the Williamite
center), finding that his son and Douglas had
made good their way across on the extreme right,
and had the Jacobites well engaged there, gave
the word for the passage of Oldbridge fords.
Tyrconnell's regiment of foot-guards, with other
Irish foot (only a few of them being armed with
muskets), occupied the ruined breastwork fences
and farm buildings on the opposite side; having
some cavalry drawn up behind the low hills close
by to support them. But the Williamitcs had a
way for emptying these breastworks and clearing
the bank for their fording parties. Fifty pieces
of cannon that lm<l during the morning almost
completel.y battered down the temporary defenses
on the Bouthcrn bank now opened simultane-
ously, shaking this hills with their thunders,
and sweeping the whole of the L-ish position
with their iron storm ; while the bombs from
"William's mortar batteries searched everj- part of
the field. Under cover of this tremendous fire,
to which the Irish had not even a single field-
piece to reply,* the van of the splendidly
appointed "Williamite infantry issued from King
"William's Glen, and plunged into the stream.
"Count Solme's Dutch Blue Guards, two thou-
sand strong, reputed the best infantry regiment
in the world, led the way at the principal ford
opposite Oldbridge, followed by the Branden-
burghers. Close on their left were the Londonder-
ries and Enniskillen foot ; below whom entered a
long column of French Huguenots, under the
veteran Calimotte. A little below the Huguenots
were the main body of the English, under Sir
John Hanmer and Count Nassau ; and still lower
down, the Danes, under Colonel Cutts. In all
about ten thousand of the flower of the infantry
of Europe, struggling through a quarter of a
mile of the river, and almost hidden beneath
flashing arms and green boughs, "f As they
neared the southern bank, the roar of cannon
ceased — a breathless pause of suspense ensued.
Then a wild cheer rung from the Irish lines;
and such of the troops as had guns opened fire.
An utterly ineffective volley it was; so ill-
directed that the "Williamite accounts say it did
not kill a man ; and then the veterans of a hun-
dred continental battlefields knew they had only
raw Irish peasant levies on the bank before them.
There being no artillery (as already frequently
noted) to play on the fording parties while cross-
ing, and there being so little water in the river,
the passage of the fords was easily effected.
The Dutch guards were the first to the bank,
where they instantl;.- formed. Here they were
charged by the Irish foot; but before the wither-
ing fire of the cool and skillful foreign veterans,
these raw levies were cut up instantly, and driven
* Tbe six retained by James had been forwarded to Lau-
zun on the extreme left.
f " Battle of tbe Boyne," by M. J. M'Cann. No one de-
siring to trace closely, and fully understand the events of
this memorable battle, should omit to read (Sir William)
Wilde's beautiful and valuable work the " Boyne and
Blackwater." I follow as closely as possible the briefer
accounts of the battle by Mr. M'Cann in the Harp, and by
Dr. Cane in his " Williamite Wars," with occa-sional cor-
rections from "Macarioe Excidium," from Sir William
Wilde's work, and other authorities.
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
177
flying behind the fences. The truth became
plain after two or three endeavors to bring them
to the charge that they were not fit for such
work. Now, however, was the time for Hamil-
ton, at the head of the only well-disciplined Irish
force on the field — the horse — to show what his
men could do. The hedges, which had not been
leveled for the purpose, did not prevent their
charge. The ground literally trembled beneath
the onset of this splendid force. Irresistible as
an avalanche, they struck the third battalion of
Dutch Blues while yet in the stream, and hurled
them back. The Brandenburghers turned and
fled. The Huguenots, who were not so quick in
escape, were broken through, and their com-
mander Calimotte cut down.
Schomberg had remained on the northern bank
with a chosen body of foot as a reserve. He saw
with excitement the sudden crash of the Irish
horse, and its effects ; and was prepared to push
forward the reserve, when word reached him that
his old friend Calimotte had fallen ! Without
waiting for helmet or cuirass he dashed forward,
his white hair floating in the wind. In the river
he met and strove to rally the flying Huguenots.
"Come on, come on, messieurs; behold your
persecutors," cried the old warrior, alluding to
the French infantry on the other side. They
were the last words he ever spoke. Tyrconuell's
Irish horse-guards, returning from cue of their
charges, again broke clear through and through
the Huguenots, cleaving Schomberg 's head with
two fearful saber wounds, and lodging a bullet
in his neck. When the wave of battle had
passed, the lifeless body of the old general lay
among the human debris that marked its track.
He had quickly followed, not only across the
Boyne but to another world, his brave companion
in arms whose fall he had sought to avenge.
All this time William, at the head of some five
thousand of the flower of his cavalry, lay behind
the slopes of Tullyallen, close by the lowest ford on
the extreme left of his armj', waiting anxiously
for news of Schomberg 's passage at Oldbridge.
But now learning that his center had been re-
pulsed, he disengaged his wounded arm from its
sling, and calling aloud to his troops to follow
him, plunged boldly into the stream. The water
was deepest.at this ford, for it was nearest to the
sea, and the tide, which was out at the hour
fixed for crossing in the morning, was now be-
ginning to rise. William and his five thousand
cavalry reached the south bank witli diffieulty.
Marshaling his force on the shore with luarvcJous
celei-ity, he did not wait to be charged, but
rushed furiously forward upon the Irish right
flank. The Ii'ish command at this ])oint was held
by the young Duke of Berwick with some squad-
rons of Irish horse, some French infantry, and
Irish pikemen. The Ii-ish were just starting to
charge the Williamites at the back, when the
latter, as already noted, dashed forward to antici-
pate such a movement by a charge upon thom,
so that both bodies of horse were simultaneously
under way, filled with all the vehemence and fury
which could be imparted by consciousness of the
issues depending on the collision now at hand.
As they neared each other the excitement became
choking, and above the thunder of the horses'
feet on the sward could be heard bursting from a
hundred hearts the vehement, passionate shouts
of every troop-officer, "Close — -close up; for
God's sake, closer! closer!" On they came,
careering like the whirlwind — and then! — What
a crash! Like a thunderbolt the Ii'ish horse
broke clear through the Williamites. Those who
watched from the hill above say that when both
those furious billows met tLere was barely a
second of time (a year of agonized suspense it
seemed at the moment to some of the lookers-on)
during which the wild surges rendered it uncer-
tain which one was to bear down the other. But
in one instant the gazers beheld the white
plumed form of young Berwick at the head of
the Irish cavalry far into the middle of the Will-
iamite mass; and soon, with a shout — a roar
that rose over all the din of battle — a frantic peal
of exultation and vengeance — the Irish absolutely
swept the Dutch and Enuiskillen cavaliy down
the slopes upon the river, leaving in their track
only a broken crowd of unhorsed or ridden-down
foes, whom the Irish pikemen finished.
But now the heavy firing from Oldbridge an-
nounced that the Williamite center was crossing
once more, and soon it became clear that even
though the Irish repulsed man for man, there
still were enough of their foes to make a lodg-
ment on the bank too powerful to be resisted.
Bodies of his troops streaming down to him from
the center gladly proclaimed to William that
176
THE STOKY OF IRELAND.
fords between it and Ross-na-ree (two miles
nearer to Oldbridge), they were to cross the
river, and turn the left flank of James' army.
The infantry portion of this force crossing at
Slane, while the horse were getting over at Ross-
na-ree, came upon Sir Neal O'Neill and his five
hundred dragoons on the extreme left of the
Jacobite position. For fully an hour did the
gallant O'Neill hold this force in check, he him-
self falling mortally wounded in the thick of the
fight. But soon, the Danish horse crossing at
Ross-na-ree, the full force of ten thousand men
united and advanced upon the Jacobite flank, en-
deavoring to get between the royalist army and
Duleek. Just at this moment, however, there
arrived a force of French and Swiss infantry,
and some Irish horse and foot, with six pieces of
cannon under Lauzun, sent up hurriedly from
Oldbridge by James, who now began to think
all the fight would be on his left. Lauzun so
skillfully posted his checking force on the slope
of a hill with a marsh in front that Douglas and
Schomberg, notwithstanding their enormous
numerical superiority, halted and did not venture
on an attack until they had sent for and obtained
an additional supply of troops. Then only did
their infantry advance, while the cavalry, amount-
ing to twenty-four squadrons, proceeded round
the bog and extended on toward Duleek, com-
pletely overlapping or flanking the Jacobite left
wing.
Meanwhile, about ten o'clock in the forenoon,
Schomberg the elder (in charge of the Williamite
center), finding that his son and Douglas had
made good their way across on the extreme right,
and had the Jacobites well engaged there, gave
the word for the passage of Oldbridge fords.
Tyrconnell's regiment of foot-guards, with other
Irish foot (only a few of them being armed with
muskets), occupied the ruined breastwork fences
and farm buildings on the opposite side; having
BOme cavalry drawn up behind the low hills close
by to support them. But the Williamites had a
way for emptying these breastworks and clearing
the bank for their fording parties. Fifty pieces
of cannon that Imd during the morning almost
completel.y battered down the temporary defenses
on the southern bank now opened simultane-
ously, shaking tho hills with their thunders,
and sweeping the whole of the Irish position
with their iron storm; while the bombs from
William's mortar batteries searched every part of
the field. Under cover of this tremendous fire,
to which the Irish had not even a single field-
piece to reply,* the van of the splendidly
appointed "Williamite infantry issued from King
William's Glen, and plunged into the stream.
"Count Solme's Dutch Blue Guards, two thou-
sand strong, reputed the best infantry regiment
in the world, led the way at the principal ford
opposite Oldbridge, followed by the Branden-
burghers. Close on their left were the Londonder-
ries and Enniskillen foot ; below whom entered a
long column of French Huguenots, under the
veteran Calimotte. A little below the Huguenots
were the main body of the English, under Sir
John Hanmer and Count Nassau ; and still lower
down, the Danes, under Colonel Cutts. In all
about ten thousand of the flower of the infantry
of Europe, struggling through a quarter of a
mile of the river, and almost hidden beneath
flashing arms and green boughs. "| As they
neared the southern bank, the roar of cannon
ceased- — a breathless pause of suspense ensued.
Then a wild cheer rung from the Irish lines;
and such of the troops as had gims opened fire.
An utterly ineffective volley it was; so ill-
directed that the Williamite accounts say it did
not kill a man ; and then the veterans of a hun-
dred continental battlefields knew they had only
raw Irish peasant levies on the bank before them.
There being no artillery (as already frequently
noted) to play on the fording parties while cross-
ing, and there being so little water in the river,
the passage of the fords was easily effected.
The Dutch guards were the first to the bank,
where they instantl;- formed. Here they were
charged by the Irish foot ; but before the wither-
ing fire of the cool and skillful foreign veterans,
these raw levies were cut up instantly, and driven
* The six retained by James had been forwarded to Lau-
zun on tlie extreme left.
f " Battle of tlie Boyne," by M. J. M'Cann. No one de-
.siring to trace closely, and fully understand the events of
this memoruble battle, shiiuld omit to read (Sir William)
Wilde's beautiful and valuable work the " Boyne and
Black water." I follow as closely ns possible the briefer
accounts of the battle by Mr. M'Cann in the Harp, and by
Dr. Cane in his " Williamite Wars," with occasional cor-
rections from "Macaria; Excidlum," from Sir William
Wilde's work, and other authorities.
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
177
flying behind the fences. The truth became
plain after two or three endeavors to bring them
to the charge that they were not fit for such
work. Now, however, was the time for Hamil-
ton, at the head of the only well-disciplined Irish
force on the field — the horse — to show what his
men could do. The hedges, which had not been
leveled for the purpose, did not prevent their
charge. The ground literally trembled beneath
the onset of this splendid force. Irresistible as
an avalanche, they struck the third battalion of
Dutch Blues while yet in the stream, and hurled
them back. The Brandenburghers turned and
fled. The Huguenots, who were not so quick in
escape, were broken through, and their com-
mander Calimotte cut down.
Schomberg had remained on the northern bank
with a chosen body of foot as a reserve. He saw
with excitement the sudden crash of the Irish
fixed for crossing in the morning, was now be-
ginning to rise. William and his five thousand
cavalry reached the south bank with diflQeulty.
Marshaling his force on the shore with marvelous
celerity, he did not wait to be charged, but
rushed furiously forward upon the Irish right
fiank. The Ii-ish command at this point was held
by the young Duke of Berwick with some squad-
rons of Irish horso, some French infantry, and
Irish pikemen. The Ii-ish were just starting to
charge the Williamites at the back, when the
latter, as already noted, dashed forward to antici-
pate such a movement by a charge upon them,
so that both bodies of horse were simultaneously
under way, filled with all the vehemence and fury
which could be imparted by consciousness of the
issues depending on the collision now at hand.
As they neared each other the excitement became
choking, and above the thunder of the horses'
horse, and its effects ; and was prepared to push feet on the sward could be heard bursting from a
forward the reserve, when word reached him that
his old friend Calimotte had fallen! Without
waiting for helmet or cuirass he dashed forward,
his white hair floating in the wind. In the river
he met and strove to rally the flying Huguenots.
"Come on, come on, messieurs; behold your
persecutors," cried the old warrior, alluding to
the French infantry on the other side. They
were the last words he ever spoke. Tyrconnell's
Irish horse-guards, returning from one of their
charges, again broke clear through and through
the Huguenots, cleaving Schomberg 's head with
two fearful saber wounds, and lodging a bullet
in bis neck. When the wave of battle had
passed, the lifeless body of the old general lay
among the human debris that marked its track.
He had quickly followed, not only across the
Boyne but to another world, his brave companion
in arms whose fall he had sought to avenge.
All this time William, at the head of some five
thousand of the flower of his cavalry, lay behind
the slopes of Tullyallen, close by the lowest ford on
the extreme left of his army, waiting anxiously
for news of Schomberg 's passage at Oldbridge.
But now learning that his center had been re-
pulsed, he disengaged his wounded arm from its
sling, and calling aloud to his troops to follow
him, plunged boldly into the stream. The water
■was deepest.at this ford, for it was nearest to the
sea, and the tide, which was out at the hour
hundred hearts the vehement, passionate shouts
of every troop-ofiScer, "Close — close up; for
God's sake, closer! closer!" On they came,
careering like the whirlwind — and then! — What
a crash! Like a thunderbolt the Lrish horse
broke clear through the Williamites. Those who
watched from the hill above say that when both
those furious billows met there was barely a
second of time (a year of agonized suspense it
seemed at the moment to some of the lookers-on)
during which the wild surges rendered it uncer-
tain which one was to bear down the other. But
in one instant the gazers beheld the white
plumed form of young Berwick at the head of
the Irish cavalry far into the middle of the Will-
iamite mass; and soon, with a shout — a roar
that rose over all the din of battle — a frantic peal
of exultation and vengeance — the Irish absolutely
swept the Dutch and Enuiskillen cavalry down
the slopes upon the river, leaving in their track
only a broken crowd of unhorsed or ridden-down
foes, whom the Irish jiikemen finished.
But now the heavy firing from Oldbridge an~
nounced that the Williamite center was crossing
once more, and soon it became clear that even
though the Irish repulsed man for man, there
still were enough of their foes to make a lodg-
ment on the bank too powerful to be resisted.
Bodies of his troops streaming down to him from
the center gladly proclaimed to William that
178
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
they were across again there. Rallying his left
wing wifh these aids he advanced once more.
He now had infantry to check the ever-dreaded
charges of the Irish horse, and so pressing
steadily onward, he drove the Irish back along
the lane leading from the river to Sheephouse, a
small hamlet halfway between Donore and the
Boyne. Here the Irish were evidently prepared
to make a stand. William, who throughout this
battle exhibited a bravery — a cool, courageous
recklessness of personal peril — which no general
ever surpassed, now led in person a charge by all
his left wing forces. But he found himself
flanked by the Irish foot posted in the hedges
and cabins, and confronted by the invincible
cavalry. He turned a moment from the head of
the Enniskillens, and rode to the rear to hurry
up the Dutch. The Enniskillens, seeing Ber-
wick in front about to charge, allege that they
thought the king's movement was to be followed
hy them, so they turned, and William coming up
with the Dutch, met them flying pellmell. He
now handed over the Dutch to Ginckel, and took
himself the unsteady Ulstermen in charge. He
appealed entreatingly to them to rally and stand
by him, and not to ruin all by their weakness
at such a critical moment. By this time the
Huguenot horse also came up, and the whole
combining, William a third time advanced. The
Williamite accounts describe to us the conflict
that now ensued at this point as one of the most
desperate cavalry' combats of the whole war.
According to the same authorities the Dutch
recoiled, and Ginckel had to throw himself in
their rear to prevent a disordered flight.* Will-
iam, dauntless and daring, was in the thickest
of the fight, cheering, exhorting, leading his
men. The gallant Berwick and Sheldon, on the
other hand, now assisted by some additional Irish,
hurried up from the center, pressed their foes
with resistless energy. Brave and highly dis-
ciplined those foes were undoubtedly ; neverthe-
less, once more down the lane went the William-
ite horse and foot, with the Irish cavalry in full
pursuit.
This ti»e, "like Rupert at the battle of Edge
Hill," the Irish "i)ursued too far." While all
that has been described so far was occurring on
'Sto.v.
the Jacobite right, at the center (Oldbridge),
overwhelming masses of William's cavalry and
infantry had, notwithstanding the best efforts of
the French and Irish foot, forced all the fords
and mastered everything at that point. In de-
tached masses they were now penetrating all the
approaches to Donore, in the direction of Sheep-
house, driving the Jacobites before them. While
the Irish cavalry on the right, as above de-
scribed, were in pursuit of the W'illiamites, the
lane leading to Sheephouse was left unoccupied.
This being observed by two regiments of Will-
iamite dragoons, they quickly dismounted ancj
lined the hedges of the lane, at the same tim«
sending word to Ginckel to take advantage of
what they were about to do. The Irish cavalry
after their charge now returned slowly through
the lane to resume their position. Suddenlj' and
to their utter consternation they found them-
selves assailed by a close and deadly fusillade
from the ambuscade around them, so close, so
deadly, the guns almost touched each horseman ;
and there was no room for evolution in the nar-
row place. While they were thus disordered
whole masses of troops were flung upon them;
Ginckel in their rear, their lately routed but
now rallied foes on the right, and all combining,
pressed the overborne but not outbraved heroes
up the lane upon Donore.
Here the Irish turned doggedly for a resolute
stand; and William saw that though forced in-
deed from the river, they considered themselves
far from being beaten yet. After a few ineffec-
tual charges, he suspended the attack, in order to
re-form his ranks for a grand assault in full
force.
It was at this moment — while his devoted little
army, still all undaunted, were nerving them-
selves for the crisis of their fate — that James,
yielding readily to the advice of Tyrcounell and
Lauzun (which quite accorded with his own
anxiety), fled precipitately for Dublin ; taking
with him as a guard for his person tho indignant
and exasr)erated Sarsfield and his splendid cav-
alry regiment, at that moment so sorely needed
on the field!
Some Irish writers, embittered against James
for this flight, go so far as to contend that had
he i-emained and handled his troops skillfully it
was still within possibility to turn tho fortunes
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179
of the day, and drive William beyond tbo river. '
The point is imtenable. The Jacobite left, ri^ht,
and center had been driven in, and the Williaia-
ite forces were all now in full conjunction in
front. It was possible to hold William in check ;
to dispute with him each mile of ground to Dub-
lin; but Natioleon himself could not (with only-
sis fieldpieces) have beaten William at the
Boyne.
It is certain, however, that the Irish troops
themselves were not of this mind; for when they
heard that Donore was to be relinquished and
that they must fall back on Duleek they
murmured and groaned aloud, and passionately
declared it was snatching from them a certain
victory!* Nevertheless, to fall back was now
essential to their safety; for already bodies of
Williamite troops were streaming away on the
Jacobite left toward Duleek, designing to get in
the Irish rear. To meet this movement, the
Irish left was swung round accordingly, and
inished on also, mile for mile, with the flanking
Williamites ; until eventually the struggle in
front was virtually abandoned by both parties,
and the competition was all as to the maneuvers
and counter-maneuvers on the Duleek road ; the
Irish falling back, yet facing the enemy, and
making their retreat the retiring movement of an
overpowered army, by no means the flight of one
routed. At Duleek they turned to bay, taking
up a strong position on the south of the little
stream which iiasses the town. The Williamites
came on, and having looked at the ground and
the disposition of the Jacobite forces, deemed it
well to offer battle no further, but to rest con-
tent, as well they might, with the substantial
victorj' of having forced the Boyne and van-
quished the Stuart king.
CHAPTER LXVI.
HOW JAMES ABANDONED THE STRUGGLE ; BUT THE IBISH
WOULD NOT GIVE UP.
With all the odds at which this battle was
fought, and imiiortant as were its ultimate con-
sequences, the immediate gain for William was
simply that he had crossed the Boyne. He had
not a captured gun, and scarcely a standard,* to
show for his victory. The vanquished had, as
we have seen, effected a retreat in almost perfect
order, bringing off the few guns they jjossessed
at the beginning of the fight. In fine, of the
usual tokens of a victory — namely, captured
guns, standards, baggage, or prisoners — Will-
iam's own chroniclers confess he had naught to
show ; while, according to the same accounts, his
loss in killed and wounded nearly equaled that
of the royalists.
This was almost entirely owing to the Ii'ish
and French cavalry regiments. They saved the
army. They did more — their conduct on that
day surrounded the lost cause with a halo of
glory which defeat could not dim.
Could there have been any such "exchange of
commanders" as the captured Ii-ish officer chal-
lenged— had the Irish a general of real ability,
of heart and courage, zeal and determination, t<
command them — all that had so far been lost or
gained at the Boyne would have proved of little
account indeed. But James seemed imbecile.
He fled early in the day, reached. Dublin before
evening ; recommended that no further struggle
should be attempted in Ii-eland ; and advised his
adherents to make the best terms they could for
themselves. He had seen a newly-raised and
only half-armed Irish foot regiment, it seems,
torn by shot and shell, break and fly in utter
confusion when charged by cavalry; and the
miserable man could talk of nothing but of their
bad conduct that had lost him the crown!
While he, most fleet at flying, was thus childishly
scolding in Dublin Castle, the devoted D'ish were
even yet keeping William's fifty thousand men
at bay, retreating slowly and in good order from
Donore !
At five o'clock next morning he quitted Dub-
lin; and, leaving two troops of horse "to defend
the bridge at Bray as long as the.v could, should
the enemy come up," he fled through Yi'icklow
to the south of Ireland. At Kinsale he hurriedly
embarked on board the Frencli squadron, and
sailed for Brest, where he arrived on the 20th
of July, being himself the first messenger with
the news of his defeat.
The Irisli army on reaching Dublin found they
♦"Macarise Excidium," page 51.
* Story, the Williamite chaplain, says: " Only one or
two," and complains of "the Incompleteness of the victory."
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were without king or captain -general. They had
been abandoned and advised to make favor with
the conqueror. This, however, was not their
mind. James mistook his men. He might fly
and resign if he would; but the cause — the
country — La Patrie — remained. So the Irish
resolved not to surrender. They had fought for
James at the Boyne ; they would now fight for
Ireland on the Shannon.
"To Limerick! To Limerick!" became the
cry. The superior wisdom of the pla.u of cam-
paign advised by Sarsfield from the beginning —
defense of the line of the Shannon — was now
triumphantly vindicated. Freely surrendering,
as indefensible, Dublin, Kilkenny, Waterford,
and Dungannon, to Limerick the L'ish now
turned from all directions. The chronicles of time
the state that the soldiers came to that rallying
point from the most distant places, "in com-
panies, in scores, in groups ; nay, in twos and
threes," without any order or command to that
effect. On the contrary, James had directed
them all to surrender, and evory consideration
of personal safetj' counseled them to disband
and seek their homes. But no! They had an
idea that on the Shannon Sarsfield would yet
make a gallant stand beneath the green fiag; and
8o thither their steps were bent.
All eyes now turned to Athlone ana Limerick.
The former place was at this time held by an old
hero, whose name deserved to be linked with that
of Sarsfield — Colonel Richard Grace, a confed-
erate Catholic royalist of 1G41, now laden with
years, but as bold of heart and brave of spirit as
when first he drew a sword for Ireland. To re-
duce Athlone, William detached from his main
army at Dublin, Lieutenant-General Douglas
■with twelve thousand men, a train of twelve can-
non, and two mortars. The town stood then, as
it stands now, partly on the Leinster, and partly
on the Connaught side of the Shannon River, or
rather of the short and narrow neck of water,
which at that point links two of the "loughs" or
wide expanses of the river, that like a great chain
of lakes runs north and south for fifty miles be-
tween Limerick and Lough Allen. That portion
of Athlone on the wcHt, or Connaught side of the
river, oas called the "Irish town;" that on the
east or Leinster side, the "English town." The
castle and chief fortifications lay on the wcsf
side. The governor deemed the English town
untenable against Douglas' artillery, so he de-
molished that entire suburb, broke down the
bridge, and put all defenses on the western side
of the river into the best condition possible to
withstand assault.
On July 17, 1690, Douglas arrived before
Athlone, and sent an insolent message to the
governor demanding immediate surrender. Vet-
eran Grace drew a pistol from his belt, and firing
over the head of the affrighted envoy, answered
to the effect that "that was his answer" this
time, but something severer would be his reply
to any such message repeated. Next day Douglas
with great earnestness planted his batteries, and
for two days following played on the old castle
walls with might and main. But he received in
return such compliments of the same kind from
Colonel Grace as to make him more than dubious
as to the result of his bombai'dment. After a week
had been thus spent, news full of alarm for
Douglas reached him. Sarsfield — name of terror
already — was said to be coming up from Lim-
erick to catch him at Athlone. If old Grace
would only surrender now ; just to let him,
Douglas, get away in time, it would be a blessed
relief. But lo! So far from thinking about sur-
rendering, on the 24th the old hero on the Con-
naught side hung out the red flag.* Douglas,
maddened at this, opened on the instant a furi-
ous cannonade, but received just as furious a
salute from Governor Grace, accompanied more-
over by the most unkind shouts of derision and
defiance from the western shore. Douglas now
gave up : there was nothing for it but to run.
Sarsfield might be upon him if he longer de-
layed. So he and his ten thousand fled from
Athlone, revenging themselves for their discom-
fiture there by ravaging the inhabitants of all the
country through which they passed. Old Gov-
ernor Grace made a triumphal circuit of Athlone
walls, amid the enthusiastic ovations of the gar-
rison and townspeople. Athlone was saved — this
time. Once again, however, it was to endure a
siege as memoi-able, and to make a defense still
more glorious, though not, like this one, crowned
with victory.
* Whicb betokens resistance a I'outranee; refusal of ca.
piuilatiou or quarter.
PATRICK SARSFIKI.D
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CHAPTER LXVII.
ilOW WILLUM SAT DOWN BEFORE LIMERICK AND BEOAN
THE SIEGE SAKSFIELd's MIDNIGHT RIDE TUE
SATE OF William's siege train.
Upon Limerick now all interest centered. On
the 7th of August William reached Cahirconlish,
about seven miles southeast of the city, where he
encamped, his force amounting to about twenty-
eight thousand men. Ou the evening of the 8th,
Douglas, with the ten thousand runaway besieg-
ers of Athlone, joined him, raising his force to
thirty-eight thousand. At this time there were,
on the other hand, in the city barel.v ten thou-
sand infantry ; about four thousand cavalry be-
ing encamped on the Clare side. "When the
courtier commanders, Tyrconnell and Lauzun,
had estimated William's forces, and viewed the
defenses of the city, they absolutely scoffed at
the idea of defending it, and directed its sur-
render. Sarsfield and the Irish royalists, how-
ever, boldly declared they would not submit to
this, and said they would themselves defend the
city. In this they were thoroughly and heartily
seconded and supported by the gallant Berwick.
LiMizun again inspected the walls, gates, bas-
tions, etc., and as his final opinion declared that
the place "could be taken with roasted apples."
Hereupon Tyrconnell, Lauzun, and all the French
and S-wiss departed for Galway, taking with them
everything they could control of stores, arms,
and ammunition.
This looked like desertion and betrayal indeed.
The taking away of the stores and ammunition,
after Sarsfield and Berwick, and even the citizens
themselves, had declared they would defend the
city, was the most scandalous part of the pro-
ceeding. Nevertheless, undismayed, Sarsfield,
assisted by a French officer of engineers, De
Boisseleau, who, dissenting from Lauzun 's esti-
mate of the defenses, volunteered to remain,
boldly set about preparing Limerick for siege.
Happily for the national honor of Ireland, the
miserable court party thus cruelly deserted Lim-
erick. That base abandonment left all the glory
of its defense to the brave heroes who remained.
De Boisseleau was named governor of the city,
and Sarsfield commander of the horse. It was
decided that the latter force should be posted on
the Clare side of the Shannon, opposite the city
(with which communication was kept u]^ by the
bridges), its chief duty being at all hazards to
prevent the Willianiites from crossing to that
shore at any of the fords above the city. De
Boisseleau meanwhile Mas to conduct the engi-
neering operations of the defense.
It was true enough that Lauzun, when he
scoffed at those defenses, saw very poor chance
for the city, as far as ramparts of stone and mor-
tar were concerned. "The city," we are told,
"had neither outworks, glacis, fosses, half-
moons, or horn works. An old wall flanked with
a few tottering towers, but without either ditch
or parapet, was its only defense."* However,
De Boisseleau soon set to work to improve ifpon
these, mounting batteries, and digging covered
ways or counterscarps ; the citizens, gentle and
simple, and even the women and children, work-
ing from sunrise to sunset at the construction or
strengthening of defenses.
Early on August 9, 1G90, William drew from
his encampment at Cahirconlish, and, confident
of an easy victory, sat down before Limerick.
That day he occupied himself in selecting favor-
able sites for batteries to command the city, and
in truth, owing to the formation of the ground,
the city was at nearly everj- point nakedly ex-
posed to his guns. He next sent in a summons
to surrender, but De Boisseleau courteously re-
plied that "he hoped he should merit his opinion
more by a vigorous defense than a shameful sur-
render of a fortress which he had been intrusted
with. "*
The siege now began. William's bombard-
ment, however, proceeded slowly ; and the Lim-
erick gunners, on the other hand, were muck
more active and vigorous than he had expected.
On Monday, the 11th, their fire compelled him
to shift his field train entirely out of range; and
ou the next day, as if intent on following up such
practice, their balls fell so thickly about his own
tent, killing several persons, that he had to shift
his own quarters also. But in a day or two he
meant to be in a position to pay back these at-
tentions with heavy interest, and to reduce those
old walls despite all resistance. In fine, there
was coming up to him from W'aterfoTd a magnifi-
cent battering train, together with immeBse
* " First Siege of Limerick," M. J. M'Cann.
t "Memoirs of King James the Secoud."
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THE STORY OF IRELAND.
stores of ammunition, and, what was nearly as
effective for him as the siege train, a number of
pontoon-boats of tin or sheet copper, which
■would soon enable him to pass the Shannon
where he pleased. So he took very coolly the
resistance so far offered from the city. For in a
day more Limerick would be absolutely at his
mercy.
So thought "William ; and so seemed the inevit-
able fact. But there was a bold heart and an
active brain at work at that very moment plan-
ning a deed destined to immortalize its author to
all time, and to baffle A^'illiam's now all but ac-
complished designs on Limerick.
On Sunday, the 10th, the battering train and
its convoy had reached Cashel. On Monday, the
lltb, they reached a place called Ballyneety,
within nine or ten miles of the Williamite camp.
The country through which they had passed was
all in the hands of their own garrisons or patrols;
yet they had so important and precious a charge
that they had watched it jealously so far; but
now they were virtually at the camp — only a few
miles in its rear; and so the convoy, when night
fell, drew the siege train and the vast line of am-
munition wagons, the pontoon-boats and store-
loads, into a field close to an old ruined castle,
and, duly posting night sentries, gave themselves
to repose.
That day an Anglicized Irishman, ine Manus
O'Brien, a Protestant landlord in the leighbor-
hood of Limerick, came into the Williamite
camp with a piece of news. Sarsfield at the head
of five hundred picked men had ridden off the
night before on some mysterious enterprise in
the direction of Killaloe ; and the informer, from
Sarsfield's character, judged rightly that some-
thing important was afoot, and earnestlj- assured
the Williamites that nothing was too desperate
for that commander to accomplish.
The Williamite officers made little of this.
They thought the follow was only anxious to
make much of a trifle, by way of securing favor
for himself. Beside, they knew of nothing in
the direction of Killaloe that could affect thera.
William, at length, was [informed of the story.
He, too, failed to discern what Sarsfield could be
at; but his mind anxiously reverting to his grand
battering train — albeit it was now barely a few
miles off — be, to make safety doubly sure.
ordered Sir John Lanier to proceed at once with
five hundred horse to meet the convoy. By
some curious chance, Sir John — perhaps deem-
ing his night ride quite needless — did not greatly
hurry to set forth. At two o'clock Tuesday
morning, instead of at nine o'clock on Monday
evening, he rode leisurely off. His delay of five
hours made all the difference in the world, as we
shall see.
It was indeed true that Sarsfield on Sunday
night had secretly quitted his camp on the
Clare side, at the head of a chosen body of his
best horsemen; and, true enough, also, that it
was upon an enterprise worthy of his reputation
he had set forth. In fine, he had heard of the
approach of the siege train, and had planned
nothing less than its surprise, capture, and
destruction.
On Sunday night he rode to Killaloe, distant
twelve miles above Limerick on the river. The
bridge here was guarded by a party of the
enemj'; but, favored by the darkness, he pro-
ceeded further up the river until he came to a
ford near Ballyvallj-, where he crossed the Shan-
non, and passed into Tipperary County. The
country around him now was all in the enemy's
hands; but he had one with him as guide on this
eventful occasion whose familiarity with the
locality enabled Sarsfield to evade all the Will-
iamite patrols, and but for whose services it may
be doubted if his ride this night had not been
his last. This was Hogan, the rapparee chief,
immortalized in local traditions as "Galloping
Hogan." By paths and passes known only to
riders "native to the sod," he turned into the
deep gorges of Silver Mines, and ere day had
dawned was bivouacked in a wild ravine of the
Keeper Mountains. Here he lay 2^&rdu all day
on Mondaj". When night fell there was anxious
tightening of horsegirths and girding of swords
with Sarsfield's five hundred. They knew the
siege train was at Cashel on the previous day,
and must by this time have reached near to the
Williamite lines. The midnight ride before
them was long, devious, difficult, and perilous;
the task at the end of it was crucial and momen-
tous indeed. Led by their trusty guide, they
set out southward, still keeping in byways and
mountain roads. Meanwhile, as already men-
tioned, the siege train and convoy had that even-
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
183
ing reached Ballyneety, where the guns wore
parked and convoy bivouacked. It was three
o'clock in the morning when Sarsfield, reaching
within a mile or two of the spot, learned from a
peasant that the prize was now not far off ahead
of him. And here we encounter a fact wliich
gives the touch of true romance to the whole
story. It happened by one of those coinci-
dences that often startle us with their singular-
ity that the password with the Williamite
eonvoj' that night was "Sarsfield!" That Sars-
field obtained the password before he reached
the halted convoy is also unquestionable, though
how he came by his information is variously
stated. The painstaking historian of Limerick
states that from a woman, wife of a sergeant in
the Williamite convoy, unfeelingly left behind
on the road by her own party in the evening,
but most humanely and kindly treated by Sars-
field's men, the word was obtained.* Eiding
softly to within a short distance of the place in-
dicated, he halted and sent out a few trusted
scouts to scan the whole position narrowly.
They returned reporting that beside the sentries
there were only a few score troopers drowsing
beside the watch fires, on guard ; the rest of the
convoy being sleeping in all the immunity of
fancied safety. Sarsfield now gave his final
orders — silence or death, till they were in upon
the sentries; then, forward like a lightning flash
upon the guards. One of the Williamite sentries
fancied he heard the beat of horse hoofs approach-
ing him ; he never dreamed of foes ; he thought it
must be one of thier own patrols. And truly
enough, through the gloom he saw the figure of
an ofl&cer evidently at the head of a body of cav-
alry, whether phantom or reality he could not
tell. The sentry challenged, and, still imagin-
ing he had friends, demanded the "word."
Suddenly, as if from the spirit land, and with a
wild, weird shout that startled all the sleepers,
the "phantom troop" shot past like a thunder-
bolt ; the leader crying as he drew his sword,
"Sarsfield is the word, and Sarsfield is the man!"
The guards dashed forward, the bugles screamed
the alarm, the sleepers rushed to arms, but theirs
was scarcely an effort. The broadswords of
Sarsfield 's five hundred were in their midst; and
"Lenihan's History of Limerick," pag;e 232.
to the affrighted gaze of the panic-stricken vic-
tims that five hundred seemed thousands ! Short,
desperate, and bloody was that scene ; so short,
so sudden, so fearful, that it seemed like the
work of incantation. In a few minutes the
whole of the convoy were cut down or dispersed ;
and William's splendid siege train was in Sars-
field's hands! But his task was as yet only half-
accomplished. Morning was approaching ; Wil-
liam's camp was barely eight or ten miles dis-
tant, and thither some of the escaped had hur-
riedly fled. There was scant time for the
important work yet to be done. The siege guns
and mortars were filled with powder, and each
muzzle buried in the earth ; upon and around
the guns were piled the pontoon-boats, the con-
tents of the ammunition wagons, and all the
stores of various kinds, of which there was a vast
•luautitj" A train of powder was laid to this
huge pyre, and Sarsfield, removing all the
wounded Williamites to a safe distance,* drew
off his men, halting them while the train was
being fired. There was a flash that lighted all
the heavens and showed with dazzling bright-
ness the country for miles around. Then the
ground rocked and heaved beneath the gazers'
feet, as, with a deafening roar that seemed to
rend the firmament, the vast mass burst into the
sky ; and as suddenly all was gloom again ! The
sentinels on Limerick walls heard that awful
peal. It rolled like a thunderstorm away by
the heights of Cratloe, and awakened sleepers
amid the hills of Clare. William heard it too ;
and he at least needed no interpreter of that
fearful sound. He knew in that moment that
his splendid siege train had perished, destroyed
by a feat that only one man could have so
planned and executed ; an achievement destined
to surround with unfading glory the name of
Patrick Sarsfield!
Sir John Lanier's party, coming up in nowise
rapidly, saw the flash that, as they said, gave
broad daylight for a second, and felt the ground
shake beneath them as if by an earthquake, and
then their leader found he was just in time to be
too late. Rushing on he sighted Sarsfield's rear-
guard ; but there were memories of the Irish
cavalry at the Boyne in no way encouraging him
* Even the Williamite clironiclers malie meatioa of Sars-
field's kindness to the wounded at Ballynesty.
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to force an encounter. From the Williamite
camp two other powerful bodies of horse were
sent out instantly on the explosion being heard,
to surround Sarsfield and cut him off from the
Shannon. But a'll was vain, and on Tuesday
evening he and his five hundred rode into camp
amid a scene such as Limerick had not witnessed
for centuries. The whole force turned out ; the
citizens came with laurel boughs to line the way,
and as he marched in amid a conqueror's ova-
tion, the gunners on the old bastions across the
river gave a royal salute to him whom ^Jiey all
now hailed as the savior of the city.
CHAPTEE LXVm.
HOW WILLIAM PROCURED A NEW SIEGE TRAIN AND
BREACHED THE WALL HOW THE WOMEN OF
LIMERICK WON THEIR TAME IN IRISH HISTORY •
HOW THE BREACH WAS STORMED AND THE MINE
SPEUNG— HOW WILLIAM FLED FROM DNCONQDERED
LIMERICK. "
In the Williamite camp the event caused pro-
portionate dismay, depression, and discourage-
ment. But "William was not a man easily
thwarted or disconcerted. A week later he had
another siege train of thirty-six guns and four
mortars brought up from Waterford, pouring
red-hot shot into the devoted city. A perfect
storm of bombs, "fire-balls," "carcasses," and
other diabolical contrivances, rained upon every
part of the town, firing it in several places.
Sarsfield and De Boisseleau now ordered that all
the women and children should withdraw into
the Clare suburb. The women en mas^e rebelled
against the order. They vehemently declared
that no terrors should cause them to quit their
husbands and brothers in this dreadful hour,
fighting for God and country. They had already
bravely aided in erecting the defenses; the.v were
now resolved to aid in the struggle behind them,
ready to die in the breach or on the walls beside
their kindi'ed, ore the hated foe should enter
Limerick.
And the women of Limerick were true to that
resolve. Then might be seen, say the chroni-
clers, da.v after day, women, old and young, full
of enthusiasm and determination, laboring in the
breaches, mines, and counterscarps, digging the
earth, filling the gabions, piling the shot, and
drawing up ammunition, while around them
showered balls, bombs, and grenades.
By this time the surface of the whole of the
surrounding suburbs on the southern side was
cut up into a vast maze of "ziz-zags, " trenches,
and galleries, by the besiegers. On the 26th
their trenchers were within a few feet of the pali-
sades, and a breach had been made in the walls
at St. John's Gate. "William moreover pursued
mining to a great extent. But if he mined, Sars-
field countermined, and it turned out that the
Irish mines were far beyond anything the siegers
could have credited. In fact the scientific skill,
the ingenuity and fertility of engineering resorts,
appliances, and devices, exhibited bj' the de-
fenders of Limerick have seldom been surpassed.
The miraculous magic of devoted zeal and earn-
est activity transformed the old city wall into a
line of defenses such as Toddlebeu himself in our
own day might gaze upon with admiration.*
Food, however, was lamentably scarce, but in
truth none of the besieged gave thought to any
privation ; their whole souls were centered in
one great object — defense of the walls, defeat of
the foe.
On "Wednesday, the 27th of August, the breach
having been still further increased by a furious
bombardment,"William gave orders for the assault.
Ten thousand men were ordered to support the
storming party; and at half-past three in the
afternoon, at a given signal, five hundred grena-
diers leaped from the trenches, fired their pieces,
flung their grenades, and in a few moments had
mounted the breach. The Irish were not un-
prepared, although at that moment the attack
was not expected. Unknown to the besiegers,
Boisseleau had caused an intrenchment to be
made inside the breach. Behind this intrench-
ment he bad planted a few pieces of cannon, and
from these a cross fire now opened with murder-
ous effect on the assailants, after thej' had filled
the space between the breach and the intrench-
ment. For a moment they halted — staggered by
this fatal surprise; but the next they pushed for-
* Among numerous other bappy resorts and ingenious
adaptations of the means at liand to the purpose of de-
fense, we read that, wool stores being nunierou.s in the
city, the wool was packi'd into strong sacks and cases, a
lining of which was liung out over the weakest of the
walls, completely deadening the effect of the enemy's shot.
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185
ward with the courage and fury of lions. A
bloody hand-to-hand struggle ensued. Spear
and dagger, sword and butted musket could
alone be used, and they wei-e brought into deadly
requisition. The instant William found his
storming party had fastened well upon the
breach, the supports in thousands were flung for-
ward. On the Irish side, too, aids were hurried
up ; but eventually, with a tremendous rush, the
assaulting pai'ty burst through their opponents,
and in a moment more poured into the town.
That feat which usually gives victory to an
assault, was, however, in this instance, only the
sure occasion of repulse and utter defeat for Will-
iam's regiments. The news that the foe had
penetrated into the town, so far from causing
dismay to inhabitants or garrison, seemed to act
like the summons of a magician on the countless
hosts of enchantment. Down through street,
and lane, and alley, poured the citizens, women
and men ; the butcher with his ax, the ship-
wright with his adze ; each man with such
weapon as he had been able most readily to
grasp; the women, "like liberated furies, " fling-
ing stones, bricks, glass bottles, delftware, and
other missiles, with fury on the foe. Some of
the Ii'ish cavalry on the Clare side, hearing the
news, dashed across the bridges, "the pavements
blazing beneath the horses' hoofs as they gal-
loped to Ball's Bridge, where, dismounting and
flinging their horses loose, they charged into
Broad Street, and sword in hand joined their
countrymen in the imlee." Even the phleg-
matic William, under whose eye the assault was
made, became excited as he gazed on the strug-
gle from "Cromwell's Fort," ever and anon
ordering forward additional troops to the sus-
tainment of his assaulting column. For three
hours this bloody hand-to-hand fight in the
streets and the breach went on. The women,
says Story (the Williamite chaplain), rushed
boldly into the breach, and stood nearer to our
men than to their own, hurling stones and
broken bottles right into the faces of the attack-
ing troops, regardless of death by sword or bul-
let, which many of them boldly met. Before
defenders thus animated it was no disgrace to
the assailants to give way. By seven o'clock in
the evening they had been completely driven out
of the streets and back into the oounterBearp.
Here the contest was for a moment renewed ; but
only for a moment. At the point of sword and
pike the assailants were driven into their own
trenches, and a shout of victory arose from the
besieged as they hurled from the walls, as they
thought, the last remnant of the Dutch battalions.
But William had yet a grip upon those walls.
In the wild confusion of the three hours' struggle,
the Brandenburghers, when being pressed back
upon the breach, got in at the rear of one of the
Irish batteries, into and over which, we are
told, they now swarmed in a dense black mass.
In a moment, however, the whole struggle was
suddenly and decisively terminated by the crown-
ing feat of the defense. At the very instant
when the Brandenburghers — little knowing that
the ground beneath them was every rood a mine
— -were exulting over what they thought at least
an instalment of success, the earth heaved and
yawned under their feet, and with a roar like
thunder, mingled with a thousand despairing
death-shrieks, batterj' and Brandenburghers
went flying into the air. For a moment there
was a pause ; sach side alike seeming to feel the
awfulness of the fate that had so suddenly anni-
hiliated the devoted regiment. Then, indeed, a
shout wild and high went up from the walls,
wafted from end to end of the city, and caught
up on the Thomond shore, and a final salvo from
the unconquered battlements, by way of parting
salute to the fl3'ing foe, proclaimed that patriot-
ism and heroism had won the victory.
Far more honorable at all times than conquering
l^rowess in battle — far more worthj' of admira-
tion and fame — is humanity to the fallen and the
wounded, generosity to the vanquished. Let
the youth of Ireland, therefore, know, when with
bounding heart they read or relate so far this
glorious story of Limerick, that there remains to
be added the brightest ray to the halo of its
fame. At the moment when the last overwhelm-
ing rush of the garrison and inhabitants swept
the assailants from the breach, in the impetuosity
of the onset the pursuing Irish penetrated at one
point into the Williamite camp, and in the melee
the Williamite hospital took fire. What follows
deserves to be recorded in letters of gold. The
Irish instantaneously turned from all pursuit
and ««nflict — some of them rushed into the
flames to bear away to safety from the burning
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building its wounded occupants, while others of
them with devoted zeal applied themselves to the
task of quenching the flames. It was only when
all danger from the conflagration was over that
they gave thought to their own safety, and
fought their way back to the town.
"William, resolving to renew the assault next
day, could not persuade his men to advance,
though he offered to lead them in person.
"Whereupon," says the Protestant historian who
relates the fact, "in all rage he left the camp,
and never stopped till he came to Waterford,
where he took shipping for England, his army
in the meantime retiring by night from Lim-
erick."*
CHAPTEK LXIX.
HOW THE FBENCH SATLED OFF, AND THE DESERTED
IRISH ABMT STARVED IN BAGS, BtTT WOULD NOT
GIVE UP THE EIGHT AEEITAl, OF "sT. RDTH,
THE VAIK AND BRAVE. ' '
"While "William's cowed and beaten army were
flying from Limerick, and the queen city of the
Shannon was holding high carnival of rejoicing,
a French fleet was anchoring in Galway to take
off Lauzun and the French auxiliaries. James
had represented in France that all was lost —
that the struggle was over — that the Irish would
not fight; so King Louis sent a fleet impera-
tively to bring away his men. Accordingly,
Lauzun and his division embarked and sailed
from Galway. Tyrconnell, however, proceeded
to France at the same time, to represent to
James his error as to the condition of affairs in
Ireland, and to obtain from King Louis a new
expedition in aid of the struggle.
An army in the field is a costly engine. "Who
was to supply the Irish with a "military chest?"
How were the forces to be paid, supported,
clothed? And, above all, how were military
stores, ammunition, arms, and the myriad of
other necessaries for the very existence of an
army to be had? The struggle was not merely
against so many thousand "Williamites — Dutch,
Danish, or English — on Irish soil ; but against
so many as a wing of the English nation, or mer-
•CaBsell's (Qodkin's) " History of Ireland," vol. ii., page
114.
cenaries in its pay, with the constituted govern^
ment, the wealth, the taxes, the levies, the
arsenals and foundries of powerful England be-
hind them. "We need hardly wonder that while,
every day, transports arrived from England with
arms, ammunition, and military stores, new uni-
forms, tents, baggage and transport appliances
for the "W^illiamite army, the hapless Irish gar-
risons were literally in rags, unpaid, unsupplied,
short of food, and wretchedly off for ammuni-
tion. Matters were somewhat mended by the
arrival of Tyrconnell at Limerick, in February
of the following year (1691) with a small supply
of money and some shiploads of provisions, but
no men. He brought, however, news, which to
the half -famished and ragged garrisons was more
welcome than piles of uniform clothing, or chests
of gold — the cheering intelligence that King
Louis was preparing for Ireland military assist-
ance on a scale beyond anything France had yet
afforded !
On the 8th of May following, a French fleet
arrived in the Shannon, bringing some provis-
ions, clothing, arms, and ammunition for the Irish
troops, but no money and no troops. In this
fleet, however, came Lieutenant-General St.
Euth, a French officer of great bravery, ability,
energy, and experience, sent to take the chief
command of the Irish army. This appointment,
it may be remarked, in effect reduced to a fifth
subordinate position Sarsfield, the man to whom
was mainly owing the existence of any army at
all in Ireland at this juncture, and on whom dur-
ing the past winter had practically devolved all
the responsibilities of the chief military and civil
authority.
"Every fortunate accident," says one of our
historians, "had combined to elevate that gallant
cavalry offioer into the position of national lead-
ership. He was the son of a member of the
Irish commons proscribed for his patriotism and
religion in 1(141 ; his mother being Anna
O' Moore, daughter of the organizer of the Cath-
olic confederation. He was a Catholic in relig-
ion ; spoke Gaelic as fluentl.v as English ; was
brave, impulsive, handsome, and generous to a
fault, like the men he led. During Tyrconnell 's
absence every sincere lover of his country came
to him with intelligence and looked to him for
direction."
EDMUND BURKE.
THE ISTUKY OF IKELAND.
18?
The viceroy had brought him from Frauce the
rauk and title of Earl of Lucau ; "a title drawn
from that pleusant hamlet in the valley of the
Liffey, where he had learned to lisp the cate-
chism of a fiatriot at the knee of Anna O'Moore. "
But it was not for titles or personal honors Sars-
tield fought. More dear to him was the cause he
had at heart; and though unquestionably the
denial to him of a higher position of command in
this campaign led t» the bitterest feelings in the
army — with the worst of results ultimately — in
his own breast there rested no thought but how
to forward that cause, no ambition but to serve
it, whether as commoner or earl, as subaltern or
as chief.
CHAPTER LXX.
how ginokel besieged athlone how the irish
"kept the bridge," and how the brave
CDSTUME AKD HIS GL0EI0U8 COMPANIONS "dIED
FOR Ireland" — sow athlone, thus saved, was
LOST IN an hour!
The Williamite army rendezvoused at Mullingar
toward the end of May, under Generals De
Ginckel, Talmash, and Mackay. On the 7th of
June, they moved westward for Athlone, "the
ranks one blaze of scarlet, and the artillerj' such
as had never before been seen in Ireland."*
They were detained ten days besieging an Irish
outpost, Ballymore Castle, heroically defended by
Lieutenant-Colonel Ulick Burke and a force of
twelve hundred men against Ginckel's army of
thirteen thousand, and that artillery described
for us by Macaulay. On the 18th Ginckel was
joined by the Duke of Wertembiirg, the Prince of
Hesse, and the Count of Nassau, with seven
thousand foreign mercenaries. On the 19th
their full force appeared before Athlone and sum-
moned the town to surrender.
On the previous occasion, when besieged by
Douglas, the governor (Colonel Grace) relin-
quished as untenable the Leinster (or "Eng-
lish") side of the town, and made his stand suc-
cessfully from the Connaught (or "Irish") side.
The governor on this occasion — Colonel Fitz-
gerald— resolved to defend both the "English"
and "Irish" sides, St. Ruth having strongly
* Macaulay.
counseled him so to do, and promised to reach
him soon with the bulk of the Irish army from
Limerick. Colonel Fitzgerald had not more than
three hundred and fifty men as a garrison;
nevertheless, knowing that all depended on hold-
ing out till St. Ruth could come up, he did not
wait for Ginckel to appear in sight, but sallied
out with his small force, and disputed with the
Williamite army the approaches to the town,
thus successfullj^ retarding them for five or six
hours. But Ginckel had merely to plant his
artillery, and the only walls Athlone possessed —
on that side at least — were breached and crum-
bled like pastry. Toward evening, on the 17th
of June, the whole of the bastion at the "Dublin
Gate," near the river on the north side, being
levelled, the (English) town was assaulted. The
storming party, as told off, were four thousand
men, headed by three hundred grenadiers, under
Mackay, and with profuse supports beside. To
meet these Fitzgerald had barely the survivors
of his three hundred and fifty men, now ex-
hausted after forty-eight hours' constant fight-
ing. In the breach, when the assault was de-
livered, two hundred of that gallant band fell to
rise no more. The remainder, fiercely fighting,
fvjll back inch by inch toward the bridge, pressed
by their four thousand foes. From the "William-
ites shouts now arose on all sides of "the
bridge — the bridge!" and a furious rush was
made to get over the bridge along with, if not
before, the retreating Irish. In this event, of
course, all was lost; but the brave Fitzgerald
and his handful of heroes knew the fact well.
Turning to bay at the bridge end, they opposed
themselves like an impenetrable wall to the mass
of the enemy; while above the din of battle and
the shouts of the combatants could be heard
sounds in the rear that to Mackay 's ear needed
no explanation — the Irish were breaking down
the arches behind, while yet they fought in
front! "They are destroying the bridge," he
shouted wildlj': "On! on! save the bridge — the
bridge!" Flinging themselves in hundreds on
the few score men now resisting them, the
stormers sought to clear the way by freely giv-
ing man for man, life for life, nay four for one;
but it would not do. There Fitzgerald and his
companions stood like adamant ; the space at the
bridge end was small; one man could keep five
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at bay, and a few paces behind, wielding pick
and spade and crowbar like furies, .were the
engineprs of the Ii-ish garrison. Soon a low,
rumbling noise was heard, followed by a crash ;
and a shoui of triumph broke from the Irish
side ; a yell ot rage from the assailants ; a por-
tion, but a portion only, of two arches had fallen
into the stream ; the bridge was still passable.
Again a wild, eager shout from Mackay. "On!
on! Kow! now! the bridge!" But still there
stood the decimated defenders, with clutched
guns and clinched teeth, resolved to die but not
to yield. Suddenl.v a cry from the Irish rear :
"Back, back, men, for your lives!" The brave
band turned from the front, and saw the half-
broken arches behind them tottering. Most of
them rushed with lightning speed over the fall-
ing mass ; but the last company — it had wheeled
round even at that moment to face and keep back
the enemj' — were too late.t As thej- rushed for
the passage, the mass of masonry heaved over
with a roar into the boiling surges, leaving the
devoted band on the brink in the midst of their
foes. There was a moment's pause, and almost a
wail burst from the Irish on the Conuaught side ;
but just as the enemy rushed with vengeance
upon the doomed group, they were seen to draw
back a pace or two from the edge of the chasm,
fling away their arms, then dash forward and
plunge into the stream. Like a clap of tuunder
broke a volley from a thousand guns on the
Leinster shore, tearing the water into foam.
There was a minute of suspense on each side,
and then a cheer rang out — of defiance, exulta-
tion, victory — as the brave fellows were seen to
reach the other bank, pulled to land by a hun-
dred welcoming hands.
St. £uth, at Ballinasloe, on his way up from
Limerick, beard next day that the English town
had fallen. "He instantly set out at the head of
fifteen hundred horse and foot, leaving the main
arm.y to follow as quickly as possible. On his
arrival he encamped about two miles west of the
town, and appointed Liuutenant-General D'Usson
governor instead of the gallant Fitzgerald, as be-
ing best skilled in defending fortified places."*
Now came the opportunit.v for that splendid
artillery, "the like of which," Macaulay has told
•Mc'Caau.
us, "had never been seen in Ireland." For
seven long days of midsummer there poured
against the Irish town such a storm of iron from
seven batteries of heavy siege guns and mortars,
that by the 27th the place was literally a mass of
ruins, among which, we ai'e told, "two men
could not walk abreast." On that day "a hun-
dred wagons arrived in the Williamite camp from
Dublin, laden with a further supply of ammuni-
tion for the siege guns." That evening the
enemy by grenades set on fire the fascines of the
Irish breastwork at the bridge, and that night,
under cover of a tremendous bombardment, they
succeeded in flinging some beams over the broken
arches, and partially planking them. Next morn-
ing— it was Sunday, the 28th of June — the Irish
saw with consternation that barely a few planks
more laid on would complete the bridge. Their
own few cannon were now nearly all buried in
the ruined masonry, and the enemy beyond had
battery on battery trained on the narrow spot —
it was death to show in the line of the all but
finished causeway.
