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HISTORY   OF   SLIGO, 

COUNTY   AND    TOWN, 


FROM    THE 


ACCESSION  OF  JAMES  I.  TO  THE  REVOLUTION  OF  1688, 


WITH 


Illustrations  from  ©rtginal  Draftings  anlr 


BY 

W.    G.    WOOD-MARTIN, 

LT.-COL.,  SLIGO    ARTILLERY. 

AUTHOR   OF 

"  The  Lake  Dwellings  of  Ireland ;" 
''  The  Rude  Stone  Monuments  of  Ireland  (County  Sligo) , 


'  Shall  we  tread  the  dust  of  ages, 

Musing  dream-like  on  the  past, 
Seeking  on  the  broad  earth's  pages 
For  the  shadows  Time  hath  cast." 


DUBLIN: 

HODGES,  FIGGIS,  AND  CO.,  GEAFTON  STREET. 

MDCCCLXXXIX. 

[ALL   RIGHTS    RESERVED.} 


PREFACE. 


|N  a  former  publication  the  writer  has  related  the 
"  History  of  Sligo,  County  and  Town,  from  the 
earliest  ages  to  the  close  of  the  reign  of  Queen 
Elizabeth,"  and  the  present  volume  takes  up  the 
narration  from  the  accession  of  James  I.  to  that  of  William 
and  Mary.  The  information  contained  in  Chapter  xvi. — as 
connected  with  the  stirring  events  which  occurred  in  and  around 
Sligo  during  the  Ee volution  of  1688 — is  in  great  part  re-pro- 
duced from  a  previous  account  given  by  the  same  writer  in 
"  Sligo  and  the  Enniskilleners." 

During  this  struggle,  the  strange  recapture  of  the  town  of 
Sligo  by  Grore  (pp.  119-121)  is  one  of  the  most  interesting 
episodes  that  occurred  in  Sligo ;  and  the  account  of  it  does  not 
rest  on  the  authority  of  Hamilton  alone,  for  in  the  Macance 
Excidium,  edited  by  O'Callaghan,  it  is  stated  that  "  Sarsfield, 
a  young  captain,  beloved  of  the  soldiers,  commanding  at  that 
time  some  troops  about  Sligo,  to  defend  this  part  of  Connaught 
from  incursions  from  Ulster,  upon  the  first  notice  of  this  over- 
throw (Newtown-Butler)  quitted  Sligo,  and  never  rested  until 
he  marched  along  to  Athlone,  leaving  the  province  of  Con- 
naught  exposed  to  the  enemy."  A  writer  of  the  same  school 
— the  author  of  "The  "Williamite  and  Jacobite  Wars" — also 
remarks  that  "Sarsfield  appears  to  have  had  some  blame  for  this 

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vi  PREFACE. 

(the  sudden  evacuation  of  Sligo),  but  he  did  not  merit  it.  The 
panic  had  seized  his  men  before  he  was  aware  of  it,  and  left  him 
powerless  and  without  an  army." 

Many  anecdotes  of  this  eventful  time  have  been  omitted,  as 
they  appeared  to  be  based  upon  no  substantial  foundation  of 
fact.  There  is  one — taken  from  "  The  Recollections  of  John 
O'Keeffe" — which  may  be  viewed  as  a  good  example  of  this 
class,  its  tenor  being  altogether  opposed  to  the  generally  ac- 
cepted opinion  of  the  character  of  James  II.  O'Keeffe  states 
that  "in  1765,  at  Sligo,  I  had  seen  John  O'Brien,  who  had 
served  at  the  battle  of  the  Boyne.  He  was  a  fine  old  man,  and 
told  me  many  interesting  and  circumstantial  anecdotes  relative 
to  that  day.  One,  that  a  gunner  told  King  James  that  at  that 
very  precise  moment,  his  gun  was  so  pointed,  he  could  at  a 
twinkle  end  the  dispute  for  the  three  crowns ;  but  James  for- 
bade him,  and  the  nephew  and  son-in-law  were  (?  was)  thus 
saved." 

Reliance  may,  however,  sometimes  be  placed  on  oral  tradi- 
tion, for  it  is  surprising  how,  occasionally,  the  span  of  even  two 
lives  bridge  an  almost  incredible  space  of  time.  A  person  still 
alive  in  the  county  Sligo  was  personally  acquainted  with  one  of 
the  naval  officers  who  sailed  with  Captain  Cook  in  his  voyage  of 
discovery,  1768-1771  ;  and  had  this  officer  and  John  O'Brien, 
the  veteran  of  the  Boyne,  met,  then  the  span  of  direct  oral 
tradition  would  have  been  extended  back  to  1690. 

With  regard  to  the  date  of  the  first  founding  of  St.  John's 
Church,  Sligo  (p.  74),  it  may  be  remarked  that  the  original 
edifice  formed  part  of  the  ancient  possessions  of  the  Abbey  of 
St.  John  the  Baptist,  without  Newgate,  in  the  city  of  Dublin  ; 
that  it  was  demised,  1st  June,  36th  Eliz.,  to  John  Rawson  and 
Henry  Dean,  at  a  rent  of  6s.  8rf.,  Irish ;  whilst  on  the  20th 
June,  in  the  2nd  year  of  James  I.,  "  the  rectory,  church,  or 
chapel,  called  the  rectorie  between  the  two  bridges,"  was 


PREFACE.  Vll 

granted  to  Donat,  Earl  of  Thomond.  Until  the  disestablish- 
ment of  the  Irish  Church,  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  and  the 
Bishop  of  the  Diocese,  were  entitled  to  the  alternate  presenta- 
tion to  the  rectory  of  St.  John's. 

Archbishop  Ussher  was  of  opinion  that  not  to  know  the  past 
was  to  be  always  in  childhood,  and  not  to  be  cognizant  of  prior 
events  is  to  be  blind  to  the  fact  that,  in  most  revolutionary 
movements,  political  and  social,  they  are  the  springs  which, 
though  remote  and  ignored  by  the  casual  observer,  are  still 
driving  the  revolutionary  wheels  with  an  unsuspected  yet  irresis- 
tible power.  In  the  following  pages  the  description  given  of  the 
battle  near  Sligo  in  1645,  at  which  was  captured  the  secret  corres- 
pondence of  Charles  I.  with  the  Irish  Confederates,  will  doubtless 
prove  of  interest ;  the  name  of  the  Archbishop  of  Tuam,  printed 
O'Kelly  (p.  76),  is  frequently  spelled  O'Coyle  or  O'Queely.  In 
Appendix  A  are  set  forth  the  results  of  the  Office  of  Enquiry 
(time  of  Charles  I.)  into  the  estates  of  landed  proprietors  in  the 
years  1633-6.  Instead,  however,  of  being  arranged,  as  in  the 
original,  by  baronies  and  parishes  wherein  several  proprietors 
are  named,  the  Survey  is  here  moulded  into  the  form  of  a  rental 
of  each  landowner  in  the  various  baronies  and  parishes  :  by  this 
mode  it  is  considered  that  a  much  clearer  idea  can  be  attained 
of  the  distribution  and  then  value  of  the  land.  It  is  curious  to 
note  the  relative  position  (in  1633)  of  landlord  and  tenants,  as 
well  as  the  evident  scarcity  of  circulating  coin — rents,  under  the 
name  of  duties,  being  paid  principally  in  kind.  Although 
difficult  to  ascertain  the  comparative  value  of  money  now  and 
at  the  period  of  the  Survey  in  question,  yet  we  may,  perhaps, 
approximate  to  some  understanding  on  the  point,  by  contrast- 
ing the  cost  of  "a  fat  beefe"  in  the  present  day,  and  in  the 
time  of  Charles  I.,  when  the  price  was  set  down  at  twenty 
shillings,  whilst  in  the  time  of  Elizabeth  it  was  but  13s.  4d. 

It  had  been  intended  to  give,  in  its  entirety,  the  portion  of 


PREFACE. 


the  Survey  of  1633-6  relative  to  the  Ecclesiastical  condition  of 
the  county  (p.  19),  and  to  have  added  notes  elucidatory  of  the 
text,  but  it  was  found  that  too  much  space  would  have  been  thus 
occupied,  without  probably  exciting  a  corresponding  degree  of 
general  interest.  An  analysis  of  this  Survey  will  be  seen  from 
pp.  16-30.  One  of  the  most  interesting  topographical  facts 
made  clear  by  this  MS.  is  that  the  "Vicarage  of  Ennagh"  is 
simply  the  Vicarage  of  Ballysadare,  and  the  "  half-parish  of 
Ennagh"  was  that  portion  of  the  parish  of  Ballysadare  situate 
in  the  barony  of  Tirerrill. 

Appendix  B  contains,  printed  in  eztenso,  the  depositions, 
&c.,  concerning  murders  and  robberies  committed  in  the  County 
Sligo,  1641-2.  In  Appendix  C  are  extracts  from  the  Down 
Survey,  together  with  examples  of  Petitions  and  Schedules,  pre- 
sented to  the  Commissioners  for  putting  into  execution  the  Act 
of  Settlement,  as  also  of  the  certificates  granted  to  adventurers 
and  soldiers.  Appendix  D  is  a  precis  of  the  various  re- 
grants  to  proprietors  of  the  County  Sligo  during  the  reign  of 
Charles  II. 

Appendix  Gr  contains  a  short  narrative  of  those  missionary 
tours  of  St.  Patrick  which  are  supposed  to  have  occurred 
within  the  bounds  of  the  present  County  Sligo.  The  extracts 
are  from  the  "Tripartite  Life  of  Patrick,"  as  translated  by 
Whitley  Stokes  ;  and,  according  to  that  authority,  the  date  of 
the  compilation  is  of  the  llth  century.  Although  mixed  up 
with  much  that  is  incredible,  these  stories  may,  nevertheless, 
rest  on  a  substratum  of  fact. 

There  is  also  appended  a  description  (with  illustrations)  of 
the  Crosses  of  Drumcliff,  including  a  small  but  remarkable 
monument  now  in  the  Museum  of  Science  and  Art,  Leinster 
House,  but  believed  to  have  been  originally  erected  at  Druun- 
cliabh-na-g-cros,  or  Drumcliff  of  the  Crosses  ;  and  what  appears 
evidently  to  have  been  the  base  of  this  relic  has  been  recently 


PREFACE.  IX 

discovered  in  the  graveyard  of  that  locality.  The  shaft  of  this 
cross  had  been  many  years  at  Eathcarrick,  where  close  beside 
it  was  placed  a  chair-like  block  of  common  whin-stone — seem- 
ingly a  freak  of  nature,  for  it  was  evidently  unchiselled.  The 
seat  was  lower  than  that  of  an  ordinary  chair,  the  back,  how- 
ever, being  higher  and  narrower.  This  chair  was  stated  to  have 
been,  during  a  long  period,  the  seat  on  which  the  O'Neills  of 
Castlereagh,  near  Belfast,  were  inaugurated.  On  the  downfall 
of  that  family,  in  the  reign  of  James  I.,  the  chair  was  over- 
turned, and  so  remained  until  the  year  1750,  at  which  time  the 
sovereign — as  the  mayor  was  then  designated — of  Belfast 
caused  it  to  be  removed  to  the  Butter-market.  On  the  demoli- 
tion of  the  old  market-place  the  chair  became  mixed  up  with 
other  debris,  and  was  about  to  be  broken  up,  when  it  was 
rescued,  and  subsequently  purchased  and  used  as  a  garden  seat 
by  a  gentleman  of  antiquarian  tastes  in  the  County  Sligo.  Sic 
transit  gloria  mundi. 

It  is  stated  that  seats,  sometimes  of  mere  undressed  stones — 
on  which,  however,  the  impression  of  two  feet  had  been  sculp- 
tured— were  placed  in  elevated  localities  in  every  territory  of 
a  sept.  Spencer  alludes  to  this  custom,  as  also  to  the  mode  of 
election  of  chiefs  and  tanists.  The  best  example  of  the  class  of 
seat  in  question  is  the  well-known  Lia-fail,  or  Stone  of  Destiny. 
Seated  on  it,  the  kings  of  ancient  Erin,  both  in  Christian  and 
pagan  times,  were  crowned.  In  the  9th  century  it  was  sent 
over  to  Scotland  in  order  to  secure  the  then  dynasty  on  the 
throne,  there  being  an  ancient  Celtic  distich  to  the  effect  that 
wherever  this  stone  was  kept  "  the  Scots  shall  reign."  On  it 
the  monarchs  of  Scotland  were  crowned,  until  Edward,  King  of 
England,  carried  it  off  in  1296,  and  placed  it  in  Westminster 
Abbey  under  the  Coronation  Chair,  where  it  still  remains. 

The  writer,  in  conclusion,  begs  to  acknowledge  his  obliga- 
tions to  the  Council  E.I.A.  for  the  use  of  figs.  2,  3,  and  4,  as 


X  PREFACE. 

also  to  the  Keeper  of  the  Coins  and  the  Keeper  of  the  MSS., 
British  Museum,  for  the  assistance  rendered  by  them  in  their 
respective  departments.  The  illustrations  are  nearly  all  from 
the  pencil  of  W.  F.  Wakeman,  reproduced  by  Alfred  Oldham ; 
whilst  the  ground-plan  of  the  Abbey  of  Sligo  is  due  to  the 
kindness  of  C.  B.  Jones,  County  Surveyor,  as  also  most  of  the 
subject-matter  of  the  notes  elucidatory  of  the  same. 

CLEVERAGH,  SLIGO, 

November,  1889. 


CONTENTS 


BOOK    VI. 

CHAP.  PAGE. 

X. — PERIOD   OF  JAMES  I.,          .           . 1 

XI. — PERIOD    OP  CHARLES  I.,     .           . 16 

XII MASSACRE   OF   1641-2, 31 

xm. — HAMILTON'S  ATTACK  ON  SLIGO,  ETC.,        .        .        .        .        .60 

XIT. — BATTLE  OF   SLIGO,   ETC., 75 

XV. — SURVEY  AND   ACT  OF   SETTLEMENT,   ETC., 86 

XVI. — REVOLUTION   OF   1688, 94 


APPENDIX. 

A. — RENTALS  OF  THE  ESTATES  OF  LANDED  PROPRIETORS  OF  THE  COUNTY 

SLIGO  IN   THE  YEARS  1633-6, 141 

B. — DEPOSITIONS   CONCERNING    MURDERS    AND    ROBBERIES    COMMITTED 

IN    THE   COUNTY   OF   SLIGO, 194 

C. — EXTRACT  FROM  THE  DOWN  SURVEY,  COUNTY  SLIGO,  AND  EXAMPLES 
OF  PETITIONS  AND  SCHEDULES  PRESENTED  TO  THB  COMMISSION- 
ERS FOR  PUTTING  INTO  EXECUTION  THE  ACT  OF  SETTLEMENT, 
ETC. ;  ALSO  SPECIMENS  OF  THE  CERTIFICATES  GRANTED  TO  ADVEN- 
TURERS AND  SOLDIERS, 261 

D. — RE-GRANTS  OF  LANDS,   REIGN  OF  CHARLES   II.,      .           .           .           .  270 

E. — ARTICLES  OF   SURRENDER   OF   SLIGO,  1691, 287 

F. — LIST  OF  CLAIMS,  ETC.,    1701, 290 

GK — MISSIONARY   TOURS   OF   ST.   PATRICK  THROUGH   SLIGO,     .           .           .  294 

H. — THE  CROSSES   OF  DRUMCLIFF, 301 

I. — NOTES  ON   SLIGO   ABBEY, 307 

K. — JUSTICES  OF  THE   PEACE,    REIGN    OF   CHARLES  II.,           .           .           .  310 


LIST  OF   ILLUSTRATIONS. 


ASSAULT  UPON  THE  "GREEN  FORT,"  SLIGO,  .           .           •         Frontispiece. 

FIO.    i BIRD'S-EYE  VIEW  OF  CROSS,  STOCKS,  AND  LOCK-UP,       .  Page     6 

2. — ANCIENT  COSTUME  FOUND  ON  THE  BODY  OF  A  MAN,           .  ,,25 

?j        3. — "WILD  IRISHMAN," »       2? 

„  4. — GLIBB  FASHION  OF  WEARING  THE  HAIR,       .        •        •  ,,     27 

„     5.— CREAN'S  CASTLE, »     38 

,,  5A. — SCOLPTURED  STONE  FROM  ARDNAGLASS,       .         .        .  ,,     57 

,,  6. — NEWTOWN  CASTLE,  LOUGH  GILL,           .        .         •        •  ,,     60 

„  7. — EAST  WINDOW  AND  HIGH  ALTAR,  SLIGO  ABBEY,    .        .  ,,     66 

„  8. — CROSS  ON  THE  ALTAR,  SLIGO  ABBEY,      .        .        .        .  ,,68 

,,     9. — STONE  PULPIT,  SLIGO  ABBEY, ,,69 

,,  10. — THE  O'CONOR  MONUMENT,  SLTGO  ABBEY,        .         .         .  ,,     70 

,,  11. — MEMORIAL  SLAB  TO  JORDAN  MAC  CATHRUE,    .         .         .  ,,73 

,,  12. — ST.  JOHN'S  PARISH  CHURCH,  SLIGO,      .        .        .        .  ,,74 

,,  13. — MERCHANT'S  TOKEN  OF  THE  SEVENTEENTH  CENTURY,    .  ,,95 

,,  14. — TOWN  AND  FORTIFICATIONS  OF  SLIGO,  1689,          .        .  ,,   134 

,,  15. — MEDAL  COMMKMORATIVE  OF  THE  REDUCTION  OF  SLIGO, 

1691, ,,139 

,,    16 GREAT  CROSS,  DRUMCLIFF,    .        .                 .        .         .  ,,   300 

,,  17. — REPRESENTATION  OF  A  FROG-LIKE  CREATURE,       .         .  ,,   303 

„    18.— FIGURE  HOLDING  A  CHILD, ,,   303 

,,    19.— "ANGEL  STONE,"  DRUMCLIFF, ,,   303 

,,  20.— CONJECTURED  FRONT  OF  SMALL  CROSS,  ....,,   305 

,,  21. — CONJECTURED  REVERSE  FACE  OP  CROSS,  ,,    306 

,,  22. — EDGE  OF  CROSS,  TO  THE  RIGHT  OF  FIG.  20,    .        .         .  ,,    305 

,,  23. — EDGE  OF  CROSS,  TO  THE  LEFT  OF  FIG.  21,  ,,    306 

,,    24.— PLAN  OF  SLIGO  ABBEY, ,,   307 

,,  25. — CORBEL  ON  SOUTH  WALL,  SLIGO  ABBEY,         .        .        .  ,,   308 

,,  26. — CORBEL  ON  NORTH  WALL,  SLIGO  ABBEY,         .        .        .  ,,   308 

,,  27. — CORBEL  ON  SOUTH  WALL,  BALLYSADARE,  ,,    308 

,,  28. — INTERLACED  ORNAMENT,  SLIGO  ABBEY,         .        ,        .  ,,   308 


BOOK   VI. 


CHAPTERS  X.-XVI. 


CHAP. 

X.  PERIOD  OF  JAMES  THE  FIRST. 

XI.  PERIOD  OF  CHARLES  THE  FIRST. 

XII.  MASSACRE  OF  1641-42. 

XIII.  HAMILTON'S  ATTACK  ON  SLIGO,  ETC. 

XIV.  BATTLE  OF  SLIGO,  ETC. 

XV.  SURVEY  AND  ACT  OF  SETTLEMENT,  ETC. 

XVI.  REVOLUTION  OF  1688. 


HISTORY  OF  SLIGO. 


BOOK    VI. 


CHAPTER  X. 

PERIOD    OF   JAMES   THE    FIRST. 


"  Peaceable  times  are  best  to  live  in,  though  not  so  proper  to  furnish 
materials  for  a  writer." 


T  the  accession  of  James  I.,  March,  1603,  the  struggle 
between  the  Crown  and  the  Irish  septs,  which  had 
lasted  intermittently  for  four  centuries,  was,  for  the 
time,  ended,  and  Ireland  was  at  peace.  This  state 
of  things  rapidly  produced  its  usual  beneficial  results  ; 
trade  and  the  revenue  increased  rapidly.  "  Yea,  in 
all  parts/'  remarks  Fynes  Moryson,  "  the  churl  was 
grown  rich,  and  the  gentleman  and  swordsmen  needy."  The 
improvement  in  the  general  appearance  of  the  country  was 
remarkable  ;  ancient  customs  were  gradually  being  modified,  and 
the  Irish  had  become  attached  to  the  Anglo-Norman  families. 
"  Indeed,  they  had  an  old  prophecy  that  the  day  should  come 
when  the  Irish  Avould  weep  over  Englishmen's  graves.  This 
one  shall  hear  up  and  down  in  every  mouth."1 

Referring  back  to  a  somewhat  earlier  period,  the  following — 
addressed  to  Sir  R.  Walsingham,  Secretary  of  State  in  the  reign 

1  In  1848,  J.  P.  Prendergast,  B.L.,  author  of  The  Crormvellian  Settle- 
ment of  Ireland,  asked  an  old  Connaught  coachman  of  the  Sligo  Mail  if 
he  had  ever  heard  of  this  saying.  "  Yes,"  said  he,  "  and  that  they  would 
dig  them  out  of  their  graves  with  their  nails,  if  they  could  so  get  them 
back." 


2  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

of  Elizabeth— gives  an  interesting  account  of  the  O'Conors  and 
their  sub-chiefs ;  also,  of  the  condition  of  Sligo  about  the 
middle  of  the  sixteenth  century.  This  narrative  of  Sir  Henry 
Sidney's  progress  through  the  north  of  Ireland,  Sligo,  &c.,  is 
taken  from  a  document  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  London.1 
The  date  is  21st  October,  1566  :— 

"  The  xxist  day  we  dislodged  (from  Ballyshannon)  and  marched  by 
Bondroies,  which  is  the  uttermost  bounds  of  all  Tirconnell  and  Ulster, 
the  swift  water  of  Droyes  coming  by  it,  which  divided  Ulster  and  Con- 
naught  This  castle  was  also  offered  unto  me,  whereof  I  took  possession, 
and  left  it  by  consent  and  agreement  of  O'Donell,  as  may  appear  by  the 
indentures  to  Hugh  MacManus,  in  whose  possession  we  found  it.  And 
passing  by  a  part  of  O'Rouark's  country,  and  through  a  part  of  MacGlan- 
nole's  country,  we  encamped  in  Occonor  Sligo's  country  that  night,  where 
Occonor  Sligo  came  unto  us  with  the  Bishop  of  Elphyn,  most  humbly 
offering  service  and  fealty  to  your  Majesty  and  all  courtesy  to  us,  offering 
us  a  hundred  beaves  for  the  relief  of  the  army,  whereof  he  paid  most  part. 
The  xxiind  day  we  passed  the  water  of  Sligo,  and  came  by  the  castle  of 
the  same,  where  he  very  courteously  desired  me  to  enter  into  it,  most 
earnestly  desiring  that  he  might  hold  the  same  of  your  Majesty  and  the 
Crown  Imperial  of  your  Realm.  The  castle  is  fair,  and  is  the  greatest 
of  any  that  we  have  seen  in  any  Irishman's  possession.  It  standeth  upon 
a  good  haven,  and  hath  been  a  great  town,  full  of  Merchants'  houses,  all 
which  are  now  disinhabited  and  in  ruins.  Therein  is  a  large  monastery 
of  White  Friars,  and  a  Bishop's  house.  The  Bishop's  See  is  in  Occonor 
Roe's  country,  called  Elphin .  This  Occonor  Sligo  is  a  man  of  great  lands, 
and  hath  under  him  such  as  count  themselves  lords — namely,  Odowdie ; 
Macdonneaghe,  Tererell  ;  Macdonneagh,  Rescomen  ;  Ogarre  ;  Ohare-boy, 
and  Ohare-riogh.  His  lands,  with  theirs  that  hold  of  him,  are  at  least 
forty  miles  long.  Nevertheless  he  is  challenged  to  hold  the  same  of 
divers  lords — namely,  the  Earl  of  Kildare,  the  Earle  of  Clanrycarde,  and 
O'Donell,  he  confessing  that  he  ought  to  hold  of  one,  but  he  knoweth  not 
certainly  of  whom — the  Earl  of  Kildare  challenging  him  and  his  lands  by 
matter  of  record,  O'Donell  prescribing  continuance  of  possession  for  a 
thousand  years.  The  Earl  of  Clanrycarde  alleging  a  composition  by 
mutual  agreement  between  their  ancestors.  The  rent  demanded  by  each, 
besides  certain  services,  is  360  marks.  But  to  me,  the  Lord  Deputy,  he 
declared  that  he  ought  only  to  hold  it  of  your  Majesty,  which  he  wished 
he  might  do  and  be  defended  from  the  rest,  but  for  that  the  possession  of 
O'Donell  was  not  disproved  nor  discontinued  till  that  very  day,  and  that 
it  was  half-yearly  accustomed  to  be  paid,  and  the  one  half-year  already 
past,  the  other  approaching  at  Candlemas  next.  Considering  the  poverty 


1  Published  in  the  Journal  of  the  Royal  Historical  and  Archaeological 
Association  of  Irelatwi,  Vol.  I.,  4th  Series,  pp.  22,  23. 


PERIOD    OF   JAMES    THE    FIRST.  3 

of  O'Donell,  and  his  willingness  to  bear  cesse  to  the  garrison  now  resident 
in  his  country,  and  for  that  all  the  forenamed  gentlemen  of  O'Donell's 
country  being  present,  together  with  O'Donell,  fearing  least  the  same 
should  be  taken  from  O'Donell,  affirmed  that  if  that  Occonor  Sligo  did 
not  answer  such  rent  to  O'Donell  as  he  ought,  that  they  would  look  to 
enjoy  such  like  privilege  and  only  depend  on  your  Majesty  also,  we 
thought  good  to  order  Occonor  Sligo  to  pay  this  year's  rent,  whereof  half 
was  already  due,  and  to  take  May-day  next  to  judge  to  whom  the  rent 
ought  to  belong.  But  surely  we  do  not  think  that  O'Donell  hath  any  right 
to  it  but  by  usurpation.  We  encamped  in  his  (O'Conor's)  country  three 
nights,  and  at  the  last  place  compounded  the  amity  by  indenture  between 
him  and  O'Donell  together  with  this  order,  and  the  amity  likewise  be- 
tween O'Donell  and  MacGlannoge.  The  xxiii  day  we  departed  out  of  his 
country,  and  passed  through  the  Hardesto  Mountain,1  and  the  fowlest 
place  that  ever  we  passed  in  Ireland,  and  came  into  MacDermott's 
country,  in  the  entry  whereof  standeth  an  abbey  of  your  Highness  called 
Aboyle." 

If  the  scenery  of  the  County  Sligo  at  that  period  had  been 
pourtrayed  on  canvas,  its  wild  and  uncultivated  appearance 
would  contrast  unfavourably  with  the  now  well-cultivated,  charm- 
ing landscape.  Natural  forests  still  covered  a  portion  of  the 
country,  though  they  were  then  fast  disappearing  from  indis- 
criminate waste;  the  wood  was  used  for  fuel,  for  charcoal,  for 
exportation,  but  principally  for  the  smelting  of  iron  ore.  The 
Tireragh  and  Leyny  Mountains  were,  to  a  great  extent,  yet 
tree-clad,  as  also  the  valley  and  mountain-sides  extending  from 
Lough  Gill  to  Ballintogher,  where,  but  for  the  grazing  of  cattle, 
the  indigenous  forest  would  again  rise.  In  1633  the  townland 
of  "  Casheloer,"  in  this  locality,  had  "  some  wood,  but  had 
much  more,  it  is  dayley  wasted  by  sale  to  Sligoe,"  whilst  in  the 
townland  of  "  Corray,"  closely  adjoining,  "  a  great  scope  of 

woode is  lately  wasted,  being  by  them  [the  tenants] 

soulde  to  Sligo." 

In  a  curious  map  of  the  county,  dated  1609,  the  valley  of 
Glencar  and  the  slopes  of  Benbulbin,  both  to  north  and  south, 
are  delineated  as  still  covered  with  woods,  and  the  following 
quaint  information  is  appended: — "  Ye  high  hills  of  Ben  Bulben 

1  This  is  some  pass  on  the  Curlews,  for  in  Sir  Henry  Sidney's  Memoirs, 
published  in  the  Ulster  Journal  of  Archaeology,  Vol.  III.,  p.  40,  he  says, 
"  From  thence  [Sligo]  I  marched  on  the  craggie  mountayne  of  the  Curlue, 
a  passage  bad  enough,  where  I  chased  and  chastised  the  ancient  outlawea 
of  that  quarter  called  Garran  Bawn." 

B2 


4  HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 

where  yearlie  timbereth  a  Falcon,  esteemed  the  hardiest  in  Ire- 
land," and  here  even  yet  this  falcon  "  timbereth."  The  woods 
about  Biillydrihed,  near  Ballysadare,  celebrated  as  the  scene  of 
many  sanguinary  conflicts,  were  in  part  standing  in  1609  ;  whilst 
the  wooded  regions  on  the  Curlew  Mountains,  noticed  by  Sir 
Henry  Sidney  (where  Sir  Conyers  Clifford  met  his  overthrow 
in  1599  from  O'Donnel  and  O'Rorke),  had  in  some  part  dis- 
appeared, but  were  still  extensive,  and,  as  will  be  seen,  the 
Countess  of  Desmond  had  in  her  grant  one  item,  i.e.,  a  thou- 
sand acres  of  wood. 

Boate,  in  his  Natural  History  of  Ireland,  published  in 
1652,  says :  "  Connaught  is  well  stored  with  trees  in  most 
parts,  but  hath  very  few  forests  or  great  woods  except  in  the 
Counties  of  Mayo  and  Sligo."  In  the  Distribution  Book  of  the 
Down  Survey,  the  following  forests  are  enumerated  in  the  half 
Barony  of  Coolavin  : — "  The  tall,  thick  woods  of  Caponaghe,  .  .  . 
200  acres  of  wood,  ....  240  acres  of  grazable  land  and  pasture 
woods,  ....  26  and  24  acres  of  stoneywood,  ....  1291  acres 
of  mountain  and  woods,  ....  1240  acres  of  the  same  descrip- 
tion, &c." 

Sligo,  in  common  with  many  other  parts  of  Ireland,  had 
frequently — we  might  almost  say  continuously — felt  the  cruel 
scourge  of  war.  Its  traditional  and  authentic  history,  so  far  as 
can  be  traced,  is  distinguished  principally  by  accounts  of  mur- 
derous, plundering  expeditions  of  neighbouring  districts  against 
each  other,  or  sanguinary  encounters  amongst  the  inhabitants 
of  various  parts  of  the  county.  All  the  septs  had  apparently 
never  been  united  under  one  really  strong  central  authority ; 
but  in  general,  separate  governments — if  such  be  not  a  too 
dignified  expression — with  independent  chiefs,  existed  in  each  of 
the  six  baronies  into  which  the  county  is  now  divided.  Roughly 
speaking,  these  were  the  limits  of  the  territories  of  the  six 
principal  chiefs,  i.e.,  O'Conor  (Carbury),  O'Dowd  (Tireragh), 
O'Hara  (Leyny),  Two  MacDonoghs  (Tirerrill  and  Corran),  and 
O'Gara  (Coolavin)  ;  these  again  were  divided  into  sub-chieftain- 
cies, those  who  had  the  greater  power  preying  upon  those  of 
lesser  note.  The  interests  of  these  numerous  petty  chiefs  often 
clashed,  almost  every  dispute  terminating  in  an  appeal  to  arms ; 
indeed,  whenever  one  party  felt  sufficiently  strong  to  invade 


PERIOD    OF   JAMES    THE    FIRST.  5 

and  plunder  the  territories  of  a  neighbour,  he  did  so  without 
scruple. 

Ideas  on  political  economy  in  the  seventeenth  and  nineteenth 
centuries  differed  widely;  free  or  fair  trade  was  alike  unthought 
of.  What  consternation  would  not  the  following  edict  occasion 
amongst  the  merchants  and  traders  of  Sligo  were  it  to  he  again 
made  the  law  of  the  land. 

On  the  llth  June,  in  the  first  year  of  the  reign  of  James  I., 
John  Large,  gent.,  was  appointed  supervisor  in  Ireland,  with 
power  to  search the 

"  porte  of  Sligo  ....  and  all  other  portes  within  Ireland ;  and  all  shipps, 
barques,  craers,  pickardes, boates,  &c.,  ankeringe  therein,"  and  "to  stopp 
the  transportinge  of  wheate  and  all  other  grain,  beefe,  larde,  bacon,  tal- 
lowe,  waxe,  wollflockes,  lynnen-yearne,  woollen-yarne,  sheepefell,  calfefell, 
goatefell,  red  deerefell,  fallow  deerefell,  unwrought  tanned-leather,  butter, 
hawkes,  hobbies,  horses,  and  other  staple  wares  prohibited  by  the  penall 
lawes  and  other  Irish  statutes  and  ordinances  ;  as  also  goulde  and  silver, 
coyned  or  in  bullion  ;  all  which  are  dayly  conveyed  in  greate  abundance 
into  forraine  partes,  and  brought  into  Ireland,  by  certaine  merchants  for 
theire  private  gains,  &c.,  to  the  great  hinderance  of  the  ordinary  pro- 
visions for  the  garrisons  and  forces  there,  and  of  the  publique  weale  suf- 
feringe  grate  scarcetie,  whereby  excessive  prices  are  taxed  uppon  all 
thinges  ;  with  directions  that  neither  goulde  nor  silver,  coyned  or  in  bul- 
lion, be  exported,  nor  any  counterfeite  coyne  of  the  newe  standard,  or  any 
other  coyne  hereafter  in  Ireland  to  be  currant e  be  imported  ;  to  EXERCISB 
by  him  or  his  deputies  during  good  behaviour  ;  to  seize  same  as  forfeited ; 
to  take  upp  such  quantities  as  may  conduce  to  the  better  f  urnishinge  of 
the  Kinge's  provisions  and  guarrisons,  etc.,  with  an  allowance,  for  his 
charges  and  travill,  of  one  moytie  of  all  merchandizes,  &c.,  soe  seized, 
and  the  other  moyetie  for  the  provision  of  the  army,  or  otherwise,  as 
thought  convenient  by  his  majestie,  or  the  deputie  and  counsell  of 
Ireland." 

Few  frequenters  of  the  markets,  held  twice  a  week  in  the 
county  town,  are  acquainted  with  their  origin,  which  is  as 
follows.  On  the  25th  June,  1604,1  Sir  James  Fullerton,  knight, 
received  a  grant  from  the  Crown  of  the  right  to  hold  a  market 
in  Sligo  on  every  Saturday,  and  also  permission  to  hold  two 
fairs  every  year  f  whilst  on  the  5th  March,  1627,  a  further 

1  In  this  year  Donnoghe  O'Conor  Sligo  was  knighted. 

2  I.e.,  on  the  24th  June  and  29th  September,  to  continue  each  for  one 
day,  with  Courts  of  Piepowder.     Rent,  10s.  Irish.     To  JAMES  FULLER- 
TO.V,  GENT.,  was  also  granted  in  reversion,  in  the  first  year  of  James  I., 


c 


HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 


grant  was  made  to  Sir  James  Craige,  knight,  to  hold  a  market 
in  Sligo  on  every  Tuesday,  as  well  as  two  fairs  on  the  17th 
March  and  1st  August,  and  the  day  after  each  at  the  "  Bishop 
O'Crean's  Cross,  alias  L.igtanaspick,"  i.e.,  the  monument  of  the 
Bishop. 


Fig.  1. — Birdseye  view  of  Cross,  Stocks,  and  Lock-up,  taken  from 
a  Sketch  made  in  the  eighteenth  century. 

The  right  to  hold  these  markets  and  fairs  was  subsequently 
confirmed  to  William  Earl  of  Strafford,  and  Thomas  Kadcliffe, 
Esq. 

Sir  James  Fullerton  also  received  a  license  to  hold  for  ever 
a  weekly  Monday  market  and  two  fairs  on  the  1st  May  and  24th 
August,  to  continue  for  one  day  each  at  the  town  of  Ballymote  ; 
with  Court  of  Piepowder,  and  the  issues,  profits,  and  free 
customs  thereunto  belonging  ;  at  a  rent  of  6s.  Sd.  Irish. 

The  Court  of  Piepowder  (curias  pedis  pulverisati)  was  held 
in  fairs,  to  do  prompt  justice  between  buyers  and  sellers ;  it 
was  so  called  from  its  being  generally  held  in  summer,  when 
the  suitors  had  dusty  feet,  and  the  hearing  of  the  cases  being 

the  following  premises  : — The  castle  and  manor  of  Ballimote  or  Ballicle, 
in  the  country  called  Corren  ;  the  towns  of  Rathdowne,  containing  four 
quarters  of  land  ;  Leighbally-Ne-Nanty,  two  qrs. ;  Corhubbuer,  1  qr. ;  the 
third  part  of  the  town  or  four  qrs.  of  Rossellean  ;  half  a  qr.  of  land, 
called  Carrowrala  ;  Rahynekilgie,  1  qr.  ;  Clonyne,  \  qr.  ;  Dorrawne,  1  qr.; 
Gobbedill,  \  qr.  ;  Ardconnell,  £  qr.  ;  the  town  of  Loghervore  or  Knock- 
glasse,  4  qrs. ;  and  the  third  part  of  a  qr.  of  land  in  the  County  Sligo  ;  all 
belonging  to  the  said  castle,  and  containing  in  the  whole  16^-  qrs. ;  and  on 
account  of  the  devastation  of  the  country,  valued  in  the  whole  at  the  rent 
of  £5  Irish  :  total  rent,  £30  15a.  l|d.  Irish,  being  £23  Is.  4|d.  English. 


PERIOD    OF    JAMES    THE    FIRST.  7 

expeditious,  before  even  the  dust  was  off  the  feet  of  the  litigants 
— for  the  cause  of  action  must  have  arisen  in  the  fair.  The 
adjudicating  officer  was  styled  the  baron  of  the  fair.  This 
species  of  court  is  now  abolished. 

In  September,  1607,1  on  the  flight  of  O'Neil  and  O'Donnell— 
commonly  termed  "  the  flight  of  the  Earls  " — who  thus  aban- 
doned their  patrimonies,  a  portion  of  Sligo  was  left  within  the 
disposing  power  of  King  James  ;  for,  under  certain  restrictions, 
O'Donnell  had  been  acknowledged  by  the  Crown  as  Lord  Para- 
mount of  O'Conor  Sligo.  Amongst  the  maps  made  in  1609, 
of  the  escheated  northern  counties,  one  of  the  entire  seaboard 
of  Sligo  is  included.  In  an  Inquisition  taken  at  Sligo  on  the 
25th  July,  1607,  before  Sir  Anthony  St.  Leger,  knight,  Master 
of  the  Rolls,  the  boundaries  were  declared  as  follows  :  Between 
the  rivers  Bundrous  and  Erne  there  were  twenty  quarters  of 
land  found  by  the  jury  to  belong  to  the  County  Sligo,  and  to  be 
the  patrimony  of  O'Donnell ;  also  twenty  quarters  of  the  barony 
of  Tirerrill  were  found  to  be  forcibly  withheld  by  some  of  the 
inhabitants  of  Leitrim ;  and  in  like  manner  the  inhabitants  of 
Mayo  withheld  from  Sligo  the  seven  townlands  of  "  Cowle 
Kearney  "  in  Tireragh. 

1  CROWN  LANDS  AND  TITHES  IN  LEASE  FROM  THE  KING  IN  SLIGO,  circa 
1607. — John  Rawson  and  Henry  Deane,  part  of  Roscribe,  late  possession 
of  Gillecrist  O'Douche,  late  of  Roscribe  aforesaid,  attainted ;  of  land  in  the 
territory  of  Slightshanboy  M'Owen  O'Harry,  possession  of  Rory  Keoghe 
O'Harry,  attainted  ;  lands  called  Cowla,  late  possession  of  Ferdoroghe 
M'Donoghe,  attainted  ;  of  lands  at  Castlecormucke,  late  possession  of 
Tymoltagh  M' William  O'Harry,  attainted;  in  Castlecormocke,  late  pos- 
session of  Edward  O'Harry  and  others,  attainted ;  Leigh  Carrowtullagh 
and  Leigh  Corrowknapp,  late  possession  of  Donald  M 'Shane  Eglin  O'Con- 
nor, attainted ;  the  rectory  between  the  two  bridges,  in  the  barony  of 
Carbrie,  late  possession  of  the  hospital  of  St.  John  (without  the  New  Gate 
of  Dublin),  and  the  monastery  of  Knockmore. 

Jo.  Lee,  1  quarter  of  lands,  called  Carrowkipp,  and  7  quarters  of  land 
in  the  barony  of  Leyne,  late  possession  of  Donnough  O'Harry,  attainted. 

Martin  Lysly,  Kearow  Ardawn,  and  Kearow  Tawney,  late  possession 
of  the  monastery  of  Courte,  and  the  lands  called  Romroge. 

Brian  Fitzwilliam,  the  church  of  Alternan,  late  possession  of  monas- 
tery of  Knockmoy. 

Lionel  Gwyst,  or  Gwest,  the  rectory  of  Skrine  and  of  Castle  Connor. 

The  total  amount  of  the  rents  for  above  is  as  follows,  £10  6s.  9d.  The 
document  is  not  dated,  but  is  between  July,  1606,  and  December,  1607. 


8  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

On  the  map  of  1609,  before  mentioned,  about  thirty-eight 
castles  in  Sligo  are  marked  ;  they  are  as  follows  : — 

Ardnnaree,  Ca.  Conor,  Ca.  Danin,  Ca.  Rohan,  Ca.  Uska- 
rowen  (Enniscrone),  Palinakennie  (Pollacheeny],  Caxonode, 
Ballenahone,  Ralegh,  Ba-Castlan  (Castle town),  Rosslee,  Dun- 
doby,  Duucautroghan,  Ca.  Aghares,  Dunnekin,  Grangebeg, 
Grangemore,  Larras,  Ca.  Ardneglass,  Ca.  Bonin  (Castlequarter\ 
Tonregone,  B.  Assidare,  Knockmullen,  Ca.  Collounie,  Pace  Bal- 
lahdrihit,  Sligo,  Laras  (StrandhllV),  B.  Care,  Donals,  Court, 
Bradhillie,  Lissadell,  Ardeternan,  The  Grange,  Ca.  O'Hanley, 
Denlighan,  Duucarbrie. 

Those  still  extant  seem  generally— more  especially  in  the 
Barony  of  Tireragh — to  have  been  square  towers  of  no  great 
strength,  with  a  "  bawn/'  or  fortified  courtyard  (in  some 
instances)  attached,  containing  sheds  for  cattle  and  sleeping 
accommodation  for  retainers.  Ballymote  and  Ballinafad  were  ex- 
ceptions to  this  rule,  and  were  Crown  castles.  There  are  twenty- 
three  strongholds  marked  on  the  map  in  the  Barony  of  Tireragh, 
although  M'Parlan  tries  to  controvert  the  ancient  tradition  that 
there  were  twenty-four  miles,  twenty-four  mills,  twenty-four 
rivers,  and  twenty-four  castles  in  the  Barony.  "  This  story," 
he  writes,  "  is  founded  in  the  fancy  of  ancient  times,  so  fond  of 
rounding  numbers."  The  remains  of  several  castles  are  yet  ex- 
tant, which  are  not  noticed  on  this  map. 

Sir  Arthur  Chichester,  as  Deputy,  appears  to  have  adminis- 
tered justice  with  an  impartial  hand  ;  for  in  a  letter  (dated  4th 
August,  1607)  to  the  Lords  of  the  Privy  Council,  he  assures 
them  that  before  their  letter  came  to  hand  concerning  the  trial 
of  Lieutenant  Jones,  for  the  slaying  of  Mr.  Gascoyne's  son  in 
the  county  of  Sligo,  "  he  had  left  the  same  to  the  strictest 
course  of  law  that  his  brother  here  could  think  on,  notwith- 
standing that  the  offender  was  otherwise  a  tall  man  and  well 
deserving,  and  in  opposition  to  the  mediation  that  was  made 
unto  him  by  some  that  extenuated  the  fact,  and  were  such  that 
he  would  otherwise  pleasure  in  any  of  their  reasonable  occa- 
sions." 

On  the  2nd  July,  1608,  William  Crofton,  for  "  extraordinary 
service"  done  for  the  Crown  in  his  capacity  of  High  Sheriff 
for  the  county,  was  allowed  by  concordatum  £'21  6s.  8d.,  for 


PERIOD    OF    JAMES    THE    FIRST.  9 

his  "  employment  by  commandment  of  the  several  Vice- 
Presidents  in  Connaught  for  the  safe  keeping  of  Bryan 
M'Donough,  committed  for  high  treason,  and  for  the  maintain- 
ing of  a  ward  of  eight  men  in  the  castle  of  Cawclawny 
(Colooney)  at  his  own  charges,  by  the  space  of  80  days/'1 

In  1608  the  "  Establishment  "  in  Sligo  seems  to  have  been 
increased  from  the  1st  October,  the  expense  in  that  year  being 
£158  3s.  4d.  In  the  year  1602  Roger  Jones,  when  Constable 
of  Sligo,  is  returned  as  receiving  neither  fees  nor  pensions ;  in 
fact,  it  seems  as  if  the  town  were  left  comparatively  unprotected, 
for  which  reason  Mr.  Brichenshaw,  on  the  29th  September, 
1606,  presented  a  "  Petition  to  the  Lords— according  to  his 
instructions  from  the  Lord  Deputy  of  Ireland — recommending," 
amongst  other  things,  "  to  have  a  ward  at  Sligo  ot  ten  men  and 
a  constable."  Sir  James  Fullerton  received  the  appointment, 
and  the  "Establishment"  seems  everywhere  to  have  been 
increased;  for  in  1610,  besides  the  "ward"  at  Sligo,  Captain 
John  St.  Barbe2  was  "  constable  of  a  castle  on  the  Curlews" 
(Ballinafad)  with  ten  warders ;  Captain  Maurice  Griffith  was 
constable  of  Drumruske  with  nine  warders ;  and  Sir  Richard 
Greame,  knight,  was  constable  of  the  "  Fort  of  Old  Court  "  with 
nine  warders.3 

Sir  Robert  Jacob,  Solicitor-General  of  Ireland,  writing  to 


1  Calendar  of  State  Papers. 

*To  JOHN  SIMBIRBE  (or  ST.  BARBE),  GENT.,  were  demised  on  the 
18th  of  May,  1  James  I. ,  six  cottages,  120<i.  arable,  140a.  pasture,  wood, 
and  moor,  with  a  parcel  of  land,  called  Carenonalia,  in  Grangeneman- 
agh,  and  Templenemanagh,  in  "  M'Donoghekhorne's  country;"  6  cot- 
tages, 60ct.  arable,  160a.  pasture  and  moor  in  great  and  little  Grange,  in 
Tireragh,  in  "  O'Dowde's  countrie ;"  one  castle,  8  cottages,  80«.  arable, 
180a.  pasture  and  moor,%in  the  "grange  of  Tuskerrie,"  alias  Cowlkirrie  ; 
one  "newe  castle"  built  by  Hugh  O'Hart,  7  cottages,  30ct.  arable,  40a. 
pasture  and  moor,  in  "the  Grange  in  O'Connor  Sligoe's  countrie;"  a 
chief  rent  on  180a.  arable  in  "  M'Dermott's  countrie,"  in  the  County 
Sligo,  parcels  of  the  temporal  possessions  of  the  Monastery  or  Abbey  of 
Boyle.  The  Grange  of  Minterolis,  Templenemanagh,  Grangenemanagh, 
near  Ballymote,  Grangemore,  Grangebegg,  and  Tulskerie,  or  Cowlkirrie, 
extending  into  the  "  townes  "  and  hamlets  of  Conor-o-bole,  Grangomul- 
chourie,  Toulske,  Muterolis,  Templenemanagh,  Grangenemanagh,  Grange- 
more,  Grangebeg,  and  Tulskerie  or  Cowlekirrie. 

3  Calendar  of  State  Papers  and  Carew  MSS. 


10  HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 

Lord  Salisbury,  Secretary  of  State,  on  the  18th  August,  1609, 
informs  him  that  "O'Connor  Roe  and  O'Connor  Sligo  (two  of  the 
greatest  Irish  Lords  in  Connaught)  both  died  while  they  were 
holding  their  sessions  at  Sligo.  .  .  .  O'Connor  Sligo  died 
without  issue,  and  his  land  is  descended  to  his  brother  Donnell 
O'Connor,  who  is  a  widower,  of  the  age  of  four  or  five  and 
thirty  years.  He  is  to  marry  with  one  of  the  Earl  of  Desmond's 
daughters ;  he  speaks  English  well ;  he  was  bred  up  in  the  wars 
in  France ;  the  people  have  a  great  opinion  of  him,  and  he  is 
like  to  prove  an  honest  man  if  his  grafting  upon  a  crabbed  stock 
do  not  alter  his  proper  nature." 

In  1611  there  appears  to  have  been  a  good  deal  of  corre- 
spondence relative  to  the  knights  and  burgasses  to  be  sent  to 
the  Parliament  which  was  to  assemble  in  Dublin.  New 
boroughs  were  to  be  made,  but  only  such  places  were  selected 
as  would  almost  certainly  return  Protestants.  Ballinafad,  being 
the  King's  fortress,  was  at  once  erected  into  a  borough  ;  some 
little  hesitation  appears  to  have  arisen  regarding  Sligo,  which 
however,  was  at  last  overcome,  and  the  same  year  it  also  was 
erected  into  a  borough,  but  the  deed  of  incorporation  bears 
date  the  30th  March,  1613.  Its  constitution  was  as  follows  : 
A  Portreeve  and  twelve  free  burgesses  and  commonalty ;  the 
Portreeve  and  burgesses  to  return  two  members  to  Parliament. 
The  Portreeve  to  be  chosen  on  the  24th  June,  and  sworn  before 
his  predecessor  on  the  29th  September  of  every  year.  Upon 
any  vacancy  within  the  year,  a  Portreeve  to  be  chosen  within 
fifteen  days,  and  a  burgess  within  seven  days,  to  supply  such 
vacancy.  On  every  Tuesday  a  Court  of  Record  was  to  be  held, 
with  power  to  determine  all  actions  of  debt,  &o.,  not  exceeding 
five  marks.  They  could  assemble  and  make  by-laws,  have  a 
mercatory  guild,  and  a  common  seal ;  could  have  two  sergeants 
at  mace,  and  other  inferior  officers — to  be  appointed  during 
good  behaviour  or  pleasure.  The  Portreeve  was  to  be  clerk  of 
the  market. 

On  the  19th  December,  1621,  was  further  granted  a  charter 
of  incorporation  of  a  mayor,  two  constables,  and  merchants  of 
the  staple,  with  the  same  immunities  and  privileges  as  were 
contained  in  the  charter  of  the  staple  granted  to  Youghal.  The 
two  first  members  chosen  by  the  borough  of  Sligo  to  sit  in  the 


PERIOD   OF    JAMES    THE    FIRST.  11 

Parliament  which  assembled   in  Dublin  in  April,  1613,  were 
Henry  Andrews  and  Edward  Southwork  of  Dublin,  Esquires. 

The  following  interesting  correspondence  relates  to  the  dis- 
puted settlement  of  the  property  of  O'Conor  Sligo  : — 

"Sligo:  To  our  very  good  Lord,  the  Lord  Chichester,  Lord  Deputy 
of  the  Realme  of  Irelande. 

"  From  the  Lords  of  the  Councell,  conceruinge  the  Countess  of  Des- 
mond and  concerninge  the  recoverie,  ect. 

"  Of  the  last  of  Maye,  1613— Recd  24th  of  June. 

"  After  our  very  hearty  commendations  to  yr  Lp.  We  did  heretofore 
address  our  Letters  unto  you  on  the  behalf  of  the  Countess  of  Desmond 
concerning  advantage  that  was  taken  uppon  some  nyce  construction 
or  omission  of  words  in  the  conveyance  of  joynture,  together  with  a 
misdalinge  with  a  Writt,  and  such  like  mistakeings  which  was  like  to  draive 
her  into  greate  extreamities,  if  some  course  were  not  taken  for  the  pre- 
venting thereof,  not  expecting  to  have  hearde  anything  further  in  that 
matter.  Howbeit  shee  hath  nowe  of  late  exhibited  a  petition  unto  us  com- 
plaining that  Capten  Faithful  Fortescue,  Guardian  to  Charles  O'Connor, 
hath  appointed  one  Waldron  to  prosecute  suite  against  her,  and  hath  pro- 
cured an  office  to  be  founde,  and  sued  forthe  a  writt  of  error  to  over- 
throwe  the  Recovery  past  of  the  Towne  of  Sligo  and  other  lands  parte  of 
her  joynture,  contrary  to  the  directions  of  our  former  letters,  together 
with  divers  other  particulars  which  she  will  acquaint  your  Ld.  withall. 
And  forasmuch  as  she  is  growne  aged  and  hath  not  long  to  live,  and  can- 
not attend  the  defence  of  these  suits  as  is  expedient.  We  doe  therefore 
once  again  pray  yr  Lph  to  showe  her  as  much  favour  as  may  be  affourded 
to  a  lady  of  her  years  and  quality,  and  as  by  our  former  letters  is  required 
that  shee  may  at  length  be  freed  of  theise  unexpected  troubles,  by  some 
such  expedite  ,and  friendly  course  as  in  yr  wisdorne  you  shall  think  meete 
without  further  trouble  to  his  Matle  or  to  us.  And  soe  we  bid  yor  Loph 
hartely  farewell.  From  Whitehall  this  last  of  May,  1613. 

"  Your  Lps.  very  loving  freinds, 

"  G.  CANT.  T.  ELLESMERE  CAUD.  H.  NORTHAMPTON. 

"  PEMBROKE.         T.  SUFFOLKE.  GILL.  SHREWSBERRY. 

"  W.  KNOLL YS.  JUL.  CESOR.  THO.  CARRY. 

ENCLOSURE. 

"The  letter  from  the  Lds.  of  the  Councell  in  the  Countesse  of  Desmond's 
behalfe,  if  so  it  stands,  with  yor  Lps.  likeinge  may  be  answered  as  fol- 
loweth. 

' '  Touchinge  the  Writt  of  error  procured  for  the  removinge  of  the  Record 
into  the  King's  Benche  for  overthrowinge  the  Recovery,  yt  was  not  done 
at  the  mediacion  of  the  Patentee  onely,  but  by  a  petition  preferred  unto 
yr  Lo.  by  th'  uncle  of  the  childe,  who  found  himself  most  grieved,  for  as  the 
same  is  conceived  it  tendeth  onely  to  his  overthrow,  and  others  for  the 


12  HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 

Queene's  Ma"*  was  most  graciously  pleased  in  the  44th  yeare  of  her  raigne  to 
grannt  by  letters  patentes  under  the  great  seale  of  England  these  lands  in 
taile,  viz. ,  to  Sir  Donnogh  O'Connor  duringe  his  naturall  Life,  and  to  the 
heires  males  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten,  and  for  want  of  such  issue  the 
remainder  unto  Daniel  O'Connor,  his  brother,  by  a  second  venture  during 
his  naturall  life,  and  to  heires  males  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten,  and  to 
certaine  others  in  remainder.  Nowe  the  limitacions  of  the  uses  uppon 
Recovery  stand  thus,  that  the  Recov'ors  shall  stand  seised  to  the  use  of 
Ellinor  Countesse  of  Desmond,  during  her  naturall  life,  and  afterwards  to 
the  Right  Heires  of  Sir  Donnogh  O'Connor.  Sir  Donnogh  has  two  sisters 
nowe  alive,  so  all  the  lands  in  her  Recovery  which  is  the  best  parte  of  all  the 
lands  conveyed  by  the  said  letters  patents,  are  cast  upon  heires  generall  of 
the  said  Sir  Donnogh.  And  if  she  dye  they  may  enter  as  next  heire,  wherby 
the  Queen's  gracious  intention  is  meerely  voyde,  the  cause  appearinge  thus 
to  yr  Lps.  you  were  pleased  for  the  releefe  of  th'  uncle,  and  for  setling  the 
estate  in  remainder  in  the  childe,  who  is  nowe  in  his  Ma"e  ward,  to  give 
direction  that  some  course  should  be  held  for  the  overthrowing  of  the  said 
recovery  which  hath  been  hitherto  followed  without  effect,  not  with  any 
intention,  as  yr  Lp".  have  oft  signified  unto  her  by  yr  letters  to  debarre  her 
of  any  of  those  lands  truely  intended  unto  her  by  the  Recovery ;  so  that  in 
this  she  hath  done  yor  Lp*.  most  apparent  wronge,  for  you  did  not  onely  pro- 
mise to  her  to  secure  it  unto  her  duringe  the  minoritie,  but  also  to  have  it 
confirmed  unto  her  by  an  act  of  State  bothe  in  this  Kingdome  and  in 
England  duringe  her  naturall  life,  which  honorable  offer  in  myne  opinion 
should  rather  have  bound  her  to  thankfulness  than  through  ingratitude  to 
complaine.  The  grounds  for  the  overthrowe  of  the  Recoverie  by  Writt 
of  error  are  noe  nice  constructions  or  omission  of  words  but  maine  points, 
publishinge  some  sinister  practises,  ect.,  ect.,  ect.,  so  as  it  cannot  appeare 
that  it  was  done  by  Sir  Donnogh  his  privitie,  and  that  maketh  the  matter 
more  suspicious.  There  is  no  returne  uppon  the  Writt  of  entrie  at  all, 
besides  many  grosse  errors  of  validitie  sufficient  to  frustrate  the  proceed- 
ings. 

"  And  as  for  the  lands  which  she  pretendeth  title  unto,  and  were  found 
by  the  office  taken  before  Sir  Dominicke  Sarsfield  at  Sligo,  it  standeth 
thus.  There  were  past  in  her  recovery  thirteene  castles,  one  hundred 
messuages,  ten  gardens,  four  thousand  acres  of  land,  one  thousand  acres 
of  meadowe,  six  thousand  acres  of  pasture,  one  thousand  acres  of  wood,  one 
thousand  acres  of  moor,  and  three  thousand  acres  of  heathe  in  Sligo,  Bally  - 
mahary,  Court,  Bradcullon,  Lyssedoyle,  Altermon,  Derrielehane,  Carricke, 
Capponagh,  Ballydrieholt,  Bunnie,  Moylagh,  and  Downeile,  which  in  truth 
are  all  the  Castles  in  the  County  of  Sligo,  and  the  most  part  of  all  the  lands 
passed  by  the  letters  patents,  and  she  doth  enjoy  them,  but  under  colour 
of  her  generall  wards  she  would  seke  to  draw  in  other  lands  which  were 
never  any  part  or  parcell  of  the  before-recited  towns,  but  known  by  severall 
names  to  be  distinct  lands  and  belonging  to  other  septs.  And  at  the  in- 
quirie  she  did  produce  her  Recoverie,  and  her  lawyers  did  inforce  it  ;  yet 
notwithstanding,  the  Jury,  who  were  of  the  sufficientest  gentlemen  of  the 
County,  found  that  it  was  not  included  in  her  Recovery.  And  because  I 


PERIOD    OF    JAMES    THE    FIRST.  13 

would  free  myself  from  any  taxinge  of  misdemeanour,  th'  office  was  no 
sooner  made  up  and  filed,  but  issued  forth  a  Scire  fac".  in  Michellmas  terme 
in  favr  of  her,  that  shee  might  shewe  cause,  if  any  she  could,  why  we  should 
not  have  the  possession  where  by  the  course  of  the  courte  wee  were  to  have 
a  seysure.  Shee  had  all  Hillary  Terme  to  plead,  and  fedd  us  all  that 
terme  with  delayes,  as  may  appear  by  severall  orders  in  the  County  of  that 
terme.  Easter  Terme  she  did  the  like,  and  the  judges  in  favor  of  her 
gave  her  Trinitie  Terme  to  answere.  And  at  last  after  pleadinge,  the 
matter  havinge  bene  well  heard  and  sufficiently  debated,  the  judges  found 
that  shee  had  no  color  of  right  to  the  said  lands,  as  by  their  order  of  this 
terme  herewith  sent  unto  yr  Lo:  may  appeare.  I  know  not  what  reasons 
the  Lady  hath  to  use  those  strange  courses  of  complainte,  considering  that 
shee  and  her  daughter  have  the  best  part  of  all  the  lands  belonginge  to  the 
Orphane,  and  the  Patentee  not  having  above  some  one  hundred  and  fortie 
pounds  a  yeare,  and  had  not  yor  Lp.  had  a  more  honorable  care  to  preserve 
the  state  of  the  boy,  all  the  lands  had  reverted  back  to  Sir  Willm  Say, 
which  were  purchased  by  Sr  Donnogh  from  him,  and  for  which  yor  Lo. 
paid  five  hundred  pounds.  I  have  sent  yr  Lo.  a  particular  note  of  so 
much  lande  as  shee  pretendeth  right  unto,  which  were  found  by  the  office 
with  the  difference  of  their  several  titles,  all  which  I  leave  to  your 
honnoble  consideration. 

"  Endorsed  : — A  Declaration  of  Waldron's  proceedings  wth  the  Coun- 
tess of  Desmond. — Correspondence  of  the  Irish  Goot. 

"The  Order  conceived  for  yssuing  forth  of  a  seizure  to  seise  into  the 
King's  hands  the  lands  found  by  Office  taken  before  Sir  Dominick  Sarsfield 
and  Sir  Robt  Jacobe  at  Sligo. 

"  Diei  Veneris,  xviii  Janui. 

"  Sligo,  md  uppon  motion  of  Mr.  Atty  Penrall  one  his  Maite  behaulfe, 
&  cettra." 

O'Donovan,  in  his  translation  of  the  Genealogies,  Tribes, 
and  Customs  of  the  fly  Fiachrach,  observes  that  in  the  reign  of 
James  I.  a  great  change  amongst  the  landholders  took  place  in 
the  Barony  of  Tireragh ;  William  Chapman,  Esq.,  received  a 
grant  of  Rossleagh,  and  William  May,  Esq.,  a  grant  of  Castle- 
conor,  which  had  heen  till  then  one  of  the  principal  seats  of  the 
O'Dowds,  whose  power  was  at  the  time  completely  broken — 
not  so  much  by  English  pressure,  as  by  constant  strife  with 
O'Conor  and  the  Burkes.1 

1  LIST  OF  CHIEF  GENTS  FIT  TO  BE  INSERTED  IN  THE  COMMISSION  OF  THE 
PEACE  FOR  THE  COUNTY  OF  SLIGO. — Lord  St.  Leger,  Sir  Roger  Jones, 
Gustos  Rotulorum ;  John  St.  Barbe,  Edward  Crofton,  David  O'Dowd, 
Swine  MacDonough,  George  Crofton,  Provost  of  Sligo ;  Owen  MacDermot, 
Cormac  O'Hart,  William  Harrison,  Charles  Dowd,  Andrew  Crean,  James 
Dowd,  Teighe  O'Hagan,  James  O'Connor,  Swine  MacDermott.  (A.D. 
1616.)  M38.,  F.,  3,  15,  T.C.D. 


14  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

Widely  varying  estimates  of  the  Protestant  population  of 
Sligo,  and  indeed  of  the  whole  Province  of  Connaught,  are  to  be 
met  with.  The  extent  of  land  in  the  County  Sligo  which  was 
forfeited  to  the  Crown,  and  given  or  sold  to  Protestant  settlers, 
is  surprisingly  small,  a  great  proportion  of  the  grants  of  James  I. 
being  confirmations  of  title  to  old  proprietors,  who  had  surren- 
dered the  lands  which  they  held  by  Irish  tenure,  and  received 
in  lieu  a  formal  and  legal  title  by  English  tenure  from  the 
King. 

It  may  be  desirable  to  give  some  explanation  of  the  prin- 
cipal kinds  of  tenure — (1)  In  Capite,  (2)  as  of  the  Castle  of 
Dublin,  &c.,  (3)  in  Common  Soccage — by  which  lands  were  in 
the  seventeenth  century  held  from  the  Crown. 

(1)  In  Capite  implied  that  the  grantee  held  direct  from  the 
King,  and  was  bound  to  perform  "  the  service  of  a  knight  to  the 
King ;"  the  rendering  of  which  service  being  sometimes  imprac- 
ticable, a  ruinous  expense  was  thereby  incurred  in  providing  a 
substitute ;  and  in  addition,  grantees  were  subjected  to  many 
other  most  oppressive  obligations. 

(2)  As  of  tlie  Castle  of  Dublin  was  a  less  oppressive  tenure, 
although  it  was  occasionally  burdened  with  knight's   service. 
The  land  being  held,  not  from  the  King  direct,  i.e.,  in  capite, 
but  through  the  Castle  of  Dublin,  which  belonged  to  the  Crown, 
the  tenure  entailed  less  burdensome  obligations,  and  it  was  an 
equally  valid  title. 

(3)  Land  held  in  Common   Soccage   secured   the  grantee 
against  oppressive  exactions,  and  this  species  of  tenure  implied 
only  certain  services  in  husbandry,  to  be  rendered  by  the  tenant 
to  the  proprietor  of  the  fee ;  the  term  soccage  is  said  to  be 
derived  from  the  French  word  soc — a  ploughshare. 

The  commissioners  sent  over  from  England  to  examine 
into  the  state  of  the  Irish  Revenue,  suggested  to  King  James 
the  resumption  of  all  the  lands  of  the  Province  of  Conuaught, 
and  this  project  flattered  the  King's  taste  for  colonizing.  The 
landed  proprietors  of  Connaught,  however,  were  naturally  thrown 


PERIOD   OF   JAMES    THE    FIRST.  15 

into  a  state  of  the  utmost  alarm,  but  they  finally  had  recourse 
to  a  proposal  to  which  the  King  at  once  assented.  They  offered 
to  purchase  a  confirmation  of  their  letters  patent,  hy  doubling 
their  annual  head  rents,  and,  in  addition,  to  pay  the  King  a  fine 
of  ten  thousand  pounds,  which  was  reckoned  to  be  more  than  he 
could  obtain  by  the  Plantation  Scheme. 

Matters  were  in  this  state  when,  in  1625,  James  I.  died, 
and  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Charles  I. 


CHAPTER  XI. 

PERIOD    OF    CHARLES    THE    FIRST. 

"The  cottage  is  sure  to  suffer  for  every  error  of  the  Court,  the  Cabinet, 
or  the  Camp.  When  error  sits  in  the  seat  of  power  and  authority,  and 
is  generated  in  high  places,  it  may  be  compared  to  that  torrent,  which 
originates  in  the  mountain,  but  commits  its  devastation  in  the  vale." 

•N  1632  occurred  the  arrival  in  Ireland  of  Thomas 
Viscount  Wentworthj  better  known  by  his  subse- 
quent title  of  Earl  of  Strafford.  Saxon  and  Celt 
alike  felt  his  iron  rule  as  Lord  Deputy.  One  of 
his  first  acts  seems  to  have  been  the  survey  of  Con- 
naught.  The  scheme  (delayed  by  the  death  of  James  I.) 
which  Wentworth  now  apparently  sought  to  carry  out, 
was  nothing  less  than  the  establishment  of  British  settlers  in 
the  entire  of  the  western  province.  The  Elizabethan  grant  to 
the  Sligo  landholders,  in  1585,  gave  them,  it  was  then  supposed, 
an  indefeasible  title ;  but  the  point  now  raised  by  the  Crown 
lawyers  was,  that  the  Lord  Deputy  was  not  authorized  by  the 
Queen's  letters  to  grant  any  estate ;  that  the  arrangement  was 
merely  a  composition  of  taxes,  and  that  those  tenures  granted  by 
James  were  obtained  on  false  grounds,  and  carried  out  without 
due  attention  to  the  royal  directions.  The  landed  proprietors 
of  Connaught,  on  their  composition  made  with  Sir  John  Perrot, 
had  surrendered  their  estates  to  the  Crown  and  received  re-grants, 
but  they  had  neglected,  in  many  instances,  to  enrol  their  sur- 
renders, or  to  take  out  letters  patent.  James  I.  had  issued  a 
commission  to  receive  the  surrenders  which  were  re-granted  by 
new  letters  patent;  but  although  three  thousand  pounds  had 
been  paid  by  the  landholders  for  the  enrolment  of  their  patents, 
yet  the  officials  had  neglected  to  do  so.  The  omission,  thus 


PERIOD    OF    CHARLES    THE    FIRST.  17 

taken  advantage  of  by  the  Crown,  was  clearly  not  the  fault  of 
the  proprietors.  The  records  of  State  were  now  ransacked  to 
ascertain  the  King's  original  title  to  Connaught.  It  was  dis- 
covered that  in  the  grant  of  Henry  to  De  Burgo,  five  cantreds 
were  reserved  to  the  Crown — that  the  grant  comprised  the 
entire  Province  which  was  alleged  to  have  been  forfeited  by 
Aedh  O'Conor,  the  Connacian  chieftain,  and  that  the  lands  and 
lordship  of  De  Burgo  descended  lineally  to  Edward  IV.,  and 
were  confirmed  to  the  Crown  by  a  statute  of  Henry  VII. 

Special  Commissions  were  directed  to  Viscount  Ranelagh 
(head  of  the  Connaught  Presidency  Court)  and  others,  under 
which  authority  they  were  empowered  to  empanel  juries  to 
enquire  into  the  titles  under  which  the  whole  territory  of 
Connaught  was  held.  Wentworth  himself  journeyed  thither  to 
enforce  the  taking  of  the  Inquisition.  The  County  Leitrim  sur- 
rendered without  a  trial,  and  the  example  set  in  Roscommon  was 
followed  in  Sligo,  where  the  Court  was  held  on  20th  July,  1635. 
Wentworth,  however,  writing  from  Boyle  on  the  previous  14th 
July,  seemed  not  quite  easy  in  his  mind,  for  he  states,  "  There 
is  much  muttering,  we  shall  meet  with  opposition  in  the  County 
Galway ;"  and  in  Galway  alone  the  jury  were  deaf  to  every 
argument,  refusing  to  find  the  title  of  the  Crown.  The  enraged 
Wentworth  mulcted  the  sheriff  and  the  jurors  in  such  severe 
penalties  for  their  alleged  obstinacy,  that  the  proceedings  of  the 
Lord  Deputy,  not  in  Galway  alone,  but  also  in  Sligo  and  the 
other  Connacian  counties,  were  represented  in  England  with 
every  circumstance  which  could  possibly  intensify  public  feeling, 
and  they  afforded  ample  material  for  invective  to  his  already 
numerous  enemies.  Even  when  the  title  of  the  Crown  had 
been  found  (as  in  Sligo)  without  show  of  resistance,  yet  the 
threatened  plantation  exasperated  the  landholders,  and  renewed 
the  old  jealousy  of  the  natives  against  the  English  settlers. 

A  MS.  Survey  of  Sligo,  made  during  the  years  1633-5,  seems 
to  have  comprised  the  entire  county,  with  perhaps  the  exception 
of  a  small  portion  of  the  half  barony  of  Coolavin,  and  that 
part  of  the  parish  of  Rossinver  which  is  within  the  present 
bounds  of  the  county.  In  the  Library  of  the  British  Museum 
the  MS.  of  this  Survey  was  accidentally  discovered  (Harl.  MS., 
2048),  bound  up  in  a  thick  volume,  containing  forty-seven 

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18  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

tracts,  most  of  them  relating  to  Ireland  ;  there  were  also  lists  of 
officers  and  fees,  customs  returns,  ordnance,  army  lists,  lists  of 
baronets,  Members  of  Parliament.  Its  chief  importance,  how- 
ever, consists  in  a  Survey  of  the  greater  part  of  Connaught,  the 
tracts  relating  to  which  are  as  follows  : — 

"38.  A  Particular  of  the  Halfe  Barroney  of  Coolelavin,  in  the  Dioces 
of  Achonra,  and  County  of  Mayo,  or  of  Sligoe,  332. 

"  39.  Particular  of  the  Barronie  of  Carbrey,  in  the  Dioces  of  Elphin, 
337. 

"  40.  Particular  of  the  Barronie  of  Leyney,  in  the  Dioces  of  Achonree, 
353. 

"  41.  Particular  of  the  Barronie  of  Tyrreragh,  in  the  Dioces  of  Killala, 
373. 

' '  42.  Particular  of  the  Barronie  of  Terrerill,  in  the  Dioces  of  Elphinn, 
Countie  of  Sligoe,  387. 

"43.  Particular  of  the  Quarters  of  Land  in  each  Barrony  within  the 
Countie  of  Roscommon,  423. 

"  44.  Particular  of  the  Quarters  of  Land  in  each  Barrony  in  the  County 
of  Mayo,  445. 

"45.  Particular  of  the  Barronie  of  Corren,  in  the  Dioces  of  Achonra, 
484. 

"46.  A  Boocke  of  euerie  man,  his  particular  Estate  of  Lands  in  the 
Barrony  of  Clanwilliam,  contayninge  12  Myles  in  Length  and  6  Myles  in 
Breadth,  505." 

About  twenty  years  subsequent  to  the  compilation  of  this 
MS.,  Dr.  William  Petty  (who  had  undertaken  the  entire  Survey 
of  Ireland)  applied  for  the  use  of  Strafford's  Survey  of  Tip- 
perary,  to  guide  him  in  his  work.  A  committee  was  appointed 
to  examine  the  documents  required  by  him,  and  they  (amongst 
other  things)  reported — "  Wee  further  certifie  that  besides  these 
wee  find  ...  of  the  countye(s)  ....  Sligo  ....  an  official 
enquiry,  made  by  virtue  of  a  commission  from  the  late  King, 
of  all  that  were  reputed  proprietors  of  lands  within  each  barrony 
of  the  said  county  distinctly,  and  what  estates  each  of  them 
claimed,  in  possession  or  reversion  ;  and  what  or  how  many 
townes,  quarters,  cartrons,  or  other  quantities  or  denominations 
of  land,  any  or  either  the  said  particular  persons  held,  and  what 
were  the  several  name  or  names  of  the  said  lands  ;  but  neither 
the  quality  or  number  of  acres,  according  to  twenty-one  foot  to 
the  perch,  or  value  of  said  lands,  were  by  the  said  Commis- 
sioners to  be  enquired  after,  mentioned,  or  exprest." 


PERIOD    OF    CHARLES    THE    FIRST.  19 

This  is  descriptive  of  the  contents  of  the  MS.,  except  that 
the  then  yearly  value  of  the  lands  is  given  in  almost  every  in- 
stance. 

From  internal  evidence  it  is  obvious  that  this  voluminous 
Survey  of  the  lands  of  the  proprietors  in  the  County  Sligo  was 
made  in  the  years  1632,  '33,  '34,  and  '35,  and  that  it  had  been 
compiled  perhaps  from  some  previous  documents — judging  by 
the  expression  "  swalled  upp  in  the  Commission  booke  for  1  qr.," 
when  the  scribe  evidently  knew  that  there  was  in  point  of  fact  a 
larger  quantity  of  land  than  that  given  in  the  MS.  The  scribe 
would  appear  to  have  been  himself  a  man  in  authority,  for  in  a 
few  instances  he  expresses  himself  in  the  first  person,  as,  "  I 
finde  some  lande  wanting  here."  "  I  know  not  for  what  rent/' 
"  I  cannot  find  uppon  what  terms"  (in  two  instances).  "  I  can- 
not tell."  "  And  gesse  you  yor  selfe  how  these  2/3  comes  to  be 
3  cartrons." 

The  Survey  of  Sligo  by  baronies  enumerates  (1)  the  parishes 
of  which  they  are  composed ;  (2)  the  quarters  into  which  each 
parish  was  subdivided ;  (3)  the  manner  in  which  the  tithe  was 
divided — almost  invariably  into  four  parts ;  (4)  the  name  of  the 
then  incumbent  and  of  the  Church  lands.  This  portion  of  the 
MS.  is  given  in  its  entirety ;  as  is  also  the  Survey  of  the  Half- 
barony  of  Coolavin.1 

A  considerable  portion  of  the  MS.,  however,  has  been  re- 
arranged, and  is  given  in  the  Appendix,  in  the  form  of  a  rental 
of  the  property  of  each  landholder  in  the  County  Sligo.  It  is, 
of  course,  greatly  abridged  ;  for  in  the  original,  the  name  of  each 
quarter — its  sub-denominations — the  nature  of  the  soil — its  situ- 
ation and  capabilities — whether  wooded  or  not — the  name  of  the 
proprietor — his  title  to  the  land — the  names  of  the  tenants — the 
duties  exacted  from  them — the  castles,  mills,  fishing  weirs,  and 
yearly  value,  are  noted  down  with  the  greatest  exactitude. 

The  following  brief  summary  of  the  names  of  proprietors  in 
the  County  Sligo,  according  to  the  Survey  of  1633-35,  is  here 
given,  together  with  some  particulars  relative  to  the  various  septs 
or  families,  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  the  reader  to  form  a  clear 
idea  of  the  distribution  of  the  land  in  the  early  part  of  the 
seventeenth  century. 

1  Vide  Appendix  to  1st  Volume,  p.  402. 

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20  HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 

It  is  evident  that  at  the  period  of  this  Survey,  the  power  of 
O'Conor  Sligo  was  greatly  broken ;  his  property  had  long  been 
subjected  to  a  crushing  jointure  payable  to  the  Countess  of  Des- 
mond, and  it  was  now  deeply  mortgaged.  After  a  statement  of 
O'Conor's  rental  come  those  of  other  members  of  his  family, 
also  of  their  former  supporters,  the  O'Harts  and  O'Creans. 
Heavy  mortgages  on  the  property  of  O'Conor  and  of  several  other 
proprietors  were  held  by  Patrick  Plunket  and  Patrick  French, 
who  both  appear  to  have  but  recently  settled  in  the  County 
Sligo,  and  to  have  come  from  the  Pale,  perhaps  from  Louth. 

Of  all  the  chiefs  anciently  subject  to  O'Conor  Sligo,  O'Gara 
alone  retained  his  inheritance  in  a  great  measure  intact.  The 
O'Garas  or  O'Gadhras  were  descendants  of  the  youngest  son  of 
Oliol  Olum,  King  of  Munster  in  the  third  century.  The  original 
territory  of  the  O'Garas — of  great  extent — consisted  of  the  dis- 
trict in  the  County  Mayo  known  as  Sliabh  Lugha,  and  of  the 
present  baronies  of  Leyny  and  Corran,  in  the  County  Sligo  ;  but 
after  the  Anglo-Norman  invasion,  the  O'Garas  were  driven  to 
seek  another  territory,  and  this  they  acquired  within  the  district 
anciently  known  as  Greagraidhe,  portion  of  which  was  subse- 
quently called  Coolavin,  i.e.,  the  angle  corner  of  the  O'Finns — 
now  designated  the  half-barony  of  Coolavin.  In  a  locality 
called  from  them  Moy  O'Gara,  i.e.,  O'Gara's  plain — situated  on 
the  north-east  extremity  of  Loch  Techet,  now  known  as  Lough 
Gara — they  built  their  principal  castle.  To  the  literary  tastes 
of  the  head  of  the  race,  Fergal  (or,  as  the  name  is  written  in 
the  MS.  of  1634,  Fan-ill)  O'Gara,  chief  of  Coolavin,  M.P.  for 
the  County  Sligo  from  1628  to  1640,  we  are  indebted  for  the 
compilation  commonly  known  as  "  The  Annals  of  the  Four 
Masters."  He  was  brought  up  a  Protestant,  and  was  educated 
in  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  where  he  remained  from  his  twelfth 
to  his  eighteenth  year,  his  guardian  being  Sir  Theobald  Dillon, 
Knt.1  About  the  year  1618,  either  he  or  his  guardian  had 
surrendered  his  estates  to  the  Crown,  and  received  them  back  on 
English  tenure.  These  lands  were  formed  into  the  Manor  of 

1  14  James  L,  xxv.,  47.  Grant  of  the  wardship  of  Farall  O'Gara, 
grandson  and  next  heir  of  Iriel  O'Gara,  for  a  fine  of  £8  17s.  9^d.  and  an 
annual  rent  of  £11,  retaining  thereout  £9  Eng.  for  his  maintenance  and 
education. 


PEKIOD    OF    CHARLES    THE    FIRST.  21 

Moygara,  with  power  to  create  tenures  and  to  hold  courts  leet 
and  baron.1  According  to  the  MS.  Survey,  the  tithes  payable  to 
the  Church  from  the  half-barony  of  Coolavin  (O'Gara's  property) 
were  divided  into  four  parts,  of  which  the  bishop  had  one  share, 
Sir  Robert  King  (in  right  of  his  inheritance  of  the  Abbey  of 
Boyle)  had  two  shares,  and  Mr.  Sharpe,  the  incumbent  of  "  Gill- 
froy  or  Clonohiglish  Parish,"  the  remaining  fourth.  Lord  Dillon 
asserted  his  right  to  the  quarter-land  of  "  Drommachen,"  stating 
that  it  was  situated  in  the  County  Mayo,  and  was  his  inherit- 
ance. The  townland  of  Cuilmore  had  passed  into  the  hands  of 
Mr.  Dodwell,  and  Knocknaskeagh  was  the  property  of  O'Conor 
Sligo.  As  will  be  seen,  on  perusal  of  the  Survey  of  Coolavin,  a 
great  portion  of  the  half-barony  appears  to  have  been  densely 
wooded ;  the  then  money  value  of  the  district  was  but  £510  per 
annum  ;  the  portions  of  the  Parishes  of  Kilcolman,  Kilfree,2  and 
Killaraght,  which  form  the  present  half-barony,  are  now  valued 
at  £9,277  per  annum. 

The  O'Haras  are  of  the  same  lineage  as  the  O'Garas,  being 
also  descended  from  Olioll  Olum,  King  of  Munster,  who  married 
Saba,  daughter  of  "  Con  of  the  Hundred  Battles."  The  division 
in  the  sept  occurred,  it  is  stated,  in  the  tenth  century,  the 
O'Garas  retaining  the  Mayo  portion  of  the  territory,  together 
with  the  half-barony  of  Coolavin,  and  the  O'Haras  ruling  Leyny 
and  part  of  Corran.  Sir  John  Perrot's  agreement  with  the  Sligo 
chiefs  in  1585  shows  that  there  were  then  numerous  sub-chiefs 
of  the  name,  the  principal  of  them  being  O'Hara  of  Coolaney, 
chief  of  his  name,  sometimes  designated  O'Hara  Boy,  to  distin- 
guish him  from  O'Hara  Reagh,  who  resided  at  Ballyhara.  In 
the  commotions  of  1641  this  latter  branch  of  the  family  for- 
feited their  estates ;  some  members  of  it,  however,  rose  to  dis- 
tinction in  foreign  services.  Fortunately,  the  O'Hara  Boy,  who 

1  14  James  I.,  Iviii.,  25. 

2  In  this  Parish  there  is  a  townland  named  Rathmadder, which,  though 
not  mentioned  in  the  MS.  Survey,  occurs  in  the  grant  to  O'Gara  of  1618. 
Possibly  the  name,  remarks  P.  W.  Joyce,  may  preserve  some  dim  memory 
of  the  revelry  carried  on  in  olden  times  within  the  rath  or  residence  of  the 
chief.     The  mether  or  meader  was  a  drinking  vessel  (commonly  made  of 
yew),  quadrangular  in  shape,  furnished  with  two  or  four  handles  for  the 
convenience  of  passing  it  round  the  table  from  hand  to  hand ;  it  was 
called  meadar,  because  used  for  the  drinking  of  mead,  i.e.,  ale,  or  metheglin. 


22  HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 

was  living  in  15G6,  took  to  English  ways  and  customs,  and  after 
Sir  Donnell  O'Conor  had  presented  him  to  Sir  Henry  Sidney  at 
Sligo,  he  went  over  to  the  court  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  His  son, 
or  descendant,  Teige  O'Hara,  afterwards  took  out  a  grant  of  his 
property  by  English  tenure  (the  grant  containing,  amongst  the 
rest,  four  quarters  of  land  of  the  "  estate  of  Teagh temple,"  or 
Temple-house).  He  also  was  given  the  right  to  hold  a  yearly 
fair  at  Coolaney  on  the  15th  August,  with  a  Court  of  Piepowder 
and  the  usual  tolls,  and  he  could  also  hold  a  court  baron  ;  the 
O'Hara  seems  to  have  been  the  only  Sligo  chief  who  unreservedly 
adopted  English  ideas. 

The  threatened  plantation  of  Connaught  raised  up  a  host  of 
applicants  for  the  lands  which  were  supposed  to  be  in  the  King's 
gift.  The  property  of  the  O'Haras  seems  to  have  been  specially 
coveted,  for  in  Strafford's  Letters  there  is  recorded  an  application 
to  Archbishop  Laud  from  a  Scottish  nobleman  for  the  estates  of 
O'Hara  Reagh  and  O'Hara  Boy.  He  offered  to  build  and 
"  plant  the  land  with  British,"  and  to  pay  such  rents  as  the 
Lord  Deputy  should  think  just.  Though  strongly  recommended 
by  Laud  to  Strafford,  this  project  came  to  naught  through  the 
downfall  of  the  Lord  Deputy. 

The  O'Higgins  were  neighbours,  and  probably  had  been  sub- 
chiefs  of  the  O'Haras ;  for  in  an  inquisition  held  in  Sligo,  in  the 
year  1617,  it  was  found  that  five  members  of  the  O'Hara  family 
had  been  implicated  in  the  death  of  Teigue  Dall  O'Higgin,  his 
wife  and  child,  and  that  his  son  Teigue  Oge  O'Higgin  was  twelve 
years  old  at  the  time  of  the  father's  death.  Some  writers  assert 
that  O'Higgin  was  killed  in  consequence  of  a  satire  he  had  com- 
posed on  the  O'Hara  family ;  but  it  is  more  likely  that  the  cause 
of  conflict  arose  out  of  some  dispute  about  their  lands,  which  ad- 
joined. The  O'Higgins  forfeited  their  propeity,  but  several  of 
the  family  rose  to  distinction  in  foreign  military  service. 

The  only  members  of  the  sept  of  MacDonnogh  who  appear 
to  have  retained  any  portion  of  their  former  position  were  Brian 
Oge  MacDonnogh,  of  Collooney,  and  Tirlogh  MacDonnogh,  of 
Cryvagh ;  other  members  of  the  sept  were  numerous,  but  pos- 
sessed each  only  the  smallest  amount  of  property.  The  Mac- 
Dermots — an  offset  of  the  MacDonnoghs — had  two  representatives 
of  the  name. 


PEKIOD    OF    CHARLES    THE    FIRST.  23 

The  O'Dowd  retained  a  mere  fraction  of  his  ancient  inherit- 
ance, but  several  small  proprietors  of  the  name  still  remained  in 
Tireragh  ;  there  were  also  representatives  of  the  MacSwynes,  the 
Albonaghs,  and  the  MacDonnells.  David  O'Dowd,  the  repre- 
sentative of  the  ancient  line  of  Tireragh  chiefs,  was  made  a  ward 
on  the  death  of  his  father  in  1603.  His  guardian  was  Lionel 
Grhest,  and  he  was  educated  at  Trinity  College,  Dublin.  He 
came  of  age  in  1612,  and  took  possession  of  his  father's  lands 
without  "  suing  out  livery  of  seisin" — a  legal  form  then  re- 
quired to  make  his  title  good.  William  Chapman,  of  Ross- 
leagh,  "  made  a  discovery  of  same  "  to  the  Crown,  whereupon  he 
was  granted,  as  was  then  the  custom,  a  considerable  sum,  as  a 
charge  on  the  property  thus  illegally  assumed  by  the  youthful 
O'Dowd.  In  1613  this  William  Chapman  sold  his  right  to  the 
above  fine  to  William  May,  of  Castleconnor,  O'Dowd's  step- 
father, who  was  the  third  husband  of  his  mother,  Lady  Ellinor 
Ghest. 

O'Flaherty  states  that  in  his  time  (towards  the  close  of  the 
seventeenth  century)  O'Banaghan  owned  considerable  property 
in  Sligo,  and  claimed  to  be  of  Firbolg  descent.  The  name  is 
perpetuated  in  the  townland  of  Carrickbanagher. 

Other  landholders  of  less  note  were  MacBrehon,  MacLary, 
MacCallery,  MacCranhey,  MacNogley,  MacRanigh,  MacConry, 
Finn,  Dalley,  and  O'Cirovan. 

We  now  come  to  the  names  of  families  in  the  County  Sligo, 
of  pure  Saxon  or  Anglo-Irish  descent ;  they  were  as  follows  : — 
Viscount  Taaffe  (a  transplanted  proprietor  from  the  Pale),  who 
was  a  cadet  of  a  County  Louth  family  settled  in  Ireland  from  the 
reign  of  Edward  I.  Nicholas  Taaffe  died  in  1288,  leaving  two 
sons,  John,  Archbishop  of  Armagh,  and  Richard  Fitz  Nicholas 
Taaffe,  of  Ballybraggan  and  Castle  Lumpnagh,  ancestor  of  the 
Taaffes  of  Ballybraggan,  Athclare,  and  Ballyneglough,  County 
Sligo,  and  of  the  Viscounts  Taaffe,  &c.  Sir  John  Taaffe,  Knt., 
married  Anne,  daughter  of  Theobald  Viscount  Dillon,  and  was 
in  1628  created  Viscount  Taaffe  of  Corran  and  Baron  of  Bally- 
mote.  This  family  was  as  highly  esteemed  by  the  English  as  by 
the  Irish,  for  when  a  collateral  branch  inherited  the  Irish  titles, 
the  family  estates  were  specially  exempted  from  forfeiture  by 
acts  both  of  the  English  and  Irish  Parliaments. 


24  HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 

The  Lords  Westmeath,  Cork,  and  Clanrickard,  although 
having  property  in  Sligo,  were  otherwise  not  connected  with  the 
county. 

Sir  Roger  Jones,  Constable  of  Sligo,  died  in  1637,  and 
was  buried  in  St.  John's  Church,  Sligo.  His  monument  there 
is  in  a  very  dilapidated  state,  broken  into  fragments,  of  which 
several  pieces  are  missing.  The  principal  inscription — also 
fragmentary — is  round  the  edge  of  the  slab,  and  is  as  follows  : 

V  .     .     IN.  SEPVLTVRAM IS.  SV-SI  .... 

(AN)NO  .  DOMINI  .  1637    ....     ATIS  SVJE     .    . 

The  central  inscription  also  is  broken,  and  is  in  great  part 
illegible.  The  slab  measures  eight  feet  three  inches  by  three 
feet  six  inches.  To  the  right  reposes  the  effigy  of  the  knight, 
with  legs  crossed,  sword  by  his  side,  and  his  helmet  above ;  to 
the  left  is  the  effigy  of  his  wife,  in  what  is  commonly  known  as 
the  Elizabethan  dress ;  the  crest  and  arms  are  above.1 

Sir  Thomas  Wenman,  Knt.,  was  probably  a  descendant  of 
Sir  Thomas  Wenman,  Knt.,  of  Carswell,  temp.  Henry  VIH. 

Sir  Eobert  King,  Knt.,  possessed  considerable  landed  pro- 
perty in  Sligo  ;  he  was  ancestor  of  the  Earls  of  Kingston. 

It  is  believed  that  the  first  of  the  Croftons  who  came  to 
Ireland  was  John  Crofton,  subsequently  of  Ballymurry,  County 
Roscommon,  but  generally  described  as  John  Crofton  of  Con- 
naught.  He  was  Auditor-General  to  Essex,  and  is  the  common 
ancestor  of  the  Sligo,  Leitrim,  and  Roscommon  families  of 
Crofton.  In  the  Survey  of  1633-36  five  names  are  enumerated, 
i.e.,  William,  John,  Thomas,  George,  and  Edward. 

The  remaining  proprietors  named  in  the  Survey  of  1633-36 
are — Roger  Bagger,  Clk. ;  William  Dodwell,  Clk. ;  George  Dow- 
dall  ;2  Mr.  Crow  and  Mr.  Fagan,  both  of  Dublin ;  John  Ridge, 
John  Nolan,  and  William  Harrison,  Esquires  ;  Robert  Nugent, 

1  The  monument  appears  to  have  been  originally  inserted  into  a  wall, 
either  inside  or  outside  the  church. 

*  "  The  general  opinion  is  that  the  Dowdalls,  who  were  a  very  distin- 
guished family  in  the  county  of  Louth,  in  the  fourteenth  and  fifteenth 
centuries,  are  one  of  the  old  Anglo-Norman  families  of  the  Pale  ;  but  the 
name  is  not  found  in  any  of  the  lists  of  the  chieftains  who  came  over 
with  Strongbow."— The  Genealogies,  Tribes,  and  Customs  of  By  Fiachrach, 
p.  128,  n. 


PERIOD    OF    CHARLES    THE    FIRST. 


25 


Captain  Bingley,  Garod  Baxter,  Edward  Ormsby,  Mr.  Dorsay  of 
Gal  way;  Mr.  Broonagh,  Peter  Roe  Linch,  and  Peter  Smith. 

A  curious  entry  in  the  MS.  Survey  of  1633-36  calls  for  notice. 
When  making  mention  of  the  townland  or  quarter  of  "  Carow- 
tampull,"  situated  in  the  parish  of  Emlaghfad,  harony  of 
Corran,  that  denomination  of  land  is  described  as  having  "  a 
great  scope  of  bogge  and  drowninge  places,"  which  latter  term 
is  supposed  to  designate  the  holes  and  quagmires  left  when 
cutting  away  the  peat  for  fuel.  Several  bodies  have,  from  time 
to  time,  been  dug  up  from  considerably  below  the  surface  of 


Fig.  2. — Ancient  Costume  found  on  the  body  of  a  man  discovered  in  a  bog 
in  Killeiy,  County  Sligo. 

bogs,  the  persons  having   evidently  met  their  death  through 
inability  to  extricate  themselves  from  the  treacherous  depths. 


26  HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 

Peat  seems  to  be  endowed  with  marvellous  preservative  powers. 
The  corpse  of  "  a  lady  "clad  in  antique  costume  is  stated  to 
have  been  discovered  many  years  ago  on  the  summit  of  Ben- 
Bulbin  ;  and  so  late  as  the  year  1824  the  body  of  a  man,  com- 
pletely clad  in  woollen  garments  of  antique  fashion,  was  found 
six  feet  beneath  the  surface  of  a  bog  in  the  parish  of  Killery. 
No  weapon  was  discovered  near  the  corpse,  but  a  long  staff  lay 
under  it.  The  head-dress,  which  soon  fell  to  pieces,  is  said  to 
have  been  a  conical  cap  of  sheepskin.  So  perfect  was  the  body 
when  first  discovered,  that  a  magistrate  was  called  to  hold  an 
enquiry  about  it.  The  figure  on  page  25,  drawn  from  the 
photograph  of  a  person  clad  in  this  antique  suit — except  the 
shoes,  which  are  too  small  for  an  adult  of  even  medium  size — 
furnishes  a  fair  representation  of  the  costume  of  the  native  Irish 
about  the  fifteenth  century.  The  cloak,  or  mantle,  was  com- 
posed of  soft  brown  cloth,  closely  woven  with  a  twill ;  in  texture, 
the  coat  consisted  of  a  coarse  brown  woollen  cloth  or  flannel, 
with  a  diagonal  twill. 

The  trousers,  or  trews,  were  of  a  coarser  material  than  the 
coat,  and  consisted  of  two  distinct  parts,  differing  both  in  colour 
and  texture.  The  legs  were  as  narrow  as  those  of  a  pair  of 
modern  pantaloons,  and  must  have  fitted  the  limbs  tightly. 
These  closely-fitting  trousers  are  evidently  the  ancient  Celtic 
braccae,  or  chequered  many-coloured  lower  garments ;  the  triub- 
hais  or  truis,  explaining,  by  the  way  they  were  attached  to  the 
sacculated  portion  above,  and  the  shoes  below,  many  hitherto 
obscure  expressions  in  Giraldus  Cambrensis,  especially  where 
he  says,  "  The  Irish  wear  breeches  ending  in  shoes,  or  shoes 
ending  in  breeches." 

In  the  collection  of  the  Koyal  Irish  Academy  may  be  seen  a 
full  suit,  and  several  fragments  of  woollen  clothing.  One  of  the 
most  ancient  specimens  of  native  weaving  which  has  come  down 
to  modern  times,  is  woven  with  a  twill,  and,  when  carefully 
examined  in  a  good  light,  the  warp  is  found  to  be  composed  of 
three  plies  twisted  together,  while  the  weft  consists  of  the  un- 
twisted woollen  staple.  This  remarkable  peculiarity  of  the  twill 
or  diaper  resembles  exactly  that  figured  in  the  cloak  of  the 
"  Wild  Irishman,"  engraved  in  Speed's  map  of  1610  (fig.  3)  ; 
the  same  figure  also  shows  the  glibb  fashion  of  wearing  the 


PERIOD    OF    CHAELES    THE    FIEST.  27 

hair,  as  well  as  the  kind  of  leggings  or  long  boots  used  by  the 
peasantry  at  that  time.  The  exaggerations  of  both  Spenser  and 
Speed,  with  regard  to  the  mode  of  wearing  the  hair,  may  be 
corrected  by  reference  to  fig.  4,  drawn  by  a  native  artist  in  1400. 
It  is  an  accurate  representation  of  the  uncovered  head  and 


Fig.  3.—"  Wild  Irishman,"  from  Speed's  Map  of  the  year  1610. 

flowing  locks  of  the  second  archer  in  the  Knockmoy  fresco,  and 
it  accords  with  the  description  of  O'Neill's  gallowglasses,  who 
accompanied  their  chief  to  the  court  of  Elizabeth.1 


Fig.  4. — Glibb  fashion  of  wearing  the  hair,  from  the  Knockmoy 
fresco,  circa  1400. 

Le  Gouz,  a  Frenchman — and  therefore  considered  to  be  an 
impartial  witness — who  traversed  a  great  portion  of  Ireland  in 
the  year  1644,  gives  a  minute  description  of  the  costume  of 
the  Irish,  not  omitting  the  mantle  so  characteristic  of  the 

1  Catalogue,  Miiseum,  R.I.A.,  pp.  325-29. 


28  HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 

national  costume  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  which 
seems,  in  the  time  of  which  we  are  now  treating,  to  have  been 
as  important  an  article  of  clothing  to  the  natives  as  in  the  pre- 
vious century.  "  The  Irish,  whom  the  English  call  wild,  have 
for  their  head-dress  a  little  blue  cap,  raised  two  fingers'  breadth 
in  front  and  behind,  covering  their  head  and  ears.  Their  doublet 
has  a  long  body  and  four  skirts,  and  their  breeches  are  a  pan- 
taloon of  white  frize,  which  they  call  trousers.  Their  shoes, 

which  are  pointed  with  a  single  sole,  they  call  brogues 

For  cloaks  they  have  five  or  six  yards  of  frize  drawn  round  the 
neck,  the  body,  and  over  the  head,  and  they  never  quit  this 

mantle,  either  in  sleeping,  working,  or  eating The  girls 

of  Ireland,  even  those  living  in  towns,  have  for  their  head-dress 
only  a  ribbon,  and,  if  married,  they  have  a  napkin  on  the  head 
in  the  manner  of  the  Egyptians.  The  body  of  their  gowns 
comes  only  to  their  breasts,  and  when  they  are  engaged  in  work, 
they  gird  their  petticoat  with  their  sash  above  the  abdomen. 
They  wear  a  hat  and  mantle  very  large,  of  a  brown  colour,  of 
which  the  cape  is  of  coarse  woollen  frize,  in  the  fashion  of  the 
women  of  Lower  Normandy." 

To  judge  by  the  Survey  of  Sligo  of  1633-36,  many  tenants  of 
land  in  the  seventeenth  century  seem  to  have  held  in  common, 
or  the  quarter,  or  townland,  was  let  to  a  middleman  who  re-let 
to  others.  Tenants  worked  out  their  rent  partly  in  duties.  A 
good  example  of  the  land  tenure  of  the  time  is  given  by  the 
following,  extracted  at  haphazard  from  the  MS. : — 

"  Imlaghfada,  2  qrs.  The  inheritance  of  my  Lo.  Taffe,  whoe 
setts  but  one  halfe  quarter  of  these  2  quarters  unto  Tumaltogh 
Backagh  (the  lame)  O'Scanlan,  for  £7  per  ann.,  and  4  fatt 
muttons,  4  medders  of  butter,  2  medders  of  meale,  3  barrells  of 
malt,  30  workmen,  10  horses  for  careadge ;  the  duties  and  rent 
come  to  £11  16s.  per  annum." 

"AChoshir  at  Christmas,"  i.e.,  a  period  of  festivities  at 
the  tenant's  house,  and  at  his  expense,  was  also  a  by  no  means 
unusual  duty.  Coshering  (as  it  was  termed)  became  such  an 
intolerable  burden  on  tenants,  that  Acts  of  Parliament  were 
passed  for  the  suppression  of  the  custom,  which  enacted  pains 
and  penalties  on  such  as  lived  "  coshering  on  the  country,  and 
sessing  themselves,  and  their  followers,  their  horses,  and  their 


PERIOD    OF    CHARLES    THE    FIRST.  29 

grey-hounds,  sometimes  exacting  money  to  spare  them  and 
their  tenants,  and  to  go  elsewhere." 

"  A  barrell  of  exceedinge  good  beere  "  was  another  common 
duty.  It  is  known  that,  for  making  this  beverage,  the  Irish- 
used  heath  instead  of  hops,  and  in  different  parts  of  the  country 
vats  or  cisterns,  containing  a  quantity  of  heath,  have  been  dis-. 
covered  in  bogs.  Le  Gouz  says  :  "  Their  beer  is  very  good,  and 
the  eau-de-vie,  which  they  call  brandy-wine,  excellent." 

A  farmer  would  be  much  surprised  were  he  now  offered  only 
the  current  price  of  "  a  fat  beefe"  in  the  year  1633,  i.e.,  twenty 
shillings. 

Cattle,  however,  had,  since  the  year  1585,  increased  in  value 
by  a  third,  for  in  an  inquisition  taken  in  Dublin  27th  November, 
1611,  and  which  cites  the  composition  made  by  the  Sligo  chiefs 
tains  with  Sir  John  Perrot,  it  states  that  if,  "  for  lacke  of 
money,"  the  chiefs  were  not  able  to  pay  their  composition  rent, 
that  they  could  satisfy  it  in  "  kine  to  the  value  of  the  same  rent, 
or  so  much  thereof  as  shall  remain  unpaid  at  the  rate  of  13s.  4d. 
for  every  good  and  lawful  Beofe." 

What  would  be  thought  of  a  landlord  of  the  present  day, 
who  kept  a  claimant  to  his  estate  "  in  Gaole  at  Sligoe  these 

five  yeares  past, for  feare  to  sue  him  for  the  said 

land  " — a  novel  and  effectual  way  to  prevent  litigation  ?  There 
was  also  an  amiable  tenant  (one  Cormao  Duffe  O'Hart),  who 
kept  his  ground  "  waste  everey  yeare  untill  the  end  of  the  yeare, 
to  vex  his  neighbors  " — presumably  to  entice  his  neighbours' 
cattle  away  from  the  close- eaten  commonage  to  his  own  more 
luxuriant  ground,  and  then  sue  their  owners  for  the  damage. 

In  the  Survey  may  be  observed  the  following  entry  :  — 

"  Eosseghterogh  and  Kossogteragh  (Rosses  Upper  and 
Lower),  10  cartrons.  The  inheritance  of  the  Bhp.  of  Elphin. 

Uppon  this  land  is  said  to  be  a  verie  good  lead  mine 

bordering  upon  the  sea." 

In  Boate's  Natural  History  of  Ireland,  published  in  1652, 
the  writer  states  that,  in  his  day,  there  were  but  three  silver  and 
lead  mines  in  Ireland,  one  of  which  was  "  in  Connaught,  upon 
the  very  harbour  mouth  of  Sligo,  in  a  little  desert  island,  called 
Coney  Island." 

Dromdoney  was  the  ancient  designation  of  the  present  pa  rish 


80  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

of  Ballysumaghan,  which  evidently  gained  its  comparatively 
recent  designation  from  the  family  of  the  O'Sumaghans,  some 
of  whom — according  to  the  Survey  of  1633 — were  tenants  on  the 
lands  of  Knocknageeha. 

Two  most  interesting  topographical  facts  relating  to  the 
county  are  made  clear  since  this  MS.  has  come  to  light,  viz. : — 

That  the  "  £  Parish  of  Ennagh  "  was  that  portion  of  the 
parish  of  Ballysadare  which  is  situated  in  the  barony  of 
Tirerrill ;  and  that  in  the  ancient  and  well-known  district  of 
*'  Coillte-leigne  "  there  is  a  locality  (a  quarter  land),  formerly 
called  CONG,  which  is  situated  directly  over  the  "  Strand  of 
Trayoell."  This  discovery  leaves  little  doubt  that  the  two  contests 
of  Moytirra  really  took  place  within  the  bounds  of  the  present 
County  Sligo — neither  of  them  having  occurred  in  Mayo. 


CHAPTER  XII. 

MASSACRE   OF    1641-42. 

"  For  murder,  though  it  have  no  tongue,  will  speak  with  most 
miraculous  organ." 

"  The  only  history  worth  reading  is  that  written  at  the  time  of  which 
it  treats — the  history  of  what  was  done  and  seen,  heard  out  of  the  mouths 
of  those  who  did  and  saw." 


ELAND,  in  his  History  of  Ireland,  well  observes  that 
it  is  difficult,  if  not  impossible,  to  write  of  the 
transactions  now  to  be  entered  upon  "  without 
offending  some  or  all  of  those  discordant  parties 
who  have  been  habituated  to  view  them  through 
the  medium  of  their  passions  and  prepossessions/' 
It  is,  however,  the  duty  of  an  historian  to  seek  out  diligently 
the  most  authentic  information  to  which  he  can  attain  ;  and  in 
so  far  as  regards  the  events  of  1641-42  in  Sligo,  the  most 
reliable  source  for  this  purpose  is  evidently  the  sworn  deposi- 
tions of  the  survivors  of  the  massacre.1 

On  this  subject  Sir  John  Temple  says :  "  The  persons  ex- 
amined were  of  several  conditions,  most  of  them  British,  some 
of  Irish  birth  and  extraction,  very  many  of  good  quality ;  and 
such  as  were  of  inferior  rank  were  not  rejected  if  they  were 
known  sufferers,  and  came  freely  in  to  declare  what  they  could 
speak  of  their  own  knowledge.  Few  came  but  such  as  had 
been  in  the  hands  of  the  rebels,  and  could  with  sorrowful  hearts 

1  "These  valuable  Records  were  formerly  in  the  custody  of  Matt. 
Barry,  Esq. ,  Clerk  of  the  Council,  and  were  among  his  books  sold  to  Dr. 
John  Madden,  after  whose  death  they  were  purchased,  with  other  curious 
MSS. ,  by  our  learned  and  most  munificent  Vice-Chancellor,  John,  Lord 
Bishop  of  Clogher."— .MS.  Catalogue,  T.C.D, 


82  HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 

make  the  sad  relation  of  their  own  miseries ;  and  so,  they 
having  been  eye-witnesses,  their  depositions  are,  for  the  most 
part,  made  from  their  own  knowledge  ;  and,  as  to  what  is  given 
in  by  them  upon  hearsay,  they,  for  the  most  part,  depose  that 
they  received  it  out  of  the  rebels'  own  mouths,  while  they  were 
in  restraint  among  them.  Lastly,  many  of  these  miserable 
persons  thus  examined  came  up  wounded  ;  others  even  almost 
famished,  or  so  worn  out  with  their  sufferings,  that  they  did 
not  long  outlive  the  date  of  their  examinations.  So  that,  these 
testimonies  being  delivered  in  their  last  agonies,  we  are  in 
charity  bound  to  believe  that  they  meant  to  leave  behind  them, 
with  all  due  circumstances,  a  clear  attestation  of  such  cruelties 
as  they  then  bequeathed  unto  us  with  their  last  breath,"1 

"  Those  who  see  in  the  massacre  [of  1641]  the  explanation 
and  the  defence  of  the  subsequent  treatment  of  Ireland,  however 
unwilling  to  revive  the  memory  of  scenes  which  rivalled  in 
carnage  the  horrors  of  St.  Bartholomew's,  are  compelled  to 
repeat  the  evidence  once  held  to  be  unanswerable."*  Walsh,  a 
Franciscan  friar,  writing  to  Ormond,  says  :  "  Your  Grace  knows 
with  what  horror  the  Irish  nation  looks  upon  the  massacres  and 
murders  in  the  north,  committed  at  the  beginning  of  the  rebel- 
lion by  the  rascal  multitude  upon  their  innocent,  unarmed,  and 
unprovided  neighbours." 3 

We  must  now  endeavour  to  review  searchingly,  but  calmly, 
the  political  events  of  Sligo  in  1641. 