Out stepped from the ranks of Maxwell's regi-
ment, a sergeant of dragoons, Custume by name.
"Are there ten men here who will die with me
for Ireland?" A hundred eager voices shouted
"Ay." "Then, "said he, "we will save Athlone;
the bridge must go down. "
Grasping axes and crowbars, the devoted
band rushed from behind the breastwork, and
dashed forward upon the newly-laid beams. A
peal of artillery, a fusillade of musketry, from
the other side, and the space was swept with
grapeshot and bullets. When the smoke cleared
away, the bodies of the brave Custume and his
ten heroes lay on the bridge, riddled with balls.
They had torn away some of the beams, but
every man of the eleven had perished.
Out from the ranks of the same regiment
dashed as many more volunteers. "There are
eleven men more who will die for Ireland."
Again cross the bridge rushed the heroes.
Again the spot is swept by a murderous fusil-
lade. The smoke lifts from the scene; nine of
the second baud lie dead upon the bridge — two
survive, but .ho work is done. The last beam is
gone ; Athlone once more is saved.
I am not repeating a romance of fiction, but
narrating a true story, recorded b.y lookers-on,
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
189
and corroborated in all its substance by writers
on the Williamite and on tbe Jacobite side.
When, therefore, young Irishmen read in Roman
history of Horatius Codes and his comrades
•who
"kept the bridge
In the brave days of old, "
let them remember that the authentic annals of
Ireland record a scene of heroism not dissimilar
in many of its features, not leas glorious in
aught. And when they read also of the fabled
Roman patriot who plunged into the abyss at the
forum to save the city, let them remember that
Buch devotion, not in fable, but in fact, has been
still more memorably exhibited by Irishmen ;
and let them honor beyond the apocryphal Cur-
tius the brave Custume and his glorious com-
panions who died for Ireland at Athlone.
The town was saved once more — yet awhile.
"Ginckel, thus a second time defeated in striv-
ing to cross the Shannon, resolved to renew Lis
approaches over the bridge by the more cautious
method of a covered walk, or 'close gallery,' and
to support the new mode of attack by several
others in different directions."* The whole of
that day he cannonaded the Irish town with
great violence, "as I believe never town was,"
•writes a spectator. Nevertheless, the Irish, bur-
rowing and trenching amid the chaotic mass of
ruins and piles of rubbish once called the town
of Athlone, continued to form new defenses as
fast as the old were levelled, and Ginckel was at
his wit's end what to rely upon if his "close gal-
lery" should fail. A council of war in the Wil-
liamite camp decided that on the morning of the
29th the passage of the river should be a third
time attempted^ and in greater force than ever.
A bridge of boats was to be thrown across the
river some distance below the old stone structure,
and it occurred to some one to suggest that as
the summer had been exceedingly dry, and as
the water in the river appeared to be unprece-
dentedly low, it might be worth while to try
sounding for a ford.
This haphazard thought — this apparently
fugitive suggestion — won Athlone.
"Three Danish soldiers, under sentence of
* O'Callaghan's "Green Book," page 32.
death for some crime, were ofifered their pardon
if they would undertake to try the river. Tha
men readily consented, and, putting on armor,
entered at three several places. The English in
the trenches were ordered to fire seemingly at
them, but in reality over their heads, whence the
Irish naturally concluded them to be desertere,-
and did not fire till they saw them returning,
when the English by their great and small shot,
obliged the Irish to be covered. It was discov-
ered that the deepest part of the river did not
reach their breasts. "* Thereupon it was decided
to assail the town nest morning suddenly and bj'
surprise at three points ; one party to go oyer
the bridge by the "close gallery;" a second to
cross by the pontoons or boat-bridge ; the third,
by one of the fords. Once more Mackay was to
lead the assault, which was fixed for ten o'clock
next morning ; again, as at the Boyne, each
Williamite soldier Vfa.s to mount a green bough
or sprig in his hat; and this time the word was
to be "Kilkenny."
That night a deserter swam the river below the
town, and revealed to St. Ruth that an assauii
was to be made by a boat-bridge and "close gal-
lery" early nest morning; and lo! when day
dawned, the Williamites could descry the main
army of the Irish defiling into the town, and de-
tachments stationed at every point to contest the
assault which was to have been "a surprise."
To make matters worse, the boats were not ready
till ten o'clock, instead of at six. Nevertheless
the assault was proceeded with, and the storm
of grenades began to fly. It had been decided
to begin the conflict at or on the bridge, close to
the broken arches, where (on their own side) the
English had a breastwork, up to which the "close
gallery" had been advanced, and upon the attack
at this point the other operations were to de-
pended. After an hour's hot work the Irish set
on fire the fascines of the English breastwork.
There being a strong breeze blo-sving, in a few
minutes the flames spread rajiidly; the breast-
work had to be abandoned; the "close gallery"
was almost destroyed; and the storming columns
were called off. The Williamite assault upon
Athlone a third time had proved a total failure.
Great was the exultation on the Irish side of
* Harris.
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THE STORY OF IRELAND
the river at the triumphant defeat and utter
abandonment of this, the final attempt, as they
regarded it, on the part of the foe. After wait-
ing till near five o'clock to behold the last of the
Williamites called to the rear, and every other
sign of defeat exhibited on their side, St. Ruth
drew ofif the victorious Irish army to the camp
three miles distant, and, overconfidently, if not
vaingloriously, declaring the siege as good as
raised, invited the resident gentry of the neigh-
borhood and the officers of the army to a grand
ball at his quarters that evening.
Meanwhile Ginckel, a prey to the most tortur-
ing reflections, wavered between a hundred con-
flicting resolutions or momentary impulses. At
last he decided to raise the siege, but wishing
for the decision of a council to shield him some-
what from the outcry he apprehended in Dublin
and in London, a meeting was held to consider
the point. After a hot and bitter disputation, a
resolution, at first laughed at by the majority,
was adopted — namely, to try that very evening,
nay, that very hour, a sudden dash across the
river by the fords, as (it was rightly conjectured)
the Irish would now be off their guard. As a
last refuge from disgrace, Ginckel resolved to try
this chance.
Toward six o'clock the Irish officer on guard
on the Athlone side, sent word to the general
(St. Ruth) that he thought there was something
up on the opposite bank, and begging some de-
tachments to be sent in, as only a few companies
had been left in the town. St. Ruth replied by a
sharp and testy remark, reflecting on the courage
of the officer, to the effect that he was fright-
ened by fancy. By the time this hurtful answer
reached him, the officer saw enough to convince
him that infallibly an assault was about to be
made, and he sent with all speed to the camp
entreating the general to credit the fact. St.
Ruth replied by saying that if the officer in
charge was afraid of such attacks, he might turn
over the command to another. Sarsfield was
present at this last reply, and he at once judged
the whole situation correctly. He implored St.
Ruth not to treat so lightly a report so grave
from an officer of undoubted bravery. The
Frenchman — courageous, energetic, and highly-
gifted as he unquestionably was — unfortunately
was short-tempered, imperious, and vain. He
and Sarsfield exchanged hot and angry words;
St. Ruth resenting Sarsfield's interference, and
intimating that the latter henceforth should
"know his place." While yet this fatal alterca-
tion was proceeding an aide-de-camp galloped
up all breathless from the town — the English
were across the river and into the defenses of
Athlone : Even now St. Ruth's overweening
self-confidence would not yield. "Then let us
drive them back again," was his answer, at the
same time directing troops to hurry forward for
that purpose. But it was too late. The lodg-
ment had been made in force. The English
were now in the defenses. The walls of the town
on the camp side had been left standing, and
only a siege could now dispossess the new oc- I
cupants. Athlone was lost !*
CHAPTER LXXL
"the culloden of Ireland" — how auOhrim
was fought and lost — a story of the
battlefield; "the dog of aughrim, or
fidelity in death."
St. Ruth fell back to Ballinasloe, on Ginckel 's
road to Galway, which city was now held by the
Irish, and was in truth one of their most impor-
tant possessions. The Frenchman was a prey to
conscious guilty feeling. He knew that Sarsfield
held him accountable for the loss of Athlone,
and his pride was painfully mortified. How
often do dire events from trivial causes spring!
This estrangement between St. Ruth and Sars-
field was fated to affect the destinies of Ireland,
for to it may be traced the loss of the battle of
Aughrim, as we shall see.
At a council of war in the Irish camp it was at
first resolved to give battle in the strong position
*Among the slain on the Irish side in this siege was
the glorious old veteran, Colonel Richard Grace, who
was governor the preceding year. His great age — he
was now nearly ninety years of age — caused him to be
relieved of such a laborious position in this siege, but
nothing could induce him to seek, either in retirement
or in less exposed and dangerous duty, that quiet which
all his compeers felt to be the old man's right. He
would insist on remaining in the thickest of the fight-
ing, and he died "with his harness on his b^ick." He
was one of the most glorious characters to be met with
in Irish history. The erudite author of the "Green
Book" supplies
and career.
a deeply interesting sketch of his life
TUE STORY OF IRELAND.
191
which the army had now taken up, hut St. Ruth
moved off to Aughrim, about three miles distant,
on the road to Galway. The new position was
not less strong than that which had just been
quitted. In truth its selection, and the uses to
which St. Ruth turned each and all of its natural
advantages, showed him to be a man of consum-
mate ability.
Close to the little village of Aughrim — destined
to give name to the last great battle between
Catholic and Protestant royalty on the soil of
Ireland — is the Hill of Kilcommedan. The hill
slopes gradually and smoothly upward to a height
of about three hundred feet from its base, run-
ning lengthwaj'S for about two miles from north
to south. On its east side or slope, looking to-
ward the way by which Ginckel must approach
on his march westward to Galway, the Irish
armj' was encamped, having on its right flank
the pass or causeway of Urrachree, and its left
flank resting on the village of Aughrim. A large
morass lay at foot of Kilcommedan (on the east,
sweeping round the northern end of the hill)
which might be crossed in summer by footmen,
but was impracticable for cavalry. Through its
center, from south to north, ran a little stream,
which with winter rains flooded all the surround-
ing marsh. Two narrow causeways, "passes,"
or roads, ran across the morass to the hill ; one
at Urrachree, the other at the town of Aughrim;
the latter one being defended or commanded by
an old ruin, Aughrim Castle, at the hill base.*
Along the slopes of the hill, parallel with its
base, ran two or three lines of whitethorn hedge-
rows, growing out of thick earth fences, afford-
ing admirable position and protection for mus-
keteers. It may be questioned if the genius of a
Wellington could have devised or directed aught
that St. Ruth had not done to turn every feature
of the ground and every inch of this position to
advantage. Yet by one sin of omission he
placed all the fortunes of the day on the hazard
of his own life; he communicated his plan of
battle to no one. Sarsfield was the man next
entitled and fitted to command, in the event of !
•The most intelligible, if not the only iDtelligible, descrip-
tions of this battlefield are those of Mr. M. J. M'Cann, in
the harp for June, 1859 ; and in a work recently issued in
America, " Battle6elds of Ireland," unquestionably the
most attractive and faithful narrative hitherto published of
the Jacobite struggle.
anything befalling the general ; yet he in par-
ticular was kept from any knowledge of the
tactics or strategj' upon which the battle was to
turn. Indeed he was posted at a point critical
and important enough in some senses, yet away
from, and out of sight of the part of the field
where the main struggle was to take place ; and
St. Ruth rather hurtfully gave him imyierative
instructions not to stir from the position thus
assigned him without a written order from him-
self. "At Aughrim," says an intelligent Protes-
tant literary periodical, "three apparent acci-
dents gave the victory to Ginckel. The musket-
eers defending the pass at the old castle found
themselves supplied with cannon balls instead of
bullets ; the flank movement of a regiment was
mistaken for a retreat ; and St. Ruth lost his life
by a cannon shot. "* The last mentioned, which
was really the accident that wrested undoubted
victory from the Irish grasp, would have had no
such disastrous result had St. Ruth confided his
plan of battle to his lieutenant-general, and
taken him heartily and thoroBghly into joint
command ou the field.
I know of no account of this battle, which,,
within the same space, exhibits so much com-
pleteness, clearness, and simplicity of narration
as Mr. Haverty's, which accordingly I here bor-
row with very little abridgment :
"The advanced guards of the Williamites came
in sight of the Irish on the 11th of July, and the
following morning, which was Sunday, July 12,
1691, while the Irish army was assisting at mass,
the whole force of the enemy drew up in line of
battle on the high ground to the east beyond the
morass. As nearly as the strength of the two
armies can be estimated, that of the Irish was
about fifteen thousand horse and foot, and that
of the Williamites from twenty to twenty-five
thousand, the latter having besides a numerous
artillery, while the Irish had but nine field
pieces.
"Ginckel, knowing his own great superiority
in artillery, hoped by the aid of that arm alone
to dislodge the Irish center force from their ad-
vantageous ground ; and as quickly as his guns
could be brought into position, he opened fire
upon the enemj'. He also directed some cavalry
JJvblin ViiMerdty Jfagaeine for February, 1867. — "Borne
Ep'sodes of the Irish Jacobite Wars."
192
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movements on his left at the pass of Urrachree,
but with strict orders that the Ii-ish should not
be followed beyond the 'pass,' lest any fighting
there should force on a general engagement, for
which he had not then made up his mind. His
orders on this point, however, were not punctually
obeyed ; the consequence being some hot skir-
mishing, which brought larger bodies into action,
until about three o'clock, when the Williamites
retired from the pass.
"Ginckel now held a council of war, and the
prevalent opinion seemed to be that the attack
should be deferred until an early hour next
morning, but the final decision of the council
was for an immediate battle. At five o'clock, ac-
cordingly, the attack was renewed at Urrachree,
and for an hour and a half there was consider-
able fighting in that quarter; several attempts to
force the pass having been made in the interval,
and the Irish cavalry continuing to maintain
their ground gallantly, although against double
their numbers.
"At length, at half-past six, Ginckel, having
previously caused the morass in front of the
Irish center to be sounded, ordered his infantry
to advance on the point where the line of the
fences at the Irish side projectetl most into the
marsh, and where the morass was, consequently,
narrowest. This, it appears, was in the Ii-ish
right center, or in the direction of Urrachree.
The four regiments of colonels Erie, Herbert,
Creighton, and Brewer were the first to wade
through the mud and water, and to advance
against the nearest of the hedges, where they
were received with a smart fire by the Irish, who
then retired behind their next line of hedges, to
which the assailants in their turn approached.
The Williamite infantry were thus gradually
drawn from one line of fences to another, up the
-^ slope from the morass, to a greater distance than
' was contemplated in the plan of attack, accord-
ing to which they were to hold their ground near
the morass until they could be supported by re-
inforcements of infantry in the rear, and by cav-
alry on the flanks. The Ii'ish retired by such
short distances that the Williamites i)ursued
what they considered to be an advantage, until
they found themselves face to face with the main
line of the Irish, who now charged them in front;
while by passages cut specially for such a pur-
pose through the line of hedges by St. Ruth, the
Irish cavalry rushed down with irresistible force
and attacked them in the flanks. The effect was
instantaneous. In vain did Colonel Erie en-
deavor to encourage his men by crying ou that
'there was no way to come off but to be biave.'
They were thrown into total disorder, and fled
toward the morass, the Irish cavalry cutting them
down in the rear, and the infantry X'ouring in a
deadly fire, until they were driven beyond the
quagmire, which separated the two armies.
Colonels Erie and Herbert were taken prisoners;
but the former, after being taken and retaken,
and receiving some wounds, was finally rescued.
"While this was going forwai'd toward the
Irish right, several other W^illiamite regiments
crossed the bog nearer to Aughrim, and were in
like manner repulsed; but, not having ventured
among the Ii-ish hedges, their loss was not so
considerable, although they were pursued so far
in their retreat that the Irish, saj's Story, 'got
almost in a line with some of our great guns, ' or,
in other words, had advanced into the English
battleground. It was no wonder that at this
moment St. Ruth should have exclaimed with
national enthusiasm, 'The day is ours, mes
enfants!'
"The maneuvers of the Dutch general on the
other side evinced consummate ability, and the
peril of his present position obliged him to make
desperate efforts to retrieve it. His armj' being
much more numerous than that of the Ii-jsh, he
could afford to extend his left wing considerably
beyond their right, and this causing a fear that
he intended to flank them at that side, St. Ruth
ordered the second line of his left to march to
the right, the officer who received the instruc-
tions taking with him also a battalion from the
center, which left a weak point not unobserved
by the enemy. St. Ruth hud a fatal confidence
in the natural strength of his left, owing to the
great extent of bog, and the extreme narrowness
of the causeway near Aughrim Castle. The
Williamite commander perceived this confidence,
and resolved to take advantage of it. Hence his
movement at the opposite extremity of his line,
which was a mere feint, the troops which he
sent to his left not firing a shot during the day,
while some of the best regiments of the Irish
were drawn away to watch them. The point of
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•weakening the Irish left having been thus
gained, the object of doing so soon befaiiio ap-
parent. A movement of the Williamite cavalry
to the causeway at Aughrim was observed.
Some horsemen were seen crossing the narrow
part of the causeway with great difficulty, being
scarcely able to ride two abreast. St. Euth still
believed that pass impregnable, as indeed it
would have been, but for the mischances which
we have yet to mention, and he is reported to
have exclaimed, when he saw the enemy's cavalry
scrambling over it, 'They are brave fellows, 'tis
a pity they should be so exposed.' They were
not, however, so exposed to destruction as he
then imagined. Artillery had come to their aid,
and as the men crossed, they began to form in
sciuadrons on the firm ground near the old castle.
What were the garrison of the castle doing at
this time? and what the reserve of cavalry be-
yond the castle to the extreme left? As to the
former, an unlucky circumstance rendered their
efforts nugatory. It was found on examining the
ammunition with which they had been supplied,
that while the men were armed with French fire-
locks, the balls that had been served to them
were cast for English muskets, of which the cali-
bre was larger, and that they were consequently
useless. In this emergency the men cut the
small globular buttons from their jackets, and
used them for bullets, but their fire was ineffec-
tive, however briskly it was sustained, and few
of the enemy's horse crossing the causeway were
hit. This was but one of the mischances con-
nected with the unhappy left of St. Ruth's posi-
tion. We have seen how an Irish oflScer, when
ordered with reserves to the right wing, removed
a battalion from the left center. This error* was
immediately followed by the crossing of the
morass at that weakened point by three Will-
iamite regiments, who employed hurxUes to
facilitate their passage, and who, meeting with a
comparatively feeble resistance at the front line
of fences, suceeded in making a lodgment in a
cornfield on the Irish side."
It was, however — as the historian just quoted
remarks in continuation — still very easy to
*Many Irish authorities assert it was no "error," but
downright treason. The officer who perpetrated it being
the traitor Luttrell, subsequently discovered to have long
been working out the betrayal of the cause.
remedy the effects of these errors or mibhaps
thus momentarily threatening to render ques-
tionable the victory already substantially won by
the Irish ; and St. Ruth, for the purpose of so
doing — and, in fact, delivering the coup de grace
to the beaten foe — left his position of observation
in front of the camp on the crest of the hill, and,
placing himself in joyous pride at the head of a
cavalry brigade, hastened down the slope to
charge the confused bodies of Williamite horse
gaining a foothold below. Those who saw him
at this moment saj' that his face was aglow with
enthusiasm and triumph. He had, as he
thought, at last vindicated his name and fame;
he had shown what St. Ruth could do. And,
indeed, never for an instant had he doubted the
result of this battle, or anticipated for it any
other issue than a victory. He had attired him-
self, we are told, in his most gorgeous uniform,
wearing all his decorations and costly orna-
ments, and constantly told those around him
that he was to-day about to win a battle that
would wrest Ireland from William's grasp.
About halfway down the hill he halted a mo-
ment to give some directions to the artillerymen
at one of the field batteries. Then, drawing his
sword, and giving the word to advance for a
charge, he exclaimed to his officers: "They are
beaten, gentlemen ; let us drive them back to the
gates of Dublin." With a cheer, rising above
the roar of the artillery — which, from the other
side, was playing furiously on this decisive Irish
advance — the squadron made reply ; when, sud-
denly, louder still, at its close, there arose a cry
— a shriek — from some one near the general.
All ej'es were turned upon the sjiot, and for an
instant many failed to discern the cause for such
a startling utterance. There sat the glittering
uniformed figure upon his charger. It needed,
with some, a second glance to detect the horrible
catastrophe that had befallen. There sat the
body of St. Euth indeed, but it was his lifeless
corpse — ^a headless trunk. A cannon shot from
the Williamite batteries had struck the head
from his body, as if the Tyburn ax and block
had done their fearful work. St. Ruth, the vain,
the brave, was no more!
The staff crowded around the fallen com-
mander in sad dismay. The brigade itself, igno-
rant at first of the true nature of what happened.
I
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bnt conscious that some serious disaster had oc-
curred, halted in confusion. Indecision and
oonfusion in the face of the enemy, and under
fire of his batteries, has ever but one result.
The brigade broke, and rode to the right. No
one knew on whom the command devolved.
Sarsfield was next in rank; but every one knew
him to be posted at a distant part of the iield,
•and it was unhappily notorious that he had not
been made acquainted with any of the lost gen-
eral's plan. This indecision and confusion was
not long spreading from the cavalry brigade
which St. Euth had been leading to other bodies
of the troops. The Williamites plainly perceived
that something fatal had happened on the Irish
side, which, if taken advantage of promptly,
might give them victory in the very moment of
defeat. They halted, rallied, and returned. A
general attack in full force on all points was
ordered. "Still the Irish center and right wing
maintained their ground obstinately, and the
fight was renewed with as much vigor as ever.
The Irish infantry was so hotly engaged that
they were not aware either of the death of St.
Rath, or of the flight of the cavalry, until they
themselves were almost surrounded. A panic
and confused flight were the result. The cavalrj-
of the right wing, who were the first in action
that day, were the last to quit their ground.
Sarsfield, with the reserve horse of the center,
had to retire with the rest without striking one
blow, 'although,' says the Williamite captain
Parker, 'he had the greatest and best part of the
cavalry with him. ' St. Euth fell about sunset ;
and about nine, after three hours' hard fighting^
the last of the Irish army had left the field. The
cavalry retreated along the high road to Lough-
rea, and the infantry, who mostly flung away
their arms, fled to a large red bog on their left,
where great numbers of them were massacred
unarmed and in cold blood ; but a thick misty
rain coming on, and the night setting in, the
pursuit was soon relinquished."
The peasantry to this day point out a small
gorge on the hillside, still called "Gleaun-na-
Fola, "* where two of the Irish regiments, deem-
ing flight vain, or scorning to fly, halted, and
throughout the night waited their doom in sullen
*TLe aien of Slaughter.— The Bloody Olen.
determination. There they were found in the
morning, and were slaughtered to a man. Th«
slogan of the conqueror was : "No quarter."*
Above five hundred prisoners, with thirty-two
pairs of colors, eleven standards, and a large
quantitj' of small arms, fell into the hands of the
victors. The English loss in killed and wounded
was about three thousand; the Irish lost over
four thousand, chiefly in the flight, as the "Will-
iamites gave no quarter, and the wounded, if
they were not, in comparative mercy, shot as
they lay on the field, were allowed to perish
unfriended where they fell.
To the music of one of the most plaintive of
our Irish melodies — "The Lamentation of Augh-
rim" — Moore (a second time touched by this sad
theme) has wedded +he well-known verses here
quoted :
"Forget not the field where they perished —
The truest, the last of the brave ;
All gone — ^and the bright hope they cherished
Gone with them, and quenched in their grave.
"Oh! could we from death but recover
Those hearts, as they bounded before.
In the face of high Heaven to fight over
That combat for freedom once more —
"Could the chain for an instant be riven
"Which Tyranny flung round us then —
Oh! — 'tis not in Man, nor in Heaven,
To let Tyranny bind it again!
* Moore, who seems to have been powerfully affected by
the whole story of Aughrim — "the Culloden of Ireland — is
said to have found in this mournful tragedy the subject of
his exqui'^ite song "After the Battle :"
" N> Vt closed around the conqueror's way,
i.jd lightnings showed the distant hill,
Where those who lost that dreadful day
Stood few and faint, but fearless still !
The soldier's hope, the patriot's zeal,
Forever dimmed, forever crossed —
Oh ! who shall say what heroes feel,
Wlien all but life and honor's lost?
" The last sad hour of freedom's dieam
And valor's task moved slowly by,
While mute they watched, till morning's beam
Should rise and give them light to die.
There 's yet a world where souls are fre».
Where tyrants taint not nature's bliss:
If death that world's bright op'ning be.
Oil I who would live a slave in this?"
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195
"But 'tis jiast; and though blazoned in story
The name of our victor may be,
Accurst is the march of that glorj'
Which treads o'er the hearts of the free!
"Far dearer the grave or the prison,
Illume<;l by one patriot name,
Than the trophies of all who have risen
On Liberty's ruins to fame!"
"We cannot take leave of the field of Aughrim
and pass unnoticed an episode connected with
that scene which may well claim a place in his-
tory ; a true story, which, if it rested on any other
authority than that of the hostile and unsympa-
thizing AVilliamite chaplain, might be deemed
either the creation of poetic fancy or the warmly
tinged picture of exaggerated fact.
The bodies of the fallen L'ish, as already men-
tioned, were for the most part left uuburied on
the ground, "a prey to the birds of the air and
the beasts of the field." "There is, " says the
"Williamite chronicler, "a true and remarkable
story of a greyhound,* belonging to an L-ish
officer. The gentleman was killed and strijiped
in the battle, f whose body the dog remained by
night and day; and though he fed upon other
corpses with the rest of the dogs, yet he would
not allow them or anything else to touch that of
his master. "When all the corpses were con-
sumed, the other dogs departed ; but this one
used to go in the night to the adjacent villages
for food, and presently return to the place where
his master's bones only were then left. And
thus he continued (from July when the battle
was fought) till January following, when one
of Colonel Foulkes' soldiers, being quartered
nigh at hand, and going that way by chance, the
dog fearing he came to disturb his master's bones,
flew upon the soldier, who, being surprised at
the suddenness of the thing, unslung his piece
then upon his back, and shot the poor dog. "J
"He expired," adds Mr. O'Callaghan, "with the
same fidelity to the remains of his unfortunate
* It was a wolf-bound or wolf-dog.
f Meaning to say, killed in the battle and stripped after
it by tbe Williamite camp-followers, with wbom stripping
and robbing tbe slain was a common practice. They did
not spare even the corpse of tbeir own lieutenant colonel,
tbe Kigbt Rev. Dr. Walker, Protestant Bisbop of Derry,
■which they stripped naked at tbe Boyne.
t Story's " Cont. Imp. Hist.," page 147.
master, as that master had shown deTotion to the
cause of his unhappy country. In the history of
nations there are few spectacles more entitled to
the admiration of the noble mind and the sym-
pathy of the generous and feeling heart, than the
fate of the gallant men apd the fuithfal dog of
Aughrim."*
CHAPTER LXXn.
HOW GLORIOUS LIMERICK ONCE MORE BBAVKD THE ©R-
DEAX HOW AT LENGTH A TREATY AND CAPITULA-
TION WERE AGREED UPON HOW SARSFIKLD AND THF-
IRISH ARMY SAILED INTO EXILE.
"Galway surrendered on favorable terms ten
days after the battle. Sligo also, the last west-
ern garrison, succumbed soon after, and its gov-
ernor, the brave Sir Teige O'Regan, the hero of
Charlemont, marched his six hundred survivors
southward to Limerick."
"Thus once more all eyes and hearts in the
British Islands were turned toward the well-
known city of the lower Shannon, "f
On the 25th of August, Ginckel, reinforced by
all the troops he could gather in with safety, in-
vested the place on three sides. It appears he
had powers, and indeed urgent directions, from
William long previously, to let no hesitation in
granting favorable terms keep him from ending
the war, if it could be ended by such means, and
it is said he apprehended serious censure for not
having proclaimed such dispositions before he
assaulted Athlone. He now resolved to use with-
out stint the powers given to him, in the anxious
hope of thereby averting the necessity of trying
to succeed where William himself had failed —
beneath the unconquered walls of Limerick.
Accordingly, a proclamation was issued by
Ginckel, offering a full and free pardon of all
"treasons" (so called — meaning thereby loyalty
to the king, and resistance of the foreign emis-
saries), with restoration for all to their estates
"forfeited" by such "treason," and employment
in his majesty's service for all who would accept
it, if the L-ish army would abandon the war.
It is not to be wondered at that this proclama-
tion developed on the instant a "peace party"
within the L'ish lines. Not even the most san-
' Green Book," page 459.
t M'Gee
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gaine could now hope to snatch the crown from
William's head, and replace it on that of the
fugitive James. For what object, therefore, if
not simply to secure honorable terms, should
they prolong the struggle? And did not this
proclamation afford a fair and reasonable basis
for negotiation? The Anglo-Irish Catholic
nobles and gentry, whose estates were thus
offered to be secured to them, may well be par-
doned if they exhibited weakness at this stage.
To battle further was, in their judgment, to
peril all for a shadow.
Nevertheless, the national party, led by Sars-
field, prevailed, and Ginckel's summons to sur-
render was courteously but firmly refused. Once
more glorious Limerick was to brave the fiery
ordeal. Sixty guns, none of less than twelve
pounds caliber, opened their deadly fire against
it. An English fleet ascended the river, hurling
its missiles right and left. Bombardment by
land and water showered destruction upon the
city — in vain. Ginckel now gave up all hope of
reducing the place by assault, and resolved to
turn the siege into a blockade. Starvation must,
in time, effect what fire and sword had so often
and so vainly tried to accomplish. The treason
of an Anglo-Irish officer long suspected, Luttrell,
betrayed to Ginckel the pass over the Shannon
above the city ; and one morning the Ii'ish, to
theirlhorror, beheld the foe upon the Clare side
of the river. Ginckel again offered to grant
almost any terms, if the city would but capitulate,
for even still he judged it rather a forloi-n chance
to await its capture. The announcement of this
offer placed further resistance out of the ques-
tion. It was plain there was a party within the
walls so impressed with the madness of refusing
such terms, that, any moment, they might, of
themselvos, attempt to hand over the city.
Accordingly, on the 23d of September (1691)
— after a day of bloody struggle from early dawn
— the Irish gave the signal for a parley, and a
cessation of arms took place. Favorable as were
the terms offered, and even though Sarsfield now
assented to accepting them, the news that the
struggle was to be ended was received by the
soldiers and citizens with loud and bitter grief.
They ran to the ramparts, from which they so
often had hurled the foe, and broke their swords
in pieces. "Muskets that had scattered fire and
death amid the British grenadiers, were broken
in a frenzy of desperation, and the tough shafts
of pikes that had resisted "William's choicest cav-
alry, crashed across the knees of maddened rap-
parees. " The citizens, too, ran to the walls,
with the arms they had treasured proudlj' as
mementos of the last year's glorious struggle,
and shivered them into fragments, exclaiming
with husky voices: "We need them now no
longer. Ireland is no more!"
On the 26th of September the negotiations
were opened, hostages were exchanged, and Sars-
field and Major-General Wauchop dined with
Ginckel in the English camp. The terms of
capitulation were settled soon after; but the
Irish, happily — resolved to leave no pretext for
subsequent repudiation of Ginckel's treaty, even
though he showed them his formal powers — de-
manded that the lords justices should come down
from Dublin and ratify the articles. This was
done; and on October 3, 1691, the several con-
tracting parties met in full state at a spot on the
Clare side of the river to sign and exchange the
treaty. That memorable spot is marked by a
large stone, which remains to this day, proudly
guarded and preserved by the people of that city,
for whom it is a monument more glorious than
the Titan arch for Rome. The visitor who seeks
it on the Shannon side needs but to name the
object of his search when a hundred eager
volunteers, their faces all radiant with pride,
will point him out that memorial of Irish honor
and heroism, that silent witness of English troth
— jmnica fides — the "Treaty Stone of Limerick."
The treaty consisted of military articles, or
clauses, twenty-nine in number; and civil
articles, thirteen. Set out in all the formal and
precise language of the original document, those
forty-two articles would occupy a great space.
They were substantially as follows : The military
articles provided that all persons willing to ex-
patriate themselves, as well officers and soldiers
as rapparees and volunteers, should have free
liberty to do so, to any place beyond seae, except
England and Scotland ; that they might depart
in whole bodies, companies, or parties; that, if
plundered by the way, William's government
should make good their loss; that fifty ships, of
two hundred tons each, should be provided for
their transportation, beside two men-of-war for
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i»r
the principal officers; that the garrison of Lim-
erick might march out with all their arms, guns,
and baggage, colora 'flying, drums beating, and
matches lighting! The garrison of Limerick,
moreover, -were to be at liberty to take away any
six brass guns they might choose, with two mor-
tars, and half the ammunition in the place. It
was also agreed that those who so wished might
enter the service of "William, retaining their rank
and pay.
"The civil articles were thirteen in number.
Article I. guaranteed to members of that denomi-
nation remaining in the kingdom, 'such priv-
ileges in the exercise of their religion as are con-
sistent with the law of Ireland, or as they enjoyed
in the reign of King Charles the Second;' this
article further provided that, 'their majesties, as
soon as their affairs will permit them to summon
a parliament in this kingdom, will endeavor the
said Roman Catholics such further security in
that particular as may preserve them from any
disturbance.'" Article H. guaranteed pardon
and protection to all who had served King James,
on taking the oath of allegiance prescribed in
Article IX., as follows:
"I, A. B., do solemnly promise and swear that
I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to their
majesties, King William and Queen Mary; so
help me God."
Articles III., lY., V., and VI. extended the
provisions of Articles I. and II. to merchants and
other classes of men. Article VII. permits
"every nobleman and gentleman comprised in
the said articles" to carry side arms, and keep
"a gun in their houses." Article VIII. gives
the right of removing goods and chattels without
search. Article IX. is as follows :
"The oath to be administered to such Roman
Catholics as submit to their majesties' govern-
ment shall be the oath aforesaid, and no other."
Article X. guai-antees that "no person or per-
sons who shall hereafter break these articles, or
any of them, shall thereby make or cause any
other person or persons to forfeit or lose the
benefit of them." Articles XL and XII. relate
to the ratification of the articles "within eight
months or sooner. ' ' Article XIII. refers to the
debts of "Colonel John Brown, commissary of
the Irish army, to several Protestants," and
arranges for their satisfaction.
On the morning of October ."S, 1C91, a singular
scene was witnessed on the northern shore of the
Shannon, beyond the city walls. On that day
the Irish regiments were to make their choice
between exile for life, or service in the armies of
their conqueror. At each end of a gently rising
ground beyond the suburbs were planted on one
side the royal standard of France, and on the
other that of England. It was agraed that the
regiments, as they marched out — "with all the
honors of war; drums beating, colors flying, and
matches lighting" — should, on reaching this
spot, wheel to the left or to the right beneath
that flag under which they elected to serve. At
the head of the Irish marched the foot guards — ■
the finest regiment in the service — fourteen hun-
dred strong. All eyes were fixed on this splen-
did body of men. On they came, amid breath ■
less silence and acute suspense; for well both the
English and Irish generals knew that the choice
of the first regiment would powerfully influence
all the rest. The guards marched up to the
critical spot and — in a body wheeled to the colors
of France; barely seven men turning to the Eng-
lish side! Giuckel, we are told, was greatly
agitated as he witnessed the proceeding. The
next regiment, however (Lordlveagh's), marched
as unanimously to the Williamite banner, as did
also portions of two others. But the bulk of the
Irish army defiled under the Fle.ur de lis of King
Louis; only one thousand and' forty-six, out of
nearly fourteen thousand men, preferring the
service of England !
A few days afterward a French fleet sailed up
the Shannon with an aiding army, and bringing
money, arms, ammunition, stores, food, and
clothing. Ginckel, affrighted, imagined the
Irish would now disclaim the articles, and renew
the war. But it was not the Irish who were to
break the Treaty of Limerick. Sarsfield, when
told that a powerful fleet was sailing up the
river, seemed stunned by the news! He was
silent for a moment, and then, in mournful ac-
cents, replied: "Too late. The treaty is signed;
our honor is pledged — the honor of Ireland.
Though a hundred thousand Frenchmen offered
to aid us now, we must keep our plighted troth!"-
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THE STORY OF IRELAND.
He forbade the expedition to land, with a
scrupulous sense of honor contending that the
spirit if not the letter of the capitulation ex-
tended to any such arrival. The French ships,
accordingly, were used only to transport to
France the Irish army that had volunteered for
foreign service. Soldiers and civilians, nobles,
gentry, and clergy, there sailed in all nineteen
thousand and twenty -five persons. Most of the
officers, like their illustrious leader, Sarsfield,*
gave up fortune, family, home, and friends, re-
" fusing the most tempting offers from William,
whose anxiety to enroll them in his own service
was earnestly and perseveringly pressed upon
them to the last. Hard was their choice ; great
was the sacrifice. Full of anguish was that part-
ing, whose sorrowful spirit has been so faithfully
expressed by Mr. Aubrey de Yere, in the follow-
ing simple and touching verses — the soliloquy of
a brigade soldier sailing away from Limerick :
"I snatched a stone from the bloodied brook,
And hurled it at my household door!
No farewell of my love I took :
I shall see my friend no more.
"I dashed across the churchyard bound:
I knelt not by my parents' grave:
There rang from my heart a clarion's sound.
That summoned me o'er the wave.
"Ho land to me can native be
That strangers trample, and tyrants stain :
When the valleys I loved are cleansed and
free.
They are mine, they are mine again!
"Till then, in sunshine or sunless weather.
By Seine and Loire, and the broad Garonne
My warhorse and I roam on together
Wherever God will. On! on!"
These were not wholly lost to Ireland,' though
not a raan of them over saw Ireland more. They
served her abroad when thoy could no longer
strike for her at home. They made her sad yet
glorious story familiar in the courts of Christen-
dom. Thej' made her valor felt and respected
•His patrimonial pptales near Lucan, county Dublin,
*er«, even at that day, worth nearly three thousand pounds
jgM annam.
on the battlefields of Europe. And as they had
not quitted her soil until they exacted terms
from the conqueror which, if observed, might
have been for her a charter of protection, so did
the.y in their exile take a terrible vengeance upon
that conqueror for his foul and treacherous viola-
tion of that treaty.
No! These men were not, in all, lost to Ire-
land. Their deeds are the proudest in her story.
History may parallel, but it can adduce nothing
to surpass, the chivalrous devotion of the men
who comprised this second great armed migra-
tion of Ii-ish valor, faith, and patriotism.
CHAPTER LXXm.
HOW THE TREATY OF LIMERICK WAS BROKEN AND
TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT BY THE " PROTESTANT IN-
TEREST, ' ' YELLING FOR MORE PLUNDER AND MOKE
PERSECUTMN.
There is no more bitter memory in the Irish
breast than that which tells how the Treaty of
Limerick was violated ; and there is not probably
on record a breach of public faith more nakedly
and confessedly infamous than was that viola-
tion.
None of this damning blot touches William —
now king defneto of the two islands. He did
his part; and the truthful historian is bound on
good evidence to assume for him that he saw
with indignation and disgust the shameless and
dastardly breach of that treaty by the dominant
and all-powerful Protestant faction. We have
seen how the lords justices came down from
Dublin and approved and signed the treaty at
Limerick.* The king bound public faith to it
still more firmly, formally, and solemnly, by the
*nere it may be well to note an occurrence which some
writers regard as a deliberate and foul attempt to overreach
and trick Sarsfield in the treaty, but which might, after
all, have been accident. The day after the treaty was
signed in " fair copy," it was discovered that one line —
containing however one of the most important stipulations
in tlie entire treaty — had been omitted in the " fair copy "
by the Williamites, though duly set out in the " first draft"
signed by both parties. The instant it was discovered,
Sarsfield called on Oinckel to answer for it. The latter
and all the Williamite "contracting parties," declared the
omission purely accidental — inserted the line in its right
place, and, by a snippleinental agreement, solemnly cove-
nanted that this identical line should have a special eon-
firmalicin from the king and parliament. The king honor-
ably did so. The parliament tore it into shreds I
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issue of royal letters patent confirmatory of all
its articles, issued from Westminster February
24, 1692, in the name of himself and Queen
Mary.
"We shall now see how this treaty was kept to-
ward the L-ish Catholics.
The "Protestant interest" of Ireland, as they
called themselves, no sooner found the last of the
Irish regiments shijiped from the Shannon than
they openly announced that the treaty would
not, and ought not to be kept. It was the old
story. Whenever the English sovereign or gov-
ernment desired to pause in the work of perse-
cution and plunder, if not to treat the native
Irish in a spirit of conciliation or justice, the
"colony," the "plantation," the garrison, the
"Protestant interest," screamed in frantic resist-
ance. It was so in the reign of James the First;
it was so in the reign of Charles the First ; it was
so in the reign of Charles the Second ; it was so
in the reign of James the Second; it was so in
the reign of William and Mary. Any attempt of
king or government to mete to the native Catho-
lic population of Ireland any measure of treat-
ment save what the robber and murderer metes
out to his helpless victim, was denounced — abso-
lutely complained of — as a daring wrong and
grievance against what was and is still called
the "Protestant interest," or "our glorious
rights and liberties."* Indeed, no sooner had
the lords justices returned from Limerick than
the Protestant pulpits commenced to resound
with denunciations of those who would observe
the treaty ; and Dopping, titular Protestant
bishop of Meath, as Protestant historians record,
preached before the lords justices themselves a
notable sermon on "the crime of keeping faith
with Papists. "
The "Protestant interest" party saw with in-
dignation that the king me«nt to keep faith with
the capitulated Catholics ; nay, possibly to con-
solidate the country by a comparatively concilia-
* An oflcurrence ever "repeating itself." Even so re-
cently as the year 1867, on the rumor that the English gov-
ernment intended to grant some modicum of civil and
religious equality in Ireland, this same "Protestant inter-
est" faction screamed and yelled after the old fashion,
complained of such an intention as a grievance, and went
through the usual vows about "our glorious rights and
tory, just, and generous policy; which was, they
contended, monstrous. It quickly occurred to
them, however, that as they were sure to be a
strong majority in the parliament, they could
take into their own hands the work of "recon-
struction," when they might freely wreak fheir
will on the vanquished, and laugh to scorn all
treaty faith.
There was some danger of obstruction from the
powerful Catholic minority entitled to frit in both
houses of parliament; but, for this danger the
dominant faction found a specific. By an un-
constitutional straining of the theory that each
house was judge of the qualification of its mem-
bers, they framed test oaths to exclude the minor-
ity.
In utter violation of the Treaty of Limerick
— a clause in which, as we have seen, covenanted
that no oath should be required of a Catholic
other than the oath of allegiance therein set out
— the parliamentary majority framed a test oath
explicitly denying and denouncing the doctrines
of transubstautiation, invocation of saints, and
the sacrifice of the mass, as "damnable and idol-
atrous." Of course the Catholic peers and com-
moners retired rather than take these tests, and
the way was now all clear for the bloody work of
persecution.
In the so-called "Catholic iiarliament" — the
parliament which assembled in Dublin in 1690,
and which was opened by King James in person
— the Catholics greatly preponderated (in just
such proportion as the population was Catholic
or Protestant) yet no attempt was made by that
majority to trample down or exclude the minor-
ity. Nay, the Protestant prelates all took their
seats in the peers' chamber, and debated and
divided as stoutly as ever throughout the session,
while not a Catholic prelate sat in that "Catholic
parliament" at all. It was the Catholics' day of
power, and they used it generously, magnani-
mousb', nobly. Sustainment of the king, suppres-
sion of rebellion, were the all-pervading senti-
ments. Tolerance of all creeds — freedom of con-
science for Protestant and for Catholic — were the
watchwords in that "Catholic parliament."
And now, how was all this requited? Alas!
We have just seen how! Well might the Catho-
lic in that hour exclaim in the language used for
him by Mr. De Vere in his poem :
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THE STOKY OF IRELAND.
"We, too, had our day — it was brief: it is
ended —
When a king dwelt among us, no strange
king, but ours :
When the shout of a people delivered ascended.
And shook the broad banner that hung on
his tow'rs.
We saw it like trees in a summer breeze shiver,
We read the gold legend that blazoned it o'er :
'To-day! — now or never! To-day and forever!'
O God! have we seen it, to see it no more?
"How fared it that season, our lords and our
masters,
In that spring of our freedom, how fared it
with you?
Did we trample your faith ? Did'we mock your
disasters?
We restored but his own to the leal and the
true.
Ye had fallen! 'Twas a season of tempest and
troubles.
But against you we drew not the knife ye
had drawn;
In the war-field we met : but your prelates and
nobles
Stood up mid the senate in ermine and
lawn ! ' '
It was even so, indeed. But now. What a
contrast! Strangers to every sentiment of mag-
nanimity, justice, or compassion, the victorious
majority went at the work of proscription whole-
sale. The king, through lord justice Sydney,
offered some resistance ; but, by refusing to vote
him adequate supplies, they soon taught William
that he had better not interfere with their de-
signs. After four years' hesitancy, he yielded in
unconcealed disgust. Forthwith ample supplies
were voted to his majesty, and the parliament
proceeded to practice freely the doctrine of "no
faith to be kept with Papists."
Of course they began with confiscations.
Plunder was ever the beginning and the end of
their faith and practice. Soon 1,060,792 acres
were declared "escheated to the crown." Then
they looked into the existing powers of persecu-
tion, to see how far they were capable of exten-
sion. These were found to be atrocious enough ;
nevertheless, the new parliament added the fol-
lowing fresh enactments: "1. An act to deprive
Catholics of the means of educating their chil-
dren at home or abroad, and to render them
incapable of being guardians of their own or any
other i>erson's children; 2. An act to disarm the
Catholics; and 3. Another to banish all the
Catholic priests and prelates. Having thus vio-
lated the treaty, they gravely brought in a bill
'to confirm the Articles of Limerick.' 'The very
title of the bill,' says Dr. Crooke Taylor, 'con-
tains evidence of its injustice. It is styled, "A
Bill for the confirmation of Articles (not the
articles) made at- the surrender of Limerick." '
And the preamble shows that the little word the
was not accidentally omitted. It runs thus : ' That
the said articles, or so much of them as may con-
sist with the safety and welfare of your majesty's
subjects in these kingdoms, may be confirmed,'
etc. The parts that appeared to these legislators
inconsistent with 'the safety and welfai-e of his
majesty's subjects,' was the first article, which
provided for the security of the Catholics from
all disturbances on account of their religion;
those parts of the second article which confirmed
the Catholic gentry of Limerick, Clare, Cork,
Kerry, and Mayo, in the possession of their
estates, and allowed all Catholics to exercise
their trades and professions without obstruction ;
the fourth article, which extended the benefit of
the peace to certain Irish officers then abroad ;
the seventh article, which allowed the Catholic
gentry to ride armed; the ninth article, whioh
provides that the oath of allegiance shall be the
only oath required from Catholics, and one or
two others of minor importance. All of these
are omitted in the bill for 'The confirmation of
articles made at the surrender of Limerick. '
"The Commons passed the bill without much
difficulty. The House of Lords, however, con-
tained some few of the ancient nobility and some
Ijrelates, who refused to acknowledge the dogma,
'that no faith should be kept with Papists, ' as an
article of their creed. The bill was strenuously
resisted, and when it was at length carried, a
strong protest against it was signed by lords
Londonderry, Tyrone, and Duncannon, the
barons of Ossory, Limerick, Killaloo, Kerry,
Howth, Kingston, and Strabane, and, to their
eternal honor bo it said, the Protestant bishops
COPYRIGHT, l8q8.
RICHARD BRTNSLEY SHERTDAN.
MIlRrHY .* MCCARTHY,
THE STORY OP IRELAND.
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of Kildare, Elpbin, Derry, Clonfert, and Kil-
lala!"*
Thus was that solemn pact, which was in truth
the treaty of the Irish nation with the newly-set-
up English regime, torn and trampled under foot
by ft tyrannic bigotry.
CHAPTER LXXIV.
"the penal times" HOW "PROTESTANT ASCENDENCY"
BY A BLOODY PENAL CODE ENDEAVORED TO BRUTI-
FY THE MIND, DESTROY THE INTELLECT, AND DE-
FORM THE PHYSICAL AND MORAL FEATURES OF THE
SUBJECT CATHOLICS.
It was now there fell upon Ireland that night
of deepest horror — that agony the most awful,
the most prolonged, of any recorded on the
blotted page of human suffering.
It would be little creditable to an Irish Catho-
lic to own himself capable of narrating this chap-
ter of Irish history with calmness and without
all-conquering emotion. For my part I content
myself with citing the descriptions of it supplied
I by Protestant and English writers.
"The eighteenth century," says one of these,
writing on the penal laws in Ireland, "was the
era of persecution, in which the law did the work
ai the sword more effectually and more safely.
Then was established a code framed with almost
diabolical ingenuity to extinguish natural affec-
tion— to foster perfidy and hypocrisy — to petrify
conscience — to perpetuate brutal ignorance — to
facilitate the work of tyranny — by rendering the
■vices of slavery inherent and natural in the Irish
character, and to make Protestantism almost irre-
deemably odious as the monstrous incarnation
of all moral perversions.
"Too well," he continues, "did it accomplish
its deadly work of debasement on the intellects,
morals, and physical condition of a people sink-
ing in degeneracy from age to age, till all manly
spirit, all virtuous sense of personal independence
and responsibility was nearly extinct, and the
very features — vacant, timid, cunning, and unre-
Hective — betrayed the crouching slave within !"f
» M'Gee.
f Cassell's (Godkin's) " History of Ireland," vol. ii., page
116.
In the presence of the terrible facts ho is called
upon to chronicle, the generous nature of the
Protestant historian whom I am quoting warms
into indignation. Unable to endure the reflec-
tion that they who thus labored to deform and
brutify the Irish people are forever reproaching
them before the world for bearing traces of the
infamous effort, ho Ijursts forth into the follow-
ing noble vindication of the calumniated victims
of oppression :
"Having no rights or franchises — no legal pro-
tection of life or property — disqualified to handle
a gun, even as a common soldier or a gamekeeper
— ^forbidden to acquire the elements of knowledge
at home or abroad — forbidden even to render to
God what conscience dictated as His due — what
could the Irish bebut abject serfs? What nation
in their circumstances could have been other-
wise? Is it not amazing that any social virtue
could have survived such an ordeal ?^ — ^that any
seeds of good, any roots of national greatness,
could have outlived such a long, tempestuous-
winter?
"These laws," he continues, "were aimed not
only at the religion of the Catholic, but still more
at his liberty and his property. He could enjoy
no freehold property, nor was he allowed to have
a lease for a longer term than thirty-one years ;
but as even this term was long enough to encour-
age an industrious man to reclaim waste lands
and improve his worldly circumstances, it was
enacted that if a Papist should have a farm pro-
ducing a profit greater than one-third of the
rent, his right to such should immediately cease,
and pass over to the first Protestant who should
discover the rate of profit!"*
This was the age that gave to Irish topogra-
phy the "Corrig-an-Affrion," found so thickly
marked on every barony map in Ireland. "The
Mass Rock!" What memories cling around each
hallowed moss-clad stone or rocky ledge on the
mountain side, or in the deep recess of some
desolate glen, whereon, for years and years, the
Holy Sacrifice was offered up in stealth and
secrecy, the death-penalty hanging over jiriest
and worshipper! Not unfrequently mass was in-
terrupted by the approach of the bandogs of the
law ; for, quickened by the rewards to be earned.
* Cassell's (Godkin's) "History of Ireland," vol. ii., page
119.
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THE STORY OF IRELAND.
there sprang up in those days the infamous trade
of priest-hunting, "five pounds" being equally
the government price for the head of a priest as
for the head of a wolf. The utmost care was
necessary in divulging intelligence of the night
on which mass would next be celebrated; and
when the congregation had furtively stolen to
the spot, sentries were posted all around before
the mass began. Yet in instances not a few, the
worshippers were taken by surprise, and the
blood of the murdered priest wetted the altar
stone.
"Well might our Protestant national poet,
Davis, exclaim, contemplating this, deep night-
time of suffering and sorrow :
"Oh! weep those days — the penal days,
When Ireland hopelessly complained :
Oh ! weep those days — ^the penal days.
When godless persecution reigned.
"They bribed the flock, they bribed the son,
To sell the priest and rob the sire ;
Their dogs were taught alike to run
Upon the scent of wolf and friar.
Among the poor.
Or on the moor.
Were hid the pious and the true —
While traitor knave
And recreant slave
Had riches, rank, and retinue ;
And, exiled in those penal days,
Oizr banners over Europe blaze."
A hundred years of such a code in active opera-
tion, ought, according to all human calculations,
to have succeeded in accomplishing its malefic
purpose. But again, all human calculations, all
natural consequences and probabilities, were set
aside, and God, as if by a miracle, preserved the
faith, the virtue, the vitality, and power of the
Irish race. He decreed that they should win
a victory more glorious than a hundred gained
■on the battlefield — more momentous in its future
lesults — in tlieir triumiih over the penal code.
After three half-centuries of seeming death, Irish
Catholicity has rolled away the stone from its
guarded sopulcher, and walked forth full of life!
It could be no human faith that, after such a
crucifixion and burial, could thus arise" glorious
and immortal! This triumph, the greatest, has
been Ireland's; and God, in His own good time,
will assuredly give her the fullness of victory.
CHAPTER LXXV.
THE IRISH ARMY IN EXILE HOW SAKSFIELD FELL OM
LANDEN PLAIN HOW THE REGIMENTS OF BDEKE
AND o'mAHONYS.WED CREMONA, FIGHTING IS "mU8-
KETS AND shirts" THE GLORIOUS VICTORY OF
rONTENOY ! HOW THE IRISH EXILES, FAITHFDL TO
THE END, SHARED THE LAST GALLANT EFFORT OF
PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD.
The glory of Ireland was all abroad in those
years. Spurned from the portals of the constitu-
tion established by the conqueror, the Irish slave
followed with eager gaze the meteor track of
"the Brigade." Namur, Steenkirk, Staffardo,
Cremona, Ramillies, Fontenoy — each in its turn,
sent a thrill through the heart of Ireland. The
trampled captive furtively lifted his head from
the earth, and looked eastward, and his face was
lighted up as by the beam of the morning sun.
For a hundred years that magnificent body —
the Irish Brigade — (continuously recruited from
home, though death was the penalty by English
law) — made the Irish name synonymous with
heroism and fidelity throughout Europe. Sars-
field was among the first to meet a soldier's
death. But he fell in the arms of victory, and
died, as the old annalists would say, with his
mind and his heart turned to Ireland. In the
bloody battle of Landen, fought July 29, 1693,
he fell mortally wounded, while leading a victo-
rious charge of the Brigade. The ball had entered
near his heart, and while he lay on the field his
corslet was removed in order that the wound
might be examined. He himself, in a pang of
pain, put his hand to his breast as if to stanch
the wound. When he took away liis hand it
was full of blood. Gazing at it for a moment
sorrowfully, he faintly grasped out: "Oh! that
this were for Ireland!" He never s]>oke again!
His place was soon filled from the ranks of the
exiled Irish nobles — those illustrious men whose
names are emblazoned on the glory roll of France
— and the Brigade went forward ia its path of
victory. At Cremona, 1702, an Irish regiment,
most of the men fighting in their shirts — (the
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203
place had been surprised in the dead of night by
treachery) — saved the town under most singular
circumstances. Duke Villeroy, coinmandinfj the
French army, including two Irish regiments
under O'Mahony and Burke, held Cremona; his
adversary, Prince Eugene, commanding the Ger-
mans, being encamped around Mantua. Treason
was at work, however, to betray Cremona. One
night a partisan of the Germans within the walls,
traitorously opened one of the gates to the Aus-
trian troops. Before the disaster was discov-
ered, the French general, most of the officers,
the military chests, etc., were taken, and the
German horse and foot were in possession of the
town, excepting one place only — the Po Gate,
which was guarded by the two Irish regiments.
In fact. Prince Eugene had already taken up his
headquarters in the town hall, and Cremona was
■virtually in his hands. The Irish were called on
to surrender the Po Gate. They answered with
a volley. The Austrian general, on learning
they were Irish trooxis, desired to save brave
men from utter sacrifice — for he had Irish in his
own service, and held the men of Ireland in high
estimation. He sent to expostulate with them,
and show them the madness of sacrificing their
lives where they could have no probability of
relief, and to assure them that if they would
enter into the imperial service, they should be
directly and honorably promoted. "The first
part of this proposal," says the authority I have
been following, "they heard with impatience;
the second, with disdain. 'Tell the prince, 'said
they, 'that we have hitherto preserved the honor
of our country, and that we hope this day to
convince him we are worthy of his esteem.