"It  was  agreed,"  says  Lelaiid,  "that  the  rising  should  be 
on  the  same  day  and  as  general  as  possible,  that  all  forts  and 
garrisons  should  be  seized,  and  all  the  Protestant  gentry,  and 
those  well  disposed  to  the  Government,  made  prisoners  or  other- 
wise disposed  o/." 

1  Temple's  History,  p.  6.     Edition  1812. 

*  English  in  Ireland,  p.  83. 

3  The  Irish  Colours  Folded,  1655-1682.  Le  Gouz,  a  contemporaneous 
French  writer,  bears  testimony  to  these  cruelties  of  the  Irish.  The  ship 
in  which  he  took  his  passage  from  Ireland  to  France  was  chased,  first  of 
all,  by  a  Turkish  pirate,  and  then  by  a  man-of-war  belonging  to  the  Com- 
monwealth. "  We  should  have  preferred,"  says  the  traveller,  "  falling 
into  the  hands  of  the  Turks  than  of  the  Parliamentarians,  because  with 
the  first  we  should  have  been  assured  of  life,  but  with  the  others  we  were 
certain  of  being  killed,  on  account  of  the  massacres  which  the  Irish  had 
made  in  their  country  of  the  English  planters." 


MASSACRE    OF    1641-42.  33 

As  in  volcanic  eruptions,  so  in  popular  uprisings,  there  are 
signs  and  tokens  of  the  seething  of  the  molten  mass  seeking  an 
outlet  from  beneath  the  thin  crust  imprisoning  it. 

Such  was  the  opinion  of  William  Browne  of  Kilvarnet 
(Registrar  of  the  Bishopric  of  Killala,  and  of  Achonry1),  County 
Sligo.  He  feared  that  the  attempt  to  seize  Dublin  Castle 
(October  23rd),  the  general  bearing  of  the  population,  the  out- 
rages, the  robberies  perpetrated  with  impunity,  were  but  pre- 
monitory symptoms  of  a  great  upheaval  specially  directed 
against  the  Protestants. 

He  was  further  confirmed  in  that  idea  on  learning,  as  the 
commotions  increased,  that  Brian  M'Kiggan,  Guardian  of  the 
Franciscan  friars  of  the  Abbey  of  Creevelea,2  near  Drumahaire, 
had  preached  a  stirring  sermon,  or  exhortation,  to  the  flock  of 
whom  Browne's  superior — the  Protestant  Bishop  of  Achonry — 
was  the  supposed  guardian.  Browne  remonstrated  in  writing, 
and  sought  a  personal  conference  with  the  friar  about  the  state 
of  the  country,  for  which  purpose  the  latter  arrived  at  Kilvaruet 

1  A  Royal  Visitation  Book  of  1615  sets  down  the  disused  prebends  of 
Achonry  as  follows  : — 

"Pr.  Kilmoroghe,  Pr.  Imlafadda,  Pr.  Clonoghill,  Pr.  Killoshalwey, 
Pr.  Killorowe.  Hse  Praebendse  spectaverunt  (ut  asseritur)  ad  Ecclesiam 
Cathedralem  Aghadensem  ;  et  tenentur  per  Edwardum  Croftown. 

"  Pr.  de  Kilwar  et  Killowen,  Pr.  Kilmactege,  Pr.  Kilneagh  et  Kill- 
edan,  Pr.  Kilmaree,  Pr.  Dogharne,  Pr.  Moynelaghy,  tenentur  per  Epis- 
copum."  This  Bishop  was  Miler  Magrath. 

Another  Royal  Visitation  Book  of  1633,  in  the  Prerogative  Office, 
describes  the  prebends  of  Achonry  as  follows  : — 

"  Prseb.  Dougherne,  Robert  White,  Prseb.  Killoran,  John  Fargie 
(Forgie),  Prseb.  Killosalvie,  vacant,  worth  4s.  per  annum.  Praeb. 
Clowneoghill,  vacant,  worth  10s.  per  annum.  Prseb.  Imlaghfadda,  vacant, 
worth  10s.  per  annum.  Prseb.  Kilmurrogh,  vacant,  12s.  Praeb.  Kil- 
laraght,  Patrick  Campbell,  30s.  Proeb.  Kilmonie,  ditto,  sequestrator, 
8s.  Prseb.  Moynelagh,  vacant,  5s.  Praeb.  Kinave,  vacant,  30s.  Prseb. 
Killidan,  vacant,  30s.  Prseb.  Kilfree,  vacant,  5s.  Praeb.  Kilvarnett, 
vacant,  5s.  Prseb.  Kilturrogh,  vacant,  10s.  Prseb.  Kilmacteige,  vacant, 
10s." 

2  Creevelea,  i.e.,  grey  branch,  or  branchy  tree,  called  also  Ballymarc, 
the  Carrickpatrick  of  the  ancient  Lives  of  St.  Patrick.     The  abbey  is 
situated  on  a  height  overhanging  the  river  Bonet  in  the  County  Leitrim, 
in  the  barony  of  Drumahaire,  and  near  the  village  of  that  name.     The 
building  is  said  to  have  been  erected  in  1508  by  Margaret  O'Brien,  other- 
wise O'Rorke. 


34  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

on  the  2nd  November,  but  refused  to  yield  in  any  degree  to 
Browne's  remonstrance,  and  stated  the  intentions  of  the  Irish  in 
very  plain  terms,  saying  "  that  the  blood  that  the  Binghams 
had  formerly  spilt  in  the  Province  of  Connaught,  and  that  the 
monnaies  and  fines  that  had  been  leavied  and  taken  up  from  the 
recusants  in  those  counties  for  their  conscience  cause,  would  be 
now  remembered." 1 

Browne,  in  reply,  expressed  regret  that  one  who  ought  to 
give  better  advice  to  the  people,  should  speak  in  such  a  strain, 
and,  amongst  other  matters,  he  bade  the  friar  "  call  to  mind 
the  bad  success  the  Irish  had  in  that  rebellion  of  (15)88,  and  in 
those  rebellions  of  Tyrone,  oDoghertie,  and  M'Gwire,  and  that 
God  was  a  just  God,  and  would  avenge  the  cause  of  the  inno- 
cent." 

The  friar  retorted  :  "  Ah  !  sir,  it  will  not  be  so  with  you 
now  as  it  was  in  those  days,  for  then  the  Irish  of  the  kingdome 
were  divided  as  concerning  the  title  of  the  Crowne  and  Crowne 
lands ;  now  they  had  other  matters  in  hand,  and  there  should 
not  bee  scarce  an  Irishman  in  all  Ireland,  that  was  a  Catholique, 
that  should  take  part  with  the  Protestant." 

Thus  ended  the  conversation  :  but  it  served  to  intensify 
Browne's  alarm  ;  he  immediately  communicated  his  suspicions 
to  his  friends  and  neighbours,  and  posted  off  to  acquaint  Lord 
Pianelagh,  then  President  of  Connaught,2  with  the  general  feel- 

1 "  I  do  not  use  the  language  of  exaggeration,  or  overstep  the  limits  of 
literal  truth,  when  I  say  that  the  position  of  the  Irish  Roman  Catholics 
at  the  worst  period  of  the  penal  laws  was  a  paradise  when  compared  with 
the  condition  of  the  Protestants  in  France,  Spain,  Austria,  and  Savoy,  at 
the  same  period." — Two  Chapters  of  Irish  History,  p.  127. 

2  The  following  is  a  list  of  the  Presidents  of  Connaught  from  the  crea- 
tion of  the  office  to  its  abolition  : — 

Sir  Edward  Fytton,  Knt.,  first  President,  June  1,  1569;  Sir  Nicholas 
Malby,  Knt.,  Fitton  revoked,  March  31,  1579;  Sir  Richard  Bingham, 
Knt. ,  Malby  deceased,  1584 ;  Sir  Conyers  Clifford,  Knt. ,  Bingham  sus- 
pended, 1597  ;  Riccard,  Earl  of  Clanricard,  Sept.,  1604  ;  Sir  Charles 
Willmot,  Knt.,  Clanricard  resigned,  Sept.  30,  1616  ;  Charles  V.  Willmotfc 
and  Roger  V.  Ranelagh,  Sept.  11,  1630 ;  Thomas  V.  Dillon  and  Henry 
V.  Willmot,  April,  1644  ;  Sir  Charles  Coote,  Knt.  and  Bart.,  Cromwell's 
Roll  of  1655,  May  12,  1645  ;  Charles  E.  of  Mountrath,  Charles  II.  gave 
him  a  Council  consisting  of  20  members,  March  29,  1661 ;  John  Lord 
Berkeley,  B.  of  Stratton,  E.  Mountrath  deceased,  Jan.  13,  1661  ;  John 
Lord  Berkeley,  and  John  Lord  Kingston,  April  2,  1666. — LASCELLES, 
Lib.  Mun.  Pub.  Hib. 


MASSACEE    OF    1641-42.  35 

ing  existing,  of  which  he  considered  the  friar  to  be  but  the 
mouthpiece ;  he  entreated  the  Lord  President  to  send  a  force, 
were  it  ever  so  small,  into  the  County  Sligo,  assuring  him  that 
no  great  numbers  would  be  requisite,  for  the  Irish  were  then 
but  badly  armed,  and  had  few  considerable  strongholds. 

High  officials  move  slowly,  or  perhaps  the  Lord  President 
may  have  been  in  perplexity  as  to  what  ought  to  be  done  under 
the  circumstances  ;  when  he  did  move,  it  was  too  late. 

The  conversation  between  Browne  and  the  friar  exemplifies 
the  ideas  and  train  of  reasoning  of  the  opposing  parties.  The 
one  founded  their  anticipations  of  success  on  the  supposed 
homogeneity  of  their  party,  the  remembrance  of  their  wrongs, 
real  and  imaginary,  together  with  their  great  superiority  of 
numbers ;  whilst  their  opponents  relied  on  the  prestige  arising 
from  former  success,  and  on  their  favourite  maxim,  "  that 
God  was  a  just  God,  and  would  avenge  the  cause  of  the  inno- 
cent." 

Connaught  was  summoned  to  arms  by  the  conspirators,  and 
Leitrim  was  the  first  county  to  move.  In  the  commencement 
few  English  fell  by  the  sword ;  they  were  either  confined  in  prisons, 
where  they  lay  in  hourly  terror  of  destruction,  or  they  were 
driven  from  their  habitations,  naked,  destitute,  and  exposed  to 
the  rigour  of  a  remarkably  severe  season — dying  by  thousands 
in  the  highways. 

The  defection  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Lords  of  the  Pale  took 
place  early  in  December,  1641  ;  their  manifesto  was  sent  into 
Connaught,  and,  amongst  other  trading  towns,  it  was  posted  in 
Sligo.  This  manifesto  chiefly  insisted  on  the  dangerous  con- 
junction of  the  Irish  Lords  Justices  with  the  parliamentary 
party  in  England,  and  the  dreadful  scheme  of  extirpation  said  to 
have  been  formed  against  all  who  should  refuse  to  abandon  the 
Romish  communion.  Intelligence  of  indiscreet  or  virulent 
expressions  dropped  by  the  Lords  Justices  in  Dublin  Castle 
being  industriously  spread  through  the  provinces,  made  a  startling 
impression,  and  the  contagion  of  rebellion  by  these  means 
quickly  extended  to  the  County  of  Sligo.1 

Though  the  Lords  of  the  Pale  made  common  cause  with  the 


1  Leland,  Vol.  III.,  p.  153.     Edition,  Dublin,  1814. 

D    2 


86  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

popular  party,  there  was  no  real  bond  of  union  between  them. 
The  former,  proud  of  their  Anglo-Norman  descent,  looked  down 
with  half-concealed  contempt  on  their  Irish  allies,  who  returned 
the  scorn  with  interest — "  You  churls  with  the  great  breeches  ; 
do  you  think  that  if  we  were  rid  of  the  other  English,  that  we 
would  spare  you  ?  No !  for  we  would  cut  all  your  throats,  for 
you  are  all  of  one  race  with  them,  though  we  make  use  of  you 
for  the  present!"  Such  was  the  language  openly  used  by  the 
"  mere  Irish  rebels"  to  the  "  rebels  of  the  Pale."1 

The  Irish  chiefs  of  Sligo  kept  up  to  the  last  a  semblance  of 
good  faith  and  loyalty,  for  on  the  10th  of  November  Sir  Frederick 
Hamilton,  then  in  command  of  the  English  garrison  at  Manor- 
Hamilton,  received  letters  from  O'Conor  Sligo  and  O'Rorke,  con- 
taining profuse  assurances  of  unbounded  loyalty  and  apologies 
for  not  having  visited  and  congratulated  him  on  his  safe  return 
from  Derry.  Although  Hamilton  put  little  faith  in  these  pro- 
fessions, he  answered  their  letters  with  politeness,  and  conjured 
them  to  continue  well  affected. 

Some  short  time  previously,  Hamilton  had  written  to  the 
Lord  President  of  Connaught,  describing  in  pathetic  terms  the 
state  of  his  own  castle,  as  also  that  of  the  castle  of  Sligo. 
To  the  assurances  then  given  in  reply,  of  speedy  relief  for  both 
places,  he  attributed  the  subsequent  massacre  at  Sligo,  for  other- 
wise the  garrison  and  Protestants  of  the  town  would  have 
evacuated  the  place,  and  retreated  to  Manor-Hamilton  "  before 
the  Rebellion  there  [in  Sligo]  brake  out  in  that  height."2 

Towards  the  close  of  November,  or  the  commencement  of 
December,  Andrew  O'Crean,  High  Sheriff  of  the  County  Sligo, 
convened  a  meeting  at  Ballysadare  of  the  principal  gentry  (pre- 
sided over  by  O'Conor  Sligo),  nominally  for  the  purpose  of  re- 
pressing the  incursions  "  of  foraigners,  and  to  suppress  the  violent 
courses  of  idle  persons  within  county." 

1  Deposition  of  Ambrose  Bedell,  son  of  the  celebrated  Bishop  Bedell. 

*  A  True  Relation  of  the  manner  of  our  Colonel  Sir  Frederick  Hamil- 
ton's Retourne  from  London-derry,  being  60  miles  from  his  Castle  and 
Garrison,  where  he  was  at  the  beginning  and  breaking  out  of  this  Rebel- 
lion, with  the  particular  services  performed  by  the  Horse  and  Foot  Com- 
panies which  he  commanded,  garrisoned  at  Manor  Hamilton,  in  the  County 
of  Leitrim,  in  the  Province  of  Connaught. — Dublin,  printed  for  Robert 
Thornton,  2<ith  October,  1G43. 


MASSACRE    OF    1641-42.  37 

This  is  an  evident  allusion  to  the  excesses  of  the  Irish  forces 
raised  for  service  in  Scotland  by  Wentworth  (afterwards  created 
Earl  of  Strafford).  Owing,  however,  to  the  refusal  of  Parliament 
to  vote  the  necessary  funds,  these  forces  had  not  been  despatched 
thither,  but  had  long  continued  to  be  a  grievous  burden  to  the 
State.  The  urgent  and  repeated  remonstrances  of  the  English 
Commons  made  it  imperative  to  disband  these  levies,  and  the 
King  having  decided  upon  sending  them  into  Spain,  preparations 
were  made  for  their  shipment,  and  considerable  sums  of  money 
had  been  expended  for  that  purpose,  when  suddenly  the  Irish 
Parliament  prevented  their  embarkation.  Amongst  other  reasons, 
the  House  urged  the  interests  of  the  State,  representing  that 
these  forces  might  be  sent  back  from  Spain  to  raise  insurrec- 
tions in  Ireland  ;  but  to  judge  from  subsequent  events,  it  seems 
not  improbable  that  these  specious  arguments  were  artfully  sug- 
gested by  those  who  entertained  designs  hostile  to  English 
government,  and  who  were  desirous  that  a  number  of  idle 
swordsmen  should  be  retained  in  Ireland  ready  for  any  purpose 
of  innovation,  how  desperate  soever.1 

Throughout  the  county  there  were  besides  numbers  of  men 
without  employment,  or  any  regular  means  of  subsistence,  and 
who  were  therefore  turbulent,  and  eager  for  change.  The  existence 
of  such  a  class,  and  the  dangers  to  be  anticipated  from  it,  had 
not  escaped  the  attention  of  contemporaneous  observers. 

Although  the  meeting  convened  in  December  at  Ballysadare 
unanimously  passed  a  resolution  to  keep  unbroken  the  peace  of 
the  county,  yet  no  sooner  was  it  dissolved  than  many  of  its 
members  were  found  to  be  engaged  in  plundering  the  Protestants. 
Foremost  amongst  them  was  Brian  MacSwine,  an  idle  swords- 
man, who  had  raised  some  of  his  sept  in  the  Barony  of  Tireragh, 
as  a  company  of  foot  for  service  in  Spain,  at  the  instigation  of 
Theobald  Taaffe,  afterwards  Viscount  Taaffe.  The  MacSwines, 
with  some  of  the  MacDonoghs,  carried  off  all  the  goods  and 
chattels  of  Thomas  Crofton,  of  Longford  Castle,  in  Tireragh,  as 
also  his  cattle,  horses,  sheep,  corn,  hay — in  short,  everything 
they  could  lay  hands  on — to  the  value  of  £3600,  which  must 
have  sufficed  to  support  these  wild  clans  for  a  considerable  time 

'Leland,  Vol.  III.,  pp.  81,  82.     Edition,  Dublin,  1814. 


38 


HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 


in  rude  abundance.  Crofton  was  almost  beggared ;  he  received 
no  rents  from  his  tenantry  for  several  years,  though  possessing 
a  nominal  income  of  £300  per  annum — considered  a  handsome 
competence  in  those  days. 

A  Proclamation  from  the  Lords  Justices  in  Dublin  produced 
a  lull  for  about  a  fortnight ;  but  after  another  meeting  at  Bally- 
sadare  of  the  Irish  Roman  Catholic  gentry,  open  hostilities 
commenced  in  Sligo. 

Seemingly  there  were  in  the  town  two  centres  of  defence, 
O'Crean's  Castle,  and  Lady  Jones's  Castle  (which  would  appear 
to  have  been  in  close  proximity),  and  both  were  of  sufficient 
strength  to  offer  stubborn  resistance  to  the  imperfect  military 
tactics  of  that  age. 

Sir  Eoger  Jones,  Knt.,  Governor  of  Sligo,  died  in  1637  ;  his 
widow,  however,  evidently  retained  possession  of  the  castle. 
Fig.  5  is  taken  from  an  eighteenth  century  rude  sketch  of 
Crean's  Castle,  which  would  appear  to  have  been  then  modern- 
ized.1 


Fig.  5. — Crean's  Castle,  from  an  eighteenth  century  rude  sketch. 

The  Irish  forces  of  the  county  assembled,  and  the  castles 
situated  within  the  town  of  Sligo — then  garrisoned  by  a  com- 
pany of  Lord  Ranelagh's  regiment,  under  command  of  Ensign 
Cotton — were  surrounded.  First  arrived  the  men  of  Carbury, 
in  two  large  detachments  ;  those  from  the  lower  part  of  the 

1  Judging  of  this  castle  from  a  map  of  the  town  made  in  the  year 
1G89,  there  must  have  been  originally  some  kind  of  outworks,  which  were 
demolished  in  more  peaceable  times.  It  lay  a  little  back  from  the  road, 
at  the  corner  of  the  present  Albert  Street,  close  to  the  abbey.  In  recent 
years,  when  a  drain  was  being  opened  in  the  adjoining  street,  some  traces 
of  the  ancient  foundations  could  be  observed.  Le  Gouz,  a  French  tra- 
veller who  visited  Ireland  in  the  year  1644,  gives  the  following  general 
description  of  the  residences  of  the  better  class  : — "  The  castles  or  houses 


MASSACRE    OF    1641-42.  39 

barony,  under  the  command  of  Teige  Briny,  Charles  and 
Hugh  O'Conor,  brothers  of  O'Conor  Sligo ;  the  other  detach- 
ment, consisting  of  those  who  lived  within  the  bridges  (i.e., 
between  Ballysadare  and  Sligo),  under  command  of  Donell 
McBrian,  Dorrogh  and  Hugh  McCon  O'Conor.  They  quartered 
themselves  in  the  houses  adjoining  the  present  Church  of  St. 
John's.  Next  arrived  the  men  of  Leitrim,  under  O'Rorke ;  the 
other  chiefs  dropped  in  one  by  one.  The  men  of  Tirerrill  were 
led  by  Brian  MacDonogh ;  those  from  about  Collooney  by 
Patrick  Plunket  of  Markree ;  and  the  Tireragh  contingent  was 
led  by  Maurice  Keogh  MacDonogh,  Brian  MacSwine,  and  David 
O'Dowd.  Their  spirit  was  roused,  and  their  religious  feelings 
excited,  by  Edmond  MacBrian  MacSwine  of  the  Order  of  the 
Dominicans  of  Sligo. 

After  a  preliminary  meeting,  held  in  the  parish  Church  of 
St.  John's  a  day  or  two  after  the  siege  of  the  castles  had  com- 
menced, the  chief  command  of  these  Irish  forces  was  offered 
to  O'Conor  Sligo,  but  declined  by  him,  and  Brian  MacDonogh 
accepted  the  post. 

The  garrisons  of  the  castles  were  greatly  trammelled  by  the 
crowds  of  helpless  women  and  children  that  thronged  through 
the  portals  for  protection,  bearing  with  them  as  much  of  their 
goods  as  they  could  transport. 

The  siege  lasted  from  eight  to  ten  days ;  at  last,  Cotton,  who 
was  in  conimand,  being  very  closely  pressed  by  the  besiegers — 
who  had  taken  possession  of  all  the  neighbouring  houses  and 
points  of  vantage  from  whence  a  musketry  fire  could  be  directed 
— sent  out  Andrew  O'Crean  to  negotiate  terms  of  surrender. 
After  two  days'  absence  O'Crean  returned,  but  Cotton  thought 
the  proffered  terms  too  hard  and  broke  off  the  parley,  having 
previously  addressed  the  besieged,  and  told  them  what  they  had 
to  expect ;  he  then  asked  whether  they  would  accept  the  terms 

of  the  nobility  consist  of  four  walls  extremely  high,  thatched  with  straw, 
but,  to  tell  the  truth,  they  are  nothing  but  square  towers  without  windows, 
or  at  least,  having  such  small  apertures  as  to  give  no  more  light  than 
there  is  in  a  prison.  They  have  little  furniture,  and  cover  their  rooms 
with  rushes,  of  which  they  make  their  beds  in  summer,  and  of  straw  in 
winter.  They  put  the  rushes  a  foot  deep  on  their  floors  and  on  their 
windows,  and  many  of  them  ornament  the  ceilings  with  branches." 


40  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

or  hold  out,  saying  that  he  himself  would  maintain  "  the  holde  " 
with  such  men  as  were  determined  "  to  stick  unto  him,"  but 
any  that  so  wished  should  he  dismissed  and  sent  out  of  the 
castle  with  a  pass  and  two  shillings  in  money.  A  man  named 
Mahon  Cunningham  alone  stepped  out  of  the  ranks,  said  he  did 
not  care  to  hold  out  to  the  last,  and  claimed  his  pass  and 
money ;  hoth  were  immediately  handed  to  him  hy  Cotton. 
When  Cunningham  perceived  that  none  of  his  comrades  fol- 
lowed his  example,  he  asked  leave  to  remain,  but  was  at  once 
disarmed  and  reproached  by  "  the  said  Eusigne  Cotton,  who  told 
him  that  he  was  unworthy  to  be  trusted  in  the  Castle,  for  he 
was  a  coward." 

On  perceiving,  however,  that  Lady  Jones's  Castle  had  capitu- 
lated, and  his  own  ammunition  being  almost  exhausted,  Cotton 
again  beat  a  parley,  and  surrendered  on  the  terms  first  offered, 
which  were  briefly  as  follows : — the  garrison  to  be  escorted  in 
safety  to  the  Abbey  of  Boyle  (then  in  possession  of  the  English), 
taking  with  them  as  much  goods  as  they  could  carry  in  a  bundle 
under  their  arms.  Those  who  preferred  to  remain  in  Sligo  were 
to  retain  half  of  their  property,  and  anyone  might  elect  to 
remain  a  month  in  the  town  before  finally  coming  to  a  decision 
either  to  go  to  Boyle  or  to  stay  in  Sligo.  The  document  was 
signed  by  Brian  MacDonogh,  O'Conor  Sligo,  and  also  by  the 
other  Irish  commanders.  The  terms  of  the  capitulation  were  at 
once  broken  by  the  Irish,  who  had  no  sooner  entered  the  castle 
than  they  stripped  and  plundered  all  the  British  in  the  place, 
and  afterwards  kept  them  closely  imprisoned  till  they  were  on 
the  brink  of  starvation. 

When  the  uproar  produced  by  the  entrance  of  the  Irish 
after  Cotton's  surrender  broke  out,  two  ministers,  Mr.  William 
Rycroft,1  and  Mr.  Browne,  also  Mr.  William  Welsh,  who  were 
all  in  Lady  Jones's  Castle,  called  on  the  Irish  officers  then 


1  This  William  Roycroft,  or  Rycroft,  was  at  the  time  minister  of  Sligo. 
He  was  ordained  deacon,  3611,  priest  shortly  afterwards;  was  Preben- 
dary of  Tirbrien,  or  Agheran,  in  Elphin.  In  1622  he  was  presented  to  the 
prebend  of  Drumcliff ;  in  1(527  he  was  also  Prebendary  of  Kilcoole,  and 
he  was  reputed  to  be  "a  good  Divine  and  Preacher." 

The  following  are  the  names  of  the  clergy  of  the  Established  Church 
in  the  County  Sligo,  in  the  years  1G32-36,  taken  from  the  MS.  Survey  :— 


MASSACRE    OF    1641-42.  41 

present  to  assist  in  preserving  the  lives  of  the  Protestants  ;  but 
no  heed  to  this  appeal  was  given  by  those  officers,  who  were  as 
busily  engaged  as  their  men  in  plundering ;  they  next  addressed 
themselves  to  Brian  Ballagh  O'Rorke,  an  Irish  gentleman  of 
their  acquaintance,  and  having  given  into  his  hands  any  little 
things  of  value  they  wished  saved,  he  drew  his  sword,  and,  with 
the  assistance  of  his  son,  made  way  for  them  through  the  crowd. 
Rycroft  managed  to  get  a  message  sent  by  the  hands  of  Hugh 
Gaskein,  a  soldier  of  the  garrison,  to  Colonel  Brian  MacDonogh, 
in  command  of  the  Irish,  requesting  him  to  provide  an  escort 
for  such  of  the  English  garrison  as  desired  to  go  to  Boyle. 
MacDonogh  ordered  Captain  Patrick  Plunket  of  Markree  to 
provide  the  convoy.  Plunket  seems  to  have  demurred,  where- 
upon MacDonogh,  a  soldier-like,  honourable  man,  pressed  that 
"  it  was  their  duty,  according  to  their  covenant,  and  that  if  it 
was  not  performed,  that  God  would  revenge  it ;  that  it  was  the 
least  they  could  do,  they  had  made  them  poor  enough,  and  had 
plundered  them  of  all  their  goods."  Plunket  became  irate, 
declared  that  he  had  got  hardly  anything  from  the  prisoners  but 
a  jar  of  whiskey  ("on  aquawyte  pott"),  and  that  he  would  do 
nothing  for  them  save  escort  them  to  the  gallows  if  they  were 
to  be  hanged.  MacDonogh  replied  that  he,  at  all  events,  would 
do  his  duty,  and  he  kept  his  word  by  convoying  safely  to  their 
destination  all  who  desired  to  accompany  Mr.  Rycroft  to  Boyle. 
This  is  by.  no  means  the  only  instance  of  humanity  and  Chris- 
tian feeling  displayed  by  the  Irish,  both  laymen  and  churchmen; 
many  of  them  not  only  tried  to  save  their  Protestant  friends, 
but  even  dared  to  denounce  openly  the  crimes  and  cruelties  of 
their  party.  The  intemperate  language  used  by  Plunket  de- 
terred many  from  taking  advantage  of  the  escort  under  his 
command,  fearing  violence  at  his  hands  on  the  way.  Such  fears 
were  not  altogether  groundless,  for  on  the  road  he  compelled 

Rev.  William  Browne,  of  Kilvarnet,  Registrar  of  the  Bishop  of  Killala 
and  Achonry  ;  Rev.  John  Shrawley,  Vicar  of  Baskey  ;  Rev.  —  Oliphant, 
Rev.  Roger  Bagger,  Rev.  —  Connell,  Rev.  William  Dodwell,  Rev.  An- 
drew Fargey,  Vicar  of  Ballymote  ;  Rev.  John  Fargus  of  Kilrass,  Rev.  — 
Hamilton,  Rev.  Samuel  Hawkes,  Rev.  John  Johnston  of  Killery,  Rev. 
John  King,  Vicar  of  Killmackallen  ;  Rev.  John  Lange,  Vicar  of  Dro- 
rnard ;  Rev.  —  Sharpe,  Rev.  Michael  Summers,  Rev.  Patrick  Campbell. 


42  HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 

t\vo  English  soldiers,  James  Fuller  and  Robert  Hussey,  to  join 
his  company  by  the  threat  of  hanging  them  in  case  of  refusal. 

Some  faint  hearts,  at  the  head  of  whom  was  a  man  named 
"Welsh,  chose  what  they  then  thought  the  lesser  of  two  evils  :  they 
elected  to  remain  in  Sligo,  turned  Roman  Catholics,  and  entered 
as  soldiers  into  O'Conor  Sligo's  company  of  foot ;  they  could 
not,  however,  avert  their  fate. 

A  great  meeting  or  council  of  the  gentry1  of  Donegal,  Lei- 
trim,  and  Sligo — under  the  presidency  of  O'Conor  Sligo — was 
held  early  in  January,  164£,  in  the  abbey,  where  some  of  the 
English  convert  soldiers  did  duty  at  the  gate  as  a  guard  of 
honour,  and  after  consultation  the  meeting  dispersed.  In  a 
mixed  assembly  drawn  from  various  counties,  there  must  ne- 
cessarily have  been  many  violent  characters,  and  two  of  the 
northern  delegates,  Hugh  and  James  Boy  O'Gallagher,  delibe- 
rately slew  in  the  public  street  four  poor  Protestants,2  having 
dragged  them  out  from  a  place  of  concealment  into  which  they 
had  crept. 

This  occurrence  took  place  about  two  o'clock  in  the  after- 
noon. The  fears  of  the  Protestants  still  in  the  town,  as  also 
the  convert  soldiers  and  their  families,  were  at  once  aroused ; 
their  anxiety  was,  however,  somewhat  quieted  by  a  visit  from 
Hugh  and  Charles  O'Conor,  brothers  of  O'Conor  Sligo,  who 
desired  the  Protestants  to  assemble  in  the  gaol  (then  used  as  a 
guard-house)  where  would  be  found  a  sufficient  number  of  men 
to  protect  them  from  any  dread  of  a  popular  tumult ;  but  several 
Protestants,  who  had  been  warned  by  their  Roman  Catholic 
friends,  saved  themselves  by  a  timely  flight. 

William  Walsh,  son  of  the  William  Walsh  whose  name 
appears  amongst  the  prisoners  in  the  gaol,  on  seeing  the  murder 
of  the  Shiels  at  two  in  the  afternoon,  had  sought  refuge  with 
one  of  his  father's  friends,  Owen  McRory  O'Conor ;  he  remained 

1  The  following,  connected  with  the  County  Sligo,  were  present : — 
Capt.  Plunket,  Capt.  Phelim  O'Conor,  O'Rorke,  Col.  Brian  MacDonogh, 
and  the  two  brothers  of  O'Conor  Sligo,  &c.  Some  of  the  Protestants 
who  made  depositions,  were  of  opinion  that  the  subsequent  massacre  was 
first  mooted  at  this  meeting. 

*  Namely,  William  Shiels  and  John  Shiels,  his  son,  together  with  two 
other  men,  i.e.,  William  Maxwell,  and  Robert  Akin,  the  one  a  Scotch- 
man, the  other  an  Englishman. 


MASSACRE    OF    1641-42.  43 

in  hiding  whilst  there  was  daylight,  and  thus  escaped  being 
driven  into  the  guard-house.  Ahout  eight  o'clock  in  the  even- 
ing his  friend  took  him,  first  to  visit  his  father  and  mother  in 
the  gaol,  and  then  along  the  street  to  Lady  Jones's  Castle,  to 
procure  from  the  council  a  written  protection  for  the  family; 
they  waited  in  the  ante-chamber  for  an  audience ;  the  door 
between  the  two  rooms  was  ajar,  and  Walsh  there  distinctly  saw 
and  heard  Owen  O'Korke  and  his  brother,  O'Conor  Sligo's  two 
brothers  Teige  and  Phelim  O'Conor  (besides  others  he  did  not 
know),  in  consultation  as  to  the  best  way  of  putting  an  end  to 
the  Protestants.  Walsh's  terror  may  be  imagined ;  his  friend 
quietly  despatched  him  to  his  own  house  for  concealment,  and 
he  there  lay  in  mortal  terror  through  the  long  night. 

From  two  o'clock  P.M.,  when  the  Shiels  were  murdered,  up 
to  the  hour  when  the  great  massacre  took  place,  the  movements 
of  the  murderers  can  be  traced,  for  the  greater  number  of  them 
adjourned  to  a  house  where  one  Jane  Steward  (who  deposes  to 
some  of  the  events)  was  lodged.  Hearing  a  great  commotion 
under  her  window,  she  got  up  (being  on  a  sick  bed)  looked  out, 
and  witnessed  the  murder  of  the  two  Shiels,  who  were  dragged 
out  of  a  rick  of  turf  where  they  had  hidden  themselves ;  she 
then  dressed  and  went  downstairs,  where  she  found  Hugh  and 
Charles  O'Conor,  with  twelve  other  men,  eating  and  drinking ; 
she  prayed  a  friend  of  her  husband,  Brian  Ballagh  O'Korke 
(who  was  then  in  the  room)  to  induce  his  friends  to  let  her 
husband  out  of  prison,  but  her  request  was  refused.  Later  in 
the  evening,  a  messenger  arrived  from  O'Conor  Sligo  to  the 
party  carousing,  "  desyreinge  them  not  to  do  anything  with  the 
prisoners  till  the  next  morning,  that  hee  should  sie  tharn, 
whereunto  they  gave  no  answer,  but  sniggled." 

It  was  the  13th  January  ;  the  cold  wintry  sun  had  long  sunk 
to  rest,  the  sky  was  covered  with  dark,  massive  clouds ;  it  was 
close  upon  midnight  when,  well  primed  with  drink,  the  assassins 
sallied  forth. 

After  the  thrilling  excitement  of  the  day,  silence  and  repose 
rested  upon  the  town,  and  no  sounds  were  heard  in  the  streets. 
The  unfortunate  Protestant  prisoners,  inmates  of  the  gaol,  little 
dreaming  of  the  plot  for  their  extirpation,  were  wrapped  in 
slumber.  Silently  the  assassins  sprang  upon  the  sleepers ;  the 


44  HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 

work  was  short  but  terrible ;  one  after  other,  every  occupant  of 
the  prison  was  despatched ;  neither  sex  nor  age  was  spared, 
and  vain  were  shrieks  for  mercy.  Inflamed  with  drink,  these 
human  tigers  were  void  of  pity,  "  and  greedy  yet  to  kill."  It 
would  be  difficult  to  conceive  a  scene  more  shocking  in  all  its 
details.  Unhappily,  murders  and  outrages  were  no  uncommon 
occurrences  during  the  civil  commotions  of  the  seventeenth 
century ;  but  the  wholesale  and  merciless  slaughter  in  the  gaol 
of  Sligo  has  rarely  been  equalled  in  atrocity,  if  we  take  into 
consideration  the  innocence  of  the  victims,  the  deliberate  pre- 
meditation of  the  deed,  and  the  pitiless  disregard  evinced  for 
age  and  sex. 

Prostrate  with  terror,  Walsh  meantime  lay  securely  hid  in 
the  house  of  his  friend  O'Conor.  Towards  morning  his  host 
came  in  with  intelligence  of  the  massacre  in  the  gaol.  Walsh 
could  hardly  believe  it,  but  O'Conor  took  him  to  view  the 
ghastly  spectacle.  There  lay  his  father,  mother,  and  other 
relatives,  whom  he  had  seen  in  health  and  strength  a  few  short 
hours  previously — together  with  other  inmates  of  the  prison- 
house — all  in  one  gory  heap. 

What  can  surpass  in  thrilling  horror  the  story  of  this  tra- 
gedy, as  gathered  from  the  pages  of  the  Depositions  ?  The 
imagination  can  scarcely  realize  the  sad  incidents  of  the  fearful 
scene  enacted  in  the  town  of  Sligo,  and  under  the  shadow  of  its 
venerable  abbey. 

Sampson  Porter,  one  of  the  victims,  suffered  many  severities 
before  death  put  an  end  to  his  sufferings.  Peter  O'Crean,  a 
humane  Roman  Catholic  merchant,  had  obtained  a  protection 
for  him  and  his  family;  but  whilst  O'Crean  was  absent  on 
business,  some  of  the  Irish  fell  upon  Porter,  tied  his  hands 
behind  his  back,  and  half  hanged  and  tortured  him  till  he  con- 
fessed where  his  scanty  hoards  were  hidden.  O'Crean,  on  his 
return  home,  complained  to  O'Conor  Sligo  of  the  breach  of  his 
protection,  but  received  the  same  reply  which  most  leaders  of 
revolution  have  to  give,  viz. : — that  his  followers  had  got  beyond 
his  control. 

To  be  in  debt  to  any  of  the  leading  Roman  Catholic  mer- 
chants was  a  circumstance  which  offered  a  favourable  chance  of 
life ;  so  at  least  found  Henry  Knott,  the  son  of  an  English 


MASSACRE    OF    1641-42.  45 

trader  who  owed  a  considerable  sum  of  money  to  William 
O'Crean ;  this  creditor  implored  O'Conpr  Sligo  to  save  the  life 
of  Henry  Knott,  as  otherwise  he  would  lose  all  chance  of  the 
debt  due  by  the  father. 

A  woman  named  Isabella  Beard  was  in  the  Friary  close 
adjoining  the  gaol,  and  hearing  dreadful  shrieks  and  cries  from 
the  guard-house,  ran  out  into  the  street  to  see  what  was  the 
matter ;  she  was  pursued  by  one  of  the  "  frier's  men,"  ran  in 
terror  into  the  river,  and  was  there  murdered  in  a  most  revolt- 
ing manner.  Distracted  by  the  barbarity  of  these  outrages, 
which  he  was  powerless  to  control,  the  Prior  of  the  Abbey  of 
Sligo  "  fell  frantick,  and  ran  soe  about  the  streets,  and  con- 
tynued  in  that  frenzie  for  3  or  4  weekes." 

The  people  employed  in  burying  the  slain  worked  mid-leg  in 
the  blood  and  brains  of  the  victims.  Scant  ceremony  was  ob- 
served :  a  large  pit  was  dug  in  the  garden  of  Mr.  Rycroft,  who 
was  minister  of  Sligo  ;l  the  bodies,  about  forty  in  number,  were 
carried  out  and  cast  promiscuously  into  the  trench.  The  lives 
of  four  of  the  victims  were  spared,  who  had  been  found  still 
alive,  though  fearfully  wounded  ;  their  names  were  Robert 
Gamble,  Provost  of  Sligo ;  Edward  Newsham,  Edward  Mercer, 
and  John  Steward,  son  of  Jane  Steward,  whose  husband  was 
there  murdered. 

The  morning  after  the  massacre,  Elizabeth,  wife  of  James 
Scott,  who  had  been  murdered  in  the  gaol,  tried  to  escape  from 
the  town,  but  was  seized  on  the  bridge  as  she  was  crossing  the 
river,  and  killed  with  circumstances  of  great  barbarity.  It 
would  seem  as  if  the  waters  of  the  river  had  been  polluted  by 
the  blood  and  decomposed  bodies  of  some  of  the  slaughtered  ; 
also  the  atrocities  perpetrated  in  Sligo  may  have  aroused  the 
superstitious  feelings  of  that  ignorant  age,  at  least  amongst 
the  lower  classes  ;  for  Jane  Steward  deposes  "  that  whereas  the 

1  The  following  is,  as  far  as  can  be  ascertained,  a  list  of  the  vicars 
and  rectors  of  St.  John's,  Sligo  : — 1635,  William  Newport ;  1641,  William 
Ricroft,  Rycroft,  or  Roy  croft;  1661,  Cleremont  Panham,  D.D.  ;  1666, 
John  Wilkinson ;  1681,  Coote  Ormsby  (previously  Chaplain  to  the  Lord 
Lieutenant  of  Ireland) ;  1694,  John  Fountaneen,  to  1730 ;  in  1770,  Eubule 
Ormsby  died  ;  1771,  Manly  Gore  ;  1776,  Wensly  Bond  ;  1822,  Charles 
Hamilton;  1846,  Edward  Day;  1876,  A.  M.  Kearney,  Archdeacon  of 
Elphin,  present  vicar. 


46  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

river  of  Sligo  was  before  very  plentiful  of  fish,  it  did  not  for  a 
long  time  after  those  murthers  afford  any  fish  at  all  ;"*  she  also 
saw  "the  friers  in  their  white  habits,  in  great  companies  in 
procession,  going  to  sanctify  the  waters,  casting  therein  holy 
water."  The  terrible  cruelties  perpetrated  on  Protestants  were 
supposed  by  the  survivors  of  that  party  to  have  been  visited  with 
the  anger  of  the  Almighty.  The  leaders  of  outrage  and  murder 
were  reported  by  the  Puritanical  party  to  have  been  struck  with 
madness,  or  some  loathsome  disease  ;  the  spirits  of  the  mur- 
dered were  reputed  to  have  been  seen  hovering  in  the  air,  or 
walking  on  the  waters,  and  then  the  voice  of  God's  anger  was 
heard  in  awful  thunder-claps.2 

1  This  was  a  common  belief  amongst  the  Protestants.  John  Hickman 
of  Cavan  in  his  deposition  states,  that  after  the  Protestants  were  drowned 
in  the  river  Erne,  he  heard  "divers  of  the  rebels  complain  that  they 
could  not  get  bream,  pike,  or  other  fish  in  that  river,  since  the  English 
were  drowned  there,  as  formerly  they  had  done  ;  and  they  used  to  say 
that  they  (the  Irish)  thought  all  the  fish  and  the  English  had  gone  away 
together." — Ireland,  in  the  Seventeenth  Century,  Vol.  II.,  p.  24.  Other 
instances  could  be  quoted,  and,  with  regard  to  the  Sligo  river,  St.  Patrick's 
blessing,  as  given  in  Septima  Vita,  Lib.  II.,  Colgan,  Trias.  Thaitm.,  p.  140, 
xcviii.,  was  for  the  time  suspended.  The  following  is  the  translation  : 
"  Going  on  his  journey  by  the  sea  shore  of  northern  Connaught,  Patrick 
came  to  a  river  called  Sligeach  (Sligo).  There  he  wished  to  refresh  his 
wearied  body  ;  he  asked  the  fishermen  to  spread  their  nets  wherever 
they  pleased,  and  by  aid  of  their  art,  to  provide  some  fish  for  a  meal,  by 
which  he  might  relieve  the  present  need  of  his  body.  They  answered, 
that  although  it  seemed  difficult  in  winter,  yet  in  return  for  the  favour 
of  having  such  a  guest,  they  would  like  to  try  it.  They  cast  their  net, 
and  caught  a  large  salmon,  which,  with  great  joy,  they  brought  to  the 
man  of  God.  He  thanked  them  for  their  kind  attention.  He  prayed 
for  a  blessing  on  them,  and  he  blessed  the  river,  praying,  and,  whilst 
praying,  foretelling  that  fish  would  never  fail  in  the  river.  The  actual  state 
of  affairs  has  always  afforded  proof  of  this  prophecy  ;  for  ever  since  that 
time  the  river  so  abounds  in  salmon,  that  in  every  time  of  the  year  fresh 
salmon  are  found  in  it." 

1  Events  regarded  by  our  ancestors  as  miracles  were  often  but  very 
ordinary  displays  of  nature.  Thus  when  Murragh  O'Coffey,  Bishop  of 
Derry  and  Raphoe,  died  in  the  year  1173,  it  is  stated  in  the  Annul* 
of  the  Four  Masters,  that  "a  great  miracle  was  performed  on  the  night 
of  his  death,  viz. ,  the  dark  night  became  bright  from  dusk  till  morning, 
and  it  appeared  to  the  inhabitants  that  the  adjacent  parts  of  the  globe 
were  illuminated  ;  and  a  large  body  of  fire  moved  over  the  town,  and 
remained  in  the  south-east ;  all  the  people  rose  from  their  beds,  for 
they  thought  it  was  day ;  it  (the  light)  continued  so  eastward  along  the 
sea."  This  so-called  "miracle  "  was  evidently  a  very  fine  effect  produced 


MASSACRE    OF    1641-42.  47 

Superstition  has  often  been  defined  as  the  offspring  of 
ignorance,  and,  doubtless,  in  the  earlier  history  of  the  human 
race,  before  the  world  was  enlightened  by  the  advance  of  science, 
men  lived  in  apprehension  of  witchcraft,  of  prodigies,  charms,  and 
enchantments ;  but,  as  observed  by  the  authoress  of  Ireland  in 
the  Seventeenth  Century,  "because  the  deponents  of  1641,  when 
even  highly  educated  men  believed  in  witches  and  apparitions, 
repeated  superstitious  tales,  or  believed  in  them,  is  surely  no 
reason  for  rejecting  their  testimony  on  other  matters."  Be- 
lievers in  the  apparitions  of  Lourdes,  of  Knock,  and  of  hundreds 
of  other  reputed  "  miracles,"  should  be  slow  to  ridicule  the  cre- 
dulity of  seventeenth  century  witnesses  of  an  uneducated  class.1 

by  the  aurora  borealis  or  northern  lights  ;  numerous  other  miraculous,  or 
alleged  miraculous,  occurrences  are  recounted  in  the  Irish  Annals. 

Marvellous  stories  or  legends,  as  a  rule,  primarily  commemorate  facts 
which  took  place  in  early  history  ;  in  course  of  time  matters  of  compara- 
tively later  date  became  mixed  up  with  them,  or  the  story  may  have  been 
perhaps  also  bodily  advanced  to  a  more  modern  date.  Keeping  before 
us  this  knowledge,  we  see  that  often,  despite  the  many  anachronisms,  or 
even  absurdities,  contained  in  these  recitals,  they  will  be  found,  on  close 
scrutiny,  to  owe  their  origin  to  authentic  occurrences.  There  is  one  legend 
about  the  massacre  of  1C41  which  states  that  at  a  great  banquet  given  by 
the  Roman  Catholics  to  the  Protestants,  the  latter  were  all  murdered 
by  their  hosts.  Protestant  and  Catholic  were  seated  alternately  at  table, 
when,  at  the  close  of  the  banquet,  O'Conor  rose,  as  if  to  propose  a  toast, 
at  the  same  time  holding  up  his  goblet,  which  he  filled  from  a  wine  flagon 
with  a  reverse  turn  of  the  wrist ;  at  this  signal  each  Irishman  buried  his 
dagger  in  his  neighbour's  breast.  This  legend  is  supposed  to  refer  origin- 
ally to  an  event  of  an  earlier  date,  when  the  parties  in  question,  instead 
of  being  Protestants  and  Catholics,  were  really  members  of  rival  native- 
septs.  Owen  Phibbs,  Esq.,  directs  attention  to  another  version  of  the 
same  story  (but  of  more  recent  date),  as  contained  in  the  Diary  of  John 
Wesley.  "  May  19,  Tuesday,  1778 :  I  now  received  an  intelligible  account 
of  the  famous  massacre  at  Sligo.  A  little  before  the  Revolution,  one 
Mr.  Morris,  a  Popish  gentleman,  invited  all  the  chief  Protestants  to  an 
entertainment,  at  the  close  of  which,  on  a  signal  given,  the  men  he  had 
prepared  fell  upon  them,  and  left  not  one  of  them  alive.  As  soon  as 
King  William  prevailed,  he  quitted  Sligo,  but  venturing  thither  about 
twenty  years  after,  supposing  no  one  then  knew  him,  he  was  discovered, 
and  used  according  to  his  deserts." 

!  So  late  as  the  year  1832,  on  the  outbreak  of  cholera  at  Ballysadare 
in  the  County  Sligo,  supernatural  agencies  were  believed  to  be  at  work. 
"  One  man  fancied  he  had  heard  unearthly  sounds  ;  another  that  he  had 
seen  portentous  sights  in  the  heavens ;  and  all  agreed  in  saying  that  a 
dark  cloud  hung  over  the  devoted  town."—  History  of  the  Parishes  of 
Ballysadare  and  Kilvarnet,  p.  38.  (Rev.  T.  O'Rorke,  P.P.) 


48  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

After  the  massacre  of  Sligo,  Andrew  Crean,  being  anxious 
to  save  the  lives  of  John  Stanoway  and  his  family,  sent  them 
off  to  Owen  MacDermott  at  Drumbo  ;  the  latter,  however,  was 
then  absent  at  Ballymote,  but  on  his  return  the  situation  was 
not  improved.  Times  had  advanced,  and  all  semblance  of 
humanity  seems  to  have  been  discarded  by  the  greater  portion 
of  the  native  population.  Owen  MacDermott  at  first  thrust  the 
refugees  out  of  doors,  and  commanded  them  "to  go  shift  for 
themselves,"  but  afterwards,  to  free  himself  of  their  importuni- 
ties, added,  that  he  would  send  along  his  waiting  man  and  some 
four  of  his  soldiers  to  guard  them,  and  that  they  should  see 
them  safe  within  the  bounds  of  the  garrison  of  Boyle.  Stano- 
way started  with  the  escort,  and  when  they  were  passing  near 
Ballinafad,1  then  held  by  the  English,  one  of  the  soldiers  went  to 
the  Irish  camp,  which  lay  under  the  castle  walls.  This  man 
did  not  rejoin  the  party  till  they  were  within  the  deer  park  close 
to  Boyle,  and  the  escort,  then  stating  that  they  had  done  their 
duty,  turned  back,  some  of  them  at  the  same  time  giving  a  shrill 
whistle.  Divining  this  "  to  be  a  sign  of  trecherie,"  Stanoway 
was  about  to  try  "to  escape  for  his  lyff,"  when  five  men  rushed 
at  him  with  skeans,  and  he  fell,  literally  cut  to  pieces,  whilst 
two  more  attacked  his  wife,  and  deprived  her  of  her  clothing. 
One  of  the  children,  being  fleet  of  foot,  reached  Boyle  despite 
his  pursuers. 

Charles  and  Hugh  O'Conor,  who  were  the  principal  actors 

1  "This  castle  bravely  resisted  the  assaults  of  Hubert  Boy  Burke  and 
other  rebels,  who  attempted  to  take  it  and  other  castles  in  Connaught. 
Ballynafad  held  out  a  long  time  till  want  of  water  obliged  it  to  surrender. " 
In  the  year  1628  Henry  Fletcher  was  Constable  and  Commander  (vice 
John  St.  Barbe,  deceased),  with  a  fee  of  3s.  Irish  a  day  for  himself,  and 
ten  warders  at  8d.  a  day  each. 

This  castle  was  built,  probably  on  the  site  of  an  older  building,  "  by 
Captain  John  St.  Barbe  (according  to  an  inscription  on  Mr.  St.  Barbe  'a 
tombstone  in  Ahana  Church),  who  died  A.D.  1628. "'  This  is  most  pro- 
bably the  now  reversed  tombstone  of  a  Captain  "Dunbar."  (Vide  ante, 
Book  III.,  p.  206.)  In  a  letter  written  by  Sir  B.  Bingham  to  Burghley, 
published  in  the  Calendar  of  State  Papers,  dated  16th  December,  1590, 
Bingham  states  that  "  a  new  fort,  erected  in  the  strait  of  the  Curlews, 
doth  good  service."  (Vide  ante,  Book  V.,  p.  333.) 

1  Statietical  Survey  of  the  County  Sligo.     (James  M'Parlan,  M.D.) 


MASSACEE    OF    1641-42.  49 

in  all  the  outrages  in  the  town  of  Sligo,  although  they  were 
apprehended,  appear — owing  probably  to  the  troublous  times, 
and  the  connivance  of  their  party — to  have  escaped  their  just 
punishment ;  for  Colonel  Francis  Taaffe,  a  distinguished  Irish 
commander  and  a  Eoman  Catholic,1  states  that,  hearing  of  the 
"  horrid  murders  committed  in  Sligo,  ....  wherein  the 
said  Charles  and  Hugh  were  principal  actors,"  he,  with  500  men 
under  Major-General  Lucas  Taaffe,2  arrested  them  as  the  authors 
of  the  massacre,  and  brought  them  prisoners  to  Ballinafad  to  be 
tried.  Here  they  were  imprisoned  for  a  lengthened  period  ; 
finally  ihey  were  "  convoyed  to  Castle  Coote,  to  the  intent  they 
might  be  there  brought  to  justice,"  as  Lieut.-General  Burke — 
then  Governor  of  Connaught  in  the  Confederate  cause — had  his 
head- quarters  before  the  walls  of  the  castle  which  the  Irish  were 
then  besieging.  Burke,  however,  at  once  released  the  accused. 
Again,  in  1652,  Colonel  Francis  Taaffe  saw  Hugh  O'Conor  enter 
Lord  Clanrickard's  camp  at  Ballyshannon,  and  the  latter  pro- 
mised "  to  have  him  hanged,  which  was  prevented  by  the  sudden 
approach  of  the  English  army."  In  1653  Hugh  O'Conor  was 
still  in  hiding,  "  not  daring  to  come  in  because  of  that  murder." 
In  addition  to  the  town  of  Sligo,  there  were  two  other  great 
centres  of  disturbance  and  massacre — one  in  the  barony  of 
Tireragh,  the  other  in  Leyny;  in  the  latter  the  Castle  of  Temple- 
house  was  held  by  William  Crofton.  It  is  difficult  to  trace  the 
history  of  this  fortress  from  its  capture,  by  Hugh  O'Conor,  from 
the  Knights  Templars,  in  1271,  up  to  the  time  now  under  con- 
sideration. In  1559  the  MacDermots  plundered  it;  in  1585  it 
was  in  the  possession  of  George  Goodman.3  At  an  inquisition 
held  at  Ballymote  in  1593  it  was  found  that  some  quarters  of 
land  belonging  to  "  le  Commandrye  de  Taghtemple "  were 

1  He  was  fourth  son  of  the  first  Viscount  Taaffe,  by  a  daughter  of  Lord 
Dillon.     During  the  Commonwealth,  he  went  to  the  Continent,  where  he 
died,  leaving  an  only  son  Charles.     Major-General  Lucas  Taaffe  was  his 
elder  brother. 

2  This  Major-General   Lucas   Taaffe  (stated  to  have  been  buried  at 
Ballymote)  was  governor  of  Ross  when  Cromwell  appeared  before  the 
walls  of  that  town.     Taaffe's  brother  (a  friar)  was  killed  at  the  storming 
of  Drogheda. 

3  John    Crofton,    Esq. ,    of   Ballymurray,    Co.   Roscommon,    Auditor- 
General,  &c.,  &c.,  1584,  was  brother-in-law  to  George  Goodman. 

E 


50  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

unjustly  in  the  possession  of  O'Hara  Boy.  In  1618,  Sir  James 
Carroll,  Knt.,  received  a  grant  of  "  the  Commanderj  of  Tagh- 
temple,  otherwise  Templehouse,  with  4  townlands,  or  16  qrs., 
with  their  tithes,  ....  also  the  rectory  and  tithes  of  the  Parish 
Church  of  Taghtemple."1  In  the  same  year  there  was  a  letter 
from  the  King  accepting  the  surrender  to  the  Crown  of  the 
lands  of  Templehouse,  by  William  Crofton,2  and  directing  a 
re-grant  to  him  to  be  made  out. 

Having  thus  received  an  indefeasible  title  to  this  property, 
William  Crofton,  in  1627,  erected  a  residence  closely  adjoining 
the  castle.3 

In  1641,  English  and  Irish  for  many  years  had  been  "  in 

1  Pat.  Roll,  15,  James  I.,  viii.  22. 

1  By  the  after-marriage  of  George  Perceval,  Esq.,  with  Mary,  the  only 
daughter  and  heiress  of  this  William  Crofton,  the  Templehouse  estate 
passed  into  possession  of  the  Perceval  family. 

3  The  two  confirmatory  grants,  Pat.  Roll,  16  James  I.,  rescue  several 
ancient  names  of  localities  from  oblivion,  notably  the  Irish  designation 
for  Cottage  Island,  on  Lough  Gill,  i.e.,  Inish  Killeghan.  "  IV.  17. 
Surrender  to  the  Crown  by  WM.  CROFTON  of  Templehouse,  in  the  Co. 
of  Sligo,  Esq.  The  castle,  house,  or  commaundery  of  Teaghtemple, 
alias  Templehouse,  in  the  barony  of  Leynie,  with  3  townlands,  con- 
taining 12  qrs.  of  land,  viz.,  Carrowneglogh,  Carrowtawny,  Rathbane, 
alias  Carrowclontimple,  alias  Carrowruninegore,  Leighcarrow,  Rosse, 
Portnekarten,  Carrowramle,  alias  Falenesoogane,  alias  Monyvassane, 
Falnogher,  Edernyne,  and  Legh bally worrey,  containing  2  qrs.,  viz., 
Rathenslewe  and  Drumo,  alias  Drumslewcane ;  Ballinecarra,  containing 
4  qrs.,  viz.,  Carrowruiiineroy,  Carne  Hie,  alias  Knockshanbally,  Runine- 
puirfloig,  Carrowcargin,  Moyloyne,  alias  Lissekarna,  with  the  tithes  great 
and  small,  and  the  fishing  weirs  on  the  river  of  Owenmore,  called  Carra 
Rumeroy,  alias  Belanamanagh,  Karralissevaglish,  Karra  Runiepuirtloige, 
alias  Karratihane,  Tullihoge,  Karradaveale,  Doochara,  and  Karramoyloyne, 
and  the  whole  fishings  on  the  said  river  of  Owenmore,  and  the  lake  called 
Loghelly,  extending  between  the  baronies  of  Leyny  and  Corren.  The 
rectory  or  impropriate  parsonage  of  Teaghtample,  with  the  tithes  and 
glebe  lands  thereunto  belonging,  all  which  were  parcel  of  the  late  monas- 
tery or  priory  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  near  Loghrie,  in  the  Co.  of  Ros- 
common ;  Killamoy,  in  the  barony  of  Tirerill,  with  the  site  of  a  ruinous 
cell  or  chapel  called  Templenefahoge,  and  4  qrs. ,  or  three-thirds  or  trynes 
of  land,  viz.,  Trenefahoge,  Trinemaddra,  and  Trinemoylinah,  with  the 
tithes  great  and  small,  a  water  mill  and  a  water  course  lately  erected, 
parcel  of  the  possessions  of  the  monastery  of  Holy  Trinity  in  Loghkey, 
the  site,  ambit,  and  precinct  of  the  cell  or  chapel  of  Killvegoone,  in  the 
said  barony  of  Tirerill,  with  one  half  quarter  of  land  and  the  tithes ;  the 


MASSACRE    OF    1641-42.  51 

God  and  His  Majesty's  peace,  and  all  living  at  that  tyme  (as 
was  conceived)  in  neighbourly  love  and  friendship  together;" 
but  this  quiet  now  rudely  broken,  Crofton  could  hardly  expect 
to  escape  with  immunity  when  the  entire  Province  was  in  com- 
motion. 

Early  in  November  numbers  of  the  English  of  Leyny  had 
already  taken  refuge  in  his  castle  of  Templehouse,  so  that, 
although  its  defenders  were  increased  in  number,  yet  the  women 
and  children  who  accompanied  them  helped  to  embarrass  the 
defence.  Amongst  these  latter  were  Jane,  wife  of  William 
Browne  (Registrar  of  the  Bishopric  of  Killala  and  Achonry), 
with  her  seven  children ;  Helen  Trimble,  Anne  Loftus,  Rose 


rectory  of  Kilvegoone,  with  the  tithes  parcel  of  the  possessions  of  the  said 
monastery ;  the  site  of  the  chapel  or  cell  of  Killrasse,  and  2  qrs.  of  land 
adjoining  the  island  of  Jiiish  Killeghan  in  Loghgill,  near  the  town  of 
Sligo,  and  certain  other  small  islands  there  ;  a  piece  of  mountainous  and 
woody  ground  called  Lehanagh,  on  the  south  of  the  said  lough,  with  the 
tithes,  the  impropriate  rectory  of  Killrasse,  with  the  tithes,  the  site  of  the 
chapel  or  cell  of  Shancho  or  Geevagh,  and  ^  qr.  of  land  thereto  adjoining, 
with  the  tithes ;  the  impropriate  parsonage  and  rectory  of  Shencho,  alias 
Goevagh,  with  the  tithes  ;  the  castle  or  fortilage  and  hamlet  called  Tullogh- 
moylbegg,  with  a  curtilage  or  bawne  and  a  qr.  of  land  adjoining,  and  the 
tithes ;  the  impropriate  rectory  of  Clonarwy,  extending  in  and  through 
the  chapels  or  churches  of  Killinrunery  and  Killery,  within  the  counties 
of  Leitrim  and  Sligo,  with  the  Glebe  lands  and  tithes  thereunto  belonging, 
all  which  were  parcel  of  the  said  monastery  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  in 
Loughkey  aforesaid.  To  the  intent  that  the  King  would  be  graciously 
pleased  to  regrant  the  premises  to  the  said  William  Crofton,  and  his  heirs 
and  assigns  for  ever,  according  to  the  true  intent  of  His  Majesty's  letters 
dated  the  14th  March,  14th  year  of  his  reign.  Dated  14  July,  1618." 

' '  These  lands  were  (v.  18)  erected  the  Manor  of  Templehouse  with 
liberty  to  hold  600"  in  demesne,  and  to  have  and  hold  a  court  leet,  view 
of  frank  pledge,  and  court  baron  with  jurisdiction  to  the  amount  of  40s. 
within  the  precincts  of  the  said  Manor,  and  to  hold  a  fair  at  the  town  of 
Templehouse  on  the  feast  of  St.  Simon  and  Jude  (28  Oct.)  and  the  day 
after,  with  a  Court  of  Piepowder,  at  a  rent  of  6s.  8d. ,  and  with  liberty  to 
have  a  ferry  upon  the  lake  called  Loghelly,  and  on  the  river  of  Owenmore, 
between  the  lands  lying  in  the  Barony  of  Leinie  in  the  Co.  Sligo,  and  the 
lands  lying  in  the  Barony  of  Corrin  on  the  other  side  of  the  shore,  with 
power  to  exact  the  following  fees,  viz.,  for  each  man  |d.,  for  every  horse 
load  Id.,  for  every  sheep  or  goat  |d.,  for  every  heifer  or  pork  ^d.,  and  so 
rateably  and  proportionably  for  all  things  to  be  carried  across,  paying 
thereout  to  the  King  4s. ;  to  hold  in  free  and  common  soccage.  Dated 
18  July,  16—." 

E  2 


52  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

Ennis,  Mrs.  Jane  Boswell,  and  three  children  ;  Mrs.  Christian 
Oliphant,  Mrs.  Begge,  Margaret  Branagh,  and  five  children; 
Margaret  Careless,  &c.,  &c. 

These  refugees  carried  with  them  as  much  of  their  "  house- 
hold stuffe  "  as  they  could  possibly  transport.1 

About  the  15th  of  December,  the  insurgents  of  Leyny  and 
Corran,  numbering  from  800  to  1000  strong,  appeared  before 
the  walls  of  Templehouse ;  the  former  were  led  by  Brian  O'Hara, 
the  latter  by  Hugh  MacDonogh.  Their  strength  was  further 
increased  on  the  fall  of  Sligo,  for  at  a  council  of  war  held  there 
by  the  Irish  commanders,  it  was  decided  to  reinforce  the  leaguer 
by  five  companies,  set  free  by  the  capture  of  the  town  ;  however, 
when  this  additional  force  arrived,  the  besiegers  were  found  to 
be  already  too  numerous,  and  it  was  therefore  decided  that  only 
a  small  representative  detachment  from  each  barony  should  re- 
main, Brian  O'Hara  to  have  chief  command,  as  the  castle  was 
in  his  "  country." 

The  insurgents  were  apparently  not  possessed  of  artillery, 
at  least  no  mention  of  it  occurs  :  it  is  probable  that  the  castle 
was  merely  blockaded,  such  being  the  simplest  mode  of  bringing 
about  a  surrender.  Crofton  was  stout  of  heart,  and  held  out 
for  about  ten  weeks ;  then,  running  short  both  of  powder  and 
provisions,  he  entered  into  terms  with  the  besiegers,  who 
were  by  this  time  probably  tired  of  their  monotonous  occu- 
pation. 

After  lengthened  negotiations,  Crofton  (who  seems  to  have 
doubted  the  terms  being  offered  in  good  faith)  refused  to  give  up 
the  stronghold  to  any  of  the  besiegers,  but  selected  a  chief  named 
Oliver  O'Hara  as  the  one  who  was  to  take  possession.  Finally 
it  was  agreed  that  at  the  expiration  of  nine  days  the  castle 
should  be  given  up  to  the  Irish,  but  in  the  meantime  Crofton 
was  to  remain  in  sole  occupation ;  at  the  end  of  that 
period  the  besiegers  were  to  provide  the  besieged  with  a  proper 
escort  to  Boyle,  to  which  place  they  should  proceed  with  bag  and 


1  William  Browne,  in  his  deposition,  gives  the  inventory  of  his  goods, 
which,  curious  in  itself,  demonstrates  also  the  affluence  enjoyed  by  the 
Protestant  settlers  prior  to  the  outbreak  of  the  disturbances  of  1641. 


MASSACRE    OF    1641-42.  53 

baggage.1  These  terms  were  carefully  drawn  up,  committed  to 
paper,  and  signed  on  behalf  of  the  besieged  by  Crofton,  Mr. 
Eoger  King,  Mr.  Oliphant  and  Mr.  Wray2  (two  ministers),  and 
signed  on  behalf  of  the  besiegers  by  the  Irish  captains.  The 
formula  were  conducted  with  great  ceremony  ;  the  Protestants 
pledged  their  oath  and  good  faith  on  the  Holy  Scriptures,  whilst 
the  Irish  contracting  parties  swore  upon  "  a  booke  they  called  a 
Portoos,"'3  and  in  the  presence  of  "a  mass-priest,"  the  priest 
probably  essaying  to  smooth  matters,  for  many  of  them  are  ad- 
mitted by  Protestant  writers,  as  well  as  by  Protestants  who  made 
depositions,  to  have  laboured  zealously  in  the  interests  of  peace. 
Whilst  this  ceremony  was  progressing,  the  Irish  managed  to  in- 
troduce into  the  castle  several  of  their  own  followers,  who  refused 
to  leave  at  Crofton's  desire ;  he  then  sought  to  eject  them,  a 
struggle  ensued,  in  which  the  besieged  were  overpowered,  and 
Crofton  and  his  wife  were  stripped  and  deprived  of  their  clothes. 
This  se*ems  to  have  occurred  on  a  Thursday;  on  Friday  the 
castle  was  ransacked,  and  on  Saturday  a  division  of  the  plunder 
was  made. 

On  Sunday  the  Protestant  garrison,  English  and  Scotch 
alike,  were  ordered,  on  pain  of  death,  to  attend  Mass  in  the 
great  hall,  and  all  seem  to  have  complied,  with  the  exception  of 
Crofton  and  his  wife,  the  two  clergymen  Oliphant  and  Wray, 
Mrs.  Browne,  Jane  Boswell,  Anne  Loftus,  and  some  young  chil- 
dren, together  with  a  few  others  not  specifically  mentioned. 

1  "  But  when  hee  (Oliver  O'Hara)  was  come,  hee  founde  that  notwith- 
standinge   that   capitulation,    his,    the  said   Wni.  Crofton's,  goods  were 
divided  amongst  the  said  captains,  and  carryinge  away,  and  the  house  de- 
spoilinge,  soe  this  deponent  departed,  and  neither  received  the  house  or 
any  of  the  goods  therein." — Deposition  of  Oliver  0  Hara. 

2  Wray  had  only  just  received  Church  preferment.     In  the  Patent 
Rolls,  17°  Car.  I.,  Dat.  4°  August,  there  is  "a  Grant  of  a  Present"  unto 
George  Wray,  Clerke,  to  the  prebendership  of  Killoran,  belonging  unto 
the  Cathedral  Church  of  Crumrahy  (Achonry),  and  several  Rectorys  in 
the  Dioces  of  Aghadoe. " 

3  This  word  is  spelled  in  a  variety  of  ways  in  English,  but  it  is  derived 
from  the  Latin  portiforium,  implying  the  portability  of  the  book,  i.e.,  the 
Breviary  of  the  Latin  Church.     The  contracting  parties  were  thus  sworn 
upon  the  book  they  each  reverenced  most. 


54  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

Those  that  refused  appear  to  have  been  driven  into  one  room, 
and  there  kept  close  prisoners.  On  Monday  the  Irish  led  out 
of  the  castle,  in  melancholy  procession,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oliphant, 
Henry  Begge  and  his  wife  (Scotch  by  birth),  Duffe  and  Mar- 
garet Branagh  with  their  five  children,  Mrs.  Brown  and  chil- 
dren, also  Jane  Boswell  and  her  three  children. 

Despite  the  inclemency  of  the  weather,  they  were  stripped  of 
their  clothing,  then  led  to  where  grew  four  large  ash  "  near  the 
castle  gates,"  in  full  view  of  the  walls,  and  here  were  hanged 
Mr.  Oliphant,1  Begge,  Margaret  Branagh,  Margaret  Careless,  and 
Henry  Norman  or  Newell. 

Mrs.  Oliphant's  cries  and  shrieks  were  heartrending.  She 
loudly  appealed  to  some  of  the  Irish  captains  to  spare  her  hus- 
band ;  but  they  turned  a  deaf  ear  to  all  her  entreaties.  She  was 
dragged  out  of  the  castle  with  the  rest,  and  her  husband  hanged 
in  her  very  presence.  The  death  of  Oliphant  was  attended 
with  circumstances  of  great  barbarity ;  he  was  cut  down  when 
half  hanged,  then  dragged  by  the  "withe"  (by  which  he  had 
been  suspended)  at  "  a  garran's  tail "  up  and  down  the  road 
through  the  mud ;  when  it  was  observed  that  life  was  not  yet 
quite  extinct,  he  was  stabbed  with  skeans,  his  head  cut  off,  and 
he  was  then  buried  in  a  ditch  by  the  wayside,  a  living  child 
being  cast  into  the  grave. 

The  women  and  children  were  then  led  back  to  the  castle, 
reprieved  for  thirteen  days  ;  at  the  expiration  of  that  period  they 
must  decide  to  "  goe  to  masse  or  be  hanged."  Jane  Browne, 
wife  of  the  Registrar  of  Achonry,  had  been  deprived  of  her 
clothes  before  the  gates  of  Templehouse  Castle,  and  left  with 
but  a  few  rags  to  cover  her.  This  lady,  utterly  destitute  and 
begging  from  door  to  door,  would  without  doubt  have  perished 
miserably  had  she  not  been  charitably  preserved  and  relieved  by 
a  humane  Irish  gentleman,  '•'  ffarrell  O'Gara,"  of  Coolavin.  The 
protection  thus  afforded  unfortunately  came  too  late  to  save  all 
Mrs.  Browne's  family,  for  her  eldest  son  had  been  drowned  in 
the  river  Bonet2  by  some  of  the  O'Rorkes  of  Leitrim,  whilst  two 

1  Oliphant  was  "  often  prest  by  them  to  become  a  papist ;  that  if  he 
wold  doe  soe,  they  wold  spare  his  life." 

8  "  The  Bonet  river  in  Leitrim,  flowing  into  Lough  Gill  through  Druma- 
haire  and  Manorhamilton,  ia  called  in  Irish  Buanaid,  signifying  'the 


MASSACRE    OF    1641-42.  55 

of  her  younger  children  died  subsequently  from  the  effects  of 
starvation  and  exposure  to  the  inclemency  of  the  weather. 

On  the  following  day  the  survivors  were  marched  off  to 
Ballymote.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crofton,  Mrs.  Wray,  and  her  husband 
(a  minister)  were  in  front  of  the  Irish  escort  (commanded  by 
Captain  John  Crean),  when  two  men  rushed  from  the  ranks  and 
slashed  Wray  savagely  with  their  skeans ;  he  was  conveyed  to 
Ballymote,  where  he  lingered  in  agony  for  two  days  before 
death  put  an  end  to  his  sufferings. 

The  Irish  officers  do  not  seem  to  have  made  any  attempt  to 
restrain  the  excesses  of  their  followers,  and  Colonel  Teige 
O'Conor  Sligo,  who  arrived  at  Templehouse  shortly  after  its 
surrender,1  did  not  reprimand  any  of  the  men  for  the  outrages, 
nor  were  any  of  the  murderers  brought  to  justice  by  him. 

The  third  centre  of  outrage  was  in  the  Barony  of  Tireragh. 
The  occurrences  there  are  deposed  to  by  persons  of  whom, 
judging  by  their  names,  ten  were  apparently  Roman  Catholics, 
five  others  Protestants,  and  there  were  two  Protestant  clergymen. 

John  Shrawley,  Vicar  of  Easky,  shortly  before  the  rebellion 
broke  out,  was  alarmed  by  Hugh  Crosby  (a  Protestant,  and  one 
of  his  tenants  on  the  glebe  land),  who  came  to  report  some 
strange  speeches  made  by  Richard  Albonagh,  Parish  Priest  of 
Easky.  Crosby's  wife,  being  a  Roman  Catholic,  had  been  in- 
formed by  her  spiritual  guide  "  that  she  should  see  shortly  their 
religion  flourish  again,  but  that  it  would  never  be  soe  well  with 
them  untill  the  Protestant  Bppl  and  ministers  were  all  cut  off." 
Taking  Crosby's  warning  in  time,  the  Vicar  fled  into  Mayo,  with- 
out, however,  improving  his  position,  for  he  there  spent  his  time 
besieged  in  the  steeple  of  Rosserk  Church,  which  he,  with  some 

lasting  river  ; '  for  the  Irish  seem  to  have  been  fond  of  applying  the 
word  buan  (lasting)  to  rivers.  In  the  Vision  of  Cahirmore,  for  example, 
in  the  Book  of  Leinster,  the  Slaney  is  called  Sir-buan  Slane,  '  the  ever- 
lasting Slaney.'  " — Irish  Names  of  Places  (Second  Series),  p.  15.  (P.  W. 
Joyce.) 

1  To  commemorate  the  capture  of  this  stronghold,  the  commanders  of 
the  Irish  contingents  broached  "  a  barrell  of  sacke  "  for  the  purpose  of 
drinking  to  their  further  success.  Sack  being  simply  the  old  name  for 
what  would  now  be  styled  "dry  "  sherry,  the  use  of  that  wine  on  the 
occasion  in  question  tends  to  prove  the  long-continued  intercourse  kept 
up  with  Spain  by  the  Irish,  more  especially  by  the  Irish  of  the  West  coast. 


5G 


HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 


other  Protestants,  held  for  nearly  twelve  months.  At  length, 
the  stream  from  which  they  drew  their  water  supply  being  di- 
verted from  its  course,  they  were  compelled  to  surrender. 

The  surrender  was  made  to  Edmond  Bourke  of  Kappagh, 
"  who  promised  and  swore  "  to  convoy  them  all  safely  to  the 
next  English  garrison.  Mr.  Walker  (a  minister)1  his  man-ser- 
vant, and  two  "  gentlewomen  "  (Mrs.  John  Gardner,  of  Rosserk, 
and  her  daughter)  desired  to  be  sent  to  Boyle.  Bourke  de- 
spatched four  soldiers,  with  his  own  brother  Richard,  a  friar,  by 
a  short  cut  over  the  mountain,  the  priest,  before  starting, 
swearing  not  to  leave  them  till  they  were  past  all  danger  at 
Boyle.  Before  they  had  gone  far,  the  friar,  who  was  on  horse- 
back, turned  aside  to  a  village,  saying  he  would  soon  rejoin  them, 
but  was  hardly  out  of  sight  when  they  were  set  upon  by  several 
kerns.  "Walker  seems  at  once  to  have  divined  that  his  end 
was  come,  for  he  "  fell  down  on  his  knees  to  praier,  .  .  .  and 
as  he  was  on  his  knees  praying,  one  stroke  him  a  blow  with  a 
sword,  and  clove  his  skull  down  to  the  mouth,  .  .  .  and  there 
he  and  his  man  were  both  barbarously  slain."  Their  bodies  were 
left  unburied,  and  their  bones  lay  bleaching  on  the  mountain 
side. 

The  soldiers  forming  the  escort,  instead  of  protecting  their 
charge,  stripped  the  two  "  gentlewomen  "  naked,  and  in  this 
pitiful  plight  they  made  the  best  of  their  way  to  Ballymote, 
where  the  elder  lady  was  murdered. 

If  the  Rev.  John  Shrawley  suffered  great  privations  after 
taking  refuge  in  the  neighbouring  barony  of  Tirawley,  those  who 
remained  in  Tireragh  fared  no  better.  It  would  seem  that  the 
MacSwines  and  O'Dowds  first  set  the  example  of  plundering 
their  English  and  Scotch  neighbours  ;  the  levies,  which  had 
been  raised  for  service  in  Spain  by  Lord  Taaffe,  having  been 
disbanded,  they  also  committed  numerous  murders  and  outrages, 
principally  on  women  and  children.  A  party  escaping  from  Tir- 
awley took  refuge  at  Rathlee,  in  Tireragh,  with  Oliver  Albanagh, 
an  Irishman.  They  were  treated  hospitably,  and  sent  to  Sligo 


1  Thomas  Walker  was  in  the  year  1639-40  presented  to  the  prebend  of 
Killanly  and  to  the  vicarage  of  Castleconnor  and  Kilglasse  in  the  County 
Sligo.— Fasti  Ecd.  Hib. 


[To  face  page  57. — See  Foot-note. 


Fig.  5  A. — SCULPTURED  STONE  FROM  ARDNAGLASS, 
Supposed  to  be  a  representation  of  a  Dog  killing  a  Wolf. 


MASSACRE    OF    1041-42.  57 

with  an  escort;  but  on  the  way  they  were  surrounded  by  a 
mob  of  country  people,  who  led  them  "  to  the  sea-syd  thinking 
to  have  drowned  them  ;"  from  this  fearful  fate  they  were  rescued 
by  a  Roman  Catholic  priest. 

A  humane  Irishman  happened  to  be  in  the  village  of  Ardna- 
glass,1  and  hearing  that  Protestants  were  being  murdered,  he 
went  to  the  reported  scene  of  the  outrage,  and  found  a  man 
named  MacDonnell  (a  kinsman  of  his  own)  hanging.  He  cut 
him  down,  restored  him  to  consciousness,  and  carried  him  to, 
as  he  conceived,  a  place  of  safety.  Shortly  after  he  found 
MacDonnell  weltering  in  his  blood,  and  on  reproaching  the 
murderers  for  the  deed,  he  was  cautioned  that,  if  he  did  not 
keep  quiet,  he  would  be  hanged  himself.  He  had  previously 
incurred  the  ill-feeling  of  the  people  by  having  saved  the  lives  of 
some  Protestants. 

Patrick  O'Dowd,  in  his  deposition,  admits  that  he,  together 
with  his  father  Charles,  and  a  David  O'Dowd,  with  forty  dis- 
banded levies,  one  winter's  night  burst  in  the  door  of  a  house 
belonging  to  Mr.  John  Nowlan  of  Enniscroane,  then  absent  in 
England,  turned  Mrs.  Nowlan  out  of  bed,  and  thrust  her  out  of 
doors  ;  his  father  seized  the  goods  and  furniture,  and  David 
O'Dowd  kept  possession  of  the  house. 

1  Amongst  the  sculptured  stones  in  the  Museum,  R.I. A.,  is  a  rude  bas- 
relief  taken  Irom  the  castle  of  Ardnaglass,  and  supposed  to  be  the  repre- 
sentation of  a  dog  killing  a  wolf ;  it  is  said  to  commemorate  the  destruction 
of  the  last  of  these  animals  in  Ireland.  The  current  tradition  in  the  place 
from  whence  it  came  was,  that  "  some  years  after  it  was  supposed  the  race 
of  wolves  was  extinct,  the  flocks  of  the  county  of  Leitrim  were  attacked  by 
a  wild  animal,  which  turned  out  to  be  a  wolf  ;  that  thereupon  the  chief- 
tain of  Leitrim  applied  to  O'Dowd,  the  chieftain  of  Tireragh,  who  pos- 
sessed a  celebrated  wolf-dog,  to  come  and  hunt  the  wolf ;  that  then 
ensued  a  chase  which  forms  the  subject  of  an  Irish  legend,  detailing  the 
districts  through  which  the  wolf  was  pursued,  until  it  was  killed  in  a  pine 
wood  in  Tireragh."  So  runs  the  legend.  The  land  on  which  the  wolf 
was  killed  was,  from  the  circumstance,  said  to  have  been  named  Carrow- 
na-maddoo,  i.e.,  "the  quarter-land  of  the  dog  ;"  whilst  O'Dowd,  in  comme- 
moration of  the  event,  had  the  sculptured  stone  representing  the  last  combat 
inserted  in  his  castle  wall. — Proceedings,  E.I. A.,  Vol.  II.,  pp.  65,  66  ;  Cata- 
logue, E.I. A.,  p.  143.  W.  F.  Wakeman  has  drawn  the  writer's  attention 
to  the  fact  that  the  Ardnaglass  sculptured  stone  resembles  one  in  Holy 
Cross  Abbey,  County  Tipperary,  which  is  said  to  illustrate  the  legend  of 
the  Kilkenny  cats. 


58  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

This  appears  to  be  the  "  Master  David  O'Dowd  of  Lechan  in 
the  County  of  Sligo,  [who]  out  of  a  murderous  disposition,  with 
a  long  skean,  attempted  to  murder  "  John  Layng  (a  clergyman) 
in  the  castle  of  Rosslea. 

In  Tirawley  Sir  Robert  Hannay  held  the  castle  of  Belleek 
for  some  time  against  great  odds ;  at  length  he  surrendered  on 
condition  that  the  entire  party — which  numbered  about  120 
souls,  a  great  portion  of  whom  were  women  and  children — 
should  be  safely  escorted  to  Ballyshannon.  These  conditions 
were  granted,  and  appear  to  have  been  faithfully  carried  out  by 
the  Mayo  people  ;  the  garrison  were  taken  across  the  river  Moy 
as  far  as  Castleconnor  in  Tireragh.  Here  they  were  encoun- 
tered by  a  tumultuous  mob,  but  succeeded  in  reaching  Ennis- 
croane,  where  the  country  people,  led  by  the  O'Dowds  and 
MacSwines,  overpowered  the  party,  and  the  "  common  folk " 
were  all  killed  ;  Sir  Robert  Hannay  and  his  family,  Captain 
Adair,  and  other  people  of  consequence,  being  spared  for  the 
purpose  of  exchange  and  ransom,  for  the  Irish  thought  they  were 
"  too  good  a  booty  for  them  to  loose."  They  were  brought  on 
to  the  castle  of  Dunneill,  where  they  were  kept  in  restraint  by 
O'Hart,  then  in  possession  of  the  stronghold.  Two  Protestant 
ministers,  however,  Mr.  Montgomery,  and  another  whose  name  is 
not  given,  were  "  stripped  naked  in  the  streete."  One  of  Mr. 
Montgomery's  sons,  a  lad  of  fifteen,  had  been  previously  bar- 
barously murdered  in  the  County  Mayo. 

Shortly  after  their  capture,  Sir  Robert  Hannay,  and  those 
of  his  party  who  survived,  were  being  conducted  to  Sligo,  when, 
a  short  distance  from  Ardnaglass,  they  were  stopped  by  some 
excited  country  people,  and  would  undoubtedly  have  been  all 
massacred  but  for  the  timely  arrival  of  a  detachment  of  Irish 
troops  from  Sligo,  who  escorted  them  thither  in  safety  the  same 
evening ;  a  Scotchman  and  his  wife,  who,  through  fatigue  or 
carelessness,  lagged  behind,  were  set  upon,  the  man  being 
killed  on  the  spot,  but  the  unfortunate  woman  lingered  for  some 
days. 

Sir  Robert  Hannay's  party  were  afterwards  despatched  to 
Drumahaire  to  O'Rorke,  who  desired  to  exchange  them  for  some 
of  his  sept,  prisoners  of  Sir  Frederick  Hamilton ;  the  latter, 
however,  on  account  of  the  breach  of  faith  on  the  part  of  the 


MASSACRE    OF    1641-42.  59 

Irish,  would  not  listen  to  the  proposal.  On  his  refusal,  the  gar- 
rison of  Drumahaire  sent  forward  Thomas  Fullerton  and  William 
Listen — two  Protestant  ministers — also  a  gentleman  named 
Patrick  Dromond,  and  hanged  them  before  the  walls  of  the 
Castle  of  Manor-Hamilton. 

A  small  party  of  English  tried  to  reach  Sligo  by  a  by-way, 
but  were  unable  to  effect  their  escape  ;  they  were  overtaken  near 
Skreen,  and  murdered. 

Further  enumeration  of  the  atrocities  committed  in  Tireragh 
would  but  multiply  horrors  ;  allusion  may,  however,  be  made  to 
the  murder  of  the  Nesbitt  family,  which  was  attended  with  every 
circumstance  of  cold-blooded  brutality  ;  the  details,  as  given  in 
the  Depositions,  are  heartrending. 

The  Depositions  also  explain,  in  some  degree,  the  nume- 
rous cold-blooded  crimes  that  occurred  in  Tireragh,  by  a 
statement  that  the  MacSwines  had  committed  so  many  mis- 
deeds in  that  barony,  that  they  "  were  always  jealous  that 
the  said  persons  should  escape  into  the  English  quarters,  and 
discover  their  actions,  which  was  the  cause  they  murdered 
them."  Thus  we  see  that  whatever  were  the  original  intentions 
of  the  leaders  of  the  Irish  in  Sligo,  once  human  passions  had 
been  aroused  they  were  powerless  to  restrain  their  subordinates, 
and  this  was  but  the  natural  result  of  stimulating  the  passions 
of  an  ignorant  people. 


CHAPTER  XIII. 

HAMILTON'S  ATTACK  ON  SLIGO,  ETC. 

"  Now  peals  of  shouts  came  thund'ring  from  afar, 
Cries,  threats,  and  loud  laments,  and  mingled  war  ; 
Louder  and  yet  more  loud,  we  hear  th'  alarms 
Of  human  cries  distinct,  and  clashing  arms  ; 
New  clamors,  and  new  clangors  now  arise, 
The  sound  of  trumpets  mix'd  with  fighting  cries  ; 
The  fire  consumes  the  town." 

;) 
FTER  Sligo  had  been  seized  by  tbe  Irisb,  under  the 

leadership  of  MacDonogh,  Sir  Frederick  Hamilton, 
who  at  that  time  commanded  the  English  garrison 
at  Manor-Hamilton,  in  the  County  Leitrim,  lost  no 
time  in  acting.  He  sent  a  reconnoitring  party  towards 
the  town  of  Sligo  ;  shortly  afterwards  he  proceeded 
against  Colonel  Owen  O'Rorke,  burning  houses  and 
corn-stacks  to  within  a  mile  of  Drumahaire  Castle.  Information 
having  been  conveyed  to  him  that  Mr.  Parke1  was  shut  up  and 
beleaguered  in  his  castle  of  Newtown,  situated  between  Druma- 
haire and  Sligo — that  castle,  at  Parke' s  own  request,  having  been 
but  a  short  time  previously  visited  by  Hamilton — he  sent  a  de- 
tachment of  horse  and  foot,  to  ascertain  the  numbers  of  the 
blockading  force,  and  to  relieve  the  place,  if  possible. 

This  old  residence  is  beautifully  situated  on  the  northern 
shore  of  Lough  Gill.  In  plan,  the  building  consisted  of  a 
court-yard  flanked  by  round  towers  on  the  side  facing  the  land, 

1  He  is,  in  the  Book  of  Survey  and  Distribution,  styled  Captain  Robert 
Parke.  A  "  Robert  Parke  de  Sligo"  was  one  of  the  jurors  in  an  inquisi- 
tion held  in  Sligo,  24th  September,  1627. 


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HAMILTON'S  ATTACK  ON  SLIGO,  ETC.  61 

and  by  small  turrets  on  the  side  facing  the  lake,  where  appear 
traces  of  a  water-gate.  The  north  and  east  sides  of  the  en- 
closure included  the  old  manor-house,  which,  with  its  mullioned 
windows,  its  conspicuous  lofty  chimneys — characteristic  of  the 
early  buildings  of  the  settlement — and  its  striking-looking 
portal  leading  into  the  court-yard,  must  have  presented  a  very 
picturesque  appearance. 

Not  far  distant,  and  situated  on  a  tongue  of  land  jutting  into 
the  lake,  may  even  yet  he  observed  remains  of  an  edifice  of  still 
older  date,  which  had  been  perhaps  demolished,  and  its  materials 
utilized  in  the  formation  of  the  more  modern  building.1 

As  Hamilton's  relieving  party  advanced,  they  could  observe 
no  sign  of  any  enemy  save  a  few  scouts  on  the  neighbouring 
hills  ;  and  to  their  surprise,  when  the  walls  of  the  castle  appeared 
in  sight,  no  hostile  force  was  discernible.  Parke,  in  a  state  of 
great  excitement,  met  the  troops,  and  expressed  a  hope  that 
they  might  be  able  to  regain  Manor  Hamilton  in  safety,  and  not 
be  overpowered  on  their  attempted  return.  The  suspicions  of 
the  officer  were  aroused ;  but  he  replied  that,  having  been  sent 
by  Sir  Frederick  Hamilton  to  his  assistance,  and  as  it  was* 
evident  the  castle  was  in  no  danger,  Parke  ought  to  allow  him 
to  strengthen  his  party  by  taking  thirty  men  of  the  garrison, 

1  The  castle  of  Newtown  must  have  capitulated  to  the  Irish  shortly 
after  the  year  1647,  and  was  in  1652  in  the  possession  of  one  Donogh 
O'Hart,  who  surrendered  it,  3rd  June,  1652,  to  Sir  Charles  Coote.  The 
terms  of  the  capitulation  are  as  follows  : — 

"  Articles  of  agreement  made  and  concluded  by  and  between  Donogh 
O'Hart,  of  the  one  parte,  and  Major  Robert  Ormsby,  on  the  other  parte,  in 
behalfe  of  Sir  Charles  Coote,  Knight  and  Baronett,  Lord  President  of  Con- 
naught,  for  and  concerning  the  surrender  of  the  Castle  or  Holt  of  New- 
towne,  in  the  barrony  of  Drumaheare,  and  County  of  Leitrim,  unto  the  said 
Lord  President,  or  whome  he  shall  apoynt,  for  the  Parliament  of  the  Com- 
monwealth of  England,  June  3rd,  1652. 

"  1.  The  said  Donnogh  O'Hart  doth  conclude  and  agree  to  deliver  up 
the  said  Holt  of  Newtowne,  with  all  the  arms,  ammunicion,  and  necessaries 
of  warr  not  hereafter  excepted,  unto  the  said  Lord  President,  or  whome  he 
shall  apoynt,  at  or  by  twelve  of  the  clocke  to-morrow,  without  prejudice 
or  embezlment.  In  consideracion  whereof  the  said  Major  Ormsby  doth 
conclude  and  agree  that  the  said  Doimogh  O'Hart,  and  those  soxildiers  in 
that  Holt,  shall  have  quarters  for  their  lives,  and  shall  have  liberty  to 


62  HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 

that  number  still  leaving  enough  for  the  defence  of  Newtown. 
To  this  proposal  Parke  peremptorily  refused  to  accede,  though 
entreated  to  do  so  by  his  own  officers  and  men,  who  upbraided 
him,  and  said  that  if  he  did  not  comply  with  this  reasonable 
request,  it  would  be  "  a  shame  for  him  and  them  all." 

Parke  replied :  "It  was  well  for  him  if  he  could  defend 
himself  and  his,  till  aid  come,  without  provoking  or  doing  any- 
thing to  draw  the  country  upon  him." 

When  the  detachment,  on  its  return  march,  had  reached  to 
within  a  short  distance  of  Manor-Hamilton,  it  was  suddenly  and 
fiercely  attacked  by  a  large  force  of  Irish,  in  a  narrow,  rock- 
encumbered  defile,  where  the  horse  were  unable  to  act ;  the  foot- 
soldiers  were  at  once  engaged  at  close  quarters  "  at  push  of 
pike,"  whilst  the  musketeers,  having  delivered  their  fire,  were  so 
galled  by  dexterously  aimed  volleys  of  stones  from  the  surround- 
ing heights,  that  they  were  unable  to  reload ;  therefore,  clubbing 
their  muskets,  they  fell  on  their  opponents,  and  "  did  so  closely 
stand  to  it  as  having,  by  God's  great  mercy  and  power,  broke 
through,  disordered,  and  routed  them,  killing  a  number,  chasing 
them  like  dogs  with  our  horse  and  foot  from  hill  to  hill." 
Though  most  of  the  detachment — which  numbered  in  all  but 
eighty  men — were  wounded  with  stones  and  pikes,  two  only  were 
actually  killed.  Of  the  Irish,  about  sixty  fell,  amongst  whom 

march  away  with  their  bagg  or  baggage,  without  impeachment,  except 
armes  and  ammunicion. 

' '  2.  The  said  Donnogh  O'Hart  (if  hee  desire  the  same)  shall  have  pro- 
tection graunted  to  him  and  his  men,  to  live  in  the  State's  Quarters,  with 
his  and  their  families,  as  to  other  protected  persons. 

"  3.  That  the  said  Donnogh  O'Hart  shall  have  the  full  benefitt  of  the 
little  come  that  hee  and  those  souldiers  in  pay  in  the  said  Holt  sowed 
themselves,  without  rent  or  contribucion  for  this  yeare,  and  a  howse  as- 
sured them  to  keep  their  corne  in,  safe  from  any  under  the  Parliament's 
command. 

"  4.  The  said  Donnogh  O'Hart  (if  he  submit  to  protection)  shall  have 
for  this  yeare  the  grazeing  of  twenty  cowes  free  from  contribucion. 

"5.  The  said  Donnogh  O'Hart  is  to  have  the  small  boat  and  cotts 
which  he  hath  on  Newtowne  Lough  without  any  impeachment.  Lastly  : 
the  said  Donnogh  O'Hart  is  to  have  six  musqueteers  and  six  pikes  allowed 
him  and  his  men  out  of  their  armes,  which  they  are  to  deliver  up,  with  his 
owne  sword  (in  case  he  submitt  to  protection)  for  his  necessary  defence 
against  Tories,  which  hee  is  to  give  security  shall  not  bee  employed 
against  the  State." 


HAMILTON'S  ATTACK  ON  SLIGO,  ETC.  63 

was  John  O'Crean  of  Sligo,1  together  with  thirty  people  of  note 
belonging  to  the  Counties  of  Sligo  and  Leitrim.  The  bodies 
were  all  stripped  for  the  sake  of  their  clothing,  and  the  arms 
and  apparel  were  carried  to  Manor-Hamilton. 

As  was  customary  in  writings  of  that  period,  the  narration 
of  the  skirmish  concludes  with  a  pious  reflection,  which,  in  this 
instance,  took  the  form  of  a  recommendation  not  to  put  trust  in 
numbers,  and  also  stated  that  the  Irish  afterwards  acknowledged 
they  saw  God  was  against  them,  "  they  being  ten  times  our 
number,  and  most  confident  to  have  destroyed  us  all." 

Although  Parke's  conduct  was  reported  to  Hamilton  by  the 
officer  in  charge  of  the  detachment,  yet  he  did  not  then  suspect 
him  to  be  "a  traitour  in  correspondency  with  them  [the  Irish] 
as  was  afterwards  proved ;"  he,  however,  took  the  precaution  of 
procuring  a  commission  from  the  Lords  Justices  and  Council  at 
Dublin  Castle  to  employ  such  troops  of  Parke's  as  he  might 
think  fit,  and,  accordingly,  he  drew  off  about  twenty  men  of  the 
Newtown  garrison.  In  the  month  of  June,  Hamilton  sent 
twenty  head  of  cattle  to  victual  Newtown,  attended  by  a  large 
escort,  including  Parke's  twenty  men,  and  with  strict  orders  for 
them  to  return.  These  men  were,  however,  kept  at  Newtown  in 
defiance  of  the  order  of  Hamilton,  who,  resenting  Parke's  pre- 
sumption, despatched  a  body  of  troops  under  his  lieutenant, 
who  had  instructions  to  muster  the  entire  garrison,  and  as 
Hamilton  was  secretly  planning  a  most  daring  expedition,  to 
leave  only  as  many  with  Parke  as,  in  his  judgment,  were  suffi- 
cient to  defend  the  place. 

Parke,  however,  induced  the  officer  to  enter  the  castle,  then 
closed  the  gates,  mustered  the  garrison  of  sixty  men,  but  refused 
to  allow  any  of  them  to  depart. 

Hamilton — an  overbearing  man  at  all  times — was  now  fear- 
fully exasperated,  and  raved  at  the  manner  in  which  Parke  had 
"  so  beastly  neglected  his  officers,  in  contempt  of  the  Lord 
Justice  and  Councils  commission."  He  resolved  on  taking  de- 
cided and  speedy  measures,  "  fearing  Parke  was  inclining  rather 
to  submit  himself  and  his  castle  into  the  hands  of  the  rogues, 
whom  he  held  the  stronger  party,  and  daily  corresponded  with 

1  This  is  evidently  the  Captain  John  Crean  who  was  present  at  the 
capture  of  Templehouse. 


64  HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 

them."  Hamilton,  although  determined  to  establish  his  autho- 
rity, yet  bided  his  time,  and  on  the  evening  of  the  1st  July  he 
mustered  every  able-bodied  man  under  his  command,  leaving 
but  a  sufficient  number  behind  to  defend  his  own  castle  from  a 
sudden  attack ;  he  then  marched  on  Newtown,  arriving  under 
its  walls  about  midnight.  Parke  was  summoned  on  his  allegiance 
to  come  out ;  he  parleyed  for  some  time,  but  at  length  (as  the 
old  account  says),  "  after  some  shuffling  excuses  and  delays, 
opens  his  gate." 

Parke  was  ordered  to  muster  his  garrison,  and  was  then 
arrested  in  their  presence  for  disobedience  of  orders,  and  "  upon 
strong  presumption  of  disloyalty." 

Afterwards  Hamilton  marched  out  twenty  men  of  the  garrison 
to  strengthen  his  party,  which  now  amounted  to  one  hundred 
and  forty  men,  horse  and  foot,  and  having  placed  one  of  his  own 
officers  in  charge  of  Newtown  castle,  he  proceeded  in  the  direc- 
tion of  Sligo. 

Hamilton  had  kept  the  object  of  his  expedition  a  profound 
secret.  The  party  marched  in  silence  till  within  a  short  dis- 
tance of  the  town  of  Sligo,  when  a  halt  was  called,  and  the 
troops  were  drawn  up  in  order  of  attack ;  then  (in  the  language 
of  one  who  was  present)  he  used  "  some  comfortable  encourag- 
ing speeches,  asking  if  our  stomachs  did  serve  us,  as  his  did,  to 
attempt  the  burning  of  the  towne,  now  so  near  it,  which  main- 
tained so  many  rebellious  enemies  which  had  joyned  in  the 
burning  our  poor  garrison,  and  so  many  times  eucampt  about 
us  and  sought  our  destruction." 

This  speech  was  received  with  acclamations ;  then,  having 
knelt  in  prayer — a  usual  preliminary  with  the  Puritans  of  the 
seventeenth  century  to  any  warlike  engagement — they  waited 
silently  for  the  break  of  day.  As  soon  as  the  first  streak  of  light 
appeared  in  the  east,  the  attacking  force  moved  on  in  profound 
silence.  At  the  bridge  they  were  halted,  and  Hamilton  gave 
orders  that  any  man  breaking  the  ranks  for  the  sake  of  plunder 
would  be  shot ;  they  must  simply  carry  fire  and  sword  through 
the  streets,  but  should  call  out  for  all  British  prisoners  to  take 
refuge  in  their  ranks. 

At  a  given  signal  the  foot-soldiers  crossed  the  bridge  at  a 
run,  and,  in  a  few  minutes,  shrieks,  appeals  for  mercy,  and  a 


HAMILTON'S  ATTACK  ON  SLICJO,  ETC.  65 

sudden  glow  of  light,  showed  that  the  dreadful  work  had  begun. 
Hamilton,  at  the  head  of  the  horsemen,  burnt  the  houses  on  the 
northern  side  of  the  river,  and  slaughtered  the  inmates ;  then, 
considering  the  bridge  to  be  impassable  for  mounted  men,  he 
galloped  along  the  banks  of  the  stream,  forded  the  river,  and,  as 
previously  arranged,  effected  a  junction  with  the  foot-soldiers  in 
front  of  the  abbey. 

Here  the  work  was  short  and  decisive.  The  abbey  and  its 
out-buildings  were  soon  wrapped  in  flames,  and  two  of  the 
friars,  running  out  in  their  habits,  were  remorselessly  put  to 
death. 

Chalices,  treasures,  mass-vestments,  and  goods  left  for  safety 
in  charge  of  the  monks,  were  all  alike  consumed.  Amidst  the 
many  horrors  of  this  terrible  scene,  the  roaring  flames,  the 
rolling  smoke,  and  the  crash  of  falling  masonry,  Hamilton  for 
the  first  time  learnt,  from  some  prisoners,  the  cause  of  his  easy 
success.  The  Irish  garrisons  of  the  two  castles  in  the  town  had 
posted  no  out-sentinels ;  no  watch  appears  to  have  been  kept,  and 
the  inhabitants  of  the  town  were  wrapped  in  profound  repose. 
This  neglect  was  now  to  some  extent  accounted  for  by  the  depar- 
ture of  O'Conor  Sligo,  with  all  his  disposable  force,  to  join  with 
Owen  O'Rorke  and  others  in  forming  a  camp  around  Manor- 
Hamilton,  and  carrying  off  the  garrison's  supply  of  cattle.  The 
opposing  parties  escaped  coming  into  collision,  O'Conor  Sligo 
having  marched  by  the  south  side  of  Lough  Gill,  whilst  Hamilton 
had  passed  to  the  north  of  the  lake. 

Finding  himself  now  at  a  distance  of  fourteen  miles  from  his 
base  of  operations,  and  with  a  superior  force  of  the  enemy  inter- 
vening, Hamilton  at  once  proceeded  to  retrace  his  steps. 

When  he  arrived  within  three  miles  of  his  castle,1  he  per- 
ceived the  "  passage  strongly  to  be  beset  (being  a  straight  passage) 
with  a  number  of  men."  His  horsemen  had  to  make  a  detour, 

1  "A  True  Relation  of  the  manner  of  our  Colonel  Sir  Frederick  Hamil- 
ton's retourne  from  London-derry,  being  61  miles  from  his  castle  and 
garrison,  where  he  was  at  the  beginning  and  breaking  out  of  this  Rebel- 
lion, with  the  particular  services  performed  by  the  Horse  and  Foot  Com- 
panies which  he  commanded,  garrisoned  at  Manor-Hamilton,  in  the 
County  of  Leitrim,  in  the  Province  of  Connaught."  Dublin  :  Printed  by 
Robert  Thornton,  24th  October,  1643. 

F 


66  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

as  there  was  a  rocky  wood  to  the  right,  and  a  great  bog  to  the 
left.  The  pikemen  and  musketeers  charged  the  Irish  foot- 
soldiers,  who  were  about  300  in  number,  and  forced  their  way 
through  ;  the  horsemen,  entangled  in  swampy  ground,  were 
attacked  by  the  Irish,  and  Hamilton  himself,  amongst  others, 
was  three  times  unhorsed ;  at  length,  both  horse  and  foot  having 
reunited,  they  reached  Manor-Hamilton  with  the  loss  of  but 
three  men  killed. 

There  is  a  legend  attached  to  the  destruction  of  the  Abbey  of 
Sligo  which  states  that  the  monks  were  scared  by  a  breathless 
messenger,  who,  late  one  evening,  suddenly  appeared  before  the 
gate  of  the  monastery,  announcing  the  close  proximity  of  the 
dreaded  Sir  Frederick  Hamilton.  What  was  to  be  done  ?  The 
treasures  and  valuables  of  the  community  must  be  saved  !  In 
frantic  haste,  the  gold  and  silver  vessels  used  in  the  sanctuary 
were  hurriedly  thrown  into  iron-bound  chests  of  oak,  and  the 
crevices  filled  in  with  Spanish  ingots,  which  had  been  presented 
by  the  "  Catholic  King"  for  the  advancement  and  encouragement 
of  his  faith.  But  the  bells,  blessed  by  Pope  John  XXIII. — those 
beautiful  bells,  whose  melodious  chimes  had  delighted  the  ears 
of  the  faithful,  and  had  summoned  the  congregation  to  their  de- 
votions for  more  than  two  centuries — were  they  to  fall  into  the 
hands  of  the  heretics  ?  Never  !  They  were  accordingly  lowered 
from  the  tower,  and,  together  with  the  chests  of  treasure,  were 
sunk  in  the  bed  of  the  river  Garavogue ;  but  the  buried  bells  and 
treasures  of  the  monks  have  never  been  discovered  !  The  swiftly 
gliding  waters  have  not  disclosed  their  secret ;  and  the  belief 
long  lingered  that  on  the  festival  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  the  ears 
of  the  faithful  were  at  times  gladdened  by  the  silvery  chimes  of 
the  buried  bells,  stealing  gently  upwards  in  the  midnight  air, 
from  out  the  bosom  of  their  watery  guardian ! 

Some  particulars  are  here  given,  relating  to  Sligo  Abbey, 
which  was  founded  by  Maurice  Fitzgerald,  A.D.  1252,  destroyed 
by  fire  in  1414,  and  rebuilt  about  two  years  subsequently.  On 
this  subject  E.  Langrishe  remarks1  that  the  statement  of  its 
re-edification  in  1416  is  very  misleading,  for  a  careful  examin- 
ation will  show  that  a  considerable  portion  of  the  original 

1  Journal,  B.H.A.A.I.  (4th  Series),  Vol.  VI.,  p.  471. 


[  To  face  page  66. 


FIG.  7. 
EAST  WINDOW,  SLIGO  ABBEY  ;  AND  HIGH  ALTAR,  RESTORED  BY  P.  O'CONNOR,  ESQ. 


HAMILTON'S  ATTACK  ON  SLIGO,,  ETC.  67 

building  still  remains,  and  the  Church  as  then  built  appears  to 
have  been  of  a  common  Irish  type. 

It  is  probable  that  a  considerable  time  elapsed  after  the  date 
named  for  the  rebuilding  of  the  Abbey  before  it  was  completed, 
for  a  great  part  of  the  work  is  of  late  fifteenth  century  char- 
acter— the  Tudor  flower  being  extensively  used  in  the  decora- 
tions. The  tower  is  almost  a  fac-simile  of  many  erected  by  the 
Franciscans  in  the  fifteenth  century ;  it  is  built  within  the 
ancient  walls  of  the  chancel,  without  their  being  disturbed.  Im- 
mediately west  of  the  tower  are  the  remains  of  a  stone  rood-loft, 
which  was  supported  on  an  arcade  of  three  arches  stretching 
across  the  nave,  the  soffits  being  groined  in  fan-vaulting. 