While one of us exists, the German eagles shall
not be displayed upon these walls.' " The at-
tack upon them was forthwith commenced by a
large body of foot, supported by five thousand
cuirassiers. As I have already noted, the Irish,
having been aroused from their sleep, had barely
time to clutch their arms and rush forth un-
dressed. Davis, in his ballad of Cremona,
informs us, indeed (very probably more for
"rhyme" than -with "reason") that
" the major is drest;"
adding, however, the undoubted fact :
"But muskets and shirts are the clothes of the
rest.
A bloody scene of street fighting now ensued,
and before the morning sun had risen high, the
naked Irish had recovered nearly half the city.
" 'In on them,' said Friedberg — 'and Dillon is
broke.
Like forest flowers crushed by the fall of the
oak. '
Through the naked liattalious the cuirassiers
go;
But the man, not the dress, makes the soldier,
I trow.
Upon them with grapple, with bay'net, and
ball.
Like wolves upon gaze-hounds the Irishmen
fall-
Black Friedberg is slain by O'Mahony 's steel,
And back from the bullets the cuirassiers reel.
"Oh! hear you their shout in your quarters,
Eugene?
In vain on Prince Vaudemont for succour you
lean!
The bridge has been broken, and mark! how
pell-mell
Come riderless horses and volley and yell !
He's a veteran soldier — he clinches his hands.
He springs on his horse, disengages his bands — ■
He rallies, he urges, till, hopeless of aid,
He is chased through the gates by the Irish
Brigade."
It was even so. "Before evening," we are told,
"the enemy were completely expelled the town,
and the general and military chests recovered!"
Well might the poet undertake to des«ribe as
here quoted the effects of the news in Austria.
England, France, and Ii-eland :
"News, news in Vienna! — King Leopold's sad.
News, news in St. James' — King William is
mad.
News, news in Versailles! — 'Let the Irish Bri-
gade
Be loyally honored, and royall.y paid. '
News, news in old Ireland! — high rises her
pride,
And loud sounds her wail for her children wh»
died;
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And deep is her prayer — 'God send I may see
MacDonnell and Mahony fighting for me ! ' "
Far more memorable, however, far more im-
portant, -was the ever-glorious day of Fontenoy
— a name which to this day thrills the Irish heart
■with pride. Of this great battle — fought May
11, 1745 — in which the Irish Brigade turned the
fortunes of the day, and saved the honor of
France, I take the subjoined account, prefixed to
Davis' well-known poem, which I also quote :
"A French army of seventy-nine thousand
men, commanded bj' Marshal Sase, and encour-
aged by the presence of both the King and the
Dauphin, laid siege to Tournay, early in Maj-,
1745. The Duke of Cumberland advanced at the
head of fifty-five thousand men, chiefly English
and Dutch to relieve the town. At the duke's
approach, Saxe and the king advanced a few
miles from Tournay with forty-five thousand
men, leaving eighteen thousand to continue the
siege, and six thousand to guard the Scheldt.
Saxe posted his army along a range of slopes
thus : his center was on the village of Fontenoy,
his left stretched off through the wood of Barri,
his right reached to the town of St. Antoine,
close to the Scheldt. He fortified his right and
center by the villages of Fontenoy and St.
Antoine, and redoubts near them. His extreme
left was also strengthened by a redoubt in the
wood of Barri ; but his left center, between that
wood and the village of Fontenoy, was not
guarded by anything save slight lines. Cumber-
land had the Dutch, under Waldeck, on his left,
and twice they attempted to caiTy St. Antoine,
but were repelled with heavy loss. The same
fate attended the English in the center, who
thrice forced their way to Fontenoy, but re-
turned fewer and sadder men. Ingoldsby was
then ordered to attack the wood of Barri with
Cumberland's right. He did so, and broke into
the wood, when the artillery of the redoubt sud-
denly opened on him, which, assisted by a con-
stant fire from the French tirailleurs (light
infantry), drove him back.
"The duke now resolved to make one great and
final effort. He selected his best regiments, vet-
eran English corps, and formed them into a
single column of six thousand men. At its head
■were six cannon, and as many more on the flanks,
which did good service. Lord John Hay com-
manded this great mass. Everything being now
ready, the column advanced slowly and evenly
as if on the parade ground. It mounted the
slope of Saxe's position, and pressed on between
the wood of Barri and the village of Fonteno.v.
In doing so, it was exposed to a cruel fire of
artillery and sharpshooters, but it stood the
storm, and got behind Fontenoy.
"The moment the object of the column was
seen, the French troops were hurried in upon
them. The cavalry charged; but the English
hardly paused to ofifer the raised bayonet, and
then poured in a fatal fire. On they went, till
within a short distance, and then threw in their
balls with great precision, the ofiicers actually
laying their canes along the muskets to make the
men fire low. Mass after mass of infantry was
broken, and on went the column, reduced but
still apparently invincible! Due Eichelieu had
four cannon hurried to the front, and he literally
battered the head of the column, while the
household cavalry surrounded them, and in re-
peated charges, wore down their strength. But
these French were fearful sufferers. The day
seemed virtually lost, and King Louis was about
to leave the field. In this juncture, Saxe ordered
up his last reserve — the Irish Brigade. It con-
sisted that day of the regiments of Clare, Lally,
Dillon, Berwick, Roth, and Buckley, with Fitz-
james' horse. O'Brien, Lord Clare, was in com-
mand. Aided bj' the French regiments of Nor-
mandy and Vaisseany, thax were ordered to
charge upon the flank of the English with fixed
bayonets without firing. Upon the approach of
this splendid body of men, the English were
halted on the slope of a hill, and up that slope
the brigade rushed rapidly and in fine order;
the stimulating cry of 'Cuimhnigidh ar Lium-
neac, agus ar fheile na Sacsanach, ' 'Remember
Limerick and British faith,' being re-echoed
from man to man. The fortune of the field was
no longer doubtful. The English were weary
with a long day's fighting, cut up by cannon,
charge, and musketry, and dispirited by the ap-
pearance of the Brigade. Still they gave their
fire well and fatally ; but they wore literally
stunned by the shout, and shattered by the Irish
charge. They broke before the Irish bayonets,
and tumbled down the far side of the hill disor-
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ganized, hopeless, and falling by hundreds. The
victory was bloody and complete. Louis is said
to have ridden down to the Irish bivouac, and
personally thanked them ; and George the Sec-
ond, on hearing it, uttered that memorable im-
precation on the penal code, 'Cursed be the laws
which deprive me of such subjects.' The one
English volley and the short struggle on the
crest of the hill cost the Irish dear. One-fourth
of the olficers, including Colonel Dillon, were
killed, and one-third of the men. The capture
of Ghent, Bruges, Ostend, and Oudenard, fol-
lowed the victory of Fontenoy. ' '
"Thrice, at the huts of Fontenoy, the English
column failed.
And thrice the lines of St. Antoine the Dutch
in vain assailed ;
For town and slope were filled with foot and
flanking battery.
And well they swept the English ranks and
Dutch auxiliary.
As vainly, through DeBarri's Wood the British
soldiers burst,
The French artillery drove them back, dimin-
ished and dispersed.
The bloody Duke of Cumberland beheld with
anxious eye.
And ordered up his last reserve, his latest
chance to try.
On Fontenoy, on Fontenoy, how fast his gen-
erals ride !
And mustering come his chosen troops, like
clouds at eventide.
"Six thousand English veterans in stately column
tread ;
Their cannon blaze in front and flank ; Lord
Hay is at their head ;
Steady they step adown the slope — steady they
climb the hill.
Steady they load- — steady they fire, moving
right onward still.
Betwixt the wood and Fontenoy, as through a
furnace blast,
Through rampsirt, trench, and palisade, and
bullets showering fast ;
And on the open plain above they rose and kept
their course,
"With ready fire and grim resolve, that mocked
at hostile force.
Past Fontenoy, past Fontenoy, while thinner
grow their ranks—
They break as broke the Zuyder Zee through
Holland's ocean banks.
"More idly than the summer flies, French tirail-
leurs rush round ;
As stubble to the lava tide, French squadrons
strew the ground ;
Bombshell and grai)e, and round shot tore, still
on they marched and fired—
Fast from each volley grenadier and voltigeur
retired.
'Push on my household cavalry!' King Louis
madly cried.
To death they rush, but rude their shock — not
unavenged they died.
On through the camp the column trod — King
Louis turns his rein :
'Not yet, my liege,' Saxe interposed, 'the Irisb
troops remain;'
And Fontenoy, famed Fontenoy, had been a
Waterloo,
Were not these exiles ready then, fresh, vehe-
' ment, and true.
" 'Lord Clare,' he says, 'you have your wish:
there are your Saxon foes ! '
The Marshal almost smiles to see, so furiously
he goes!
How fierce the smile these exiles wear, who 're
wont to look so gay ;
The treasured wrongs of fifty years are in their
hearts to-day.
The treaty broken ere the ink wherewith 'twas
writ could dry.
Their plundered homes, their ruined shrines,
their women's parting cry.
Their priesthood hunted down like wolves,
their country overthrown !
Each looks as if revenge for all were staked on
him alone.
On Fontenoy, on Fontenoy, nor ever yet else-
where.
Pushed on to fight a nobler band than those
proud exiles were.
" O'Brien's voice is hoarse with joy, as halting
he commands,
'Fix bay 'nets — charge!' — Like mountain Btona
rush on these fiery bands!
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Thin is the English column now, and faint
their volleys grow,
Tet must'ring all the strength they have, they
made a gallant show.
They dress their ranks upon the hill to face
that battle wind!
Their bayonets the breakers' foam ; like rocks
the men behind!
One volley crashes from their line, when
through the surging smoke,
"With empty guns clutched in their hands, the
headlong Irish broke.
On Fontenoy, on Fontenoy, hark to that fierce
huzza!
'Revenge! remember Limerick 1 dash down the
Sasseuagh!'
"Like lions leaping at a fold when mad with
hunger's pang.
Eight up against the English line the Irish
exiles sprang.
Bright was their steel, 'tis bloody now, their
guns are filled with gore ;
Through shattered ranks, and severed piles,
and trampled flags they tore ;
The English strove with desperate strength,
paused, rallied, staggered, fled —
The green hillside is matted close with dying
and with dead.
Across the plain and far away passed on that
hideous wrack,
"While cavalier and fantassin dash in upon their
track.
On Fontenoy, on Fontenoy, like eagles in the
sun,
"With bloody plumes the Irish stand — the field
is fought and won!"
In the year of Fontenoy, 1745, Prince Charles
Edward made his bold and romantic attempt to
recover the lost crown of the Stuarts. His expe-
dition, we are told, "was undertaken and con-
ducted by Irish aid, quite as much as by French
or Scottish." His chief of command was Colo-
nel O'Sullivan ; the most of the funds were suj)-
I-lied by the two "Waters — father and son — L-ish
bankers at Paris, "who advanced one hundred
and eighty thousand livres between them;"
another Irishman, "^'alsh, a merchant at Nantes,
putting "a privateer of eighteen guns into the
venture." Indeed, one of Charles' English
adherents, Lord Elcho, who kept a journal of the
campaign, notes complainingly the Irish influence
under which the prince acted. On the 19th of
Julj-, he landed near Moidart, in the north of
Scotland. "Clanronald, Cameron of Lochiel,
the Laird of M'Leod, and a few others having
arrived, the royal standard was unfurled on the
19th of August at Glenfinan, where, that even-
ing, twelve thousand men — the entire army, so
far — were formed into camp under the orders of
O'Sullivan. From that day until the day of Col-
loden, O'Sullivan seems to h»-ve maneuvered the
prince's forces. At Perth, a*^ Edinburgh, at
Manchester, at Culloden, he took command in
the field or in the garrison ; and e^erv after the
sad result, he adhered to his sovereign's son
with an honorable fidelity which defied deppah'. ' '*
In Ireland no corresponding movement took
place. Yet this is the period which has given to
native Irish minstrelsy, as it now survives, its
abiding characteristic of deep, fervent, un-
changeable, abiding devotion to the Stuart cause.
The Gaelic harp never gave forth richer melody,
Gaelic poetry never found nobler inspiration,
than in its service. In those matchless songs,
which, under the general designation of "Jacob-
ite Relics," are, and e^er will be, so potential to
touch the Irish heart with sadness or enthusiasm,
under a thousand forms of allegory the coming
of Prince Charles, the restoration of the ancient
faith, and the deliverance of Ireland by the
"rightful prince," are prophesied and apostro-
phied. Now it is "Dark Rosaleen;" now it is
"Ks,thaleen-na-Houlahan;" now it is the "Black-
bird," the "Drimin Don Deelish," the "Silk of
the Kine, " or "Ma Chreviu Evin Algan Og. "
From this rich store of Gaelic poetry of the
eigXiteenth century I quote one specimen, a poem
written al)out the period of Charles Edward's
landing at Moidart, by William Heffernau "Dall"
("the Blind") of Shronehill, county Tipperary,
and addressed to the Prince of Ossory, Michael
Mac Giolla Kerin, known as Mehal Dhu, or Dark
Michael. The translation into English is by
Man g an :
"Lift up the dooping head,
Meohal Dhu Mac-Giolla-Kierin ;
Her blood yet bouudeth red
Through the myriad veins of Erin!
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No ! no ! she is not dead —
Meebal Dhu Mac-Giolla-Kierin!
Lo! she redeems
The lost years of bygone ages —
New glory beams
Henceforth ou her history's pages!
Her long penitential Night of Sorrow
Yields at length before the reddening mor-
row!
"You heard the thunder-shout,
Meehal Dhu Mac-Giolla-Kierin,
Saw the lightning streaming out
O'er the purple hills of Ei-in!
And bide you still in doubt,
Meehal Dhu Mac-Giolla-Kierin?
Oh ! doubt no more !
Through Ulidia's voiceful valleys,
On Shannon's shore.
Freedom's burning spirit rallies.
Earth and heaven unite in sign and omen
Bodeful of the downfall of our foemen.
"Charles leaves the Grampian hills,
Meehal Dhu Mac-Giolla-Kierin.
Charles, whose appeal yet thrills
Like a clarion-blast through Erin.
Charles, he whose image fills
Thy soul too, Mac-Giolla-Kierin!
Ten thousand strong
His clans move in brilliant order,
Sure that ere long
He will march them o'er the border,
"While the dark-haired daughters of the
Highlands
Crown with wreaths the monarch of these
Islands."
But it was only in the passionate poesy of the
native minstrels that any echo of the shouts from
Moidart resounded amid the hills of Erin. Dur-
ing all this time the hapless Irish Catholics re-
signed themselves utterly to the fate that had
befallen them. For a moment victory gleamed
on the Stuart banner, and the young prince
marehed southward to claim his own in London.
Still Ireland made no sign. Hope had fled.
The prostrate and exhausted nation slept heavily
in its blood-clotted chain!
CHAPTER LXXVL
HOW IRELAND BEGAN TO AWAKEN FBOM THE SLXEP OP
SLAVERY THE DAWN OK LKOISLATIVE INDEPEND-
ENCE.
Ireland lay long in that heavy trance. The
signal for her awakening came across the western
ocean. "A voice from America," says Flood,
"shouted 'Liberty;' and every hill and valley of
this rejoicing island answered, 'Liberty!' "
For two centuries the claim of the English
parliament to control, direct, and bind the Irish
legislature, had been the subject of bitter dispute.
The claim was first formally asserted and im-
posed in the reign of Henry the Seventh, when a
servile "parliament," gathered at Drogheda, in
November, 1495, by lord deimty Poynings,
among other acts of self-degradation, at the bid-
ding of the English ofiicial, enacted that hence-
forth no law could be originated in the Irish
legislature, or proceeded with, until the heads of
it had first been sent to England, submitted to
the king and council there, and returned with
their approbation under seal. This was the cele-
brated "Poynings' Act, " or "Poynings' Law,"
which readers of Grattan's "Life and Times"
will find mentioned so frequently. It was im-
posed as a most secure chain — a ponderous curb
— at a crisis when resistance was out of the ques-
tion. It was, in moments of like weakness or
distraction, submitted to ; but ever and anon in
flashes of spirit, the Irish parliaments repudiated
the claim as illegal, unconstitutional, and unjust.
On February 16, 1640, the Irish House of Com-
mons submitted a set of queries to the judges,
the nature of which may be inferred from the
question — "Whether the subjects of this king-
dom be a free people, and to be governed only
by the common law of England and statues
passed in this kingdom?" When the answers
received were deemed insufficient, the House
turned the questions into the form of resolu-
tions, and proceeded to vote on them, one by
one, affirming in every point the rights, the lib-
erties, and the privileges of their constituents.
The confederation of Kilkenny still more explic-
itly and boldly enunciated and asserted the
doctrine that Ireland was a distinct, free, sover-
eign, and independent nation, subject only to the
triple crown of the three kingdoms. The Crom-
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wellian rebellion tore down this, as it trampled
upon so many other of the rights and liberties of
all three kingdoms. The "restoration" came;
but in the reign •f the second Charles, the Dub-
lin parliament was too busy in scrambling for
retention of plunder and resistance of restitution,
to utter an aspiration for liberty ; it bowed the
neck to "Poyuiugs' Law." To the so-called
"Catholic Parliament" of L-eland in James the
Second's reign belongs the proud honor of mak-
ing the next notable declaration of independ-
ence; among the first acts of this legislature
being one declaring the complete and perfect
freedom of the Irish parliament. "Though they
were 'Papists,' " says Grattan, "these men were
not slaves; they wrung a constitution from
King James before they accompanied him to the
field. ' ' Once more, however, came successful re-
bellion to overthrow the sovereign and the parli-
ament, and again the doctrine of national inde-
pendence disappeared. The L:ish legislature in
the first years of the new regime sank into the
abject condition of a mere committee of the
English parliament.
Soon, however, the spirit of resistance began
to appear. For a quarter of a century, the Prot-
estant party had been so busy at the work of
persecution — so deeply occupied in forging
chains for their Catholic fellow-countr^'men —
that they never took thought of the political
thraldom being imposed upon themselves by the
English parliament. "The Lrish Protestant,"
says Mr. Wyse, "had succeeded in excluding the
Catholics from power, and for a moment held
triumphant and exclusive possession of the con-
quest ; but he was merely a locum tenens for a more
powerful conqueror, a jackal for the lion, an
L:ish steward for an English master. The ex-
clusive system was turned against him ; he made
the executive exclusively Protestant ; the "Whigs
of George the First made it almost entirely Eng-
lish. His victory paved the way for another far
easier and far more important. Popery fell, but
Ireland fell with it."* In 1719, the question
came to a direct issue. In a lawsuit between
Hester Sherlock, appellant, and Maurice Annes-
ley, respondent, relating to some property in the
county Eildare, the Irish Court of Exchequer
'"His. Catb. ABSociotion," pags 27.
decided in favor of the respondent. On an ap-
peal to the Irish House of Peers, this judgment
was reversed. The respondent, Annesley, now
appealed to the English House of Peers in Eng-
land, which body annulled the decision of the
Irish peers, and confirmed that of the Ex-
chequer Court. The sheriff of Kildare, however,
recognizing the decision of the Irish iieers, and
declining to recognize the jurisdiction of the
English tribunal, refused to obey an order call-
ing on him to put Annesley into possession of
the estate. The Irish Court of Exchequer there-
upon inflicted a fine upon the sheriff. The Irish
peers removed the fine, and voted that the sheriff
"had behaved with integrity and courage."
This bold course evoked the following galling
enactment by the English House :
"Whereas, . . . the lords of Ireland
have of late, against law, assumed to themselves
a power and jurisdiction to examine and amend
the judgments and decrees of the courts of jus-
tice in Ireland; therefore, etc., it is declared and
enacted, etc. . . . that the king's majesty,
by and with the advice and consent of the lords
spiritual and temporal and commons of Great
Britain in parliament assembled, had, hath, and
of right ought to have, full power and authority
to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and
validity to bind the people of the kingdom of
Ireland. And it is further enacted and declared
that the House of Lords of Ireland have not, nor
of right ought to have, any jurisdiction to judge
of, affirm, or reverse any judgment, etc., made in
any court in the said kingdom. "
Here was "Poynings' Law" re-enacted with
savage explicitness; a heavy bit set between the'
jaws of the restive Irish legislature.
This rough and insulting assertion of subjuga-
tion stung the Protestants to the quick. They
submitted ; but soon there began to break forth
from among them men who commenced to utter
the words (country and Patriotism. These
"rash" and "extreme" doctrinaires were long
almost singular in their views. Wise men con-
sidered them insane when they "raved" of recov-
ering the freedom of parliament. "Repeal
Poynings' Law! — restore the heptarchy!" cried
one philosopher. "Liberate the parliament! — a
splendid phantom!" cried another. Neverthe-
lesB, the so-called doctrinaires grew in popularity-
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Their lesuler was the Very Rev. Jonathan Swift,
Protestant dean of St. Patrick's. His precursor
wa.s William Molyneux, member for the Dublin
University, who, in 1091, published the first
•great argumentative vindication of Irish legisla-
tive independence — "The Case of Ireland Stated."
Immediately on its appearance, the English par-
liament took alarm, and ordered the book to be
"burned by the hands of the common hangman."
Swift took up the doctrines and argument.s of
Molyneux, and made them all-prevalent among
the juasses of the people. But the "upper
classes" thought them "visionary" and "im-
practicable;" nay, seditious and disloyal. Later
on, in the middle of the century, Dr. Charles
Lucas, a Dublin apothecary, became the leader
of the anti-English party. Of course, he was set
down as disaffected. A resolution of the servile
Irish House of Commons declared him "an
enemy to his country;" and he had to fly from
Ireland for a time. His popularity, however,
increased, and the popular suspicion and detes-
tation of the English only required an opportu-
nity to exhibit itself in overt acts. In 17.59 a
rumor broke out in Dublin that a legislative
union (on the model of the Scotto-English amal-
gamation just accomplished) was in contempla-
tion. "On December 3d the citizens rose en
masse and surrounded the houses of parliament.
They stopped the carriages of members, and
obliged them to swear opposition to such a meas-
ure. Some of the Protestant bishops and the
chancellor were roughly handled ; a iwivy coun-
cilor was thro^vn into the river; the attorney-
general was wounded and obliged to take refuge
in the college; Lord Inchiquin was abused till
he said his name was O'Brien, when the rage of
the people was turned into acclamations. The
speaker, Mr. Ponsonby, and the chief secretary,
Mr. Eigby, had to appear in the por»li of the
House of Commons, solemnly to assure the citi-
zens that no union was dreamed of, and if it was
proposed that they would be the first to oppose
it."*
The union scheme had to be abandoned ; and
Lucas soon after returned from exile to wield
increased power. The "seditious agitator," the
solemnly declared "enemy of his country," was
triumphantly returned to parliament by the citi-
zens of Dublin, having as fellow-laborers, re-
turned at the same time, Hussey Burgh and
Henry Flood. Lucas did not live to enjoy many
years his well-earned honors. In 1770 he was
followed to the grave by every demonstration of
national regret. "At his funeral the pall was
borne by the Marquis of Kildare, Lord Charle-
mont, Mr. Flood, Mr. Hussey Burgh, Sir Lucius
O'Brien, and Mr. Ponsonby." And the citizens
of Dublin, to perpetuate the memory of the once
banished "disloyalist," set up his marble statue
in their civic forum, where it stands to this
day.*
While the country was thus seething with dis-
content, chafing under the "Poyning" yoke,
there rolled across the Atlantic the echoes of
Bunker's Hill; Protestant domiuancy paused in
its work of persecution, and bowed in homage to
the divine spirit of Liberty!
• M'Gee.
CHAPTER LXXYII.
HOW THE IRISH VOLUNTEERS ACHIEVED THE LEGISLATIVE
INDEPENDENCE OF IRELAND : OR, HOW THE MORAL
FORCE OF A CITIZEN AEMV EFFECTED A PEACEFUL,
LEGAL, AND CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION.
The first effort of the "patriot party," as for
some years past they had been called, was to
limit the duration of parliaments (at this time
elected for the life of the king), so that the con-
stituents might oftener have an opportunity —
even by such cumbrous and wretchedly ineffec-
tive means as the existing electoral system pro-
vided— of judging the conduct of their members.
In 1760, Lucas and his fellow-nationalists suc-
ceeded in carrying resolutions for "heads of a
bill, " limiting the parliaments to seven years.
In accordance with "Poynings' Law," the
"heads" were transmitted to Loudon for sanc-
tion, but were never heard of more. In 1763,
they were again carried in the Irish house, again
* Lucas was, politically, a thorough uationalist, but, re-
ligiously, a bigot. The Irish nation he conceived to be the
Irish Protestants. The idea of admitting the Catholics —
the mass of the population — within the constitution, found
in him a rabid opponent. Yet the Catholics of Ireland, to
their eternal honor, have ever condoned his rabid bigotry
against themselves, remembering his labors for the princi-
ple of nationality.
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sent to London, again canceled there. Lrish
popular feeling now began to be excited. Again,
a third time, the "Septennial Bill" was carried
through the Irish Parliament, again sent to Lon-
don, and again ignominiously vetoed there.
But now the infatuation of England had over-
leaped itself. A spirit was aroused in L-eland
before which the government quailed. A fourth
time, amid ominous demonstrations of popular
determination, the thrice-rejected "heads of a
bill" were sent across. This time they were re-
turned approved ; but the seven years were
altered to eight years, a paltry and miserable
assertion of mastery, even while yielding under
fear. But the impartial student will note that
by some malign fatality it happens that even up
to the present hour every concession granted by
England to Irish demands was invariably refused
till passion was inflamed, and has been conceded
only on compulsion. The concession that, had
it been made cheerfully and graciously at first,
might have elicited good will and gratitude, has
always been denied as long as it durst for safety
be withheld, and been granted only when some
home or foreign difficulty rendered Irish discon-
tent full of danger.
Concessions thus made are taKen without
thanks, and only give strength and determina-
tion to further demands. The patriot party fol-
lowed up their first decisive victory by cam-
paigns upon the pension list, the dependence of
the judges, the voting of supply, etc. ; the result
being continuous, violent, and bitter conflict be-
tween the parliament and the viceroy ; popular
feeling rising and intensifying, gaining strength
and force every hour.
Meanwhile America, on issue.^ almost identical,
had taken the field, and, aided by France, was
holding England in deadly struggle. Toward
the close of the year 1779, while Ireland as well
as England was denuded of troops, government
sent warning that some French or American pri-
vateers might be expected on the Ii-ish coast, but
confessing that no regular troops could bo spai"ed
for local defense. The jieople of Belfast were
the first to make a significant answer to this
warning by enrolling volunteers corps. The
movement sjjread rapidly throughout the island,
and in a short time the government with dismay
beheld the patriot jjarty in parliament sur-
rounded by a volunteer army filled with patriotic
ardor and enthusiasm. Every additional battal-
ion of volunteers enrolled added to the moral
power wielded by those leaders, whose utterances
grew in boldness amid the flashing swords and
bayonets of a citizen army one hundred thou-
sand strong. The nation by this time had be-
come unanimous in its resolution to be free; a
corrupt or timid group of courtiers or placemen
alone making a sullen and half-hearted fight
against the now all-powerful nationalists. Under
the healing influence of this sentiment of patri-
otism, the gaping wounds of a century began to
close. The Catholic slave, though still outside
the pale of the constitution, forgot his griefs and
his wrongs for the moment, and gave all his
energies in aid of the national movement. He
bought the musket which law denied to himself
the right to bear, and placing it in the hand of
his Protestant fellow-countr'yman, bade him go
forward in the glorious work of liberating their
common fatherland.
Free trade became now the great object of en-
deavor. The trade of Ireland at this time had
been almost extinguished by repressive enact-
ments passed by the English parliament in Lon-
don, or by its shadow in Dublin in by-gone
i years. Immediately on the accession of T\'illiam
the Third, the English lords and commons ad-
dressed the king, praying his majesty to declare
to his Irish subjects that "the growth and in-
crease of the wolleu manufacture hath long been,
and will ever be looked upon with great jeal-
ousy," and threatening very plainly that they
might otherwise have to enact "very strict laws
totally to abolish the same."* William answered
them, promising to do "all that in him lay" to
"discourage the woollen manufacture there."
'Twsre long to trace and to recapitulate the mul-
tifarious laws passed to crush manufacture and
commerce of all kinds in Ireland in accordance
with the above-cited address and ro.val promise.
Englishmen in our day are constantly reproach-
ing Ireland with absence of manufactures and
commerce, and inviting this country to "wake
up" and compete with England in the markets
of the world. This may be malignant sarcasm,
or it may be the ignorance of defective informa-
■ " English Lords' Journal," 1698, pages 314, 316.
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
211
tion. "When one country has been by law for-
bidden to engage in manufactures or commerce
until the other has jirotected and nursed her own
into vigor and maturity, and has secured posses-
sion of the world's markets, the invitation to the
long-restricted and now crippled country to
"compete" on the basis of free trade, is as much
of a mockery as to call for a race between a
trained athlete and a half-crippled captive,
who has, moreover, been forcibly and foully
detained till the other has neared the winning
post.
To liberate Irish trade from such restraints
was now the resolve of the patriot party in the i
destined to be the terror of tyrants, the hope of
the oppressed, all over the world.
It was England's day of humiliation and dis-
may. By clutching at the right of ojipression in
her hour of fancied strength, she bad lost Amer-
ica. It was not clear that through the same
course she was not about to drive Ireland also
from the demand for legislative independence
into the choice of complete separation.
The Ulster volunteers now decided to hold a
national convention of delegates from every citi-
zen regiment in the province. On the day fixed
— Friday, February 15, 1782 — and at the ap-
pointed place of meeting — the Protestant church
Irish parliament. On October 12, 1779, they car- 1 of Dungannon, county Tyrone, the convention
ried an address to the viceroy, declaring that 1 assembled ; and there, amid a scene the most
"by free trade alone" could the nation be saved j glorious witnessed in Ii-eland for years, the
from impending ruin. Again England ungra- ; delegates of the citizen army solemnly swore
ciously and sourly complied, and once more j allegiance to the charter of national liberty, de-
clogged her compliance with embittering ad- nouncing as "unconstitutional, illegal, and a
denda. These concessions, which the secretary ; grievance, " "the claim of any body of men,
of state was assuring the Irish jiarliament were other than the king, lords, and commons of Ire-
freely bestowed by English generosity, were no ] land to make laws to bind this kingdom." The
sooner made public in England than Mr. Pitt Dungannon resolutions were enthusiastically
had to send circular letters to the manufacturing
towns, assuring them "that nothing effectual
had been granted in Ireland."
But the Irish leaders were now about to crown
their liberating efforts by a work which would
henceforth place the destinies of Irish trade be-
yond the power of English jealousy, and beneath
the protecting cegis of a free and independent
native legislature. On April 19, 1780, Grattan
moved that resolution which is the sum and sub-
stance in its simple completeness of the Irish
national constitutional doctrine : "That no power
on earth, save that of the king, lords, and com-
mons of Ii'eland, has a right to make laws to bind
this kingdom. "
The motion was unsuccessful ; but this was
the commencement of the great struggle ; and
over the vital issue now raised — complete legis-
lative independence — the government fought with
an unscrupulous energy. Throughout two years
the contest was pursued with unintermitting
severity, when suddenly Europe was electrified
by the intelligence that the British armies had
capitulated to the "rebel colonists," and the
"star-spangled banner" appeared on the western
horizon, proclaiming the birth of a new power
ratified and reasserted by the several volunteer
corps, the municipal corporations, and public
meetings, all over the island ; and soon, outside
the 'circle of corrupt and servile castle placemen,
no voice durst be raised against the demand for
liberty.
A conciliatoi 7, that is, a temporizing, ministry,
now came into power in London, and in their
choice of lord lieutenant for Ii-eland — the Duke
of Portland — they found a very suitable man,
apparently, for their designs or experiments.
But the duke "on his arrival found the nation in
a state in which neither procrastination nor eva-
sion was any longer practicable. ' ' He reported
to England the danger of resistance and the ad-
visability of temporizing, that is, of yielding as
little as possible, but j'ielding all if necessary.
Accordingly, a message was delivered by the
king to the British parliament, setting forth
"that mistrusts and jealousies had arisen in Ire-
land, and that it was highly necessary to take
the same into immediate consideration in order
to a final adjustment. " Meanwhile the viceroy
in Dublin was plausibly endeavoring to wheedle
Grattan and the other patriot leaders into pro-
crastination, or, failing this, to tone down, to
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THE STOEY OF IRELAND.
■"moderate," the term8 of the popular demand.
Happily Grattan was sternly firm. He would
not consent to even a day's postponement of the
<luestion, and he refused to alter a jot of the na-
tional ultimatum. An eyewitness has described
for US the great scene of April 16, 1782:
"Whoever has individually experienced the
sensation of ardent expectation, trembling sus-
pense, burning impatience, and determined reso-
lution, and can suppose all those sensations pos-
sessing an entire nation, may form some, but yet
an inadequate, idea of the feelings of the Ii'ish
people on April 16, 1782, which was the day per-
emptorily fixed by Mr. Grattan for moving that
declaration of rights which was the proximate
cause of Ireland's short-lived prosperity, and the
remote one of its final overthrow and annexation.
So high were the minds of the public wound up
on the eve of that momentous day, that the
volunteers flew to their arms without having an
enemy to encounter, and, almost breathless with
impatience, imiuired eagerly after the probability
of events, which the close of the same day must
certainly determine.
Early on April 16, 1782, the great street before
the house of parliament was thronged by a multi-
tude of people of every class and description,
though many hours must elapse before the house
would meet, or business be proceeded with. The
parliament had been summoned to attend this
momentous question by an unusual and special
call of the house, and by four o'clock a full
meeting took place. The body of the House of
Commons was crowded with its members, a great
proportion of the peerage attended as auditors,
and the capacious gallery which surrounded the
interior magnificent dome of the house contained
above four hundred ladies of the highest distinc-
tion, who partook of the same national fire which
had enlightened their parents, their husbands,
and their relatives, and by the sympathetic in-
fluence of their presence and zeal they communi-
cated an instinctive chivalrous impulse to elo-
quence and patriotism.
"A calm but deep solicitude was apparent on
almost every countenance when Mr. Grattan
entered, accompanied by Mr. Brownlow and sev-
eral others, the determined and important advo-
cates for the declaration of Irish independence.
Mr. Grattan 's preceding exertions and anxiety
had manifestly injured his health ; his tottering
frame seemed barely sufficient to sustain his
laboring mind, replete with the unprecedented
importance and responsibility of the measure he
was about to bring forward."*
"For a short time," continues Sir Jonah Bar-
rington, "a profound silence ensued." It was
expected that Grattan would rise; but, to the
mortification and confusion of the government
leaders, he kept his seat, putting on them the
responsibility of opening the proceedings and of
fixing their attitude before being allowed to
"feel their way," as they greatly desired to do.
The secretary of state, resigning himself to the
worst, thought it better to declare for conces-
sion. He announced that "his majesty, being
concerned to find that discontents and jealousies
were prevailing among his loj'al subjects in Ire-
land upon matters of great weight and impor-
tance, recommended to the house to take the
same into their most serious consideration, in
order to effect such a final adjustment as might
give satisfaction to both kingdoms." The secre-
tary, however, added that he was not officially
authorized to say more than to deliver the mes-
sage.
After an interval of embarrassing silence and
curiosity, Mr. George Ponsonby rose, and moved
a weak and procrastinating reply, "thanking the
king for his goodness and condescension." But
it would not do. The national determination
was not to be trifled with. At length, after a
solemn jjause, Grattan, slowly rising from his
seat, commenced "the most luminous, brilliant,
and effective oration ever delivered in the Irish
parliament;" a speech which, "rising in its
progress, applied equally to the sense, the pride,
and the spirit of the nation." "Amid an uni-
versal cry of approbation," he concluded by
moving as an amendment to Mr. Ponsonby 's
inconsequential motion, the ever-memorable
declaration of Irish independence :
"That the kingdom of Ireland is a distinct
kingdom, with a parliament of her own, the sole
legislature thereof ; that there is no body of men
comjictent to make laws to bind the nation, but
the king, lords, and commons of Ireland, nor any
•Sir Jonah Harrington's " Kise and Fall of the Irish
Nation."
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213
parliament which hath any authority or power of
any sort -whatever in this country, save only the
parliament of Ireland; to asnro his majesty that
we humbly conceive that in this right the very
essence of our liberty exists, a rif^ht which we,
on the part of all the people of Ireland, do claim
as their birthright, and which we cannot yield
but with our lives."
Grattan's amendment was seconded by Mr.
Brownlow, member for Armagh County, in point
of wealth and reputation one of the first country
gentlemen in Ireland. "The whole house, "says
Barrington, "in a moment caught the patriotic
flame. All further debate ceased ; the speaker
put the question on Mr. Grattan's amendment;
an unanimous shout of 'ay' burst from every
quarter of the house. He repeated the question.
The applause redoubled. A moment of tumult-
ous exultation followed; and after centuries of
oppression, Ireland at length declared herself an
independent nation."
Word of the event no sooner reached the im-
patient crowd outside the building than a cry of
joy and triumph burst forth all over the city.
"The news soon spread through the nation, and
the rejoicings of the people were beyond all de-
scription ; every city, town, and village in Ire-
land blazed with the emblems of exultation, and
resounded with the shouts of triumph."
"Never was a new nation more nobly heralded
into existence. Never was an old nation more
reverently and tenderly lifted up and restored.
The houses adjourned to give England time to
consider Ireland's ultimatum. Within a month
it was accepted by the new British administra-
tion." The "visionary" and "impracticable"
idea had become an accomplished fact. The
"splendid phantom" had become a glorious
reality. The heptarchy had not been restored;
yet Ireland had won complete legislative in-
dependence!
CHAPTER LXXVIII.
WHAT NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE ACCOMPLISHED FOR IRE-
LAND HOW ENGLAND ONCE MORE BROKE FAITH WITH
IRELAND, AND REPAID GENERO08 TRUST WITH BASE
BETRAYAL.
If mankind needed at so late a period of the
world's age as the close of the eighteenth cen-
tury, any experiment to prove the substantial
benefits (jf national freedom, the progress of Ire-
land during this brief but bright and glorious
era of independence would suffice to establish
the fact forever. Happily, when referring to the
events of that time, we treat of no remote period
of history. Living men remember it. Irishmen
of this generation have listened at their parent's
knee to reminiscences and relations, facts and
particulars, that mark it as the day of Ireland's
true, real, and visible prosperity. Statistics —
invulnerable — irrefragable — full of eloquence —
momentous in their meaning — attest the same
truth. Manufacture, trade, and commerce de-
veloped to a greater extent in ten years of native
rule than they had done in the previous hundred
under English masterj', and in a much greater
proportion than they have developed in the sixty-
seven years of subsequent "union" legislation.
Ireland's freedom and prosperity did not mean
England's injury, nor England's pause in the
like onward march. The history of the period
we are now treating of disposes of more than one
fallacy used by the advocates of Ii'ish national
extinction. It proves that Ireland's right does
not involve England's wrong. Never before
were the two countries more free from jealousy,
rivalry, or hostility. Never before was discon-
tent banished from Ireland — as never since has
disaffection been absent.
Lust of dominion — sheer covetousness of mas-
tery— has in all ages been the source and origin
of the most wanton invasions and most wicked
subjugations. Not even among Englishmen
themselves does any writer now hesitate to char-
acterize as nefarious, treacherous, and abomin-
able, the scheme by which England invaded and
overthrew in 1800 the happily established free-
dom of Ireland.*
* English readers as yet uninformed on the subject, and
disposed to receive with hesitation the statements of Irish
writers as to the infamous means resorted to by the Eng-
lish government to overthrow the Irish constitution in 1800,
may be referred to the Castlereagh Papers and the Corn-
wallis Correspondence — the private letters of the chief
agents in the scheme. Mr. Massey, chairman of commit-
tees in the English House of Commons, published a few
years ago, a volume which exposes and characterizes that
nefarious transaction in language which might be deemed
too strong if used by an Irishman feeling the wrong and
suffering from it.
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THE STOEY OF IRELAND.
Scarcely had the rusty chain of "Poynings'
Act" been wrenched ofif than the English minis-
ter began to consider how a stronger one might
be forged and bound on the liberated Irish
nation. The king's voice characterized the
happy and amicable settlement just concluded as
"final." The British minister and the British
parliament in the most solemn manner declared
the same ; and surely nothing but morbid sus-
piciousness could discover fair ground for credit-
ing that England would play Ireland false upon
that promise — that she would seize the earliest
opportunity of not merely breaking that "final
adjustment," and shackling the Irish parliament
;anew, but of destroying it utterly and forever.
Yet there were men among theli-ish patriots who
did not hesitate to express such suspicions at the
moment, and foremost among these was Flood.
He pressed for further and more specific and
formal renunciation. Grattan, on the other
hand, violently resisted this, as an ungenerous
effort to put England "on her knees" — to humil-
iate her — to plainly treat her as a suspected
blackleg. On this issue the two patriot leaders
violently, acrimoniously, and irreconcilably quar-
reled ; Flood and his following contending that
England would surely betray Ireland on the
"final adjustment," and Grattan, with the bulk
of the national party, vehemently refusing to put
.such ungenerous insult and indignity on Eng-
land as to supiiose her capable of such conduct.
Alas! At that very moment — as the now jiub-
lished correspondence of the English statesmen
engaged in the transaction discloses — the British
ministers were discussing, devising, and direct-
ing preparations for accomplishing, by the most
iniquitous means, that crime against Ireland of
which Grattan considered it ungenero^is and
■wicked to express even a suspicion.
It was with good reason the national party,
soon after the accomplishment of legislative in-
dependence, directed their energies to the ques-
tion of parliamentary reform. The legislative
body, which in a moment of great public excite-
ment and enthusiasm, had been made for a
moment to reflect correctly the national will, was
aStisT all returned by an antique electoral system
which was a gross farce on representation.
Boroughs and seats were at the time openly and
litoraily owned by particular families or persons.
the voting "constituency" sometimes not being
more than a dozen in number. As a matter of
fact, less than a hundred persons owned seats or
boroughs capable of making a majority in the
commons.
The patriot party naturally and wisely judged
that with such a parliament the retention of free-
dom would be precarious, and the representation
of the national will uncertain ; so the question of
parliamentary reform came to be agitated with a
vehemence second only to that of parliamentary in-
dependence in the then recent campaign. By this
time, however, the British minister had equally
detected that while with such a parliament he
might accomplish his treacherous designs, with
a parliament really amenable to the people, he
never could. Concealing the real motive and
the remote object, the government, through its
myriad devious channels of influence, as well as
openly and avowedly, resisted the demand for
reform. Apart from the government, the
"vested interests" of the existing system were
able to make a protracted fight. Ere long both
these sections were leagued together, and they
hopelessly outnumbered the popular party.
The government now began to feel itself
strong, and it accordingly commenced the work
of deliberately destroying the parliament of Ire-
land. Those whom it could influence, purchase,
or corrupt, were one by one removed or bought
in market overt. Those who were true to honor
and dut}', it insolently threatened, insulted, and
assailed. The popular demands were treated
with defiance and contumely by the minister
and his co-conspirators. Soon a malign oppor-
tunity presented itself for putting Ireland utterly,
hopelessly, helplessly into their hands — the
sheep committed to the grasp ot U>e wolf for
security and protection!
CHAPTER LXXIX.
now THE ENGLISH MINISTER SAW HIS ADVANT.40B IN PRO-
VOKING IHKLANn INTO AN ARMED STRUGOLE . AND
HOW HKAUTLESSLY HE LABORED TO THAT END.
While these events were transpiring in Ireland
the French revolution had burst forth, shaking
the whole fabric of European society, rending
old systems with the terrible force of a newly-
THKHHAT.n \VC)I,FB TONR,
THE STOKY OF IRKLAXD.
215
apppaiPil explosive power. Everywhere its ellocts
were felt. Everywhere men were struck with
wonder. Everywhere the subtle intoxication of
the revolutionary doctrines symbolized by the
terrible drapeau rouge, fired the blood of polit-
ical enthusiasts. Some hailed the birth of the
French republic as the avatar of freedom;*
others saw in it the incarnation of anarchy and
infidelit.v ; an organized war upon social order
and upon the Christian religion. It instantly
arrayed all Europe in two fiercely hostile camps.
Each side spoke and acted with a passionate en-
ergy. Old parties and schools of political
thought were broken up ; old friendships and
alliances were sundered forever, on the question
whether the French revolution was an emanation
from hell or an inspiration from heaven.
Ireland, so peculiarly circumstanced, could
not fail to be i)owerfully moved by the great
drama unfolded before the world in Paris. Side
by side with the march of events there, from
1789 to 1795, was the revelation of England's
treason against the "final adjustment" of Irish
national rights, and the exasperating demeanor,
*Tlie sentiments evoked in the breasts of most Irish pa-
triots by the first outburst and subsequent proceedings of
the French revolution — enthusiasm, joy, and hope, fol-
lowed by grief, horror, and despair — have been truthfully
expressed by Moore in the following matchless verses :
" 'Tis gone and forever — the light we saw breaking
Like heaven's first dawn o'er the sleep of the dead ;
When man from the slumber of ages awaking.
Looked upward and blessed the pure ray ere it fled.
' 'Tis gone — and the gleams it has left of its burning
But deepen the long night of bondage and mourning
That dark o'er the kingdoms of earth is returning.
And darkest of all, hapless Erin, o'er thee.
" For high was thy hope when those glories were darting
Around thee through all the gross clouds of the world;
When Truth, from her fetters indignantly starting,
At once like a sunburst her banner unfurled I
Oh ! never shall earth see a moment so splendid.
Then — then — had one Hymn of Deliverance blended
The tongues of all nations, how sweet had ascended
The first note of liberty, Erin, from thee !
" But shame on those tyrants who envied the blessing.
And shame on the light race unworthy its good.
Who at Death's reeking altar, like furies caressing
The young hope of Freedom, baptized it in blood I
Then vanished forever that fair sunny vision
Which, spite of the slavish, the cold heart's derision.
Shall long be remembered — pure, bright, and elysian.
As first it arose, my lost Erin, on thee !"
language, and action of the government in its
now avowed determination to conquer right by
might. At the close of 1791, Tlaeobald Wolfe
Tone — a young Protestant barrister of great abil-
ity, who had devoted himself to the service of
the Catholics in their efforts for emancipation —
visiting Belfast (then the center and citadel of
democratic and liberal, if not indeed of repub-
lican opinions),* met there some of the popular
loaders. They had marked the treacherous con-
duct of the government, and they saw no hope
for averting the ruin designed for Ii-eland save
in a union of all Irishmen, irrespective of creed
or class, in an open, legal, and constitutional
organization for the accomplishment of parlia-
mentary reform and Catholic emancipation.
Such an organization they forthwith established.
Tone, on his return to Dublin, i)ushed its opera-
tions there, and it soon embraced every man of
note on the people's side in politics. The asso-
ciation thus established was called the Society of
United Irishmen. For some time it pursued its
labors zealously, and, as its first principles ex-
acted, openly, legally, and constitutionally
toward the attainment of its most legitimate
objects. But the government was winning
against the United Irish leaders by strides —
pandering to the grossest passions and vices of
the oligarchical party, now sedulously inflamed
against all popular opinions by the mad-dog cry
of "French principles. " One by one the popu-
lar leaders, tired in the hopeless struggle, were
overpowered by despair of resisting the gross
and naked tyranny of the government, which was
absolutely and designedly pushing them out of
constitutional action. Some of them retired
from public life. Others yielde d to the convic-
tion that outside the constitution, if not within it,
the struggle might be fought, and the United
Irishmen became an oath-bound secret society.
From the first hour when an armed struggle
came to be contemplated by the United Irish
leaders, they ver.v naturally fixed their hopes on
France ; and envoys passed and repassed between
them and the French Directory. The govern-
ment had early knowledge of the fact. It was to
them news the most welcome. Indeed they so
* In July of that year (1791), the French revolution was
celebrated with military pomp in Belfast by the armed vol-
nnteers and townspeople.
216
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
clearly saw their adrantage — their certain suc-
cess— in arraying on their side all who feared a
Jacobin revolution, and in identifying in the
minds of the property classes auti-Englishism
with revolution and iniidelity, that their greatest
anxiety was to make sure that the United Irish-
men would go far enough and deep enough into
the scheme. And the government left nothing
undone to secure that result.
Meanwhile the society in its new character ex-
tended itself with marvelous success. Its orga-
nization was ingenious, and of course its leaders
believed it to be "spy-proof." Nearly half a
million of earnest and determined men were en-
rolled, and a considerable portion of them were,
armed either with pikes or muskets. Indeed,
for a moment it seemed not unlikely that the
government conspirators might find they had
overshot their own purpose, and had allowed
the organization to develop too far. Up to 1796
they never took into calculation as a serious
probability that Prance would really cast her
liowerful aid into the scale with Ireland. In the
instant when England, startled beyond concep-
tion, was awakened to her error on this point by
the appearance in Bantry Bay, in December,
1796, of a formidable expedition under Hoche*
— a sense of danger and alarm possessed her, and
it was decided to burst up the insurrectionary
design — to force it into conflict at once — the
peril now being that the armed and organized
Irish might "bide their time."
To drive the Irish into the field — to goad them
into action in the hour of England's choice, not
their own — was the problem. Its accomplish-
ment was arrived at by proceedings over which
the historical writer or student shudders in
horror. Early in 1796, an Insurrection Act was
passed, making the administration of an oath
identical with or similar to that of the United
Irishmen punishable with death. An army of
fifty thousand men, subsetiuently increased to
'eighty thousand, was let loose upon the country
on the atrocious system of "free quarters." Ir-
responsible power was conferred on the militiu-j
officers and local magistracy. The yeomanry,
mainly composed of Orangemen, were quartered
on the most Catholic districts, while the Irish
militia regiments suspected of any sympathy
with the population were shipped off to England
in exchange for foreign troops. "The military
tribunals did not wait for the idle formalities of
the civil courts. Soldiers and civilians, yeomen
and townsmen, against whom the informer
pointed his finger, were taken out and summarily
executed. Ghastly forms hung upon the thick-
set gibbets, not only in the market places of the
country towns and before the public prisons, but
on all the bridges of the metropolis. The hor-
rid torture of picketing, and the bloodstained
lash, were constantly resorted to to extort ac-
cusations or confessions."* Lord Holland gives
us a like picture of "burning cottages, tortured
backs, and frequent executions." "The fact is
incontrovertible," he says, "that the people of
Ireland were driven to resistance (which, possi-
bly, they meditated before) by the free quarters
and excesses of the soldiery, which were such as
ai'e not permitted in civilized warfare even in an
enemj''s country. Dr. Dickson, Lord Bishop of
Down, assured me that he had seen families re-
turning peaceably from mass, assailed without
provocation by drunken troops, and yeomanry
and their wives and daughters exposed to every
species of indignity, brutality, and outrage,
from which neither his (the bishop's) remon-
strances nor those of other Protestant gentle-
men could rescue them, "f
No wonder the gallant and humane Sir John
Moore — appalled at the infamies of that lustful
and brutal soldiery, and unable to repress his
sympathy with the hapless Irish peasantry —
should have exclaimed, "If I were an Irishman, I
would be a rebel ! ' '
* This expedition liad been obtained from the French
Directory by the energy nnd perseverance of Wolfe Tone,
who had been obliged to fly from Ireland. It was dispersed
by a storm — a hurricane — as it lay in Hautry Bay waiting
the arrival of the commander's ship. This storm saved the
Knglish power in Ireland.
CHAPTER LXXX.
HOW THE BRITISH MINISTER FORCED ON THE RISING
THE FATE OF THE BRAVE LORD EDWARD HOW THE
BKOTHEKS SHEAKES DIED HAND IN HAND THE RIS-
ING OF NINETY-EIGHT.
AVhile the government, by such frightful
agencies, was trying to force an insurrection, the
> M'Gee. f Lord Holland, " Memoirs of the Whig Party.'
LORD EDWARD FITZGERALD.
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
217
United Irish leaders were straining every energy
to keep the people in restraint until such time as
they could strike and not strike in vain. But in
this dreadful game the government was sure to
win eventually. By a decisive blow at the Soci-
ety, on March 12, 170R, it compelled the United
Irishmen to take the field forthwith or perish.
This was the seizure, on that day, in one swoop,
of the Supreme Council or Directory, with all its
returns, lists, and muster-rolls, while sitting in
deliberation at the house of Mr. Oliver Bond
(one of the council) in Bridge Street, Dublin.
This terrible stroke was almost irreparable.
One man, however, escaped by the accident of
not having attended, as he intended, that day's
council meeting; and him of all others the gov-
ernment desired to capture. This was Lord
Edward Fitzgerald, son of the Duke of Leinster,
commander-in-chief of the LInited Irish military
organization.
Of all the men who have gi»'en their lives in
the fatal struggle against the English j'oke, not
one is more endeared to Irish popular affection
than "Lord Edward. " While he lived he was
idolized; and with truth it may be said his
memory is embalmed in a nation's tears. He
had every quality calculated to win the hearts of
a people like the Irish. His birth, his rank, his
noble lineage, his princelj' bearing, his hand-
some person, his frank and chivalrous manner,
his generous, warm-hearted nature, his un-
daunted courage, and, above all, bis ardent
patriotism, combined to render Lord Edward the
beaic ideal of a popular leader. "He was," says
a writer whose labors to assure the fame and vin-
dicate in history the gallant band of whom the
youthful Geraldine was among the foremost
should never be forgotten by Irishmen — "as
playful and humble as a child, as mild and timid
as a lady, and, when necessary, as brave as a
lion. "*
Such was the man on whose head a price of
one thousand pounds was now set by the govern-
ment. On the arrest of the directory at Bond's,
three men of position and ability stepped for-
ward into the vacant council-seats ; the brothers
John and Henry Sheares, and Dr. Lawless ; and
upon these and Lord Edward now devolved the
* Dr. K. R. Madden, "Lives and Times of the United
Iriebmen."
responsibility of controlling the organization.
Lord Edward insisted on an immediate rising.
He saw that 1)y the aid of spies and informers
the government was in possession of their inmost
secrets, and that every day would be ruining
their organization. To wait further for aid
from France would be utter destructio'i to all
their plans. Accordingly, it was decided that on
the 23d of May next following, the sti^udard of
insurrection should be unfurled, and Ireland
appeal to the ultima ratio of oppressed Bfttions.
The government heard this, through their
spies, with a sense of relief and of diabolical sat-
isfaction. Efforts to secure Lord Edwwd were
now pursued with desperate activity ; yet he
remained in Dublin eluding his enemies for
eight weeks after the arrests at Bond's, gu.irded,
convoyed, sheltered by the people with a devo-
tion for which history has scarcely a parallel.
The 23d of May was approaching fast, and still
Lord Edward was at large. The castle conspira^
tors began to fear that after all their machina-
tions they might find themselves face to face with
an Irish "Washington. "Within a few days, how^
ever, of the ominous 23d, treason gave them the
victorj-, and placed the noble Geraldine within
their grasp.
On the night of the 18th of Maj' he was
brought to the house of a Mr. Nicholas Murphy,
a feather merchant, of 153 Thomas Street. He
had been secreted in this same house before, but
had been removed, as it was deemed essential to
change his place of concealment very frequently.
After spending some short time at each of several
other places in the interval, he was, on the night
already mentioned, a second time brought to Mr.
Murphy's house. On the evening of the next
day. Lord Edward, after dining with his host,
retired to his chamber, intending to lie down
for awhile, being ill with a cold. Mr. Murphy
followed him upstairs to speak to him about
something, when the noise of feet softly but
quickly springing up the stair caught his ear,
and instantly the door was thrown open and a
police magistrate named Swan, accompanied by
a soldier, rushed into the room. Lord Edward
was lying on the bed with his coat and vest off.
He sprang from the bed, snatching from under
the pillow a dagger. Swan thrust his right
hand into an inside breast pocket where his pis-
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tols were; but Lord Edward, divining the
object, struck at that spot, and sent his dagger
through Swan's hand, penetrating his body.
Swan shouted that be was "murdered;" never-
theless, with his wounded hand he managed to
draw his pistol and fire at Lord Edward. The
shot missed ; but at this moment another of the
police party, named Eyan (a yeomanry captain),
rushed in, armed with a drawn cane-sword, and
Major Sirr, with half a dozen soldiers, hurried
upstairs. Eyan flung himself on Lord Edward,
and tried to hold him down on the bed, but he
could not, and the pair, locked in deadly combat,
rolled upon the floor. Lord Edward received
some deadly thrusts from Eyan's sword, but he
succeeded in freeing his right hand, and quick
as he could draw his arm, plunged the dagger
again and again into Eyan's body. The yeo-
manry captain, though wounded mortally all
over, ■n as still struggling with Lord Edward on
the floor when Sirr and the soldiers arrived.