The  high  altar  is  beneath  the  east  window  of  the  chancel 
(fig.  7) ;  the  front  is  ornamented  with  moulded  and  carved 
panelwork  of  late  fifteenth  century  style,  in  good  preservation. 
It  is  covered  by  broken  slabs,  some  of  which  probably  formed 
part  of  the  original  table-stone,  being  decorated  in  the  centre, 
towards  the  front,  with  an  incised  cross  formed  by  narrow  inter- 
lacing bands,  and  terminating  in  patterns  of  the  ancient  Irish 
form  at  the  end  of  the  arms  (fig.  8,  p.  68).  The  base  of  the 
cross  is  towards  the  front  of  the  altar,  and  the  head  towards 
the  east  window,  reaching  only  partly  across  the  table-stone 
which  was  formed  of  several  pieces.  Commencing  at  the 
north  side,  then  running  along  the  front,  and  turning  up  the 
south  side,  is  the  following  inscription  in  Lombardic  char- 
acters : — 

IOHAN[NES   ?  O'CRAIAN]     ME  .  FIERI  .  FE  CIT. 

— with  long  spaces  between  the  words,  and  so  placed  that 
"  IOHANNES  "  was  on  the  north  side  ;  next  it,  and  along  the 
front,  came  the  surname  (probably  O'Craian),  now  lost ;  ME  is  in 
the  centre,  just  at  the  foot  of  the  cross  ;  FIERI  was  next  placed 
in  front,  near  the  southern  angle  ;  and  FECIT  is  cut  on  the  stone 
which  formed  that  angle  along  the  south  end.  There  is  a  blank 
between  E  and  C  in  FECIT,  as  if  a  letter  had  been  erased.  At 
present  it  is  at  the  northern  angle,  which  makes  the  inscription 
rather  puzzling  at  first  sight ;  it  is  to  be  hoped,  therefore,  that 
it  will  be  restored  to  its  original  position.  The  stone,  bearing 
on  it  the  surname  of  the  "  JOHANNES"  mentioned  in  the  inscrip- 
tion, has  not  been  found;  possibly  it  may  have  recorded  the 


mee 


Fig.  8.— Cross  on  the  Altar,  Sligo  Abbey. 


[To  face  page  69. 


Fig.  9. — STONE  PULPIT 

On  the  North  Side  of  the  Cloisters  of  Sligo  Abbey. 
(From  a  Photograph  by  R.  B.  M'Neilly.) 


HAMILTON'S  ATTACK  ON  sLiao,  ETC.  69 

name  of  an  early  prior  of  the  Abbey,  who  had  caused  the  table- 
stone  to  be  made. 

The  covering  slab  of  an  altar-tomb  was  invariably  formed  of 
one  stone,  with  the  cross  worked  lengthwise  upon  it ;  whereas 
the  altar-top  was  worked  in  several  pieces,  and  the  cross,  if  placed 
at  the  foot,  could  not  reach  more  than  one-third  of  the  whole 
length  towards  the  head. 

The  cloisters  lie  to  the  north  of  the  nave ;  three  sides  are  in 
tolerably  good  preservation ;  they  appear  to  have  been  entirely 
erected  in  the  fifteenth  century,  and  are  beautifully  arcaded  and 
groined  throughout.  The  symmetry  of  their  proportions  is,  how- 
ever, in  the  present  day  greatly  marred  by  the  surface  being 
raised  over  three  feet  by  constant  burials  for  centuries  past, 
and  both  the  interior  of  the  cloisters  and  the  cloister-garth  are 
blocked  up  with  hideous  tombstones  and  unseemly  graves,  the 
covering  of  which  is  in  some  cases  so  slender  that  it  gives 
way  beneath  the  feet,  and  dreadful  odours  are  exhaled. 

On  the  north  side  (near  the  angle  formed  by  the  western  side 
of  the  cloisters,  now  entirely  destroyed)  is  the  pulpit,  built  on  a 
boldly  projecting  corbel  springing  from  the  face  of  the  wall 
some  fifteen  feet  from  the  former  surface  (fig.  9) ;  a  stone  staircase 
led  up  to  it  through  the  building  behind,  now  mostly  in  ruins. 
At  the  extreme  north-eastern  angle  of  the  building  is  the  base 
of  the  stair-turret,  by  which  access  was  obtained  to  the  dor- 
mitory ;  it  appears  to  have  been  placed  over  the  chapter-house, 
and  several  vaulted  chambers  are  to  be  seen  at  the  east  side  of 
the  cloisters. 

There  is  a  fine  altar-tomb  inserted  in  the  north  wall  of  the 
nave,  with  a  very  sharp-pointed,  arched  canopy  filled  with 
elaborate  flamboyant  tracery.  The  inscription  runs  along  the 
top  of  the  decorated  front  slab.  The  letters  McS  are  nearly 
illegible.  AC  is — according  to  the  late  W.  M.  Hennessy— 
the  mediaeval  form  of  the  Irish  O5,  i.e.,  young.  The  name 
of  O'Crean's  wife,  Faraengasa,1  is — according  to  the  same 

1  Faraengasa.  A  somewhat  similarly  sounding  name  occurs  in  an  in- 
quisition taken  in  the  town  (apiid  villam)  of  Ballymote,  10th  Feb.,  1607. 
The  jury  find  "  quod  Ffarganhegula  [1  Ffarganhegusa]  O'Connor  seisit  fuit 

due  Insulee  in  mar.  vocat,  Insula  Noclane  et  Insula  ne  Capple 

[now  Horse  Island]  continent  2  acras  terr.,  et  Regi  ptinent  Jure  Corone 
sui." 


70 


HISTORY   OF   SLIGO. 


o 

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authority — also  a  mediaeval  form  of  a  well- 
known  woman's  name,  "PA-p^enjufA. 
Later  tablets  are  inserted  in  the  recess ; 
one  of  these  bears  the  date  1616  over  the 
coat  of  arms  and  crest  of  the  O'Creans. 
On  the  dexter  side  is  a  wolf  rampant  be- 
tween three  hearts,  with  the  initials  A.  C., 
supposed  to  be  those  of  Andrew  Crean. 
The  sinister  half  is  ermine,  a  chevron — 
colour  not  apparent — with  the  initials  E.  F. 
alongside,  evidently  those  of  Crean's  wife, 
who  was  supposed  to  be  Ellen  Flynn.  The 
crest  appears  to  be  a  demi-wolf  rampant, 
holding  between  his  paws  a  heart ;  beneath 
is  cut  in  an  irregular  manner  the  follow- 
ing inscription,  which  would  seem  to  con- 
tain a  play  upon  the  name  Crean  : — 

COR  .  MVNDVM  .  CEEA  .  IN  .  ME  .  DEVS  . 
ET  .  SPIBITV*  .  RECTVM  .  IN  .  NOVA  . 
IN  .  VISCEEIBVS  .  MEIS  . 


%  Inserted  in  the  south  wall  of  the  choir  is 

$  an  elaborate  monument  erected  to  O'Conor 

Qt/     o  and  his  wife.      The  mural  tablet  is   sur- 

C*     g  mounted  by  a  representation  of  the  Cruci- 

ilSI         OJ     %       fixion.    The  superior  compartment  contains 
n^M0(          ^Bt&     M 

g  the  crest  and  coat  of  arms  of  the  O'Conor 
9.  family,  flanked  by  two  figures,  the  one 
bearing  a  sword,  the  other  a  key  ;  thereby 
denoting,  probably,  the  Apostles  Peter  and 
g  Paul.  The  pilasters  are  ornamented  with 
winged  heads,  trophies,  and  skulls.  To 
the  left  the  trophy  consists  of  a  drum,  flag,  and  axe,  below  it 
a  shield,  sword,  and  musket ;  to  the  right  is  an  open  book, 
with  a  spade  and  torch  over  a  censer  or  thurible.  At  the 
base  appears  a  winged  hour-glass  amidst  an  elaborate  arrange- 
ment of  floral  and  other  ornamentations.  To  the  left  the  shields 
display  the  coat  of  arms  of  O'Conor,  and  to  the  right,  that  of 


To  face  page  70.] 


Fig.  10. — THE  O'CoNOR  MONUMENT, 

In  the  South  Wall  of  the  Choir,  Sligo  Ahhey. 

(From  a  Photograph  by  R.  B.  M'Neilly.) 


HAMILTON'S  ATTACK  ON  SLIGO,  ETC.  71 

his  wife.  In  the  central  portion  of  the  monument  the  effigy  of 
O'Conor  is  represented  in  a  kneeling  posture,  clad  in  full 
armour,  save  his  helmet,  which  is  placed  behind  him.  To  the 
right,  and  facing  him,  kneels  his  wife,  with  long  flowing  robes, 
and  a  full  ruff,  her  hair  dressed  in  the  lofty  style  of  the  period. 
(See  fig.  10.) 

Immediately  underneath   the   figures  of  O'Conor  and  his 
wife  is  this  inscription  : — 


HIC  .  IACET  .  FAMOSISSIMVS  .  MILES  . 
SLIGIJE  .  DOMINVS.  CVM .  SVA  .  VXOBE  . 
COMITISSA  .  DESMONI^E  .  QVI  .ME  .  FIE 
MAEITI .  QVI .  OBIIT .  11 .  AVG . A°  1 602 . 
COMITIS .  DESMONI^E  .  NOIE  .  ELIZABE 
FVIT  .  HOC.  IN  .  TVMVLO  .  31  .  NOVEM. 


DONATVS  .  CORNELIANVS  .  COMITATVS  . 
ILLVSTRISSIMA-DNA.ELINORA .  BVTLER. 
HI.  FECIT  .  A°1624  .  POST  .  MORTE.  SVI . 
ITM.  EIVS.  FILIA  .ET .  PRIM.  MARIT .  VIZ. . 
THA .  VALDE  .  VIRTVOSA .  DNA  .SEPVLTA . 
ANNO  .  DOMINI  .  1623. 


The  other  inscriptions  are  now  almost  illegible. 

Lying  against  the  chancel  wall  there  are  two  slabs  (about 
24  inches  each  way)  with  armorial  bearings  carved  on  them ;  on 
the  first  appears  to  be  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  Banada  family  of 
Jones.  The  second  slab  bears  the  arms  of  the  O'Creans,  with 
those  of  a  different  family  of  Jones  impaled  ;  dexter,  a  wolf 
rampant  between  three  human  hearts,  for  O'Crean  ;  sinister,  a 
lion  rampant,  for  Jones ;  above  is  the  date  1625,  and  under- 
neath the  quaint  inscription  : — 

Wee  two  are  one  by  his  Decree 
That  raigneth  from  Eternity  ; 
Who  first  erected  have  these  stones, 
We  Robuere  Crean  Elica  lones. 

When  sinking  a  grave  in  the  chancel,  an  interesting  me- 
morial slab  was  recently  discovered,  about  three  feet  beneath 
the  present  surface.  Its  length  is  5  feet  10  inches,  by  2  feet 
6  inches  in  breadth  at  top  and  2  feet  10  inches  at  bottom 
of  slab,  which  is  surrounded  with  a  bevelled  edge  an  inch 
and  half  in  width.  The  inscription  in  raised  character  is  as 

follows : — 

HIC  .  JACE 

T   .    UORDAIN 
MC  CATRYE   .    S 
UA  .    TTX    .   MARIA 
FECIT  .   HOC  . 

"  Here  lies  Jordan  Mac  Cathrue,  his  wife  Maria  made  this." 


72  HISTOKY   OF    SLIGO. 

A  portion  of  the  letter  R  in  MAEIA  appears  to  be  deficient. 
The  surname  Cathrew  is  stated  to  exist  still  in  the  County 
Galway,  but  is  not  known  to  have  been  common  in  the  County 
Sligo.  Fig.  11  gives  a  good  representation  of  this  curious  me- 
morial ;  the  Crucifixion  and  representation  of  a  camel — bearing 
a  great  resemblance  to  the  animal  carved  on  the  cross  at  Drum- 
cliff — are  specially  interesting. 

From  the  peculiar  shape  of  this  monument,  W.  F.  Wake- 
man  is  of  opinion  there  can  be  no  question  but  that  it  at  one  time 
formed  the  lid  of  a  stone  coffin.  At  first  sight  a  casual  observer 
might  imagine  it  to  have  stood  as  a  pillar.  Such  a  supposition, 
however,  would  be  utterly  untenable  by  anyone  who  noted  that 
the  broader  end  of  the  stone  exhibits  a  raised  fillet,  or  band, 
resembling  that  upon  the  sides  and  top.  The  work,  therefore, 
could  not  have  been  intended  to  stand,  end  on,  in  the  earth. 
There  is  no  date  in  addition  to  the  inscription,  but  the  character 
of  the  latter  clearly  indicates  the  fifteenth  century.  In  form, 
the  lettering  closely  resembles  the  celebrated  record  still  to  be 
seen  in  the  ruined  priory  on  Devenish  Island,  the  period  of 
which  is  marked  A.D.  1449. 

Although  it  seems  not  improbable  that  the  figure  of  the 
camel  may  have  originally  represented  some  religious  idea,  yet 
one  of  these  animals  is  mentioned  by  "  The  Four  Masters " 
(Connellan's  Edition)  as  having  been  brought  to  Ireland  in 
the  year  1472  : — 

"  An  extraordinary  animal  [a  camel  or  dromedary]  was  sent 
by  the  King  of  England  to  Ireland,  of  a  form  resembling  a 
mare,  of  a  yellow  colour,  having  the  hoofs  of  a  cow,  a  long  neck, 
a  very  large  head,  an  ugly  trailing  tail,  scarce  of  hair,  having  a 
saddle  of  its  own  [the  hump]  ;  wheat  and  salt  were  its  food,  and 
it  would  draw  a  sliding  car  with  the  greatest  burden  by  the  tail, 
and  go  on  its  knees  when  entering  a  door,  and  in  taking  a  rider 
on  its  back." 

In  the  following  Chapter  the  events  which  happened  in  Sligo 
between  1642  and  1653  are  entered  upon,  but  before  doing  so, 
it  may  not  be  out  of  place  to  state  that  in  the  graveyard  outside 
the  abbey  walls,  there  lies  a  plain  slab  of  slate,  commemorative 
of  the  death  of  Mary  Beolan,  who  is  thereon  stated  to  have  died 
"  aged  144  years." 


SCALE     ABOUT     I.  12™ 


Fig.  11. — Memorial  Slab  to  Jordan  Mac  Cathrue. 


74  HISTORY   OF   SLIGO. 

The  abbey,  although  founded  at  a  more  recent  date  than 
St.  John's  Church,  is  of  vastly  greater  antiquarian  interest ; 
possibly  in  both  graveyards  interesting  memorial  inscriptions 
may  lie  buried  under  the  accumulations  of  centuries.  The  pre- 
sent parish  church  of  St.  John's  was  re-edified  in  1812  and 
1883.  The  basement  of  its  tower  is  composed  of  very  primitive 
masonry ;  the  stones  forming  it  show  no  traces  of  having  been 
quarried. 


CHAPTER  XIV. 

BATTLE     OF     SLIGO,     ETC. 

"  Cease  to  consult :  the  time  for  action  calls  ; 
War,  horrid  war,  approaches  to  your  walls." 

the  year  1642  Lord  Ranelagh,  President  of  Con- 
naught,  had  quitted  his  Government  in  vexation, 
and,  on  his  arrival  in  Dublin,  was  accused  by  the 
Lords  Justices  of  being  the  cause  of  the  hardships 
which  the  troops  had  experienced  throughout  his 
province. 

Charles,  in  the  first  shock  of  consternation  after  his  defeat 
at  Naseby  by  the  Parliamentarian  forces,  June  14th,  1645, 
doubted  whether  this  overthrow  had  not  rendered  all  Irish 
succours  useless ;  finally,  however,  the  Earl  of  Glamorgan  was 
despatched  to  Ireland,  where  he  arrived  about  the  end  of  July. 
Two  commissions  from  Charles  were  produced  by  him  to  the 
Confederate  Catholics.  Ormond  had  shown  a  decided  reluctance 
to  continue  in  office,  owing  to  these  negotiations  ;  but  by  virtue 
of  the  commissions  Glamorgan  entered  on  a  private  treaty  with 
the  Confederates,  thus  hoping  to  become  the  leader  of  ten  thou- 
sand Irish,  and  to  restore  the  King  to  power  and  independence. 
In  the  meantime,  Sir  Charles  Coote  (whom  the  Parliament 
had  lately  commissioned  to  command  in  Connaught)  was 
despatched  with  a  requisition  to  the  British  generals  of  the 
north,  that  they  should  assist  him  against  the  rebels  in  his 
government,  and  particularly  to  reduce  the  town  of  Sligo — their 
principal  place  of  strength.  After  some  hesitation,  4000  foot  and 
500  horse  were  detached  from  the  Scottish  and  English  forces, 
and  the  recapture  of  Sligo  in  1645  resulted  from  the  junction 
of  the  troops  commanded  by  Sir  Charles  Coote,  Colonel  Audley 
Mervyn,  and  Sir  Robert  Stewart.  The  following,  taken  from 


76  HISTORY   OF   SLIGO. 

the  History  of  Confederation  and  War  in  Ireland,1  gives  the 
Irish  point  of  view  of  this  transaction.  The  first  letter,  dated 
Ballymote,  6th  July,  1645,  is  from  Lucas  TaaS'e,  and  is 
addressed  :  "  For  the  Right  Honourable  the  Supreme  Council 
of  the  Confederate  Catholics  of  Ireland.  Haste !  Haste ! 
Haste!" 

"RIGHT  HONOURABLE  : 

"This  lamentable  and  sad  intelligence  from  Sligo,  I  refer  to  the 
bearer's,  Antient  [Ensign]  Tull's  relation,  who  was  an  eye-witness  of  a 
common,  treacherous,  and  unworthy  dealing  which  nearly  broke  the  neck 
of  our  endeavours,  if  timely  succour  be  not  sent  to  regain  the  place, 
before  the  Scots  have  leisure  to  fortify  it.  I  am  very  hopeful  that  all  the 
town  will  not  be  lost  these  ten  days  to  come,  being  well  assured  of  the 
resolution  of  the  besieged,  as  long  as  it  is  possible  for  them  to  play  the 
part  of  soldiers  ;  yet  I  humbly  beg  that  the  relieving  army  be  not  the 
more  delayed  that  I  am  of  this  opinion,  the  courses  of  war  being  very 
uncertain,  and  all  places  of  consequence  hereabouts  so  unprovided,  that 
without  the  enemy  meet  with  a  speedy  repulse,  they  will  make  it  an  abso- 
lute conquest :  for  preventing  of  which  I  doubt  not  of  your  Honour's 
tender  care,  whereupon  I  build  my  hopes,  and  remain 

"  Your  Honour's  most  humble  Servant, 

"L(UCAS)  T(AAFPE)." 

Taaffe  seems  to  have  taken  too  hopeful  a  view  of  the  military 
situation,  for  the  next  letter — but  three  days  later  in  date — from 
Captain  Gerald  Dillon  to  Sir  Ulick  Bourk,  announces  the  cap- 
ture of  Sligo  by  Coote : — 

"  SIR  : 

"  I  must  now  be  the  author  of  a  woeful  tragedy;  for  yesterday  morn- 
ing, after  the  battering  of  two  houses  in  Sligo,  the  enemy  made  a  hot  and 
furious  assault  upon  the  rest  of  the  town,  where  they  have  lost  five  hun- 
dred men,  a  Lieutenant-Colonel,  one  Sergeant-Major,  three  Captains, 
with  other  officers.  Notwithstanding  all  their  loss,  and  not  regarding 
their  men's  lives,  they  attempted  Crean's  house,  where  our  men  betook 
themselves,  who  behaved  themselves  so  gallant  as  they  beat  them  from 
it,  upon  which  the  enemy  sounded  a  parley,  and  promised  them  a  fair 
and  honourable  quarter  ;  whereupon  our  men  came  away,  and  after 
coming  into  the  street,  were  disarmed,  stript,  and  most  foully  murdered, 
so  as  never  a  man  escaped,  but  two  men  and  two  women.  Major  Rourk 
is  come  hither  this  night,  who  lost  threescore  and  six  of  his  own  company, 
with  his  officers,  in  that  service.  Major-General,  with  grief  hereof,  keeps 

1  Vol.  IV.,  pp.  353-56.    The  orthography  is  modernized. 


BATTLE   OP   SLIGO,    ETC.  77 

his  bed.  All  the  Scots  marched  from  Bellahy  this  morning  to  Sligo,  with 
four  or  five  hundred  cows.  I  make  no  question  but  now  the  province 
will  be  their  own.  Drumahaire,  Marcrea,  Collooney,  and  the  rest  of  the 
garrisons  in  that  county,  are  forsaken  and  burned  ;  Ballymote  and 
Titemple  (Templehouse)  excepted,  all  the  castles  in  (the  barony  of) 
Tireragh  pay  contribution  already  to  the  enemy ;  my  father  (Sir  Luke 
Dillon)  is  expected  at  Dunmore  this  night.  I  pray,  Sir,  look  well  to 
yourself,  for  I  am  sure  you  will  be  very  much  aimed  at ;  and  be  sure  to 
store  yourself  with  provisions.  Thus  with  my  humble  service  to  my  aunt. 
I  remain 

"Your  own  servant, 

"GERALD  DILLON." 
Loan,  9  July,  1645. 

I  pray  despatch  this  to  my  Lord  President  (Dillon),  and  bid  him  be 
careful  of  himself  there. 

The  next  communication  is  from  Lord  Dillon  (then  at 
Athlone,  and  acting  as  Lord  President  of  Connaught  for  the 
King)  to  the  Marquis  of  Ormond  : — 

"MAY  IT   PLEASE   YOUR  LOEDSHIP  : 

"  Yesterday  I  despatched  unto  you  such  intelligence  as  came  to  my 
knowledge.  This  morning  I  received  this  enclosed  [i.e.,  the  preceding 
letter],  which  now  I  post  unto  your  Lordship  by  Will.  Somers,  whereby 
you  will  find  that  Sligo  is  taken,  and  it  is  very  probable  that  it  will  prove 
of  an  ill  consequence  to  the  whole  province.  In  my  letter  yesterday  I 
acquainted  your  Lordship  how  much  I  feared  this  castle,  the  garrison  of 
it  being  ill  affected.  Will.  Somers  will  give  your  Lordship  a  true  relation 
how  all  things  stand  here  with  me,  and  what  ill  condition  I  stand  in.  I 
am  promised  by  Sir  James  Dillon  a  hundred  men,  who  I  am  confident 
will  be  faithful  to  me,  but  I  shall  not  accept  of  them  without  I  first  know 
your  Lordship's  pleasure,  and  am  very  unwilling  to  be  beholden  to  him 
or  any  other  friend  if  your  Lordship  could  help  me.  All  which  I  humbly 
submit  to  your  wise  consideration,  as  the  humblest  of  your  Lordship's 
servants. 

"DILLON." 

ATHLONE  CASTLE,  10th  July,  1645. 

Ormond's  reply  to  Lord  Dillon  clearly  informed  him  that  no 
help  could  he  expected  from  Dublin  : — 

"  MY  LORD  : 

"  This  morning  I  received  both  your  letters  of  the  9th  and  10th  of  this 
month,  together  with  the  advertisements  your  Lordship  had  of  the  Scots 
proceedings  in  that  miserable  province,  whereat  I  believe  our  two  Com- 
missioners here  are  rather  troubled,  than  directed  into  the  right  way  of 


78  HISTORY  OF   SLIGO. 

preventing  the  total  loss  of  that,  and  by  consequence  the  perpetual 
annoyance  of  all  the  other  provinces.  All  that  I  could  with  safety  to 
myself  do  towards  the  preservation  of  those  that  are  obedient  to  his 
Majesty's  Government  in  that  province,  was  at  the  instance  of  my  Lord 
Marquis  of  Clanricarde,  and,  upon  assurance  that  your  Lordship  was 
consenting  to  it,  to  give  my  Lord  Taaffe  a  commission,  whereof  I  send 
your  Lordship  a  copy,  to  the  end  that  if  you  be  driven  to  it,  you  may  call 
his  Lordship  to  your  assistance. 

"  I  am  sorry  to  find  your  Lordship  has  so  much  reason  to  misdoubt 
the  affections  of  those  men  under  your  command,  and  that  I  am  not  in  a 
condition  to  send  such  as  you  might  rely  on.  I  have  such  as  would  be 
sure  to  you,  but  that  I  am  unable  to  provide  for  their  subsistence  there, 
and  out  of  hope  to  prevail  with  the  Commissioners  here  to  settle  a  course 
for  their  maintenance  ;  and  therefore  I  am  of  opinion  that,  in  case  of 
evident  necessity,  your  Lordship  shall  do  well  to  make  use  of  the  offer 
made  unto  you  by  Sir  James  Dillon,  who  I  take  to  be  a  person  of  that 
honour  and  good  affection  that  your  Lordship  may  safely  rely  upon  his 
promise  and  undertaking  for  the  faith  of  his  men,  yet  I  know  your  Lord- 
ship will  omit  no  necessary  caution  for  your  safety  against  the  Confede- 
rates, as  well  as  the  Scots.  I  am  unwilling  to  stay  Sumers  from  waiting 
upon  your  Lordship  with  this  short  answer  from  your  Lordship's  most 
affectionate,  humble  servant, 

"OKMOND." 
DUBLIN  CASTLE,  11  July,  1645. 

Both  parties  in  this  terrible  struggle  noted  down  with  great 
minuteness  the  atrocities  (whether  real  or  alleged)  of  their 
opponents.  The  council  of  the  Confederates  at  Kilkenny  directed 
that  in  every  province  registers  should  be  kept  of  all  the  cruel- 
ties and  murders  committed  by  the  Puritans.1 

The  governorship  of  Sligo,  after  its  capture,  was  conferred 
by  a  council  of  war  on  Colonel  Audley  Mervyn  :  but  through  the 
interest  of  the  Scots,  he  was  superseded  by  Sir  Robert  Stewart, 
commander  of  the  Lagan  forces  quartered  in  the  north-west  of 
Ulster.  Sligo  was  taken  with  but  the  loss  of  twenty  men,  "  and 
the  slaughter  of  120  of  the  rebels."2 

At  this  time  Connaught  had  as  rival  Presidents  Lord  Dillon, 
who  commanded  for  the  King;  Sir  Charles  Coote — for  the 
Parliament ;  and  Malachias  O'Kelly,  Catholic  Archbishop  of 
Tuam,  for  the  Confederates,  who  being  alarmed  at  the  successes 
of  Coote  and  the  northern  forces,  directed  Sir  James  Dillon  (one 

1  Wright's  History  of  Ireland,  p.  710.     2  Cox.,  Vol.  II.,  p.  159. 


BATTLE    OF   SLIGO,   ETC.  79 

of  their  officers)  to  march  with  800  men  to  the  assistance  of  the 
warlike  Prelate,  then  busily  employed  in  collecting  forces  for  the 
recapture  of  Sligo. 

It  would  appear  that  on  Sunday,  the  17th  October,  1645,  the 
Irish,  under  command  of  the  Archbishop,  suddenly  surrounded 
the  town  with  2000  foot  and  300  horse. 

"  The  garrison,  seeing  little  hopes  of  the  Ulstermen's 
advance  (not  knowing  they  were  then  at  Bundrowse),  conceived 
it  of  absolute  necessity  to  hazard  the  fighting  with  the  rebels 
with  their  own  strength  and  Sir  William  Cole's  troops,  rather 
then  to  lose  themselves  and  the  out-garrisons,  which  were  in 
a  manner  all  blocked  up  by  the  rebels  lying  between  them  and 
Sligo/'1 

Prior  to  the  attack  on  the  Irish,  Coote  addressed  his  troops 
in  the  following  manner,  and  from  his  speech  it  would  appear 
as  if  in  the  morning  he  had  gained  some  slight  advantage  over 
the  blockading  force:  "Gentlemen: — You  see  God  hath  crowned 
the  beginning  of  this  day's  access  with  His  wonted  goodness 
toward  us,  which  we  are  bound  to  look  upon  as  a  pledge  or  ear- 
nest of  His  future  mercy  in  giving  us  victory  over  a  merciless 
and  blood-thirsty  enemy.  Let  not  their  number  discourage 
any,  but  call  to  mind  the  miraculous  deliverances  that  have 
been  given  us,  and  by  what  weak  means  we  have  obtained  great 
things.  Kemember  we  have  the  same  God  to  protect  us  as 
formerly,  and  it  is  the  same  cause  we  fight  for.  If  we  turn  our 
backs,  we  dishonour  Him  that  can  as  well  deliver  by  weak  means 
as  by  a  mighty  host  of  men.  If  we  prevail,  we  shall  be  instru- 
ments of  His  glory,  and  redeeming  this  country  from  Popery, 
tyranny,  and  oppression.  We  shall  be  furnished  not  only  with 
victuals,  money,  and  pillage,  but  with  great  store  of  powder, 
match,  and  ammunition,  and  the  enemy  so  disheartened,  that 
they  will  not  dare  in  a  short  time  to  appear  in  the  field  against 
us."2 

"  Captain  Richard  Coote  and  Captain  Cole  commanded  our 
horse,  being  200,  who  charged  the  rebels'  horse  very  resolutely, 
and  fell  into  the  sword  pell-mell,  and  beat  them  amongst  the 


1  The  Irish  Cabinet,  &c.,  p.  17.     The  spelling  is  modernized. 

2  The  Weekly  Account,  Jan.  15th,  1646.     The  spelling  is  modernized. 


80  HISTOKY   OF    SLIGO. 

divisions  of  their  own  foot,  and  routed  them,  which  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Saunderson  (sallying  out  of  the  town)  recovered  with 
the  foot,  and  Sir  F.  Hamilton  came  also  with  his  troop  in 
the  nick  of  time,  and  had  the  execution  of  the  rebels  for  five 
miles,  their  foot  taking  flight  upon  giving  ground  of  their  horse. 
In  the  pursuit,  their  commander  and  President  of  that  province 
(the  titular  Archbishop  of  Tuam)  was  slain.1  Our  men  took  150 
of  their  horses,  with  pistols,  all  their  baggage,  tents,  and 
ammunition.  There  were  two  wagons  with  rich  spoil  and 
money  in  them ;  they  took  several  of  their  standards  and 
colours,  four  and  twenty  drummers,  and  officers  of  note,  in 
number  forty-eight,  who  are  now  prisoners  in  Sligo.  About  200 
of  their  men  lay  killed  in  the  place,  and  many  more  had  been, 
if  plunder  had  not  been  preferred  before  execution  by  our  foot. 
We  had  but  one  killed  of  Sir  William  Cole's  troop,  and  six 
horsemen  hurt,  and  some  horses.  Upon  this  defeat  1000  foot 
and  200  of  the  enemy's  horse  more,  that  were  on  their 
march  to  Sligo,  friendly  turned  back  with  their  fellows,  whom 
they  met  in  great  haste  flying,  and  our  Laggan  forces  coming 
also  to  relieve  us,  are  now  with  us  beleaguering  two  strongholds 
of  the  rebels  near  our  quarters."1 

"  General  Taafie  sent  a  trumpet  to  Sligo,  and  got  news  on 
the  27th  inst.  (i.e.,  October)  that  the  Scots  will  not  part  with 
my  Lord  Archbishop's  body,  without  getting  out  of  it  £30 
sterling.  The  said  trumpeter  brought  with  him  two  letters 
from  the  commander  of  Sligo  offering  to  exchange  pri- 
soners ;  ours  write  that  they  are  kindly  used  by  them,  and 

1  The  following  is  an  Irish  account  of  the  death  of  this  fighting  Pre- 
late : — "  October  26th  (1645).     The  Connaught  army  proceeded  to  Sligo 
to  take  it  by  force  from  the  Scotch  ;  but  before  they  were  aware,  five  or 
six  troops  of  cavalry  from  Tyrconnell  and  from  Enniskillen  came  upon 
them,  and  drove  them  back  to  the  encampment.     The  Archbishop  of 
Tuam  was  killed  by  a  wound  in  his  shoulder,  and  also  his  priest.     The 
name  of  the  Prelate  was  Maolshaughlin  O'Coyle,  a  doctor  remarkable  for 
his  learning,  his  goodness,  and  the  rectitude  of  his  life.    They  died,  but 
four  Scotchmen  fell  by  their  hands  in  that  battle.    Many  of  the  Burkes 
and  of  the  other  Irish  were  taken  prisoners,  and  the  camp  was  given  up 
to  plunder.    The  Scotch  reinforced  the  garrison  of  Sligo." 

2  Good  News  from  Ireland,  &c. — a  contemporaneous  pamphlet.     The 
spelling  is  modernized.     See  also  The  Irish  Cabinet,  pp.  17, 18. 


BATTLE   OF   SLIGO,   ETC.  81 

desire  relief  and  ransom.  John  Garvey  (Lieutenant-Colonel  to 
Sir  Tibbot  Bourk,  eldest  son  to  Lord  Mayo)  is  prisoner  at  New- 
town,  with  Mr.  Jackson  ;  and  the  rest  at  Sligo.'n 

In  the  baggage  of  the  Koman  Catholic  Archbishop  of  Tuam, 
the  victors  found  (amongst  other  papers  of  consequence)  a  com- 
plete and  authentic  copy  of  the  private  treaty  which  the  Earl  of 
Glamorgan  had  concluded  with  the  Confederates,  and  in  which 
was  contained  a  distinct  recital  of  his  commission  and  of  his 
oath  to  the  Confederates.  An  acquisition  so  important  was 
without  delay  transmitted  to  the  English  Parliament ;  the 
documents  were  printed  by  directions  of  the  House,  and  every 
means  were  employed  to  assist  in  their  dissemination  through- 
out the  country,  to  the  discredit  of  the  King,  the  scandal  of  his 
Protestant  adherents,  and  the  exultation  of  his  enemies. 

The  Archbishop  of  Tuam  had  intended  to  visit  his  diocese, 
and  to  put  in  execution  an  order  for  the  arrears  of  his  bishopric 
— granted  to  him  by  the  Supreme  Council  of  Kilkenny.  This 
order,  together  with  the  Pope's  Bull,  and  several  other  important 
letters  from  his  correspondents  and  agents  at  Eome,  Paris,  and 
various  parts  of  Ireland,  was  found  on  his  person  after  death.2 
The  following  is  a  brief  summary  of  their  contents  : — 

"  That  the  Pope  would  not  engage  himself  in  the  sending  of  a  Nuncio 
for  Ireland,  till  the  Irish  agents  had  fully  satisfied  him  that  the  establish- 

1  The  following  is  a  list  of  the  prisoners  as  taken  from  A  Letter  to  the 
Warden  of  Oalway,  and  quoted  by  Hardiman  in  his  History  of  Galway, 
p.  123  : — "  Lieutenant-Colonels  Morogh  Flaherty  (Lt.-Col.  to  Ric.  Bourk, 
cousin  german  to  the  Earl  of  Clanricarde,  and  his  next  heir)  ;  and  John 
Garvey.     Majors  Richard  Bourke  (Major  to  Ric.  Bourk  Earl  of  Clanric- 
arde, son  and  heir  to  Sir  William  Bourk,  brother  to  the  late  Earl),  and 
William  Shaughnessy  (brother  to  Sir  Roger  O'Shaughnessy).     Captain 
Gerald  Dillon  (son  to  Sir  Lucas  Dillon,  who  saith  that  his  father  was  shot 
in  the  thigh)  ;  and  Roger  Costello.     Lieutenants   Christopher  Ryan, 
Conor  O'Heyne  ;    and  Teige   Flaherty.      Cornets  John   Barnwell  and 
William  Terel.     Ensigns  John  Bedlow ;  Bryan  Kelly  ;  Hugh  MacGilli- 
cooley  and  James  Linch.  Troopers,  Richard  Bedlow  ;  Edward  Fitzgerald  ; 
Garret  Dillon  ;  Richard  Bourk  ;  John  Boyle  ;  John  Fitz-Garet  ;  Francis 
Cadel ;  Christopher  Kent ;  Richard  Bourk  ;  John  Higgins.     Drummers 
Thomas  Walsh  and  Connor  Quin.     Two  footmen  with  a  cornet,  and  seven 
troopers  formerly  taken  in  the  skirmish  at  Ballymote."     The  information 
placed  within  brackets  is  taken  from  Good  News  from  Ireland. 

2  The  Irish  Cabinet,  pp.  18,  19.     The  spelling  is  modernized. 

G 


82  HISTORY   OP   SLIGO. 

ment  of  the  Catholic  Religion  was  a  thing  feasible  and  attainable  in  this 
kingdom  ;  whereupon  he  was  content  to  solicit  their  cause  with  Florence 
and  Venice,  &c.,  and  also  to  delegate  Farmano — his  Nuncio — to  attend  this 
Kingdom  :  who  (the  said  Nuncio),  after  some  delays  in  France,  was  at 
last  expedited  thence  by  express  order  from  the  Pope,  and  he  arrived  at 
the  River  of  Kilmare  in  a  Frigate  of  one  and  twenty  pieces,  six  and 
twenty  Italians  of  his  retinue,  Secretary  Belinges,  and  divers  regular  and 
secular  priests,  October  22nd.  The  Irish  are  much  encouraged  with  these 
supplies,  which  he  hath  brought  ;  the  list  whereof  found  about  the  Arch- 
bishop is  :  Imprimis.  Two  thousand  muskets,  four  thousand  (  )  liers, 
two  thousand  swords,  four  thousand  petronels,  and  twenty  thousand 
pounds  of  powder  (all  which  arrived  in  another  barque  by  itself  at  Brook- 
haven,  October  10),  together  with  five  or  six  desks  or  small  trunks  of 
Spanish  gold — the  sum  uncertain. 

"  These  letters  likewise  inform  us  that  the  King's  hopes  are  from  the 
Irish  nation,  and  if  they  desert  him,  he  is  like  to  be  in  a  hard  condition 
very  speedily.  Several  other  things  they  contain  concerning  Prince 
Rupert,  Colonel  Legg,  the  King's  losses  at  Bristol  and  Chester.  Some 
there  is  also  of  the  Treaty  of  Peace.  Ormond,  says  one,  is  found  a 
Machiavelian  ;  Dillon,  Muskerry,  Talbot,  are  for  peace.  Conditionibus  qui- 
buscunq  iniquis,  says  another.  Our  public  affairs  are  in  via,  non  in  ter- 
mino,  says  a  third.  The  propositions  high,  the  answers  high  and  sly  ; 
there  are  some  mysteries  of  state  in  this  business  which  I  cannot  commit 
to  paper,  yet  morally  certain  it  is,  there  will  be  peace,  saith  a  fourth.  It 
seems  also  there  were  some  differences  amongst  the  rebels  themselves,  as 
between  Muskerry  and  Brown,  insomuch  that  Brown  is  despatched  from 
Dublin  to  Kilkenny  between  Castlehaven  and  Preston,  insomuch  that 
Father  Scaramppe  went  from  the  Supreme  Council  to  reconcile  them. 
There  was  also  a  private  letter  of  suspicious  informations  against  Dominico 
Spinola,  an  agent  in  Ireland,  wherein  he  is  said  to  hold  correspondence 
with  the  Queen  of  England  (Henrietta  Maria)  in  France,  and  to  be  a 
lover  of  their  enemies." 


The  effect  produced  by  the  publication  of  these  secret  in- 
trigues did  more  to  damage  the  cause  of  the  King  than  the 
losses  he  had  sustained  in  the  field  during  the  year. 

Coote,  meantime,  took  full  advantage  of  his  success  at  Sligo, 
in  a  military  as  well  as  political  point  of  view.  With  the  Laggan 
troops  he  overran  the  Barony  of  Tireragh,  and  captured  therein 
thirteen  castles  "  well  provided  with  corn,  which  was  our  chief 
want,  and  like  to  be  the  loss  of  the  whole  province,  if  God  in 
this  miraculous  manner  had  not  supplied  it.  The  oxen  which 
drew  the  enemy's  wagons  drew  our  ordnance  for  the  taking  in 
of  the  said  castles,  and  now  our  men  have  good  quarter  for 


BATTLE   OF   SLIGO,  ETC.  83 

this  winter  about  the  said  castles,  which  keep  the  country 
under  contribution."1 

The  depredations  of  Sir  Charles  Coote  and  the  Parliamentary 
forces  in  Connaught  became  so  alarming  that  the  Confederates 
urged  the  Marquis  of  Ormond  to  declare  against  them.  O'Neil 
was  appointed  general  of  the  Confederates  in  Connaught ;  but  he 
would  obey  no  orders,  not  even  those  of  the  Nuncio,  although 
his  followers  called  themselves  the  Pope's  army. 

Sligo  seems  to  have  remained  for  some  considerable  time  in 
undisputed  possession  of  the  Parliamentarians,  for  on  the  10th 
December,  1646,  Mr.  Annesley,  Sir  Adam  Loftus,  Sir  John 
Temple,  and  Sir  Hardress  Waller,  being  then  in  England,  made 
a  report  of  the  condition  of  Ireland  to  the  Parliament,  in  which 
they  stated  that  the  only  places  held  by  them  in  Connaught  were 
"  Sligo  and  five  or  six  castles  wherein  the  Parliament  hath 
600  horse  and  1400  foot."2  Up  to  the  middle  of  the  summer 
of  the  following  year,  Connaught  was  "  entirely  in  the  hands  of 
the  Confederates,  Sligo  and  three  or  four  castles  only  ex- 
cepted."3 

About  the  close  of  July,  1647,  "  Mac  Art  [O'Neil]  was 
commanded  to  go  and  take  in  Sligo  in  Connaught,  then  the 
only  considerable  place  the  English  had  in  Connaught,  which 
was  gotten  from  the  Irish  the  year  [?  two]  before,  and  some  other 
castles,  for  until  the  year  [sixteen  hundred  and]  forty-five,  the 
Irish  were  at  peace  and  quietness  there,  from  the  Beginning  of 
the  Warrs,  without  any  army  troubling  them,  which  made  them 
not  to  be  so  Military  as  the  other  Provinces  that  were  commonly 
at  action.  Mac  Art  [O'Neil]  having  marched  with  his  army  as 
farr  as  these  Mountains  beyond  Abby-boil,  in  order  to  take  in 
Sligo,  where  his  pioneers  were  at  work  five  or  six  weeks  through 
Hockey  mountains  to  make  way  for  his  guns."4 

In  the  year  1649  Prince  Kupert  held  a  correspondence  with 
O'Neil  and  other  discontented  Irish  ;  encouragement  was  given 
in  his  name  to  all  who  were  willing  to  serve  the  King  in  "an 

1  The  Irish  Cabinet,  p.  18.     The  spelling  is  modernized. 

2  Cox,  Vol.  II.,  p.  191. 

3 Ibid.,  Vol.  II.,  p.  198. 

4  The  History  of  the  Warr  of  Ireland,  pp.  57,  58. 


84  HISTORY   OF   SLIGO. 

opposite  way  to  the  present  Government."1  Monroe,  whom  the 
King  had  commissioned  to  command  in  Ulster,  was  detached 
into  Connaught  to  assist  the  forces  employed  against  Coote,  and 
in  conjunction  with  Clanricarde  to  reduce  the  Parliamentary 
garrisons  in  the  West ;  the  aid  then  rendered  seems  to  have 
been  useful,  for  it  is  stated  hy  Cox  "  that  the  Marquis  of  Clan- 
ricarde took  Sligo  in  the  month  of  May." 

In  the  year  16502  Connaught  was  the  only  province  entirely 
in  the  hands  of  the  Irish.  "  The  possession  of  Gal  way  and 
Sligo  gave  them  a  facility  of  receiving  succours  by  sea ;  they 
were  still  in  a  position  to  recover  themselves  had  they  possessed 
the  union  and  resolution  which  are  above  all  things  necessary 
to  overcome  such  difficulties  as  they  had  to  encounter." 

In  the  middle  of  the  year  1651  Sir  Charles  Coote,  with  two 
thousand  horse  and  an  equal  number'of  foot  of  the  Ulster  army, 
suddenly  advanced  as  if  intending  to  capture  Sligo ;  but  when 
the  attention  of  the  Irish  was  occupied  in  preparing  to  assist  the 
place,  he  suddenly  drew  off  his  army,  and  forcing  the  passage  of 
the  Curlew  mountains,  captured  Athlone  before  it  could  be  re- 
lieved. This  was  preparatory  to  the  Siege  of  Limerick,  the  last 
stronghold  of  the  Confederates;  and  on  its  fall,  Sligo  and 
Ballymote  were  taken  by  Coote  and  Venables. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  document  drawn  up  on  the 
surrender  of  the  castle  of  Ballymote  : — 

"ARTICLES  OF  AGREEMT.  betweene  the  Ld  President  of  Connaught 
on  y*  one  part  and  Major  Gen"  Luke  Taafie  on  the  other  part.  Con- 
cluded June  24th,  1652. s 

1  The  form  of  expression  which  is  here  used  naturally  calls  to  mind 
the  anecdote  of  a  modern  son  of  Erin  who  had  arrived  in  America  not 
long  prior  to  an  expected  Presidential  election.  When  asked  if  he  were 
prepared  to  vote  Republican  or  Democrat,  his  reply  was  that  he  didn't 
understand  Republican  or  Democrat,  but  that  he  was  "  agin  (i.e.,  against) 
the  Government." 

2 1G50,  June.  Agreement  with  gentry  of  County  Sligo  on  payment  of 
£1800  for  the  year.  (Signed)  Ormond,  Olanricarde,  &c.— Reports  Com- 
missioners His.  MSS.  xxxv. 

3  It  is  docketed :  "Articles  of  Ballymote  with  Coll.  Taaffe.  Agreem*  made, 
and  concluded  between  Major  Genrall  Sr  Hardress  Waller,  Coll.  Thomas 
Sadler,"  &c.  This  document  is  preserved  in  a  volume  entitled  Articles  of 
Capitulation  of  Cities,  Towns,  and  Garrisons  on  behalf  of  the  Common- 
wealth, 1647  and  1652.  Folio  86.  Public  Record  Office,  Dublin. 


BATTLE    OF    SLIGO,    ETC.  85 

"  That  the  Garrison  of  Balimote  wth  all  the  Arms  and  Stores  of  Am- 
municion  and  provision  be  Surrendered  by  Seauen  of  the  Clocke  to-mor- 
row Morning  to  the  Ld  President,  or  such  as  hee  shall  appoynt  (Except 
hereafter  Excepted)  : — 

"  That  Major-Genn"  Taaffe,  the  Officers  and  Sould"  and  all  others  now 
in  Ballimote  shall  march  forth  wth  their  Armes,  bag  and  baggage,  to  such 
place  as  they  shall  desire  : — 

' '  That  the  Goods  belonging  to  Any  in  Protection,  or  shall  desire  the 
same,  bee  preserved  for  the  use  of  the  Respective  Owners,  and  that 
twenty  dayes  be  Allowed  for  the  Removall  of  such  goods,  and  that  in  the 
mean  time  A  Convenient  place  wth  in  the  Sd  Castle  be  allowed  for  the  pre- 
serving them  from  Imbezilm*,  and  that  Major  Genn"  Taaffe,  with  his 
family,  not  Exceeding  twelve  persons  in  Number,  bee  admitted  to  con- 
tinue in  Balimote  during  that  time  : — 

"That  Major  Genn"  Taaffe  and  Such  others  as  are  in  Balimote  shall 
have  A  safe  Conduct  to  Continew  wth  in  the  quarters  during  the  Space  of 
three  months,  and  att  y*  Expiration  thereof  be  Received  into  the  ptection 
of  the  Parliam'  if  they  desire  the  same  : — 

"  That  Major  Genn11  Taaffe  and  the  Tennants  and  others  in  Balimote 
shall  Enjoy  their  corne  in  ground,  paying  Contribution  as  others  do  : — 

"That  the  Lady  Taafie  shall  have  Liberty  wth  her  family  to  Reside  att 
Balimote  in  Protection  of  the  State  of  England,  and  that  the  said  Castle 
if  Necessity  doth  not  otherwise  Require  shall  bee  left  free  to  her  use,  after 
the  Expiration  of  two  months  from  the  date  heerof,  she  giving  or  pro- 
curing sufficient  Security  that  it  shall  not  be  possessed  by  any  party  in 
armes  against  the  State  of  England,  or  become  otherwise  prejuditiall  to 
their  affayres,  and  that  the  Castle  of  Balimote  shall  at  all  times  be  free 
to  give  shelter  to  any  part  of  the  Parliamt"  fforces,  and  redelivered  upon 
demand  to  the  use  of  the  Parliam',  and  that  the  Castle  of  Balimote  shall 
nott  be  guarisoned  afterwards  butt  upon  Apparent  Necessity  : — 

"  That  Major-Genn11  Taaffe  shall  have  Liberty  to  Transplant  1000  men 
beyond  seas,  if  hee  can  make  his  agreem'  wth  the  Spanish  agent,  or  any 
other  in  Amyty  wth  the  Comonwealth  of  England  : — 

"  That  Major  Genn"  Taaffe,  and  his  Wife  in  his  Absence,  shall  enjoy 
their  Estates  as  others  of  the  same  qualification  : — 

"  That  Hostages  bee  Imediately  Sent  forth  for  the  performance  of 
these  Articles. — " 

For  upwards  of  ten  years  the  tide  of  battle  had  continued  to 
ebb  and  flow  around  Sligo,  but  victory  now  finally  rested  with 
the  Parliamentarians. 


CHAPTER  XV. 

SURVEY  AND  ACT  OF  SETTLEMENT,  ETC. 

"  What  constitutes  a  State  ? 

Men  who  their  duties  know, 
But  know  their  rights,  and,  knowing,  dare  maintain. 

And  sovereign  law,  that  State's  collected  will, 

O'er  thrones  and  globes  elate, 
Sits  empress,  crowning  good,  repressing  ill. " 

» 

i  URING  the  heat  of  the  political  struggle  in  England 
between  Charles  I.  and  the  Parliament,  the  latter, 
being  in  want  of  money  to  carry  on  the  contest,  had 
offered  lands  of  such  of  the  Irish  as  were  in  actual 
rebellion,  to  persons  who  should  advance  money  to 
help  in  the  suppression  of  the  rising  in  that  country. 
These  people  were  styled  "  adventurers,"  because  they 
had  adventured  or  risked  their  money.  By  means  of  the  fund 
thus  obtained,  an  army  was  raised  which,  owing  to  the  state  of 
the  civil  war  in  England,  was  employed  there,  and  never  landed 
in  Ireland  ;  yet  the  claims  of  the  "  adventurers  "  had  to  be  met 
by  the  Irish  Exchequer. 

There  was  another  much  more  formidable  class  to  be  reck- 
oned with,  namely,  the  Parliamentarian  troops  clamouring  for 
their  pay.  With  them  it  was  decided  to  settle  in  the  same  way 
as  with  the  "  adventurers,"  and  by  the  only  means  in  the  power 
of  the  Parliament,  i.e.,  by  giving  to  the  army  grants  of  land 
equivalent  to  the  arrears  of  pay  due  to  them. 

For  the  satisfaction  of  the  demands  of  these  two  classes  of 
creditors  of  the  State,  certain  lands  throughout  every  county  in 
Ireland  were  specifically  named,  amongst  which  were  the  for- 
feited lauds  one  statute  mile  around  the  town  of  Sligo,  and  so 


SURVEY  AND  ACT  OF  SETTLEMENT,  ETC.          87 

extending  along  the  coast  of  Connaught,  and  the  banks  of  the 
Shannon.  This  was  designated  the  "  Mile-line"  or  Connaught 
belt,  and  was  to  be  settled  with  Protestant  soldiery  in  order  to 
shut  in  the  Irish  both  by  land  and  sea,  for  the  Province  of  Con- 
naught  was  reserved  for  the  Irish,  and  for  such  of  the  ancient 
Irish  proprietors  as,  having  forfeited  their  lands,  were  there  to 
get  re-grants  proportionate  to  their  conduct  during  the  rebel- 
lion. Connaught  was  selected  on  account  of  its  remoteness, 
and  the  comparative  facility  with  which  it  could  be  strategically 
isolated.1 

At  the  close  of  the  year  1653  a  fearful  famine  prevailed 
throughout  the  Province,  resulting,  not  so  much  from  the  ra- 
vages of  war,  as  from  the  wanton  destruction,  by  the  Irish,  of 
cattle  and  sheep,  merely  because  they  belonged  to  English 
settlers. 

According  to  a  computation  made  by  Mr.  Hardinge,  Con- 
naught  contained,  in  the  year  1655,  about  30,500  souls ;  whilst 
in  1659,  owing  to  the  influx  of  transplanted  Irish,  the  number 
rose  to  nearly  105,000.  Under  these  conditions  it  is  calculated 
that  the  County  Sligo  could  scarcely  have  mustered  7000 
inhabitants  in  the  first  instance,  and  21,000  in  the  second 
instance.  This  is  not  surprising,  for  (according  to  a  census 
taken  in  the  year  1644)  Dublin — despite  its  augmented  popu- 
lation, owing  to  the  influx  of  refugee  Protestants — contained 
not  more  than  8159  inhabitants,  of  whom  2608  were  Eoman 
Catholics. 

All  the  towns  throughout  the  kingdom  were  reserved  from 
the  Irish,  and,  as  land  became  scarce,  the  Sligo  Baronies  of 
Tireragh  and  Carbury  at  first,  and  then,  Tirerrill,  Corran,  and 
Leyny  were  taken  to  be  set  out  as  security  for  the  disbanded 
soldiery ;  £500  was  declared  to  be  equivalent  to  1000  acres  in 
Sligo ;  for  Connaught  (after  Ulster)  was  then  considered  to  be 

1  Declaration  of  the  Committee,  29th  December,  1653. — "  Places  in  Con- 
naught  out  of  Protection.     The  following  places  as  known  harbours  for 

the  enemy ordered  to  be  out  of  protection  ....  in  Sligo,  the 

barony  of  Coolavin  (except  the  Randes),  the  inhabitants  to  be  warned  by 
Sir  Charles  Coote,  President  of  Connaught,  to  remove  by  15th  March 
next;  in  default,  themselves,  their  cattle  and  goods,  to  be  treated  as 


88  HISTORY  OF   SLIGO. 

the  least  valuable  territory.  There  was  a  yearly  quit-rent 
reserved  by  the  Crown  of  three-halfpence  per  acre,  and  any 
grantee  of  1000  acres  was  entitled  to  have  the  lands  erected 
into  a  manor,  with  the  accompanying  privileges. 