Sirr, pistol in jiaud, feared to grapple with the
enraged Geraldine ; but, watching his oppor-
tunity, took deliberate aim at him and fired.
The ball struck Lord Edward in the right shoul-
der; the dagger fell from his grasp, and Sirr and
•the soldiers flung themselves upon him in a
body. Still it required their utmost efforts to
hold him down, some of them stabbing and hack-
ing at him with shortened swords and clubbed
pistols, while others held him fast. At length,
weakened from wounds and loss of blood, he
fainted. They took a sheet off the bed and
rolled the almost inanimate body in it, and
dragged their victim down the narrow stair.
The floor of the room, all over blood, an eye-
witness says, resembled a slaughter-house, and
even the walls were dashed with gore.
Meantime a crowd had assembled in the street,
attracted by the presence of the soldiers around
the house. The instant it became known that it
was Lord Edward that had been captured, the
people flung themselves on the military, and
after a desi)erate struggle had overpowered them
but for the arrival of a large body of cavalry,
who eventually succeeded in bringing off Lord
Edward to the castle.
Here his wounds were dressed. On being told
by the doctor that they were not likely to prove
fatal, he •xclaimed: "I am sorry to hear it. "i
He was removed to Newgate, none of his friends
being allowed access to him until the 3d of June,
when they were told that he was dying. His
aunt. Lady Louisa Connolly, and his brother,
Lord Henry Fitzgerald, were then permitted to
see him. They found him delirious. As he lay
on his fever pallet in the dark and narrow cell of
that accursed bastile, his ears were dinned with
horrid noises that his brutal jailers took care to
tell him were caused by the workmen erecting
barriers around the gallows fixed for a forthcom-
ing execution.
Next day, June 4, 1798, he expired. As he
died unconvicted, his body was given up to his
friends, but only on condition that no funeral
would be attempted. In the dead of night thej'
conveyed the last remains of the noble Lord Ed-
ward from Newgate to the Kildare vault beneath
St. Werburgh's Protestant Church, Dublin,
where they now repose.
A few days after Lord Edward's captfure — on
Monday, 21st of May — the brothers Sheares
were arrested, one at his residence in Lower
Baggot Street, the other at a friend's house in
French Street, having been betrayed by a gov-
ernment agent named Armstrong, who had
wormed himself into their friendship and confi-
dence for the purpose of effecting their ruin.
On the evening previous to their capture he was
a guest in the bosom of their family, sitting at
their fireside, fondling on his knee the infant
child of one of the victims, whose blood was to
drip from the scafifold in Green Street, a few
weeks later, through his unequalled infamy!
On the 12th of July, John and Henry Sheares
were brought to trial, and the fiend Armstrong
appeared on the witness table and swore away
their lives. Two days afterward the martyr-
brothers were executed, side by side. Indeed
they fell through the drop hand clasped in hand,
having, as they stood blindfolded on the trap, in
the brief moment before the bolt was drawn, by
an instinct of holy affection strong in death,
each one reached out as best he could his pin-
ioned hand, and grasped that of his brother!
The capture of Lord Edward, so quickly fol-
lowed by the arrest of the brothers Shearee, was
a death-blow to the insurrection, as far as con-
cerned any preconcerted movement. On the
night of the appointed day an abortive rising
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219
took place in the neighborhood of the metropo-
Hs. On the same day Kildare, Lord Edward's
county, took the field, and against hopeless dis-
advantages made a gallant stand. Meath also
kept its troth, as did Down and Antrim in the
north keep theirs, but only to a like bloody sac-
rifice, and in a few days it seemed that all was
over. But a county almost free from complicity
in the organization, a county in which no one on
eitlter side had apprehended revolt, was now
about to show the world what Irish peasants,
driven to desperation, defending their homes and
altars, could dare and do. Wexford, heroic and
glorious Wexford, was now about to show that
even one county of Ireland's thirty-two could
engage more than half the available army of
England !
Wexford rose, not in obedience to any call
from the United Irish organization, but purely
and solely from the instinct of self-preservation.
Although there was probably no district in Ire-
land so free from participation in the designs of
that association (there were scarcely two hun-
dred enrolled United Irishmen among its entire
population), all the horrors of free quarters and
martial law had been let loose on the county.
Atrocities that sicken the heart in their contem-
plation, filled with terror the homes of that
peaceful and inoffensive people. The midnight
skies were reddened with the flames of burning
cottages, and the glens resounded with shrieks
of agony, vengeance, and despair. Homes deso-
lated, female virtue made the victim of crimes
that cannot be named, the gibbet and the triangle
erected in every hamlet, and finally, the temples
of God desecrated and given to the torch, left
manhood in Wexford no choice but that which
to its eternal honor it made.
Well and bravely Wexford fought that fight.
It was the wild rush to arms of a tortured peas-
antry, unprepared, unorganized, unarmed. Yet
no Irishman has need to "hang his head for
shame" when men speak of gallant Wexford in
Ninety-eight. Battle for battle, the men of that
county beat the best armies of the king, until
their relative forces became out of all proportion.
Neither Tell in Switzerland nor Hofer in the
Tyrol earned immortality more gloriously than
that noble band of "the sister counties," Wex-
ford and Wicklow — Beauchamp Bagenal Har-
vey; Colclough of Tintern Abbey; Fitzgerald of
Newpark ; Miles Byrne, and Edmond Kyan, in
the one ; and the patriot brothers Byrne of Bally-
manus, with Holt, Hackett, and "brave Michael
Dwyer," in the other. And, as he who studies
the history of this country will note, in all its
struggles for seven hundred years, the priests of
Ireland, ever fearless to brave the anger of the
maddened people, restraining them while conflict
might be avoided, were ever readiest to die:
Whether on the scaffold high
Or in the battle's van —
side by side with the people, when driven to the
last resort. Fathers John and Michael Murphy,
Father Roche, and Father Clinch, are names that
should ever be remembered by Irishmen when
tempters whisper that the voice of the Catholic
pastor, raised in warning or restraint, is the ut-
terance of one who cannot feel for, who would
not die for, the flock he desires to save.
Just as the short and bloody struggle had ter-
minated, there appeared in Killala Bay the first
instalment of that aid from France for which the
United Irish leaders had desired to wait. If
they could have resisted the government endeav-
ors to precipitate the rising for barely three or
four months longer, it is impossible to say how
the movement might have resulted. On the 22d
of August the French general, Humbert, landed
at Killala with barely one thousand men. Miser-
able as was this force, a few months earlier it
would have counted for twenty thousand ; but
now, ten thousand, much less ten hundred,
would not avail. They came too late, or the
rising was too soon. Nevertheless, with this
handful of men, joined by a few thousand hardy
Mayo peasantry, Humbert literally chased the
government troops before him across the island ;
and it was not until the viceroy himself, Lord
Cornwallis, hurrying from Dublin, concentrated
around the Franco-Irish army of three thousand
men a force of nearly thirty thousand, envelop-
ing them on all sides — and, of course, hopelessly
overpowering them — that the victorious march
of the daring Frenchman was arrested by the
complete defeat and capitulation of Ballinamuck,
on the morning of September 8, 1T9S.
It was the last battle of the insurrection.
Within a fortnight subsequently two further and
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smaller expeditions from France reached the
northern coast; one accompanied by Napper
Tandy (an exiled United Irish leader), and
another under Admiral Bompart with Wolfe
Tone on board. The latter one was attacked by
a powerfal English fleet and captured. Tone,
ihe heroic and indefatigable, was sent in irons to
Dublin, where he was tried by court-martial and
sentenced to be hung. He pleaded hard for a
soldier's death; but bis judges were inexorable.
It turned out, however, that his trial and convic-
tion were utterly illegal, as martial law had
ceased, and the ordinary tribunals were sitting
at the time. At the instance of the illustrious
Irish advocate, orator, and patriot, Curran, an
order was obtained against the military authori-
ties to deliver Tone over to the civil court. The
order was at first resisted, but ultimately the
official of the court was informed that the pris-
oner "had committed suicide." He died a few
days after, of a wound in his throa*, possibly in-
flicted by himself, t© avert the indignity he so
earnestly deprecated; but not impixjbably, as
popular conviction has it, the work of a murder-
ous hand ; for fouler deeds were done in the gov-
ernment dungeons in "those dark and evil daj-s. "
The insurrection of '98 was the first rebellion
on the part of the Ii'ish people for hundreds of
years. The revolt of the Puritan colonists in
1641, and that of their descendants, the Protes-
tant rebels of 1G90, were not Irish movements in
any sense of the phrase. It was only after 1G05
that the English' governmriut could, by anj- code
of moral obligations whatever, be held entitled
to the obedience of the Irish people, whose
struggles previous to that date were lawful efforts
in defense of their native and legitimate rulers
against the English invaders. And never, sub-
sequently to 1605, up to the period at which we
have now arrived — 1798 — did the Irish people
revolt or rebel against the new sovereignty. On
the contrary, in 1641, thes" fought for the king,
and lost heavily by their loyalty. In 1690 once
more they fought for the king, and again they
paid a terrible penalty for their fidelity to the
sovereign. In plain truth, the Irish are, of all
jjeople, the most disposed to respect constituted
authority where it is entitled to respect, and the
most ready to repay even the shortest measure of
justice on the part of the sovereign by generous,
faithful, enduring, and self-sacrificing loyalty.
They are a law-abiding people — or rather a jus-
tice-loving people ; for their contempt for law
becomes extreme when it is made the antithesis
of justice. Nothing but terrible provocation
could have driven such a people into rebellion.
Eebellion against just and lawful government
is a great crime. Rebellion against constituted
government of any character is a terrible respon-
sibility. There are circumstances under which
resistance is a duty, and where, it may be said,
the crime would be rather in slavish or cowardly
acquiescence; but awful is the accountability of
him who undertakes to judge that the measure of
justification is full, that the moral duty of resist-
ance is established by the circumstances, and
that not merely in figure of speech, but in solemn
reality, no other resort remains.
But, however all this may be, the public cod©
of which it is a part rightly recognizes a great
distinction in favor of a people who are driven
into the field to defend their homes and altars
against brutal military violence. Such were the
heroic men of Wexford ; and of the United Irish-
men it is to be remembered that if they pursued
an object unqu6stionably good and virtuous
itself, outside, not within, the constitution, it
was not by their own choice. They were no
apostles of anarchy, no lovers of revolution, no
"rebels for a theory." They were not men who
decried or opposed the more peaceful action of
moral force agencies. They would have pre-
ferred them, had a choice fairly been left them.
There was undoubtedlj' a French Jacobinical
spirit tingeing the views of many of the Dublin
and Ulster leaders toward the close, but under all
the ch'cumstances this was inevitable. With
scarcely an exception, they were men of exemplary
moral characters, high social position, of unsul-
lied integrity, of brilliant intellect, of pure and
lofty patriotism. They were men who honestly
desired and endeavored, while it was permitted
to them so to do, by lawful and constitutional
means, to save and serve their country, but who,
by an infamous conspiracy of the government,
were deliberately forced u])on resistance as a
patriot's duty, and who at the last sealed with
their blood their devotion to Ireland.
"More than twenty years have i)a88ed away,'
says Lord Holland; "many of my political opin-
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22/'
■ions are softened, my predilections for some men
weakened, my prejudices against others re-
moved ; but my approbation of Lord Edward
Fitzgerald's actions remains unaltered and un-
shaken. His country was bleeding under one of
the hardest tyrannies that our times have wit-
nessed. He who thinks that a man can be even
excused in such circumstances by any other con-
sideration than that of despair from opposing by
force a pretended government, seems to me to
sanction a principle which would insure impunity
to the greatest of all human delinquents, or at
least to those who produce the greatest misery
among mankind."*
CHAPTER LXXXL
aOW TIsJi GOVERNMENT CONSPIKACY NOW ACHIEVED ITS
PURPOSE HOW THE P.^HLIAMENT OF IRELAND WAS
EXTING0ISHED.
"HoEROES, " says Sir Jonah Barrington, "were
everywhere recommenced, executions were multi-
piled. The government had now achieved the
very climax of public terror on which they had
so much counted for inducing L-eland to throw
herself into the arms of the 'protecting' country.
Mr. Pitt conceived that the moment had arrived
to try the effect of his previous measures, to
promote a legislative union, and annihilate the
parliament of Ireland."
"On January 22, 1799, the Irish legislature
met under circumstances of great interest and
excitement. The city of Dublin, alwa.vs keenly
alive to its metropolitan interests, sent its eager
thousands by every avenue toward College
Green. The viceroy went down to the houses
with a more than ordinarj' guard, and being
seated on the throne in the House of Lords, the
Commons were summoned to the bar. The vice-
regal speech congratulated both houses on the
suppression of the late rebellion, on the defeat
of Bompart's squadron, and the recent French
victories of Lord Nelson ; then came, amid pro-
found expectation, this concluding sentence :
" 'The unremitting industry,' said the vice-
Toy, 'with which our enemies persevere in their
avowed design of endeavoring to effect a separa-
*Lord Holland, " Memoirs of the Whig Party."
tion of this kingdom from Great Britain must
have engaged your attention, and his majesty
commands me to express his anxious hope that
this consideration, joined to the sentiment of
mutual affection and common interest, may dis-
Iiose the ijarliaments in both kingdoms to pro-
vide the most effectual means of maintaining and
improving a connection essential to their com-
mon security, and of consolidating, as far as pos-
sible, into one firm and lasting iabric, the
strength, the power, and the resources of the
British empire. '
"On the paragraph of the address re-echoing
this sentiment (which was carried b.v a large
majority in the Lords) a debate ensued in the
Commons which lasted till one o'clock of the fol-
lowing day — above twenty consecutive hours.
The galleries and lobbies were crowded all night
by the first people of the city, of both s<xes, and
when the division was being taken the most in-
tense anxiety was manifested within doors and
without."*
"One hundred and eleven members had de-
clared against the Union and when the doors
were opened, one hundred and five were discov-
ered to be the total number of the minister s
adherents. The gratification of the anti-Union-
ists was unbounded; and as they walked deliber-
ately in, one by one, to be counted, the eager
spectators, ladies as well as gentlemen, leaning
over the galleries ignorant of the result, were
panting with expectation. Lady Castlereagh.
then one of the finest women of the court, ap-
peared in the sergeant's box, palpitating for her
husband's fate. The desponding appearance and
fallen crests of the ministerial benches, and the
exulting air of the opposition members as they
entered, were intelligible. The murmurs of sup-
pressed anxiety would have excited an interest
even in the most unconnected stranger, who had
known the objects and importance of the contest.
How much more, therefore, must every Irish
breast which panted in the galleries, have experi-
enced that thrilling enthusiasm which accom-
panies the achievement of patriotic actions, when
the minister's defeat was announced from ths
chair! A due sense of respect and decorum re-
* M'Gee.
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strained the galleries within proper bounds ; but
a low cry of satisfaction from the female audi-
ence could not be prevented, and no sooner was
the event made known out of doors than the
crowds that had waited during the entire night
with increasing impatience for the vote which
was to decide on the independence of their coun-
try, sent forth loud and reiterated shouts of ex-
ultation, which, resounding through the corri-
dors, and 'penetrating to the body of the house,
added to the triuaiph of the conquerors, and to
the misery of the adherents of the conquered
minister. "*
The minister was utterly and unexpectedlj'
worsted in his first attack ; but he was not
shaken from his purpose. He could scarcely
have credited that, uotwithutanding his previous
laborious machinations of terror and seduction,
there could still be found so much of virtue,
courage, and independence in the parliament.
However, this bitter defeat merely caused him to
fall back for the i)urpose of approaching bj^ mine
the citadel he had failed to carry bj' assault.
The majority against him was narrow. The
gaining of twenty or thirty members would make
a difference of twice that number on a division.
"All the weapons of seduction were in his
hands," says Sir Jonah Barrington, "and to
acijuire a majority, he had only to overcome the
wavering and the feeble." "Thirty-two new
county judgeships," says another writer, "were
created; a great number of additional inspector-
ships were also placed at the minister's disposal ;
thirteen members had peerages for themselves or
for their wives, with remainder to their children,
and nineteen others were presented to various
lucrative offices."
Both parties — Unionists and anti-XJniouists,
traitors and patriots — felt that during the parlia-
mentary recess the issue would really be decided;
for by the time the next session opened the min-
ister would have secured his majority if such an
end was possible. The interval, accordingl}',
was one of painfully exciting struggle, each
party straining every energy. The government
Lad a jiersuasive story for every sectional inter-
est in the country. It secretly assured the
Catholic bishops, nay, solemnly pledged itself,
*Sir Jonah BarringtOD, "Rise and Fall of tlie Irisli
Nution."
that if the Union were carried, one of the first
acts of the imperial parliament should be Catholic
emancipation. "An Irish parliament will never
grant it, can never afford to grant it," said the
castle tempter. "The fears of the Protestant
minority in this country will make them too
much afraid of you. We alone can afford to rise
above this miserable dread of your numbers."
To the Protestants, on the other hand, the min-
ister held out arguments just as insidious, as
treacherous, and as fraudulent. "Behold the
never-ceasing efforts of these Catholics! Do
what you will, some daj- they must overwhelm
you, being seven to one against you. There is
no safety for j'ou, no securitj- for the Irish Prot-
estant Church Establishment, unless in a union
with us. In Ireland, as a kingdom, you are in a
miserable minority, sure to be some day over-
whelmed and destroyed. United to Great Bri-
tain, you will be an indivisible pai't of one vast
Protestant majority, and can afford to defy the
Papists."
Again, to the landed gentry, the terrors of
"French principles," constant plots and rebel-
lions , were artfully held forth. "No safety for
society, no security for property, except in a
union ■fr:',th Great Britain." Even the populace,
the peasantry, were attempted to be overreached
also, by infiaming them against the landlords as
base yeomanry tyrants, whose fears of the people
would ever make them merciless oppressors.
And it is curious to note that in that day —
1799 and 1800 — the identical great things that in
our own time are still about to happen, and liave
always been about to happen (but are never hap-
pening) since 1800, were loudly proclaimed as
the inevitable first fruits of a union. "English
capital" was to flow into Ireland by the million,
"owing," as the ministerialists sagaciously put
it, "to the stability of Irish institutions when
guaranteed by the union." Like infallible
arguments were ready to show that commerce
must instantaneously expand beyond calculation,
and manufactures spring up as if by magic, all
over the island. Peace, tranquillity, prosperity,
contentment, and loyalty, must, it was likewise
sagely argued, flow from the measure; for the
Irish would see the uselessness of rebelling
U!;ainst an united empire, and would be 80 happy
that disaffection must become uttc.lv unknown
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223
Nay, whosoever consults the journals of that
period will find even the "government dockyai-d
at Cork," and other stock jobs of promised "con-
cession," figuring then just as they figure now.*
But the endeavor to influence public opinion
proved futile, and the minister found he must
make uj) his mind to go through with a naked,
unsparing, unscrupulous, and unblushing cor-
ruption of individuals. Many of the Catholic
bishops were overreached by the solemn pledge
of emancipation; but the overwhelming majority
of the clergy, and the laitj' almost unanimously,
scouted the idea of expediting their emancipa-
tion by an eternal betrayal of their country.
The Orangemen on the other hand were equally
patriotic. All the Protestant bishops but two
were gained over by the minister; yet the Prot-
estant organizations everywhere passed resolu-
tions, strong almost to sedition, against the union.
Most important of all was the patriotic con
duct of the Irish Bar. They held a meeting to
discuss the proposition of a "union," and not-
withstanding the open threats of government ven-
geance, and public offers of "reward" or bribe,
there were found but thirty-two members of the
bar to support the ministerial proposition, while
one hundred and sixty-six voted it a treason
against the country.
The nest session, the last of the Irish parlia-
ment, assembled on January 1.5, 1800. The
minister had counted every man, and by means
the most iniquitous secured the requisite major-
it.y. Twenty-seven new peers had been added to
the House of Lords, making the union project all
safe there. In the Commons some thirty or forty
seats had been changed by bargain with the
owners of the boroughs. It was doubtful that
any bona fide constituency in Ireland — even one
— could be got to sanction the union scheme ; so
the minister had to carry on his operations with
what were called "patronage boroughs," or
"pocket-boroughs. "
The patriot party felt convinced that they
were outnumbered, but they resolved to fight the
battle vehemently while a chance remained. At
*Tbe vote of Mr. Robert Fitzgerald, of Corkabeg, was
secured by "Lord Cornwallis assuring biiu tbat in tlie
event of tlie union a royal dockyard would be built at Cork,
which would double the value of his estates." — Barring-
ton's "Rise and Fall of the Irish Nation."
the worst, if overborne in such a cause, thej*
could exjiose the real nature of the transaction,
and cause its illegality, infamj', and fraud, to be
confessed ; so that posterity might know and feel
tlie right and the duty of aprioaliTig against, and
recovering against, the crime of that hour.
They persuaded Grattan to re-enter parliament*
to aid th(!m in this last defense of his and their
country's liberties. He was at the moment lying
on a bed of sickness, yet he assented, and it was
decided to have him returned for Wicklow town,
that borough being the property of a friend.
The writ was duly applied for, but the govern-
ment withheld its issue up to the last moment
allowed by law, designing to prevent Grattan's
return in time for the debate on the address to
the throne, the first trial of strength. 'Neverthe-
less, by a feat almost unprecedented in i>arlia-
mentary annals, that object was attained. "It
was not until the day of the meeting of parlia-
ment that the writ was delivered to the returning
officer. By extraordinary exertions, and perhaps
by following the example of government in over-
straining the law, the election was held immedi-
ately on the arrival of the writ ; a suificient num-
ber of votes were collected to return Mr. Grattan
before midnight. By one o'clock the return was
on its road to Dublin ; it arrived by five ; a party
of Mr. Grattan's friends repaired to the house of
the proper officer, and making him get out of
bed, compelled him to present the writ iu parlia-
ment before seven in the morning, when the
House was iu warm debate on the Union. A
whisper ran through ;every party that Mr. Grat-
tan was elected, and would immediately take his
seat. The ministerialists smiled with incredu-
lous derision, and the opposition thought the
news too good to be true.
"Mr. Egan was speaking strongly against the
measure when Mr. George Ponsonby and Jlr.
Arthur Moore walked out, and immediately re-
turned, leading, or rather helping, Mr. Grattan,
iu a state of feebleness and debility. The effect
was electric. Mr. Grattan's illness and deep
chagrin had reduced a form never symmetrical,
and a visage at all times thin, nearly to the ap-
pearance of a specter. As he feebly tottered
into the House, every member simultaneously
* Three years before, he and many others of tl" pairiot
party had quitted parliament in despair.
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rose from his seat. He moved slowly to the
table ; his languid countenance seemed to revive
as he took those oaths that restored him to his
pre-eminent station ; the smile of inward satis-
faction obviously illuminated his features, and
re-animation and energy seemed to kindle by the
labor of his mind. The House was silent. Mr.
Egan did not resume his speech. Mr. Grattan,
almost breathless, as if by instinct attempted to
rise, but was unable to stand; he paused and
with difSculty requested permission of the
House to deliver his sentiments without moving
from his seat. This was acceded to by acclama-
tion, and he who had left his bed of sickness to
accord as he thought his last words in the parlia-
ment of his countr.v, kindled gradually till his
language glowed with an energy and feeling
which he had seldom surpassed. After nearly
two hours of the most powerful eloquence, he
concluded with an undiminished vigor miracu-
lous to those who were unacquainted with his
intellect. "
The debate lasted for sixteen consecutive
hours. It commenced at seven o'clock on the
evening of the 15th, continued throughout the
entire night, and did not terminate until eleven
o'clock of the forenoon on the IGth, when the
division was taken. Then the minister's triumph
■was made clear. The patriots reckoned one hun-
dred and fifteen votes ; the government one hun-
dred and fifty-eight. There were twenty-seven
absent from various causes, nearly every man an
anti-Unionist; but even these, if present, could
not have turned the scale. The discussion clearly
showed that Ireland's doom was sealed.
There now commenced that struggle in the
Irish Senate House in College Green over which
the Irish reader becomes irresistibly excited.
The minister felt that the plunge was taken, and
DOW there must be no qualms, no scruples, as to
the means of success. Strong in his purchased
majority, he grew insolent, and the patriot
minority found themselves subjected to every
conceivable mode of assault and menace. The
houses of parliament were invariably surrounded
with soldiery. The debates were protracted
throughout the entire night, and far into the
forenoon of the next day. In all this, the calcu-
lation was, that in a wearying and exhausting
struggle of this kind, men who were on the weak
and losing side, and who had no personal inter-
est to advance, must surely give way before the
perseverance of men on the strong and winning
side, who had each a large money price from the
minister. But that gallant band, with Grattan,
Ponsonby, Parsons, and Plunkett at their head,
fought the struggle out with a tenacity that
seemed to experience no exhaustion. In order
to be at hand in the House, and to sit out the
eighteen and twenty hour debates, the minister-
ialists formed a "dining club," and ate, drank,
dined, slept, and breakfasted, like a military
guard, in one of the committee rooms. The
patriot party followed the same course; and
through various other maneuvers met the enemy
move for move.
But the most daring and singular step of all
was now taken bj' the government party — the
formation of a dueling club. The premier (Lord
Castlereagh) invited to a dinner party at his own
residence a picked baud of twenty of the most
noted duelists among the ministerial followers,
and then and there it was decided to form a
club, the members of which should be bound to
"call out" any anti-Unionist expressing himself
"immoderatelj'" against the conduct of the gov-
ernment. In plain words, Grattan and his col-
leagues were to be shot down in designedly pro-
voked duels.
Even this did not appall the patriot minority.
With spirit undaunted they resolved to meet
force by force. Grattan proposed that they
should not give the ministerial "shooting club"
any time for choosing its men, but that they
themselves should forestall the government by a
bold assumption of the offensive. He was him-
self the first to lead the way in the daring course
he counseled. On the 17th of February the
House went into committee on the articles of
union, which, after a desperate struggle, as
usual, wei'c carried through by a majoritj' of
twenty votes ; one hundred and sixty to one hun-
dred and forty. It was on this occasion Corry,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, made, for the
third or fourth time that session, a virulent
attack on the enfeebled and almost prostrate
Grattan. But soon Corry found that though
physically prostrated, the glorious intellect of
Grattan was as proud and strong as ever, and
that the heart of a lion beat in the patriot leader's
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226
breast. Grattan answered the chancellor by
"that famous philippic, unequaled in our lan-
guage for its well-suppressed passion and finely
condensed denunciation." A challenge passed
on the instant, and Grattan, having the choice
of time, insisted on fighting that moment or
rather that morning, as soon as daylight would
admit. Accordingly, leaving the House in full
debate, about day dawn the principals and their
seconds drove to the Phoenix Park. Before half
an hour Grattan had shot his man, terminating,
in one decisive encounter, the Castlereagh cam-
paign of "fighting down the opposition." The
ministerial "dueling club" was heard of no
more.
"Throughout the months of February and
March, with an occasional adjournment, the con-
stitutional battle was fought on every point per-
mitted by the forms of the House." On the
25th of March the committee finally reported the
Union resolutions, which were passed in the
House by forty-seven of a majority. After sis
weeks of an interval, to allow the British Parlia-
ment to make like progress, the Union Bill was
(May 25, 1800) introduced into the Irish Com-
mons, and on the 7th of June the Irish Parlia-
ment met for the last time. "The closing
scene," as Mr. M'Gee truly remarks, "has been
often described, but never so graphically as by
the diamond pen of Sir Jonah Barrington. ' '
That description I quote unabridged :
"The Commons House of Parliament on the
last evening afforded the most melancholy ex-
ample of an independent people, betrayed,
divided, sold, and as a state annihilated. Brit-
ish clerks and officers were smuggled into her
parliament to vote away the constitution of a
country to which they were strangers, and in
which they had neither interest nor connection.
They were employed to cancel the royal charter
of the Irish nation, guaranteed by the British
government, sanctioned by the British legislature,
and unequivocally confirmed by the words, the
signature, and the great seal of their monarch !
"The situation of the speaker on that night
was of the most distressing nature. A sincere
and ardent enemy of the measure, he headed its
opponents, he resisted it with all the power of
his mind, the resources of his experience, his
influence, and his eloquence.
"It was, however, through his voice that it
was to be proclaimed and consummated. His
only alternative (resignation) would have been
unavailing, and could have added nothing to his
character. His expressive countenance bespoke
the inquietude of his feelings; solicitude was per-
ceptible in every glance, and his embarrassment
was obvious in every word he uttered.
"The galleries were full, but the change was -
lamentable; they were no longer crowded with '
those who had been accustomed to witness the
eloquence and to animate the debates of that de-
voted assembly. A monotonous and melancholy
murmur ran through the benches, scarcely a
word was exchanged among the members, no-
body seemed at ease,no cheerfulness was apparent,
and the ordinary business for a short time pro-
ceeded in the usual manner.
"At length the expected moment arrived, the
order of the day for the third reading of the bill
for a 'Legislative Union between Great Britain
and Ireland,' was moved by Lord Castlereagh.
Unvaried, tame, cold-blooded, the words seemed
frozen as they issued from his lips, and as if a
simple citizen of the world, he seemed to have no
sensation on the subject. At that moment he
had no country, no god but his ambition. He
made his motion, and resumed his seat, with the
utmost composure and indifference.
"Confused murmurs again ran through the
House; it was visibly affected; every character
in a moment seemed involuntarily rushing to its
index; some pale, some flushed, some agitated;
there were few countenances to which the heart
did not dispatch some messenger. Several mem-
bers withdrew before the question could be re-
peated, and an awful momentary silence suc-
ceeded their departure. The speaker rose slowly
from that chair which had been the proud source
of his honors and his high character ; for a mo-
ment he resumed his seat, but the strength of
his mind sustained him in his duty, though his
struggle was apparent. With that dignity
which never failed to signalize his official ac-
tions, he held up the bill for a moment in
silence : he looked steadily around him on the
last agony of the expiring parliament. He at
length repeated in an emphatic tone, 'As many
as are of opinion that this bill do pass, say ay. '
The affirmative was languid but indisputable:
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another momentary pause ensued, again his lips
seemed to decline their office, at length with an
eye averted from the object which he hated, he
proclaimed with a subdued voice, 'The ayes have
it. ' The fatal sentence was now pronounced ;
for an instant he stood statue-like, then indig-
nantly, and with disgust, flung the bill upon the
table, and sank into his chair with an exhausted
spirit. An independent country was thus de-
graded into a province : Ireland as a nation was
extinguished. ' '*
The subjoined verses, written on the night of
that sorrowful scene — by some attributed to the
pen of Moore, by others to that of Furlong —
immediately made their appearance ; a Dirge and
a Prophecy we may assuredly call them ;
"O Ireland! my country, the hour
Of thy pride and thy splendor is past;
And the chain that was spurned in thy mo-
ment of i)Ower,
Hangs heavy around thee at last.
There are marks in the fate of each clime-
There are turns in the fortunes of men ;
But the changes of realms, and the chances
of time.
Can never restore thee again.
"Thou art chained to the wheel of thy foe
By links which the world shall not sever.
With thy tyrant, thro' storm and thro' calm
shalt thou go.
And thy sentence is — bondage forever.
Thou art doom'd for the thankless to toil.
Thou art left for the proud to disdain.
And the blood of thy sous and the wealth of
thy soil
Shall bo wasted, and wasted in vain.
* In tlieir private correspondence at tli time the minis-
ters were very candid as to the villainy of their conduct.
The letters of Lord Castlereagh and Lord Corn wallis abound
with the most startling revelations and admissions. The
former (Lord Castlereagh) writing to Secretary Cook, June
21, 1800 (expostulating against an intention of the govern-
ment to break some of the bargains of corruption, as too
excessive, now that the deed was accomplished), says : "It
will be no secret what has been promised, and by what
mcann the Union had been carried. Disappointment will
encourage, not prevent disclosures, and the only effect of
such n proceeding on their (the ministers) part will be to
add the weight of their testimony to that of the anti-
Unionista in [iroclalming the profliyaey of the means by
rohicli the measure was accomplished. "
"Thy riches with taunts shall be taken.
Thy valor with coldness repaid;
And of millions who see thee thus sunk and
forsaken
Not one shall stand forth in thine aid.
In the nations thy place is left void.
Thou art lost in the list of the free.
Even realms by the plague or the earthquake
destroy 'd
May revive: but no hope is for thee."
CHAPTER LXXXn.
IRELAND AFTER THE UNION THE STORY OF ROBERT
EMMET.
The peasants of Podolia, when no Russian
myrmidon is nigh, chant aloud the national
hymn of their captivity — "Poland is not dead
yet." Whoever reads the story of this westerii
Poland — this "Poland of the seas" — will be
powerfully struck with the one all-prominent fact
of Ireland's indestructible vitalitj-. Under cir-
cumstances where any other people would have
succumbed forever, where any other nation
would have resigned itself to subjugation and
accepted death, the Ii'ish nation scorns to yield,
and refuses to die.
It survived the four centuries of war from the
second to the eighth Henry of England. It sur-
vived the exterminations of Elizabeth, by which
Froude has been so profoundly appalled. It sur-
vived the butcheries of Cromwell, and the merci-
less persecutions of the Penal times. It survived
the bloody policy of Ninety-eight. Confisca-
tions, such as are to be found in the history of
no other country in Europe, again and again
tore up society by the roots in Ireland, trampling
the noble and the gentle into poverty and ob-
scurity. The mind was sought to be quenched,
the intellect extinguished, the manners debased
and brutified. "The perverted ingenuity of
man" could no further go in the untiring en-
deavor to kill out all aspirations for freedom, all
instinct of nationality in the Irish breast. Yet
this indestructible nation has risen under the
blows of her murderous persecutors, triumphant
and immortal. She has survived even England's
latest and most deadly blow, designed to be the
final stroke — the Union.
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JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN.
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227
Almost on the threshold of the new century,
the conspiracy of Robert Emmet startled the land
like the sudden explosion of a mine. In the
place assigned in Irish memory to the youthful
and ill-fated leader of this enterprise, is power-
fully illustrated the all-absorbing, all-indulging
love of a people for those who purely give up life
on the altar of country. Many considerations
might seem to invoke on Emmet the censure of
stern judgment for the apparently criminal hope-
lessness of his scheme. Napoleon once said that
"nothing consolidates a new dynasty like an
unsuccessful insurrection ;" and unquestionably
Emmet's emeute gave all possible consolidation
to the "Union" regime. It brought down on
Ireland the terrible penalty of a five years' sus-
pension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and a con-
temporaneous continuance of the bloody "Insur-
rection Act, " aggravating tenfold all the miseries
of the country. Nevertheless, the Irish nation
has canonized his memory — has fondly placed
his name on the roll of its patriot martyrs. His
3xtreme youth, his pure and gentle ±iature, his
lofty and noble aims, his beautiful and touching
speech in the dock, and his tragic death upon
the scaffold, have been all-efficacious with his
countrymen to shield his memory from breath
of blame.
Robert Emmet was the youngest brother of
Thomas Addis Emmet, one of the most distin-
guished and illustrious of the United Irish lead-
ers. He formed the daring design of surprising
the castle of Dublin, and, by the seizure of the
capital, the inauguration of a rebellion through-
out the provinces. Indeed, it was, as Mr.
M'Gee remarks, the plan of Roger O'More and
Lord Maguire in 1641. In this project he was
joined by several of the leaders in the recent in-
surrection, among them being Thomas Russell,
one of the bravest and noblest characters that
ever appeared on the page of history, and
Michael Dwyer, of Wicklow, who still, as for the
past five years, held his ground in the defiles of
Glenmalure and Imall, defying and defeating all
attempts to capture him. But, beside the men
whose names were openly revealed in connection
with the plot, and these comprised some of the
best and worthiest in the land, it is beyond ques-
tion that there were others not discovered, filling
high positions in Ireland, in England, and in
France, who approved, counseled, and assisted
in Emmet's design.
Although the conspiracy embraced thousands
of associates in Dublin alone, not a man betrayed
the secret to the last; and Emmet went on with
his preparations of arms and ammunition in two
or three depots in the city. Even when one of
these exploded accidentally, the government
failed to divine what was afoot, though their
suspicions were excited. On the night of July
23, 1803, Emmet sallied forth from one of the
depots at the head of less than a hundred men.
But the whole scheme of arrangements — although
it certainly was one of the most ingenious and
perfect ever devised by the skill of man — like
most other conspiracies of the kind, crumbled in
all its parts at the moment of action. "There
was failure everywhere;" and to further insure
defeat, a few hours before the moment fixed for
the march upon the castle, intelligence reached
the government from Kildare that some out-
break was to take place that night, as bodies of
the disaffected peasantry from that county had
been observed making toward the city. The
authorities were accordingly on the qui vive, to
some extent, when Emmet reached the street.
His expected musters had not appeared; his own
band dwindled to a score ; and, to him the most
poignant affliction of all, an act of lawless blood-
shed, the murder of Lord Justice Kilwarden, one
of the most humane and honorable judges,
stained the short-lived emeute. Incensed beyond
expression by this act, and perceiving the ruin
of his attempt, Emmet gave peremptory orders
for its instantaneous abandonment. He himself
hurried off toward "Wicklow in time to counter-
mand the rising there and in Wexford and Kil-
dare. It is beyond question that his prompt and
strenuous exertions, his aversion to the useless
sacrifice of life, alone prevented a protracted
struggle in those counties.
His friends now urged him to escape, and sev-
eral means of escape were offered to him. He,
however, insisted on postponing his departure
for a few days. He refused to disclose his rea-
son for this perilous delay ; but it was eventually
discovered. Between himself and the young
daughter of the illustrious Curran there existed
the most tender and devoted attachment, and he
was resolved not to quit Ireland without bidding
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her an eternal farewell. This resolve cost him
his life. While awaiting an opportunity for an
interview with Miss Curran, he was arrested on
August 25, 1803, at a house on the east side of
Harold's Cross Eoad, a few perches beyond the
canal bridge. On the 19th of the following
month he was tried at Green Street; upon which
occasion, after conviction, he delivered that
speech which has, probably, more than aught
else, tended to immortalize his name. Next
morning, September 20, 1803, he was led out to
die. There is a story that Sarah Curran was ad-
mitted to a farewell interview with her hapless
lover on the night preceding his execution ; but
it rests ou slender authority, and is opposed to
probabilities. Bat it is true that, as he was be-
ing led to execution, a last farewell was ex-
changed between them. A carriage, containing
Miss Curran and a friend, was drawn up on the
roadside, near Kilmainham, and, evidently by
preconcert, as the vehicle containing Emmet
passed by on the way to the place of execution,
the unhappy pair exchanged their last greeting
on earth.*
In Thomas Street, at the head of Bridgefoot
Street, and directly opjiosite the Protestant
Church of St. Catherine, the fatal beam and
platform were erected. It is said that Emmet
had been led to expect a rescue at the last, either
by Russell (who was in town for that purpose),
or by Michael Dwyer and his mountain band.
He mounted the scaffold with firmness, and
gazed about him long and wistfully, as if he ex-
pected to read the signal of hope from some
familiar face in the crowd. He protracted all
the arrangements as much as possible, and even
when at length the fatal noose was placed upon
his neck, he begged a little pause. The execu-
tioner again and again asked him was he ready,
and each time was answered : "Not yet, not yet. "
Again the same question, and, says one who was
present, while the words "Not yet" were still
being uttered by Emmet, the bolt was drawn, and
he was launched into eternity. The head was
severed from his body, and, "according to law,"
held up to the public gaze by the executioner as
the "head of a traitor." An hour afterward, as
an eyewitness tells us, the dogs of the street were
• Madden's " Lives and Times of the United Irislinien."
lapping from the ground the blood of the pure
and gentle Robert Emmet.
Moore was the fellow-student and companion
of Emmet, and, like all who knew him, ever spoke
in fervent admiration of the youthful patriot-
martyr as the impersonation of all that was virtu-
ous, generous, and exalted. More than once did
the minstrel dedicate his strains to the memory
of that friend whom he never ceased to mourn.
The following verses are familiar to most Irish
readers :
"Oh! breathe not his name; let it sleep in the
shade
"Where cold and unhonored his relics are laid.
Sad, silent, and dark be the tears that we shed.
As the night dew that falls on the grass o'er his
head.
"But the night dew that falls, though in silence
it weeps.
Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he
sleeps ;
And the tear that we shed, though in secret it
rolls.
Shall long keep his memory green in our souls ! ' '
Soon afterward the gallant and noble-hearted
Russell was executed at Downpatrick, and for
months subsequently the executioner was busy at
his bloody work in Dublin. Michael Dwyer,
however, the guerrilla of the Wicklow hills, held
his ground in the fastnesses of Luggielaw,
Glendalough, and Glenmalure. In vain regi-
ment after regiment was sent against him.
Dwyer and his trusty band defeated every efifort
of their foes. The military detachments, one by
one, were wearied and worn out by the priva-
tions of campaigning in that wild region of
dense forest and trackless mountain. The guer-
rilla chief was apparently ubiquitous, always in-
visible when wanted by his pursuers, but terribly
visible when not expected by them. In the end
some of the soldiers* became nearly as friendly
to him as the peasantry, frequently sending him
word of any movement intended against him.
More than a year passed by, and the powerful
*They were Highland regiments. Through the inswr
rections of 1798 and 1803, the Highland regiments behaved
with the greatest humanity, and, where possible, kinilt.fs>
toward the Irish peasantry.
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239
British government, that couki suppress the iu-
surrection at large in a few months, found itself,
so far, quite unable to subdue the indomitable
Outlaw of Glenmalurc. At length it was decided
to "open up" the district which formed his
stronghold hy a series of military roads and a
chain of mountain forts, barracks, and outposts.
The scheme was carried out, and the tourist who
now seeks the beauties of Glencree, Luggielaw,
and Glendalough, will travel bj' the "military
roads," and pass the mountain forts or barracks,
which the government of England found it neces-
sary to construct befoi'e it could wrest from
Michael Dwyer the dominion of those romantic
scenes.
The well-authenticated stories of Dwyer's hair-
breadth escapes by flood and field would fill a
goodly volume. One of them reveals an instance
of devoted heroism — of self-immolation — which
deserves to be recorded in letters of gold.
One day the Outlaw Chief had been so closely
pursued that his little band had to scatter, the
more easily to escape, or to distract the pur-
suers, who, on this occasion, were out in tremen-
dous force scouring hill and plain. Some hours
after nightfall, Dwyer, accompanied by only four
of his party (and fully believing that he had suc-
cessfully eluded his foes), entered a peasant's
cottage in the wild and picturesque solitude of
Imall. He was, of course, joyously welcomed;
and he and his tired companions soon tasted such
humble hospitality as the poor mountaineer's hut
could afford. Then they gave themselves to
repose.
But the Outlawed Patriot had not shaken the
foe from his track that evening. He had been
traced to the mountain hut with sleuth-hound
patience and certainty ; and now, while he slept
in fancied security, the little slieeliug was being
stealthily surrounded by the soldiery.
Some stir on the outside, some chance rattle of
a musket, or clank of a saber, awakened one of
the sleepers within. A glance through a door-
chink soon revealed all ; and Dwyer, at the first
whisper springing to his feet, found that after
nearly five years of proud defiance and successful
struggle, he was at length in the toils! Pres-
ently the officer in command outside knocked at
the door "In the name of the king." Dwyer
answered, demanding his business. The officer
said he knew that Michael Dwyer the outlaw waa
inside. "Ye.s," said Dwyer, "I am the man."
"Then," rejoined the officer, "as I desire to
avoid useless bloodshed, surrender. This house
is surrounded ; we m ust take you, alive or dead. ' '
"If you are averse to unnecessary bloodshed,"
said Dwyer, "first let the poor man wh(;se house
this is, and his innocent wife and children, pass
through. I came into this house unbidden, un-
expectedly. They are guiltless. Let them go
free, and then I shall consider your proposition
as regards myself. "
The officer assented. The poor cottager, his
wife, and children, were passed through.
"Now, then," cried the officer, "surrender in
the name of the king."
"Never!" shouted Dwyer; "we defy you in
the name of Ireland. ' '
The hills echoed to the deafening peals that
followed on this response. For nearly an hour
Dwyer and his four companions defended the
sheeling, keeping their foes at bay. But by this
time one of them lay mortally wounded. Soon
a shout of savage joy from the soldiery outside
was followed by a lurid glare all around. They
had set the cabin on fire over the heads of the
doomed outlaws!
Then spoke up Dwyer's wounded companion,
Alexander MacAlister: "My death is near; my
hour is come. Even if the way was clear, there
is no hope for me. Promise to do as I direct,
and I will save you all. " Then the poor fellow
desired them to prop him up, gun in hand, im-
mediately inside the door. "Now, " continued
he, "they are expecting you to rush out, and
they have their rifles leveled at the door. Fling
it open. Seeing me, they will all fire at me. Do
you then quickly dash out through the smoke,
before they can load again."
They did as the dying hero bade them. They
flung the door aside. There was an instan-
taneous volley, and the brave MacAlister fell
pierced by fifty bullets. Quick as lightning,
Dwyer and his three comrades dashed through
the smoke. He alone succeeded in breaking
through the encircling soldiers ; and once ont-
side in the darkness, on those trackless hills, he
was lost to all pursuit.
Nor was he ever captured. Long afterward,
every effort to that end having been tried for
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years ii, »ain. te was offered honorable condi-
tions of BuiTender. He accepted them; but
when was i treaty kept toward the Irish brave?
Its specific terms were basely violated by the
government, and he was banished to Australia.
The mountaineers of "VVicklow to this day keep
up the traditions of Michael Dwyer — of his hero-
ism, his patriotism — of his daring feats, his mar-
velous escapes. But it is of the devoted Mac-
Alister that they treasure the most tender
memory ; and around their firesides, in the win-
tei' evenings, the cottagers of Glenmalure, in
rustic ballad or simple story, recount with tear-
ful eyes and beating hearts how he died to save
his chief in the sheeling of Imall.
The following ballad, by IVIr. T. D. Sullivan,
follows literally the story of the hero-martyr
MacAlister :
" 'At length, brave Michael Dwyer, you and
your trusty men
Are hunted o'er the mountains and tracked into
the glen.
Sleep not, but watch and listen ; keep ready
, blade and ball ;
"The soldiers know you're hiding to-night in
wild Imaal. '
'•The soldiers searched the valley, and toward
the dawn of day
Discovered where the outlaws, the dauntless
rebels lay.
Around the little cottage they formed into a
ring.
And called out, 'Michael Dwyer! surrender to
the king!'
"Thus answered Michael Dwyer: 'Into this
house we came,
Unanked by those who own it — they cannot be
to blame.
Then let these peaceful people unquestioned
pass you through.
And when they're placed in safety, I'll tell you
what we'll do.'
'"Twas done. 'And now,' said Dwyer, 'your
work 3'ou may begin :
You are a hundred outside — we're only four
within.
"We've beard j-our haughty summons, and this
is our reply :
We're true United Irishmen, we'll fight untii
we die. '
"Then burst the war's red lightning, then poured
the leaden rain ;
The hills around re-echoed the thunder peals
again.
The soldiers falling round him, brave Dwyer
sees with pride;
But, ah! one gallant comrade is wounded by
his side.
"Yet there are three remaining good battle for
to do ;
Their hands are strong and steady, their aim
is quick and true;
But hark! that furious shouting the savage
soldiers raise!
The house is fired around them ; the roof is in
a blaze !
"And brighter every moment the lurid flame
arose.
And louder swelled the laughter and cheering
of their foes.
Then spake the brave MacAlister, the weak
and wounded man :
'You can escape, my comrades, and this shall
be your plan :
" 'Place in my hands a musket, then lie upon
the floor :
I'll stand before the soldiers, and open wide
the door :
They'll pour into my bosom the fire of their
array ;
Then, whilst their guns are empty, dash
through them and away.'
"He stood before his foemen revealed amidst the
flame.
From out their leveled pieces the wished-for
volley came;
Up sprang the three survivors for whom the
hero died.
But only Michael Dwyer broke through the
ranks outside.
"He baffled his pursuers, who followed like the
wind ;
He swam the river Slaney, and left them far
behind;
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But many an Englieh soldier he promised soon
should fall.
For these, his gallant comrades, who died in
wild Imaal. "
The surrender of Michael Dwyer was the last
event of the insurrection of 1798—1803. But,
for several years subsequently, the Habeas Cor-
pus Act continued suspended and an insurrec-
tion act was in full force. Never, up to the hour
of Napoleon's abdiction at Fontainebleau, did
the specter of a French invasion of Ireland cease
to haunt the mind of England.
CHAPTER LXXXIII.
HOW THE IRISH CATHOLICS, UNDEB THE LEADERSHIP OF
O'CONNELL, WON CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION.
Emmet's insurrection riveted the Union chain
on Ireland. It was for a time the death-blow of
public life in the country. When political action
reappeared, a startling change, a complete revo-
lution, had been wrought. An entirely new
order of things appeared in politics — an entirely
new phase of national life and effort; new forces
in new positions and with new tactics. Every-
thing seemed changed.
Hitherto political Ireland meant the Protestant
minority of the population alone. Within this
section there were nationalists and anti-national-
ists, Whigs and Tories, emancipationists and
anti-emancipationists. They talked of, and at,
and about the Catholics (the overwhelming mass
of the population) very much as parties in
America, previous to 1860, debated the theoret-
ical views and doctrines relating to negro eman-
cipation. Some went so far as to maintain that
a Catholic was "a man and a brother. " Others
declared this a revolutionary proposition, sub-
versive of the crown and government. The
parties discussed the matter as a speculative sub-
ject. But now the Catholic millions themselves
appeared on the scene to plead and agitate their
own cause, and alongside the huge reality of
their power, the exclusively Protestant political
fabric sank into insignificance, and as such dis-
appeared forever. In theory — legal theory — no
doubt the Protestant minority were for a long
tim*- subsequently "The State, " but men ignored
the theory and dealt with the fact. From 1810
to 1829, the politics of Ireland were bound up in
the one question — emancipation or no emancipa-
tion. The Catholics had many true and stanch
friends among the Protestant patriots. Grattan,
Curran, Plunkett, Burke, are names that will
never be forgotten by enfranchized Catholic Irish-
men. But by all British parties and party lead-'
ers alike they found themselves in tumldeceivea •
abandoned, betrayed. Denounced by the king, '
assailed by the Tories, betrayed by the Whigs;
one moment favored by a premier, a cabinet, or
a section of a cabinet; the next, forbidden to
hope, and commanded to desist from further
effort, on the peril of fresh chains and scourges —
the enslaved millions at length took the work of
their redemption out of the hands of English
party chiefs and cliques and resolved to make it
a question of national emergency, not of party
expediency.
The great victory of Catholic Emancipation
was won outside of the Parliament, but within
the lines of constitutional action. It was mainly
the work of one man, whose place in the hearts
of his countrymen was rarely, if ever before,
reached, and probably will be rarelj' reached
again by king or commoner. The people called
him "Liberator. " Others styled him truly the
"Father of his Country" — the "Uncrowned
Monarch of Ireland. " All th« nations of Chris-
tendom, as the simplest j'et truest homage to his
fame, recognize him in the world's history as
"O'Connell."
It may well be doubted if any other man or
any other tactics could have succeeded, where
the majestic genius, the indomitable energy, and
the protean strategy of O'Connell were so
notably victorious. Irishmen of this generation
can scarcely form an adequate conception of the
herculean task that confronted the young barris-
ter of 1812. The condition of Ireland was un-
like that of any other country in the world in
any age. The Catholic nobility and old gentry
had read history so mournfully that the soul
had quietly departed from them. Thej' had
seen nothing but confiscation result from past
efforts, and they had learned to foar nothing
more than new agitation that might end simi-
larly. Like the lotus-eater, their cry was "Let
us alone!" By degrees some of them crept out
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a little into the popular movement ; but at the
utterance of an "extreme" doctrine or "violent"
opinion by young O'Connell, or other of those
"inflammatoa-y politicians," they fled back to
their retirement vpith terrified hearts, and called
out to the government that for their parts, they
reprobated anything that might displease the
king or embarrass the ministry.
Nor was it the Catholic nobility and gentry
alone whose unexampled iiusillanimity long
thwarted and retarded O'Connell. The Catholic
bishops for a long time received him and the
"advanced" school of emancipationists with un-
concealed dislike and alarm. They had seen the
terrors and rigors of the penal times; and
"leave to live," even by mere connivance, seemed
to them a great boon. The "extreme" ideas of
this j-ouug O'Connell and his party could only
result in mischief. Could he not go on in the
old slow and prudent way? What could he gain
by "extreme" and "impracticable" demands?
In nothing did O'Connell's supreme tact and
prudence manifest itself more notably than in
his dealings wi'ih the Catholic bishops who were
opposed to and unfriendly to him. He never
attempted to excite popular indignation against
them as "Castle politicians;" he never allowed a
word disrespectful toward them to be uttered ;
he never attempted to degrade them in public
estimation even on the specious plea that it was
"only in the capacity of politicians" he assailed
them. Many and painful were the provocations
he received ; yet he never was betrayed from his
impregnable position of mingled firmness and
prudence. It was hard to find the powers of an
oppressive government — fines and penalties, proc-
lamations and prosecutions — smiting him at
every step, and withal behold not only the
Catholic aristocracy, but the chief members of
the hierarchy also arrayed against him, nega-
tively sustaining and encouraging the tyranny
of the government. But he bore it all; for he
well knew that, calamitous as was the conduct of
those prelates, it proceeded from no corrupt or
selfish consideration, but arose from weakness of
judgment, when dealing with such critical legal
and political questions. He bore their negative,
if not positive, opposition long and i)atiently,
and in tho end had the triumph of seeing many
converts from among his early opponents zeal-
ous in action by his side, and of feeling that no
word or act of his had weakened the respect,
veneration, and affection due from a Catholic
people to their pastors and prelates.
From the outset he was loyally sustained by
the Catholic mercantile classes, by the body of
the clergy, and by the masses of the population
in town and country. Owing to the attitude of
the bishops, the secular or parochial clergy for
a time deemed it prudent to hold aloof from any
very prominent participation in the movement,
though their sentiments were never doubted.
But the regular clergy — the religious orders
flung themselves ardently into the people's
cause. When every other place of meeting,
owing to one cause or another, was closed
against the young Catholic leaders, the Carmelite
church in Clarendon Street became their rally-
ing point and place of assembly in Dublin, freely
given for the iiurpose by the community.
O'Connell laid down as the basis of his politi-
cal action in Ireland this proposition, "Ireland
cannot fight England." From this he evolved
others. "If Ireland try to fight England, she
will be worsted. She has tried too often. She
must not try it any more." That acumen, the
prescience, in which he excelled all men of his
generation, taught him that a change was com-
ing over the world, and that superior might —
brute force — would not always be able to resist
the power of opinion, could not always afford to
be made odious and rendered morally weak.
Above all, he knew that there remained, at the
worst, to an oppressed people unable to match
their oi)pressors in a military struggle, the
grand policy of Passive Resistance, by which the
weak can drag down the haughty and the strong.
Moulding all his movements on these princi-
ples, O'Connell resolved to show his countrymen
that they could win their rights by action
strictly within the constitution. And, very
naturally, therefore, he regarded the man who
would even ever so slightly tempt them outside
of it, as their direst enemy. He happily com-
bined in himself all the qualifications for guid-
ing them through that system of guerrilla war-
fare in politics which alone could enable them
to defeat the government without violating the
law; quick to meet each dexterous evolution of
the foe by some equally ingenious artifice ; evad-
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233
ing the ponderous blow designed to crush bim
— disappearing in one guise only to start up in
another. No man but himself could have carried
the people, as he did, safely and victoriously
through such a campaign, with the scanty iioli-
tical resources then possessed by Irish Catholics.
It was scarcely hyperbole to call him the Moses
of the modern Israel.
His was no smooth and straight road. Young
Irishmen can scarcely realize the discourage-
ments and difficulties, the repeated failures — •
seeming failures — the reverses, that often flung
him backward, apparently defeated. But with
him there was no such word as fail. The people
trusted him and followed him with the docile
and trustful obedience of troops obeying the
commands of a chosen general. For them — -for
the service of Ireland — he gave up his profes-
sional prospects. He labored for them, he
thought for them, he lived but for them ; and he
was ready to die for them. A trained shot — a
chosen bravo — D'Esterre — -was set on by the
Orange Corporation of Dublin to shoot him
down in a duel. O'Connell met his adversary at
eighteen paces, and laid him mortally wounded
on the field. By degrees even those who for
long years had held aloof from the Catholic
leader began to bow in homage to the sover-
eignty conferred by the popular will ; and Eng-
lish ministries, one by one, found themselves
powerless to grapple with the influence he
wielded. If, indeed, they could but goad or
entrap him into a breach of the law ; if they
could only persuade the banded Irish millions to
obligingly meet England in the arena of her
choice — namely, the field of war — then the min-
isterial anxieties would be over. They could
soon make an end of the Catholic cause there.
But, most provokingly, O'Connell was able to
baffle this idea— was able to keep the most high-
spirited, impetuous, and war-loving people in
the world deaf, as it were, to all such challenges;
callous, as it were to all such provocations.
They would, most vexatiously, persist in choos-
ing their own ground, their own tactics, their
own time and mode of action, and would not
allow England to force hers upon them at all.
Such a policy broke the heart and maddened the
brain of English oppression. In vain the king
stormed and the Duke of York swore. In vain
the old "saws" of "Utopian dreams" and
"splendid phantoms" were flung at the emanci-
pationists. Men sagely pointed out that emanci-
pation was "inconsistent with the coronation
oath;" was "incompatible with the British con-
stitution; that it involved "the severance of
the countries," "the dismemberment of the
empire," and that "England would spend her
last shilling, and her la.st man, rather than grunt
it." Others, equally profound, declared that in
a week after emancipation, Irish .Catholics, and
Protestants "would bo cutting each others'
throats;" that there would be a massacre of
Protestants all over the island, and that it was
England's duty, in the interests of good order,
civilization, and humanity, not to afford an
opportunity for such anarchy.
There is a most ancient and fish-like smell
about these precious arguments. They are, in-
deed, very old and much decayed ; yet my j'oung
readers will find them always used whenever an
Irish demand for freedom cannot be encountered
on the merits.
But none of them could impose upon or
frighten O'Connell. He went on rousing the
whole people into one mass of fierce earnestness
and enthusiasm until the island glowed and
heaved like a volcano. Peel and Wellington
threatened war. Coercion acts followed each
other in quick succession. Suddenly there
appeared a sight as horrific to English oppres-
sion as the hand upon the wall to Belshazzar —
Irish regiments cheering for O'Connell! Then,
indeed, the hand that held the chain shook with
the palsy of mortal fear. Peal and Wellington
— those same ministers whose especial "plat-
form" was resistance a I'outrance to Catholic
emancipation — came down to the House of Com-
mons, and told the assembled Parliament that
Catholic emancipation must be granted. "The
Man of the People" had conquered!
CHAPTER LXXXIV.
HOW THE IRISH PEOPLE NEXT SOUGHT TO ACHIEVE THB
KESTOKATION OF THEIR LEGISLATIVE INDEPEND-
ENCE HOW ENGLAND ANSWERED THEM WITH A
CHALLENGE TO THE SWORD.
Emancipation was won ; yet there was a ques-
tion nearer and dear even than emancipation to
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O'Connell's heart — the question of national inde-
pendence— the repeal of the iniquitous Union.
It might be thought that as an emancipated
Catholic he would be drawn toward the legisla-
ture that had freed him rather than to that
which had forged the shackles thus struck off.
But O'Connell had the spirit and the manhood
of a patriot. While yet he wore those penal
chains, he publicly declared that he would will-
ingly forfeit all chance of emancipation from the
British parliament for the certainty of repeal.
His first public speech had been made against
the Union ; and even so early as 1812, he con-
templated relinquishing the agitation for eman-
cipation and devoting all his energies to a move-
ment for repeal, but was dissuaded from that
purpose by his colleagues.
No V, however, his hands were free, and
scarcely had he been a year in parliamentary
harness when he unfurled the standard of re-
peal. His new organization was instantaneously
suppressed by proclamation — the act of the Irish
secretary, Sir Henry Hardinge, The proclama-
tion was illegal, yet O'Connell bowed to it. He
denounced it however as "an atrocious Poliguae
proclamation," and plainly intimated his con-
viction that Hardinge designed to force the
country into a fight. Not that O'Connell "ab-
jured the sword and stigmatized the sword" in
the abstract; but as he himself expressed it, the
time had not come. "Why," said he, "I would
rather be a dog and bay the moon than the
Irishman who would tamely submit to so in-
famous a proclamation. I have not opposed it
hitherto, because that would implicate the peo-
ple and give our enemies a triumph. But I will
oppose it, and that, too, not in the way that the
paltry Castle scribe would wish — bj' force. No.
Ireland is not in a state for repelling force by
force. Too short a period has elapsed since the
cause of contention between Protestants and
Catholics was removed — too little time has been
given for healing the wounds of factious conten-
tion to allow Ireland to use physical force in
the attainment of her rights, or her punishment
of wrong. " ^^
Hardly had his first repeal society been sup-
pressed by the "Polignac proclamation" than
he established a second, styled "The Irish Vol-
unteers for the Eopeal of the Union. " Anotker
government proclamation as quickly appeared
suppressing this body also. O'Connell, ever
fertile of resort, now organized what he called
"Repeal Breakfasts." "If the government,"
said he, "think fit to proclaim down breakfasts,
then we'll resort to a political lunch. If the
luncheon be equally dangerous to the peace of
the great duke (the viceroy), we shall have ijoli-
tieal dinners. If the dinners be proclaimed
down, we must, like certain sanctified dames,
resort to 'tea and tracts.' " The breakfasts were
"proclaimed;" but, in defiance of the proclama-
tion, went on as usual, whereupon O'Connell
was arrested, and held to bail to await his trial.
He was not daunted. "Were I fated to-
morrow," said he, "to ascend the scaffold or go
down to the grave, I should bequeath to my
children eternal hatred of the Union."
The prosecution was subsequently abandoned,
and soon afterward it became plain that O'Con-
nell had been persuaded by the English reform
leaders that the question for Ireland was what
they called "the great cause of reform" — and
that from a reformed parliament Ireland would
obtain full justice. Accordingly he flung him-
self heartily into the ranks of the English re-
formers. Reform was carried; and almost the
first act of the reformed parliament was to pass
a Coercion Bill for Ireland more atrocious than
any of its numerous pi'edecessors.
All the^ violence of the English Tories had
failed to shake O'Connell. The blandishments
of the Whigs fared otherwise. "Union with
English liberals" — union with "the great liberal
party"- — -was now made to appear to him the
best hope of Ireland. To yoke this giant to the
Whig chariot, the Whig leaders were willing to
pay a high price. Place, pension, emolument
to any extent, O'Connell might have had from
them at will. The most lucrative and exalted
posts — positions in which he and all his family
might have lived and died in ease and affluence
— ^were at his acceptance. But O'Connell was
neither corrupt nor selfish, though in his alliance
with the Whigs he exhibited a lack of his usual
firmness and perspicuity. Ho would accept
nothing for himself, but he demanded the nomina-
tion in great part of the Irish executive, and ii
veto, on the selection of a viceroy. The terms
wore granted, and it is unquestioned and uu-
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.quosh&'<ianie that tbe Irish executive thus chosen
— the admiuistration of Lord Mulgrave — was the
only one Ireland had known for uigh two hun-
dred years — the first, and the only one, in the
present century — that possessed the confidence
and commanded the respect, attachment, and
sympathy of the Irish people.
"Men, not measures," however was the sum
-total of advantage O'Connell found derivable
from his alliance with the great liberal iiarty.
Excellent appointments were made, and numer-
ous Catholics were, to the horror of the Orange
faction, placed in administrative positions
throughout the country. But this modicum of
good (which had, moreover, as we shall see, its
counterbalancing evil) did not, in O'Connell's
estimation compensate for the inability or indis-
position of the administration to pass adequate
remedial measures for the country. He had
given the Union system a fair trial under its
most favorable circumstances, and the experi-
ment only taught him that in Home Rule alone
could Ireland hope for just or protective
government.
Impelled by this conviction, on the 1.5th of
April, 1840, he established the Loyal National
Repeal Association, a body destined to play an
important part in Irish politics.
The new association was a very w*ak and un-
promising project for some time. Men were not
at first, convinced that O'Connell was in earnest.
Moreover, the evil that eventually tended so
much to ruin the association was now, even in
its incipient stages, beginning to be felt. The
appointment by government of popular leaders
to places of emolument — an apparent boon— a
flattering concession, as it seemed to the spirit
of emancipation — opened up to the administration
an entirely new field of action in their designs
against any embarrassing popular movement.
O'Connell himself was a tower of personal and
public integritj"-; but among his subordinates
were men, who, by no means, possessed his
admantine virtue. It was only when the Mel-
bourne (Whig) ministry fell, and the Peel (Tory)
ministry came into power, that (government
places for Catholic agitators being no longer in
the market) the full force of his old following
raillied to O'Connell's side in his repeal cam-
paign. It would have been well for Ireland if
most of them had never taken such a step.
Some of them were at best intrinsically rude,
and almost worthless, instruments, whom O'Con-
nell in past days had been obliged in sheer neces-
sity to use. Others of them, of a better stamp,
had had their day of usefulness and virtue, but
now it was gone. Decay, physical and moral,
had set in. A new generation was just stepping
into manhood, with severer ideas of personal and
public morality, with purer tastes and loftier
ambitions, with more intense and fiery ardor.
Yet there were also among the adherents of the
great tribune, some who brought to the repeal
cause a fidelity not to be surpassed, integrity
beyond price, ability of the highest order, and a
matured experience, in which of course, the new
growth of men were entirely deficient.
In three years the movement for national
autonomy swelled into a magnitude that startled
the world. Never did a nation so strikingly
manifest its will. About three millions of asso-
ciates paid yearly toward the repeal association
funds. As many more were allied to the cause
hy sympathy. Meetings to petition against the
Union were, at several places, attended by six
hundred thousand persons; by eight hundred
thousand at two places ; and by nearly a million
at one — Tara Hill. All these gigantic demon-
strations, about forty in number, were held
without the slightest accident, or the slightest
infringement of the peace. Order, sobriety,
respect for the laws, were the watchwords of the
millions.
England was stripiied of the slightest chance
of deceiving the world as to the nature of her
relations with Ireland. Tbe people of Israel,
with one voice, besought Pharaoh to let them go
free ; but the heart of Pharaoh was hard as
stone.
O'Connell was not prepared for the obduracy
of tyrannic strength which he encountered. So
completely was he impressed with the convic-
tion that the ministrj' must yield to the array of
an almost unanimous people, that in 1843 he
committed himself to a specific promise and
solemn undertaking that "within six months"
repeal would be an accomplished fact.
This fatal promise — the gigantic error of his
life — suggested to the minister the sure means
to effect the overthrow of O'Connell and his
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movement. To break tlie spell of his magic in-
fluence over the people — to destroy their hitherto
unshaten confidence in him — to publicly dis-
credit his most solemn and formal covenant
■with them — that if they would but keep the
peace and obey his instructions he would as
surely as the sun shone on them obtain repeal
within six months)— it was now necessary merely
to hold out for six or twelve months longer, and
by some bold stroke, even at the risk of a civil
war, to fall upon O'Connell and his colleagues
with all the rigors of the law and publicly de-
grade them.
This daring and dangerous scheme Peel car-
ried out. First he garrisoned the country with
an overwhelming force, and then, so far from
yielding repeal, trampled on the constitution,
challenged the people to war, prepared for a
massacre at Clontarf — averted only by the utmost
exertions of the popular leaders — and, finally,
he had O'Connell and his colleagues publicly
arraigned, tried, and convicted as conspirators,
and dragged to jail as criminals.
O'Connell's x>romise was defeated. His spell
was broken from that hour. All the worse for
England.
All the worse for England, as crime is always,
even where it wins present advantage, all the
worse for those who avail of it. For what had
England done? Here was a man, the corner-
etones of whose policy, the first principles of
whose public teaching were — loj-alty, firm and
fervent, to the throne; respect, strict and
scrupulous, for the laws ; confidence in the prev-
alence of reasoning force; reliance, complete,
and exclusive, upon the efificacy of peaceful,
legal, and constitutional action.
Yet this was the man whom England prose-
cuted as a conspirator! These were the teach-
ings she punished with fine and imprisonment!
The Irish peojjle, through O'Connell, had said
to England: "Let us reason this question. Let
there be an end of resort to force." England
answered by a flourish of the mailed hand. She
would have no reasoning on the subject. She
pointed to her armies and fleets, her arsenals and
dockyards, her shotted gun and whetted saber.
In that hour a silent revolution was wrought
in the popular mind of Ireland. Up to that
moment a peaceable, an amicable, a friendly
settlement of the question between the two
countries, was easy enough. But now!
The law lords in the British House of Peers,
by three votes to two, decided that the convic-
tion of O'Connell and his colleagues was wrong-
ful. Every one knew that. There was what the
minister judged to be a "state necessity" for
showing that the government could and would
publicly defy and degrade O'Connell by convic-
tion and imprisonment, innocent or guilty; and
as this had been triumphantly accomplished.
Peel cared not a jot that the full term of punish-
ment was thus cut short. O'Connell left his
prison cell a broken man. Overwhelming
demonstrations of unchanged affection and per-
sonal attachment poured in upon him from his
countrymen. Their faith in his devotion to
Ireland was increased a hundredfold ; but their
faith in the efiicacy of his policy, or the surety
of his promises, was gone.
He himself saw and felt it, and marking the
effect the government course had wrought upon
the new generation of Irishmen, he was troubled
in soul. England had dared them to grapple
with her power. He trembled at the thought of
what the result might be in years to come. Al-
ready the young crop of Irish manhood had be-
come recognizable as a distinct political element
— a distinct school of thought and action. At
the head of this party blazed a galaxy of genius
— poets, orators, scholars, writers, and organi-
zers. It was the party of Youth, with its gener-
ous impulses, its roseate hopes, its classic
models, its glorious daring, its pure devotion.
The old man feared the issue between this hot
blood and the cold, stern tyranny that had shown
its disregard for law and conscience. Age was
now heavily upon him, and, moreover, there
were those around him full of jealousy against
the young leaders of the Irish Gironde — full of
envy of their brilliant genius, their public fame,
their popular influence. The gloomiest forbod-
ings arose to the old man's mind, or were sedu-
lously conjured up before it by those who sur-
rounded him.
Soon a darker shade came to deepen the gloom
that was settling on the horizon of his future.
Famine — terrible and merciless — fell upon the
laud. Or rather, one crop out of the many
grown on Irish soil — that one on which th«
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237
masses of the people fed — perished ; and it be-
came plain the government would let the people
perish too. In 1846 the long spell of conserva-
tive rule came to a close, and the "Whigs came
into oifice. Place was once more to be had by
facile Catholic agitators; and now the Castle
backstairs was literally thronged with the old
hacks of Irish agitation, filled with a fine glowing
indignation against those "purists" of the new
school who denied that it was a good thing to
have friends in oifice. Here was a new source
of division between the old and new elements in
Irish popular politics. O'Connell himself was
as far as ever from bending to the accejitance of
personal favor from the government ; but some
of his near relatives and long-time colleagues,
or subordinates, in agitation, were one by one
being "placed" by the viceroy, amid fierce in-
vectives from the "Young Ireland" party, as
they were called.
All these troubles seemed to be shaking from
its foundations the mind of the old Tribune, who
every day sunk more and more into the hands of
his personal adherents. He became at length
full persuaded of the necessity of fettering the
young party. He framed a test declaration for
members of the association, repudiating, dis-
claiming, denouncing, and abhorring the use of
physical force under any possible circumstances,
or in any age or countr.y. This monstrous
absurdity showed that the once glorious intellect
of O'Connell was gone. In his constant brood-
ing over the dangers of an insurrection in which
the people would be slaughtered like sheep, he
stuck upon this resort, apparently unable to see
that it was opposed to all his own past teaching
and practice — nay, opposed to all law, human
and divine — that it would converse and enthrone
the most iniquitous tyrannies, and render man
the abject slave of power.
The young i^arty offered to take this test as
far as related to the present or the future of Ire-
land ; but they refused to stigmatize the patriot
brave of all history who had bled and died for
liberty. This would not sufSce, and the painful
fact became clear enough that the monstrous
test resolutions were meant to drive them from
the association. On the 27th of July, 1846, the
Toung Ireland leaders, refusing a test which was
treason against truth, justice, and liberty.
[quitted Conciliation HaH, and Irish Ireland was
rent into bitterly ho.stile parties.
Not long afterward the insidious disease, the
approach of which was proclaimed clearly enough
in O'Connell's recent proceedings — softening of
the brain — laid the old chieftain low. He had
felt the approach of dissolution, and set out on
a pilgrimage that had been his life-long dream —
a visit to Rome. And assuredly a sidendid wel-
come awaited him there; the first Catholic lay-
man in Euroiie, the Emancipator of seven mil-
lions of Catholics, the most illustrious Christian
patriot of his age. But heaven decreed other-
wise. A brighter welcome in a better land
awaited the toil-worn soldier of faith and father-
land. At Marseilles, on his way to Rome, it
became clear that a crisis was at hand ; yet he
would fain push onward for the Eternal City.
In Genoa the Superb ho breathed his last; be-
queathing, with his dying breath, his body to
Ireland, his heart to Rome, his soul to God. All
Christendom was plunged into mourning. The
world poured its homage of respect above his
bier. Ireland, the land for which he had lived
and labored, gave him a funeral nobly befitting
his title of Uncrowned Monarch. But more
honoring than funeral pageant, more worthy of
his memory, was the abiding grief that fell upon
the people who had loved him with such a deep
devotion.
CHAPTER LXXXV.
HOW THE HORRORS OF THE FAMINE HAD THEIR EFFECT
ON IRISH POLITICS HOW THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
SET EUROPE IN A FLAME HOW IRELAND MADE A
VAIN ATTEMPT AT INSURRECTION.
Amid the horrors of "Black Forty-seven," the
reason of strong men gave way in Ireland. The
people lay dead in hundreds on the highways
and in the fields. There was food in abundance
in the country ;* but the government said it
should not be touched, unless in accordance with
the teachings of Adam Smith and the "laws of
political economy."
The mechanism of an absentee government
utterly broke down, even in carrying out its own
*The corn exported from Ireland tliat year would, aloni»
it is computed, have sufficed to feed a larger populatioo.
238
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tardy and inefficient measures. The charity of
the English people toward the end generously
endeavored to compensate for the inefficiency, or
the heartlessness of the government. But it
could not be done. The people perished in
thousands. Ireland was one huge charnel-pit.
It is not wonderful that amid scenes like these
some passionate natures burst into rash resolves.
Better, they cried, the people died bravely with
arms in their hands, ridding themselves of such
an imbecile regime; better Ireland was reduced
to a cinder than endure the horrible physical
and moral ruin being wrought before men's eyes.
The daring apostle of these doctrines was John
Mitchel. Men called him mad. Well might it
have been so. Eew natures like his could have
calmly looked on at a people perishing — rotting
away — under the hands of blundering and in-
competent, if not callous and heartless, foreign
rulers. But he protested he was "not mad,
most noble Festus. ' ' An unforeseen circumstance
came to the aid of the frenzied leader. In
February, 1848, the people rose in the streets of
Paris, and in three days' struggle pulled down
one of the strongest military governments in
Europe. All the continent burst into a flame.
North, south, east, and west, the people rose,
thrones tottered, and rulers fell. Once again
the blood of Ireland was turned to fire. "What
nation of them all, it was asked, had such mad-
dening wrongs as Ireland? While all around
her were rising in appeals to the God of battles,
was she alone to crouch and whine like a beggar?
Was England stronger than other governments
that now daily crumbled at the first shock of
conflict?
Even a people less impulsive and hot-blooded
than the Irish would have been powerless to
withstand these incitements. The Young Ire-
land leaders had almost unanimously condemned
Mitchel's policy when first it had been preached;
but this new state of things was too much for
them. They were swept off their feet by the
fierce billows of popular excitement. To resist
the cry for war was deemed "cowardly. " Ere
long even the calmest of the Young Ireland chiefs
yielded to the epidemic, and became persuaded
that the time at length had come when Ireland
might safely and righteously appeal for justice
to God and her own strong right arm.
Alas ! all this was the fire of fever in the blood,
not the strength of health in that wasted, famine-
stricken nation:
Nevertheless, the government was filled with
alarm. It fell upon the popular leaders with
savage fury. Mit'shel was the first victim. He
had openly defied the government to the issue.
He had openly said and jireached that English
government was murdering the people, and
ought to be swept away at once and forever.
So prevalent was this conviction — at all events
its first propositioni — in Ireland at the time, that
the government felt that according the rules of
fair constitutional procedure, Mitchel would be
sustained in a court of justice. That is to say,
a "jury of his countrymen" fairly impaneled,
would, considering all the circumstances, declare
him a patriot, not a criminal. So the govern-
ment was fain to collect twelve of its own crea-
tures, or partisans, and send them into a jury
bos to convict him in imitation of a "trial."
Standing in the dock where Emmet stood half a
century before, he gloried in the sacrifice he was
about to consummate for Ireland, and, like another
Sesevola, told his judges that three hundred com-
rades were ready to dare the same fate. The
court rang with shouts from the crowding
auditors, that each one and all were ready to fol-
low him — that not three hundred, but three
hundred thousand, were his companions in the
"crime" of which he stood convicted. Before
the echoes had quite died away in Green Street,
John Mitchel, loaded with irons, was hurried
on board a government transport ship, and car-
ried off into captivity.
He had not promised all in vain. Into his
vacant place there now stepped one of the most
remarkable men — one of the purest and most
devoted patriots — Ii-eland ever produced. Gen-
tle and guileless as a child, modest and retiring,
disliking turmoil, and naturally averse to vio-
lence, his was, withal, true courage, and rarest,
noblest daring. This was "John Martin of
*So distressingly obvious was the callousness of i lie gov-
eminent to the horrors of the famine — so inhuman its ixilicy
in declnrinij that the millions slu.ald perish rather than the
corn marliet should be ' disturlied" by the action of the
State — that coroners' juries in several places, impaneled
in the ca.se8 of famine victims, found as their verdict, on
oath, "Wilful murder af;ainst Ijord Jolin Russell" (the
premier) and his fellow cabinet ministers.
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239
Loughornc, " a Presbyterian gentleman of
Ulster, who now, quitting the congenial tran-
quillity and easy independence of his northern
home, took his place, all calmly, but lion-hearted,
in the gap of danger. He loved peace, but ho
loved truth, honor, and manhood, and he hated
tyranny, and was ready to give his life for Ire-
land. He now as boldly as Mitchel proclaimed
that the English usurpation was murderous in
its result, and hateful to all just men. Martin
was seized also, and like Mitchel, was denied
real trial by jury. He was brought before
twelve government partisans selected for the
purpose, convicted, sentenced, and •'•urried off
in chains.
Seizures and convictions now multiplied
rapidly. The people would have risen in insur-
rection immediately on Mitchel's conviction but
for the exhortations of other leaders, who pointed
out the ruin of such a course at a moment when
the food question alone would defeat them. In
harvest, it was resolved on all sides to take the
field, and the interval was to be devoted to ener-
getic preparation.
But the government was not going to permit
this choice of time nor this interval of prepara-
tion. In the last week of June a bill to suspend
the Habeas Corpus Act was suddenly hurried
through Parliament, and the Young Ireland lead-
ers, scattered through the country in the work
of organization, taken utterly by surprise, and
without opportunitj' or time for communication
or concert, were absolutely flung into the field.
The result was what might be expected : no
other result was possible, as human affairs are
ordinarily determined. An abortive rising took
place in Tipperai-y, and once more some of the
purest, the bravest, and the best of Irishmen
were fugitives or captives for "the old crime of
their race" — high treason against England.
The leader in this movement was William
Smith O'Brien, brother of the present Earl of
Inchiquin, and a lineal descendant of the victor
of Clontarf. Like some other of the ancient
families of Ii-eland of royal lineage, O'Briens
had, generations before his time, become com-
pletely identified with the Anglo-Irish nobility
in political and religious faith. He was, there-
fore, by birth an aristocrat, and was by early
education a "conservative" in politics. But he
had a thoroughly Irish heart withal, and its
promptings, seconded by the force of reason,
brought him in 184:4 into the ranks of the
national movement. This act — the result of
pure self-sacrificing conviction and sense of duty
— ^sundei-ed all the ties of his past life, and
placed him in utter antagonism with his nearest '
and dearest relatives and friends. He was a
man endowed with all the qualities of soul that
truly ennoble humanity; a lofty integrity, a
proud dignity, a perfect inability, so to speak,
to fall into an ignoble cr unworthy thought or
action. Unfriendly critics called him haughty,
and said he was proud of his family; and there
was a proportion of truth in the charge. But it
was not a failing to blush for, after all, and might
well be held excusable in a scion of the royal
house of Thomond, filled with the glorious
spirit of his ancestors.
Such was the man — noble by birth, fortune,
education, and social and public position — who,
toward the close of 1848, lay in an Irish dungeon
awaiting the fate of the Irish patriot who loves
his country "not wisely but too well."
In those days the Irish peasantry — the wreck
of that splendid population which a few years
before were matchless in the world — were endur-
ing all the pangs of famine, or the humiliations
of "outdoor" pauper life. Amid this starving
peasantry scores of political fugitives were now
scattered, pui-sued by all the rigors of the gov-
ernment, and with a price set on each head.
Not a man — not one — of the proscribed patriots
who thus sought asylum amid the people was
betrayed. The starving peasant housed them,
sheltered them, shared with them his own scanty
meal, guarded them while they slept, and guided
them safely on their way. He knew that hun-
dreds of pounds were on their heads ; but he
shrank, as from perdition, from the thought of
selling for blood-money, men whose crime was,
that they had dared and lost all for poor Ireland.*
* This devotedness, this singular fidelity, was strikingly
illustrated in the conduct of some Tipperary peasants
brought forward compulsorily by the crown as witnesses
on the trial of Smith O'Brien for high treason. They were
marched in between files of bayonets. The crown were
aware that they could supply the evidence required, and
they were now called upon to give it. One and all, they
refused to give evidence. One and all, they made answer
to the warnings of the court that such refusal would be
240
THE STOEY OF IRELAND.
Dillon, Doheny, and O'Gorman made good
their escape to America. O'Brien, Meagher,
and MacManus, were sent to follow Mitchel,
Martin, and O'Doherty into the convict chain-
gangs of Van Diemen's Land. One man alone
came scathless, as hy miracle, out of the lion's
den of British law; Gavan Duffy, the brain of
the Young Ireland party. Three times he was
brought to the torture of trial, each time defy-
ing his foes as proudly as if victory had crowned
the venture of his colleagues. Despite packing of
juries, the crown again and again failed to obtain
a verdict against him, and at length had to let
him go free. "Free" — but broken and ruined
in health and fortune, yet not in hope.
Thus fell that party whose genius won the
admiration of the world, the purity of whose
motives, the chivalry of whose actions, even
their direst foes confessed. They were wrecked
in a hurricane of popular enthusiasm, to which
thej' fatally spread sail. It is easy for us now
to discern and declare the huge error into which
they were impelled — the error of meditating an
insurrection — the error of judging that a famish-
ing peasantry, unarmed aud undisciplined, could
fight and conquer England at peace with all the
world. But it is always easy to be wise after
the fact. At the time — ^in the midst of that
delirium of excitement, of passionate resolve and
sanguine hope — it was not easy for generous
natures to choose and determine otherwise thau
as they did. The verdict of public opinion —
the judgment of their own country — the judg-
ment of the world — has done them justice. It
has proclaimed their unwise course the error of
noble, generous, and self-sacrificing men.
CHAPTER LXXXVI.
HOW THE IRISH EXODUS CAME ABOUT, AND THE ENGLISH
PRESS GLOATED OVER THS ANTICIPATED EXTIRPA-
TION OF THE IRISH RACE.
Eighteen hundred and forty -nine found Ireland
in a plight as wretched as had been hers for cen-
turies. A year before, intoxicated wi^h hope,
punished by len{,'tli»ined imprisonment : "Take us out and
shoot 08 if you like, but a word we won't swear against
the noble gentleman in the dock." The threatened ]iun-
ishment was inflicted, and was borne without flinching.
delirious with enthusiasm, now shb endured th»
sickening miseries of a fearful reaction. She
had vowed daring deeds — deeds beyond her
strength — and now, sick at heart, she looked like
one who wished for death's relief from a lot of
misery and despair. Political action was utterly
given up. No political organization of any
kind survived IVIr. Birch and Lord Clarendon.
There was not even a whisper to disturb the
repose of the "Jailer-General:"
"Even he, the tyrant Arab, slept;
Calm while a nation round him wept."*
The parliament, for the benefit of the English
people, had recently abolished the duty on im-
ported foreign corn. Previously Ireland had
grown corn extensively for the English market ;
but now, obliged to compete with corn-growing
countries where the land was not weighted with
such oppressive rents as had been laid on and
exacted in Ireland under the old system, the
Irish farmer found himself ruined by "tillage"
or grain-raising. Coincidently came an in-
creased demand for cattle to supply the English
meat market. Corn might be safely and cheajily
brought to England from even the most distant
climes, but cattle could not. Ii-eland was close
at hand, destined by nature, said one British
statesman, to grow meat for "our great hives of
human industry;" "clearly intended by Provi-
dence," said another, "to be the fruitful mother
of flocks and herds. ' ' That is to say, if high
rents cannot be paid in Ireland by growing corn,
in consequence of "free trade," they can by
raising cattle.
But turning a country from grain-raising to
cattle-raising meant the annihilation of the
agricultural jiopulation. For bullock ranges
and sheep runs needed the consolidation of farms
and the sweeping away of the human occupants.
Two or three herdsmen or shepherds would alone
be required throughout miles of such "ranges"
and runs," where, under the tillage system,
thousands of peasant families found employment
and lived in peaceful contentment.
Thus, cleared farms came to be desirable with
the landlords. For, as a consequence of "free
trade," either the old rents must be abandoned.
* Irish Political Associations.
THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
241
or tue agricultural population be swept away
en mouse.
Then was witnessed a monstrous proceediufi.
In 1846 and 1847 — the famine years — while the
people lay perishing, the land lay wasted.
Wherever seed was put in the ground, the
hunger-maddened victims rooted it out and ate
it raw. No crops were raised, and, of course,
no rents wei'e paid. In any other land on earth
the first duty of the State would be to remit, or
compound with the landowners for iuij- claims
advanced for the rents of those famine years.
But, alas! in cruelties of oppression endured,
Ireland is^ like no other country in the world.
"With the permission, concurrence, and sustain-
ment, of the government, the landlords now com-
menced to demand what they called the arrears
of rent for the past three years! And then —
the object for which this monstrous demand was
made — failing payment, "notices to quit" by
the thousand carried the sentence of expulsion
through the homesteads of the doomed people!
The ring of the crowbar, the crash of the fall-
ing I'ooftree, the shriek of the evicted, flung on
the roadside to die, resounded all over the
island. Thousands of families, panic-stricken,
did not wait for receipt of the dread mandate at
their own door. With breaking hearts they
quenched the hearth, and bade eternal farewell
to the scenes of home, flying in crowds to the
Land of Liberty in the West. The streams of
fugitives swelled to dimensions that startled
Christendom; but the English press burst into a
psean of joy and triumph : for now at last the
Irish question would be settled. Now at last
England would be at ease. Now at last this
turbulent, disaffected, untamable race would be
cleared out. "In a short time," said the Timett,
"a Catholic Celt will be as rare in Ireland as a
Red Indian on the shores of Manhattan."
Their own countrymen who remained — their
kindred — their own flesh and blood — their pas-
tors and prelates — could not witness unmoved
this spectacle, unexampled in history, the flight
en masse of a population from their own beauti-
ful land, not as adventurous emigrants, but as
heart-crushed victims of expulsion. Some
voices, accordingly, were raised to deplore this
calamity — to appeal to England, to warn her that
evil would come of it in tb«^ future. But as j
England did not see this — did not see it then —
she turned heartlessly from the appeal, and
laughed scornfully at the warning. There were
philosopher-statesmen ready at hand to argue
that the flying thousands were "surplus popula-
tion. " This was the cold-blooded official way of
expressing it. The English press, however,
went more directly to the mark. They called
the sorrowing cavalcade wending their way to
the emigrant ship, a race of -isHassins, creatures
of superstition, lazy, ignorant, and brutified.
Far in the progress of this exodus — even long
after some of its baleful effects began to be felt
— the London Saturday Review answered in the
following language to a very natural expression
of sympathy and grief wrung form an Irish pre-
late witnessing the destruction of his peoi)le :
"The Lion of St. Jarlath's surveys with an
envious eye the Irish exodus, and sighs over the
departing demons of assassination and murder.
So complete is' the rush of departing marauders,
whose lives were profitably occupied in shooting
Protestants from behind a hedge, that silence
reigns over the vast solitude of Ireland. "*
Pages might be filled with extracts of a like
nature from the press of England; many still
more coai-se and brutal. There may, probably,
be some Englishmen who now wish such language
had not been used; that such blistering libels
had not been rained on a depai'ting people, to
nourish in their hearts the terrible vow of ven-
geance with which they landed on American
shores. But then — in that hour, when it seemed
safe to be brutal and merciless — the grief-
stricken, thrust-out people —
"Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe. "
And so they went into banishment in thou-
sands and tens of thousands, with hands uplifted
to the just God who saw all this ; and they cried
aloud, " Quousque Dominef Quousque?"
An effort was made in Ireland to invoke legis-
lative remedy for the state of things which was
thus depopulating the country. A parliamen-
tary party was formed to obtain some measure
of protection for the agricultural population.
For even where no arrears— for "famine years,"
or any other years — were due, even where the
'^ Saturday Beview, November 28, 1863.
M2
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
rent was paid to the day, the landlords stepped
in, according to law, swept off the tenant, and
confiscated his property. To terminate this
shocking system, to secure from such robbery
the property of the tenant, while strictly protect-
ing that of the landlord, it was resolved to press
for an act of parliament.
At vast sacrifices the suffering people, braving
the anger of their landlords, returned to the
legislatui-e a number of representatives pledged
to their cause. But the English minister, as if
bent on teaching Ii-ishmen to despair of redress
by constitutional agencies, resisted those most
just and equitable demands, and deliberately set
himself to corrupt and break up that ^arty. To
humiliate and exasperate the people more and
more, to mock them and insult them, the faith-
less men who had betrayed them were set over
them as judges and rulers. And when, by means
as nefai-ious as those that had carried the union,
this last attempt of the Irish people to devote
themselves to peaceful and constitutional action
was bafiled, defeated, trampled down, when the
"Tenant League" had been broken up, and its
leaders scattered — when Gavan Duffy had been
driven into despairing exile, when Lucas had
been sent broken-hearted into the grave, and
Moore, the intrepid leader, the unequaled orator,
had been relegated to private life, a shout of
victory again went up from the press of England,
as if a Trafalgar had been won.
CHAPTER LXXXVn.
OW SOME IRISHMEN TOOK TO "tHE POLITICS OF DE-
SPAIR"^— HOW England's revolutionary teach-
ings "came home to roost" HOW GENERAL
JOHN o'neILL GAVE COLONEL BOOKER A TOUCH OF
fontenoy at RIDGEWAY.
All may deplore, but none can wonder, that
under circumstances such as those, a considera-
ble section of the Irish people should have lent
a ready ear to the "politics of despair."
"In vain the hero's heart had bled.
The Sage's voice had warned in vain."
In the face of all the lessons of history they
would consjiire anew, and dream once more of
graiipling England on the battlefield!
They were in the mood to hearken to any
proposal, no matter bow wild ; to dare any risk,
no matter how great; to follow any man, no
matter whom he might be, promising to lead
them to vengeance. Such a proposal presented
itself in the shape of a conspiracy, an oath-bound
secret society, designated the "Fenian Brother-
hood," which made its appearance about this
time. The project was strenuously reprehended
by every one of the "Forty-eight" leaders with
scarcely an exception, and by the Catholic clergy
universally; in other words, by every patriotic
influence in Ireland not reft of reason by despair.
The first leaders of the conspiracy were not men
well recommended to Irish confidence, '*and in the
venomous manner in which they assailed all who
endeavored to dissuade the people from their
plot, they showed that they had not only copied
the forms but imbibed the spirit of the con-
tinental secret societies. But the maddened
people were ready to follow and worship any
leader whose project gave a voice to the terrible
passions surging in their breasts. They were
ready to believe in him in the face of all warn-
ing, and at his bidding to distrust and denounce
friends and guides whom, ordinarily, they would
have followed to the death.
In simple truth the fatuous conduct of Eng-
land had so prepared the soil and sown the seed,
that the conspirator had but to step in and reap
the crop. In 1843, she had answered to the
people that their case would not be listened to.
To the jieaceful and amicable desire of Ireland
to reason the questions at issue, England an-
swered in the well-remembered words of the
Times: "Repeal must not be argued with."
"If the Union were gall it must be maintained."
In other words, England, unable to rely on the
weight of any other argument, flung the sword
into the scale, and cried out: " Vw Victis!"
In the same year she showed the Irish people
that loyalty to the throne, respect for the laws,
and reliance exclusively on moral force, did not
avail to save them from violence. When O Con-
nell was dragged to jail as a "conspirator" — a
man notoriously the most loyal, iicaceable, and
law-respecting in the land — the peoi)le unhappily
seemed to conclude that they might as well be
real conspirators for any distinction England
would draw between Irishmen pleading the just
cause of their country.
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
243
But there was yet a further reach of infatua-
tion, and apparently England was resolved to
leave no incitement unused in driving the Irish
upon the policy of violence — of hate and hostil-
ity implacable.
At the very time that the agents of the secret
society vpere preaching to the Irish people the
doctrines of revolution, the English press re-
sounded with like teachings. The sovereign
and her ministers proclaimed them ; Parliament
re-echoed them ; England with unanimous voice
shouted them aloud. The right, nay, the duty
of a people considering themselves, or fancying
themselves, oppressed, to conspire against their
rulers — even native and legitimate rulers — was
day by day thundered forth by the English
journals. Yet more than this. The most blis-
tering taunts were flung against peoples who,
fancying themselves oppressed, hoped to be
righted by any means save by conspiracy, revolt,
war, bloodshed, eternal resistance and hostility.
"Let all such peoples know, " wrote the Times,
"that liberty is a thing to be fought out with
knives and swords and hatchets."
To be sure these general propositions were
formulated for the express use of the Italians at
the time. So utterly had England's anxiety to
overthrow the papacy blinded her that she never
once recollected that those incitements were
being hearkened to by a hot-blooded and pas-
sionate people like the Irish. At the worst,
however, she judged the Irish to be too completely
cowed to dream of applying them to their own
case. At the very moment when William Smith
O'Brien was freely sacrificing or periling hif?
popularity in the endeavor to keep his country-
men from the revolutionary secret society, the
Times — blind, stone-blind, to the state of the
facts, blinded by intense national prejudice — •
assailed him truculently, as an antiquated traitor
who could not get one man — no* even one man —
in all Ireland to share his ' i'azy dream" of
national autonomy.
Alas! So much for England's ability to
understand the Irish people! So much for her
ignorance of a country which she insists on
ruling!
Up to 1864 the Fenian enterprise — the absurd
idea of challenging England (or rather accepting
her challenge) to a war-duel — strenuously re-
sisted by the Catholic clergy and other patriotic
influences, made comparatively little headway in
Ireland. In America, almost from tlie outset it
secured large support. For England had filled
the Western Continent with an Irish population
burning for vengeance upon the power that had
hunted them from their own laud. On the
termination of the great Civil War of 18C1-18C4,
a vast army of Irish soldiers, trained, disciplined,
and experienced — of valor proven on many a
well-fought field, and each man willing to cross
the globe a hundred times for "a blow at Eng-
land"— were disengaged from service.
Suddenly the Irish revolutionary enterprise
assumed in America a magnitude that startled
and overwhelmed its originators. It was no
longer the desperate folhnving of an autocratic
chief-conspirator, blindly bowing to his nod.
It grew into the dimensions of a great national
confederation with an army and a treasury at its
disposal. The expansion in America was not
without a corresponding effect in L-eland ; but it
was after all nothing jiroportionate. There was
up to the last a fatuous amount of misunderstand-
ing maintained by the "Head Center" on this
side of the Atlantic, James Stephens, a man of
marvelous subtlety and wondrous plausibility;
crafty, cunning, and not always overscrupulous
as to the employment of means to an end. How-
ever, the army ready to hand in America, if not
utilized at once, would soon be melted away and
gone, like the snows of past winters. So in the
middle of 1865 it was resolved to take the field
in the approaching autumn.
It is hard to contemplate this decision or dec-
lai-ation without deeming it either insincere or
wicked on the part of the leader or leaders, who
at the moment knew the real condition of affairs
in Ireland. That the enroled members, howso-
ever few, would respond when called upon, was
certain at any time ; for the Irish are not
cowards; the men who joined this desperate
enterprise were sure to prove themselves coura-
geous, if not either prudent or wise. But the pre-
tence of the revolutionary chief — that there was
a force able to afford the merest chance of suc-
cess— was too uttei'ly false not to be plainly
criminal.
Toward the close of 1865 came almost contem-
poraneously the government swoop on the Irish
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reTolutionary executive, and the deposition —
after solemn judicial trial, as prescribed by the
laws of the society — of O'Mahony, the American
"Head Center, ' ' for crimes and ofEenaes alleged to
be worse than mere imbecilty, and the election
in his stead of Col. William E. Roberts, an Irish-
American merchant of high standing and honora-
ble character, whose fortune had always gener-
ously aided Irish patriotic, charitable, or
religious purposes. The deposed official, how-
ever, did not submit to the application of the
society rules. He set up a rival association, a
course in which he was supported by the Ii-ish
Head Center ; and a painful scene of factious and
acrimonious contention between the two parties
thus antagonized caused the English government
to hope — nay,, for a moment, fully to believe —
that the disappearance of both must soon follow.
This hope quicklj' vanished when, on reliable
intelligence, it was announced that the Irish-
Americans, under the Roberts presidency, were
substituting for the unreal or insincere project
of an expedition to Ireland, as the first move,
the plainly practicable scheme of an invasion of
British North America in the first instance.
The Times at once declared that now indeed
England had need to buckle on her armor, for
that the adoption of this new project showed the
men in America to be in earnest, and to have
sound military judgment in their councils. An
invasion of Ireland by the Irish in the United
States all might laugh at, but an invasion of
Canada from the same quarter was quite another
matter; the southern frontier of British North
America being one impossible to defend in its
entirety, unless by an army of one hundred
thousand men. Clearly a vulnerable point of
the British empire had been discovered.
This was a grievous hardship on the people of
Canada. They had done no wrong to Ireland or
to the Irish people. In Canada Irishmen had
found friendly asylum, liberty, and protection.
It seemed, therefore, a cruel resolve to visit on
Canada the terrible penalty of war for the
offenses of the parent country. To this the
repl.v from the confederate Irish in the States
•was, that they would wage no war on the Cana-
dian people; that it was only against JBritish
!>ower their hostility would be exercised ; and
that Canada had no right to expect enjoyment
of all the advantages without experiencing, on
the other hand, the disadvantages of British
connection.
It seemed very clear that England stood a
serious chance of losing her North American
dependencies. One hope alone remained. If
the American government would but defend the
frontier on its own side, and cut the invading
parties from their base of supplies, the enter-
jirise must naturally and inevitably fail. It
seemed impossible, however, that the American
government could be prevailed upon thus to be-
come a British preventive police. During the
civil war the Washington executive, and, indeed,
the universal sentiment and action of the Ameri-
can people, had plainly and expressly encouraged
the Fenian organization ; and even so recently as
the spring of 1866, the American government
had sold to the agents of Colonel Roberts thou-
sands of pounds' worth of arms and munitions
of war, with the clear, though unofficial, knowl-
edge that they were intended for the projected
Canadian enterprise. Nevertheless, as we shall
see, the American executive had no qualms about
adopting the outrageously inconsistent course.
Bj' the month of May, 18C6, Roberts had
established a line of depots along the Canadian
frontier, and in great part filled them with the
arms and material of war sold to him by the
Washington government. Toward the close of
the mouth the various "circles" throughout the
Union received the command to start their con-
tingents for the frontier. Never, probably, in
Irish history was a call to the field more enthusi-
astically obeyed. From every Staie in the
Union there was a simultaneous movement north-
ward of bodies of Irishmen ; the most intense
excitement pervading the Irish population from
Maine to Texas. At this moment, however, the
Washington government flung off the mask. A
vehement and bitterly-worded proclamation
called for the instantaneous abandonment of the
Irish projects. A powerful military force was
marched to the northern frontier; United States
gunboats were posted on the lakes and on
the St. Lawrence River ; all the arms and war
material of the Irish were sought out, seized,
and confiscated, and all the arriving contingents,
on mere suspicion of their destination, were
arrested.
COPYRIGHT, IS98.
SIR CHARLES GAVAN DUFFY.
MURPHY & MCCARTHY.
TUE STOKY OF IRELAND.
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Chis course of proceeding fell like a thunder-
bu.t on the Irish. It seemed impossible to
credit its reality. Despite all those obstacles,
however — a British army on one shore, an
American army on the other, and hostile cruis-
ers, British and American, guarding the waters
between — one small battalion of the Irish under
Colonel John O'Neill succeeded in crossing to
the Canadian side on the night of the Slst of
May, 1866. They landed on British ground
close to Fort Erie, which place they at once
occupied, hauling down the royal ensign of Eng-
land, and hoisting over Fort Erie in its stead,
amid a scene of boimdless enthusiasm and joy,
the Irish standard of green and gold.
The news that the Irish were across the St.
Lawrence — that once more, for the first time
for half a century, the green flag waved in the
broad sunlight over the serried lines of men in
arms for "the good old cause" — sent the Ii-ish
millions in the States into wild excitement. In
twenty-four hours fifty thousand volunteers
offered for service, ready to march at an hour's
notice. But the Washington government stopped
all action on the part of the Irish organization.
Colonel Roberts, his military chief officer,
and other officials were arrested, and it soon
became plain the unexpected intervention of the
American executive had utterly destroyed, for
the time, the Canadian project, and saved to
Great Britain her North American colonies.
Meanwhile O'Neill and his small force were in
the enemy's country — in the midst of their foes.
From all parts of Canada troops were hurried
forward by rail to crush at once, by overwhelm-
irg force, the now isolated Irish battalion. On
the morning of the 1st of June, 1866, Colonel
Booker, at the head of the combined British
force of regular infantry of the line and some
volunteer regiments, marched against the in-
vaders. At a place called Limestone Eidge,
close by the village of Ridgeway, the advanced
guard of the British found O'Neill drawn up in
a position ready for battle. The action forth-
with commenced. The Irish skirmishers ap-
peared to fall back slowly before their assailants,
a arcumstance which caused the Canadian vol-
unteer regiments to conclude hastily that the
day was going very easily in their favor. Sud-
denly, however, the Irish skirmishers halted, and
the British, to their dismay, found themselvea
face to face with the main force of the Irish,
posted in a position which evidenced consum-
mate ability on the part of O'Neill. Booker
ordered an assault in full force on the Irish posi-
tion, which was, however, disastrously repulsed.
While the British commander was hesitating as
to whether he should renew the battle, or await
reinforcements reported to be coming up from
Hamilton, his deliberations were cut short by a
shout from the Irish lines, and a cry of alarm
from his own — the Irish were advancing to a
charge. They came on with a wild rush and a
ringing cheer, bursting through the British
ranks. There was a short but desperate strug-
gle, when some one of the Canadian officers,
observing an Irish aid-de-camp galloping
through a wood close by, thought it was a body
of Irish horse, and raised the cry of "Cavalry!
cavalry!" Some of the regular regiments made
a vain effort to form a square — a fatal blunder,
there being no cavalry at hand ; others, however,
broke into confusion, and took to flight, the
general, Booker, it is alleged, being the fleetest
of the fugitives. The British rout soon became
complete, the day was hopelessly lost, and the
victorious Irish, with the captured British stan-
dards in their hands, stood on Ridgeway heights
as proudly as their compeers at Fontenoy. "The
field was fought and won. "
CHAPTER Lxxxvrn.
THE UNFINISHED CHAPTEK OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ANI>
SIXTY-SEVEN HOW IRELAND, "oFT DOOMED TO
DEATH," HAS SHOWN THAT SHE IS "fATED NOT TO
DIE."
Judged by the forces engaged, Ridgeway was
an inconsiderable engagement. Yet the effect
produced b.y the news in Canada, in the States,
in England, and, of course, most of all in Ire-
land, could scarcely have been surpassed by the
announcement of a second Fontenoy. Irish
troops had met the levies of England in pitched
battle and defeated them. English colors,
trophies of victory, were in the hands of an Irish
general. The green flag had come triumphant
through the storm of battle. At home and
abroad the Irish saw only these facts, and these
appeared to be all-sufficient for natiojal pride.
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THE STORY OF IRELAND.
O'Neill, on the morrow of his victory, learned
with poignant feelings that his supports and sup-
plies had been all cut off by the American gun-
boats. In his front the enemy were concentrat-
ing in thousands. Behind him rolled the St.
Lawrence, cruised by LTnited States war steamers.
He was ready to fight the British, but he could
not match the combined powers of Britain and
America He saw the enterprise was defeated
hopelessly, for this time, by the action of the
Washington executive, and, feeling that he had
truly "done enough for valor," he surrendered
to the United States naval commander.
This brief episode at Eidgeway was fcrj the
confederated Irish the one gleam to lighten the
page of their history for 1866. That page was
otherwise darkened and blotted by a record of
humiliating and disgraceful exposures in connec-
tion with the Irish Head Center. In autumn of
that yeai- he proceeded to America, and finding his
authority repudiated and his integrity doubted,
he resorted to a course whieh it would be difii-
cult to characterize too strongly. By way of
attracting a following to his own standard, and
obtaining greater influence, he publicly an-
nounced that in the winter months close at hand,
and before the new year dawned, he would (seal-
ing his undertaking with an awful invocation of
the Most High) be in Ireland, leading the long-
promised insurrection. Had this been a mere
"intention" which might be "disappointed," it
was still manifestly criminal thus to announce it
to the British government, unless, indeed, his
resources in hand were so enormous as to render
England's preparations a matter of indifference.
But it was not an "intention," he announced it,
and swore to it. He threatened with the most
serious personal consequences any and every man
soever, who might dare to express a doubt that
the event would come off as he swore. The few
months remaining of the year flew by ; his in-
timate adherents spread the rumor that he had
sailed for the scene of action, and in Ireland the
news occasioned almost a panic. One day,
toward the close of December, however, all New
York rang with the exposui-e that Stephens had
never iiuitted for Ireland, but was hiding from
his own enraged followers in Brooklyn. The
scenes that ensued were such as may well bo
omitted from these pages. In that bitter hour
thousands of honest, impulsive, and self-sacrific-
ing L'ishmen endured the anguish of discovering
that they had been deceived as never had men
been before ; that an idol worshipped with fren-
zied devotion was, after all, a thing of clay.
There was great rejoicing by the government
party in Ireland over this exposure of Stephens'
failure. Now, at least, it was hoped, nay, con-
fidently assumed, there would be an end of the
revolutionary enterprise.
And now, assuredly, there would have been an
end of it had Irish disaffection been a growth
of yesterday ; or had the unhappj' war between
England and the Irish race been merely a pass-
ing contention, a momentary flash of excitement.
But it was not so ; and these very exposures and
scandals and recriminations seemed only fated to
try in the fiery ordeal the strength, depth, and
intensity of that disaffection.
In Ireland, where Stephens had been most
implicitly believed in, the news of this collapse
— which reached there early in 1867 — filled the
circles with keen humiliation. The more dis-
passionate wisely rejoiced that he had net
attempted to keep a promise the making of
which was in itself a crime ; but the desire to
wipe out the reproach supposed to be cast on the
whole enrolment by his public defection becane
so overpowering that a rising was arranged to
come off simultaneously all over Ireland on tje
5th of March, 1867.
Of all the insensate attempts at revolution
recorded in history, this one assuredly was pre-
eminent. The most extravagant of the ancient
Fenian tales supplies nothing more absurd. The
inmates of a lunatic asylum could scarcely hive
produced a more impossible scheme. The one
redeeming feature in the whole proceeding was
the conduct of the hapless men who engaged in
it. Firstly, thoir courage in responding to mch
a summons at all, unarmed and unaided as they
were. Secondly, their intense religious feelings.
On the days immediately preceding the 5<h of
March, the Catholic churches were crowdel by
the youth of the country, making spiritual prepa-
rations for what they believed would 1)6 a
struggle in which many would fall and few sur-
vive. Thirdly, their noble humanity to the
prisoners whom they captured, their scruimlous
regard for private property, and their earnest
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
247
i
anxiety to carry on their struggle without infrac-
tion in aught of the laws and rules of honoi-able
warfare.
In the vicinity of Dublin, and in Tipperary,
Cork, and Limerick counties, attacks were made
on the police stations, several of which were cap-
tui-ed by or surrendered to the insurgents. But
a circumstance as singular as any recorded in
history intervened to suppress the movement
more eifectually than the armies and fleets of
England ten times told could do. On the next
night following the rising — the Gth of March —
there commenced a snowstorm which will long
be remembered in Ireland, as it was probably
without precedent in our annals. For twelva
days and nights, without intermission, a tempest
of snow and sleet raged over the land, piling
snow to the depth of yards on all the mountains,
steets, and highways. The plan of the insurrec-
tion evidently had for its chief feature desultory
warfare in the mountain districts; but this inter-
vention of the elements utterly frustrated the
project, and saved Ireland from the horrors of a
protracted struggle.
The last episode of the "rising" was one one,
the immediate and remote effects of which on
public feeling were of astonishing magnitude,
the capture and death of Peter O'Neill Crowley
in Kilclooney Wood, near Mitchelstown. Crow-
ley was a man highly esteemed, widely popular,
and greatly loved in the neighborhood ; a man
of respectable position, and of good education,
and of character so pure and life so blameless
that the peasantry revered him almost as a saint.
Toward the close of March the government
authorities had information that some of the
leaders in the late rising were concealed in Kil-
clooney Wood, and it was surrounded with mili-
tary, "beating" the copse for the human game.
Suddenly they came on Crowley and two com-
rades, and a bitter fusillade proclaimed the dis-
covery. The fugitives defended themselves
bravely, but eventually Crowley was shot down,
and brought a corpse into the neighboring town.
Around his neck (inside his shirt) hung a small
silver crucifix and a medal of the Immaculate
Conception. A bullet had struck the latter, and
dinged it into a cup shape. Another had struck
the crucifix. It turned out that the fugitives,
during their concealment in the wood, under
' Crowley's direction, never omitted compliance
with the customary Lenten devotions. Every
night they knelt around the embers of their
watchfire, and recited aloud the Rosary, and at
the moment of their surprise by the soldiery they
were at their morning prayers. All these circum-
stances— Crowley's high character, his edifying
life, his tragic fate — profoundly impressed the
public mind. While government was felicitat-
ing itself on the "final" suppression of its pro-
tean foe, Irish disaffection, and the English
press was commencing anew the old vaunting
story about how Ireland's "crazy dream" of
nationality had been dispelled forever, a start-
ling change, a silent revolution, was being
wrought in the feelings, the sentiments, the
resolutions of the Irish nation. First came com-
passion and sympathy ; then anger and indigna-
tion, soon changing into resentment and hostil-
ity. Ihe people heard their abstention from the
imiiossible project of "Fenianism" construed
into an approbation and sustainment of the
existing rule — an acceptance of provincialism.
They heard the hapless victims of the late rising
reviled as "i-uffians, " "murderers," "robbers,"
"marauders," animated by a desire for plunder.
They knew the horrible falseness, the baseness
and cruelty of all this, coming as it did, too,
from the press of a nation ready enough to hound
on revolutionary cutthroats abroad, while vent-
ing such brutality upon Irishmen like Peter
O'Neill Crowley. Ireland could not stand this.
No people with a spark of manhood or of honor
left, could be silent or neutral here. In the end
proposed to themselves by those slain or cap-
tured Irishmen — the desire to lift their country
up from her fallen state, to stanch her wounds,
to right her wrongs — their countrymen all were
at one with them ; and the purity, the virtue of
their motives, were warmly recognized by men
who had been foremost in reprehending the hap-
less course by which they had immolated them-
selves. For whatever disorders had arisen from
this conspiracy, for whatever there was to
reprehend in it, the judgment of the Irish
people held English policy and English acts and
teachings to account. For who made those men
conspirators? Who taught them to look to
violence? Who challenged them to a trial of
force? When they who had done these thins '
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now turned round on the Tictims of a noble and
generous impulse, and caluminated them, as-
suredly their fellow-countrymen could not stand
by unmoved. And the conduct of "the men in
the dock" brought all Ireland to their side.
Never in any age, or in any country, did men
bear themselves in such strait more nobly than
those men of '67. They were not men to blush
for. Captured at hazard by the government
from among thousands, yet did they one and all
demean themselves with a dignity, a fortitude, a
heroism worthy of —
The holiest cause that tongue or sword
Of mortal ever lost or gained.
Some of them were peasants, others were pro-
fessional men, others were soldiers, many were
artisans. Not a man of them all quailed in the
dock. Not one of them spoke a word or did
an act which could bring a blush to the cheek
of a Christian patriot. Some of them — like Peter
O'Neill Crowley — had lived stainless lives, and
met their fate with the spirit of the first Chris-
tian martyrs. Their last words were of God and
Ireland. Their every thought and utterance
seemed an inspiration of virtue, of patriotism,
or of religion. As man after man of them was
brought to his doom, and met it with bravery,
the heart of Ireland swelled and throbbed with a
force unknown for long years.