The  lands  in  Ireland  were  set  out  to  the  army  by  lot ;  as 
soon  as  the  lot  was  drawn,  the  person  satisfied  delivered  up  his 
debenture  on  the  spot,  receiving  in  exchange  a  certificate  declar- 
ing the  amount  of  pay  due  to  him,  and  the  number  of  acres 
to  which  he  was  entitled  in  satisfaction  thereof;  his  half-pay 
then  ceased.  It  is  stated  by  Prendergast,  in  his  Cromwellian 
Settlement,  that  "  in  addition  to  the  original  list  of  those  to 
be  satisfied  by  the  Commissioners,  additional  lists  were  con- 
stantly sent  down  of  soldiers  whom  they  were  to  admit  to 
receive  their  satisfaction  as  if  they  had  been  in  the  original 
lists."1  Prendergast  also  says  that  "proposals  were  received 
in  January,  1655,  for  the  planting  of  the  town  of  Sligo  and 
lands  thereabouts,  with  families  from  New  England,  and  lands 
on  the  '  mile-line,'  together  with  two  little  islands,  called  Oyster 

1 "  A  list  of  several  persons  of  Captain  Lewis  Jones  troop  of  horse  that 
desire  satisfaction  for  their  arrears  in  the  county  of  Sleigo  : — 

£    s.  d. 

Corporal  John  Jones          43  19  0 

Alexander  Irwin      22  14  4 

Christopher  Jones 21  15  8 

Richard  Jones         20    8  2 

James  Hugh            ...         ...         ...  21     3  5 

Quarter- Master  Nicholas  Goulding  232  14  9 


Pence  excluded,  total  is    £367  13    0          735    1    8 

*'  These  are  to  certify  that  the  arrears  of  the  above  persons  are  stated, 
and  amount  to  the  several  sums  according  to  their  names  respectively 
annexed,  for  which  proportions  of  land  are  required  at  the  rate  £500  for 
1000  acres ;  as  are  likewise  to  their  sums  affixed,  which  amount  in  the 
whole  for  the  said  £367  13s.  Od.  to  the  sum  of  735a.  Ir.  8p. 

"WILLIAM  DIGGES. 

"  30th  March,  1655. 

*'  To  Major  W.  Shepherd,  Major  John  King,  and  the  other  Commis- 
sioners for  the  setting  out  lands  in  the  County  of  Sleigo,  that  they 
be  added  to  the  list  of  those  to  be  satisfied  there,  and  be  permitted 
to  draw  lots  as  if  they  had  been  named  in  the  original  list." 


SURVEY  AND  ACT  OF  SETTLEMENT,  ETC.         89 

Island,1  and  Coney  Island2  (containing  200  acres),  were  leased 
for  one  year  from  10th  April,  1655,  for  the  use  of  such  English 
families  as  should  come  from  New  England  in  America." 

For  an  extensive  redistribution  of  land  an  accurate  Survey 
was  required,  and  this  was  undertaken  by  Dr.  (afterwards  Sir 
William)  Petty,  under  direction  of  the  Government.  The  Survey 
in  question — commonly  known  as  the  Down  Survey — was  effected 
about  the  year  1655,  and  is  (with  the  exception  perhaps  of 
Stratford's)  the  first  that  had  been  made  to  scale  in  Ireland.3 
The  maps  were  originally  in  books,  containing  also  those  of  the 
baronies,  and  of  the  parishes  in  each  barony,  together  with  an 
abstract  or  sheet  of  reference  to  each  map  ;  but  in  the  year  1711, 
unfortunatety,  a  number  of  these  volumes  were  nearly— some  of 
them  indeed  totally — destroyed  by  a  fire  which  broke  out  in  the 
house  in  which  they  were  then  kept.  The  uninjured  Maps,  to- 
gether with  such  as  more  or  less  suffered  from  the  fire,  are  now 
carefully  preserved  in  the  Record  Office,  and,  as  regards  Sligo, 
the  injured  Maps  are  as  follows  : — 

THE  BARONY  OF  CARBURY. — Parishes  of  Droincliffe,  Kil  M'Owen, 
Killasbegbrowii,  Aghamlisk,  St.  John's,  and  Calrie. 


1  The  Irish  designation  of  Oyster  Island  was  Inishroras,  and  it  occurs 
frequently  in  the  Chancery  and  Exchequer  Inquisitions.     In  one  of  the 
former,  taken  at  Ballymote,  7th  June,  1610,  before  Thaddeus  O'Hara, 
the  Jury  found  "  quod  Donogh  oge  M 'Bryan  O'Connor  de  Grainge  apud 
Inishroras  (illegible),  1595,  intravit  in  accoe  rebellion  contra  Dnam  Eliza- 
betham   et  tune   et  ibim  crudelissimum  bellum  contra  (illegible)  apud 
Inishroras  predict  in  com  predict  vicesimo  die  Julii,  1597,  in  eadem  re- 
bellione  occisus  fuit."     Inquisition  No.  25  states  that  Calvagh  O'Connor 
was  slain  near  Inishroras  in  the  year  1599,  as  well  as  Donell  m'Fargana- 
gleigh  O'Connor  in  1600.     In  a  Chancery  Inquisition,  taken  at  Sligo, 
1st  October,  1616,  before  Anthony  Peirse,  the  name  Innisroragh  occurs. 

2  As  before  stated,  the  ancient  name  of  the  island  was  Inishmulclohy, 
and  in  a  Chancery  Inquisition,  taken  at  Roslee,  29th  Dec. ,  1616,  it  is  styled 
"  Innismulcloyha,  als  the  Cony  Island."     In  an  Exchequer  Inquisition, 
taken  at  Ballymote,  10  Feb.,    1607,  before  Nicholas  Brady,   "Horse 
Island,"   off  Knocklane,  is  thus  described:   "quod  due  Insule  in  mar 
vocat  Insula  Noclane  et  Insula  ne  Capple  sunt  insule  continent  2  acras 
terr,  et  Regi  ptinent  jure  coroni  sui." 

3  Grants  of  money  were  from  time  to  time  given  on  account ;  for  in- 
stance, "£118  for  admeasuring  57,000  acres  in  Sligo;"  and  again,  "£86 
for  admeasuring  43,000  acres  in  the  same,"  at  the  rate  of  about  |d.  per 
acre. 


90  HISTORY   OF   SLIGO. 

THE  BARONY  OF  COKRAN.— Parishes  of  Tumower,  Kilturroe,  Cloneo- 
ghill,  Kilmurrogh,  Killoshally  and  Drumratt,  and  Emlaghfadda. 

THE  BARONY  OF  LEYNY. — Parishes  of  Kilmacteige,  Kilwarnett,  Kil- 
lorin,  and  Ballishandra. 

THE  BARONY  OF  TIRERAGH. — Parishes  of  Castleconner,  Kilglasse, 
Skrein,  Templeboy,  alias  Corkagh,  Eskeagh,  Dromard,  Kilmacshalgan, 
Kilmoremoy. 

THE  BARONY  OF  TIRRERAIL. — Parishes  of  Tawnagh,  Kilrasse,  Bally  - 
sandragh,  Kil  M'Allan,  Dromcollum,  Killery,  Ballisomaghan,  Sankuagh, 
Athehanagh,  Ballinakill,  Killodowin,  and  Kilmactrany. 

In  each  page  of  this  Book  of  Survey  and  Distribution,  as 
regards  Sligo,  the  County,  Barony,  and  Parish  are  named  in  the 
heading ;  the  first  column  contains  the  number  of  the  plot  as 
marked  on  the  map  of  the  Parish  ;  the  second  column  states  the 
name  of  the  proprietor  of  the  plot  in  the  year  1641  ;  the  third 
column  contains  the  designation  of  the  lands  in  question,  and 
columns  fourth  and  fifth  the  number  of  acres  profitable  and  un- 
profitable, according  to  the  Survey  ;  the  sixth  column  states  the 
No.  on  the  Parish  Map,  and  the  seventh  column  sets  down  the 
quantity  of  land  granted ;  in  the  eighth  column  were  the  names 
of  the  grantees,  and  there  was  another  column  for  general  ob- 
servations. (See  Appendix.) 

The  following  alphabetical  list  of  the  new  proprietors  of  the 
County  Sligo  is  extracted  from  this  Book  of  Survey  and  Distri- 
bution. The  names  of  those  with  an  asterisk  prefixed  held  lands 
in  the  County  previous  to  the  rebellion  of  1641  : — 

Aylmer,  ffitzGerald,  a  minor ;  *Bishop's  land  ;  Barrett,  Edmd. ;  Bar- 
rott,  Edwd.  ;  *Blundell,  Sir  George ;  *Blundell,  Lady  ;  *Boswell,  John  ; 
Boswell,  William  ;  Bourke,  Lieutenant  John ;  Briscoe,  William  ;  Browne, 
Michael ;  Brown,  Robert ;  *Carlingford,  Earl  of  (TaafFe)  ;  *Clanrickard, 
Earl  of ;  Clifford,  John  ;  Collis,  Captain  Charles  ;  *Collooney,  Lord 
(Coote)  ;  Cooper,  Cornet  Edward  ;  *Cork,  Earl  of  ;  *Crofton,  Edward  or 
Sir  Edward  ;  Crofton,  Henry ;  Crofton,  John  ;  Donnelan,  Edmund  ; 
*Dowdall,  Henry  ;  *Ffagan,  Christopher ;  Gore,  Arthur ;  Gore,  Francis 
or  Sir  Francis ;  Harte,  Tho.  ;  Hughes,  Henry  ;  Hunter,  William  ;  Irwin, 
Henry;  Jones,  Jeremiah;  *  Jones  (Dame),  Mary;  Jones  (Sir),  Theo.  4 
Jones,  Thomas;  King,  'Fra.  ;  King,  James;  King  (Sir),  Robert; 
*  Kingston,  Lord  ;  Lang,  Hellin  ;  Linehinan,  David  ;  Lovelace,  Thos. ; 
Magrath,  Bryan  ;  Marky,  Lieut.  John ;  Martyn,  Peter ;  Morgan,  Cap- 
tain Robert ;  Newcomen,  Sir  Thomas  ;  Nicholson,  Edward ;  Nicholson, 
Hen.;  Nicholson,  John  ;  Ormsby,  Anthony;  also  Edmd.,  Geo.,  James, 
Phill,  Robert,  and  Will. ;  *Parke,  Captain  Robert ;  Pious  uses ;  *Plun- 
kett,  Ann  ;  *  Radclitfe,  Sir  Geo.  ;  Radcliffe,  Hugh ;  Rutledge,  Nicholas  ; 
Sodden,  Thomas  ;  *Earl  of  Strafford  ;  Thornton,  John  ;  Trustees  for  y" 


SURVEY   AND    ACT    OF    SETTLEMENT,    ETC.  91 

Barracks ;  Weaver,  Francis  ;  Webb,  Henry  ;  Webb,  William  ;  Wilkin- 
son, John ;  Wingfield,  Lewis ;  *Wood,  Thomas,1  ;  Woolton  or  Woolten, 
Fras. ;  Yeadon,  John  ;  Yeadon,  Thos. 

Upon  his  restoration,  Charles  II.  was  harassed  with  con- 
flicting claims  in  regard  to  the  settlement  of  the  forfeited  lands 
in  Ireland.  However,  as  the  political  party  comprising  the 
soldiers  and  "  adventurers  "  had  been  that  to  which  he  was  in- 
debted for  the  re-establishment  of  his  authority  in  Ireland,  he 
was  morally  and  legally  bound  to  confirm  these  grants. 

The  celebrated  Declaration  of  Charles  II.,  which  was  in  sub- 
stance embodied  in  the  Act  of  Settlement  passed  in  1662 — like 
most  compromises — excited  dissatisfaction  amongst  all  the  con- 
flicting parties.  Two  years  of  weary  wrangling  ensued,  till  at 
length  it  was  suggested  by  the  Irish  Roman  Catholics  that  they 
would  be  satisfied  by  the  consent  of  the  "  adventurers  "  and  sol- 
diers to  resign  one-third  of  the  lands.  This  proposal  was  agreed 
to,  and  a  Bill— styled  the  Act  of  Explanation — was  framed  on 
those  lines,  with  the  addition  that  to  the  King  was  given  the 
power  of  restoring  a  certain  number  of  his  former  adherents 
(hence  called  nominees)  to  their  estates.  This  bill  was  unani- 
mously passed,  15th  December,  1665.  Five  commissioners  were 
appointed  to  superintend  the  carrying  out  of  these  acts.  "It 
was  a  duty  which  continued  for  a  long  time  to  give  trouble  to 
the  Government,  and  dissatisfaction  to  the  people,  and  the 
regular  course  of  law  was  continually  interrupted  by  special 
grants,  and  letters  obtained  by  individuals  from  the  King." 

The  Appendix  contains  the  Schedule  and  Report  of  Cornet 
Thomas  Wood — and  also  of  Richard  ffibs — as  specimens  of  the 
form  employed  before  the  Court  of  Claims;  every  proprietor 
then  in  possession  of  lands  appears  to  have  been  obliged  to  pre- 
sent a  petition  and  schedule  to  this  Court  in  order  to  establish 
his  title.  A  list  of  the  petitions  that  were  lodged  relating  to 
the  County  Sligo — as  far  as  can  be  ascertained— is  here  given. 

'According  to  the  Calendar  of  State  Papers,  Ireland,  for  the  years  1588- 
92  (p.  352),  a  Thomas  Wood  was  then  Constable  of  the  Castle  of  Bally- 
mote,  and  was  favourably  recommended  by  Sir  R.  Bingham,  Lord 
President  of  Connaught,  to  Burleigh,  Elizabeth's  Prime  Minister.  No.  9 
Chancery  Inquisition,  taken  at  Sligo,  9th  June,  1610,  before  Alfred  Os- 
baldson,  found  that  "  Thomas  Wood,  in  nomine  Ricardi  Boyle  milit  clamat 
quarter  terras  de  Clonyganvin. "  George  Wood,  "  de  Killarra,"  was  High 
Sheriff  for  the  County  Sligo,  1 7th  James  I. 


92 


HISTORY   OF   SLIGO. 


Claimants',  Ac., 
Names. 

No. 

Counties  con- 
tained in  tlte 
Reports,  Ac. 

Nature  of  the 
Keports. 

Grounds  of  Claim, 
Observations,  Ac. 

Byrne,  James 

28 

Sligo 

Report  on    claims 

Soldier.  Dated 

&  schedule. 

16  Ocf.  1666 

Clifford,  John 

27 

d°. 

Report  on  petition 

d°.    Dated    14 

&  schedule. 

Fbr.  1666. 

Collis,  Captain  Charles 

56 

Wexford.Kil- 

Report  on  petition 

d°.  Dated    22 

kenny,  Sligo. 

and  schedule. 

August,  1666. 

Cooper,  Cornet  Edward 

43 

Sligo,  Limer- 

Report on  petition 

d°. 

ick,  Kerry. 

&  schedule. 

Darcey,  James 

Sligo,  Mayo, 

Report  for  hearing 

As  his  inherit- 

Galway, 

claims    of  trans- 

ance, and  as 

Clare. 

planted  persons. 

assignee. 

(O')Dowd,  David 

876 

Sligo 

As  his  ancient 

Report  to    Com'™ 

estate   of  in- 

for transplanters. 

heritance. 

Dowde,  Daniel 

1026 

Sligo,  Mayo 

d°. 

As  his  inherit- 

ance and   as 

assignee. 

Dowde,     Miles,     and 

482 

Sligo 

Ditto,   on  petition 

As  son  and  heir. 

Christopher 

and  claim. 

Ellis,     Ismay,     alias 

488 

Sligo 

Report  on  petition 

As    their    an- 

Taaffe, widow,  and 

and  claim. 

cient  estate. 

Peter  Ellis,  her  son 

Fibbs,  Bichard 

35 

Sligo 

Report  on  petition 

As  a  soldier. 

and  schedule. 

Gower,  Francis,  alias 

62 

Sligo,  Mayo 

Report  on  petition 

In  right  of  ad- 

Gore 

and  schedule. 

venturers. 

Harle,  Thomas 

88 

Sligo 

Report    on    claim 

In     right     of 

and  schedule. 

soldiers. 

Hart,  Captain  Thomas 

124 

Sligo 

d°. 

d°. 

Hughes,  Corn'.  Henry 

51 

,, 

Report  on  petition 

As  a  soldier. 

and  schedule. 

Hunter,  William      ... 

17 

,, 

Report  on  schedule 

d°. 

and  claim. 

Jones,  Jeremiah 

59 

,,             ... 

Report  on  petition 

In      right     of 

and  schedule. 

soldiers. 

Jones,  Oliver 

15 

„     Mayo, 

d°. 

In  right  of    a 

Roscom- 

Connaught 

mon. 

purchaser. 

King,  Francis 

Sligo 

Report  on  petition 

Soldier. 

&  schedule. 

King,  James 

Sligo 

Comers,  on  petition 

Adventurer. 

&  schedule. 

Lloyd,      Thomas,     a 

25 

Roscommon, 

Report  of  claim,  ac- 

It is  not  stated 

minor 

Sligo,  Mayo. 

cording  to  deeds  & 

in    right    of 

final  settlements. 

what  claimed. 

Lovelace,  Thomas    ... 

44 

Sligo 

Report  on  petition 

Soldier. 

&  schedule. 

Lynehian,  David 

54 

Sligo 

Report    on    claim 

Soldier.  Dated 

&  schedules. 

1666. 

Markey,  Lieut.  John... 

14 

Sligo 

Report  on  petition 

Soldier.  Dated 

and  schedule. 

1666. 

M'Donogh,  Oliver     ... 

71 

Sligo 

Report  on  petition 

Under  his  fa- 

& schedule  ; 

ther,        who 

transplanters. 

had  a  decree 

at  Athlone. 

M'Donogh,  Connor  ... 

1048 

Sligo 

do  

As  the  estate  of 

his  ancestors. 

SURVEY  AND  ACT  OF  SETTLEMENT,  ETC. 


93 


Claimants',  &c., 
Names. 

No. 

Counties  con- 
tained in  the 
Keports,  <fcc. 

Nature  of  the 
.Reports. 

Grounds  of  Claim, 
Observations,  &c. 

Morgan,  Eobert 

54 

Limerick, 

Eeport  on  petition 

Soldier. 

Sligo,  Tippe- 

&  schedule. 

rary,  Kerry. 

Nicholson,  Edward  ... 

40 

Sligo 

Comers,  on  petition 

Soldier. 

&  schedule. 

Nicholson,  Dr.  Henry 

38 

Sligo,  Mayo 

Comers,  on  petition 

Soldier. 

&  schedule. 

Nicholson,  Dr.  Henry 

24 

Comers,  on  petition 

Soldier. 

&  schedule 

O'Connor,  Charles    ... 

815 

Sligo,  Mayo 

Eeport    of    trans- 

As the  ancient 

planters  on  peti- 

estate of  his 

tion  &  claim. 

ancestors,  &c. 

Ormsby,   Quarter- 

18 

Sligo 

Eeport  on  Petition. 

Soldier. 

Master  Anthony 

Ormsby,  Cornet  George 

8 

Sligo 

Eeport  on  petition 

Soldier. 

and  schedule. 

Ormsby,  Cornet  Philip 

47 

Sligo,  Mayo 

Eeport  on  petition 

Soldier. 

&  schedule. 

Ormsby,  William 

21 

Sligo 

Eeport  on  petition 

Soldier. 

&  schedule. 

Parke,  Captain  Eobert 

88 

Sligo,    Lei- 

Eeport  on  petition 

In     right     of 

trim. 

&  schedule. 

pre-emption. 

Parke,  Eoger 

55 

Sligo 

Eeport  on  petition 

Soldier. 

&  schedule. 

Eea,  James 

73 

Sligo 

Eeport  on  petition 

In     right      of 

&  schedule. 

soldiers. 

Eutleidge,  Nicholas  ... 

25 

Sligo 

Eeport  on  petition 

In      right     of 

&  schedule. 

soldiers. 

Stratford,   William, 

148 

Sligo 

Eeport  on  petition 

In     right     of 

Earl  of 

&  schedule. 

soldiers. 

Thornton,  John 

23 

Sligo 

Eeport  on  petition 

In      right     of 

&  schedule. 

soldiers. 

Vaughan,   Owen  and 

11 

Eoscommon, 

Eeport  on  petition 

Soldier,       &c. 

Thomas 

Mayo,  Sligo. 

&  schedule. 

Dated    1666. 

Weaver,  Francis 

Sligo 

Eeport  on  petition 

Soldier. 

&  schedule. 

Webb,  William 

112 

Sligo,  Mayo 

Eeport  on  petition 

Soldier. 

&  schedule. 

Westmeath,  Earl  of  ... 

Westmeath, 

Eeport  on  petition 

This   contains 

Cavan, 

&  schedule. 

several     im- 

Dublin, 

propriations. 

Eoscom- 

mon, Sligo, 

Longford, 

Leitrim, 

Meath. 

Wingfield,  Lewis 

134 

Sligo 

Eeports  on  Petition. 

Soldier. 

Wood,  Cornet  Thomas 

70 

,,         ... 

Eeport  of  lands  to 

This  is  signed 

be   confirmed   to 

"  Thomas 

him      after      re- 

Symes, John 

trenchment  made 

Pettie." 

according  to  rule 

prescribed  in  the 

Explanation  Act, 

in  satisfaction  of 

2  third  parts. 

Wood,  Thomas 

5 

Ditto 

Ditto  to  Ditto,  on 

Soldier. 

petition,  &c. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

REVOLUTION     OF     1688. 

"A  people  who  take  no  pride  in  the  noble  achievements  of  remote 
ancestors,  will  never  achieve  anything  worthy  to  be  remembered  by  re- 
mote descendants." 

the  year  1685  James  II.  succeeded  his  brother 
Charles  II.,  and  this  event  gave  inexpressible 
delight  to  the  Roman  Catholics  of  Ireland,  who 
thus,  after  a  lapse  of  more  than  a  hundred  years, 
were  ruled  by  a  King  of  their  own  faith.  James  made 
the  fairest  promises  to  protect  the  interests  of  his  Pro- 
testant subjects ;  and  if,  in  his  efforts  for  the  emancipa- 
tion of  the  Roman  Catholics,  he  had  confined  himself  simply  to 
procure  the  erasure  from  the  statute  book  of  the  laws  aimed  at 
them,  and  to  have  them  admitted  to  all  public  situations  on 
equal  terms,  as  he  professed,  with  Protestants — had  such  been 
his  sole  aim,  and  he  had  failed — as  William  III.  failed  in  a 
similar  design — then  he  would  have  been  looked  upon  as  a 
liberal-minded  man.  The  supremacy,  however,  not  the  tolera- 
tion of  his  Church,  was  his  object ;  and  the  steps  he  took  to 
accomplish  this  made  even  the  Pope  lukewarm  in  his  cause. 

The  Corporations  of  Ireland  were  particularly  obnoxious  to 
James,  as  almost  all  the  members  were  Protestants ;  but  they 
were  now  compelled  to  admit  Roman  Catholics  in  overwhelming 
numbers.  The  new  burgesses  were  taken  from  a  class  so  poverty- 
stricken  that  they  were  unable  to  pay  the  fees  to  the  Attorney- 
General  on  appointment.  Sligo  Corporation  escaped  with 
comparative  immunity.  It  would  be  invidious  to  point  out  who 
amongst  these  burgesses  were  Protestants,  and  who  Roman 
Catholics,  as  the  descendants  of  some  have  since  changed  their 
creed. 


REVOLUTION   OF   1688.  95 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  members  of  the  new  Corpora- 
tion of  Sligo— established  by  James  upon  the  ruins  of  the  old 
one,  destroyed  either  by  quo  ivarranto  or  a  forced  surrender, 
21st  March,  1687— taken  from  the  Patent  Koll  of  the  High 
Court  of  Chancery,  as  given  by  Harris  in  his  History  : — 

"Andrew  French,  Provost.  24  Burgesses. — Martin  O'Connor,  Esq. ; 
John  Taaffe.  Esq. ;  Sir  William  Gore,  Bt. ;  Henry  Craften,  EsqV  ;  Oliver 
O'Gara,  Esq.;  Kane  O'Hara,  Esq.;  Edward  Craften,  Esq.;  Pierce  Gethin, 
Esq.;  James  French,  Esq.;  Philip  Ormsby,  Esq.;  George  Craften,  Gent.; 
Terence  M'Donogh,  Esq. ;  Walter  Phillips,  Esq. ;  Philip  Cox,  Merchant ; 
Jasper  Bret,  Esq. ;  John  Crean,  Gent. ;  Andrew  Lynch,1  Apothecary ; 
Anthony  Crean,  Merchant  ;  Peter  Darcy,  Merchant ;  John  Delap,  Mer- 
chant ;  Bartholomew  Jones,  Esq. ;  Thomas  Jones,  Esq. ;  Andrew  Martin, 
Merchant  ;  Charles  Hart,  Gent.  Laurence  O'Hara,  Town  Clerk. 

According  to  the  return  of  the  hearth  tax  in  1663,  there  were 
about  1600  hearths  paying  tax  in  the  county  and  town  of  Sligo; 
of  these  there  were  but  144  in  the  town.  This  is  not,  however, 
a  reliable  standpoint  from  which  to  calculate  the  probable  popu- 
lation, as  many  hearths  must  have  escaped  the  tax-collector, 
and,  in  many  instances,  more  than  one  family  inhabited  the 
same  house. 

1  It  having  been  asserted  that  a  collector  was  possessed  of  specimens 
of  money  coined  in  the  old  monastery  of  Drumcliff,  the  statement  was 
deemed  so  important  that  inquiries  on  the  subject  were  instituted,  re- 
sulting in  the  discovery  of  one  of  these  so-called  Drumcliff  coins,  which 
proved  to  be  merely  a  token  issued  by  a  Sligo  merchant  of  the  seven- 
teenth century.  It  has  no  connection  with  the  ancient  monastery. 

This  copper  token — the  property  of  the  late  R.  C.  Parke,  of  Dunally 
— weighs  but  19  grs.  Troy ;  it  bears  on  a  shield  the  arms  of  the  family  of 
Lynch  (one  of  the  "  Tribes  "  of  Galway),  i.e.,  a  chevron  between  three  tre- 
foils slipped,  around  which  is  the  following  inscription  :  WALTER  LYNCH 
OF  (and  on  the  reverse)  SLIGO,  MERCHANT  ;  in  the  centre  :  W.  L. ,  1666. 


Fig.  13. — Merchant's  token  of  the  seventeenth  century  (full  size). 

The  family  of  Lynch  would  appear  to  have  been  some  time  established 
in  Sligo.  The  name  occurs  in  the  Survey  of  1633-35,  whilst  at  an  Inqui- 
sition held  in  the  Abbey  of  Sligo,  8th  April,  1622,  it  was  found  that  one 


95  HISTORY   OF   SLIGO. 

One  of  the  Parliamentarian  regiments  was  disbanded  in 
Sligo  about  the  year  1653.  The  majority  of  the  Protestant 
yeomen  of  the  county  are  descendants  of  these  soldiers.  Their 
names  are  as  follows1 : — 

Allan,  Armstronge,  Barber,  Barclay,  Benson,  Black,  Brown,  Carter, 
Charlton,  Cole,  Davis,  Dennison,  Duke,  Fleming,  French,  Gilbert,  Gil- 
more,  Glass,  Grey,  Hall,  Henry,  Hore,  Hughes,  Hunter,  Irwin,  Johnston, 
Lang,  Little,  M'Kin,  Macklin,  M'llroy,  Morrison,  Nichols,  Noble,  Parke, 
Porter,  Reynolds,  Rogers,  Simpson,  Smith,  Trimble,  Walk's,  White, 
Williams,  Wilson,  Winne. 


The  capital  of  the  county  contained  more  Protestants  in  pro- 
portion to  Eoman  Catholics  than  did  the  country  districts.  All 
the  civil  officers,  numbers  of  the  gentry,  and  the  wealthiest  of 
the  merchants  lived  in  the  town.  The  following  is  an  alpha- 


Anthony  Linch  had  murdered  one  John  M'Tibbot  Reogh,  and  had  there- 
by forfeited  his  lands  of  Carrow-Reogh  and  Carrow-Tubber  in  the  Barony 
of  Leyny. 

These  tokens  were  made  of  brass  or  copper,  "  not  broader  but  thinner 
than  our  present  farthings,  and,  like  so  many  promissory  notes,  passed  for 
one  penny  each,  in  the  neighbourhood,  and  amongst  the  customers  of 
those  who  issued  them,  whose  names,  together  with  the  value,  Id. ,  and 
their  coat  of  arms,  sign,  or  cypher,  were  imprinted  on  their  respective 
pieces  ;  which  experiment  has  often  been  put  in  practice  in  subsequent 
reigns  "  (Simon,  p.  48).  The  issue  of  these  tokens  was  finally  suppressed 
in  the  year  1680. 

Other  Sligo  tokens,  current  apparently  between  the  years  1637  and 
1679,  bear  the  following  inscriptions  : — 

JOHN   .    CONINGHAME   .    MERCH*.    IN   SLIGO. 
.      .      .      HVNTER   OF   SLIGO,   MARCHANT. 
ARCHIBALD   CONINGHAM   MERCH1.    IN   SLIGO. 
ARCHIBOLD   CVNINGHAM  MERCH*.    IN   SLIGO   .    1678, 

According  to  the  Survey  of  Houses  of  the  year  1663,  a  William 
Hunter  then  owned  property  in  Sligo,  but  the  name  Cuningham  does  not 
appear  in  the  list. 

1  Names  of  troopers  disbanded  in  Sligo,  circa  1655,  taken  from  the 
schedule  of  officers,  &c.,  claiming  as  soldiers  under  the  Acts  of  Settlement 
and  Explanation,  &c. ,  MSS. ,  Record  Office. 


REVOLUTION    OF    1688.  97 

betical  list  of  the  names  of  householders,  &c.,  taken  from  "  A 
Survey  of  Houses  in  the  town  of  Sligo,  1663  "1:— 

Allen,  Thos. ;  Armstrong,  Geo.  ;  Arthur,  Peter;  Audley,  Joseph; 
Barnes,  Thorn.;  Barrett,  Nicholas  ;  Bashford,  Clement  ;  Baxter,  Garrett; 
Bell,  Willm. ;  Bennett,  Richd.;  Bennett,  Walter  ;  Blake,  Adam  ;  Blake, 
Win. ;  Booth,  Hum. ;  Bramley,  Wm. ;  Bryan,  Richd.  ;  Butts,  Nicholas  ; 
Carrone,  John  ;  Chapman,  Walter  ;  Cockridge,  Wm.  ;  Uooper,  Cornet  ; 
Crafford,  James  ;  Crafford,  John  ;  Crafford,  William  ;  C^reanj'  Andrew  ; 
Crean,  Cicely ;  Dowan,  Edwd.  ;  Duany,  Domk. ;  Duff,  Conn.  ;  Dun, 
Nicholas  ;  Edgworth,  Major  ;  Edmond,  James  ;  Faber,  Peter  ;  Falliagh, 

Peter  ;    Fay,    Pat  ;   Fitzgerald,   ;    Flinton,    Saml.  ;    Flood,   Thos.  ; 

French,  Andrew  ;  Fritt,  John  ;  Gamble,  John  ;  Gara,  Cormack  ;  Gara, 
Edmd. ;  Garren,  Donagh  ;  Gillaspicke,  Pat  ;  Gillegraff,  John ;  Gilman, 
John  ;  Gorman,  John  ;  Greene,  Edwd. ;  Greystocke,  Thos.  ;  Halford, 
Edwd.;  Hamilton,  John;  Hamlett,  Willm.;  Harrison,  Thos.;  Hunter, 
Willm. ;  James,  Thos.;  Jones,  Elizabeth  ;  Jones,  Francis  ;  Kean,  Ellinor  ; 
Kellyes,  Wm. ;  Kenge,  Wm. ;  Kirkwood,  James  ;  Knox,  James  ;  Knox, 
Jane  ;  Lilly,  David ;  Linch,  Andrew ;  Longan,  Sheely ;  Longden,  John ; 
Lue,  John ;  Mcllwhole,  Janet ;  McDonogh,  Edmd. ;  McDooan,  Teig  ; 
McDovells,  Colla  ;  McKilroe,  Owen  ;  McLoughlin,  Wm. ;  Me  Lynn, 
Nicholas;  McMeelry,  Edmd.;  McNemarra,  Pat  ;  Malys,  Edmd.  ;  March, 
James  ;  Marches,  Mathew  ;  Martyn,  Brian  ;  Martyn,  James  ;  Mnrtyn, 
John  ;  Mihan,  Pat ;  Mills,  Richard  ;  Moran,  Edmd.  ;  Morgan,  Capt.  ; 
Morris,  John ;  Munger,  James  ;  Myhan,  Donogh  ;  Neilan,  Hugh ; 
CVQpnor,  Chas.  ;  O'Conor,  Owen  ;  O'Conor,  Sligo  ;  O'Crean,  Andrew  ; 
O'Dogherty,  Cahir  ;  O'Flyny,  Thos.  ;  O'Kenny,  Murragh  ;  O'Maly, 
Edmd.;  O'Mongan,  Pat;  Parke.  Cornelius;  Parsons,  Richd.  ;  Prover, 
Maurice  ;  Rampkin,  Hugh ;  Ratcliffe,  Geo. ;  Raven,  Wm. ;  Roa,  Gabriel ; 
Redmond,  Wm.  ;  Ronan,  Roger  ;~Sandera,  Henry ;  Scroopo,  Russell, ; 
Sheile,  Francis  ;  Smith,  John ;  Smith,  Wm. ;  Stoope,  Wm. ;  Story,  Wm. ; 
Stuart,  Jane  ;  Symons,  Paul  ;  Tewdy,  John  ;  Troope,  John  ;  Trumbell, 
Elnr.  ;  Tullagh,  Robert ;  Williams,  Thos. ;  Willows,  Robt.  ;  Wills,  Richd.; 
Wodlan,  Wm. ;  Woods,  Humphry. 

The  Protestant  gentry,  soldiers  themselves,  or  the  sons  of 
soldiers,  were  fully  alive  to  the  strategic  importance  of  their 
capital.  Next  to  Galway  it  was  then  the  best  as  well  as  the 

1  The  Survey  itself  will  be  found  in  full  at  pp.  191-208,  Sligo  and  the 
Enniskilleners,  Second  Edition.  It  will  doubtless  form  an  item  of 
interest  to  many,  as  by  reference  to  it  a  vivid  and  distinct  impression 
may  be  formed  of  the  relative  size  and  degree  of  importance  of  the  town 
of  Sligo  in  the  present  day  and  in  1663.  At  that  date  it  contained  about 
130  houses  and  cabins  of  the  yearly  value  of  £340  of  the  then  currency. 
The  rateable  value  of  the  present  area  comprised  within  the  town  bound- 
aries is  nearly  £19,000  per  annum. 

H 


98  HISTORY   OF   SLIGO. 

most  important  seaport  on  the  west  coast :  the  town  itself  was 
not  tenable,  being  commanded  by  the  surrounding  heights ; 
there  were,  however,  t\vo  forts  (at  this  period)  in  almost  utter 
ruin,  but  capable  of  easy  restoration.1 

The  Stone  Fort,  as  it  was  called,  stood  near  the  quay,  on  the 
site  now  occupied  by  the  Town  Hall.  It  was  quadrilateral  in 
shape,  formed  of  massive  walls  of  masonry,  flanked  by  four 
bastions,  one  of  which  commanded  the  bridge  across  the  river, 
which  was  built  of  stone,  and  very  narrow — the  site  closely 
adjoining  the  present  Victoria  Bridge. 

The  other  fort  stood  on  a  high  hill,  to  the  north-east  of  the 
Stone  Fort,  which  it  commanded,  as  well  as  the  whole  town  and 
harbour ;  it  was  an  earth-work,  at  the  time  in  almost  complete 
ruin,  but  it  may  be  as  well  to  describe  its  state  when  restored. 
It  was  quadrilateral  in  form,  the  ramparts  enclosing  nearly  an 
acre ;  there  was  a  large  bastion  and  platform  at  each  of  the  four 
corners ;  the  two  gates  were  defended  by  a  half-moon  ;  the  whole 
surrounded  by  a  deep  and  broad  fosse,  from  the  edge  of  which 
the  hill  sloped  down  regularly  on  every  side,  forming  a  natural 
glacis.  At  each  angle,  within  half  musket  shot  of  the  ramparts, 
stood  a  small  spur  fortified  on  two  sides,  but  open  at  the  gorge 
so  as  to  shelter  the  advance  posts.  A  deep  well  in  the  middle 
of  the  enclosure  supplied  water  to  the  garrison.  The  site  is  still 
commonly  known  in  Sligo  as  the  Green  Fort.  It  was  the 
weakest  of  the  two  forts,  as  the  outworks  above-mentioned  were 
not  added  till  1690-91  by  Sir  Teigue  O'Regan  during  his  occu- 
pation of  Sligo.2  In  1689  Colonel  Henry  Luttrell  had  previously 
surrounded  the  town  with  some  field-works,  and  connected  the 
Green  Fort  with  it  in  a  similar  manner. 

A  force  in  possession  of  the  town  would  bar  the  passage  of 
troops  from  Connaught  to  Ulster,  as  Sligo  commanded  the 
routes  leading  from  the  West  to  Enniskillen,  Derry,  and  the 
North.  In  fact,  with  this  seaport  and  Enniskillen  in  the  hands 
of  an  enemy,  entrance  into  the  northern  province,  by  way  of 
Connaught,  would  be  rendered  impossible,  and  would  prevent 

1 A  Relation  of  what  most  remarkable  happened  during  the  last  campaign. 
1689. 

*  Harris's  Life  of  King  William  III.,  p.  331. 


EEVOLUTION   OF    1688.  99 

the  flank  of  a  force  in  Ulster  being  turned,  so  that,  as  might  be 
expected,  Irish  and  English  alike  looked  upon  Sligo  as  the  key 
of  North  Connaught.1 

"  Of  what  infinite  importance  this  town  and  the  neighbouring  posts 
would  have  been,  in  case  Londonderry  had  been  forced  to  surrender,  is 
manifest  to  every  person  who  consults  the  map.  All  the  posts  on  Lough 
Erne  might  have  been  well  fortified,  Ballyshannon  secured,  and  a  free 
communication  kept  open  with  Enniskillen,  and  other  strengths  seated 
both  on  the  same  Lough  and  the  Shannon,  and  the  war  thereby  pro- 
tracted until  King  William's  affairs  in  England  had  been  in  such  a 
situation  as  to  enable  him  to  send  a  sufficient  relief  to  his  party  in 
Ireland."2 

It  must  not  be  imagined  that  the  town  of  Sligo  then  pre- 
sented anything  like  its  present  appearance.  The  following 
description  of  the  capital  of  the  county,  written  in  1673,  does 
not  represent  its  aspect  as  imposing,  and  it  could  not  have 
made  any  very  great  strides  in  importance  from  that  date  to 
1688  :— 

' '  Sligo  being  the  chief est  town  of  that  country  was  but  a  very  poor 
one  about  the  latter  end  of  the  year  1652,  having  been  totally  ruined  by 
the  late  wars,  and  nothing  left  of  it  but  some  few  bare  walls  and  a  com- 
pany of  poor  Irish  cabins  •  to  distinguish  the  place  where  it  stood.  On 
the  east  there  is  a  lake  of  about  five  miles  in  length,  out  of  which  runs 
into  the  bay  a  good  stream  of  water,  passing  under  a  bridge,  dividing  the 
town  into  two  parts,  wherein  are  frequently  taken  great  stores  of  brave 
salmons,  pikes,  Mid  trouts,  and  overlooked  also  from  a  near  hill  by  a  very 
strong  fort  to  protect  it.  The  whole  country  about  it  enriched  with  as 
good  land  as  any  in  Ireland,  planted  with  a  late  English  colony,  the  better 
to  secure  this  pass,  resorted  to  from  far  and  near  by  very  many  people  to 
buy  cattle,  as  sheep  and  horses,  being  one  of  the  famousest  marts  for  that 
purpose  of  any  in  that  part  of  that  kingdom.  ...  I  say  Sligo  being  thus 
happily  situated,  and  accompanied  with  so  many  advantages,  will,  without 
doubt,  become  ere  long,  a  very  handsome  town."3 

On  the  5th  November,  1688,  William  Prince  of  Orange 
landed  at  Torbay.  Intelligence  of  this  invasion  could  not  have 
reached  the  West  of  Ireland  much  before  the  end  of  the  month  ; 
but  upon  the  news  being  received  in  Dublin,  Tyrconnel,  then 
Lord  Lieutenant  for  King  James,  at  once  despatched  3000  men 

1  A  True  Representation.     1690. 

2  Harris's  Life  of  William  III.,  p.  198. 

3  The  Present  State  of  Ireland,  London,  1673,  r-  262. 


100  HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 

to  England,  and  applied  himself  to  increase  the  force'  he  had  yet 
remaining  in  Ireland.  An  order  was  issued  for  raising  four  new 
regiments ;  one  to  be  drawn  from  each  of  the  four  Provinces  of 
the  kingdom.  Commissions  were  granted  to  any  undertaking  to 
raise  a  certain  number  of  men  and  maintain  them ;  but  as  the 
newly-appointed  officers  were  unable  to  maintain  even  them- 
selves, both  men  and  officers  lived  on  anything  they  could 
pillage. 

The  lives  of  Protestants  were  threatened,  their  houses  burned, 
their  crops  seized,  their  cattle  stolen — they  were  robbed,  in- 
sulted, and  openly  derided  by  Tyrconnel's  new  levies,  many  of 
whom  were  so  elated  that  they  could  not  refrain  from  taunting 
their  former  masters,  saying,  they  did  not  mind  breaking  the 
present  laws,  as  they  should  soon  have  the  making  of  new. 

As  these  new  levies  gained  in  numbers,  and  numbers  begat 
confidence,  their  threats  were  expressed  more  openly,  and  the 
advisability  of  another  massacre  hinted  at.  The  most  moderate 
among  them  would  give  no  assurance  of  security  to  the  settlers ; 
on  the  contrary,  warnings  were  sent  by  some  well-disposed 
Roman  Catholics  to  their  Protestant  friends,  recommending 
them  to  sell  their  goods  and  fly  the  country,  for  a  storm  was 
gathering  that  might  soon  burst. 

The  peasantry  were  all  either  armed  or  arming;  even  old 
women  and  young  children  had  their  skeans  and  half-pikes,  and 
none  were  allowed  to  appear  at  mass  without  some  kind  of 
weapon  in  their  hands.  Their  looks  and  bearing  became  menac- 
ing in  the  extreme ;  the  slightest  spark  might  have  again  ignited 
aflame  similar  to  that  kindled  in  1641 ;  and,  as  their  clergy  had 
been  making  fiery  appeals  to  popular  passions,  it  would  have 
been  but  natural  had  partial  outbursts  of  ferocity  on  the  part  of 
the  Roman  Catholics  taken  place,  which  would  have  spread 
rapidly  over  the  kingdom. 

The  Protestants  lived  in  daily  dread  of  an  indiscriminate 
butchery,  although  it  is  now  certain  that  they  were  mistaken  in 
supposing  a  premeditated  plan  had  been  laid  for  that  purpose ; 
outrages  and  robberies,  however,  occurring  without  intermission, 
were  to  their  view  but  the  prelude  of  such  a  plan,  and  the  belief 
in  an  intended  massacre  found  ready  acceptance  amongst  them. 


REVOLUTION   OF    1688.  101 

This  dread  was  in  their  minds  fully  confirmed  by  the  following 
event : — On  the  3rd  of  December,  a  letter  was  found  in  the  streets 
of  Comber,  County  Down,  addressed  to  Lord  Mount- Alexander, 
informing  him  that  a  general  massacre  of  the  Protestants  by  the 
Irish  was  planned  to  take  place  on  the  9th.  This  letter  had  a 
startling  effect  on  the  inhabitants  of  Ulster,  the  more  so,  as  it 
coincided  with  their  preconceived  ideas.  Derry,  owing  either  to 
gross  neglect,  or  the  sense  of  perfect  security  on  Tyrconnel's 
part,  had  been  for  some  time  without  a  garrison.  A  copy  of 
the  Comber  epistle  reached  that  town  early  on  the  morning  of 
the  7th,  closely  followed  by  a  messenger  announcing  the  ap- 
proach of  Lord  Antrim's  regiment  of  Irishry. 

Whilst  the  magistrates  were  consulting  what  course  to  pur- 
sue, the  Apprentice  Boys  solved  the  difficulty  by  shutting  the 
gates  in  the  face  of  James's  troops.  A  copy  of  the  Comber  letter 
reached  Enniskillen  on  the  7th,  the  same  day  it  reached  Derry, 
and  on  the  1 1th  two  companies  of  James's  newly-raised  levies, 
ordered  to  occupy  the  town,  fled  on  perceiving  the  Ennis- 
killeners  issuing  from  the  town  to  oppose  their  entry. 

The  news  reached  Sligo  with  great  rapidity,  by  way  of 
Manor-Hamilton  and  Newtown,  where  colonies  of  Protestants 
had  been  planted  shortly  before. 

The  night  of  Sunday,  the  9th,  was  looked  forward  to 
throughout  Sligo,  as  elsewhere,  with  heart-rending  anxiety; 
but  it  passed  in  tranquillity.  No  hearths  were  desecrated,  no 
houses  fired ;  the  rays  of  the  red  winter's  sun  fell  on  an  unde- 
vastated  landscape,  and  the  blue  smoke  still  curled  up  in  the 
frosty  air1  from  the  chimneys  of  the  unsacked  homesteads. 
The  Protestants  now  thought  that  the  massacre  had  been  merely 
deferred  in  consequence  of  its  timely  discovery ;  they  could  not 
look  upon  the  Comber  letter  as  an  audacious  fraud ;  indeed,  the 
majority  still  believed  its  contents  to  be  true. 

During  the  month  of  December,  and  probably  before,  the 

1  In  the  month  of  December,  the  weather  was  so  severe  that  Lough 
Gill  could  be  traversed  on  the  ice  with  safety.  The  latter  end  of  winter 
and  the  beginning  of  spring  were  very  inclement ;  terrible  torrents  of  rain 
and  showers  of  sleet  and  snow  left  the  rivers  swollen  and  the  roads  almost 
impassable. 


102  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

Protestants  were  organizing  themselves  in  both  Koscommon  and 
Sligo.  In  these  efforts  they  were  singularly  favoured  by  fortune ; 
for  Tyrconnel  had  made  the  same  mistake  at  Sligo  as  at  Berry ; 
the  Irish  corps,  raised  in  the  county,  had  been  withdrawn,  and 
the  town  left  without  a  garrison.1 

While  the  gentry  were  hesitating  as  to  the  course  they 
should  pursue,  they  learned  that  the  newly-raised  Irish  forces 
were  daily  taking  possession  of  the  strongest  castles  and  most 
commanding  positions  in  the  district,  such  as  Belaghy  and 
Moygara,  which  belonged  to  Lord  Kingston,  also  Ballymote. 
They  further  learned  that  many  hundreds  of  the  Irish  in  the 
Counties  of  Roscommon  and  Mayo  were  arming  and  forming 
themselves  into  regiments  of  dragoons  and  foot,  with  the  in- 
tention of  falling  upon  Boyle  and  Sligo,  and  from  this  latter 
place  marching  against  Ballyshannon  when  their  preparations 
were  completed.  Affairs  looked  threatening  in  the  adjoining 
counties,  especially  in  Mayo.  The  Sligo  gentry  unanimously 
agreed  to  secure  their  town,  and  call  in  the  country  people  to 
their  aid;  this,  and  similar  gatherings  of  the  gentry  for  self- 
defence  in  various  parts  of  Ulster,  were  called  Associations.* 
Lord  Kingston  and  Captain  Coote  repaired  to  the  town  of  Sligo 
to  arrange  operations.  The  latter  sent  a  trustworthy  messenger, 
requesting  all  the  Protestants  of  Donegal  who  were  desirous  of 
protecting  themselves,  to  assemble  in  Ballyshannon  and  the  town 
of  Donegal,  and  there  hold  themselves  in  readiness,  not  merely 
to  defend  themselves  against  the  intended  attack  of  the  Irish, 
but  also  to  advance  to  the  support  of  the  Sligo  Protestants,  lest 
they  should  be  crushed  by  the  numerical  superiority  of  the  new 
levies.  Lord  Kingston  and  Captain  Coote  directed  an  express 
to  be  at  once  sent  from  Ballyshannon  to  Derry,  to  ascertain  if 
any  assistance  in  the  form  of  arms  or  ammunition  from  that 
town  could  be  obtained  to  supply  their  deficiencies.  To  avoid 
discovery,  they  enjoined  that  the  greatest  care  should  be  taken  as 

1  A  True  Representation  how  matters  were  carried  all  along  in  Ireland, 
1689. 

3  "  The  Association  of  the  County  Sligo  .  .  .  had  a  longer  continuance, 
and  was  conducted  with  more  military  skill  than  the  North-Eastern." — 
Harris's  Life  of  William  III. 


REVOLUTION    OF    1688.  103 

to  whom  their  plan  was  communicated,  naming  Mr.  Ffolliott, 
Mr.  Whiteway,  Lieutenant  Smith,  and  Mr.  Atkinson,  as  the 
most  trustworthy,  together  with  Mr.  John  Delap,  to  whom  the 
instructions  were  addressed. 

Before  seizing  the  town  of  Sligo,  they  intended  to  send  out 
a  party  of  fifty  or  sixty,  "  who  are  to  join  in  the  County  of  Eos- 
common  with  some  more,  to  be  commanded  hy  Captain  Coote 
upon  a  very  important  design  which,  if  it  please  God  may  be 
effected,  will  be  of  great  consequence  to  us  all,  and  of  no  small 
disadvantage  to  our  enemies.  That,  if  possible/  is  to  be  done 
within  two  or  three  days.  .  .  .  What  else  is  done  here  you  shall 
know  it.  We  hope  to  have  all  done  by  Thursday,  for  we  find 

time  is  not  to  be  slipt Lord  Granard  is  now  in  the 

country ;  Lord  Kingston  went  to  him  yesterday,  and  this  night, 
or  to-morrow  morning,  we  expect  to  know  how  his  pulse  beats. 
We  are  told  Derry  is  surrendered."1 

This  rumour  of  the  surrender  of  Derry  does  not  seem  to 
have  delayed  or  discouraged  them  from  the  intended  seizure  of 
the  town  of  Sligo,  which  was  safely  accomplished  a  few  days 
after,  on  Thursday,  3rd  January,  168f . 

On  Friday,  the  4th  January,  the  assembled  Protestants 
issued  a  manifesto,  explaining  the  reasons  and  grounds  which 
led  them  to  take  up  arms ;  it  is  as  follows  : — 

THE  DECLARATION  OF  THE  PROTESTANTS  OF  SLIGO,  JANUARY  4iH,  168?. 

WE,  the  Protestants  of  the  County  Sligo,  at  present  assembled  for  our 
common  safety,  do  hereby  declare  the  occasions  and  motives  of  this  our 
Association,  and  what  is  intended  by  it : — 

1.  We  resolve  to  adhere  to  the  laws  of  the  land  and  the  Protestant 
religion. 

2.  We  shall,  as  we  ought,  unite  ourselves  accordingly  with  England, 
and  hold  to  the  lawful  government  thereof,  and  to  a  free  Parliament. 

3.  We  declare  that  our  taking  up  arms  is  only  defensive,  and  not  in 
the  least  to  invade  the  lives,  liberties,  or  estates  of  any  of  our  fellow- 


1  Letter  to  Mr.  John  Delap  in  M'-CarmicWs  Enniskilleners,  dated  Sligo, 
December  27,  1688. 


104  HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 

subjects,  whether  Roman  Catholic  or  others,  while  they  demean  them- 
selves in  peaceable  manner  to  us. 

4.  Our  reasons  for  thus  doing  are  so  urgent  that  we  could  no  longer 
with  prudence  forbear  putting  ourselves  in  some  necessary  posture  of 
defence  ;  for  the  Roman  Catholics,  arming  in  such  vast  numbers  through- 
out all  the  kingdom,  do  give  us  just  apprehensions  of  ill  designs  in  them, 
they  pretending  the  king's  commission  for  what  they  do,  whereas  we  are 
assured  that  the  king  has  commanded  all  Roman  Catholics  to  lay  down 
their  arms,  which  we  conceive  should  as  well  extend  to  Ireland  as  Eng- 
land ;  and  therefore  we  doubt  that  the  leaders  of  this  Irish  army  do  act 
from  their  own  heads  upon  designs  of  their  own,  which  we  may  justly 
fear  will  be  prejudicial  to  the  lives,  liberties,  and  properties  of  the  Pro- 
testant subjects  of  this  kingdom  if  not  prevented. 

Lastly,  we  declare  that  as  we  will  assault  none  that  molest  not  us,  so 
we  will,  to  our  power,  protect  all  from  violence,  even  Roman  Catholics 
themselves,  whilst  they  behave  themselves  peaceably  and  neighbourly 
among  us  (though  we  will  admit  none  but  Protestants  into  our  associa- 
tion), until  we  be  ascertained  from  the  lawful  authority  and  Government 
of  England  what  further  orders  we  are  to  obey ;  and  we  doubt  not  but 
that  all  good  Protestants  in  this  kingdom  will,  when  they  are  able,  join 
With  us  in  the  same  public  defence,  and  that  God  will  bless  this  so  just, 
innocent,  and  necessary  undertaking  for  our  lives,  laws,  and  religion. 