Meanwhile an almost permanent court-martial
was sitting in Dublin for the trial of soldiers
charged, some with sedition, others simply with
the utterance of patriotic sentiments ; and scenes
which might be deemed incredible in years to
come, had they not public witnesses and public
record in the press, were filling to the brim the
cup of public horror and indignation. The
shrieks of Irish soldiers given over to the knout,
resounded almost daily. Bloodclots from the
lash sprinkled the barrack yards all over. Many
of the Irishmen thus sentenced walked to the
triangle stripped themselves for the torture,
bore it without a groan, and when all was fin-
ished— while their comrades were turning away
sickened and fainting — cheered anew for "poor
Ireland," or repeated the "seditious" aspiration
for which they had just suffered!
Amid such scenes, under such circumstances,
a momentous transformation took place in Ire-
land. In the fires of such affliction the whole
nation became fused. All minor political dis-
tinctions seemed to crumble or fade away, all
past contentions seemed forgotten, and only two
great parties seemed to exist in the Island, those
who loved the regime of the blood-clotted lash,
the penal chain and the gibbet, and those who
hated it. Out of the ashes of "Fenianism," out
of the shattered debris of that insane and hope-
less enterprise, arose a gigantic power; and 1867
beheld Irish nationality more of a visible and
potential reality than it had been for centuries.
Here abruptly pauses the History of Ireland;
not ended, because "Ireland is not dead yet. "
Like that faith to which she has clung through
ages of persecution, it may be said of her that,
though "oft doomed to death, "she is "fated not
to die. "
Victory must be with her. Already it is with
her. Other nations have bowed to the yoke of
conquest, and been wiped out from history.
Other peoples have given up the faith of their
fathers at the bidding of the sword. Other races
have sold the glories of their past and the hopes
of their future for a mess of pottage ; as if there
was nothing nobler in mans' destiny than to
feed and sleep and die. But Ireland, after cen-
turies of suffering and sacrifice such as have
tried no other nation in the world, has success-
fully, proudly, gloriously, defended and retained
her life, her faith, her nationality. Well may
her children, proclaiming aloud that "there is a
God in Israel, ' ' look forward to a serene and
happy future, beyond the tearful clouds of this
troubled present. Assuredly a people who have
survived so much, resisted so much, retained so
much, are destined to receive the rich reward of
such devotion, such constancy, such heroism.
CHAPTER LXXXIX.
THE FENIAN RISING AND WHAT FOLLOWED IT THe"SDE-
PRISe" of CHESTER CASTLE THE " JACKNELL" EX-
PEDITION— ^THE MANCHESTER RESCUE.
Seventeen years have sped swiftly by since the
author of the foregoing chapter, with the in-
stinct of a deep thinker and student of political
history, predicted for that land, to which he has
proved his deep devotion, a glorious future and
I
m:^v'-.
COKVRIGHT, 1898.
JAMKS STEVENS.
MURPHV & MCCARTHY.
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
249
a deliyerance from the long night of bondage.
Thiit hope is not yet realized; the goal is not
reached yet; it is still the night; but our eyes
are turned toward the East — a little while and the
day of freedom shall have dawned upon Erin.
Before narrating the more important events
that have occurred in Ireland within the period
indicated, or speaking of that wave of agitation
founded on constitutional lines, as laid down by
the Liberator, which has passed over the land
quite recently, it will bo well, perhaps, to give a
phort resume of those incidents of the rising of
'G7 that have not been recorded in the la.st
chapter.
The 12th of February had been the day origin-
ally fixed for a simultaneous rising throughout
the country by the council of delegates in Dub-
lin. As the time approached, however, it was
decided to postpone the movement until the 5th
of March. The Fenian circles in Lancashire,
England, had decided to co-operate with the
Dublin movement on the day originally fixed,
and their project was unquestionably a most
daring one, being nothing less than the surprise
of Chester Castle, which was known to contain
many thousand stand of arms, with ammunition
and military equipments ; and which, moreover,
had only a small garrison. It was resolved on
by the Fenian military council in Liverpool to
attack the castle, seize all the arms tnerein, and
next, to attach the railway rolling stock, load
the same with men and arms, and run the trains
to Holyhead. At the latter place, all steamers
in port were to be seized and converted into a
transport fleet, which was to be headed imme-
diately for Dublin Bay! The audacity of this
enterprise has scarcely a parallel in military his-
tory ; save it be that brief and unfortunate cam-
paign that culminated in Ballingarry; yet,
astounding as it may appear, it is conceded that
its success, so far as regards the seizure of Che.s-
ter Castle, might have been effected, were it not
for the treachery of John Joseph Corydon, one
of Stephens' lieutenants, and deemed to be one
of the most reliable men in the conspiracy.
Corydon had given information to the Chief
Constable of Liverpool, and, so utterly incredu-
lous -were the authorities at the intelligence
that considerable time was lost before steps were
taken to thwart the movement by strengthening
the garrison of the castlo. Soon, however,
mounted messengers hurried ofi in all directions
for troops, who reached the scene of expected
attack by special trains from Birkenhead and
other local points. The an-ival of these troops,
and the bustle and stir observable in the vicin-
ity of the castle, were not lost on several gruu' 3
of men who had lounged all the forenoon around
Birkenhead, and whose presence — most of them
beging strangers — was, doubtlosH, an object of
surprise to the inhabitants. These were the con-
tingents from the Fenian circles in Manchester,
Bolton, etc., who had come in by the morning
trains, and who now departed as quickly, word
having reached them that their plans were be-
trayed. One party of them who got on board
the Dublin boat at Holyhead, were arrested im-
mediately on its arrival in North Wall. The rising
in Ireland, which occurred a few weeks later,
was, if anything, a more abortive attempt at
revolution than the expisode of Chester Castle;
and its results, as all sane persons could predict,
the reverse of what its foolhardy participants
had anticipated. In the vicinity of Cork, the
more formidable demonstrations took place; but
they amounted to nothing more than attacks on
constabulary barracks (one of which, Ballynokane,
was burned) and a skirmish in the streets of
Kilmallock. Two circumstances were parainouufc
in rendering the movement wholly futile — the
treachery of the arch informer, Corydon, and the
tempestuous elements. The severity of the
weather has been already spoken of. The travel-
ler who is familiar with the aspect of Canadian
hills, or the steppes of Russia, when the biting
north wind from the pole drifts the cumbering
snow, lying deep on the highways and deeper in
ravines and mountain gorges, can best judge of
the outlook for revolutionary warfare carried on
in such a season on the hills of Tipperary or the
mountains of Kerry ; yet this was the plan of the
Fenian military chiefs. Under more favorable
circumstances — with a larger force supplied with
arms and a commissariat — it is a moot question
■whether exposure on the bare hills of Ireland at
such a season would not have caused its speedy
decimation, as surely as the same cause effected
the destruction of Napoleon's army retreating
from Moscow. While it must be admitted that
the Rising, as the outcome of the plans batched
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for long in secret by the Fenian brotherhood,
served the National cause in so far as proving
(if proof were necessary) the disaffection of the
people at large, and as a clear and emphatic pro-
test against misrule, j-et it cannot be denied that
its immediate consequences were, indeed, very
sad. The young men who had taken an active
part in the inglorious affair very quickly rea-
lized the enormity of conspiring against the
British crown when they found themselves
dragged off to prison — often out of their beds at
night — and there held to await the trial where
Justice seldom lent her ear to the plea of Mercy.
Terms of ten, fifteen, and twenty years of penal
servitude, and sometimes sentence for life, was
the reward of those who had loved their country
not wisely but too well.
The next affair in the order of time that fol-
lowed after the Rising has acquired notoriety
as the " Jacknell expedition." The Jacknell, a
brigantine of about 250 tons' burden, formerly
engaged in the West Indian trade, was chartered
by a party of patriotic Irishmen in New York,
who designed to supply the "men in the gap"
with arms in the hour of their struggle — so
grossly had the Irish-Fenian executive deceived
the American contingents as to have left them
for weeks under the delusion that the red tide' of
war was rolling over the hills of Ireland! The
Jacknell was freighted with rifles, bayonets,
cartridges, and a few field guns, all packed into
■wine barrels, sewing-machine and piano cases —
the latter serving as a safe blind for "contraband
of war" against the scrutiny of custom-house
officials. The bill of lading was made oat for
the domestic articles just mentioned, and the
ship cleared for a port in Cuba. Her destina-
tion, however, was not Cuba.
On the 12th of April, 1867, a party of forty or
fifty men got on board a steamboat at a wharf in
New York, ostensibly for a trip down the harbor.
The whole party was composed of ex-ofl&cers and
privates of the American army, and as they had
•no baggage with them, and presented nothing
suspicious in appearance, their departui-e was
unnoticed. They reached Sandy Hook in due
time, and boarded the Jacknell, which quickly
set sail toward the West Indies. The Jacknell 's
destination, however, was not the West Indies,
but Ireland. The more prominent among the
party were Gen. J. E. Kerrigan, Col. S. E. Tre-
silian. Col. John Warren, Col. Naglc, Lieut.
Augustine E. Costello, and Capt. Cavanagh.
The Jacknell steered southward for abovit twenl^'-
four hours, then changed her course for the "old
land." On Sunday, 29th 6f April, the sunburst
of Erin was hoisted to the mainmast, and hailed
with a salute from the three field pieces carried
on board the "Erin's Hope," which was the new
and auspicioiis name there and then bestowed on
the adventurous brigantine. Sealed orders were
then opened, and commissions assigned to the
officers and men of the expedition. Sligo Bay,
which was their destination, was reached on the
20th of May. The ship stood in the offing for a
day or two, until boarded by an agent of the
Confederates. His account of the real state of
affairs in Ireland very quickly dispelled the
visions conjured up in the minds of these men
by perusal of sensational telegrams in the New
York daily papers. A landing in Sligo, they
were informed, was cut of the question ; but an
effort should be made to land the arms and mili-
tary stores somewhere on the southern coast.
The government had intelligence of a suspicious-
looking vessel hovering on the western coast.
British gunboats cruised around, ever on the
alert, and the Erin's Hope had a hard time of it,
night and day, to escaiae capture. She had
been sixty-iwo days at sea, and her stock of pro-
visions and water were running short. In this
extremity it was decided to laud the bulk of the
party and set sail for America with the others,
who could be maintained on the meager stock of
provisions. Accordingly, a fishing smack was
hailed off Helvick Head, near Dungarvan, and
when she came alongside, some thirty or more of
the party jumped on board and were rowed to
the shore. Their landing was not unobserved,
as they were seen by a coast guard lookout,
who promptlj' notified all the local police sta-
tions, and ere many hours, the whole Jacknell
jiarty were lodged within prison walls. In the
minds of the government officials, the ajjpearance
of the suspicious craft iu Sligo Bay had not, up
to this time, been connected with the landing of
the party of strangers at Helvick Head ; but, as
usual, a traitor, Buckley by name, was in the
camp, who "blew" on the whole business, and
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was indicted for treason-felony. The Jacknell
expedition, though it in nowise helped to attain
the grand object in view by the Fenian organiza-
tion— to wit, the overthrow of English dominion
in Ireland, yet was instrumental in effecting an
imiiortant change of law in relation to Irish-born
citizens of America : that is to say — persons born
in Ireland, and afterward living in, and becom-
ing naturalized citizens of, the United States.
The issue was raisetl at the trial of the prisoner
Warren, on the refusal of the crown to grant
him a jui-y mediatoie lingiue, and on his in-
structing his counsel thereupon to waive anj'
defense as to whether the ancient doctrine of
perpetual allegiance held good in law. The
presiding judge decided in the affirmative, and
Warren and Costello were both sentenced — the
former to fifteen, the latter to twelve years' penal
servitude. Warren claimed the protection of the
United States Government, which, though it
had abandoned him on his trial, found it neces-
sary to its own status to assert and uphold the
rights of American citizenship. Negotiations
were entered into between the cabinets of
Washington and London, and resulted in an act
being passed in 1870 — 33 and 34 Vic, cap. 14
(known as the Warren and Costello Act), which
finally disposed of the question — making it legal
for a British subject to divest himself of his
allegiance and become the citizen of another
country.
The one event of this year — the saddesi, per-
haps, of all the mishaps that followed jin the
train of Fenianism, since this was tragic in
almost everj' particular — has already ijassed into
history as the "Manchester Eescue. " To under-
stand what led to this occurrence, and to the
sacrifice of life which it entailed, it is necessarj'
to explain that on the deposition of James
Stephens from the rank of Head Center of the
Fenian organization, he was succeeded by Col.
Thomas J. Kelly. It was Kelly planned and
directed the rescue of Stephens from Eichmond,
and subsequently his flight to France. Some six
months after the Rising, Kelly crossed over to
Manchester to attend a council of centers there.
On the morning of the 11th of September, four
men were observed by the police loitering at the
corner of Oak Street, in the latter city. From
some observations let drop by the former, the
ofllcers wore led to think that the party were
I'lottiug Bomo crime, and jiroeeeded to arrcKt
them. A struggle followed, and two of the su:;-
pects escaped. The other two had a first hear-
ing before a magistrate, and were remanded !;1
the request of a detective who "suspected" that
thcj' might be connected with Fenianism, and
BO the event proved, for they turned out to bo
none other than Colonel Kelly, the Fenian chief,
and Captain Deasy, his assistant. The arrests
excited the local Fenian circles beyond measure,
and the daring resolve was taken to rescue the
prisoners, come what would. On the 18th of
September the prisoners were brought up again
i<.nd identified as Kelly and Deasy, and were
remanded once more. After the court adjourned,
the prison van in which were Kelly and Deasy
and four other prisoners — three women and a boj'
— drove off for Salford jail, distant about two
miles from Manchester. Kelly and Deasy were
handcuffed and locked in separate compartments
of the van. Twelve policemen, instead of the
usual number of three, formed the guard on this
occasion. Sergeant Brett sat inside the van,
five on the box-seat, two on the step behind,
and four followed in a cab. Under the railway
arch, which spans the Hyde Koad at Bellevue, a
party of about thirty powerfully-built men
sprang over the fence and shouted to the driver
to stop, which order not being obeyed, one of
the party leveled his revolver at the horses and
shot one of them. Then the whole party sur-
rounded the van and demanded the keys. The
police having no arms made scarcely any show
of resistance, but took to flight. The rescuers
had brought such tools as they deemed neces-
sary, hatchets, crowbars, etc., but found that
the task of breaking open the van was much
slower than they had reckoned. Very soon the
police returned, followed by a large crowd.
Twenty or more of the rescuing party formed a
ring around the van, and with revolvers pointed
at the heads of the policemen, kept back both
them and the crowd ; while their companions
worked might and main to force open the van.
Through the ventilator over the door they spoke
to Brett, commanding him to give up the keys,
if he had them. Brett divined what was occur-
ing on the outside, though he could not see the
attacking party, and in order to obtain a glimpse
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of them, placed his eye to the keyhole. On the
instaut some one in command shouted to "blow
open the lock," and immediately a ballet
■whizzed through the aperture, and Brett as he
-withdrew (but all too late) received the ball in
his head and dropped dead within the vehicle.
One of the women screamed out, "He's killed."
"Take the keys from his pocket, and hand them
out;" was the mandate given her from outside.
This was done ; and immediatel}' a young man,
"William Philip Allen, unlocked the door and
released the i>risoners, who were hurried away
across the fields o.n the instant. In the struggle
•which ensued between the police and crowd on
the one hand, and the Fenian party on the other,
the latter were roughly handled, and five of
them were arrested. Their names were William
Philip Allen, Edward Condon, Michael Larkiu,
Thomas Maguire, and Michael O'Brien.
News of the rescue and the shooting of Brett
■was flashed all over the country in an hour, and
Taised a storm of indignation in the English
public mind — awoke every slumbering prejudice
of that hereditary hate of the Irish which is,
even to this hour, a darling nursling of the
Saxon breast, and boded not only the extreme
penalty of the law to the prisoners, but indis-
criminate vengeance on the entire Irish popula-
tion resident in and around the scene of the
outrage. Hounded on by a malignant press, the
English executive of that day seems to have lost
its head, in the indecent haste with which it
ordered a special assize-commission for the trial
of the prisoners, and in the mode of conducting
the trial which was eminently unfair, and be-
trayed a clear intent to satisfy the popular crav-
ing for a victim or victims. The testimony in
support of the indictment for Brett's murder
was altogether of a doubtful nature, and hung
c-hicfly on the evidence of a reprobate woman ;
"but these men were, of course, foredoomed, and
the sentence of death, pronounced on the five
above named, could hardly be a surprise under
the circumstances. So inconclusive did the evi-
dence in the case of one of the prisoners, Ma-
guire, appear to the reporters present at the
trial, that they took the unusual course of peti-
tioning the Home office in his favor; and this
resulted in his being pardoned. Soon after,
'Condon was reprieved. This was a tacit admis-
sion of miscarriage of justice in the trial, and
brought the public mind from its abnormal state
of excitement to a sober second thought as to
the guilt or innocence of the prisoners. It was
expected, up to the last, that following Maguire
and Condon, all the others would be reprieved.
Many humane gentlemen exerted themselves for
this object, and among the more distinguished
may be mentioned Victor Hugo, who wrote a
letter on their behalf to Queen Victoria; and
Buchanan, the poet, who in pathetic verses pub-
lished in a London evening paper pleaded for
mercy. But all pleading was in vain — all hope
of mercy was disappointed. The government
had resolved on satisfying ihe popular thirst for
blood. And it did. On the morning of Nov-
ember 23, 1867, Allen, Larkin, and O'Brien,
were led out to the scaffold of Salford jail sur-
rounded by military, and executed in the gaze
of such another rabble a? might have gathered
around when the Savioi of the world stood
contrasted with the infamous Barabbas!
CHAPTER XC.
FUNERAL PROCESSIONS FOR THE MARTYRS AGITATION
FOR AMNESTV AND DISESTABLISHMENT CLERKEN-
WELL AND BALLYCOHEV.
The shooting of Sergeant Brett could not, save
by overlooking the circumstances of the occur-
rence, or by perversion of fact, be construed as
murder. Concurrent testimony has shown that
there was no intention to kill him, and that his
death was accidental. Not so in the case of
Allen, Larkin and O'Brien : their execution was
murder pure and simple. When the news of the
Manchester executions reached Ireland, men
gasped for breath in astonishment that that
which no man expected had come to pass — that
the blind fury of the English populace had been
allowed to quench its frenzy in blood — that the
rabbid hatred and malicious instigation of a
calumniating press had overridden the calm, un-
biased judgment which should guide a just ad-
ministration, and prompted the Tory ministers
to steel their hearts to every appeal for mercy.
A wail of grief went up from the people; a cloud
seemed to darken the land for days; and the
heart of Ireland was wrung with anguish. The
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253
stain of deepest degradation attempted to be set
on the characters of the Manchester victims while
living, by loading them with irons and manacles
— the cruel devices of a barbarous, by-gone age —
at their preliminary trial, and the ignominy of
denying them Christian burial, and confounding
them with common murderers, added an addi-
tional pang to the shocking outi'age of their
execution. But their mother Ireland would pray
for, and honor the memory of, her martyred
eons. In all the Catholic churches of the land
prayers were asked for their souls, and the peo-
ple knelt, and prayed, and wept; and when they
quitted the churches, and realized in all its grim
repulsiveness the tragedy that had been enacted,
men knit their brows and clinched their teeth,
and the prompting of every patriotic heart was
deliance of that despotic power which, through
the jiersons of these victims, aimed h blow at the
national cause, and smote the manhood of Ire-
Jand in the face — thus obeying the dictum of the
Tinu's to "stamp out" sedition, and stifle all
patriotic aspiration. This feeling soon grew
almost universal, and extended even to men who,
hitherto, had been ultra-loyal, but who now
joined hands with the Nationalists in a resolve
to resent the insult offered to the nation in the
persons of these victims by a public display ol
sentiment which should at once approve the
conduct of the latter and do homage to their
memory. Then was inaugurated a movement,
which may be said to be the parent of every other
agitation that arose in the country in recent
years — a plant which with truth can be said
to have been watered by the blood of martyrs,
and grew to immense proportions, namely — the
funeral procession, which in every city of Ire-
land was a vast and imposing public display of
mourning that would do honor to any earthly
potentate. At the Dublin demonstration it was
estimated sixty thousand persons walked in the
procession, w-hich was headed by Mr. John
Martin, and Mr. A. M. Sullivan. The proces-
sions in Cork, Limerick, Killarney, and other
places were proportionately large.
Then was witnessed a spectacla rarely seen in
Ireland, or elsewhere before — viz., a funeral
procession of vast proportions, whero all the
somber paraphernalia of a burial were prosent — all
save the corpse or rather corpses ; for the funeral
represented the burial of the tliroo men, and
comprised three hearses and three coffins, with
attendant mourners. The Tivien and other
oracles, to which the British ministers had lent
a willing ear in giving effect to the dictum of
"stanu'iug out" sedition, by such a holocaust
as that of Manchester, now sounded the note of
alarm by descrying the funeral processions as
"seditious demonstrations," and called for their
suppression. Then came a proclamation from
"His Excellency," and next, the prosecution of
the last-named gentlemen and others. Mr. A.
M. Sullivan's speech, in his own defense, was
a comijlete turning of the tables on the crown,
and its myrmidons, past and present. It proved
a powerful indictment of the law itself, as
framed for, and administered in, Ireland up to a
very recent period, and showed that "disesteem
for the law" — for brutal laws and penal enact-
ments— was not onlj' natural, but inevitable.
This speech and that of Mr. John Martin on
the same occasion, had a very marked effect on
public opinion; and, taken in connection with
the sad occurrences which had caused their
being uttered — the Manchester executions and
the funeral processions — led many men, whose
hostility to Feuianism hitherto was well known,
to change their views altogether, and join hands
with the Nationalists. This newly awakened
sympathy with those who had recently suffered
martyrdom for their country, extended itself to
those poor political prisoners whose Lard fate
was to toil unrequited in the convict gangs at
Portland and Chatham. , The moment for an
appeal to the governmen to pardon these men
seemed opportune, as there had been a change
of administration, and Gladstone, whose sym-
pathies were supposed to be more Christian than
his jiredecessors, was at the head of the Cabinet
— and so there was started under direction of
the CentralAmnesty Commttee in Dublin, a new
agitation having this philanthropic object in
view. The first great Amnesty meeting was held
in the Rotunda, Dublin, on the evening of Janu-
ary 2-i, 1896, at which the lord-mayor presided.
Letters f^om nearly all the Catholic bishops,
and many prominent persons unable to attend
were read, expressing entire sympathy with the
movement. The first resolution was intrusted
to a distinguished man and true patriot — Isaao
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Butt. At the mention of this name, and that of
two others, snatched since then by the unspar-
ing hand of death from Ireland and her cause —
George Henry Moore and John Francis Maguire
— few true Irishmen can repress a sigh of regret
for their loss. Mr. Butt had won his way to
distinction, and was the acknowledged leader of
the Irish Bar; but won higher esteem as a con-
vert to the National cause. He had sat for some
years in the House of Commons, elected in the
conser\„tive interest for the borough of Youghal,
and his political creed, for a period of his life,
was directly opposed to Nationalistic views.
"When the political prosecutions were com-
menced, the government, following out its tradi-
tional policy, threw out its bait to enlist the
services of Mr. Butt on its side, while at the
same time the prisoners bid for his advocacy in
their defense. The magnanimity of the man
was shown in the readiness with which he
espoused the weaker side, and in the fact that he
gratuitously defended several of them who were
too poor to pay the usual counsel fees. Then
the shining abilities of Isaac Butt were given
full scope in the legal arena, and were successful
in mitigating the full measure of punishment
which would otherwise have been the lot of
many prisoners; and, notablj% in one case saved
a man's neck from the rope. This was the case
of Robert Kelly, who shot Head Constable Tal-
bot in the streets of Dublin. The latter lingered
for some hours with a ball in his spine, and at a
council of doctors, some were for extracting the
bullet, and others were opposed to the operation.
The former had their way, and and the patient
died. By a clever piece of legal jugglery, Mr.
Butt threw the onus of blame on the doctors,
and saved the life of the prisoner, who was sen-
tenced to a period of imprisonment.
Such was the man who stood up to move the
first resolution and whose sympathies were alto-
gether with those poor fellows for whom he had
fought many a legal battle. The resolution ran
thus:
"Resolved, That it is the persuasion of this
meeting that the grant of a general amnesty to
all persons convicted of political offenses would
be most grateful to the feelings of the people of
the Irish Nation."
J.Lr. Butt Bpoke up to the resolution with all
the energy and impressiveness which character-
ised his oratory. The popular demand for
amnesty, which hourly increased, he pronounced
an indorsement and ratification of the principles
for which the prisoners suffered, and a strong
protect against English misrule. The resolution
was carried with acclamation, and other resolu-
tions, pledging the meeting to incessant agita-
tion until the desired boon was granted, were
adopted. It has been estimated that there were
then in prison eighty-one civilians charged with
treason-felony; of whom forty-two had been
transported to Western Australia, while the re-
mainder were divided between Chatham, Port-
land, Peutonville, and other English prisons.
Beside these, there were several military con-
victs,' and person? c^harged with murder.
Toward the end of February, 1869, the first con-
cession was made, and it was then announced
that forty-nine prisoners were to be pardoned —
thirty -four of those in Australia, and fifteen who
were confined in England. This partial amnesty
could not be expected to satisfy the popular
demand; and so the agitation for a general
amnesty was renewed, early the following sum-
mer, by open-air meetings, held near all the im-
portant towns and cities, and which, in some
places — such as Cabra — assumed vast proportions.
At the latter place, George Henry Moore and
Isaac Butt addressed the assembled thousands,
and at every meeting held to further this move-
ment, there were not wanting men of distinction
and ability to urge the popular demand. Yet it
was not until December, 1870, that the govern-
ment announced its intention of pardoning all
the non-military treason-felony convicts. The
condition imposed was to leave the United King-
dom, and not return until the term of their
several sentences had expired ; and agreeable to
this stipulation, thirty-seven prisoners were set
at liberty- Six of the convict soldiers at Swan
River, "Western Australia, were rescued from
there in April, 1870, chiefly through the exer-
tions of "Mr. John J. Breslin, and by means of
funds supplied by an Irish-American Society.
The few remaining prisoners were released at
intervals on tickets-of-leave or otherwise.
Side by side with the amnesty agitation, another
great movement — in which the future prime
minister of England was the prime mover — was
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255
in progress, viz., the Disestablishment of the
Irish Church. This institution — this "upus
tree" as Gladstone described it, if it at any time
had exhaled poison on the social atmosphere,
was at least, no longer formidable. Its exist-
ence, or dissolution, was no longer the burning
question of the hour, though as a standing marl:
of conquest — as the stronghold of the "Ascen-
dency" party — its existence in a Catholic land
was wholly anomalous, and its position untena-
ble on any reasonable grounds. This had been
shown long previously by several writers, fore-
most among whom may be mentioned Mr. W. J.
O'Neill Daunt of Kilcascan Castle, County Cork,
and Sir John Gray, M. P., for Kilkenny, and
proprietor of the Dublin Freeman's Journal.
Mr. Daunt had for a considerable time corre-
sponded with Mr. Carvell Williams, Secretary of
the Liberation Society, and, in conjunction with
the latter gentleman, aroused public opinion
against the Irish State Church. Sir John Gray,
in a series of exhaustive reports on the history,
revenues, and congregational strength of the
establishment, entitled, "The Irish Church Com-
mission," published in his own journal, made
out an unanswerable case against its maintenance.
The assault on this ancient stronghold was
initiated by what may be called a coalition of
political and ecclesiastical power. The Libera-
tion Society and that section of English Liberals
represented by John Bright, had for some time
carried on private negotiations with prominent
Irish ecclesiastics and politicians, with a view to
an alliance, and for the ulterior object of win-
ning some concessions or effecting some needed
reforms for the Irish people. Denominational
education had been for long the issue raised by
the bishops at every election, and the securing
of this concession they considered paramount.
When, however, the "National Association of
Ireland," under the auspices of Cardinal Cullen,
was founded in December, 1864, the education
question was omitted and Disestablishment sub-
stituted as the primary object of the new agita-
tion. This was done in accordance with the
views of those English Liberals above mentioned,
who could not be of one mind with Catholics on
the education question, and suggested its post-
ponement till other reforms could be won. The
Irish Church motion moved by Sir John Gray
on the 10th of April, 1866, found the Russell-
Gladstone ministry more favorable to it than
hitherto; but two months later, June, 1866, this
ministry, defeated and deserted by the "Adul-
lamites" — a section of their own party — lost
office, and were succeeded by a conservative ad-
ministration, facetiously termed the "DerVjy-
Dizzy" ministry — ^that is, the Tory Cabinet of
which Earl Derby was the i>remier, and Mr.
Disraeli, the chancellor of the exchequer. Dur-
ing this administration occurred all the troubles
detailed in the last chapter, and its policy toward
Ireland for the period may be characterized as
one of callous indifference to the grievances of
the nation, and of cold unrelenting cruelty to
the unfortunate men who had offended [^against
its edicts.
When the storm of angry excitement which
the Fenian outbreak and its concomitant inci-
dents conjured up in England had subsided —
when that grand object, the "vindication of the
law," was accomplished — -the better class of
Englishmen began to ask themselves whether
or not the disaffected nation had any real griev-
ance which might be removed — any heavy burden
on its shoulders which it was the dutj' of the
legislature to lighten. The Liberation Society
saw their opportunity in this growing interest
manifested on the Irish question, and promptly
furnished the answer by pointing to the Irish
State Church as the true cause of all the humilia-
tion and heartburning that afflicted the nation.
Here, too, the leaders of the divided Liberal
party saw a chance to form a new platform,
where its scattered contingents might combine
for a general onslaught on the Irish Establish-
ment.
A debate which was continued for four days
commenced in the House of Commons on the 10th
of March, 1868, on the motion of Mr. J. F. Ma-
guire for a committee to consider the state of
Ireland. On the last day of the debate, Mr.
Gladstone declared that the time had come when
the Irish Church must be disestablished. On
the 23d he introduced his "Resolutions." The
debate to go into committee on the Resolutions
opened on the 30th of March, and was carried
by 331 to 270 votes. The debate in committee
lasted eleven nghts, and on the 1st of May the
first resolution was carried by a vote of 330 to
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265. Four days later the ministers resigned,
but it was announced that they would retain
office at the request of the queen, until the state
of public business admitted of a dissolution.
Parliament was prorogued on the 31st of July,
1868, and on the 11th of November it was dis-
solved, and the ministers "appealed to the
country. "
At the general election which ensued, the
Liberals were almost everywhere victorious, and
on the 2d of December, Mr. Disraeli (who had
succeeded Lord Derby), surrendered the seals,
and Mr. Gladstone assumed the reins of power.
On the 3l8t of May, 1809, the bill for the Dises-
tablishment of the Lrish Church (introduced by
Mr. Gladstone on the 1st), passed the third read-
ing, and on the 2Gth of July, received the royal
assent. Its advantages to Catholics can be
summed up in a few words. It throws open all
public offices to them, save and except the lord-
lieutenancy, and abolishes test oaths hitherto
required of them on taking office.
The last, and perhaps most serious occurrence,
in connection with Fenianism — as it was at-
tended with heavy loss of life and other fatali-
ties— hapi)ened at this period, and is known as
the "Clerkenwell Explosion." It excited the
indignation of the English people, and the rep-
robation of every right-thinking person. Cap-
tain Richard Burke was at the time a political
convict confined in Clerkenwell Prison, London,
and the design was formed by Fenian sympa-
thizers in the metropolis to effect his release by
making a breach in the outer wall of the prison
by means of gunpowder at an hour of the day
•when he was supposed to be exercising in the
yard inside of this wall; so as he might "bolt"
directly after an aperture had been effected by
the explosion. In pursuance of this plan, a
barrel of gunpowder was placed against the wall
on the 13th of December, 1867, and at the
appointed hour was exploded by means of a fuse.
The effect was fearful : one hundred and fifty
feet of the wall was blown in, and a dozen tene-
ment houses on the opposite side of the street
■were laid in ruins. There were twelve persons
killed, and more than one hundred wounded in
these houses. The report of the explosion was
heard all over the metropolis, and brought crowds
to the scene of the disaster. Utter ignorance of
the nature and potency of explosives, in the
minds of some man or men of the laboring class,
who had executed this reckless business, is
assigned as the true cause of this calamity.
One other event of this time also attended with
fatalities, has a special interest, as it is said to
have been the immediate cause — the motive
power — which had moved the Gladstone Cabinet
to the passing of the Land Act. This tragic affair
is known as the "Battle of Ballycohey, " and such
it really was, on a small scale. It arose out of
the difficulty existing between a landlord —
William Scully, and his tenants, occupying hold-
ings on the townland of Ballycohey, distant
about three miles from the town of Tipperary.
It well illustrates the arbitrary power possessed
by landlords at this period, and the capricious
methods in which these petty despots exercised
it. The property in question was formerly
owned by an old Catholic family of the same
name, but of better principles than the present
owner. It came into his possession not by
descent, but by purchase. "William Scully
owned other property in the country, and a vast
estate in the State of Illinois, America. He was
known to be an avaricious man ; exacting in his
demands, and unsparing where his edicts were
not complied with ; and so the sequel will go to
prove. His fame had preceded him, and the
people of Ballycohey had gloomy apprehensions
that his advent boded them no good. The char-
acter of the Ballycohey tenantry has been de-
scribed as peaceful, industrious, and prompt to
pay their rents ; and at the time they were not
in arrears for the same. The old leases having
expired, a new lease was drawn up, and in the
framing of this document, Mr. Scully showed
the perversion of landlord ingenuity by tram-
meling his tenants with conditions abhorrent to
any honest mind, and especially distasteful to
the independent spirit which these humble but
upright people endeavored to preserve. The
tenants were required to pay rent quarterly; to
surrender on twenty-one days notice at the end
of any quarter ; to forego all claims to their own
crops that might be in the soil; to pay all rales
and taxes ; and always to have a half-year's rent
paid in advance. Befiising compliance with
these enactments, they must quit. Mr. Scully
was warned of the danurer of attempting to carry
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out this programme, but in vain. He obtained
a police guard to attend him, and went forth
himself armed cap-a-pie, or almost so, as he is
supposed to have worn armor under his clothing.
In the summer of 1868, he notified his tenants to
meet him personally at Dobbyns' Hotel in Tip-
perary, and there to pay him the May rent.
Only four tenants responded — the others sending
their rents by deputy. This riled Mr. Scully
considerably, as the personal attendance was for
an important purpose — to obtain their signatures
to the lease, or in the event of refusal, to serve
them with notice to quit. Mr. Scully now took
out ejectment processes, which require to be
served personally, or left with some member of
the tenant's household at the house. Despite all
expostulation he determined on "crossing the
Rubicon," so to speak, and at the head of a
small army of police and bailiffs, set out to serve
the notices on Tuesday the 11th of August. The
signal that the invading force was approaching
•was passed from house to house, and every dwell-
ing was quickly abandoned. Verj' soon an angry,
excited crowd had surrounded the Scully party,
cursing and threatening the latter vehemently.
By the advice of the police officer in command,
Mr. Scully abandoned the service of the notices
for that day, and retreated ignominiouslj' to his
hotel in Tipperary. On the following Friday
Mr. Scully and his party set out again on the
same mission, and were equally unsuccessful in
accomplishing its object. The attitude of the
mob, increased in number, and incensed to the
highest pitch, menaced the life of Scully, and the
police had much difficulty in guarding him on
his second retreat toward the railway station.
On the way thither they passed close by the
house of one of the tenants, named John Dwyer,
and Scully, undeterred by his recent experience,
resolved on renewing the experiment at this
point. A farmyard, flanked with out-offices,
faced the byroad which led to the house, and
through this farmyard, four of the party, viz.,
a policeman named Morrow, two of Scully's
bailiffs — Gorman and Maher, and Scully himself,
approached the door of the house and entered.
Immediately a volley fired from within the
house, and also from the out-offices, greeted their
entrance. Morrow and Gorman were shot dead,
and Scully and his bailiff Maher were both
severely wounded. Scully, undaunted by this
bold show of resistance, and unmindful of his
wounds, withdrew a few i^aces and fired with
his breech-loader and revolver at the house, and
the police at the same time poured a volley into
the dwelling and out-offices; but no response
came from within ; and a search soon revealed
the fact that the occupants had effected a retreat
through apertures made in the roofs of the
houses at the rear.
The news of the dreadful affair at Ballycohey
spread rapidly throughout the kingdom, and an
outcry was raised against Scully, not only in the
Irish but in the English press, which furnished
the one needful impulse — more potent thpn tny
amount of argument — to the passint; of the Glad-
stone Land Act of 1870.
CHAPTER XCL
THE HOME KTJLE MOVEMEKT ITS DEFECTS AND FAFLURB
"oBSTUUCTIOn" A SUCCESS THE LAND LEAGUE.
The Home Government Association had its
origin at a meeting held at the Bilton Hotel,
Dublin, on the evening of the 19th of May, 1870.
The meeting was a private one, composed of
prominent professional and mercantile gentlemen
of the metropolis, and may be said to have been
made up of the most heterogeneous elements, as
it embraced men of various creeds and of every
shade of political opinion — Orangemen, Ultra-
montanea. Conservatives, Liberals, Repealers,
Nationlists, Fenian sympathizers and sturdy
Loyalists. The one object, which for the first
time, perhaps, in the history of Ireland, effected,
at least, a temporary truce between men of
divergent views and conflicting opinions, was
the consideration of the condition of their com-
mon country, with a view to the amelioration of
the present state of things therein.
The following names with the religious persua-
sion and political creed of each person indicated,
will exemplify the mixed character of this meet-
ing : the Rt. Hon. Edward Purdon, Lord Mayor
of Dublin (Protestant and Conservative) ; the ex-
Lord Mayor, Sir John Barrington (Protestant
and Conservative); Sir "William Wilde (Protes-
tant and Conservative, father of the poet, Oscar
Wilde); Rev- Joseph Galbraith, F. T. C. D."
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(Protestant and Conservative), Isaac Butt, Q.C.
(Protestant and Nationalist, John Martin
(Protestant and Nationalist, " '48 man"). Dr.
Maunsell, editor of the Evening Mail (Protes-
tant and Tory) ; James O'Connor, late of the
Truh People (Catholic and Fenian) ; Venerable
Archdeacon Gould (Protestant and Tory), A. M.
Sullivan (Catholic and Nationalist), Capt. E.
E. King-Harman (Protestant and Conservative),
iHon. Lawrence Harman King-Harman (Protes-
tant and Conservative), and many other leading
citizens and representative men.
The sentiment of the Protestant section of the
assembly, as indicated by its spokesmen, was,
that they could no longer view with equanimity
the uncertain state of things in the country, the
insecurity to property, and the dangers insepara-
ble from periodical revolutionary outbreaks such
as had disturbed the country for the past five
years; that the experiment of an alien parliament
for Ireland had been tried and found wanting ;
and that the time had arrived to demand the res-
toration of her rative parliament to legislate her
domestic affairs. This proposal, however, was
limited by a distinct disavowal of any wish to
sever the imperial connection and a profession of
unswerving loyalty to the English throne.
Such a declaration coming from the old "As-
cendency" i)arty might well be termed a new
departure, and a wonderful stride toward the
goal of national aspiration ; and, uttered thirty
years previously, and joined by so powerful an
ally, O'Connell might have carried Repeal. The
objects of the Repeal movement and those aimed
at by the speakers at the Bilton Hotel meeting
had, however, some points of difference. The
popular idea of Repeal in O'Connell's time was
the restoration of the national parliament, and
the old order of things as existing before the Act
of Union in 1800, although O'Connell, for a wise
motive, doubtless, never defined in detail the
Repeal programme ; not so the new organiza-
tion, as will be seen from a perusal of the reso-
lutions drawn up by a committee appointed at
the meeting held at the Bilton Hotel. They
■were as follows :
1. This Association is formed for the purpose
of obtaining for Ireland the ri^'ht of self-govern-
ment by means of a national parliament.
2. It is hereby declared as the essential prin-
ciple of this Association that the objects, and
the only objects, contemplated by its organiza-
tion are :
To obtain for our country the right and privi-
lege of managing our own affairs, by a parlia-
ment assembled in Ireland, composed of her
majesty the sovereign, and her successors, and
the lords and commons of Ireland.
To secure for that parliament, under a federal
arrangement, the right of legislating for, and reg-
ulating all matters relating to, the internsd
affairs of Ireland, and control over Irish re-
sources and revenues ; subject to the obligation
of contributing our just proportion of the im-
perial expenditures.
To leave to an imperial parliament the power
of dealing with all questions affecting the im-
perial crown and government ; legislation regard-
ing the colonies and other dependencies of the
crown ; and relations of the United Empire with
foreign states; and all matters appertaining to
the defense and the stability of the empire at
large.
To attain such an adjustment of the relations
between the two countries without any inter-
ference with the prerogatives of the crown or
any disturbance of the principles of the consti-
tution.
3. The Association invites the co-operation of
all Irishmen who are willing to join in seeking
for Ireland a federal ari'angement based upon
these general principles.
4. The Association will endeavor to forward
the object it has in view by using all legitimate
means of influencing public sentiment, both in
Ireland and Great Britain ; by taking all oppor-
tunities of instructing and informing public opin-
ion, and by seeking to unite Irishmen of all
creeds and classes in one national movement, in
support of the great national object hereby
contemplated.
5. It is declared to be an essential principle
of the Association that, while every member is
understood by joining it to concur in its general
object and plan of action, no person so joining
is committed to any political opinion except the
advisability of seeking for Ireland tlio amount of
self-government contemplated in the objeots of
the Association.
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259
The most conspicuous political figure at this
meeting, perhaps, was Isaac Butt, who has been
alre;nl.v mentioned in connection with the politi-
cal trials, and the Amnesty Association, of which
he was now the president. Mr. Butt was dis-
tinguished for let;al learning, eloquence, and
sterling patriotism; albeit his political bark had
been launched on the waters under conservative
colors; but the changes of the time had con-
verted him from the distorted dogmas of Tory
bigotry to National principles. His voice was
all-powerful on this occasion in allaying disquiet
in the minds of many of his co-religionists, who
had come to this meeting full of doubt and
apiirehension in regard to the advisability of an
alliance with their Catholic fellow-countrymen
at such a period. The Irish Church Disestab-
lishment Act had been but a short time passed,
and this "leveling up'.' of the Catholics, was
naturallj' enough viewed with no little concern
by the Protestant body, who, many of them, in
their blind ignorance of the real state of feeling
on the question, conjured up a vision of the
Catholic community exulting in triumjih over a
fallen foe. Mr. Butt's words to his co-religion-
ists were reassuring: "Trust me, we have all
grievously wronged the Irish Catholics, priests
and laymen."
The Home Rule movement at the outset en-
countered the opposition of the Catholic bishops,
whose hopes in regard to their favorite scheme
of denominational education were considerably
encouraged by the concession — if such it can be
called — of disestablishment of the Protestant
Church, and who regarded the promoters of the
new movement as unreasonable in pursuing what
they deemed to be a premature policy.
A by-election for the county Meath, which
occurred in 1871, was the first test of the popu-
lar will in its pronouncement on the new policy.
John Martin, of " '48" fame, and a Presbyter-
ian, was the Home Rule candidate chosen against
the Hon. Mr. Plunkett, a Catholic, and brother
of Lord Fingall, a nobleman warmly esteemed in
the county. Notwithstanding that Mr. Plunkett
had the support of the clergy, and the advantage
of family influence, he suffered a crushing de-
feat, Mr. Martin polling double the number of
his votes. This was followed by a succession of
Home Rule victories. Mitchell-Henry was
elected for Galway; P. J. Smyth for "Westmeath;
Isaac Butt, the Home Rule president, for Limer-
ick ; and lastly, young Blennerhassett, for Kerry,
the last, perhaps, the greatest victory; as the
landlord jjower of that county was most formida-
ble, and put forth all its resources for the strug-
gle, but went down in the dust.
In October, 1873, the council of the Home
Rule Association decided on summoning a
National conference to consider and debate the
question of Home Rule. A requisition, signed
with the namcu of twenty-five thousand men of
position and mark, was circulated thoughout the
country. The conference met in the great hall
of the Rotunda, Dublin, on the 18th of Novem-
ber, 1873. The attendance was large and the
representation complete, as it comprised about
nine hundred delegates from all parts of the
kingdom, made up of men of various religious
denominations, and of every political shade.
Mr. William Shaw, M.P. for Cork county, pre-
sided. The conference lasted four days, and the
proceedings were conducted in the most digni-
fied and harmonious manner.
The principles of the Home Government Asso-
ciation were fully confirmed by this National
conference, and the Association being then dis-
solved, a new organization, "The Irish Home
Rule League," was established to control and
direct the new movement.
In January, 1874, Mr. Gladstone dissolved
parliament quite unexpectedly. A general elec-
tion followed, and now the new organization
found its opportunity. The effect of the confer-
ence had been undoubtedly good, as it set the
seal of national approval on the movement, and
the electors showed their faith in the national
leaders, for they rallied to the hustings under
the Home Rule banner, and the result was a re-
turn of sixty Home Rule members to the House
of Commons, under the leadership of Mr. Butt.
The party decided on pursuing the policy of
persistent agitation in parliament for moderate
concessions, and the securing of at least one
annual debate on the question of Home Govem-
meut for Ireland. It may be said, in a word,
that for some years no concession of any conse-
quence was obtained from the Tory ministry in
power, and no advance toward the goal of Home
Government could be noted.
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THE STOKY OF IKELAND.
Meanwhile, there returned an illustrious exile,
John Mitchell, to the land of his birth, after an
absence of sixteen years. His visit, for such
merely it ■was, was due to a cause which hereto-
fore would seem to be the last inducement that
' "would prompt his return. Some of his friends
in the National party conceived the novel idea of
administering a merited rebuke to the British
government, which had banished men of ability
such as Mitchell, by having him nominated and
elected to a seat in parliament. Accordingly he
was nominated for Cork City, and also for Tip-
perary County, without being apprised of the
fact. His well-known scepticism in moral force,
made it doubtful whether he would a/ccept the
honor were it tendered him, and made the peo-
ple uncertain how to actunder the circumstances,
and to this cause was due his defeat.
His arrival in Queenstown on the 25th of July,
1874, was unexpected, but when he reached Cork
a procession of ten thousand people escorted him
to his hotel. Then he repaired to Newry, his
native town, where he sojourned for a few months
to recruit his health, and await the opportunity
of being elected to parliament if a vacancy
occurred. This did not happen, however, and
Mitchell returned to New York in October. A
few months later, February, 1875, a vacancy
occurred again for Tipperary, and John Mitchell
•was set up as the popular candidate. He sailed
from America forthwith, and landed in Ireland
on the 16th of February. The day before, he
had been elected without opposition, but his
election, as every one foresaw, was unavailing.
On the motion of Mr. Disraeli, the House of
Commons, by a large majority, pronounced him
ineligible. John Mitchell survived this, which
was to be his last struggle for the land he had
loved, but a short while. He died at Dromolane
in the house where he was born, on the morning
of March 20, 1875.
Setting out on its career with the purpose of
agitating in parliament for minor reforms bene-
ficial to Ireland, and an annual motion in favor
of Home Government, so as to pave the way to
the accomplishment of the latter, and having no
well-defined plan of pursuing its objects to their
attainment, save by obsolete methods, it is not
to bo wondered at that the Home Rule party
disappointed the hopes of its supporters, and
earned the contempt of the British assembly.
Mr. Butt, notwithstanding his known ability
and his undoubted sincerity in the cause he had
espoused, showed no originality in party manage-
ment. His early training and conservative predi-
lections, inclined him to pursue his policy in
a deferential manner, careful not to olfend the
susceptibilities of English ministers bj- taking a
bold stand, or assuming a menacing attitude on
behalf of an oppressed people ; but believing in
the potency of calm, unanswerable argument
and persistent pleading of his country's cause,
he designed to bring the English people to a
better mind on the Irish question, and to awaken
that mythical adjunct — the conscience of the
British ministry ! He must have overlooked the
fact that seldom was even a brief hearing vouch-
safed to an Irish question, and the shelving and
procrastinating process was almost invariably
the fate of such bills as were debated. An inde-
pendent, uncompromising attitude, and the pres-
ervation of its individuality as a distinct body,
were necessary to the status of the Home Rule
party ; but when division between its leaders
showed itself, and defection from its ranks was
followed by recrimination and disunion among
its members, to the delight of the hostile English
majority, its fate was wellnigh foredoomed. An
accession to its ranks, however, saved it from
total disruption in the person of Charles Stewart
Parnell, who had been elected to fill the vacancy
for the county Meath, occasioned by the death of
John Martin. Mr. Parnell 's fame is world-wide,
and his character well known. His most salient
traits are courage, coolness of temper and clear-
ness of aim ; and that crowning condition of
success — perseverance in pursuit of his political
ends through all difiSculties, and desi)ite every
form of opposition. Mr. Parnell has been
accredited with inventing the "Obstruction
tactics, which so exasperated the British minis-
ters during the sessions of 1877-78, and drove the
Commons almost to despair in their efforts to
shake off this brake which, by the temerity of
one man, had been imposed on the legislative
chariot wheels. The idea of obstruction, how-
ever, is said to have originated with the late Mr.
Joseph Ronayne, formerly member for the city
of Cork — "honest Joe Ronayne," as his col-
leagues were wont to speak of him. Mr.
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261
Eonayne's suggestion to tho Irish membera was
in these words:
"You will never get. them to listen to you
uniil you begin to take as active an interest in
English affairs as they take in Irish ones. I am
too old to have the necessary energy for tho
work. Why don't some of you young fellows
try it?"
Mr. Parnell is said to have pondered frequentlj'
on these words, and be that as it may, he was
the first to put the theory in practice. This he
did with good effect on the English Prisons Bill,
which he succeeded in having amended to his
desires, and afterward insisted that the Irish
Prisons Bill which followed, should be on the
same model.
"Obstruction" — of which a very fair sample
was shown at the opening of the session of 187G
— may be described as an availing of the privi-
leges of the House with a vengeance — that is to
say, for the purpose of delaying, rather than of
expediting, business. Let it be understood,
however, that Mr. Parnell and his confreres had
ample cause for adopting a retaliatory course
toward the framers of the "half-past twelve rule, "
as it was called. This rule was evidently made
for the thwarting and indefinite postponement of
Irish bills, and the fact that it came into use
simultaneously with the appearance of the Irish
members united as a party, showed what it was
intended for. It ordered that no bill, to which
previous notice of objection or amendment had
been offered, could be advanced a stage after
half-past twelve at night. Notice of opposition
■was, of course, given to every Irish measure,
■while other bills were left unchallenged.
At the commencement of each session, the
Commons elect members to sit on the various
committees having duties to discharge in connec-
tion with the business of the House. Hitherto,
a list of members for each committee, taken im-
partially from the Liberal and Tory parties, was
■usually agreed on by their respective leaders.
The appearance of a third party — the Home
Kulers — disturbed this arrangement; but that
difficulty was easily settled by ignoring them
altogether. Now it occurred to Mr. Parnell and
his co-workers that they would resent this un-
fair proceeding by challenging every name on
the committees. Such a thing as taking a divi-
sion on any name proposed had never been heard
of. There were l)ut 8i.\ Irish members in the
House, but they determined to fight out the
matter resolutely. And they did. Every name
was challenged, and a division taken on it, -nhich
necessitates the adjournment of both parties —
the "ayes" and tho "noes" — to tho lobbies,
there to be counted by their respective tellers,
and a return to the, House. In this w-ay a whole
night was consumed to the infinite chagrin and
humiliation of the British majority, and the
secret joy of Parnell, the Leonidas of this Ther-
mopylae. Victory was with the faithful band,
for the majority had to give in, and exclusion
from committees was no more thought of. Mr.
Parnell, always and ably supported by ]\Ir.
Biggar, member for Cavan, Mr. O'Donnell, Mr.
O'Connor Power, and sometimes others, pursued
the obstructive policy throughout the parliamen-
tary sessions of 1877 and 1878.
The obstruction consisted of giving notice of
numerous amendments to a bill, which, when it
came up for hearing, was thereby delayed in its
passage, and an enormous amount of time spent
in considering side issues raised by the Obstruc-
tionists, and which they claimed their right of
speaking on. Many important changes in the
Prisons Bill, the Mutiny Bill and others, are
due to the activity of the Obstructionists.
Motions that "the chairman leave the chair,"
and "the chairman do report progress" — all in
order — were also quite frequent.
At the outset of his parliamentary career, Mr.
Parnell did not at once develop his untried
powers as a speaker; but made the Rules and
cumbrous procedure of the House his special
study: and his ma.stery of these technicalities
proved most useful when, after awhile, his novel
tactics were put in practice. Mr. Parnell found
able supporters of his methods in Messrs. Biggar,
Eraiik Hugh O'Donnell, and O'Connor Power.
Tilr. Parnell and Mr. Biggar presented a striking
contrast, both in appearance and manner. The
former of tall, slight, erect figure, and handsome
features ; his manner, calm and collected ; an
innate self-control seeming to subdue any hasty
impulse prompted by exciting episodes of de-
bate ; his voice clear and distinct ; and his dic-
tion evincing a train of ideas marshaled on the
subject, and a store of facts ready for the occa-
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sion. His early training and education iu Eng-
land gave him the advantage of knowing that a
cool, dignified demeanor, a perfect sang froid,
even under provocation, would be as a bag of
wool to a bullet in the conflict which he foresaw
his policy would provoke. The impending on-
slaught he never dreaded ; it would strike, but
not annihilate him. Mr. Biggar, in person and
voice, had no attractiveness for the assembly
be.yond the palpable fact of abundant obtrusive-
ness. In the eyes of the English majority, he
was an ogre, an Old Man of the Sea sitting on
the senatorial Sindbad, and refusing to be
shaken off. He is ill-shapen through a personal
deformity, and his voice, flavored with the broad
Scotch accent that prevails in the North of Ire-
land, had no music for the English ear. Mr.
O'Donnell is reputed to be a man of varied
accomplishments, and had a previous experience
which eminently qualified him to enter the lists ,
as an Obstructive. He had graduated in the
Queen's College, Galway, and becoming im-
pressed with the evils of the mixed system, set
himself to cry it down on every occasion. He
attended the annual convocation of the Queen's
Colleges every year, and denounced tlie system
publicly, undeterred by the taunts and rebTiffs
of its supporters. To silence and squelch this
small but invincible band, "the first assembly of
gentlemen in the world" — as it has been mis-
called— lost all self-respect and forfeited their
claim to good breeding by the methods they
resorted to. The vulgar groaning, jeering, and
hooting, were supplemented by imitations of the
rooster and of the scream of the locomotive.
The cry of obstruction was raised both within
and without the House. Efforts were made to
trip uj) the Obstructionists by calling them to
order for words they never uttered. This was
nobtably the case when Sir Stafford Northcote
ordered some words of Mr. Parnell to be taken
down during the debate on the South African
Confederation Bill, and moved his suspension
which was voted. This proved merely tempo-
rary, however, for there was nothing in his speech
to warrant such a penalt.y ; and it became more
evident every day that unpleasant as obstruc-
tion was to the House — though the "galled jade
might wince" — it had to be borne. London
and provincial editors were in a white heat, and
wrote down Parnell and his followers as incen*
diaries, and said "something should be done,"
but could by no means tell what to do. To cur-
tail the privileges of the House was so danger-
ous an experiment that the Commons, though it
chafed and foamed in impotent rage, paused
before trying it.
Mr. Parnell and his supporters, however, went
on their way undismayed, and he had the satis-
faction to make good his threat for which he had
been called to order that "by determined action
they (the Irish members) would force the House
to treat Irish questions properly." On the Irish
Judicature Bill and the County Courts Bill, im-
portant amendments were carried by the Irish
party; beside effecting improvements in the
Local Government Board, and having the Phoenix
Park police outrage thoroughly sifted, the Army
Discipline Act and the Factories Act, also owe
their best provisions to the indefatigable Ob-
structionists. Mr. Butt, it is to be regretted,
was behind the time in failing to understand the
tactics of the only fighting battalion of his party,
and committed the uni^ardonable blunder of cen-
suring them publicly in the House, which must
ever be a blot on his otherwise clear record.
Mr. Butt's death occurred in 1879, and Mr.
Shaw, M.P., for Cork, succeeded him as Leader
of the Home Rule party.