And  whereas,  it  will  be  necessary,  for  the  more  effectual  and  success- 
ful carrying  on  of  these  our  mutual  endeavours,  for  the  preservation  of 
our  laws,  religion,  and  country,  and  the  security  of  our  lives  and  proper- 
ties, and  to  avoid  confusions  and  distractions  which  in  such  cases  might 
otherwise  happen,  to  appoint  some  eminent  person  or  persons  to  whose 
conduct  we  may  entirely  submit  ourselves  in  this  our  undertaking. 

We  do,  therefore,  by  these  presents,  unanimously  nominate,  elect, 
and  appoint  the  Right  Honourable  Lord  Robert  Baron  of  Kingston,  and 
the  Honourable  Chidley  Coote,  Esq.,  or  either,  or  both  of  them,  jointly 
arid  severally,  as  they  shall  think  fit,  to  be  commander  or  commanders- 
in-chief  of  all  the  forces  in  the  said  County  of  Sligo. 

And  do  hereby  oblige  ourselves  to  serve  under  his  or  their  command, 
in  such  manner  and  in  such  place  and  station  as  they  or  one  of  them,  in 
their  discretion  and  judgment  shall  direct.  And  that  we  will  procure  such 
horse  and  foot,  and  such  a  number  of  men,  arms,  and  ammunition  as  we 
or  any  of  us  can  possibly  provide,  and  that  with  all  expedition  imme- 
diately to  be  arranged  and  formed  into  troops  and  companies,  and  to  be 
disposed  of  from  time  to  time,  according  to  their,  or  either  of  their 
orders. 

In  witness  whereof  we  have  hereunto  subscribed  our  hands, 
At  Sligo,  this  4th  of  January,  1688-9. 

The  signatures  to  this  declaration  are  not  given,  otherwise 
we  should  have  been  furnished  with  a  complete  list  of  Lord 


REVOLUTION    OF    1688. 


105 


Kingston's  officers,  of  whom  the  following  names  have  been 
culled  from  pamphlets  and  other  documents  of  the  period  : — 


NAME. 

BANK. 

EESIDENCE. 

COUNTY. 

HORSE  or 

FOOT. 

Brookes,  Kichard 

Lieutenant 

Tullybeg 

Sligo 

Brookes,  Oliver 

Cornet 

Do. 

Do. 

Horse. 

Cooper,  Arthur 

Captain 

Markree 

Do. 

Horse. 

Coote,  Hon.  Chidley 

Commander- 

Voughterhire 

Eoscommon 

in-Chief 

Gethin,  Pierey 

Captain 

Sligo  (town) 

Sligo 

Gore,  Francis 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Dragoon 

Griffith,  William      ... 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Hart,  Thomas 

Major 

Ballinspor 

Do. 

King,  Francis 

Captain 

Ballindune 

Do. 

Dragoon 

TTinrr 

Cornet 

Horse. 

xung, 

King,  Charles 

Horse. 

Kingston,  Eight  Hon. 

Commander- 

Boyle 

Eoscommon 

Lord  Baron  of 

in-Chief 

Jackson,  Edward 

Captain 

Sligo 

Foot. 

Leslie,  John,  Dr.  Clerk 

Ballintogher 

Do. 

Martin,  William 

Captain 

Sligo 

Do. 

Dragoon 

Morgan,  Hugh 

Captain 

Cottelstown 

Do. 

Mulloy,  Toby 

Lieutenant 

Knockvicar 

Eoscommon 

Dragoon 

Nicolson,  Charles     ... 

Cornet 

Larrass,  or 

Sligo 

Horse. 

Strandhill 

Ormsby,  Adam 

Lieutenant 

Cummin 

Do. 

Ormsby,  William 

Captain 

Court 

Do. 

Smith,  William 

Captain 

Knocknasamer 

Do. 

(Cloverhill) 

Story,  William 

Ensign 

The  Eosse 

Do. 

Foot. 

Vaughan,  Owen 

Major 

Carrowmore 

Mayo 

Wood,  Edward 

Captain 

Court 

Sligo 

Foot. 

Wood,  Eichard 

Laccan 

Do. 

Foot. 

In  compliance  with  the  powers  conferred  on  them  by  the 
foregoing  proclamation,  Lord  Kingston  and  the  Honourable 
Chidley  Coote,  of  Voughterhire,  Co.  Roscommon,  assumed  joint 
command. 

In  the  town,  affairs  soon  began  to  wear  a  martial  appearance  ; 
troops  and  companies  were  formed,  the  officers  not  only  pro- 
viding their  own  weapons  and  accoutrements,  but  also  supplying 
the  men  under  their  command  with  horses,  arms,  ammunition, 
and  rations.  All  the  scythes  in  the  vicinage  were  bought  up 
and  fixed  on  poles  to  act  as  pikes ;  everywhere  was  heard  the 
clang  of  hammers  in  the  forges,  where  the  smiths  were  repairing 
arms,  making  new  weapons  and  other  military  appliances  for 
resisting  cavalry,  as  well  as  various  contrivances  for  the  defence 


106  HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 

of  the  forts.  The  most  important  and  urgent  work  was  the 
restoration  of  these  two  old  and  crumhling  fortalices ;  this  was 
at  once  commenced,  the  labour  of  the  soldiers  being  made  avail- 

'•able,  and  the  expense  defrayed  by  the  officers.  Breaches  were 
made  up,  drawbridges  erected,  ditches  scoured,  and  the  fortifi- 
cations in  general  put  in  a  better  state  of  defence. 

To  keep  open  communication  with  the  north,  garrisons  were 
at  Grange,1  a  castle  and  village  of  the  name,  about  ten 
x)m  Sligo,  on  the  road  to  Ballyshannon  ;  and  to  secure 
intercourse  by  way  of  Euniskillen,  at  Newtown,  a  castle  situated 
on  the  shores  of  Lough  Gill ;  at  Drumahaire,  at  the  head  of  the 
same  lake ;  and  at  Manor-Hamilton,  about  twelve  miles  from 
Sligo  ;  the  three  latter  places  being  within  the  bounds  of  the 
neighbouring  County  of  Leitrim. 

To  guard  against  an  inroad  from  Boyle  or  Ballymote,  garri- 
sons were  placed  at  Ballintogher  in  the  fortified  house  of  Dr. 
John  Leslie,2  under  command  of  Leslie  himself ;  at  Colooney, 
in  the  fortified  house  of  Lord  Bellamount  (the  site  it  occupied 
is  close  to  the  new  Koman  Catholic  Church) ;  and  at  Markree, 
under  command  of  the  owner,  Captain  Arthur  Cooper. 

To  keep  in  check  the  new  levies  of  the  Irish  in  Mayo,  garri- 
sons were  placed  at  Ardnaglass  ;3  at  Laccan,4  under  the  command 
of  the  owner,  Eichard  Wood  ;  and  at  Cottlestown.5  The  posts 
held  by  these  three  last-named  garrisons  commanded  the  road 
skirting  the  sea-shore,  which,  at  that  period,  was  the  only  high- 
way to  Mayo  through  the  barony  of  Tireragh. 

The  Cottlestown  post  was  useful  in  many  ways,  especially 


1  This  post  was  probably  commanded  by  James  Soden,  attainted  by 
James  II.,  1689,  as  of  that  place. 

1  For  full  particulars  of  grants,  &c.,  to  Leslie,  see  pp.  35  and  173-2, 
Sligo  aiid  the  Enniskilleners . 

*  The  ruins  of  this  castle  are  situated  in  the  townland  of  the  name  in 
the  parish  of  Skreen. 

*  A  castle  situated  near  the  sea-shore,  in  the  parish  of  Kilglasse,  barony 
of  Tireragh.     It  is  now  a  mere  sod-covered  mound .     It  was  built  in  1560 
by  the  O'Dowds,  and  in  consequence  of  the  events  of  1641  was  forfeited 
by  them,  and  granted  to  the  family  of  Wood.    Richard  Wood  was  attainted 
by  James,  1689,  as  of  this  place.     He  died  same  year. 

*  A  castle  founded  by  an  O'Dowd,  circa  1447-     It  was  granted  in  the 
year  1653  to  the  family  of  Morgan. 


REVOLUTION    OF    1688.  107 

as  a  rallying-point  for  the  scattered  Protestants  of  Mayo ;  the 
garrison  was  probably  under  the  command  of  Captain  Hugh 
Morgan,  attainted  in  1689  by  James  as  of  that  place.  One  of 
the  principal  duties  of  this  detachment  was  to  escort  distressed 
and  plundered  settlers  to  Sligo,  where  they  soon  recovered  health 
and  strength,  and  were  enrolled  for  service.  A  large  proportion 
of  the  refugees  were  from  Foxford  and  other  places  in  the 
neighbourhood  ;  they  made  their  way  in  great  numbers  to  Sligo 
on  the  execution  of  the  orders  issued  by  Tyrconnel  for  disarming 
all  of  the  Reformed  faith.1 

Sir  Thomas  Southwell,  Bartholomew  Pardon,  Thomas 
Miller,  and  other  gentlemen  of  the  province  of  Munster,  en- 
deavoured to  penetrate  northwards  to  Sligo,  in  order  to  join 
Lord  Kingston's  forces.  They  succeeded  in  reaching  Loughrea, 
in  the  County  Galway,  after  some  trifling  skirmishes  with  the 
Irish  on  the  way;  but  at  Loughrea  their  passage  was  barred  by 
a  detachment  of  King  James's  troops,  and  after  a  short  parley 
they  surrendered. 

Some  time  had  elapsed  since  the  Protestants  of  Sligo  had 
risen  in  arms;  but  no  commissions  had  been  granted,  and 
neither  ammunition  nor  money  received,  although  great  interest 
was  made  in  England  by  influential  people  at  the  court,  who 
represented  the  advantageous  position  of  the  town — which  had 
been  lately  strengthened — the  zeal  of  the  garrison,  and  the 
large  sums  of  money  expended  by  the  nobility  and  gentry  of  the 
county.  Application  was  also  made  to  Colonel  Lundy  at  Derry 
for  assistance,  but  without  result. 

Notwithstanding  the  depression  occasioned  by  this  want  of 
support,  all  available  weapons  were  put  to  the  best  account,  and 
the  smiths  kept  constantly  employed.  As  no  musketoons  could 
be  procured  for  the  cavalry,  fowling-pieces  were  cut  down  and 
used  as  a  substitute.  The  mounted  men  were  divided  into  ten 
troops — eight  of  horse  and  two  of  dragoons — fifty  in  each  troop. 
It  may  be  well  to  explain  that,  although  dragoons  are  now  solely 
horse-soldiers,  yet,  during  this  period,  they  were  in  reality  foot- 
soldiers,  mounted  merely  for  the  purpose  of  reaching  their  des- 
tination with  greater  speed,  and,  as  may  be  observed  by  any 

1  Mackenzie.    1690.     A  True  Representation.     1689. 


108  HISTOKY   OF    SLIGO. 

reader  of  the  battles  of  this  period,  they  were  almost  always 
ordered  to  dismount  and  fight  on  foot,  in  which  condition  they 
acted  as  musketeers.  Story,  chaplain  to  William  III.,  thus 
describes  the  Enniskillen  horse  he  saw  at  Loughbrickland,  of 
which  the  Sligo  contingent  formed  part  : — "  I  wondered  much 
to  see  their  horses  and  equipage,  hearing  before  of  what  feats 
had  been  done  by  them ;  .  .  .  .  most  of  the  troopers  andd  ra- 
goons  had  their  waiting  men  mounted  on  garrons  (these  are 
small  Irish  horses,  but  very  hardy).  Some  of  them  had  holsters, 
and  others  their  pistols  hung  at  their  sword-belts."  Evidently 
their  appearance  to  a  military  eye  could  not  have  been  striking  ; 
but  what  they  lacked  in  uniformity  they  made  up  in  spirit. 

In  Sligo  the  foot  were  regimented  and  divided  into  com- 
panies, and  as  muskets  were  deficient,  many  of  the  men  were 
armed  with  pikes ;  but  the  most  pressing  want  was  gunpowder ; 
a  small  barrel  formed  the  sole  supply,  and  there  appeared  no 
likelihood  of  obtaining  more. 

Such  was  the  state  of  affairs  when  news  arrived  that  Colonel 
M'Donel,  who  had  taken  possession  of  Lord  Kingston's  mansion 
at  Boyle  (the  present  military  barracks),  together  with  all  the  corn 
and  hay  belonging  to  his  tenants,  was  arresting  numbers  of  Pro- 
testants on  their  way  to  Sligo,  and  confiscating  their  goods.  Lord 
Kingston  immediately  wrote  to  M'Donel,  demanding  the  release 
of  the  prisoners  and  their  property,  and  requesting  him  to  per- 
mit them  to  continue  their  journey,  as  he,  on  his  part,  never 
prevented  Roman  Catholics  from  going  to  Boyle,  Athlone,  or 
any  other  Irish  garrison.  M'Donel,  paying  no  attention  to  this 
letter,  it  was  determined,  in  a  council  of  war  held  in  Sligo,  to 
release  the  captives  by  force. 

Accordingly,  as  many  horse  and  foot  as  could  be  drawn  from 
the  various  out-garrisons,  marched  on  Boyle  under  command  of 
Lord  Kingston  and  Captain  Chidley  Coote.  On  their  approach, 
M'Donel  withdrew  into  the  house  and  court-yard  with  all  his 
horse  and  foot,  although  his  old  and  disciplined  troops,  together 
with  the  rapparees,  outnumbered  his  opponents  five  to  one.  He 
released  the  prisoners,  and  engaged  on  his  honour  not  to  prevent 
any  Protestants  from  travelling  through  his  command  to  Sligo  ; 
yet  on  the  day  after  the  expedition  had  retraced  its  steps,  he 
seized  and  imprisoned  all  those  who,  having  heard  his  promise, 


REVOLUTION   OF    1688.  109 

were  starting  for  Sligo.  This  breach  of  faith  was  most  un- 
expected, and  greatly  surprised  Lord  Kingston's  party,  for 
M'Donel  was  considered  "  one  of  the  fairest  reputation  among 
the  Irish  in  those  parts."1 

A  small  patrol  of  five  horse,  led  by  Captain  Arthur  Cooper, 
was  sent  to  reconnoitre  the  movements  of  the  Irish  at  Bally- 
mote,  then  held  by  a  company  of  foot  under  Captain  Terence 
M'Donough,  of  Colonel  Henry  Dillon's  foot.2  On  the  approach 
of  the  Sligo  party,  M'Donough  drew  up  his  men  across  the  road 
to  oppose  them  ;  but,  on  receiving  the  contents  of  a  blunderbuss, 
which  killed  one  man,  and  wounded  five  more,  they  threw  down 
their  arms,  and  ran  for  the  castle ;  they  were  pursued  by  the 
five  troopers,  and  several  of  them  cut  down  almost  on  the  draw- 
bridge. 

In  retaliation  for  this  expedition  to  Ballymote,  a  party  of 
from  five  to  six  hundred  Irish  appeared  before  Leslie's  house 
at  Ballintogher,  apparently  with  the  intention  of  attacking  it ; 
but  they  took  to  the  bogs  and  dispersed,  when  Leslie  sallied 
out,  with  thirty  horse  and  forty  foot,  to  meet  them. 

During  all  this  period  a  public  market  had  been  held  in 
Sligo,  attended  by  both  Roman  Catholics  and  Protestants,  who 
disposed  of  whatever  articles  the  garrison  or  townspeople  re- 
quired. Several  Protestants  coming  to  this  market  from  Tireragh 
with  meal,  cattle,  and  other  commodities,  were  attacked,  over- 
powered, and  robbed  by  a  party  of  Irish,  who  sallied  out  from  a 
castle  belonging  to  Captain  Henry  Crofton,3  a  Roman  Catholic, 
and  zealous  adherent  of  King  James.  The  rapparees  carried 
the  booty  into  the  castle,  and  stored  it,  whilst  the  released  settlers 
fled  to  Sligo,  and  informed  Lord  Kingston  of  the  outrage. 

1  (i.)  A  True  Representation  to  the  King  and  people  of  England  how 
matters  were  carried  all  along  in  Ireland,  (ii.)  Lord  Kingston's  narrative 
in  Mackenzie.  1690. 

1  The  above  Terence  was  a  burgess  of  Sligo  in  the  remodelled  corpor- 
ation, 1687,  and  represented  the  borough  in  James's  Parliament;  in  the 
month  of  May  following,  he  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  EnniskiUeners  in 
Fish-Island,  Ballyshannon. 

3  Henry  Crofton  was  a  burgess  of  Sligo,  1687,  as  were  also  an 
Edward  and  a  George  Crofton.  Henry  Crofton  was  High  Sheriff  of  the 
county,  same  year,  and,  conjointly  with  Terence  M'Donough,  represented 
the  Borough  in  James's  Parliament,  1689.  He  was  afterwards  senior 


110  HISTORY   OF   SLIGO. 

Although  it  was  night  when  the  fugitives  arrived,  Captain 
William  Ormsby  and  Captain  Francis  Gore  were  at  once  de- 
spatched with  a  picked  party  of  men  drawn  from  every  troop 
and  company  in  the  garrison.  Lord  Kingston  himself  started 
on  the  following  morning  before  daybreak  with  another  body 
in  support,  but  was  met  on  the  road  by  Cornet  Charles 
Nicholson,  of  Larras,  who  reported  that  the  advance  party, 
under  Captain  Ormsby,  had  captured  the  castle,  after  burning 
the  entrance  gate,  and  half  suffocating  the  garrison,  who  had  at 
first  fired  very  briskly  on  their  assailants,  and  wounded  several 
of  the  storming  party,  but  killed  none.  A  great  quantity  of 
provisions  was  discovered  in  the  castle,  seventeen  muskets  be- 
longing to  the  Irish  army,  numbers  of  half-pikes,  skeans,  and 
rapparee  swords.  The  corn  and  cattle  were  either  restored  to 
their  owners,  or  they  were  paid  the  current  market  price  for  as 
much  of  their  goods  as  they  could  spare. 

A  declaration  of  William,  offering  free  pardon  to  all  the 
Irish  who  should  lay  down  their  arms,  was  issued  on  the  2nd  of 
February,  and  officially  made  known  in  Sligo  shortly  after  the 
capture  of  Crofton's  Castle.  The  declaration  was  utterly  disre- 
garded by  the  Irish  ;  its  only  effect  was  to  fetter  the  hands  of 
Lord  Kingston's  party,  preventing  them  from  retaliating  on 
those  who  some  time  previously  had  stolen  their  cattle.  It  tied 
the  hands  of  the  settlers,  whilst  it  encouraged  the  Irish  in  the 
belief  that  a  free  pardon  would  be  granted  for  all  offences  ; 
they  were  also  told  by  their  priests  and  officers  that  no  army 
would  be  sent  from  England,  and  therefore,  until  the  specified 
time  (10th  of  April)  elapsed,  they  need  not  openly  declare  their 
determination,  either  to  lay  down  their  arms  or  carry  on  the 
war.  The  Protestants  meanwhile  acted  together  on  the  defensive, 
observing  faithfully  their  declaration  of  the  4th  of  January ;  but 
they  kept  constant  watch  and  ward  on  the  outposts.  On  the 
7th  of  March  Tyrconnel  issued  a  proclamation,  stating  that  if 

Captain  in  Colonel  Robert  Clifford's  Dragoons,  another  Crofton  (John) 
serving  as  Cornet.  A  John  Crofton  was  also  one  of  the  Commission 
appointed,  1690,  by  James  for  the  applotment  of  £1186  2s.  on  the  county, 
as  was  also  a  Henry  Crofton.  A  Thomas  Crofton  was  High  Sheriff  for 
the  county  in  1661,  1662,  and  1666.  Henry  Crofton  was  outlawed  1691  ; 
decreed  innocent,  March  22,  1700. 


KEVOLUTION   OF    1688.  Ill 

the  Protestants  in  Ulster  and  the  borough  of  Sligo  would  sub- 
mit, they  should  be  pardoned  ;  those  from  Sligo  were  to  repair  to 
the  Lord  Deputy  or  to  Colonel  M'Donel,  at  Boyle.  Officers  and 
men  were  to  surrender  their  arms  and  troop-horses,  and  to  fur- 
nish hostages  for  their  future  peaceful  behaviour ;  if  these  con- 
ditions were  complied  with,  they  should  have  the  full  benefit  of 
the  amnesty  :  ten  of  the  principal  leaders  of  the  Protestants  were, 
however,  exempted  by  name,  one  of  them  being  Lord  Kingston. 

All  this  time  frequent  communication  was  kept  up  with 
Derry,  through  Colonel  Lundy  and  the  Committee,  also  with 
Enniskillen,  through  the  Governor,  Colonel  Gustavus  Hamilton. 
The  repairs  to  the  Stone  Fort  of  Sligo  were  hurried  on  and  com- 
pleted as  far  as  practicable,  and  the  Green  Fort  at  last  finished. 

Despatches  now  speedily  followed  each  other  from  Lundy, 
desiring  Lord  Kingston  to  send  a  party  to  reinforce  the  gar- 
rison of  Derry  :  he  was  informed  in  reply  that  there  were  hardly 
men  enough  in  Sligo  to  hold  it  in  the  face  of  the  enemy,  situ- 
ated as  it  was,  so  remote  from  all  means  of  relief.  Lundy  'a 
messenger  having  mentioned  the  recent  arrival  in  Derry  of  a 
ship  with  gunpowder,  the  scarcity  of  ammunition  in  the  town  of 
Sligo  and  its  outposts  was  again  reported  to  the  Governor,  and 
a  request  made  for  a  small  supply,  the  expense  of  which  the 
officers  were  willing  to  bear.  Lundy  was  at  length  shamed  into 
promising  to  allow  Sligo  three  barrels,  on  condition  that  the 
powder  should  be  paid  for  at  the  rate  of  five  pounds  sterling  per 
barrel.  This  offer  was  accepted,  and  Captain  Coote  despatched 
with  the  money  to  receive  it,  and  he  had  instructions,  if  possible, 
to  induce  Lundy  to  contribute  arms  to  complete  the  equipment 
of  the  troops ;  he  was  also  to  give  information  of  the  state  of 
Sligo,  and  to  ascertain  the  condition  of  Derry. 

Captain  Coote  was  but  a  short  time  gone  when  another 
despatch  arrived  from  Lundy,  ordering  an  immediate  retreat  on 
Derry.  A  council  of  war  was  quickly  assembled,  and  this  letter 
laid  before  the  officers ;  but  after  a  lengthened  discussion  it  was 
decided  to  await  the  return  of  Captain  Coote,  who  would  have 
then  ascertained  with  certainty  the  state  of  affairs  in  the  North. 
The  officers  were  unwilling  to  desert  a  position  which  had  taken 
so  much  money  and  labour  to  strengthen,  and  had  hitherto 
proved  so  useful  in  overawing  the  forces  of  James  in  Con- 


112  HISTORY   OF   SLIGO. 

naught;  there  was  also  another  important  reason  for  this  decision. 
The  town  was  crowded  with  helpless  folk  ;  women  and  children 
from  all  parts  of  the  province  had  flocked  into  it,  who  might  not 
be  able  to  find  shelter  in  Derry. 

This  and  similar  previous  meetings  of  the  officers  of  the  gar- 
rison are  not  strictly  entitled  to  be  called  councils  of  war,  for 
the  commissions  held  by  them  from  Lord  Kingston  and  Captain 
Coote  had  not  yet  been  confirmed  by  the  Crown.  The  sub- 
scribers to  this  Council  were  as  follows  : — l 

Major  Owen  Vaughan,  of  Carrowmore,  Co.  Mayo  ;  Major  Thomas 
Harte,  of  Ballinspor  ;  Captain  Hugh  Morgan,  of  Tireragh  ;  Captain 
Piercy  Gethin,  of  Sligo ;  Captain  Edward  Wood,  of  Court  ;  Captain 
William  Ormsby,  of  Court ;  Captain  William  Smith,  of  Knocknasamer 
(now  Cloverhttl)  ;  Captain  William  Griffith,  of  Sligo  ;  Lieutenant  Richard 
Brookes,  of  Tullybeg ;  Lieutenant  Adam  Ormsby,  of  Cummin ;  Cornet 
Oliver  Brook,  of  Tullybeg. 

On  the  morning  following  the  despatch  to  Lundy  of  this  de- 
termination to  hold  Sligo,  the  officers  were  startled  by  the 
arrival  of  another  messenger  from  Derry ;  the  council  was  re- 
assembled, and  the  letter  laid  before  them.  In  it  Lundy  de- 
picted the  great  danger  that  threatened  the  North,  which,  if  lost, 
as  he  felt  certain  it  would  be  unless  the  Sligo  forces  joined  him, 
Sligo  could  not  by  itself  make  a  long  defence.  He  urged  them 
at  all  hazards  to  abandon  the  forts,  assuring  them  that  quarters 
and  forage  were  provided  for  them  at  Derry  and  all  along  the 
line  of  march,  and  those  precautions  having  been  taken,  they 
ought  to  start  at  once  to  his  assistance. 

A  long  and  stormy  discussion  ensued,  but  it  was  at  length 
decided  by  the  majority  to  march  northwards,  to  the  relief  of 
their  companions  in  arms  ;  they  saw  no  likelihood  of  replenishing 
their  supply  of  powder  from  Derry,  and  the  one  barrel  they 
possessed  was  almost  exhausted ;  also  Lundy's  letter  depicted 
affairs  in  such  gloomy  colours  that  they  resolved  to  risk  all  on 
the  issue  of  a  battle. 

The  remainder  of  the  day  was  spent  in  providing  horses  and 
carts  for  removal  of  their  baggage,  in  procuring  boats,  breaking 

1  The  residences  of  the  officers  are  taken  from  similar  names  in  James's 
Bill  of  Attainder,  1689. 


REVOLUTION    OF    1688.  113 

the  heavy  ordnance,  and  sending  off  the  lighter  pieces  to  Deny 
by  sea.  All  corn  and  hay  was  either  burned  or  destroyed,  and 
the  frontier  garrisons  recalled.  Some  of  the  refugees  in  the 
town  went  off  in  small  boats  to  the  island  of  Innismurray,  with 
the  hope  of  defending  it  until  safe  means  of  reaching  Derry 
should  offer.  A  great  number  of  fugitives,  with  their  goods, 
crowded  on  board  a  vessel  lying  alongside  the  quay,  and,  the 
wind  being  fair,  sailed  from  the  harbour,1  followed  by  the  smack 
containing  the  field-pieces ;  but  a  storm  suddenly  arose,  the 
vessel  was  wrecked  on  the  Donegal  coast,  and  the  smack,  forced 
by  the  violence -of  the  gale  to  take  refuge  under  the  lee  of  an 
island,  was  captured  on  the  following  morning  by  the  Irish,  who 
crossed  in  some  boats  they  had  succeeded  in  concealing.  The 
crew,  with  the  men,  women,  and  children  on  board,  were  thrown 
into  prison.2 

Early  on  the  morning  of  the  22nd  March,  the  march  of  Lord 
Kingston's  force  to  Derry  commenced.  About  fifty  horse  com- 
posed the  van,  the  whole  body  of  foot  followed ;  the  baggage, 
women,  and  children  next ;  the  rear  was  brought  up  by  the  two 
troops  of  dragoons.  Lord  Kingston  remained  behind,  with  a 
strong  guard  of  horse,  to  finish  the  destruction  of  the  stores ; 
the  heavy  guns  were  either  spiked,  and  the  trunnions  of  the 
smaller  broken,  or  they  were  loaded,  buried  muzzle  downwards 
in  the  ground,  then  discharged,  and  thus  burst.  As  soon  as 
the  destruction  was  completed,  the  covering  party  joined  the 
remainder  of  the  horse. 

It  was  most  trying  weather,  rainy  and  boisterous  in  the  ex- 
treme ;  under  the  continuous  downpour,  the  sufferings  of  the 
women  and  children  were  fearful — wet  through,  and  chilled  to 
the  bone  by  the  piercing  blast.  The  country  all  along  the  road 
was  deserted  and  laid  waste  by  the  settlers  of  Upper  Carbury, 


1  Boate,  in  his  Natural  History  of  Ireland,  p.  29,  published  in  1652,  de- 
scribes the  harbour  as  "very  much  encumbered  with  rocks  and  sands 
in  the  entrance,  but  otherwise  reasonably  deep,  for  a  ship  of  200  tons  may 
come  and  ride  before  the  town  of  Sligo." 

1  These  prisoners  were  included  in  Rosens'  barbarous  order  commanding 
all  Protestants,  "  whether  men,  women,  boys,  or  girls,  without  exception," 
to  be  driven  under  the  walls  of  Derry,  to  starve  in  the  sight  of  their 
co-religionists.  Vide  Macpherson,  Vol.  L,  p.  205.  Mackenzie,  p.  41. 

I 


114  HISTORY   OF   SLIGO. 

who  abandoned  and  fired  their  houses — then  joined  the  retreating 
column.  On  the  side  of  the  Irish,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Farrall 
(who  subsequently  fell  before  the  walls  of  Deny)  had  orders  to 
harass  and  oppose  the  retiring  forces  with  one  hundred  and 
eighty  musketeers  of  his  own  regiment  from  Boyle,  together  with 
the  Dartree  Irish  from  the  County  Monaghan,  amounting  to 
about  four  or  five  hundred  more.  He  attempted  to  break  down 
Bundrowse  Bridge,  but  abandoned  that  work  on  the  approach  of 
the  advance-guard  of  Sligo  horse  ;  his  troops  took  to  the  bogs 
without  opposing  the  retiring  Protestants,  although  there  were 
many  narrow  passes  where  a  few  resolute  men  might  have 
embarrassed  the  retreat. 

On  the  24th  the  troops  arrived  in  Ballyshannon,  after  a 
march  of  two  days  during  the  most  inclement  weather,  and  here 
Lord  Kingston  received  a  fourth  letter  from  Lundy,  ordering 
him  to  remain  where  he  was  until  quarters  were  provided  for 
his  men,  and  forage  for  his  horses ;  for  the  present  he  was  to 
defend  the  passes  of  the  river  Erne — an  order  which  caused  the 
greatest  consternation,  as  the  Sligo  forces  had  been  enticed 
away  from  their  post  by  the  Governor's  assurance  that  quarters 
and  forage  were  provided  for  them,  and  that  Derry  stood  in 
pressing  need  of  reinforcements. 

Lundy,  however,  held  a  commission  from  William,  and 
this  order  was  therefore  obeyed,  as  had  unfortunately  been  the 
one  previously  issued  by  him.  The  plans  of  the  Protestants  of 
Sligo  for  the  preservation  of  their  county  were  thus  unhappily 
frustrated  by  the  confused  but  peremptory  orders  of  this  treach- 
erous man,  who,  despite  his  professions  of  zeal  for  their  cause, 
was  secretly  attached  to,  if  not  in  actual  correspondence  with, 
James.  Although  some  attribute  Lundy's  conduct  to  pusillani- 
mity rather  than  treachery,  to  want  of  spirit  rather  than  attach- 
ment to  James,  yet  general  opinion  imputes  to  him  both  crimes. 
The  question  of  traitor  or  coward  was  at  that  time  of  little  im- 
portance to  the  party  at  Ballyshannon  j  the  result  was  the  same, 
for  they  felt  confident  that  had  they  not  been  ordered  to  Derry, 
their  numbers  would  have  enabled  them  to  hold  their  post 
against  the  surrounding  Irish ;  and  it  is  more  easy  to  imagine 
than  to  describe  their  feelings  of  mingled  rage  and  despair  at 
having  been  so  easily  allured  from  Sligo,  for  the  Irish  were  on 


KEVOLUTION    OF    1688.  115 

the  watch,  and  the  town  was  occupied  by  them  almost  as  soon  as 
it  had  been  evacuated. 

As  a  proof  of  the  feelings  of  Lord  Kingston's  officers,  the 
following  letter,  written  by  one  of  them  to  a  friend  in  Derry,  is 
here  given  : — 

"  SIR, — Having  this  opportunity,  I  think  fit  to  let  you  know  the  great 
and  most  lamentable  disappointment  we  are  under.  My  Lord  Kingston 
is  basely  used  by  your  officers.  They  have  drawn  him  from  the  garrison 
of  Sligo,  which  he  had  so  bravely  fortified,  and  had  such  a  number  of  dis- 
ciplined men,  both  horse  and  foot  in,  and  so  well  armed,  that  he  could 
not  but  have  done  service  with  them,  and  have  made  good  that  post 
against  the  enemy.  But  Colonel  Limdy  writ  to  him,  that  the  blood  of  all 
the  Protestants  of  the  North  will  be  upon  him  if  he  does  not  quit  the 

garrison  of  Sligo  and  come  to  their  assistance You  may  imagine 

what  a  distraction  we  were  in With  the  most  earnest  entreaty  we 

prevailed  with  my  Lord  to  go  for  England,  to  solicit  relief  from  thence, 
and  are  resolved  to  take  our  shelter  in  Enniskillen.  If  anything  happen 
amiss  to  us,  our  children,  if  they  survive,  may  curse  your  great  men  for 
it,"  &c.,  &C.1 

The  garrison  at  Derry  were  equally  enraged,  for  Walker 
says2 — "  It  did  also  add  much  to  the  rage  and  violence  of  the 
garrison,  when  they  heard  some  wrong  had  been  done  my  Lord 
Kingston  and  his  party,  by  the  indirect  measures  of  some  within 
our  walls,  their  concern  for  him  being  as  great  as  their  expect- 
ations from  him."3 

The  further  movements  and  actions  of  the  Sligo  forces  whilst 
outside  the  bounds  of  the  county  are  fully  described  in  Sligo 
and  the  Enniskilleners  ;  it  will  be  sufficient  here  to  state  that  on 
the  16th  of  April  Lord  Kingston,  with  a  few  of  his  officers,  em- 
barked for  England  in  a  couple  of  French  fishing- smacks  that 
were  lying  at  Killybegs.  He  was  to  represent  at  court  how 
affairs  had  been  mismanaged,  procure  commissions  and  whatever 


1  Walker's  Londonderry,  1689,  p.  59. 

'Ibid.,  p.  19. 

8  The  following  is  a  curious  extract  from  a  popular  historical  play  of 
this  period,  entitled  Ireland  Preserved.  The  scene  is  laid  at  Castlefin ; 
and  Colonel  Murray  speaking  : — "  'Tis  a  most  deplorable  case  ;  .  .  .  think 
how  we  are  served.  Lord  Kingston  is  within  twenty  miles  of  us,  with 
three  thousand  foot  and  a  thousand  horsemen  to  join  us,  yet  by  private 
designs  and  villainy  this  treacherous  governor,"  &c.,  &c. 


116  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

support  he  could,  and  return  with  all  despatch.  The  wind  being 
fair,  Lord  Kingston  set  sail.  His  party  suffered  great  hardships ; 
they  were  crowded  closely  together,  the  boats  being  small  and 
undecked ;  and  during  seven  days  they  were  exposed  to  the  most 
trying  weather,  and  drenched  to  the  skin.  After  being  twice 
nearly  wrecked,  they  were  at  last  able  to  land  in  Scotland,  and 
hastened  on  to  London  to  procure  assistance.1 

In  compliance  with  the  last  orders  of  Lord  Kingston,  to 
send  forward  all  forces  that  could  be  spared,  two  troops  of 
horse  and  six  companies  of  foot,  "  all  excellent  men,"  says 
Hamilton,  marched  under  command  of  Colonel  Lloyd  to  Ennis- 
killen,  where  they  added  materially  to  the  strength  of  the  gar- 
rison, so  that  Lundy's  treachery  towards  the  western  corps 
worked  for  the  good  of  that  gallant  stronghold.2 

The  force  mustered  in  the  town  of  Enniskillen  was  thus 
largely  increased  by  the  Protestants  of  Sligo  ;  "  a  great  number 
of  these  gallant  men,"  remarks  Harris,  "  were  inhabitants 
of  the  County  Fermanagh,  but  [they]  were  joined  by  many 
from  the  neighbouring  counties,  ....  and  by  a  large  body  of 
Protestants  from  the  County  Sligo.  This  whole  body  of  Pro- 
testants, .  .  .  though  collected  from  different  parts,  were  yet,  from 
their  union  and  association  here,  called  by  the  general  name  of 
Enniskilleners."  This  did  not  escape  the  notice  of  O'Calla- 
ghan,  who,  in  his  History  of  the  Irish  Brigades,  states  that  the 
Enniskilleners  were  "  strengthened  by  numbers  of  the  bravest 
of  the  Protestants  of  Sligo,  .  .  .  whom  the  defeats  of  their  forces 
elsewhere  by  the  Irish  army  could  not  frighten  into  submission." 

On  the  llth  of  March,  1689,  William  and  Mary  were  pro- 
claimed King  and  Queen  in  Enniskillen,  and  the  inhabitants  took 
the  oath  of  allegiance  to  their  new  rulers.  Two  days  after  this 
James  landed  at  Kinsale  ;  one  of  his  first  acts  was  the  appoint- 
ment to  the  Governorship  of  Sligo  of  Colonel  Henry  Luttrell, 
who  had  acquired  military  experience  by  serving  in  some  cam- 
paigns abroad  ;  he  surrounded  the  town  of  Sligo  with  a  line  of 


1  Playfair,  in  his  Family  Antiquities,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  356,  states  that  these 
boats  were  captured  by  force. 

3  A  True  Representation  to  the  King  and  People  of  England  how  matters 
were  carried  all  along  in  Ireland.  1689.  Mackenzie.  1690. 


REVOLUTION    OF    1688.  117 

fortifications,  afterwards  further  strengthened  by  his  successor, 
Sir  Teigue  O'Regan. 

In  the  month  of  May,  Colonel  Sarsfield — one  of  James's 
officers,  who  lay  encamped  at  Manor-Hamilton  with  from  six  to 
seven  thousand  men — sent  a  flag  of  truce  to  Enniskillen,  offering 
some  of  his  prisoners  in  exchange  for  those  captured  by  the 
Enniskilleners  in  an  engagement  near  Ballyshannon  with  their 
commander,  Captain  Terence  M'Donough,  a  Sligo  gentleman 
and  Counsellor-at-Law,  commonly  known  by  the  name  of 
"  Blind  M'Donough/' 

The  Enniskilleners  received  the  proposal  favourably,  but 
having  been  deceived  on  a  previous  occasion  by  Galmoy,  they 
desired  a  list  of  the  prisoners  to  be  furnished.  Nearly  a  month 
elapsed,  and  in  the  meantime,  the  few  Protestants  who  had  re- 
mained in  the  neighbourhood  of  Sligo  were,  by  Sarsfield's  orders, 
confined  in  the  town  gaol,  and  their  names  formed  the  list  of 
prisoners  forwarded  to  Enniskillen  ;  but  this  unequal  exchange 
was  naturally  at  first  rejected  by  the  Enniskilleners.  The  pri- 
soners in  Sligo  gaol,  however,  being  then  treated  with  greater 
severity,  the  intelligence  of  their  sufferings  so  moved  the  Ennis- 
killeners that  they  finally  consented  to  the  exchange,  and  Cap- 
tain Francis  Gore,  with  an  escort  of  dragoons,  convoyed  the 
Irish  prisoners  eight  miles  in  the  direction  of  Sligo,  where  he 
met  Sarsfield's  party  with  the  Protestants,  whom  he  took  back 
with  him  to  Enniskillen. 

During  the  eventful  months  in  which  Derry  was  besieged, 
and  the  Enniskilleners  with  their  Sligo  contingent  were  -con- 
tending against  the  armies  of  James,  the  Parliament  assembled 
by  him  in  Dublin  proceeded  to  pass  the  Bill  of  Attainder,  the 
object  of  which  was  the  extirpation  of  all  Protestants  remaining 
in  the  kingdom,  or  who,  having  estates,  had  fled  from  Ireland. 
All  members  of  that  creed  whose  names  could  be  discovered 
were  included  in  the  Bill ;  yet  so  great  was  the  haste  in  which 
it  was  drawn  up,  that  many  partisans  of  William  were  wholly 
omitted.  Some  names  were  several  times  repeated  ;  many  were 
attainted  by  wrong  surnames,  whilst  to  others  no  Christian 
names  were  attached ;  and  even  warm  adherents  then  fighting 
in  James's  cause  were  included  in  the  list  of  proscribed — merely 
for  being  Protestants. 


118  HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 

When  the  Bill  was  presented  to  James1  for  the  royal  assent, 
he  was  informed  hy  Sir  Richard  Nagle  (Speaker  of  the  House  of 
Commons)  "  that  many  were  attainted  in  the  Act  upon  such 
evidence  as  fully  satisfied  the  House,  and  the  rest  upon  COMMON 
FAME," 

The  Penal  Laws  subsequently  enacted  by  the  Irish  Parlia- 
ment against  Roman  Catholics,  were,  in  great  part,  the  outcome 
of  bitter  resentment  on  the  part  of  its  members — many  of  whom 
had  been  themselves  attainted — against  the  framers  of  James's 
Bill  of  Attainder. 

In  the  County  Sligo,  two  noblemen,  three  clergymen,  fifty- 
five  esquires  and  gentlemen,  two  yeomen,  two  merchants — sixty- 
four  in  all — were  attainted  ;  the  following  list  of  these  names  is 
arranged  in  alphabetical  order  : — 

Booth,  Humphrey,  of  Sligoe,  Esq.  ;  Booth,  Humphrey,  Jr.,  of  Sligoe, 
Gent. ;  Brookes,  Richard,  of  Tullybeg,  Gent. ;  Burne,  Thomas,  of  Castle- 
Canure,  Tanner  ;  Cashoe,  Thomas,  of  Ballysadara,  Gent.;  Colly,  Anthony, 
of  Moyhgara,  Gent. ;  Cooper,  Arthur,  of  Marker,  Gent. ;  Cooper,  George, 
of  Tyrillel,  Gent. ;  Cooper,  Richard,  of  Marker,  Gent. ;  Coote,  Richard, 
Lord  Baron  of  Collooney,  Collooney  Castle  ;  Cox,  Phillip,  of  Sligoe,  Gent. ; 
Crocar,  Thomas,  of  Colooney,  Yeoman  ;  Dodd,  Charles,  of  Tyrillel,  Gent. ; 
Foliot,  Robert,  of  Dromdony,  Gent.  ;  Geathing,  Pierce,  of  Sligoe,  Esq. ; 
Gore,  Arthur,  of  Sligoe,  Gent. ;  Gore,  Francis,  of  Sligoe,  Gent.  ;  Gore, 
William,  of  Sligoe,  Gent.  ;  Griffin,  Henry,  of  Sligoe,  Gent.  ;  Griffith, 
Thomas  J.,  of  Ballingchara,  Esq.;  Griffith,  Thomas,  Jun.,  of  Balling- 
chara,  Gent.  ;  Griffith,  William,  of  Sligoe,  Gent.  ;  Harlow,  William, 
of  Rathmullin,  Gent.  ;  Hart,  Morgan,  of  Ballinspor,  Gent.  ;  Hart, 
Robert,  of  Ballinspor,  Gent.  ;  Hart,  Thomas,  of  Ballinspor,  Gent.  ; 
Hughs,  Henry,  of  Crahane  Barony,  Gent.  ;  Hughes,  Thomas,  of 
Crahane  Barony,  Gent. ;  Hunter,  Edward,  of  Ballyelly,  Gent. ;  Irwing, 
Alexander,  of  Tonregoe,  Gent.  ;  Irwing,  John,  of  Tonregoe,  Gent.  ; 
Jones,  Jeremy,  of  Ardnaglass,  Esq. ;  Jones,  Lewis,  of  Ardnaglass,  Esq. ; 
Jones,  Michael,  of  Legbane,  Clerk  ;  King,  Francis,  of  Ballindune,  Gent. ; 


1  At  a  somewhat  later  date  James  issued  a  Commission  for  applotting 
£20,000  per  month  on  personal  estate  and  the  benefit  of  trade  and  traffic  ; 
this  tax  he  appointed  the  following  persons  of  local  influence  in  the  County 
of  Sligo  to  assess  for  three  months  : — 

The  High  Sheriff,  pro  tern. ;  Col.  Oliver  O'Gara ;  Henry  Crofton ; 
David  Bond  ;  Charles  O'Hara  ;  John  Crofton ;  James  French  ;  John 
Brett ;  the  Sovereign  of  Sligo,  pro  tern. 

Their  applotment  was  £1186  2s. ,  with  all  powers  and  instructions  for 
collecting  same. 


REVOLUTION    OF    1688.  119 

Lesly,  Dr.  John,  of  Ballintogher,  Clerk  ;  Mortimer,  William,  of  Ty- 
rellel,  Gent.  ;  Mortimer,  William,  Jiin.,  of  Tyrellel,  Gent.  ;  Nelson, 
Richard,  of  Grange,  Gent.  ;  Nickleson,  Henry,  of  Bellanagargine, 
Gent.  ;  Nickleson,  Roger,  of  Bellanagargine,  Gent.  ;  Nicleson,  Charles, 
of  Larass,  Gent.  ;  Nicleson,  Samuel,  of  Castle  Canure,  Gent. ;  Nicle- 
son, William,  of  Ardtairmane,  Gent.  ;  Nipper,  James,  of  Tobberagh- 
oime,  Gent.  ;  Ormsby,  Adam,  of  Comine,  Gent.  ;  Ormsby,  Coote, 
of  Sligoe,  Clerk ;  Ormsby,  Francis,  of  Carenecrow,  Gent.  ;  Ormsby, 
Stephen,  of  Castelloughdaregin,  Gent.  ;  Ormsby,  Thomas,  of  Comine, 
Gent.  ;  Ormsby,  William,  of  Court,  Gent.;  Osborne,  Henry,  near 
Sligoe,  Gent.  ;  Osborne,  Thomas,  near  Sligo,  Gent.  ;  Palmer,  John,  of 
Knockmullin,  Gent.  ;  Phillips,  Richard,  of  Sligoe,  Gent.  ;  Scudamore, 
Viscount,  of  Sligoe  ;  Smith,  Richard,  of  Coolaney,  Gent.  ;  Smith,  Roger, 
of  Knocknasamer  (Cloverhill),  Gent. ;  Soden,  James,  of  Grange,  Gent. ; 
Story,  William,  of  Rosse,  Ensign ;  Wagg^ffi^tepnen,oFCoolany,  Yeoman  ; 
Walton,  Roger,  of  Castle  Canure,  Tanner  ;  Wood,  Edward,  of  Court,  Esq.  ; 
Wood,  Richard,  of  Laccan,  Esq. 

On  the  2nd  of  August  a  force  under  command  of  Wolseley 
marched  from  Enniskillen  towards  Ballyshannon,  and  on  the 
way  a  message  from  Ffolliott,  the  Governor,  met  them  with  the 
information  that  Sarsfield,  hearing  of  M'Carthy's  overthrow  at 
Newtown-Butler,  had  abandoned  his  camp,  and  was  retreating 
on  Sligo.  Wolseley  despatched  Col.  Tiffan  and  Lt.-Col.  Gore, 
with  three  troops  of  horse  and  some  foot,  and  with  orders  to 
remain  at  the  fort  of  Ballyshannon,  in  case  Sarsfield  should 
make  an  attempt  to  besiege  it.  After  having  been  there,  however, 
some  days  without  observing  any  sign  of  his  approach,  Tiffan 
sent  forward  Gore,  with  three  troops  of  horse  and  one  hundred 
and  fifty  foot,  to  ascertain  the  strength  of  Sarsfield's  army ;  the 
reconnoitring  party  moved  with  great  caution  towards  Sligo, 
and  when  within  six  or  seven  miles  of  the  town,  the  advance- 
guard  captured  an  Irishman  and  brought  him  before  Gore  who, 
in  the  prisoner,  recognised  his  foster-brother.  This  man — having 
abandoned  his  master  at  the  outbreak  of  the  war — was  threat- 
ened by  Gore  with  a  rope  and  the  nearest  tree  for  desertion, 
whereupon,  believing  himself  to  be  doomed,  he  fell  on  his  knees, 
implored  mercy,  and  declared  that  if  pardoned  he  would  be 
faithful  to  his  foster-brother  for  the  future.  Gore  consented  to 
spare  his  life  on  condition  that  he  went  to  Sarsfield's  camp  on 
an  errand,  which,  if  faithfully  performed,  would  obtain  for  him 
both  pardon  and  reward.  The  man  received  orders  to  proceed 


120  HISTORY   OF   SLIGO. 

to  Sligo,  and  privately  warn  five  or  six  officers  of  Sarsfield's 
army — whose  names  were  given,  and  for  whom  he  was  informed 
that  Gore  felt  a  peculiar  regard — that  they  had  better  take  care 
of  themselves,  as  the  Enniskilleners,  the  garrison  of  Derry,  and 
the  English  under  Kirk,  had  joined  forces,  and  were  advancing 
on  Sligo ;  that  these  combined  troops,  20,000  strong,  intended 
to  appear  next  day  before  the  town  ;  that  he  had  been  taken 
prisoner  by  the  advance-guard  under  Colonel  Gore,  and  was  only 
released  for  the  purpose  of  making  all  haste  to  warn  Gore's 
friends. 

He  was  then  liberated,  after  being  duly  cautioned  not  to 
breathe  a  word  to  any  but  those  officers  whose  names  had  been 
mentioned.  This  caution,  however — as  intended — had  the  di- 
rectly opposite  effect ;  the  man  told  everybody  he  encountered 
on  the  road  of  the  overpowering  force  which  was  advancing,  and 
how  speedily  it  would  appear  before  the  forts  of  Sligo.  The 
news  spread  rapidly,  and  occasioned  a  panic  ;  the  Irish  in  vast 
numbers  flocked  into  the  town,  but  imagining  themselves  not 
secure  even  there,  continued  their  flight  to  Roscommon  and 
Athlone,  some  even  as  far  as  to  Galway. 

The  messenger,  on  reaching  Sligo,  told  the  same  tale  to  every- 
one he  saw,  and  said  that  the  warning  had  been  intended  only 
for  Gore's  immediate  friends.  The  news  created  great  conster- 
nation and  alarm,  Newtown-Butler  and  Deny  being  fresh  in  the 
minds  of  all ;  hundreds  of  the  soldiers  at  once  abandoned  their 
colours  and  fled  to  Athloue.  Sarsfield,  hearing  the  tumult  in  the 
lines,  sent  to  inquire  the  cause,  whereupon  the  disseminator  of 
the  report  was  brought  before  him,  and  repeated  what  he  had 
been  told,  likewise  giving  the  names  of  the  officers  whom  Gore 
had  stated  to  be  his  friends,  and  who,  by  a  strange  coincidence, 
happened  to  be  with  the  western  army  at  the  time,  and  knowing 
that  Gore  was  personally  friendly  towards  them,  they  felt  con- 
vinced of  the  truth  of  the  information.  Sarsfield  ordered  his 
drums  to  beat,  but  in  vain,  and  he  found  himself  compelled, 
with  only  the  assistance  of  his  own  servants,  to  break  the  gun- 
carriages,  and  then  follow  his  fugitive  troops  to  Athlone. 

Meantime,  Gore's  party  advanced  slowly  towards  Sligo,  en- 
tering the  town  a  very  short  time  after  its  evacuation  ;  seventeen 
cannon,  one  mortar,  and  all  stores  fell  into  their  hands,  the 


REVOLUTION    OP    1688.  121 

Irish  in  their  terror  having  only  given  themselves  time  to  carry 
off  whatever  seemed  easiest  of  transport.  By  this  stratagem, 
Sligo  was  recovered  from  the  partizans  of  James  without  blood- 
shed. 

Gore  repaired  the  cannon  at  Sligo,  and  a  reinforcement  (under 
command  of  Sir  Albert  Cunningham)  was  sent  by  Woiseley  to 
secure  the  town  from  re-capture.  On  the  10th  September  Lloyd 
arrived  from  Enniskillen  to  assume  command ;  he  brought 
with  him  three  troops  of  horse,  six  companies  of  Hamilton's 
foot,  and  the  remainder  of  Sir  Albert  Cunningham's  dragoons. 
The  forces  he  found  in  garrison  at  Sligo  consisted  of  two  troops 
of  horse,  three  troops  of  dragoons,  and  five  companies  of  foot ; 
of  the  last,  only  the  two  companies  of  Major  Wood  and  Captain 
Cooper  were  complete  in  numbers ;  the  other  three  mustered  but 
half  their  complement. 

The  garrison,  annoyed  by  continued  reports  of  the  advance 
of  the  Irish  from  Boyle  to  besiege  Sligo,  resolved  to  carry  the 
war  into  the  enemy's  country,  and  Lloyd  set  out  on  the  19th 
September  with  200  horse,  100  dragoons,  and  150  foot.  It  was 
dark  when  the  party  left  Sligo  ;  about  a  mile  from  Ballinafad 
Lloyd  halted  for  two  hours,  and  sent  on  an  advance-guard  of 
twenty  foot,  supported  by  a  troop  of  dragoons ;  under  cover  of 
the  darkness  they  managed  to  gain  the  summit  of  the  Curlew 
Hills  unperceived,  and  surprised  the  enemy's  outposts — one 
sentinel  being  killed  and  three  taken  prisoners. 

At  day-break,  Lloyd's  advance-guard  was  seen,  and  the 
Irish,  under  Colonel  O'Kelly,  poured  out  of  Boyle  ;  the  main 
body  of  their  foot  advanced  about  five  hundred  yards  up  the 
mountain,  and  another  party  lined  the  deer-park  wall  flanking 
the  road  by  which  Lloyd  must  necessarily  approach.  Behind 
these,  at  the  foot  of  the  hill,  five  troops  of  horse,  composed  prin- 
cipally of  Koman  Catholic  gentlemen,  drew  up  in  a  lane,  showing 
a  front  of  about  twenty  files  :  their  right  flank  was  protected  by 
a  wall  and  their  left  by  a  ditch  ;  the  road  was  rugged  and  nar- 
row. The  sun  had  now  risen  and  exposed  to  view  these  dispo- 
sitions. In  a  few  minutes,  however,  a  thick  rolling  mist  again 
shrouded  both  forces ;  but  Lloyd,  in  no  way  deterred  by  this 
view  of  the  enemy's  position,  ordered  Cunningham's  dragoons  to 
dislodge  the  party  posted  at  the  park  wall.  Cunningham  charged 


122  HISTORY   OF   SLiaO. 

along  the  inside  of  the  enclosure,  driving  his  opponents  in  con- 
fusion back  upon  their  main  body,  and  just  as  this  success  was 
attained,  the  fog  dispersed,  and  Lloyd  ordered  a  general  assault. 