A monster meeting — memorable as the in-
auguration of what subsequently developed into
a gigantic movement — was held on a plain a few
miles from Claremorris, in the County Mayo, on
Sunday, April 20, 1879. It was estimated that
there were present from fifteen to twenty thou-
sand people, and it included nearly all the
farmers of the counties Mayo, Galway, and
Roscommon. Five hundred horsemen wearing
green emblems formed a conspicuous cavalcade
at this concourse. The land and rent questions
were discussed by the speakers, chief among
whom were O'Connor Power, M.P., John Fergu-
son, of Glasgow, and Mr. Landen, Barrister, of
Westport. At this time, it should be borne iu
mind, three bad harvests in succession had told
with dire effect on the farmers, and their distress
was becoming extreme ; the wolf of hunger was
at their doors, and that sword of Damocles — the
ejectment writ — hung over their heads. At this
meeting some novel opinions were expressed,
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and a few strong resolutions taken — the novel
doctrine being but the echo of what had been
quite recently expounded in the United States
by a very remarkable man — Michael Davitt,
■whose name, let me add, will go down in history
with that of Hofer and Kossuth and William
Tell; for his record is a paradigm of true patriot-
ism, and the voluntary sacrifice of his liberty,
in his country's cause, not once but often, as
great, almost, as that of the noble Roman leap-
ing into the gulf to save the city. It was at his
instance this meeting was held ; but through the
accident of missing a train, he was not present.
Michael Davitt was a native of a spot close to
where this meeting was held. The earliest im-
pression indelibly stamped on his memory by
the sorrowful circumstances that attended it, was
the eviction of himself and his family from their
home. They emigrated to England, where in
time Michael went to work in a factory, and,
unfortunately, lost his arm by an accident.
Exile and lapse of time did not efface the recol-
lection of that sorrowful scene, where he and his
kindred were flung out on the roadside ; on the
contrary, the condition of the working classes in
England, which contrasted so favorably with
that of his own poor countrymen, impressed him
more and more that the legalized oppression
which executed this wickedness in broad day,
invited universal execration, and called to
Heaven for vengeance on its jierpetrators. Like
Hannibal, but mentally, he registered a vow on
his country's altar to devote his life and talents
to overturn the oppressive system, and crush the
malignant power of Landlordism.
For his part in the Fenian conspiracy he was
tried and sentenced to fifteen years' penal servi-
tude, of •which he served eight years. Imme-
diately on his release he went to America, and,
as before mentioned, promulgated the doctrine
of "The land for the people." Returning to
Ireland, he caused the above-named meeting at
Irishtown to be convened by circular. This was
the first of its kind. It was followed by others
— nearly all as large — in every part of the coun-
try. As the summer advanced, the distress in
the Western counties increased. Mr. Parnell
and his colleagues repeatedly stated the fact in
the House of Commons, and invited government
aid, but the premier of the day — the dilettante
Disraeli — was as the deaf adder to the tale of
Irish distress. Mr. Parnell then went to Ireland,
and entered heartily into the Land agitation.
He told the tenant farmers at a meeting in West-
port to "keep a grip of their holdings," and
this dictum, to their credit, they obeyed ; and it
proved the great distinguishing belligerent
feature of this movement; it was no longer
words, but a brave defense of their homes and
little property against landlord rapacity. In
October the Land League was regularly organ-
ized in Dublin, with Mr. Parnell as President;
Thomas Brennan, Secretary ; and Patrick Egan,
•Treasurer. Michael Davitt and others went
thi-ough the country and organized local Land
League clubs in all the towns of any note, and
ere the end of the year, the Land League in
strength of niimbers and effective force for a
determined struggle, surpassed any movement
hitherto attempted in the country. The extreme
poverty of the Western farmers excited universal
sympathy. Two relief committees, one under
charge of the Lady-Lieutenant, the Duchess of
Marlboro, the other presided over by the Lord
Mayor, sat in Dublin to collect and distribute
relief. Mr. Parnell and Mr. John Dillon, went
on their memorable mission of charity to the
United States in December, where a large sum
was raised for the suffering people. The New
York HeraM, on this occasion did noble work by
opening a relief fund in its columns, which it
headed with the magnificent sum of twenty thou-
sand dollars. The Irish World, also, for its
unceasing efforts on behalf of the famine-stricken
people, and the immense sums of money it was
instrumental in raising at that period and every
week during the existence of the Land League,
has merited the undying gratitude of the Irish
race. The United States Government gave a
warship — the Constitution — to bring over the
supplies of provisions collected in the States for
the same charitable object.
Toward the end of 1879, Lord Beaconsfield
(Mr. Disraeli having been raised to the peerage
with this title) and his cabinet got ousted from
office by a combination of adverse circumstances.
In April, 1880, a general election was held and
the Liberals returned to power, with Mr. Glad-
stone at the helm. The new ministry attempted
to stem the torrent of agitation in Ireland, which
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had then reached high water, by introducing
one of those half-hearted raeasures called the
Disturbance Bill ; but that sleepy institution, the
House of Lords, when it went up for their con-
sideration, saw, perhaps, something in its provi-
sions to disturb their normal somnolence, and
yetoed it instantly. The Land League may be
said to have been in the zenith of its power at
this period. In membership it counted by mill-
ions, and its treasury was continually replen-
ished by large sums transmitted by the treasurer
of the American wing of the organization,
ihe late Rev. Lawrence T\'alsh, of Waterbury,
Conn., and also by the Iriah World, of 'Ne-f
York, as well as by money raised in Ireland.
The numerous open-air meetings held every
■week chieHy on Sundays — were not surpassed in
point of numbers by those of the Repeal or
Tithe agitations, and of the intelligence and
earnestness of those who attended them, daily
proof was afforded by the bold, unyielding oppo-
sition offered on almost every occasion to the
executive of that loving legal instrument, the
ejectment writ. The advent of the sheriff and
his posse of "peelers" in the neighborhood was
ieralded by the ringing of the local chapel bell,
and as at the whistle of Roderick Dhu all his
clansmen sprang from the heather, so in a twink-
ling all the "boys" — some of them of the mature
age of sixty or seventy — and the dear girls
swarmed to the rescue. And a rescue it very
often proved, when it happened to be a seizure
for rent. On such occasions, usually after the
seizure had been effected, the crowd surrounded
the bailiffs and police, badgered and worried
them, drove the confiscated cow in one direction,
and the sacrificial pigs in another, and crippled
the well-u;eant efforts of the rent-raising expedi-
tion. It was at this period that the gentle Mr.
Boycott, came into public notice, and earned for
himself immortality in the next edition of Web-
ster's Dictionary. His crime was not an uncorp-
mon one — the taking of an evicted tenant's farm
— but he had other bad points, and his reputa-
tion was altogether unsavory. The punishment
meted out to him was the same as dealt to others,
but in an aggravated form. "Boycotting," as
it came to be called, was ostracism and worse :
it was to be shunned by one's species, even as
the rooks take wing at the sight of the scare-
crow. At this time, also, the English press,
quite alarmed at the boldness and progress of
the Land League, got up among them the "out-
rage" mill, for the manufacture of hideous tales
of midnight barbarities by Irish peasants, of
the cutting off of cows' tails and men's ears; and
these, in most cases, were afterward shown to
have been cut out of whole cloth. The follow-
ing gentlemen were indicted in October, 1880,
for inciting the tenant farmers to pay no rent;
Messrs. Parnell, Dillon, Brenuan, Egan, Boyton
and some others. A Dublin jury were manly
enough on this occasion to do the right thing —
they disagreed and the prosecution was dropped.
Early in the parliamentary session of 1881,
Mr. Gladstone, hounded on by the "outrage
mill" wing of the press, and his half frightened
followers, who began to appreciate the Land
League as a formidable organization, introduced
the Coercion Bill, and in doing so, held out the
promise of a Land Reform measure to follow.
The Coercion Act was passed, but not until it
encountered all the obstructive tactics of the
Irish party, and after the determined resistance
offered to its passage had been protracted for a
whole month. The Coercion Act was followed
by the enactment of a set of stringent rules —
substantially a Coercion Act also — for the House
of Commons itself. This penal code was, of
course, framed for the extinguishment of the
obnoxious party in the House — a muzzle for the
Obstruction dog, and a clipping of the wings of
the Ii'ish oratorical bird.
On the 7th of April, 1881, Mr. Gladstone in-
troduced his Irish Land Bill, which became law
on the 22d of August following. The main
feature of the bill was the establishment of Land
courts throughout the country to arbitrate be-
tween landlords and tenants, and with power to
adjudicate a scale of fair rents in all cases where
lands wore held by tenants-at-will. It also
offered facilities for the tenant to become the
owner of his holding — the partial creation of a
peasant- proprietary — by a government loan of a
proportion of the purchase money to be advanced
under certain conditions. Though this bill was
a wonderful advance on Mr. Gladstone's first
concession in this direction in 1870, yet it had
some very serious defects rendering it almost
practically useless to the majority of tenants who
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■were in arrear for rent — in many cases for two
or three years' rent.
This condition of tlio tenant made him invalid
in law and put him out of court. An equally
grave defect of the bill was the omission — in-
tentional or otherwise — to offer any opposition
to the eviction crusade which was daily devas-
tating the country and depopulating whole dis-
tricts. Taken on the whole, however — srantinf?
that its benelicial iirovisious could be availed
of — it was such a boon as a British ministry
never hitherto dreamed of bestowing on Ireland ;
but not to them, save to the able and humane
statesman at the head of the cabinet, Mr. Glad-
stone, is the merit of this measure due.
The Land Bill was won by the Land League.
The goal they had struggled to reach, lay a long
way ahead of it, perhaps; but beyond this point,
the Leaguers made no perceptible advance, and
in a retrospect of their long struggle they can
point with pride to this achievement as a signal
triumph.
CHAPTER XCn.
THE VISIONS AT KNOCK THE LAND LEAGUE PROCLAIMED
ABEEST OF THE LEADERS THE "nO EENt"
MANIFESTO THE ARREARS ACT THE PHCENIX
PARK TRAGEDY SHOOTING OF JAMES CAREY AND
TRIAL OF o'dONNELL THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
There is a remarkable coincidence in the fact
that a wild, desolate region of the remote, un-
flourishing county of Mayo, should, in the same
year, become the scene of the inauguration of
a mighty political movement that shook the
social foundations to their center, namely the
Land League, and also of a supernatural appari-
tion the most wonderful. The visions at Knock
have a celebrity as wide, and were of a character
as mysterious, as those of the Grotto of Lourdes,
or of any others on record.
From a little book entitled, "The Apparition
at Knock, " published at Limerick in the year
1880, I subjoin a description of Knock Church
and its surroundings:
"We at length reached our destination at
Knock, and recognized the parish church from
what we had previously heard of it, though we
■were not prepared to see that it is really the
handsome, well-proportioned building it is.
Viewing it as we approach, its cruciform shape,
and handsome, S'luare bell-tower, with corners
crocketed and pinnacled, and a cross rising from
the apex of the roof, disjilays much good taste
in its architectural features, not, indeed, to be
expected in these remote IMayo LillK. The tower
is sixty feet high, and is furnished with a full-
toned, sonorous bell, which may be heard a great
distance as it calls the people to mass. In the
tower there is an aperture inside which opena
into the church, and which forms a place for a
vocal choir with which the services are supplied.
The height of the church is thirty feet to the top
of the gable, and about twenty-four feet wide.
The gable is topped with a iilain cross of large
proportions. It was on the face of the gable-
wall the apparition was seen on the 21st of
August, 1879. The interior of the church is
rather bare; small stations of the cross; no
benches, except a few private pews ; one confes-
sional, and over the altar a not-very-well-done
painting of the Crucifixion. The floor is of
cement, but is now all cut up and pitted into
holes, the people carrying away the cement,
which renders it impossible to keep one's foot on
it. The altar is a plain one — the fa9ade sup-
ported by two plain pillars at either side ; and a
stained-glass window above, which is inserted in
the gable. "Gloria in excelsis Deo," is the
legend over the altar. A lamp always burns be-
fore the tabernacle, in which the Blessed Sacra-
ment is constantly preserved for the adoration of
the faithful. The writer proceeds to narrate the
account of the apparition as related to him by
Miss Mary Byrne, and others, who witnessed it
on the evening of August 21, 1879 : As my visit
was for a twofold purpose, to investigate facts,
and to make drawings, etc., I, in the first in-
stance, made the acquaintance of Miss Mai-y
Byrne, a highly intelligent and respectable
young lady, the daughter of the widow Byrne,
who, with her two brothers and a sister, lived
together in a farmhouse about three hundred
yards from Knock Church. There is no mistak-
ing the earnestness, truthfulness, and sincerity
of Miss Mary Byrne ; and it is evident to every
one that she is one of the last persons who could
be influenced by imagination, or invent a story.
She at once readily entered into a full account
of the apparition, when I informed her of the
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nature of my visit and presented my credentials.
She stated tbat on the 21st of August, at about
8 P.M., there being perfect daylight at the time,
before crossing the boundary wall or ditch -which
separates the church meadow from their grounds,
he saw the apparition against the sacristy gable
— about a foot distant from the gable, and about
a foot in height from the ground, on a level, in
fact, with the meadow grass. She saw three
figures — the Blessed Virgin in the middle, St.
Joseph to the left, St. John to the right. To
the right of St. John was a Lamb, i-ecumbent,
•with the cross laid over the shoulder. To the
right of the Lamb was what she described to be
an altar ; this was in the center of the gable and
extended up to the window circle from the
ground, to the breadth of seven or eight feet.
She was petrified, terrified, transfixed ; but, tak-
ing courage, she ran to call her brother, Domi-
nick Byrne, a young man of about twenty years
of age, as fine a specimen of a Milesian as one
could see in a day's walk; highly intelligent,
and answering rapidly and clearly every ques-
tion. Mary told Dominick to come and see the
Blessed Yirgin. "Nonsense, nonsense!" said
he. ""What are you dreaming of, girl?"- — ■
"Come, come," she replied. "Come and see
and judge for yourself. Come and see what you
may see, and believe my word. ' ' He at once
proceed to see, followed by his mother, sister
and brother. They passed the schoolhouse wall,
and stood in utter amazement at the vision
■which they no longer disbelieved in. They were
soon joined by others, inchiding another Domi-
nick Byrne, a cattle jobber of about thirty years
of age, a courageous and powerful mai; As
they stood gazing at the apparition in profound
astonishment the rain began to fall heavily, and
"the wind to blow ; but they remained where they
stood, drenched with the downpour, and never
leaving the spot. After gazing on it for some
time, Dominick Byrne, the cattle jobber, said,
"Let us go over the wall, and come nearer and
see what it is all about." "No," said Dominick
Byrne, Jr., who is clerk of the church, "no, not
lill the priest conies down. "We shall send some
one for fho priest." "Let us go in at once,"
said Byrne, the cattle jobber, "what can they or
she do to us? Surely no harm; and if harm,
why we shall call out. In the name of God, I'll
go in; here's my hat, take care of it." He then
went over the wall, the others followed, gradu-
ally approaching nearer to the gable. As they
approached, the figures seemed to recede back,
closer to the gable. "When they came within
two yards of the apparition, though the rain
continued to come down in torrents, the ground
was perfectly dry, and there was a semicircle
around the gable — the rain beat down on the
gable wall above the apparition, and stopped
when it came Ip the figures; turning on either
side it ran down to the ground and formed a
pool of water, which was collected next morning
in bottles and preserved, by Archdeacon Kava-
nagh, the parish priest, but which he has long
since distributed to the faithful. ... To the
right of the Lamb was what seemed to be an
altar; this extended from the ground to about a
foot of the window-sill of the sacristy, and like
the figures, it seemed to rest on the tops of the
grass. It was between seven and eight feet
wide. The base of the altar had on it what
seemed to be a large, heavy moulding; and on
the altar there appeared to be, in rows of three,
statuettes of angels or saints — Dominick Byrne
could not define which. Mary Byrne could give
no description of the altar whatever. The mid-
dle row of angels and saints on the altar was
more numerous than the low-est, and the upper-
most more numerous than the other two. All
the figures seemed to have a slight fringe of
silvery cloud under them; the figure of St. John
was partially concealed, from the knees down,
in the cloud ; the position of St. Joseph was that
of one in the act of making a profound obesiance,
with hands joined, and partly turned toward oui
Blessed Lady. The figure of St. Joseph was
clothed in one garment, perfectly white, the hair
and beard somewhat gray, the flesh had a natural
tint. The Blessed Virgin stood facing those
who saw the apparition ; the figure was clothed
in resplendent white ; on her head was a brilliant
crown ; Ler shoulders were covered with a short
mantle; the inner garment full, flowing; her
eyes directed downward, her hands raised to the
shoulders, the palms turned toward each other,
somewhat like a priest's when celebrating mass.
The hair fell on the shoulders and back in long
ringlets ; the feet were visible and covered with
a sort of sandal. The figure of St. Johu waa
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turLdd jiartly toward the altar and partly toward
the people. In his left hand ho held a larjjo
book ; hiH eyes turned toward it as if reading,
and his riijht hand raised as if in the attitude of
preaching or continuing his words. The figure
of St. John was clothed in one long garment of
white, and on his head was a miter of the same
color. A brilliant light surrounded all the
figures, which light, however, had not the effect
of illuminating the places around or outside the
circle of the apparition; brilliant lights were
seen to coruscate now and again on the gable.
Dominick Byrne, Sr. , after gazing intently for
some time at the apparition, took courage and
gradually approached nearer, so near as to touch
the figures, which he made an effort to do. An
aged female in the group of those who saw the
apparition, endeavored to kiss the feet of the
Blessed Virgin, but could feel no substance.
Dominick Byrne, when asked did he endeavor to
touch the figures, said he endeavored, with the
open index and middle fingers of his right hand,
to touch the eyes of the figure of the Blessed
Virgin, but said he could feel no substance,
though he covered the eyes with the tojjs of his
fingers. After about two hours from the time
the Byrnes first saw the apparition, a messenger
came to them stating that an old woman named
Campbell, M'ho resided near the church was
dying. They ran off to see her; when they re-
turned to the church the whole place was in
darkness." A second apparition was seen on
the 2d of January, 1880, and a third on the Gth
of January following, the Feast of the Epiphany.
A large number of persons witnessed these later
apparitions, including the pastor. Archdeacon
Kavanagh and two members of the Koyal Ii'ish
Constabulary. The fame of Knock soon spread
throughout the land, and numbers of persons
aiilicted with bodily ailments and infirmities
flocked there. In many cases miraculous cures
took place ; and almost every afllicted person who
visited the shrine of Knock obtained instant
relief. The number of pilgrims steadily in-
creased, some from the most remote places ; and
many have visited it from England, Scotland
and the United States. The authenticity, both
of the appiaritions and of the cures effected at the
Shrine of Knock has been established beyond all
doubt; and it is asserted that a visit to the
spot, hallowed as the scene of a celestial visita-
tion, will inspire even u sceptic with feelings of
awe and reverence.
After the passage of the Land Act of 1881, the
government commenced a vigorous persecution
of the Laud League, and banned it as an illegal
society, giving practical effect to the fierce
crusade preached against it in the landlord
organs and English press. The argument
thought least vulnerable, in voting down a longer
toleration of the existence of the Land League,
was, that its mission — if it ever had one — was
now fulfilled. That the one great grievance of
Ireland had been removed. That, in the Laud
Act, an inestimable boon had been conferred on
the country ; and that it devolved on the people
to show their gratitude to that ministry which
furnished the long-sought panacea for their ills,
and watched over their interests with paternal
solicitude. This reasoning was wrong in the
premises, for the Land Act, as we have pointed
out, though superior to anything that had pre-
ceded it, yet was a very imperfect legislative
measure ; of no practical benefit to the majorit.v
of small tenants, unless they had funds to fight
out their newly-acquired rights in the Land
courts, and to support their starving families
while their suits w-ere pending. And here the
Land League gave ample proof that its occupa-
tion was not gone, nor its day of usefulness
ended. It was the League furnished the legal
exisenses of the poorer tenants when they
brought forward their claims and grievances in
the Land coiirts, and supplied them and their
families with the necessaries of life while the
struggle lasted.
The government ran amuck in its raid on the
Land League, and grasped the latter with a
hand of iron. The executive of the Central
Land League Office, in Dublin, were nearly all
arrested; but, fortunately, the treasurer, ilr.
Patrick Egau, transferred the funds and himself
to Paris in time to evade seizure. The police
swooped down on League meetings wherever
held and dispersed them, sometimes at the bayo-
net point. Editors of newspapers, and hundreds
of ofiicers and members of local Land League
clubs throughout the countrj' were hurried off
to prison without warning or trial, there to be
detained at the pleasure of the lord lieutenant.
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during part or the whole term of the Coercion
Act, which would not expire until Septem-
ber 30, 1882. The parliamentary leaders did
not escape the general proscription. Jlr. Pax-
nell, John Dillon, Mr. O 'Kelly and others were
relegated to the retirement of Kilmainham ; and
the father of the Land League, as he may well
be called — Michael Davitt — on the flimsy pretext
of having broken his ticket-of-leave parole, was
hurried off to Portland.
Time was when the brains were out the man
would die, and, on the strength of the Shake-
sperian aphorism,' perhaps, the government had
calculated that when the head was cut off the
Land League body would cease to exist. But
here it miscalculated. The Land League doc-
trine, preached for two years from the platform,
and disseminated widely by the press, had made
too deep an impression on the popular mind.
Every man now knew his duty, and the work of
the Laud League went on, though the suppres-
sion of the organization was carried out. For-
tunately the Land League had been recently
supplemented by the Ladies' Laud League; and
the society of brave women deserve immortal
honor for the sacrifices of time and liberty —
some of them also being imprisoned — they offered
in the cause ; and the untiring energy they dis-
played in distributing relief, and discharging all
the duties of the male Land League officials who
had beeu arrested. To their exertions, and to
the fact that the League funds were safe in the
keeping of the treasurer in Paris, is due that the
struggle was not relinquished until one other
notable concession was gained — namely, the
Arrears Bill. This Act met with a stubborn re-
sistance in the House of Lords, intensified by
some occurrences which preceded it, to which
we will briefly allude.
The immediate effect of the high-handed
policy the government had entered on by whole-
sale arrests of "suspects," and especially by the
imprisonment of Parnell and other members of
parliament, was to exasperate the public mind
to retaliate on the landlords and their satrajjs.
Consc(iuently for a period — happily brief — it
was no longer the shadow, but the substance, of
agruriau crime that stalked abroad : proving
how false the accusation that the Land League
leaders bad excited the people to deeds of vio-
lence; while they were, on the contrary, the pre-
servers of peace, and it was the first princijile of
their programme. This fact Mr. Parnell and
others had repeatedly urged on the government
without effect, but now the event verified his
words, for a state of things resembling the
White-boy period began to prevail in the rural
districts. As a retaliatory measure, and proba-
bly without designing to sustain so advanced a
position, Mr. Parnell at this time issued the
famous "No Rent" manifesto, which in its dis-
syllabic form, and bearing the signature of all the
Land League leaders, was readily interpreted by
the people as an injunction to pay no more rent
until the "suspects" were all set at liberty.
There supervened on this bold stroke of Parnell
a regular reign of terror. Buckshot Forster, the
modern Cromwell, revelling in the delight of
exercising to the utmost the autocratic powers
conferred on him by the Coercion Act, poured
his bayonetted police and military on every
point where a public meeting was announced to
be held or a gathering of the people for any pur-
pose was expected, and filled the land with
spies in the paj^ of the castle. In this Coercion
campaign, his satellite, Clifford Lloyd, whose
jurisdiction was in the South, seconded him
most ably; and between these worthies, the
people — the male portion of them, at least —
lived in mortal fear of being hurried off to prison
at any hour for a lightly spoken word or an in-
nocent act, construed by some cutthroat spy
into a breach of law. There is a class of men,
however, who in excited periods like this cannot
be awed into submission by such methods; but
who are goaded into madness by the tyrant's
lash, and fling defiance in his teeth To this
category, doubtless, belonged the desperate band
of men known as "Moonlighters," who "made
night hideous" in the rural districts of Cork
and Kerry at this period by midliight raids on
the houses of obnoxious persons and deeds of
vindictive cruelty. The English premier could
no longer shut his eyes to the serious conse-
quences of imprisoning the leaders of the people,
or of keeping in custody hundreds of men, the
hope and mainstay of many a home, on the
shadow of a suspicion, or on strength of some
paltry accusation, attested by a perjured police-
man or spy. A change of policy was decided on.
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The suspects were releasocl, and tlio nation at
large was also released from tLo iron rule of that
monster Buckshot Forster, who was superseded
in office by Lord Frederick Cavendish as chief
fc-ecretary. These auspicious changes seemed to
herald a, reign of peace, or, at least, a period of
more harmonious relations between the people
and their rulers ; but that evil genius which, in
the life of a nation as in that of an individual,
steps in to mar its hope and dash to the ground
its joyous cuj), intruded early on the scene.
The Phoenix Park tragedy, as it may well be
called, occurred on the evening of Saturday,
May 6, 1882. Its victims were Mr. Thomas H.
Burke, the under-secretary, and Lord Frederick
Cavendish, the new chief-secretarj'. Under-
secretary Burke, on that evening, was walking
from the Castle to his lodge or official residence
in the Phoenix Park, when he accidentally met
Lord Cavendish, who accompanied him in the
direction he was going. When near the Phoenix
Monument, they were surrounded by five or six
men, armed with knives, who attacked them in-
stantly. Surprised and unarmed the secretaries
made scarcely any resistance, and were stabbed
and hurled to the ground where they expired in
a few minutes. This awful affair, as might well
be expected, aroused a fierce feeling of indigna-
tion against Ireland in the sister kingdom, more
especially for the murder of Lord Cavendish,
who was commissioned to be the bearer of an
olive-branch, and the herald of an era of tran-
quillity to the oppressed country. Lord Caven-
dish's murder, however, it has been almost con-
clusively shown, was not planned nor intended.
He happened to be in bad company on this occa-
sion, and through this accident, shared the fate
of his companion — Burke — who, it has been
asserted, busied himself unnecessarily in un-
earthing Fenian fugitives at the time of the
Piising, and indicating to the lord-lieutenant the
"Suspects" of the Land League period. This
circumstance however, was overlooked in the
storm of anger and indignation provoked by the
perpetration of the cold-blooded deed ; and a
clamor was raised in the press, and from plat-
form and puljiit, calling on the government to
put a period to the era of assassination and
anarchy in Ireland. The English government
j responded by framing a measure — the Crimes Act
— for a model of which they must have searched
among the musty records of the Spanish In<juisi-
tion, or sought in the archives of the czar. It
conferred autocratic powers on judges — trial by
j ury being in abeyance — suppressed public meet-
ings and gagged the press. In a word, it
essayed to extinguish the already faint, flicker-
ing light of liberty in the land.
The enactment of this measure, however, was
not accomplished without meeting determined
but, of course, unavailing opposition, from Mr.
Parnell and his colleagues. The powers con-
ferred on the magistrates, the police and the
entire Irish executive, were such as afforded the
latter facilities for searching any house or
premises, at any hour of the day or night; and
the Phceuix Park murderers, though for months
they eluded search and inquiry, were at length
in the toils. It was discovered that they be-
longed to a secret society, called the "Irish In-
vincibles, " presided over by a man styled "Num-
ber One" and tlieir mission was the assassina-
tion of Castle and other officials of the Crown in
Ireland.
Soon after the enactment of the Crimes Act,
the AiTears Act was introduced, and notwith-
standing the attempts of the House of Lords to
neutralize its beneficial features by sundry
amendments, it finally became law on August
11, 1882. The Arrears Act was intended to
supplement the Land Act, by remedying a radi-
cal defect in the latter. The small tenants, at
the time the Land Act was passed, were most of
them in arrear for three years' rent. The Land
Courts could not hear their cases as they were
disqualified, and the landlord might evict them
summarily. The Arrears Act was designed to
remedy this distressing state of things, and its
provisions were, that the tenant should pay one-
third the amount he owed the landlord ; that the
government should also out of the public treasury
pay one-third to the landlords; and that the
landlords should forego the remaining one-third.
The trials of the Phajnix Park prisoners took
place in the spring of 1883, and lasted nearly
two months. In their midst was a Judas named
James Carey, whose treachery was of so black a
hue that when the sanctimonious hypocrite — the
regular church-attendant and meek Christian —
presented his saturnine visage on the witness
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stand, some of the prisoners started back -witli a
shudder, incredulous that he of all men, who
had plotted the whole infernal business, who
had been their guide and counselor and leader,
-was there to sell them body and soul. This he
did to save his own dirty skin, and he accom-
plished his object, so far for awhile — for awhile
Low brief the sequel will serve to show. On the
evidence of James Carey five of the "Invincible"
prisoners were convicted and received the capital
sentence. Their names were Joseph Brady,
Daniel Curley, Michael Fagan, Thomas Caffrey
and Timothy Kelly. Their executions took place
in Dublin, in the months of May and June, 1883.
Several others received sentence of penal servi-
tude for being implicated in the assassination
plot. Such a blot on the face of creation as
James Carey must needs hide from the light of
•daj' like the owl, and of all places on earth the
government chose for him a most congenial re-
treat — Newgate prison, hoary and begrimed
with the dust and sooty London smoke of cen-
turies, its atmosphere laden with the muttered
curses and despairing blasphemies of condemned
criminals. This was the temporary abode of
James Carey ; better for him had it been his per-
manent residence ; and more appropriate his
passage to that higher or lower apotheosis which
awaited him by way of the hangman's trap, which
on occasion, adorns the courtyard of that gloomy
hostlerj-. But the government must needs trans-
plant, in one of its distant colonies, this precious
sprout, with a view, doubtless, to the propaga-
tion of the genus informer, and so they shipped
James and his better-half and chicks to Port
Elizabeth, in Cape Colony, South Africa. Cape
Town was reached iu safety, and here James
Carey and family transshipped on board the
steamer Melrose, for Port Elizabeth. Nemesis
■was on his track iu the person of Patrick O'Don-
nell, a fellow-passenger on board the Melrose. An
acquaintance sprang up between the two men;
and O'Donnell, from the descriptions he had
heard of Carey's personal appearance, was not
slow iu recognizing in his eompangon de voyagi',
the notorious informer; and his sensibilities
were shocked by the discovery that he had given
the hand of friendshij) to such a wretch. An
altcrration between these men on Sunday, July
29, 1883, resulted (according to O'Donuell's
statement) in Carey drawing his revolver on
O'Donnell, whereupon O'Donnell — as he claims
in self-defense — fired his own revolver twice at
Carey, with fatal efPect. O'Donnell was imme-
diately placed under arrest, and on the arrival of
the Melrose at Port Elizabeth, was taken before
a magistrate, who recommitted him for trial in
England, as the shooting had taken place on the
high seas. The doom of O'Donnell, tried be-
fore an English judge and jury, was a foregone
conclusion, and though he had the advantage of
the most able counsel that money could procure;,
and there was no lack of funds for his defense —
the Irish World alone having raised upward of
fifty-five thousand dollars for this purpose — his
conviction was secured. One of the most
eminent lawyers of the New York bar. Gen.
Roger A. Pryor, was specially retained and sent
to London to assist his English counsel, Mr.
Charles Russell, Q.C., and Mi-. A. M. Sullivan.
The line of defense adopted was admittedly skill-
ful, and the pleading most able ; but reason and
rhetoric were alike unavailing to make the least
impression on the stolid minds of an English
jury, swayed by a strong bias and bound to
convict. His execution took place on the morn-
ing of December 17, 1883, at Newgate Prison,
London. At Derrybeg, iu the county Donegal,
where he was born, a requiem mass was cele-
brated for the repose of his soul, and a funeral
procession in his memory took place on the 2-1 th
of January, 1884. In connection with this latter
episode of Irish history, two circumstances are
particularly noticeable, namely, that the "taking
off" of James Carey evoked not one solitary sigh
of regret (outside of his family circle) through-
out the wide domain of Christendom, nor has
the act of Patrick O'Donnell, whether criminal,
or as he claimed in self-defense, brought on him
public censure, living or dead. And the reason
is not far to seek. The lifeless body of the
Roman usurper, laid at the foot of Pompey's
Pillar, or the blood-drii)ping head of Holofernes,
are not historical objects of pity, and never till
the men and women who have rid the world of
tyranny, treachery, corruption are held up to
universal execration, shall the stigma of murder
be set on the fame of Patrick O'Donnell.
The revolutionary "blowing up" idea, which
so far back as the year 18G7, at the ClerkenweD
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271
■explosion took practical shape, has been revived
again in the present year and following on many
abortive attempts, such as those on the Mansion
House and elsewhere, has, at length, by the de-
cided impression created on the new government
Home-Offices in Whitehall, proved to the world
at large that it is a factor in Irish politics by
no means to be ignored, and since it is no
longer the comparatively easy-going gunpowder
of our ancestors, but the newly-found dynamite
demon, its possibilities of development and
destructiveness are quite incalculable. O 'Dono-
van liossa, the implacable enemy of England,
who, at his trial, bearded the British lion in
liis den, is said (with what amount of truth I
am unable to say) to be th« guiding spirit of
this movement.
The year 1883 will be memorable for an event
■which brought sorrow to many an Ii-ish heart at
home, and the news of which had a mournful sig-
nificance for thousands of exiles beyond the bil-
lows of the Atlantic, namely, the death of the
illustrious orator and divine, Father Burke.
Father Burke's sermons and lectures attracted
thousands of auditors on almost every occasion
of their delivery, and evoked the highest en-
comiums, even from the Protestant press of Eng-
land. They are marked by profound learning
and incontrovertible logic, and in their delivery
he possessed a facility of expression and an
attractiveness of style which fascinated his
hearers. His visit to America was opportune, as
it gave to the Irish race in the United States a
champion of their character and nation against
the libelous slanders of the mercenary historian,
James Athony Froude. In Father Burke, Froude
encountered a foemau worthy of his steel. The
great Dominican, whose ripe scholarship and
unerring reasoning powers fully equipped him
for such a controversy, scattered to the winds the
lies attempted to be foisted on American audi-
ences under the guise of history ; and this great
public service alone will forever endear him to
the grateful remembrance of his countrymen,
and has earned for him the admiration of all
lovers of truth. His death occurred at Tallaght,
in the county of Dublin, en the 2d of July, 1883.
One other most important political event of
this year remains to be noted, namely, the
founding of the National League, which has
merged the Land Lea;?uc8 of Ireland and
America and amalgamated with it all other Irish
organizations in the United States. The National
Conference, which preceded the organization of
the National League, was held at the Ancient
Concert Rooms, Dublin, on the 7th of October,
1882. It showed the activity of [the Irish lead-
ers, and proved that those at the helm would no
longer sit idly on their oai's, for, as the Land
League could be no longer be made available for
further usefulness, an organization to succeed it,
capable of wider expansion and with a broader
constitution, was then and there discussed. The
programme of the National League was subse-
quently drawn up at a convention held in the
Rotunda, Dublin, and included National and
Local Self-government, Land Law Reform, ex-
tension of the parliamentary and municipal
franchises, and also the development and en-
couragement of the industrial and labor inter-
ests of the country.
The Philadelphia Convention, held in June,
1883, attended by delegates from all the Irish-
American societies, fully indorsed the constitu-
tion drawn up by the Dublin Convention. The
Land League being then declared dissolved, the
National League of America was founded amid
the greatest enthusiasm.
So far runs the record of seventeen years — a
brief space in a nation's life — yet fraught with
many exciting national events in Ireland, and
fruitful of important and beneficial changes in
her welfare. The organization of the National
League just mentioned, of all other events, war-
rants the hope with which this supplementary
history set out, namely, that the day of Ireland's
independence is not far distant. A United Ire-
land, the dream of her poets, and the aim of
her patriots and martyrs ; the Celtic race at
home and in exile, linked in one great fraternity;
this have we seen accomplished in our day.
Guided by judicious leaders, and pursuing its
course with unflinching fidelity to the policy
outlined in its constitution, its power and im-
portance must be immense; and may, at any
critical juncture, prove irresistible to its ancient
foe. Much has been accomplished in a few
years, and the possibilities of the future are in-
calculable. Let us not sit idly in the market
place. Let each man's hand be on the plow.
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and his part in this great struggle be honestlj'
performed. Commensurate with the fulfillment
of these conditions shall be the success of this
great organization ; and in the hope that wisdom
will guide its councils, and persistency^ mark its
progress, I am not over-sanguine in predicting
that the hope of this generation will be fulfilled
in the next — a National Parliament again assem-
bled in College Green, above which shall wave
the green flag of Ireland, and proclaim her a free
nation.
CHAPTER XCin.
"PARNELLISM AND CKIME" THE HOME RULE BILL.
Ireland's arch enemy, the London Times, did
not miss the opportunity offered by the Phoenix
Park tragedy to unmask its batteries of slander
against its victim, and singled out the great
national leader for special attack in a series of
articles entitled "Parnellism and Crime," the
purport of which was to show conclusively that
Mr. Parnell, Michael Davitt, and all the promi-
nent Nationalists were secretly in league with
the "Invincibles, " the "Moonlighters," and all
the malcontents and miscreants of the period.
Not only in league with the latter, but 'had in-
stigated and abetted their evil deeds, especially
the Phoenix Park murders. That money had
been advanced from the Land League fund to
James Carey, of the "Invincibles," and others,
to forward their nefarious designs, was , also
averred. No qualifying doubts or hesitancy
characterized the language in which these seri-
ous charges against Parnell and his colleagues
■were set down ; but, on the contrary, a solemn,
portentous tone pervaded the writer's startling
avowal. The underlying motive — to ruin the
reputation of the Irish leaders, especially in the
eyes of the English electors — was veiled under a
■well-assumed sincerity and pretended sense of
duty, impelling the writer to forewarn the public'
what manner of men these Nationalists were.
To those acquainted with Mr. Parnell's character
and methods, those who had watched his public
career from his first entry into the arena of poli-
tics, and noted the constitutional methods he
had invariabl.v pursued, these disclosures were
simply incredible. "Yet the persistency with
which the charges were reiterated was well cal-
culated to raise up doubt and apprehension in
most men's minds. For three months or more
these libels were on the intellectual bill of fare
furnished forth daily to John Bull. But the
end was not yet. "While the Coercion Bill was
under debate (Balfour's first-born, stamped in-
delibly with original sin) the "Thunderer" ful-
minated a new kind of projectile, calculated to
carry conviction to doubting minds and create
consternation in the Parnellite constituencies — a
forged letter authenticated with Parnell's own
signature, and then another, and several others
in succession. It will not be out of place to
insert here a few of these interesting epistles.
"May 15, 1882.
"Dear Sir: I am not surprised at your friend's
anger, but he and you should know that to
denounce the murders was the only course open
to us. To do that promptly was plainly our best
policy. But you can tell him and all others
concerned that though I regret the accident of
Lord F. Cavendish's death, I cannot refuse to
admit that Burke got no more than his deserts.
You are at liberty to show him this and others
whom you can trust also, but let not my address
be known. He can write to House of Commons.
"Yours very truly,
"Chas. S. Parnell."
Another letter ■was as follows :
"January 9, 1882.
"Dear E. : "What are these fellows waiting
for? This inaction is inexcusable; our best
men are in prison and nothing is being done.
Let there be an end of this hesitancy. Prompt
action is called for. You undertook to make it
hot for old Forster, etc. Let us have some evi-
dence of your power to do so. My health is
good, thanks.
"Yours very truly,
"Chas. S. Parnell."
The following letter purporting to be written
by Patrick Egan, treasurer of the Land League,
also appeared :
"I have by this post sent M. £200. He will
give .you what you want. "When will you un-
dertake to get to work and give us value for cmt
money ?
"Faithfully yours,
"Patwck Egan.
"James Caket, Esq."
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273
Subsequent disclosures proved conclusively
that the Government was behind the Timfn in
the conspiracy to ruin Mr. Parnell ; and the
Tory leader of the House of Commons, W. H.
Smith, was noticeably active in circulatinji^ these
libels, which wore published in pamphlet form
and for sale at all his railroad book-stalls. Mr.
Parnell was urged to take action against the
Times, and clear himself of the odium heaped on
his name; but he hesitated for long, and not
without good and sufficient reasons. At length,
however, he demanded that the charges be tested
before a tribunal composed of members of the
House. Mr. Smith answered that the Govern-
ment would consent to have a criminal prosecu-
tion entered against the Times, and that the
attorney-general be instructed to act as counsel
for the prosecutrou. The duplicity shown in
this evasive answer, the mockery of making a
show of fighting Parnell 's battle while they were
playing into the hands of the Times, could not
fail of being detected even by men less wary
than the Nationalist members. The offer was
declined, and the Times immediately renewed
the charges in more aggravated terms, and
challenged Mr. Parnell to go before a London
jury; but the wise leader hesitated to take what
under ordinary circumstances would have been
the proper course. The cockney juryman is not
remarkable for capacity of intellect, and could
hardly be expected to form a just estimate of an
Lrish political organization, or determine
whether its leaders led, as was charged, double
lives in a political sense, pursuing their objects
by open and constitutional methods in daytime,
but under cover of darkness sending out mur-
derous emissaries armed with knives and six-
shooters. A London jury would, in all proba-
bility, be swayed by their prejudices, as in the
case of O'Donnell, who was hurried to his doom
even though a grave doubt existed that the
charge of murder could be sustained, his plea
being that Carey was the aggressor, and that he
(O'Donnell) had fired on the informer in self-
defence. An unlooked-for incident or precedent
occurred at this juncture which precipitated the
famous Times prosecution case. Frank Hugh
O'Donnell, a writer on the Blaming Post, con-
sidering that he also had been libelled, began
suit against the Times. In this action the plain-
tiff was not successful, but the case directed
renewed attention to the forged letters, and fur-
ther pressure being brought to bear ou the
Government, a royal commission, presided over
by three judges, was ai)poiuted to hear what
proved to be perhaps the most remarkable libel
suit of this century Sir Charles Russell's speech
for the jjlaintiff — a masterly effort which took
several days in delivery — was in reality a histori-
cal review of the causes proximate or remote of
crime in Ireland, and was in itself not only au
indictment of the Times, but also of the Govern-
ment back of it. One extract from this remark-
able address will reveal piecemeal one phase of
Ireland's wrongs. Quoting Lord Dufferiu (late
Governor-General of Canada) in his work, "Irish
Emigration and the Tenure of Land in L-elaud,"
Sir Charles read this remarkable passage to the
court: "From Queen Elizabeth's reign until
within a few years all the known and authorized
commercial confraternities of Great Britain never
for a moment relaxed their relentless grasp on
the trades of Ireland. One by one each of our
nascent industries was either [strangled in its
birth or handed over gagged and bound to the
jealous custody of the rival interest in England,
until at last every fountain of wealth was her-
metically sealed, and even the traditions of com-
mercial enterprise have perished through desue-
tude." Another passage aprojxjs of the Land
question was as follows: "The owners of
England's jiastures opened the campaign. Aa
early as the commencement of the IGth century
the beeve? of Roscommon, Tipperary and
Queen's County undersold the produce of the
English grass counties in their own market. By
an Act of the 20th of Elizabeth, L-ish cattle were
declared a "nuisance" and their importation was
prohibited. Forbidden to send our beasts alive
across the Channel, we killed them at home and
began to supply the sister country with cured
provisions. A second act of Parliament imposed
prohibitory duties on salted nieats. The hides
of the animals still remained, but the same influ-
ence soon put a stop to the importation of
leather. Our cattle trade abolished, we tried
sheep farming. The sheep breeders of England
immediately took alarm, and Irish wool was
declared contraband by a parliament of Charles
IL Headed in this direction we tried to work
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up the raw material at home, but this created
the greatest outcry of all. Every maker of fus-
tian, flannel and broadcloth in the country rose up
in arms, and by an Act of William III. the •woollen
trade of Ireland was extinguished, and twenty
thousand manufacturers left the island. The easi-
ness of the Irish labor market and the cheapness
of provisions still giving us an advantage, even
though we had to import our materials, we next
made a dash at the silk business ; but the silk
manufacturer proved as pitiless as the wool
staplers. The cotton manufacturer, the sugar
refiner, the soap and candle maker, and any
other trade or interest that thought it worth
while to petition was received by Parliament
with the same partial cordiality, until the most
searching scrutiny failed to detect a single vent
through which it was possible for the hated in-
dustry of Ireland to respire. But, although ex-
cluded from the markets of Britain, a hundred
harbors gave her access to the universal sea.
Alas! a rival commerce on her own element was
still less welcome to England, and as early as the
reign of Charles II., the Levant, the ports of
Europe, and the oceans beyond the Cape were
forbidden to the flag of Ireland. The colonial
trade alone was in any manner open — if that
could be called an open which for a long time
precluded all exports whatever, and excluded
from direct importation to Ireland such impor-
tant articles as sugar, cotton, and tobacco.
What has been the consequence of such a system
pursued with relentless pertinacity for two hun-
dred and fifty years ? This : that, debarred from
every other trade and industry, the entire nation
flung itself back upon the land with as fatal an
impulse as when a river whose current is sud-
denly impeded rolls back and drowns the valley
it once fertilized."
In the unraveling of the case was disclosed a
vile conspiracy having for its principal agent a
man named Houston, the Secretary of the Loyal
and Patriotic Union (a landlord brotherhood),
and Kichard Pigott, at one time owner of a well-
known Dublin paper. The Irishman. Pigott 's
baseness was of earlier date. He had offered his
wares — forged letters and information relating to
the Nationalists — to the late Chief-Secretary
Forster — "Buckshot" Forster as he is best
known. Forster declined to purchase the let-
ters, though he helped out Pigott with loans of
money until the latter became too importunate
in his demands. The end of this remarkable case
— the confession of Richard Pigott to Mr.
Labouchere in presence of George Augustus Sala
that all the libelous letters published in the
Times were forged by his own hand- — was fol-
lowed by the wretched man's flight and suicide
at a hotel in Madi'id. This unlooked-for denoue-
ment was a signal triumph for Mr. Parnell and
his colleagues, and the scene in the House of
Commons on March 1st when ]\Ii-. Parnell rose to
speak was altogether unprecedented. Every
Liberal — Gladstone, Morley, Harcourt, included
— arose and cheered him wildly for several
minutes.
On June 8th, 1885, an amendment to the
second reading of Mr. Gladstone's Budget, pro-
posed by Sir Michael Hicks Beach, led to a divi-
sion that unseated the ministry, and the chief
factor in its downfall was the Ii'ish vote, which
then numbered only thirty -nine, and was thrown,
into the opposition scale. The exultation of the
party over the downfall of "Buckshot" Forster
and his tyrannical regime was well merited, and
Mr. Parnell was heard to _ remai'k : "A united
Irish party can hold in its hand the destinies of
England's governments. " A bill enlarging the
franchise in Ireland so as to equalize it with the
franchise in England and Scotland had been,
passed while the Gladstone Ministry was in
power. In the general election that ensued the
effect was seen in an overwhelming majority for
the Parnellites. Mr. Gladstone was again,
returned to power under a pledge to bring in a.
Home Rule bill. Several members of hia
cabinet were opposed to the measure and re-
signed^— the Marquis of Hartington, Sir George
Trevelyan, and Joseph Chambers. Notwith-
standing this desertion by his lieutenants, Mr.
Gladstone redeemed his promise on April
8, 1886, by introducing his Home Rule bill
in a speech which by many is ranked as the mas-
terpiece of all his orations. The main features
of the bill may be summed up briefly as follows.
It provides for the constitution of an Ii-ish Par-
liament sitting in Dublin with the queen at ita
head. The Parliament, which is to be quinquen-
nial, is to consist of three hundred and nine
members divided into two "orders;" one hun-
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ired and three ruGmbers iu tlio first and two
hundred and sis in the second order. The first
order to consist of the twenty -eight Irish repre-
sentative peers and its remaining members to be
elective. At the end of thirty years the rights of
peerage members will lapse and the whole of the
first order will be elective. The elective mem-
bers will sit for ten years and will be elected by
constituencies subsequently to be formed. The
elective member must possess a property quali-
fication or income of two hundred pounds a year.
The franchise is restricted : the elector having to
possess or occupy land of the annual value of
twenty-five pounds. The second "order" is to
be elected on the existing franchise — tile repre-
sentation of each constituency being doubled.
For the first Parliament the Irish members now
sitting iu the House of Commons will constitute
one-half the members of the second order. The
lord lieutenant has power given him to arrange
for the procedure at the first sitting, the election
of Speaker and other details. If a bill is lost by
the disagreement of the two orders voting sepa-
rately, the matter in dispute shall be considered
as vetoed, or lost, for three years. After .that
time, if the question shall be again raised, it
shall be submitted to the legislative body as a
whole, both shall vote together and the majority
decide. The responsible executive will be con-
stituted the same as in England. The leader of
the majority will be called upon by the lord
lieutenant to form a government responsible to
the Irish Parliament. The queen retains the
right — to be exercised through the lord lieu-
tenant— of giving or withholding her assent to
bills and can dissolve or summon Parliament
when she pleases. All constitutional questions
that may arise as to whether the Irish Parliament
has exceeded its powers will be decided by the
judicial committee of the privy council. The
prerogatives of the crown are imtouched. Im-
perial questions — the making of peace or war, all
foreign relations, questions of international law
or treaties, matters relating to naturalization, to
trade, navigation and quarantine; coinage,
weights and measures ; copyrights and patents ;
all these and others to be controlled by the Im-
perial Parliament. For a time, the customs and
excise duties are to be levied by officers ap-
pointed,. i.s now, by the British treasury. All
other taxes will be imposed and collected under
the authority of the Irish Parliament. We have
given merely a few loading features of the bill
which on all hands was admitted to bo very defec-
tive— in fact, a lame and halting measure and
regarded by Mr. Parnell as by no means a final
settlement of the Irish question ; but rather as a
first instalment of justice, he and his followers
supported it. The bill was defeated, however by
a majority of thirty on June 7th, and then came
another general election.
CHAPTER XCTV.
COERCION THE PLAN OP CAMPAIGN DEATH OF MR. PAR-
NELL THE HOME RULE BILL PASSED RETIREMENT
OF MR. GLADSTONE.
Mb. Parnell early in the last session of Parlia-
ment had introduced a bill for the amelioration
of small tenants precluded from the benefits of
the Land Act, and in distress through arrears.
The- bill was defeated, and the prospect before
the poorer class of farmers whom it might have
saved was wholesale eviction. To combat the
horrors implied in that term a distinguished
member of the Nationalist party (it is said John
Dillon) formulated the famous plan of campaign.
In October, 1886, United Ireland published the
programme which was laid down for the op-
pressed tenantrj', and it is but just to say they
proved loyal to it; and so were, in most cases,
saved from being utterly crushed under the
tyrannical regime that ensued when the new
coalition ministry came into oflace. The latter,
with Lord Salisbury for i)remier, was composed
of true-blue Tories and weak-kneed Liberals who
styled themselves "Liberal-Unionists." When
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, who was then chief
secretary for Ireland, resigned, he was succeeded
by the prime minister's nephew, Mr. Arthur
Balfour. If history should not give this gentle-
man's name prominence and rank him with Lord
Arthur Grey and other of Queen Elizabeth's gen-
tle lieutenants, such as Carew and Inchiquin,
then it is not because the aspiring young states-
man has not earned that distinction. First by
framing a coercion bill which invested every
policeman with judicial powers so that he might
arrest whom he pleased as a "suspect." The
"suspect" could be held for an. indefinite period
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THE STORY OF IKELAND.
and •was denied the opportunity of proving his
innocence, for by anotlier provision of the bill,
trial by jury was iu abej'ance and Justice with
her scales was ruled out of court. Crime, or
rather the shadow or "suspicion" of crime,
against which the measure was to operate con-
sisted chiefly in unlawful assemblies, and by its
ingenious framers any gathering of people in the
open air or behind closed doors could be classed
unlawful and dispersed and its leaders locked
■up. Like Caligula, the new secretary evinced a
desire — such was the spirit in which the dia-
bolical bill was drawn — that the nation collec-
tively had but one neck so as he might clutch it
by the throat. As it was, nearb' all the promi-
nent members of Parliament were caught iu the
toils beside the Lord Mayor of Dublin and many
other notable jjersons ; and while all these inno-
cent men languished in jail a reign of terror was
inaugurated outside. One of the saddest occur-
rences of this period happened at Mitchelstown,
in county Cork. A meeting was being held
there on behalf of the tenantry of a local estate
at which Mr. "William O'Brien, Mr. Dillon and
eeveral English gentlemen sympathizers were
present. Without warning of any kind the
police burst in upon the crowd and batoned every
one in the vicinity of the platform or on the
street, and when in retaliation for this gross
outrage and supererogation on the part of the
"guardians of the peace" a few stones were
flung at these brutal hirelings, thoy withdrew to
the shelter of their barracks and opened fire on
the unarmed people — deadly fire, for, sad to
relate, three men and a boy paid the forfeit of
their lives to that inhuman savagery. Mr. Bal-
four endeavored to shift responsibility from the
police and rid himself of the odium this cowardly
massacre entailed on the government by lying
and prevarication, and utterly ignored the result
of the coroner's inquest, which was a verdict of
murder against the police. The treatment of
Mr. William O'Brien, of poor Mandeville and
others while iu prison — brutal and ferocious —
brought Balfour's regime under universal con-
demnation; but yet had little effect in staying
the tyrant's iron hand The pl.an of campaign
proved perhaps the most effectual safeguard
against the cold-blooded crusade set on foot by
this latter-day Cromwell. Notwithstanding the
fact that the rack-renting landlords were
openly backed up by government, since at every
eviction large contingents of police and often
military were present to aid the sheriffs and his
bailiffs ; yet the campaigners won many a vic-
tory even from stern, unyielding lords of the soil.
The fight was long and bitter and attracted
world-wide attention.
The split which at a mosi inopportune moment
divided the Nationalist paity into two hostile
camps, cast a gloomy cloud on the horizon of
L'eland's rising hopes; and left in doubt for
many a day the issue of this unlooked-for and
most unnatural antagonism. In reverence to the
memory of the great departed leader — de mortuis
nil nisi honum — we will do no more than allude
to the divorce trial in which his name figured
and which caused Mr. Gladstone to disavow all
future alliance with Mr. Parnell as leader of the
Irish Home Rule party. The secession of many
of Mr. Parnell 's own followers, his denounce-
ment by the Irish bishops — the contested elec-
tions, and all the bitterness and recriminaton
and bad blood evoked through this unseemly
contention, can only be mentioned with deep re-
gret and humiliation that ever such an exhibition
was made before the nations by former friends
and allies, and comrades in the fight. But a
greater affliction was soon to plunge the nation
in grief and cast a dark pall over the land, and
wring the bitter pang of regret even from those
who had lately taunted and vilified him. Par-
nell, the high-souled patriot the far-seeing
statesman — the fearless, unflinching champion of
Erin's rights, who had struggled and battled and
led the people to within sight of the promised
land of freedom — Parnell was no more ! His
death occurred at Brighton, England, on
October 6, 1891. The immense funeral cortege
that escorted his remains to Glasnevin Cemetery
— the entire city of Dublin draped in mourning,
but more than that, the sobbing and weeping
above his bier and along the route of the funeral
procession — attested the universal grief of the
people for the loss of Ireland's greatest son.
The long-wished-for exit of Lord Salisbury's
Tory cabinet came itt the expiration of their full
term in ofiice, and again Mr. Gladstone and the
Liberals returned to powr>r.
The Liberal premier who had pledged himself
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to Home Rule as tlic first measure on tlie part}-
progranimc, proceeded to redeem his promise
soon after the opening of Parliament, which lat-
ter took place on January lo, ISiW. The s])eech
in which the new bill was introduced was lucid
and comprehensive — -going into every detail and
providing for every exigency that might con-
front the embryo Irish legislature. In his intro-
ductory remarks Mr. Gladstone laid it down as
a well-proved axiom that Ireland could only be
governed in one of two ways — coercion or auton-
omy; but coercion was a flagrant breach of the
promise on the face of which the Act of Union
was obtained. The provisions of the bill showed
that many defects in the bill of 188G had been
remedied — notably those in regard to the con-
tinuity of Irish representation in the English
House of Commons, the constitution of a legis-
lative council, the equitable adjustment of Ire-
land's contribution to the Imperial exchequer,
and the fiscal arrangements in general, the grad-
ual retirement of the existing police force, and
other various details relating to the Irish legis-
lature and executive. On the whole, the bill
was a long step in advance of its predecessor,
and, though not a full realization of the hopes
of the Irish Home Rulers, yet it received their
cordial support. The bill, after being debated in
the House and in committee, passed its third
reading and was sent to the House of Lords,
where it was rejected by an overwhelming ma-
jority and amid contemptuous laughter on Sep-
tember 8, 1893. This only showed the Peers
true to their traditional instincts and caused little
surprise, and Mr. Gladstone was fully prepared
for such a contingency. He did not dissolve
Parliament, but would continue to hold the reins
of power until every measure of reform on the
Liberal programme had been passed by the Com-
mons. Then he would appeal to the country,
with every prospect of receiving a full endorse-
ment of his policy, and send back to the Lords
the Home Rule bill and several English Reform
bills. If the Lords persisted in their antagon-
ism to the popular will, then there remained for
the Liberal leader that dernier ressort for which
a precedent is found so far back as two hun-
dred and fifty years ago — namely, to propose
tiie abolition of the Upj^er Chamber. Or he
could fill the House of Lords with new Peers
chosen from the ranks of his own followers.
CHAPTER XCV.
THE RETIREMENT OF MR. GLADSTONE — THE
ROSEBERY MINISTRY ITS RENOUNCEMENT
OF THE PRINCIPLE OF HOME RULE AND ITS
SUDDEN FALL LORD SALISBURY'S THIRD AD-
MINISTRATION THE IRISH LOCAL GOVERN-
MENT ACT AND ITS RESULTS — THE USUAL
CONCO.MITANT COERCION POLICY.
The enforced retirement of ]\Ir. Gladstone
from public life in 1894, on account of the im-
pairment of his eyesight, caused a feeling of
genuine and widespread regret that the House
should know no more, perhaps, the Nestor of
debate and that the Home Rule movement had
lost its brilliant standardbearer. The condition
of Mr. Gladstone's health prevented him re-
entering the political field, wherein he had been
such a commanding figure for more than half
a century. In March, 1894, the queen sent for
Lord Rosebery, who formed a weak ministry.
He also lacked the confidence of the masses of
the Liberal party, who regarded him as the rep-
resentative of his class rather than of popular
interests.
It soon became evident that the new ministry
was not in sympathy with the principle of Home
Rule for Ireland, and finally the Prime Minister
declared in a speech in Parliament that he could
not countenance such a measure so long as the
majority of the people of England, "the pre-
dominant partner," had pronounced against it.
The fact that the representatives of the Scotch,
Welsh and Irish people voted almost unani-
mously in its favor counted for naught so long
as a majority of one of the English members
voted to the contrary. In other words, Lord
Rosebery's declaration was a bold and unequivo-
cal pronouncement that the policy of Home Rule
for Ireland had been definitely eliminated from
the Liberal party programme. In this, however,
he did not represent the will of his party, which
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still adhered to the Gladstone policy of Irish self-
government.
The Rosebery administration was overthrown
the following year, and Lord Salisbury for the
third time succeeded as Prime Minister. The
elections of 1895 gave Lord Salisbury a major-
ity of one hundred and fifty-three over the Lib-
erals and Irish Nationalists combined, and in the
ministry he formed Liberal-L'nionists were in-
cluded. It passed another Irish Land Act in
1896. whereby the Irish farmers could obtain
the credit of the Government to purchase their
farms in cases where the landlord was willing
to sell, and did somewhat to stimulate and de-
velop local industries and agriculture in Ireland;
but its most important measure was the estab-
lishment of county and district councils in that
country, like those that had been set up in Eng-
land and Scotland. Thus the Irish were offered
local self-government and national prosperity as
a substitute for Home Rule. The Government
measure took the local government out of the
hands of the landlords and the gentry by the
^establishment of County Councils, elected by the
people.
The principal county authority had hitherto
been the grand jury, appointed under a British
Government act, but by the local government
act provision was made for popularly elected
councils for counties and districts. The council-
ors are chosen for three years,, and the first
council in each county and district may choose
additional members to hold office until the next
triennial election. The councils have taken over
the administrative business formerly managed
by the grand juries and presentment sessions,
especially the business relating to poor rates,
roads, asylums, hospitals, corners and public
health. The cities of Dublin, Belfast, Cork,
Limerick, Londonderry and Waterford, which
already had representatives councils, were made
county boroughs and are exempt from some of
the special provisions of the act. Urban sanitary
authorities have become urban district councils,
and for which rural polling districts have been
created, the councilors, urban and rural, being
the guardians of their districts. The towns are
partly corporate and partly governed by com-
missioners. Certain boroughs have a mayor,
aldermen and councilors. The ordinary affairs
of the borough, such as lighting, watching and
cleansing, are administered by the council, which
has power to levy rates for these purposes. In
such towns as have no charter of incorporation
the local affairs are administered by a body of
commissioners, who have powers generally to
discharge the usual municipal functions and are
empowered to levy rates to defray the cost of
administration. Such towns having over fifteen
hundred of population may be constituted urban
sanitary districts.
The importance of this measure may be esti-
mated by the fact that it took the local govern-
ment of the county out of the hands of the
English foreign garrison in .Ireland, and trans-
ferred that power and right to the people. In
short, it was the establishment of thirty-two
miniature parliaments. Its results, apart from
giving the people control over their own expen-
ditures, have been marked. It weakened the
power and ascendancy of the landlord and gen-
try class, and was an excellent preparation in
the practice of self-government for a people
so long deprived of their national Parliament.
No longer can the preposterous charge that the
Irish are incapable of self-government be ad-
vanced by the adversaries of Irish Home Rule.
But this act of justice and professed concilia-
tion was marred by the usual blundering action
of every British administration in legislating for
Ireland. In the Local Government bill was a
clause prohibiting any man who had suffered im-
prisonment with hard labor from holding posi-
tion under the act. A beneficent Coercion act
was passed about the same time to meet tlie
requirments of this clause, and under this Coer-
cion Act a number of respected and honored
men were, for purely political offenses created
by act of Parliament, committed to prison with
hard labor, thus depriving them of the right of
being elected district councilors and county
councilors.
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CHAPTER XCVI.
FINANCIAL RELATIUNS OF GRKAT BRITAIN ANB IRE-
LAND THE REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMIS-
SION HOW IRELAND IS OVERTAXED RE-
TIREMENT OF LORD SALISBURY THE IRISH
LAND PURCHASE ACT — RESULTS OF THE ABO-
LITION OF LANDLORDISM ESTABLISHMENT
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND
OTHER INDUSTRIES — THE BOER WAR AND ITS
RELATION TO IRISH AFFAIRS.
A royal commission on the financial rela-
tions with Ireland appointed in 18L»3 by a Lib-
eral Government, and presided over by a Liberal
Chancellor of the Exchequer, published the ac-
counts between Ireland and Great Britain for
every year since the union, and it reported that
Ireland has overpaid her due proportion by
something like two and three-quarter millions
($13,750,000) a year for two generations. Upon
this report did the British Government hasten
to repay Ireland the money she had unjustly
been mulcted for Imperial taxes? On the con-
trary, it took an exactly opposite course, and
added two and three-quarter millions ($13,750,-
000) more to the taxation of Ireland within a
few years afterward; so that at the present time
Ireland is paying about $30,000,000 per annum
more than her fair share, admitting it to be
fair that she should be paying any Imperial
taxes whatever, seeing that she receives no ben-
efits in return, and that her population is dimin-
ishing in the most tragic manner as a result of
the evils of that very union under which Ire-
land is so unjustly taxed.
These figures are not figures given by Irish-
men. They are facts reported by English finance
experts after a thorough investigation of the
entire subject. It is necessary to ask what they
signify? Do they not plainly demonstrate that
now, as in the time referred to by Froude,
England governs Ireland "for what she deems
her own interests, making her calculation in the
gross balance of her trade ledgers, and leaving
her moral obligations to accumulate, as if right
and wrong had been blotted out of the statute
books of the universe."
During Lord Salisbury's term of office no
further measures of importance were passed in
relation to Ireland. Owing to ill health, he re-
tired from public office in 190^, being succeeded
by his nephew, Arthur J. Balfour, who had pre-
viously been the leader of the Tory party in the
House of Commons. Balfour proved to be the
weakest and most incapable Prime Minister
England had seen since the days of Lord Ad-
dington. Irish needs were ignored and, while
the Tory party maintained its large majority,
the Irish members could eflfect little else than
keep uj) their solid organization and await op-
portunities. In the meantime, a national organ-
ization, the United Irish League, had been
founded, and a revival of the agitation policy
was begun in Ireland. The Land question
again became acute, and the reduction of forty
per cent, in their rents, under the decision of
the Land Courts, for two terms impressed on
the landlords that they were no longer masters
of the soil and that estates were in many in-
stances more of a burden than a profit. Owing
to the action of the United Irish League, the
loss of their power through the Local Govern-
ment Act, and the diminishing value of agri-
cultural produce, the landlords agreed with the
representatives of the people, in a conference
called for that purpose, to consent to a sale
of their estates to the tenants, provided the
British Government would advance the funds
requisite for such a measure. With the opposi-
tion of the landlords to the establishment of a
peasant proprietary eliminated, Mr. Wyndam,
Chief Secretary, prepared an act to that end,
and introduced it in Parliament. On Novem-
ber 14, 1903, the Irish Land Purchase Act went
into effect. This is without doubt the most im-
portant measure in favor of Ireland ever passed
by an English Parliament, vastly more impor-
tant than Catholic Emancipation or any of the
Gladstone Land acts. It restores the land of
Ireland to the Irish people, abolishing forever
that nightmare of barbarism and diabolism,
Irish landlordism, and all the cruelties and evils
of which it was the synonym. According to
its terms the Government is to buy the lana
from the landlord and sell it to the tenants.
The act makes the Government the landlord.
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and the tenant, by paying a certain annual
sum of sixty-eight and one-half years, becomes
the owner in fee. He has the privilege of pay-
ing all or any part at any time, and can dispose
of his interest. The assurance that he will be-
come the owner in fee will give meantime to
the Irish farmer an ambition that he had there-
tofore been wanting, for he will be able to im-
prove his land and to save without fear of
any increase in rent. The British Government
gives the guarantee of the Imperial Exchequer
to advances made for land purchase in Ireland
up to a sum estimated at five hundred million
dollars. .A. bonus of sixty million dollars is
also given to the landlords as an inducement
to sell their estates. This has been represented
as a free gift, and it is, considered as a free gift
of other people's property. It is to be paid by the
Irish people, under the guise of a curtailment of
expenses in the administration of Irish gov-
ernment, and hence will not cost the British
Government or taxpayers a single penn}'. The
bin likewise provides for the re-establishment
of all tenants evicted for twenty-five A^ears pre-
ceding the passage of the act, the breaking up
of the grazing ranches into agricultural farms,
and the amelioration of the condition of the
laborers.
The bill has many defects, as all legislation
for Ireland coming from a British Parliament,
but these are of a character that can be rectified
by amendments. The chief advantage of the
measure, however, is that it abolishes the sys-
tem of Irish landlordism, of which CardinaJ
Manning so truly wrote: "The land question
means hunger, thirst, nakedness, notice to quit,
labor spent in vain, the toil of years seized upon,
the breaking up of homes, the misery, sickness,
deaths of parents, children, wives, the despair
and wildness which spring up in the hearts of
the poor when legal force, like a sharp harrow,
goes over the most sensitive and vital rights
of mankind. All this is contained in the land
question." Furthermore, the chief obstacle to
the concession of Home Rule had all along been
the unsettled condition of the Irish land ques-
tion. In ridding the country of landlordism the
people were taking the most effective steps to
secure national self-government.
Mr. Gladstone's first Home Rule bill was
killed by its association with a land bill that
proposed to mortgage British credit to the ex-
tent of $250,000,000 for the purpose of bring-
ing about a settlement. Mr. Gladstone did not
wish to leave the solution of the question to an
Irish Parliament, and proposed to settle it sim-
ultaneously with the national demand. The Mr.
Chamberlain of that day had, or pretended to
have, all the Radical aversion to class interests,
and he had no special love for the Irish land-
lords. He declared that he could not approve of
mortgaging British credit for the benfit of any
particular class, and he urged that there were
other questions that were in greater need of at-
tention and solution. And then the false and dis-
honest cry was raised that an Irish Parliament
influenced by the electorate would repudiate its
obligations to redeem to the last penny the money
voted for the expropriation of the landlords.
Most of these libels were believed, and Mr. Glad-
stone's great measure was rejected by a half-
frightened, half-intimidated and half-bewildered
Parliament. Knowing that the land question was
the cause of the entire difficulty, realizing that
it was responsible for the defeat of his first meas-
ure, Mr. Gladstone dropped it altogether in
1892, when he introduced his second bill. But
yet he found it impossible to get away from the
great question of the land. It was still the issue.
Mr. Chamberlain, no less radical with the ad-
vance of years, and his followers stumped the
country, preaching that it would not be safe to
entrust the Irish people with a Parliament of
their own until a way out was found for the
landlords. Was England, he asked, going to
abandon their faithful garrison in Ireland, or
the men who had done England's work there for
centuries, to the tender mercies of an Irish Par-
liament? The first act of that Parliament, de-
clared the Tories — a Parliament the majority of
which would be elected by the Irish tenant farm-
ers— would be a measure compelling the land-
lords to sell, and at prices that would mean the
confiscation and bankruptcy of their properties.
But these arguments can no longer be adduced.
The Mr. Chamberlain who objected in 1885 to
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281
the modest sum of two hundred and fifty million
dollars for a land settlement, voted in 1903 foi a
measure that provides five hundred millions,
witii a free gift of sixty millions, to the landlord
class. The opponents of Home Rule have them-
selves, in the passage of the Land Act, spiked
all their own arguments against that measure.
The bogey of repudiation has been abandoned,
and it is the leaders of the Tory party who now
stand in the House of Commons and declare that
the Irish farmers who have purchased their hold-
ings under the old land acts, and who fought to
the last against extortionate rents, are never late
in paying to the State the money advanced to
them to buy out their landlords. The confisca-
tion argument has also been dropped, as it will
not now be necessary for an Irish Parliament to
deal with the question of the land. If ever there
'was a legitimate reason for the landlord opposi-
tion to Home Rule it has now disappeared. The
Local Government Act, passed by the Tory
party, deprived the landlords of all political
power in the country, and their dignity and in-
fluence as great territorialists cannot survive the
operation of the latest land measure. Their one
hope of political salvation now lies in their
throwing in their lot with the people and assist-
ing- the furtherance of the national demand.
And if the refusal of Home Rule by England
was due to any generous concern for the fate of
the landlord class in a self-governed Ireland, a
settled land question should surely now allay all
further apprehensions. The coming struggle for
Home Rule will be fought under entirely differ-
ent and far more favorable conditions for Ire-
land than the struggles of the past.
From the point of view of England, itself it
is becoming increasingly clear that her interests
lie in the direction of Irish self-government. Her
Parliamentary machine has refused to work,
legislation is delayed, the control of public ex-
penditures, which is one of the real tests of Par-
liamentary efficiency, has disappeared, all of
which were inevitable in an assembly that tried
to be four things at the one time — national, inter-
national, parochial and Imperial. And the one
remedy for all this lies in the application of the
principle of Home Rule. Then the Irish garri-
son class do not see any great reason why they
should continue to defend a system which has
taken from them almost everything that formerly
attached them to it. So long as England main-
tained them in special and privileged positions,
appointed them rulers of the Irish counties, dis-
pensing all public patronage, declined to pass
measures of reform that would give the people
justice, their opposition to a change was compre-
hensible. But the events that have occurred
compel a different viewpoint, and it is that very
selfishness that was responsible for their anti-
Home Rule policy that will slowly but surely
bring the landlords into line with the national
movement. For so long as they oppose it or
fail to support it, so long will they remain in
the mortifying position to which the legislation
alluded to reduced them.
Not only will the Land Act also be productive
of the important result of preparing the way to
self-government, but it would be an anomaly for
people to have a government of their own when
they did not even own their own homes. When
they own their own homes, and when around
these homes various industries flourish, the chief
difficulty to the achievement of self-government
will be removed, -^nd in the meantime, while
awaiting that much desired result, if Ireland
does not have freedom, she will at least have
peace ; and peace with honor is much. With the
land question settled, the landlords and all those
classes who depended upon them will have no
personal interest in opposing Home Rule. On
the contrary, it will become the interest of every
class in Ireland to demand it. The chief, indeed,
the only, cause of opposition to Home Rule on
the part of the land-holding class was the appre-
hension that a native legislature would proceed
to enact measures that would be tantamount to
a confiscation of their property. This fear w-as
based on the knowledge of the fact that their
right of possession to these lands was founded
on no better title than that of plunder and con-
fiscation, and on the consciousness of the criminal
record of landlordism in Ireland for the past two
centuries. They knew that they had exacted
from the Irish people the value of the confiscated
lands of their fathers a dozen times over, and
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that they were morally entitled to no compensa-
tion whatever. With the passage of the Land
Act this source of opposition was removed, and
incidentally the horde of parasites and vampires
that lived on the system of landlordism fell
with it.
It has also tended to nullify the evil of sec-
tarian rancor, for with the changed order of
things the landlords and the foreign Government
have no further use for the Orange and anti-
Irish element. With their support withdrawn,
the devotees of King William and the descend-
ants of the Undertakers will cease to be a malig-
nant factor in blocking the progress and prevent-
ing the restoration of the rights of the Irish peo-
ple. The work, of the County Councils all
through Ireland is proving that the Irish people
are eminently fit for the arts of self-government ;
and every day is proof to the English people that
their fears of 1886 and 1893 were false and ill-
founded. Hence it may be confidently predicted
that if the Irish people and their representatives
continue their great movement for Home Rule
with firmness, moderation, toleration and sober
good sense, and above all with unit)', they will
in a comparatively short time see an Irish Par-
liament once more sitting in Dublin — an Irish
Parliament conceded by the consent of all Eng-
lish parties and welcomed with enthusiasm by all
classes and creeds of Irishmen. The Government
has already gone three-fourths of the way in the
direction of Home Rule by conceding to Ireland
local government and practically obliterating the
landlords. It is only a question of time until it
will go the other fourth, for which it is already
preparing.
Not only is the land question in process
of settlement, but there have been at tne
same time other improvements which make for
the permanent progress of the Irish people.
There is a constant increase in educational facil-
ities, and a large number of co-operative bai;ks
have been established. Agricultural societies
have been formed for the improvement of crops
and stocks, and the trend is distinctly upward.
In 1891 a number of Irishmen, having diflferent
political views, but all equally interested in the
industrial development of the country, agreed
that a non-political and non-party organization
should be established for the purpose of putting
into operation among the farming and laboring
classes in Ireland the principle of agricultural co-
operation, which had met with marked success
in many European countries. At first there was
considerable difficulty in bringing the people to-
gether; the entire absence of the industrial tra-
dition and the prejudices begotten of the unfor-
tunate history of the country had to be overcome.
However, the Irish Catholic priesthood threw
themselves into the work of propaganda, so that
in a little more than a decade there were estab-
lished nearly a thousand societies, with a mem-
bership not far short of a hundred thousand.
Each of these associations was formed for a
definite industrial purpose, with its own consti-
tution, incorporated under an act of Parliament,
and entirely independent of its fellows, and based
on strictly democratic principles. The humblest
member had the same right of voting and inter-
esting himself in the affairs of the society as the
very wealthiest who joined it. These societies
undertake that kind of work which appeals im-
mediately to the circumstances of their own dis-
tricts. The combined trade turnover of the so-
ciety for 1903 was nearly $10,000,000, a figure
the meaning of which may be appreciated from
the fact that most of the associated farmers are
in so small a way of business that in England
they would scarcely be classed as farmers at all.
Having proved themselves capable of self-help,
the representatives of the movement believed
they had a right, as contributors to the welfare
of Ireland, to request the assistance of the Im-
perial Government. Accordingly in 1899 Mr.
Gerald Balfour, Chief Secretary to the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, introduced and carried a
bill "for establishing a Department of Agricul-
ture and other industries and technical instruc-
tion in Ireland, and for other purposes connected
therewith." The Department of Irish Agricul-
ture, which began work in April, 1900, operates
tmder two divisions. The fir-st consists of direct
aid afforded lo agriculture and to other rural
industries, and to sea and inland fisheries. The
second consists of indirect aid given to these
objects, and also to town manufactures and com-
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merce, as well as to education— a term, in this
relation, to be interpreted in its widest sense.
Under the head of direct aids to agriculture,
rural industries and sea and inland fisheries, the
department has set in motion much useful and
important work, partly by use of its funds and
partly by suggestion and the organization of
local efforts.
But, while the Irish people consider agricul-
tural and technical education useful and a neces-
sary preliminary for the development of many
of their old industries, they by no means regard
it as a remedy for their grievances; believing
that the solution of the Irish problem lies in the
proper adjustment of the land question and in
the restoration of a native Parliament, and a
system of primary and technical education in
harmony with the national instincts.
In 1898 an event occurred that in its results
had a marked effect on Anglo-Irish relations;
namely, the South African War. The blunders
of incapable English generals were the cause of
Boer triumphs, as well as the slaughter of their
own troops. To retrieve disaster Irish leaders
were put in command, and the war was brought
to a successful close. England found it difficult
to obtain men for service in South Africa. Cen-
turies of national activity had HOt changed the
old Anglo-Saxon distaste for warfare. The
splendid troops of former years, the peasantry
of Ireland and Gaelic Scotland, who had been
starved into the ranks of the British army and
had carried the flag of the oppressor to victory
on every continent, were now superseded by
weedy degenerates from the purlieus of English
manufacturing cities and stupid yokels from the
English agricultural districts, and even of those
enough could not be secured to fill the depleted
ranks. A conscription act was talked of by the
English press when England was battling with
only a few thousand farme»s. The physical
measurements and requirements for enlistment
were lowered, but even then anxiety continued
to be felt on account of the scarcity of men. A
movement had been established in Ireland with
the object of dissuading or preventing Irish
young men from enlisting in the British armj-
during the war. Enlistments in Ireland practi-
cally ceased, while the sympathy of the Irish
people as displayed by their representatives in
Parliament and by the masses throughout the
country was pronouncedly for the Boers. The
attitude of the Irish was somewhat similar to that
of the Hungarians toward the Austrians in tlic
war of 18GU. If England should become in-
volved in a greater or more dangerous struggle,
would she be able to dispense with the support
of the most athletic and warlike race in Europe ?
To propitiate the Irish the taboo was taken off
the shamrock, green ribbons were displayed in
the army and in London on St. Patrick's day,
the Irish Guards were created, and England's
aged queen, who never concealed her dislike of
the Irish or her opposition to Home Rule, and
who had not touched the Irish shore in nearly
forty years, was sent to Ireland to act as recruit-
ing agent for the depleted English armies. She
was effusive in her prostestations of love for
her dear Irish subjects and conciliatory to a
degree, altliough her jubilee coercion act was
not removed from the statute book. Several
legislative and administrative concessions fol-
lowed, and the land legislation that was subse-
quently granted to Ireland was the result of
hard English thinking during the South Afri-
can War. Abstention from enlistment in the
British army is an argument that will appeal
to the English mind in favor of Home Rule.
And in any case, it is better for the Irish to
emigrate than to enlist.
CHAPTER XC\TI.
THE QUESTION OF CATHOLIC HIGHER EDUCATION
IN IRELAND INJUSTICE TO THE CATHOLIC
MAJORITY HOW TRINITY COLLEGE WAS
FOUNDED ITS PRESENT ST.\TUS EFFECTS
OF PROTESTANT BIGOTRY HOME RULE THE
REMEDY — THE PERPETUAL COERCION ACT —
THE REVIVAL OF THE IRISH LANGUAGE THE
ANTI-EM IGRATION SOCIETY — VALEDICTORY.
During the session of Parliament in the early
part of 1904 a bill was introduced for the estab-
lishment of a Catholic university for Ireland, and
the placing of the Catholics of Ireland on an
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equal plane, in regard to the facilities for a
higher education, as the Protestant minority.
The measure was rejected, although the Gov-
ernment admitted its justice. English Protestant
and Irish Orange bigotry intimidated Mr. Bal-
four from removing this grievance. This in-
equality of educational facilities in the matter of
university education could not subsist for a year
in any self-governed country. To have a uni-
versity richly endowed by the State for the use
of one-sixth of the population of a country,
while no provision is made for the higher educa-
tion of the remaining five-sixths, is an anomaly
for which no parallel can be found in any other
civilized country in the world. An Irish national
legislature would speedily end the injustice and
scandal of monopoly by a small fraction of the
people of all the benefits of State endowed uni-
versity education. There is no such condition
of matters either in England or Scotland.
In each of those countries the desires of the
majority are recognized and conceded, and
their religious sentiments respected in all
educational arrangements. But in Ireland the
majority have no voice in the question,
though, of course, they have to pay the taxes
out of which are provided the advantages ex-
clusively enjoyed by the minority. The Prime
Minister, jNIr. Balfour, Mr. Wyndham, the Chief
Secretary for Ireland, and other prominent mem-
bers of the Government and the party unreserv-
edly admitted that the Catholics of Ireland are
entitled to have a university. It was needless
to point out the injustice and wrong of the exist-
ing state of things, as it was universally ad-
mitted. But the Irish were informed that they
could not expect the Government to provide a
remedy because many English and Scotch mem-
bers considered that a question of religion was
involved. It was a question of religion when it
was decided to banish the teaching of Chris-
tianity from the Gordon College in Khartoum,
but then British members of Parliament have no
active dislike to Mohammedanism, and they both
dislike and fear Catholicism. They could see
the folly of opening a college in the Soudan and
offering Mohammedans education upon terms
which their religion made it impossible for them
to accept. But to do as much for the Catholics
of Ireland was held to be out of the question.
The majority of the people of Ireland are to be
permanently shut out from all the advantages
of higher education because British Protestants,
who are not concerned, object to their having a
college which shall be Catholic in the sense and
to the extent that Trinity College is Protestant.
3.1 r. Wyndham, in denying this admittedly just
demand, brought his shameful and humiliating
confession to a close by declaring again that the
question should be settled, but went on to argue
that in his opinion it must wait for settlement
until there was "a general agreement in Ireland."
The only people concerned, the Catholics of Ire-
land, the overwhelming majority of the nation,
were agreed already. So it came to this, that
as long as the wretched and contemptible Orange
body exists in the northeast corner of Ireland
the Catholics of the country must be content to
go without higher education and ask in vain
for rights which are conceded without a murmur
to the Mohammedans of the Soudan.
There are some Irishmen who seem to hold
that the question of university education is the
most important of Irish political questions,
more important even than Home Rule, and that
the Irish party ought to give it foremost place
in their Parliamentary programme. It is diffi-
cult to understand how or why such an opinion
could be seriously entertained by any one famil-
iar with Irish history as relating to education.
The fact is recognized by all reputable writers
on Ireland and her history that a love of learn-
ing has ever been a prominent feature in the
cliaracter of the Irish race. And, as a natural
sequence, stands the further fact, well attested
in history, that at all times while Ireland was
ruled by its own peojile the fostering of educa-
tion and the establishment of educational insti-
tutions, schools, colleges and universities were
made the particular object and care of kin^^s and
Governments in whatsoever form they existed.
Home Rule in Ireland always meant and was
always accompanied by special attention to learn-
ing in all its branches. Even in the pre-Chris-
tian period, when all the rest of Europe was in
a condition of scmi-barbarisin. there was a na-
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285
tional system of education and a national uni-
versity in Ireland. There is no such condi-
tion for the people of Ireland to-day, after
seven centuries of British connection and one
century of British Parliamentary rule, so that
Ireland two thousand years ago under na-
tive government was comparatively better
conditioned in the matter of education than
she has ever been up to the present time
under the rule of England. In those re-
mote days she was as to education in the front
rank among the nations; in modern times, by
British law, her people were reduced to a state
of enforced ignorance; and even now, by that
same law, they are denied the facilities of edu-
cation so fully possessed and enjoyed by the
people in any civilized country in the world.
When Ireland refused to renounce the Catho-
lic faith, the English seized all the Irish colleges
and schools and transferred all the property be-
longing thereto to the Protestant colony of Eng-
lish they had established in Dublin and a few
other Irish towns, and the English Protestant
colony gave the Irish Catholic university and
college property over to the Protestant univer-
sity founded at that time in Dublin, Trinity Col-
lege, which still exists and flourishes mainly on
the proceeds of the confiscated property of Irish
Catholics which it then received. Recently a
royal commission was appointed by the British
Crown to inquire into university education in
Ireland, one of the members of it being Most
Reverend Dr. Healy, the present Archbishop of
Tuam, then Bishop of Clonfert. Among the wit-
nesses examined was Rev. Dr. Mahaffy, a Fel-
low of Trinity College, and here are a question
and answer from the report of the evidence,
the question being put by Bishop Healy and the
answer given by Dr. Mahaffy :
"If the (Catholic) schools in Ireland which
existed north, south, east and west at that time
(the time of the Reformation) were destroyed
by a process of confiscation, and if the funds, as
I think you must admit they were, were absorbed
by the Government, and to a very considerable
extent the lands which supported those monas-
tic schools were given to Trinity College and are
held by Trinity College to this day — if that be
so, is it an unreasonable thing for the Catholic
majority to say: 'Seeing that you have got so
much of what belonged to us in the past, is it
not reasonable that you should rather unite with
us in giving us some conpensation for all that by
way of an endowment now ?' "
"I will not disagree with you." The distin-
guished witness could not disagree with him
as to the facts stated, but he was opposed, as
was the college he represented, to the claim of
the Catholics — a claim not for compensation or
restitution of the Catholic property confiscated
three centuries ago and now held by Trinity
College, but for rights and facilities for the
Catholic majority in the matter of university
education equal to those possessed and enjoyed
by the Protestant minority. That is the reason-
able claim of the Catholics of Ireland, and how
long have they been making it and been met with
a refusal? For more than half a century in
recent times. Under rule by the Parliament of
England, the Catholics of Ireland have been and
are totally excluded from university education,
except they consent to receive it in a Protestant
institution exclusively under Protestant manage-
ment and teaching. More than once since Brit-
ish rule began the Catholics of Ireland have
tried to found a university of their own. A
noteworthy effort and what became of it is thus
related by the Protestant historian Lecky in his
"History of England in the Eighteenth Cen-
tury" :
"Trinity College had been founded by Eliza-
beth for the support of Protestantism, and as
no students were admitted without taking the
oath of supremacy (declaring the king of Eng-
land to be head of the Church as well as of the
State), the Catholics had established an educa-
tional institution of their own. They had also
erected churches and monasteries in Dublin, and
in one of them the Carmelite monks officiated
in their robes. The (Protestant) Archbishop of
Dublin and the chief magistrate of the city in-
vaded this church at the head of a party of sol-
diers and tried to disperse the congregation.
.\n angry scuffle ensued, stones were thrown and
the Protestants were compelled to retire. The
English Council at once issued an order confis-
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eating for the king's use fifteen (Catholic) re-
ligious houses, and also the new college which
the Catholics had founded, and handed over the
latter to its Protestant rival (Trinity College)."
From that day to this there has been a "uni-
versity question" in Ireland, the English rulers
of the country refusing to permit the Catholic
Irish people to have any university education
except of the Protestant kind — the kind estab-
lished and conducted in the most anti-Catholic
spirit, and with the object of exterminating
Catholicity in Ireland. Prime Minister Balfour
dared not to propose the concession of this meas-
ure of Catholic rights in the British Parliament
because of the certainty of opposition of the ma-
jority in England. He himself strongl)' favored
the Catholic demand, as he felt obliged to recog-
nize its justice. In a public letter, in 1899, ad-
dressed to one of his constituents in Manchester
he thus dealt with the Protestant contention that
Irish Catholics ought to be satisfied with Trinity
College, which, of course, is always "open" to
them:
"The vast majority of students in that great
university are Protestants. Protestant services
are exclusively performed in its chapel. The
whole of its teaching stafif is Protestant, and the
eminent theologian who is at its head is distin-
guished ^s a brilliant Protestant champion in
the controversy between Protestantism and
Rome. Now imagine a university of which this
was an accurate description, with the single
change that wherever the word 'Protestant' oc-
curred the words 'Roman Catholic' were put in
its place, would you willingly send there any
Protestant youth for whose education you were
responsible? For myself, I answer the question
unhesitatingly in the negative. Perhaps I am
bigoted, but if so I feel assured there are many
Protestant parents to be found not less bigoted
than I, and to them, at least, I confidently ap-
peal, not condemn others for doing what they
under like circumstances would do themselves."
But Mr. Balfour's appeal was in vain. Pro-
testant bigotry in England has been and con-
tinues to be too strong for him and those who
like him are willing to concede redress to some
extent of tlie educational wrong inflicted on the
Catholic Irish people. That it is a wrong, griev-
ous and material, all except the most intolerant
enemies of the Catholic Church are obliged to
admit. ]\Ir. Gerald Balfour, brother of the
Prime Minister and Chief Secretary for Ireland,
stated in the House of Commons that he was
most anxious to appoint Catholics to positions
of trust and responsibility in connection with the
Irish Government service, but that few of them
were sufficiently educated for such appointments.
It is, perhaps, no loss to Ireland that Irishmen
are not appointed to British Government offices,
but Mr. Balfour's statement is noteworthy as il-
lustrating the outrage on Catholic Ireland, dem-
onstrated by the fact that through the want of
opportunities of university training Irish Cath-
olic youth are unable to acquire the necessary
qualifications for such advancement in life as a
good education would open to them in business
or professional avocations. Will the grievance
ever be adequately redressed by the British Par-
liament? Those who believe that it will or can
should be prepared to satisfactorily answer an-
other question — what Irish grievance has ever
been adequately redressed by the British Par-
liament? Not one of the various Irish bills or
acts passed in London since the union was any-
thing more than a mere tinkering with the ques-
tion involved — a very partial and imperfect
remedying of the evil to be dealt with. Catholic
emancipation, which it took thirty years of agi-
tation to wrench from England, was not eman-
cipation in any general sense. The Catholics
of Ireland are not yet emancipated, the best
proof of which is to be found in the status of
university education. The several bills for Ire-
land introduced and passed in the British Par-
liament by Mr. Gladstone — the Church Dises-
tablishment Act, the land acts — were all very
much short of what justice demanded. The
plundering alien church that had for three cen-
turies been living on confiscated Catholic prop-
erty and on an annual tax levied on the Irish
Catholic people was permitted by the disestab-
lishment and "disendowment" to retire with over
forty million dollars' compensation for being
stopped in its long career of annual plunder.
The Gladstone land acts were so imperfect and
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287
inadequate tliat another great league and an-
other great agitation were found necessary to
force the British I'arhament further in the direc-
tion of bringing to a close the system of spolia-
tion of the Irish people by the system of land-
lordism imposed on Ireland by England. What
is the moral of all this in relation to university
education for Ireland, and the lesson for those
who would make it a paramount subject, on a
level with that of self-government? That the
question never can and never will be settled in
the British Parliament in a manner just and satis-
factory to the Irish Catholic people. The bigoted
element of England, "the predominant partner,"
and the Orange ascendancy faction in Ulster will
never consent that the Catholic masses in Ireland
shall have, as they ought to have, full control
over university education as it concerns and af-
fects themselves in their own country. Only in
an Irish Parliament can this justice for the Irish
majority be obtained, and hence the true and wise
and patriotic policy for the Irish to pursue is
Home Rule first, and, that achieved, everything
else needed for the national prosperity and hap-
piness will necessarily follow.
In May, 190-1, a motion was introduced in
Parliament by the Irish party for a repeal of the
Perpetual Coercion Act passed for Ireland in
1887, the year of the celebration of Queen Vic-
toria's golden jubilee. The motion was, of
course, rejected. Never for one hour since the
union have the Irish had the rights of the Brit-
ish Constitution. British rule they have had, but
the British Constitution never. There have been
coercion acts for every year since the union, and
each one has deprived them in some shape or
form of one or other of their constitutional
rights. The Irish leader, Mr. John Redmond,
did not hesitate to declare in Parliament on the
the occasion "that a law which deprives the peo-
ple of the right of trial by jury is a law the
existence of which would justify armed rebellion
against the Government, and if the Irish people
had the means of rebellion against the existence
of this law it would be their duty to rebel."
And at the very moment when the Irish mo-
tion for the repeal of a system which is a denial
and a suppression of the primary and funda-
mental essentials of free government, as under-
stood anywhere in civilized countries, was being
discussed in the House of Commons, King Ed-
ward VH. and his queen were on a friendly
visit to Ireland— the king in Ireland claiming tiie
loyalty of the Irish and at the same time his
Government declaring in I'arliament that Ire-
land must forever be ruled by coercion. Such
is the situation as regards Ireland under British
rule in the Twentieth Century. Hence the issue
for Ireland at the next electoral battle will be
Coercion Forever versus Home Rule; and al-
ready the pros])ccts are brighter for Irish vic-
tory than they have been at any time for more
than a century.
In the early nineties a movement for the re-
vival of the Irish language was inaugurated,
which resulted in the establishment of an or-
ganization for that purjjose, the Gaelic League.
Its most promising feature was that it was
somewhat spontaneous in its character, and ac-
cordingly spread without artificial or extraor-
dinary efl^ort. The condition of the public mind
was such, after the years of political agitation
and the consequent nationalizing influences at
work, that an appeal for the revival and preser-
vation of Ireland's ancient tongue was enthusi-
astically welcomed by all classes. For a half
century previously the use of the language had
steadily declined, and it seemed as if one or two
more generations would behold it numbered amid
the memories of the past.
The causes of the decay of the national lan-
guage were manifold. At the beginning of the
Nineteenth Century it was still almost exclu-
sively the spoken tongue of the whole Irish
people. The speeches of Grattan, Curran and
their colleagues would not have been understood
by nine-tenths of their countrymen. The na-
tional movement of the Grattan era and the
debates in the Irish Parliament of that period
served largely to diffuse the English language
among the more educated class of the Irish
population, and as a natural consequence the
native tongue was relegated to the second place,
and among the masses of the people began to
be neglected and regarded as a mark of social
inferioritv. The introduction of the so-called
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National School system into Ireland had also
a powerful influence on the substitution of ihe
alien for the native speech. That system, the
idea and fabric of the Protestant Archbishop
Whatley, of Dublin, was artfully designed for
the denationalization of the youth of Ireland and
the conversion of the nation into a west Brit-
ish province. It failed of its object and proved,
despite the intention of its founders, an inesti-
mable boon to the Irish people. It enabled the
masses, who had hitherto been held in a condi-
tion of enforced ignorance, to read, and once
the channels to knowledge are thrown open they
will seek the sources that interest them most.
But the effect of the National Schools on the
Irish language was markedly injurious. That
language was rigorously excluded from the
schools, though in many localities the children
in attendance could not understand a word of
English. But in the course of time, in most parts
of the country, through the influence of the
school system, the English language gradually
took the place of the Irish as the spoken lan-
guage of the home, and the language of St.
Patrick was even banished from the altar and the
pulpit to make way for the speech of the in-
vader. As a climax to this condition of things,
in the middle of the last century came the great
famine, one of the most terrible tragedies that
ever befel the Irish people.. 'Phere was more
than twice a sufficient amount of food in the
island to support the population — the product of
Irish toil — but the landlords appropriated it, and
the English ate it. Through death and emigra-
tion, the population was in a few years reduced
by over three millions. The weight of the
famine fell chiefly in those portions of the isl-
and where the Irish tongue was exclusively or
very generally spoken. For more than a gener-
ation afterward it was feared that the Irish lan-
guage was doomed to extinction as a form of
living speech. Then it was that the science of
Comparative Philology called attention to its im-
portance as a link in the Aryan system of speech,
to its grandeur, its ancient literature, its great
poetic productions, rriany centuries ago, and then
arose the spontaneous movement among the
Irish people all the world over for the preser-
vation of their ancient tongue. At the begin-
ning of the revival about seven hundred thou-
sand persons in Ireland, or over one-sixth of
the inhabitants, already spoke and understood
the Irish language ; and as it is now being gener-
ally taught in the parochial and elementary
schools and the institutions of higher education,
it will in the relatively near future become gener-
ally diffused throughout the island. In a short
time hundreds of thousands of books and pam-
phlets were yearly published in Irish, an Irish
theater was established, and within a generation
Ireland will be a bilingual nation. The result
cannot be overestimated. Any language is a
precious inheritance ; it is the golden deposit
that the streams of thought have through ages
been carrying down to a people from the moun-
tains of the past; and leading European philolo-
gists of the present day, as well as days of past,
have agreed in acknowledging that in the case
of the Celtic race the language which is their
inheritance is many times richer than the lan-
guage of most peoples of our time.
The exigencies of commerce will hold the
English language in Ireland, but the possession
of the beautiful olden tongue as the language of
the home, and the intellectualizing and spiritual-
izing influence which it will exert over the peo-
ple will re-establish amongst them the old traits
and the old customs that were passing, or haply
had passed, and will re-establish for them the
old ideals that were going or gone, and thus
counterbalance the materialistic tendencies which
the language of commerce must impose upon
any people.
There is a general desire among the leaders
of thought in Ireland to check the emigration of
the people from that country. They know that
Ireland under fair conditions can support a much
larger population than she now holds — three or
even four times her present population, and
then not be so densely peopled as many prosper-
ous countries of Europe, such as Belgium or
Saxony. Ireland has been drained of its best
blood through emigration.
In addition to certain tendencies and impulses
of nature which are an undoubted inheritance
of the Celtic race, impelling them to seek ad-
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venture and change, numberless circumstances
in the condition of Ireland urge people to yield
to this propensity rather than overcome it.
Foremost among them is the perpetual appeal
coming from the men and women who left Ire-
land in the days of the crowbar brigade, and
who think that no temporal good can be hoped
for in the land of misery they knew in their
infancy and youth. No matter how many emi-
grants may have succumbed in the struggle for
existence, great numbers have survived and
have succeeded in almost every line of human
endeavor in acquiring a competence for them-
selves. Mindful now of the claims of love and
kinship, they call to their side the sons and
daughters of those who were nearest and dear-
est to them, often providing situations for them
in advance, and aiding them in many ways to
start on the journey of life in a strenuous but
free country. From 1851 to 1903, according to
a British Parliamentary return, issued in the
last-named year, nearly 4,000,000 Irish men,
women and children have emigrated, a number
more than eighty-eight per cent, of the present
population of Ireland, and being about seventy-
four per cent, of the average population of that
island in the previous fifty years. During the
five census periods included in the return the
population of Ireland has shrunk from 6,5.52,-
385 to 4,458,775, a loss of 2,093,610. The emi-
gration, therefore, absorbed all the natural ex-
cess of births over deaths during the fifty years,
and took about as many more from those left.
In the same period the population of Scotland
increased 1,583,361, while the population of
England and Wales increased 14,600,334. No
more condemning an indictment was ever made
against a system of government than is con-
tained in these figures against English rule in
Ireland. During the last year (1903) more than
40,000 emigrants left Ireland, and of these
eighty per cent, were between the ages of eigh-
teen and thirty. Over ninety-seven per cent, of
those who leave Ireland come to the United
States, although the benign British Government
offers free passage to several of the colonies of
the empire. Apart from the loss of the brain
and muscle that these young people represent,
a competent authority, Rev. T. A. Finlay, a
leader in the movement for the revival of Irish
industries, figures it out that the loss of this
many of the population represents a yearly finan-
cial drain of $30,000,000 out of Ireland.
In 1903 the Anti-Emigration Society was
established and a vigorous movement inaugu-
rated to stem the tide of emigration from Ire-
land by means of the industrial revival, which
is establishing many factories of various kinds.
The people understand that the beautiful and
fertile island cannot hope to make much pro-
gress while its people rely on agriculture mainly.
The competition from other parts of luirope and
from America is too great. It is seen that the
resources of Ireland in minerals and material
for manufacture, and these are abundant, must
be developed if the Irish are to remain in the
cradle of the race. That this can be done under
the sway of a Government which has never ex-
hibited any interest in the welfare of the Irish
people is doubtful, and that the tide of emigra-
tion can be stemmed, while the Irish heart's de-
sire for democratic institutions is unsatisfied, is
also problematical. And although employment is
becoming more and more plentiful in Ireland,
and wages of common labor have doubled within
the last decade, and old industries are growing
and new ones springing up, so that Ireland is
now in a more prosperous condition than at any
time since the unfortunate union, yet the foster-
ing care of a domestic Government which would
be solicitous for the interests of Ireland is the
only effective means of stopping the exodus.
Miserable attempts at makeshift land legislation
by the British Government have not helped Ire-
land in the least degree in the past, and the last
land act seems thus far to have been as ineffec-
tive in this direction as former measures. Until
the affairs of Ireland are in the hands of its
own people it is to be expected that the young
and active and ambitious among her people will
continue to seek the shores of America.
VALEDICTORY.
Dear Young Fellow Countrymex : The
storj' of our country, which I have endeavored
to narrate for vour instruction and entertain-
290
THE STORY OF IRELAND.
ment, terminates here — for the present. Time
as it rolls onward will always be adding to its
chapters.
The lesson which "The Story of Ireland"
teaches is Hope, Faith, Confidence in God. Trac-
ing the struggles of the Irish people, one finds
himself overpowered by the conviction that an
all-wise Providence has sustained and preserved
them as a nation for a great purpose, for a glo-
rious destiny.
My task is done, and now I bid farewell to
my young friends who have followed my story-
telling so far. I trust I have not failed in the
purpose, and shall not be disappointed in the
hopes which impelled me to this labor of love.
God save Ireland!
ROBERT EMMETT.
ROBERT EMMET.
Dying Speech of the Gkeat Patriot of '98 — "Words that will Ever Thrill the Hearts of Freemen.
"Not in Power, Not in Profit, but in the Glory of the Achievement," his Only Ambition.
What have I to say why sentence of death should
not be pronounced on me, according to law?
I have nothing to say which can alter your jirede-
termination, nor that it becomes me to say with
any view to the mitigation of that sentence which
you are here to pronounce, and by which I must
abide. But I have that to say which interests
me more than life, and which you have labored,
as was necessarily your office in the present cir-
cumstances of this oppressed country, to destroy.
I have much to say why my reputation should
be rescued from the load of false accusation and
calumny which has been heaped upon it. I do
not imagine that, seated where you are, your
minds can be so free from impurity as to receive
the least impression from what I am about to
utter. I have no hope that I can anchor my
character in the breast of a court constituted and
trammeled as this is. I onlj' wish, and it is the
utmost I expect, that your lordships may suffer it
to float down your memories untainted by the
foul breath of prejudice, until it finds soma more
hospitable harbor to shelter it from the rude
storm by which it is at present buffeted. Were
I only to suffer death, after being adjudged
guilty by your tribunal, I should bow in silence,
and meet the fate that awaits me without a mur-
mur; but the sentence of the law which delivers
my body to the executioner will, through the
ministry of the law, labor in its own vindication
to consign my character to obloquy, for there
must be guilt somewhere^ — whether in the sen-
tence of the court, or in the catastrophe, poster-
ity must determine. A man in my situation, my
lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties
of fortune and the force of power over minds
which it has corrupted or subjugated, but the
difficulties of established prejudice. The man
dies, but his memory lives. That mine may not
perish, that it may live in the respect of my
countrymen, I seize upon this opportunity to
vindicate myself from some of thj charges
alleged against me. When my spirit shall be
wafted to a more friendly port — when my shade
shall have joined the bands of those martyred
heroes who have shed their blood on the scaffold
and in the fields in defense of their country and
of virtue, this is my hope — I wish that my mem-
ory and name may animate those who survive me
while I look down with complacency on the
destruction of that perfidious government which
upholds its domination by blasphemy of the
Most High ; which displays its power over man, as
over the beasts of thefore-st; which sets man upon
his brother, and lifts his hand, in the name of
God, against the throat of his fellow who be-
lieves or doubts a little more or a little less than
the government standard — a government which
is steeled to barbai'ity by the cries of the orphans
and the tears of the widows which it has made.
Lord Norbury: "The weak and wicked enthu-
siasts who feel as you feel are unequal to the ac-
complishment of their wild designs."
I appeal to the immaculate God — I swear by
the Throne of Heaven before which I must
shortly appear — by the blood of the murdered
patriots who have gone before me — that my con-
duct has been, through all this peril, and through
all my purposes, governed only by the convic-
tions which I have uttered, and by no other view
than that of the emancipation of my country
from the superinhumau oppression under which
she has so long and too patiently travailed ; and
I confidently and assuredly hope that, wild and
chimerical as it may appear, there is still union
and strength in Ireland to accomplish this
noblest enterprise. Of this I speak with the
confidence of intimate knowledge and with the
consolation that appertains to that confidence.
ROBERT EMMET.
Think not, my lords, that I say this for the petty
gratification of giving you a transitory uneasi-
ness. A man who never yet raised his voice to
utter a lie will not hazard his character with
posterity by asserting a falsehood on a subject so
important to his country and on an occasion like
this. Yes, my lords, a man who does not wish
to have his epitaph written until his country is
liberated will not leave a weapon in the power of
envy nor a pretense to impeach the probity which
he means to preserve, even in the grave to which
tyranny consigns him.
LordNorbury: "You proceed to unwarrant-
able lengths in order to exasperate or delude the
unwary, and circulate opinions of the most dan-
gerous tendency for purposes of mischief."
Again I say that what I have spoken was not
intended for your lordship, whose situation I
commiserate rather than envy ; my expressions
were for my countrymen. If there is a true
Irishman present, let my last words cheer him in
the hour of his affliction —
Lord Norbury: "What you have hitherto said
confirms and justifies the verdict of the jury."
I have always understood it to be the duty of
a judge, when a prisoner has been convicted, to
pronounce the sentence of the law. I have un-
derstood that judges sometimes think it their
duty to hear with patience, and to speak with
humanity ; to exhort the victim of the laws, and
to offer, with tender benignity, their opinions of
the motives by which he was actuated in the
crime of which he was adjudged guilty. That a
judge has thought it his duty so to have done, I
have no doubt; but v. here is that boasted free-
dom of your institutions — where is the vaunted
impartiality, clemency, and mildness of your
courts of justice, if an unfortunate prisoner, whom
your policy, and not justice, is about to deliver
into the hands of the executioner, is not suffered
to exjilain his motives sincerely and truly, and
to vindicate the principles by which he was
actuated? My lords, it may be a part of the
system of angry justice to bow a man's mind by
humiliation to the purposed ignominy of the
Bcafiold ; but worse to me than the iiurposed
Bbame of the scaffold's terror would be the shame
of such foul and unfounded imputations as have
been laid against me in this court. You, my
lord, are a judge; I am the supposed culprit. I
am a man; you are a man also. By a revolution
of power we might change places, though w©
never could change characters. If I stand at the
bar of this court and dare not vindicate my char-
acter, what a farce is your justice? If I stand at
this bar and dare not vindicate my character, how
dare you calumniate it? Does the sentence of
death, which your unhallowed policy inflicts
upon my body, also condemn my tongue to
silence and my reputation to reproach? If our
executioner may abridge the period of my exist-
ence, but while I exist I shall not forbear to vin-
dicate my character and motives from your asper-
sions; as a man to whom fame is dearer than life
I will make the last use of that life in doing jus-
tice to that reputation which is to live after me,
and which is the only legacy I can leave to those
I honor and love, and for whom I am proud to
perish. As men, my lord, we must appear on
the great day at one common tribunal, and it will
then remain for the Searcher of all hearts to
show a collective universe who was engaged in
the most virtuous actions or actuated by the
purest motives — my country's oppressor, or —
Lord Norbury : "Stop, sir! Listen to the sen-
tence of the law."
My lord, shall a dying man be denied the
legal privilege of exculpating himself in the eyes
of the community from an undeserved reproach
thrown upon him during his trial, by charging
him with ambition, and attempting to cast away,
for a paltry consideration, the liberties of his
country? Why did your lordship insult me?
Or rather, why insult justice in demanding of me
why sentence of death should not be pronounced?
I know, my lord, that form prescribes that you
should ask the question. The form also presumes
the right of answering. This, no doubt, may be
dispensed with, and so might the whole cere-
mony of the trial, since the sentence was already
pronounced at the Castle before your jury were
impaneled. Your lordships are but the priests
of the oracle. I submit to the sacrifice, but 1
insist on the whole of the forms.
Lord Norbury: "You may proceed, sir. "
I am charged with being an erois8a:•^ ot fr,,!,.-*
KOBERT EMMET.
An emissary of France! And for wLat end?
It is alleged that I wished to sell the independ-
ence of my countrymen; and for what end?
Was this the object of my ambition? And is this
the mode by which a tribunal of justice reconciles
contradictions? No; I am no emissary. My
ambition was to hold a place among the deliver-
ers of my country — not in power, not in profit,
but in the glory of the achievement. Sell my
country's independence to France! And for
what? A change of masters? No; but for my
ambition. Oh, my country! was it personal
ambition that influenced me, had it been the soul
of my actions, could it not, by my education and
fortune, by the rank of my family, have placed
myself among the proudest of your oppressors?
My country was my idol. To it I sacrificed
every selfish, every endearing sentiment; and
for it I now offer myself, O God ! No, my lords ;
I acted as an Irishman, determined on delivering
my country from the yoke of a foreign and unre-
lenting tyrann.v, and from the more galling yoke
of a domestic faction, its joint partner and per-
petrator in the patricide, whose reward is the
ignominy existing with an exterior of splendor
and a consciousness of depravity. It was the
wish of my heart to extricate my country from
this doublj'-riveted despotism — I wished to place
her independence beyond the reach of any power
on earth. I wished to exalt her to that proud
station in the world which Providence had des-
tined her to fill. Connection with France was,
indeed, intended, but only so far as mutual in-
terest would sanction or require. Were the
French to assume any authority inconsistent
with the purest independence it would be the
signal for their destruction. We sought their
aid — and we sought it as we had assurance we
could obtain it — as auxiliaries in war and allies
in peace. Were the French to come as invaders
or enemies, uninvited by the wishes of the
people, I should oppose them to the utmost of
iny strength. Yes! my countrymen, I should
advise you to meet them on the beach with a
sword in one hand and a torch in the other. I
would meet them with all the destructive fury of
war, and I would animate my countrymen to
immolate them in their boats before they had
contaminated the soil of my counti\y. If they
succeeded in landing, and if forced to retire
before superior discipline, I would dispute every
inch of ground, raze every house, burn every
blade of grass; the lust spot on which the hope
of freedom should desert me, there would I hold,
and the last intrenchment of liberty should be
m.v grave. What I could not do myself in my
fall, I should leave as a last charge to my coun-
trymen to accomplish ; because I should feel con-
scious that life, any more than death, is dishon-
orable when a foreign nation holds my country
in subjection. But it was not as an enemy that
the succors of France were to laud. I looked,
indeed, for the assistance of France ; I wished to
prove to France and to the world that Irishmen
deserve to be assisted — that they were indignant
at slavery, and ready to assert the independence
and liberty of their country ; I wished to procure
for my country the guarantee which Washington
procured for America — to procure aid which, bv
its example, would be as important as its valor;
disciplined, gallant, pregnant with science and
experience; that of allies who would perceive the
good and polish the rough points of our char-
acter. They would come to us as strangers, and
leave us as friends, after sharing in our trials
and elevating our destiny. These were my ob-
jects; not to receive new taskmasters, but to ex-
pel old tyrants. And it was for these ends I
sought aid from France ; because France, even as
an enemy, could not be more implacable than the
enemy already in the bosom of mj' country.
Lord Norbury: "I exhort you not to depart
this life with such sentiments of rooted hostility
to your country as those which you have
expressed."
Let no man dare, when I am dead, to charge
me with dishonor ; let no man attaint my memory
by believing that I could have engaged in any
cause but that of my country's liberty and inde-
pendence ; or that I could have become the pliant
minion of power in the oppression and misery of
my countrymen. The proclamation of the Pro-
visional Government speaks my views, no infer-
ence can be tortured from it to countenance bar-
barity or debasement at home, or objection,
humiliation or treachery from abroad. I would
not have submitted to a foreign oppressor for the
same reason that I would resist the domestic
tyrant. In the dignity of freedom I would have
ROBERT EMMET.
fought upon the threshold of my country, and
its enemy should only enter by passing over my
lifeless corpse. And am I, who lived but for my
country, who have subjected myself to the dan-
gers of the jealous and watchful oppressor, and
aow the bondage of the grave, only to give my
countrymen their rights and my country her
independence — am I to be loaded with calumny
and not suffered to resent it? No; God forbid!
Here Lord Norbury told Mr. Emmet that his
sentiments and language disgraced his family
and his education, but more particularly his
father. Dr. Emmet, who was a man, if alive, that
would not countenance such opinions. To which
Mr. Emmet replied :
If the spirits of the illustrious dead participate
in tue concerns and cares of those who were
dear to them in this transitory life, O ! ever dear
and venerated shade of my departed father, look
down with scrutiny upon the conduct of your
suffering son, and see if I have, even for a
moment, deviated from those principles of moral-
ity and patriotism which it was your care to
insHl into my youthful mind, and foi which I am
now about to offer up my life. My lords, you
seem impatient for the sacrifice. The blood for
which you thirst is not congealed by the arti-
ficial terrors which surround your victim (the
soldiery filled and surrounded the Sessions
House) — it circulates warmly and unruffled
through the channels which God created for
noble purposes, but which you are now bent to
destroj', for purposes so grievous that they cry
to heaven. Be yet patient! I have but a few
more words to say. I am going to my cold and
silent grave; my lamp of life is nearly extin-
guished ; my race is run ; the grave is open to
receive me, and I sink into its bosom. I have
but one request to ask at my departure from this
world ; it is — the charity of its silence. Let no
man write my epitaph ; for as no man who knows
my motives dare now vindicate them, let them
an»d me rest in obscurity and peace, and my
name remain uninscribed until other times and
other men can do justice to my character. When
my country takes her place among the nations of
the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph
be written. I have doae.
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