The  right  wing,  consisting  of  forty  musketeers,  commanded 
by  Captain  George  Cooper,  and  the  left  wing  of  equal  strength, 
under  Captain  Archibald  Hamilton,  were  ordered  to  attack  the 
Irish  simultaneously  on  both  flanks ;  Cooper  was  supported  by 
Lloyd's  horse,  and  Hamilton  by  an  equal  number  of  dragoons  ; 
the  main  body — chiefly  pikemen — were  commanded  by  Major 
Wood. 

Cooper  pressed  forward  in  gallant  style,  firing  as  he  ad- 
vanced, and  the  Irish,  although  having  the  advantage  of  cover, 
hardly  exchanged  twenty  shots  with  their  opponents,  when  they 
broke,  and  fled  to  the  neighbouring  bog.  The  movements  of 
Lloyd's  left  wing  had  been  retarded  by  the  nature  of  the  ground, 
and  Hamilton,  despite  the  greatest  exertions,  was  unable  to 
make  his  attack  simultaneously  with  that  of  the  right  wing. 
When  at  length  Hamilton  came  in  line  with  Cooper,  the  two 
columns  pushed  on  and  drove  the  Irish  (who  offered  but  faint 
resistance)  across  the  bog  to  the  level  ground  beyond.  Here 
they  were  charged  in  flank,  and  ridden  down  by  Lloyd's  horse, 
and  the  foot,  getting  between  the  fugitives  and  a  wood  which 
they  were  endeavouring  to  reach,  the  carnage  became  fearful ; 
two  hundred  dead  bodies  were  counted,  but  many  more  who 
were  wounded  crawled  to  the  friendly  shelter  of  the  thickets, 
there  to  die.  The  destruction  of  the  Irish  foot  caused  their 
horse  to  turn  bridle  without  striking  a  blow ;  Lloyd's  troop-horses 
were  jaded  by  the  long  march  from  Sligo,  whilst  those  of  the 
fugitives  were  fresh ;  the  pursuit  nevertheless  continued  for 
some  miles. 

Boyle  was  garrisoned  by  two  troops  of  Enniskillen  horse  and 
a  company  of  foot,  and  to  Captain  Weir,  a  native  of  the  place, 
had  been  given  chief  command,  with  orders  to  reconnoitre  and 
send  daily  intelligence  to  Sligo  of  the  movements  of  James's 
troops. 

The  success  of  the  Connaught  force  was  not,  however,  des- 
tined to  continue.  James,  who  had  great  numerical  superiority 
in  the  field,  commanded  Sarsfield — whom  he  had  raised  to  the 
rank  of  brigadier — to  clear  Connaught  of  the  English,  and 


KEVOLUTION    OF    1688.  123 

Sarsfield  started  on  this  mission  with  Colonel  Henry  Luttrell's 
regiment  of  horse,  Sir  Neil  O'Neil's  dragoons,  and  the  regiments 
of  foot  of  O'Bryan,  Moore,  and  O'Hara.  In  the  West  his  force 
was  further  augmented  by  2000  Connaught  troops.1  . 

Russel,  who  had  been  placed  in  command  of  the  garrison  at 
Jamestown— and  whose  force  consisted  principally  of  horse — on 
hearing  of  Sarsfield's  advance,  considered  that  place  untenable, 
and  therefore  retreated — though  with  some  difficulty,  as  the 
enemy  pressed  closely  on  him  ;  late  on  the  night  of  the  15th 
October  he  reached  Sligo. 

On  the  advance  of  Sarsfield's  large  force  to  within  a  short 
distance  of  Boyle,  Captain  Weir  abandoned  the  town,  and  the 
Irish  having  thrown  up  an  intrenchment  across  the  road,  at  the 
foot  of  the  Curlew  Hills,  in  order  to  cut  off  his  retreat  towards 
Sligo,  this  intrenchment  was  stormed  by  Weir,  who  in  the  en- 
counter fell,  mortally  wounded  by  a  random  shot ;  his  detach- 
ment, however,  reached  Sligo  in  safety,  closely  pressed  by 
Sarsfield's  advance-guard.  About  midnight,  the  out-sentinels 
and  scouts  reported  that  the  Irish  had  taken  possession  of  the 
pass  near  the  town,  whereupon  Lloyd  (commandant  of  Sligo) 
consulted  with  Russel,  and  they  decided  to  sally  out,  and  fall 
upon  their  adversaries  at  daybreak.  About  5  a.m.  on  the  16th 
October  they  started,  and  succeeded  in  surprising  Colonel  Lut- 
trell,  with  whom  were  only  horse  and  dragoons,  his  foot  having 
been  retarded  by  the  state  of  the  roads.  A  desperate  encounter 
ensued,  and  after  a  fierce  hand-to-hand  conflict,  Luttrell  suc- 
ceeded in  freeing  himself,  and  made  his  assailants  recoil ;  Lloyd's 
reserve  then  coming  up,  the  struggle  was  continued  with  varying 
success,  till  the  Irish  were  at  length  gradually  forced  back. 
Sarsfield,  however,  now  appeared  on  the  scene  with  a  large  re- 
inforcement, and  directed  a  body  of  horse  to  sweep  round  an 
adjoining  hill,  and  fall  on  the  rear  of  Lloyd's  men  ;  the  manoeuvre 
succeeded,  and  Lloyd's  force  was  in  danger  of  annihilation,  but 
at  this  critical  juncture  Russel  charged  with  the  horse,  and  ex- 
tricated the  foot,  giving  them  time  to  rally  and  re-form.  During 
the  retreat  which  ensued,  Saint  Sauvent,  a  French  captain  of 

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124  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

grenadiers  (who  commanded  a  company  of  Huguenots)  greatly 
distinguished  himself;  heading  his  men,  musket  in  hand,  he 
killed  many  of  his  opponents,  and  when  the  ammunition  was  ex- 
pended, encouraged  his  men  by  his  example  to  use  the  bayonet 
in  defence. 

Lloyd  being  thus  beaten  from  the  open,  was  driven  for  pro- 
tection under  the  walls  of  the  Stone  Fort  or  Castle  of  Sligo.  As  it 
would  be  madness  to  attempt  a  renewal  of  the  engagement — • 
Sarsfield  having  a  preponderance  of  at  least  five  to  one — Kussel's 
advice  was  to  evacuate  Sligo  and  retire  on  Ballyshannon ;  but 
Lloyd  decided  that  only  Russel,  with  the  horse  and  the  greater 
portion  of  the  foot,  should  so  retire,  that  the  Huguenots,  under 
Saint  Sauvent,  with  some  of  the  Enuiskilleners,  under  Major 
Wood,  should  garrison  the  castle,  and  that  he  (Lloyd)  should 
undertake  the  defence  of  the  upper  or  Green  Fort. 

Sarsfield  did  not  follow  up  his  success  by  an  immediate 
attack  on  the  forts ;  for  a  few  hours  there  was  a  cessation  of 
hostilities,  during  which  time  the  Irish  were  engaged  in  marshal- 
ling their  forces  for  an  attack.  Their  main  body  formed  up  in 
the  market-place,  and  in  front  of  the  line  ten  of  their  officers 
were  standing  in  a  group,  consulting  what  course  to  pursue, 
when  a  gunner  on  the  castle  walls  pointed  at  them  a  cannon 
loaded  with  grape,  and,  taking  deliberate  aim,  fired,  killing  eight 
out  of  the  ten  officers.  This  loss  and  the  approaching  darkness 
put  an  end  for  the  moment  to  any  operations  against  the  forts. 

Lloyd,  however,  not  finding  provisions  sufficient  to  enable 
him  to  stand  a  siege,  abandoned  the  Green  Fort  during  the 
night,  and  retreated  to  Ballyshanuon. 

Saint  Sauvent  had  taken  the  precaution  of  victualling  the 
castle,  wherein  he  found  three  barrels  of  gunpowder,  and  Major 
Wood  had  secured  a  small  cask,  which  was  added  to  the  store. 
The  night  was  very  dark,  and  fearing  the  besiegers  might  open 
their  approaches  undiscovered,  Saint  Sauvent  ordered  the  ends  of 
a  number  of  "  fir-deals  "  to  be  dipped  in  tar,  and  which  when 
ignited  were  suspended  from  the  parapet.  The  sharp  report  of 
the  advance  sentinel's  musketoon,  and  his  warning  shout,  first 
gave  notice  of  the  attack  to  the  garrison,  and  rapid  discharges  of 
musketry  from  the  walls  poured  suddenly  on  the  dense  and  for- 
midable columns — made  visible  by  the  light  of  the  torches— 


REVOLUTION    OF    1688.  125 

crossing  the  bridge  and  issuing  from  the  heads  of  the  streets 
converging  on  the  castle,  from  which  the  cannon  on  the  flanking 
bastions  were  then  discharged. 

Under  cover  of  this  cloud  of  eddying  smoke  a  party  of  Irish 
traversed  the  intervening  open  space  under  the  walls  of  the  fort, 
dragging  after  them  a  formidable-looking  engine  known  as  a 
"  sow,"  and  which,  despite  the  fire  of  musketry  and  cannon 
from  the  castle,  they  succeeded  in  planting  against  the  curtain 
wall.  The  "  sow "  was  a  solid  framework  of  timber  made 
bullet-proof  by  a  covering  of  two  layers  of  cow-hides  and  two  of 
sheepskins,  the  whole  firmly  bound  together  with  iron  hoops. 
This  contrivance,  which  was  as  lofty  as  the  castle  wall,  had  the 
side  that  was  furthest  from  the  parapet  of  the  Stone  Fort  open, 
so  that  the  assailants  might  go  in  and  out  at  pleasure  ;  through 
the  centre  wound  a  flight  of  steps,  to  enable  the  besiegers  to 
mount  to  the  summit  of  the  "  sow,"  and  from  thence  reach  the 
castle  rampart.  This  huge  scaling  ladder  being  mounted  on 
wheels  with  iron  axle-trees,  was  thus  easily  pushed  forward. 

Several  of  the  Irish  storming  party  were  killed  in  attempting 
to  gain  the  parapet  of  the  castle,  and  on  the  fall  of  the  engineer 
in  charge  of  the  "  sow,"  they  lost  heart  and  ran  away,  aban- 
doning the  machine.  The  besieged  threw  a  quantity  of  shavings 
over  the  castle  battlements,  and  in  a  basket  they  lowered  one  of 
their  men,  who  set  fire  to  the  engine.  Elated  by  his  success, 
the  soldier  determined  not  to  return  empty-handed,  and  pro- 
ceeded to  strip  of  its  clothing  one  of  the  dead  bodies  that  Jay 
near  the  foot  of  the  machine.  The  light  from  the  torches  and 
from  the  freshly-kindled  woodwork  of  the  "  sow,"  rendered  the 
daring  marauder  a  conspicuous  mark  to  the  Irish,  who  greeted 
his  re-ascension  with  a  brisk  fusilade,  and  when  he  had  been 
raised  but  a  short  distance,  the  rope  by  which  he  was  being  drawn 
up  was  severed  by  a  bullet,  and  the  basket,  with  its  occupant, 
fell  to  the  ground.  Whilst  his  comrades  above  were  seeking 
another  rope,  the  soldier,  with  great  composure,  stripped  a  second 
corpse,  and,  laden  with  this  double  booty,  regained  the  parapet 
in  safety. 

At  daybreak  on  the  17th  of  October,  the  Irish  were  forced  to 
abandon  a  field-piece  which  they  had  planted  in  the  street  close 
to  the  walls  ;  they  had  only  once  been  enabled  to  discharge  it, 


126  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

in  consequence  of  the  heavy  fire  from  the  castle,  as  in  the 
attempt  to  reload  it,  six  gunners  fell,  and  a  sally  being  made 
from  the  castle  to  capture  it,  several  of  the  besiegers  were 
killed. 

During  four  days  after  the  trenches  were  opened,  Saint  Sau- 
vent  defended  the  castle,  but  provisions  failing,  and  the  supply  of 
water  being  indifferent,  he  surrendered  on  honourable  con- 
ditions, marching  out  with  bag  and  baggage,  drums  beating, 
colours  flying,  and  matches  lighted.  The  garrison  mustered 
250  strong,  having  lost  twenty-six  men  during  the  siege  ;  but  the 
loss  of  the  besiegers,  in  their  attack  and  attempted  storm,  was 
at  least  300. 

Sarsfield1  scrupulously  observed  all  the  articles  of  surrender, 
and  invited  Saint  Sauvent's2  and  Major  Wood's  officers  to  dinner.3 
On  the  21st  of  October,  as  the  garrison  filed  across  Sligo  bridge 
on  their  way  to  Ballyshannon,  Sarsfield  addressed  them,  offering 
all  who  would  serve  King  James  a  horse  and  arms  free  and  five 
guineas  of  pay  in  advance.  One  Huguenot4  alone  accepted  this 


1  "  How  often  have  I"  (says  Leslie,  p.    161)   "  heard  the  Irish  Pro- 
testants here  speak  with  honour  and  commendation  of  Sarsfield 's  punctual 
observance  of  his  articles  when  he  took  Sligo." 

2  Saint  Sauvent  died  of  fever  at  Lisburn  shortly  after. 

3  Major  Edward  Wood,  of  Court,  Co.  Sligo,  distinguished  himself  sub- 
sequently during  the  campaign,  particularly  on  the  4th  May,  1691,  when, 
in  command  of  some  Enniskillen  troops,  he  defeated  a  numerically  superior 
body  of  Irish  near  Castle  Cuffe.    (Vide  pamphlet  in  the  Thorpe  Collection.) 
The  townland  of  Woodsgift,  in  the  Barony  of  Crannagh,  County  Kilkenny 
— previously  designated  Lochans — was  named  after  him.     Major  Wood 
had  married  Anne,  second  daughter   of  Captain   Richard   St.   George, 
Governor  of  Athlone,  but  by  her  left  no  issue.     "  Major  Wood  left  the 
Lochans  to  his  wife's  nephew,  George  St.  George,  fourth  son  of  Henry 
St.  George,  Esq.,  of  Athlone,  and  subsequently  of  Kilrush,  County  of 
Kilkenny.    George,  being  the  youngest  son  of  Henry,  appears  not  to  have 
been  so  amply  provided  for  as  his  other  brothers,  and  the  late  Sir  Richard 
Bligh  St.  George  used  to  repeat  the  very  words  in  which  Major  Wood 
conferred  the  Lochans  on  his  protege.     (Wills  and  bequests  could  be  at 
that  time  made  by  parole.)  'George,'  said  the  Major,  '  your  father  did  not 
leave  you  as  well  off  as  his  other  sons,  but  I  now  give  you  the  Lochans  as 
my  gift;'   and  henceforward  the  Lochans  was   called  'Woodsgift.'" 
Journal  of  the  Kilkenny,  <tc.,  Archaeological  Society,  New  Series,  Vol.  V. 

4  An  Irish  account  says,  "  Only  some  French  grenadiers  took  part  with 
his  Majesty's  [James's]  forces." 


REVOLUTION   OF    1688.  127 

offer,  and  the  man  made  his  appearance  on  the  following  day  in 
Ballyshannon  with  horse,  arms,  and  guineas. 

It  was  thus  that  after  the  lapse  of  little  more  than  two  months, 
Sarsfield  succeeded  in  re-capturing  Sligo,  having  advanced  against 
it  with  almost  as  much  rapidity  as  his  troops  had  previously  fled 
from  it  before  Gore. 

He  had  now  not  less  than  5000  men  with  him,  and  his 
knowledge  of  the  weakness  of  William's  forces  in  the  West,  was 
attributed  to  secret  communications  from  M'Carthy,  who  was 
still  a  prisoner  at  Enniskillen.1 

The  frontispiece  of  this  book  is  a  reproduction  (on  a  slightly 
reduced  scale)  of  a  Dutch  etching,2  by  A.  Schoonebeck,  published 
not  later  than  about  three  or  four  years  after  the  date  of  the 
capture  of  Sligo  by  the  forces  of  James  II. ;  it  is  consequently 
of  extreme  interest,  as  tending  to  prove  the  importance  attached, 
by  the  contending  parties,  to  the  possession  of  the  town.  The 
artist,  however,  has  drawn  on  his  imagination  for  details  of  an 
assault  upon  the  "  Green  Fort,"  which  was  evacuated  by 
Colonel  Lloyd  without  a  struggle. 

The  force  under  Lloyd  and  Kussel,  on  their  retreat  from 
Sligo,  were  divided  into  smaller  detachments,  and  helped  to  gar- 
rison Clones,  Omagh,  Ballyshannon,  Enniskillen,  and  other 
smaller  posts.  On  the  12th  December  the  garrison  at  Clones, 
under  Colonel  Berry,  sent  a  foraging  expedition  almost  as  far  as 
the  forts  of  Sligo ;  a  number  of  cattle  were  captured  in  the 
neighbourhood,  but  no  hostile  force  was  seen. 

On  the  10th  April,  1690,  a  successful  raid  towards  Sligo  was 
made  by  a  party  of  Colonel  Tiffan's  force  at  Ballyshannon ;  on 
their  return  with  their  booty,  they  were  pursued  by  the  Irish, 
whom  they  succeeded  in  beating  off,  and  killed  sixteen  of  their 
men. 

On  the  15th  of  May  Charlemont  surrendered  to  the  forces  of 

1  This  account  of  the  capture  of  Sligo  is  taken  from  (i.)  Story's  Im- 
partial History,  1692  ;  (ii.)  An  Account  of  the  Present  State  of  Ireland, 
1690  ;  (iii.)  A  Letter  from  Lisburn,  1689  ;  (iv.)  A  Eelation  of  what  most 
remarkable  happened  during  the  last  Campaign  in  Ireland,  1689  ;  (v.) 
M'Cormick's  Enniskilleners ;  (vi.)  Harris's  Life  of  William  III.  ;  and  also 
various  pamphlets  in  the  Thorpe  Collection. 

8  In  the  possession  of  Dr.  Frazer,  F.R. C.S.I.,  Dublin. 


128  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

William,  and  the  Governor,  Teigue  O'Kegan,  was  then  sent  by 
James  to  take  command  in  Sligo,  as  that  town  was  considered  a 
post  of  importance  for  keeping  open  communication  between  his 
partizans  in  Ulster  and  those  throughout  Connaught.  The 
gallant  veteran  O'Regan  was  at  the  time  about  seventy  years  of 
age.1 

In  one  of  the  raids  made  from  Ballyshannon  towards  Sligo, 
a  detachment  sent  out  by  Tiffan  attacked  the  castle  of  Grange 
— then  garrisoned  for  James — and  just  at  the  moment  the 
assailants  hoped  for  success,  an  explosion  took  place,  damaging 
the  building,  and  burying  many  in  the  ruins.  It  was  popularly 
supposed  that  the  officer  in  command  had  blown  up  the  castle. 

On  the  18th  of  March,  1691,  Tiffan,  who  still  commanded  at 
Ballyshannon,  made  another  raid  into  Sligo  ;  on  this  occasion 
he  carried  off  a  great  number  of  cattle  ;  many  Protestant  families, 
who  had  been  unable  to  leave  the  country  previously,  accom- 
panied him  now  to  safer  quarters. 

In  the  following  month  Tiffan  sent  out,  in  the  same  direc- 
tion, 200  foot  and  100  dragoons,  who  succeeded,  not  merely  in 
obtaining  cattle  and  other  booty,  but  they  also  defeated  a  party 
of  rapparees  encountered  on  the  march.  At  this  period  the 
rapparees  in-  the  County  Sligo  were  both  numerous  and  daring, 
availing  themselves  of  every  opportunity  for  mischief ;  and  the 
strong  force  left  under  Mitchelburne  in  the  North  had  for  one  of 


1  It  was  only  after  a  protracted  siege  that  O'Regan  surrendered  the 
fort  of  Charlemont.  He  held  out  till  the  only  provisions  left  were  a  little 
damaged  meal  and  part  of  a  quarter  of  musty  beef,  and  his  men  were  re- 
duced to  such  extremity  of  hunger  that,  as  they  marched  out,  they  were 
eagerly  chewing  pieces  of  dried  hides.  O'Regan's  appearance  was  any- 
thing but  military  ;  he  was  hunchbacked  ;  at  the  capitulation  of  the  fort 
he  made  his  appearance  dressed  in  a  plain  red  coat,  an  old  weather-beaten 
wig  hanging  down  at  full  length,  surmounted  by  a  little  narrow  white 
beaver,  cocked  up  ;  a  yellow  cravat-string  all  awry  ;  his  jack-boots  had  a 
thousand  wrinkles,  and,  although  the  weather  was  warm,  he  had  a  fur 
cloak  suspended  from  his  shoulders.  He  was  mounted  on  an  old  raw-boned 
horse,  spavined,  lame,  and  vicious.  In  this  guise  O'Regan  approached  to 
address  General  Schomberg,  but  the  kicking  and  squealing  of  his  vicious 
old  charger  effectually  prevented  any  lengthened  conversation.  Schom- 
berg remarked  to  his  staff,  with  a  smile,  that  "  Teigue's  horse  was  very 
mad  and  himself  very  drunk."  O'Regan,  however,  proved  afterwards 
that  he  could  fight  at  Sligo  as  well  as  starve  at  Charlemont. 


REVOLUTION    OF    1688.  129 

its  objects  the  prevention  of  inroads  by  rapparees  from  Con- 
naught.  About  this  time  a  party  of  dragoons  from  Bally- 
shannon,  stationed  at  an  outpost  on  the  Bundrowse,  on  the 
borders  of  the  County  Sligo,  turned  their  attention  to  the  capture 
of  salmon ;  a  body  of  Irish  surprised  them  while  fishing,  and 
took  them  prisoners  to  the  forts  of  Sligo  ;  but  an  exchange  was 
soon  effected  by  the  Enniskilleners  sending  to  Sligo  an  officer . 
named  Scot,  brother  of  Colonel  Scot,  Deputy  Governor  under 
Teigue  O'Regan.1 

The  surprise  and  capture  of  Athlone  (on  June  30th,  1691) 
by  William's  forces  under  Ginkel,  and  the  retreat  of  St.  Ruth, 
produced  the  greatest  consternation  in  all  towns  garrisoned  by . 
the  Irish  ;  even  the  brave  old  Teigue  O'Regan — who  had  been  , 
knighted  by  James,  and  was  now  in  command  at  Sligo — enter- 
tained thoughts  of  surrender. 

The  Battle  of  Aughrim,  the  death  of  St.  Ruth,  and  the  total 
rout  of  the  Irish  army  on  the  12th  of  July,  cut  off  communication  > 
between  the  garrisons  of  the  North-West  and  the  remains  of  the 
Irish  field-force,  whilst  the  evacuation  of  Jamestown  and  Boyle  . 
laid  open  to  William's  army  the  road  from  Mullingar  to  Sligo.     , 

Mitchelburne — one  of  the  celebrated  defenders  of  Derry — 
with  a  considerable  force  threatened  it  from  Ballyshanuon ;  he 
sent  orders  to  Colonel  Ramsay  at  Enniskillen,  to  set  out  by  way 
of  Manor-Hamilton,  with  100  foot  of  Colonel  Verner's  regiment, 
400  militia,  •  and  200  horse  and  dragoons,  to  co-operate  with 
him ;  they  marched  through  the  village  of  Ballysadare,  into 
the  Barony  of  Tireragh,  capturing  a  considerable  number  of 
horses,  cows,  and  sheep.  O'Regan  was  at  first  alarmed  at  this 
incursion,  but  on  discovering  the  small  force  engaged  in  it,  he 
marched  out  of  Sligo  with  80  horse  and  200  foot,  which  he  . 
posted  in  a  good  position  at  Ballysadare,  in  order  to  intercept 
Ramsay  on  his  return.  A  fierce  encounter  took  place,  and 
Ramsay  would  have  been  overpowered  had  not  Mitchelburne 
meanwhile  sent  on  Sir  F.  Hamilton,  with  200  horse  and  dra- 
goons— composed  principally  of  Colonel  Wynne's  regiment,  to- 
gether with  some  militia — in  support  of  Ramsay's  small  force, 

1  (i.)  Story's  Impartial  History ;  (ii.)  An  Impartial  Journal  of  all  the 
Transactions  of  their  Majesties'  Forces.     1093. 

K 


130  HISTORY  OF   SLIGO. 

and  by  making  a  night  march,  Hamilton  succeeded  in  coming 
up  just  at  the  critical  moment.  The  result  was  no  longer 
doubtful ;  O'Regan's  troops  fled  precipitately,  pursued  to  the 
very  walls  of  the  forts  by  Wynne's  dragoons  ;  thirty  of  the  Irish 
were  killed  and  nineteen  taken  prisoners.  O'Regan  himself  nar- 
rowly escaped,  the  storekeeper  of  Sligo,  named  Matholland, 
having  been  taken  prisoner  by  his  side,  mistaken  for  him.1 

This  skirmish  caused  a  panic  in  Sligo ;  the  natives  drove 
their  cattle  and  removed  their  goods  to  places  of  safety,  whilst 
several  Irish  families  of  note  in  the  neighbourhood,  observing 
the  careful  discipline  observed  by  Mitchelburne,  sought  pro- 
tection for  themselves  and  property,  and  were  afterwards  of  great 
service  by  furnishing  him  with  intelligence. 

To  prevent  aid  reaching  Sligo  from  the  North,  Mitchelburne 
garrisoned  all  the  military  posts  from  Cavan  to  Enniskillen  and 
Ballyshannon  ;  he  also  posted  a  detachment  at  Killybegs,  to  cut 
off  relief  by  sea  ;  other  English  forces  occupied  positions  on  the 
south  and  south-east  of  the  town,  so  that  Sligo  was  invested  at  a 
distance.  By  these  skilful  dispositions,  the  garrison,  it  was 
supposed,  would  be  so  distressed  from  want  of  provisions,  that 


1  Story's  Impartial  History,  p.  176. 

Mitchelburne  gives  the  following  account  of  O'Regan's  escape  : — 
"  The  Irish  fled,  and  our  militia  after  them,  about  four  miles.  But 
Sir  Teigue  was  the  foremost  man,  and  just  at  the  entrance  of  the  town  of 
Sligo,  a  sergeant  of  the  dragoons  seized  on  one  Matholland,  the  store- 
keeper of  Sligo,  who  was  with  Sir  Teigue,  and  not  half  a  pistol  shot  from 
him,  but  the  Hon.  Sir  Teigue  O'Regan,  Governor  of  the  town  and  county 
of  Sligo,  won  the  race.  This  Matholland,  that  was  taken  prisoner  by  the 
sergeant,  told  him,  '  Who  do  you  think  that  crook'd-back  fellow  was  who 
rid  before  V  The  sergeant  replied  that  he  believed  him  to  be  his  servant. 
'  The  devil  take  me,'  quoth  Matholland,  '  but  he  was  Sir  Teigue  O'Regan.' 
*  By  my  soul,'  quoth  the  sergeant,  '  'tis  twenty  guineas  out  of  my  way,  for 
I  am  sure  the  General  would  have  rewarded  me  very  well. '  Sir  Teigue 
swore  that  if  ever  they  catched  Sir  Teigue  so  far  again,  he  would  agree  to 
be  cracked  as  a  hog  cracks  a  potato.  At  this  time,  by  the  earnest  pursuit 
of  the  enemy,  one  Lieutenant  Patrick  Moore,  formerly  a  Lieutenant  in 
Derry  during  the  time  of  the  siege,  pursuing  the  enemy  into  the  town, 
apprehending  he  was  still  among  his  own  men,  cried  out  for  King  Wil- 
liam's boys  and  the  honour  of  Londonderry.  The  poor  man  was  mistaken 
and  knocked  down  by  the  enemy,  but  accidentally  one  of  the  townsmen 
knew  him  and  had  him  before  Sir  Teigue,  who  protected  him  and  allowed 
him  good  quarters." 


REVOLUTION    OF    1688.  131 

Mitchelburne  entertained  strong  hopes  of  bringing  O'Regan  to  a 
speedy  surrender,  and  he  applied  to  Government  for  instructions 
relative  to  the  terms  to  be  granted.  It  was  not,  however,  till 
the  6th  August  that  O'Regan  agreed  to  surrender  on  the  15th  of 
the  same  month,  upon  articles  so  liberal  in  their  nature  that  it 
was  thought  necessary  to  forward  them  for  the  General's  appro- 
bation. The  treaty  was  protracted,  and  finally  came  to  nought, 
through — as  was  generally  supposed — a  difference  between  Mit- 
chelburne and  the  militia ;  there  was  also  an  impression  that 
O'Regan  only  sought  to  gain  time  with  the  hope  of  a  favourable 
change  in  James's  fortunes.  From  whatever  cause  the  failure 
of  this  treaty  of  surrender  may  have  arisen,  the  result  was  to 
put  the  Government  to  the  expense  of  reducing  Sligo  by  force.1 

In  the  month  of  August  Sir  Robert  King  (who  was  at  Boyle 
making  preparations  for  the  defence  of  the  County  Roscommon 
and  the  re-occupation  of  Sligo),  penned  a  letter  to  Colonel  Caul- 
field,  in  command  at  Athlone,  from  which  the  following  is  an 
extract : — 

"  We  are  here  (at  Boyle)  making  up  our  several  troops  of  militia,  pur- 
suant to  the  Government  commands,  and  for  the  preservation  of  this  side 
of  the  country  (near  to  which  lie  2000  of  O'Donnel's  deserters),  but  we 
are  in  the  greatest  want  of  ammunition,  having  some  fire-arms,  but 
neither  powder  or  ball  to  use  them,  which  makes  me  desire  the  favour  of 
you  to  order  out  of  the  stores  there,  only  half  a  barrel  of  powder,  and  the 
like  proportion  of  musket-balls,  in  which  you  will  oblige  many,  and,  Sir, 

"  Your  most  humble  servant, 

"  ROBERT  KING."Z 

An  extract  from  the  correspondence  (dated  9th  August)  of 
Sir  Charles  Porter  with  his  colleague,  relative  to  the  failure  of 
the  surrender  of  Sligo  upon  articles,  conveys  the  impression 
that  Sir  Teigue  O'Regan  had  to  contend  not  only  with  avowed 
enemies  without  the  walls,  but  also  with  secret  foes  within : — 

"I  hear  nothing  from  Mitchelburne  since  the  9th,  which  makes  me 
suspect  the  difference  between  him  and  the  militia  have  spoiled  the  treaty, 
or  else  the  non-payment  of  the  money  which  was  agreed  to  be  given  may 

1  Harris's  Life  of  William  III. 
2MSS.,  T.C.D. 


.132  HISTORY   OF    SLIGO. 

have  occasioned  the  delay,  both  which,  I  fear,  are  occasioned  by  him. 
For  as  to  the  latter,  he  had  our  agreement  to  his  giving  money  in  general, 
and  our  letter  to  him  to  take  it  from  the  Collector.  And  though  he 
had  time  enough  to  send  to  us  for  a  particular  warrant  for  the  sum,  he 
never  sent  it,  but  only  sent  our  general  letter  to  the  officer,  and  demanded 
800  guineas  and  £60  in  silver,  which  Jemmet,  the  Collector,  thought  was 
not  sufficient  authority  for  him  to  pay  it,  and,  in  truth,  he  never  sent  till 
the  14th,  and  the  payment  was  to  be  the  15th.  So  Jemmet  sent  up  to 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Revenue  to  know  what  he  was  to  do,  whereiipon 
1  sent  an  order  down  to  him  to  pay  the  money  in  case  the  town  were  de- 
livered :  for  Mitchelbunie  had  made  him  acquainted  with  the  whole  trans- 
action, and  sent  copies  of  our  letters  to  him,  by  which,  I  fear,  the  whole 
affair  is  made  more  public  than  a  matter  of  that  nature  ought  to  be,  and, 
if  the  town  be  not  delivered,  may  ruin  those  persons  by  whose  means  the 
Governor  was  induced  to  consent  to  surrender.  But  from  want  of  ac- 
counts from  Mitohelburne,  and,  indeed,  of  any  letters  from  those  parts 
since  the  14th,  we  are  entirely  in  the  dark  in  that  business." ' 

On  the  4th  of  September,  Sir  Robert  King  wrote  to  Colonel 
Lloyd — who  had  been  recently  made  Governor  of  Athlone — in 
the  following  terms  :— 

"  SIR, — I  was  on  Wednesday  at  our  camp  at  Collooney,  six  miles  from 
Sligo,  where  Sir  Albert  Cunningham  complained  to  me  of  his  want  of 
horse,  to  make  the  duty  of  the  troops  he  had  more  easy,  about  which  I 
have  wrote  to  Captain  Ormsby,  that  a  supply  may  be  sent  out  of  our 
militia,  but  fear  he  cannot  do  it,  ours  being  so  ill  provided.  O'Donnel's 
men  come  into  him,  but  not  so  fast  as  perhaps  he  expected,  or  I  believe 
will,  as  soon  as  they  see  our  army  set  down  to  the  siege  ;  for  we  have  many 
of  them  in  the  woods  on  both  sides  of  us,  under  the  command  of  one  Con 
O'Rourke,  to  whom,  as  I  had  this  morning  intelligence,  a  hundred  joined 
him  last  night,  as  by  the  enclosed  you  may  partlysee.  There  is  one  Mac- 
Sweeney  has  a  party  of  about  one  hundred,  well  armed,  in  the  same 
.woods  (Moygara),  four  miles  from  this  ;  and  though  their  numbers  are  so 
great  to  the  Sheriff's  twenty  men  (all  that  he  has)  and  our  yet  unsettled 
militia,  they  have  not  ventured  on  us,  nor  durst,  could  you  favour  us 
with  a  company  of  your  men.  I  could  give  you  a  better  account  of  things, 
from  time  to  time,  were  there  a  post  settled  there,  as  used  to  be,  which 
a  line  from  you  to  the  Government  would  procure."1 

The  O'Donnell  alluded  to  in  the  foregoing  letter  was  Bal- 
dearg  O'Donnell,  descended  from  a  member  of  the  house  of 
Tyrconnel,  who  had  fled  the  kingdom. 

1  Harris's  Life  of  William  III. 
•MSS.,  T.C.D. 


REVOLUTION    OF    1688.  133 

Sir  Albert  Cunningham's  dragoons  were  encamped  near 
Collooney,  for  the  purpose  of  keeping  watch  on  the  garrison  of 
Sligo,  and  early  on  the  morning  of  the  5th  September,  this  post 
was  surprised  by  a  detachment  of  the  Irish  garrison,  consisting 
of  700  men,  under  Colonel  Scot.  The  weather  being  thick  and 
foggy,  the  Irish  musketeers  were  amongst  the  tents  before  Sir 
Albert's  dragoons  were  aware  of  their  proximity;  even  when 
they  had  succeeded  in  mounting,  the  dragoons  could  do  but 
little,  the  country  being  of  a  boggy  nature  and  closely  inter- 
sected by  ditches ;  they  were  forced  to  retreat  towards  Boyle, 
abandoning  tents,  cloaks,  accoutrements,  and  baggage. 

As  Sir  Albert  was  in  the  act  of  mounting,  his  charger  be- 
came restive  and  broke  away ;  despite  all  the  efforts  of  his  men, 
he  was  overpowered,  and,  as  they  believed,  made  prisoner.  He 
was,  however,  "  inhumanly  butchered  by  an  Irish  sergeant,  after 
quarter  given,  who,  with  a  taunt,  told  him — '  Halbert  is  your 
name,  and  by  a  halbert  you  shall  die.'  Thus  fell  Sir  Albert 
Cunningham,  as  distinguished  and  brave  an  officer  as  any  in 
King  William's  army."1 

O'Donnell  was  with  the  party,  and  had  a  narrow  escape — for 
it  would  have  fared  badly  with  him  had  he  fallen  into  the  hands 
of  the  Irish — but  being  reinforced  next  day  by  a  body  of  his  own 
brigade,  he  drove  the  enemy  back  to  Sligo,  and  seized  all  the 
provisions  and  plunder  they  had  obtained  in  their  successful 
attack  on  Cunningham's  camp. 

The  militia — recently  raised  from  amongst  the  Protestant 
population,  principally  to  cope  with  the  rapparees — proved  most 
efficient  throughout  the  whole  of  this  campaign.  On  the  present 
occasion,  the  Dublin  militia,  with  another  regiment  from  the 
North,  had  been  sent  from  Athlone  to  effect  the  reduction  of 
Sligo,  and  reached  Boyle  on  the  10th  September.  Lord  Granard, 
who  was  in  command,  found  that  the  Irish  had  gained  heart 
since  their  successful  surprise  of  Sir  Albert  Cunningham's  de- 
tachment ;  they  now  mustered  2000  strong,  and  had  accumu- 


1  Harris's  Life  of  William  III.  The  monument  erected  to  the  me- 
mory of  Sir  Albert  Cunningham  is  still  extant  in  the  church  at  Col- 
looney ;  the  inscription  is  in  Latin. 


134  HISTORY   OF   SLIGO. 

lated  large  stores  of  provisions  during  the  previous  cessation  of 
hostilities. 

On  the  day  of  his  arrival  in  Boyle,  Lord  Granard  sent  to 
summon  Ballymote  Castle,  but  the  garrison  (commanded  by 
one  of  the  O'Conors)  refused  to  surrender  ;  he  then  despatched 
Baldearg  O'Donnell,  with  a  thousand  of  his  men,  to  invest  the 
castle,  "  whither/'  he  wrote  to  Ginkel,  "  I  intend  to  march  to- 
morrow, although  the  arguments  I  have  to  persuade  them  to 
surrender  is  one  twelve-pounder  and  two  small  field-pieces, 
which,  although  it  may  be  enough  for  that  place,  would  be  too 
little  against  Sligo."  O'Conor,  however,  at  sight  of  the  artillery, 
surrendered  upon  condition  that  his  party  should  be  allowed  to 
proceed  with  bag  and  baggage  to  Sligo. 

Lord  Granard  continued  his  advance  towards  Sligo  on  learn- 
ing that  Mitchelburne  had  driven  Sir  Teigue  0' Regan  from 
several  outworks,  and  compelled  him  to  retire  within  the  forts. 
Mitchelburne  had  commenced  his  march  against  Sligo  with 
about  1200  men,  chiefly  militia ;  he  encamped  at  Drumcliife, 
and  sent  a  party  of  thirty  men,  under  Captain  Vaughan,  to  in- 
form Lord  Granard  of  his  movements.  On  the  10th  of  Sep- 
tember Mitchelburne  advanced  to  within  half  a  mile  of  Sligo, 
and  took  up  an  advantageous  position  at  Rathbraghan — an  old 
Irish  circular  doon  or  fort,  which  had  been  fortified  in  Cromwell's 
time.  An  encampment  was  then  formed  ;  the  men  were  set  at 
work;  to  repair  the  ramparts,  and  a  drummer  was  despatched  to 
summon  Sligo. 

On  the  llth,  the  weather  being  very  inclement,  the  troops 
were  employed  on  the  earthworks  and  in  cutting  faggots ;  on 
the  12th  Mitchelburne  made  a  careful'examination  of  the  enemy's 
forts  and  outworks,  which  had  been  considerably  enlarged  and 
strengthened  since  their  capture  by  Sarsfield  from  Colonel 
Lloyd  and  Major  Wood.  About  200  men  were  observed  dili- 
gently at  work  levelling  an  old  ditch  at  a  little  distance  from  the 
Green  Fort,  and  the  country  people  reported  that  the  garrison 
had  recently  been  reinforced  by  Colonel  Edward  M'Swine's  and 
Captain  Conn  O'Neal's  companies  of  foot ;  also  great  numbers 
could  be  observed  entering  the  town.  In  a  small  doon,  in  an 
advanced  position,  Sir  Teigue  O'Regan  had  placed  a  company  of 
grenadiers,  so  as  to  keep  watch  on  Mitchelburne's  movements, 


I  Z 


KEVOLUTION     OF     1688.  135 

but  they  were  lulled  into  security  by  seeing  a  fatigue  party  still 
at  work  on  Katbbraghan  fort ;  tbey  also  tbougbt  tbat  nothing 
could  be  attempted  by  the  besiegers  until  the  arrival  of  Lord 
Granard. 

A  company  of  grenadiers,  a  troop  of  dragoons,  and  200  foot 
were  drawn  up  by  Mitchelburne,  under  cover  of  Rathbraghan 
fort,  orders  were  given  to  saddle,  and  the  artillery  horses  were 
traced.  When  everything  was  in  readiness,  the  grenadiers  and 
foot  advanced — the  tide  being  out — and  drove  the  Irish  from  their 
position  in  the  doon,  and  from  the  ditches  near  the  works.  At 
the  first  shot  the  Irish  abandoned  the  outpost,  and  ran  towards 
the  trenches,  where  there  was  sharp  fighting ;  but  the  fugitives 
were  beaten  from  cover  to  cover,  and  the  militia,  being  well  led 
by  Sir  Francis  Hamilton,  Major  Tichburne,  and  Cornet  Mead,  the 
Irish  finally  fled  to  a  strong  earthen  fort  (marked  0  on  the  map) 
some  hundred  yards  from  the  main  work.  Mitchelburne  did  not 
give  them  time  to  rally,  but  led  on  his  men,  scaled  this  outwork, 
and  as  he  entered  on  the  one  side,  the  Irish  jumped  out  on  the 
other.1 

In  about  an  hour  Mitchelburne  became  master  of  all  the  out- 
works (marked  Gr  on  the  map),  cutting  off  communication  be- 
tween the  garrison  and  the  town,  which  latter  fell  into  his  hands. 
A  lieutenant  and  thirty  men  were  told  off  to  guard  the  bridge, 
and  prevent  soldiers  from  entering  houses  for  plunder  ;  the  gal- 
lows was  moved  to  the  market-place  for  punishment  of  the  first 
offender,  and  these  measures  relieved  the  anxiety  of  the  garrison, 
who  feared  that  their  women  and  children  might  have  been  put 
to  the  sword.  Mitchelburne  then  sent  a  final  summons  to  sur- 
render to  Sir  Teigue  O'Eegan  : — 

"  SIR, — In  my  last  I  gave  you  to  understand  that  the  forces  under  my 
command  was  sufficient  to  reduce  you,  which  you  see  before  your  eyes 
that  ye  are  not  able  to  withstand  us.  These  are  the  men  that  bid  defyance 
to  Lieutenant-General  Hamilton  during  the  four  months'  siege  of  Derry, 
where  your  whole  army  was  baffled.  Therefore,  know  that  I'll  be  master 


1  The  Irish  foot,  throughout  the  entire  campaign,  showed  a  wonderful 
lack  of  cohesion,  in  remarkable  contrast  to  the  horse,  which,  with  but  few 
exceptions,  seem  to  have  been  well  led,  well  handled,  and  quite  a  match 
for  any  cavalry  opposed  to  them. 


136  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

of  your  counterscarf  before  to-morrow  morning  ;  but  you  cannot  but 
acknowledge  my  kindness  in  preserving  of  your  families  in  the  town  from 
ruin  and  destruction,  which  has  been  practised  when  a  place  has  been 
taken  by  force.  But  instead  of  that,  I  treat  you  rather  as  friends  than 
as  enemies  ;  and  if  now  you  will  comply  with  reasonable  offers,  and  make 
a  quick  surrender,  both  you  and  your  families  may  be  preserved.  This 
being  the  last  time  you  may  expect  any  favour,  for  when  my  Lord  Granard 
arrives,  the  power  will  be  out  of  my  hands.  And  so  pray  consider  it,  and 
let  me  have  your  speedy  answer. 

"  I  am,  sir,  your  humble  servant, 

"  JOHN   MlTCHELBTJRNE. 

"  To  the  Honourable  Sir  Teigue  O'Regan, 
"  Governour  of  the  Fort  of  Sligo." 

O'Kegan's  reply  was  as  follows  : — 

"SiR, — I  had  your  letter  by  the  drummer,  and,  being  a  thing  of  that 
importance,  I  cannot  answer  it  before  I  have  the  officers  of  the  garrison's 
advice,  which  will  be  in  two  hours.  I  see  your  men  go  on  vigourously 
with  their  work  ;  if  you  do  not  immediately  make  them  leave  off  working, 
I  must  take  what  measures  ought  to  be  taken  in  the  case.  But  I  assure 
you  I  had  rather  deal  with  you  in  anything  than  with  others  of  your  party, 
and  I  desire  you  to  believe  that  from, 

"Sir, 
"Your  most  humble  servant, 

"TEIGUE  O'REGAN. 
"  Colonel  Scott  and  Colonel  Rourk  gives  you  their  kindest  service." 

Mitchelburne,  satisfied  with  the  answer,  and  thinking  the  re- 
quest reasonable,  ordered  100  prisoners,  who  were  engaged  in 
opening  the  approaches  in  full  view  of  the  garrison,  to  lay  down 
their  tools,  and  he  granted  a  two  hours'  truce,  hut,  in  return,  re- 
quested Sir  Teigue  to  stop  his  men  from  carrying  firewood  into 
the  fort.  O'Regan  replied  that  the  men  had  gone  out  without 
his  knowledge,  and  that  the  matter  complained  of  should  he 
stopped ;  shortly  after  he  sent  the  following  letter  by  a  drum- 
mer : — 

"  SIR, — I  am  so  well  assured  of  your  worth  and  honour,  that  I  will  send 
out  three  field  officers,  Colonel  Rourk,  Major  Connor,  and  Lieut. -Col. 
M'Donnagh,  without  demanding  any  hostages  ;  so  appoint  three  commis- 
sioners for  yourself,  and  agree  what  place  you  shall  think  fit  to  treat  in. 

"  I  am,  Sir, 
u  Your  most  humble  servant, 

"TEIGUE  O'REGAN." 


REVOLUTION    OF    1688.    .  137 

Mitchelburne  appointed  Sir  Francis  Hamilton  and  Major 
Tichburne  to  act  on  his  behalf.  The  Irish  Commissioners 
asked  to  have  the  articles  formerly  signed  by  Ginkel  put  in  force, 
the  reinforcements  to  be  included  in  the  capitulation,  and  nine 
days  allowed  before  rendering  the  fort.  Mitchelburne,  however, 
refused  to  grant  more  than  twenty-four  hours,  during  which 
period  he  would  refrain  from  hostilities  only  whilst  the  Com- 
missioners were  engaged  in  treaty ;  but  he  agreed  to  grant  all 
the  former  articles,  with  the  exception  of  that  relative  to  the 
drawing  of  two  cannon,  which  the  state  of  the  roads  in  winter 
rendered  almost  impracticable.  A  four  days'  truce  was  then 
asked  for,  accompanied  with  a  promise  to  surrender  one  of  the 
forts,  and  Mitchelburne  accepted  this  offer,  provided  the  upper  or 
Green  Fort  should  be  the  one  surrendered  ;  this  was  refused  by 
the  Irish,  on  the  plea  that  it  contained  the  bulk  of  their  pro- 
perty ;  they  offered,  however,  to  put  the  besiegers  in  possession 
of  the  Stone  Fort.  Mitchelburne  would  not  listen  to  this  pro- 
posal, but  gave  them  until  morning  to  consider  their  reply  ;  and 
after  dismissing  the  Commissioners,  he  posted  horse  and  foot 
for  night  service,  whilst  Sir  Teigue  took  the  precaution  of 
hanging  out  lights  on  the  fort  to  guard  against  a  night  attack 
on  the  counterscarp.  Mitchelburne  kept  up  an  artillery  and  mus- 
ketry fire  on  the  Green  Fort  during  the  night,  and  about  ten 
o'clock  he  was  informed  that  his  outposts  on  the  south  of  the 
town  had  discovered  numerous  watchfires,  as  well  as  a  large 
body  of  men  encamped  between  Sligo  and  Ballysadare  Bridge  ; 
but  they  were  uncertain  whether  it  might  be  the  force  under 
Lord  Granard  or  Sarsfield,  as  the  latter  also,  according  to 
popular  report,  was  marching  on  Sligo.  A  patrol  of  twenty  men 
was  despatched  to  reconnoitre,  two  troopers  being  sent  well  in 
advance ;  by  this  means  it  was  found  that  Lord  Granard  had 
reached  Ballysadare,  having  experienced  great  difficulties  in 
crossing  the  Curlew  mountains,  where  his  men  had  been  com- 
pelled themselves  to  draw  the  cannon  for  a  considerable  dis- 
tance, the  draught  horses  having  proved  too  weak  and  jaded  for 
that  service. 

The  following  morning  Lord  Granard  was  escorted  into  the 
town  of  Sligo,  and  took  up  his  quarters  in  the  house  of  Sir 
Arthur  Gore.  The  Irish,  observing  a  great  many  waggons  with 

L 


138  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

Lord  Granard's  party,  imagined  that  they  had  brought  a  heavy 
siege-train  ;  they  therefore  beat  another  parley,  and  consented 
to  surrender  upon  the  articles  that  had  been  agreed  to  on  the 
preceding  6th  of  August.  The  garrison  were  to  march  to  Lime- 
rick with  arms  and  baggage,  and  their  detachments  at  smaller 
posts  in  the  neighbourhood  to  have  the  benefit  of  the  capitu- 
lation ;  they  were  to  be  provided  with  twelve  days'  rations  of 
beef  and  bread  (from  the  stores  of  the  fort)  for  supply  of  their 
men  on  the  march  to  Limerick ;  twenty-eight  truckle-carts,  with 
two  horses  to  each,  were  to  be  furnished  for  the  baggage  of  the 
garrison. 

On  the  17th  the  garrison — consisting  of  twenty-eight  com- 
panies— marched  out,  and  Sir  Teigue  O'Regan1  delivered  the 
keys  to  Colonel  Mitchelburne,  who  entered  at  the  head  of  his 
regiment,  followed  by  Lord  Granard,  with  a  considerable  train 
of  officers  and  gentry  of  the  County  Sligo.  The  keys  were  then 
presented,  in  the  names  of  their  Majesties  William  and  Mary, 
to  Lord  Granard,  who  returned  them  to  Mitchelburne,  and  com- 
plimented him  on  his  appointment  as  Governor  of  the  fort.2 
There  were  sixteen  cannon  on  the  ramparts  of  the  fort,  ample 
supplies  of  all  kinds  in  store,  and  the  magazines  contained 
thirty  barrels  of  powder. 

On  the  day  of  the  surrender  the  Dublin  militia  commenced 
their  homeward  march,  and  the  Northern  militia  proceeded  to- 
wards Ballynewtown  and  Castle  Burk,  in  order  to  obtain  pos- 
session of  those  places,  as  agreed  upon  in  the  articles  of  Sligo. 

From  its  position  the  reduction  of  Sligo  was  considered 
sufficiently  important  to  be  commemorated — in  conjunction  with 
that  of  Athlone  and  Galway— by  a  medal.  This  medal  repre- 
sents William  III.  in  bust,  his  head  wreathed  with  laurel,  round 
which  is  an  inscription  in  Latin,  enumerating  his  titles ; 3  on  the 

1  On  the  first  day's  march  to  Limerick,  O'Regan  lost  150  of  his  men  by 
desertion. 

2  Mitchelbwrne's  Account,  Transactions  in  the  North,  Harris  and  Story, 
&c.  Mitchelburne  did  not  long  hold  the  post,  as  Lord  Blaney  was  ap- 
pointed Governor,  April,  1693.  and  held  the  command  till  1695.  The  pay 
was  20s.  per  diem. — Treasury  Papers. 

3GuLiELM  :  III.,  D.G.,  BRIT  :  REX  :  ARAUS  :  PR  :  BELG  :  GUB  : 
There  is  said  to  be  another  medal  in  existence,  similar  to  that  under 
consideration,  except  that  it  represents  both  William  and  Mary  in  bust. 


REVOLUTION    OF    1688. 


139 


reverse  the  cap  of  Liberty  is  shown,  placed  on  the  point  of  a 
lance,  to  which  are  fastened,  by  two  laurel  branches,  three  car- 
touches formed  of  garlands,  surmounted  by  a  mural  crown  ;  in 
the  centre  are  the  arms  of  Ireland ;  in  the  upper  cartouche  is 
represented  the  capture  of  Athlone,  the  town  in  flames,  and  the 
English  army  in  the  act  of  fording  the  river  Shannon ;  in  the 
second  is  shown  the  march  of  William's  troops  into  Galway, 
whilst  the  third  cartouche  depicts  the  town  of  Sligo,  with  the 
Green  Fort  placed  on  an  eminence,  and  the  entry  of  Lord 
Granard's  force  into  it,  over  which  is  engraved  SLEGO,  and 
underneath  xv.'xxv.  SEPT.,  denoting  the  day  on  which  it  capi- 
tulated, according  to  old  and  new  style. 


Fig.  15. — Reverse  of  Medal,  commemorative  of  the  reduction  of  Athlone, 
Galway,  and  Sligo,  from  a  specimen  in  the  British  Museum.    Full  size. 

Upon  the  surrender  of  Limerick  the  13th  article  of  the  mili- 
tary treaty  is  as  follows  : — "  Those  of  the  garrison  of  Sligo  that 
are  joined  to  the  Irish  army  shall  have  the  benefit  of  this  capitu- 
lation ;  and  orders  shall  be  sent  to  them  that  are  to  convoy  them 
up,  to  bring  them  hither  to  Limerick  the  shortest  way ;"  and  the 
5th  article  of  the  same  treaty  gave  permission  to  all  French 
officers  and  all  strangers,  whether  soldiers  or  travellers,  then 
living  in  Sligo,  to  leave  the  kingdom,  with  free  passage  for 
themselves  and  property.1 

1  For  the  full  text  of  the  articles  agreed  to  by  O'Pegan,  relative  to  the 
surrender  of  the  "  Green  Fort  "  of  Sligo,  see  Appendix  E. 


140  HISTORY    OF    SLIGO. 

Early  in  October  Solicitor-General  Levinge  and  Sir  Richard 
Reeves  were  appointed  Judges  for  the  Connaught  Circuit ;  but 
the  province  being  but  thinly  inhabited,  and  not  yet  thoroughly 
settled,  assizes  were  held  only  at  Mullingar,  Roscommon,  and 
Galway — but  not  at  Sligo.1 

Towards  the  close  of  November  some  ships  arrived  in  the 
port  of  Sligo  from  England,  with  provisions  and  other  needful 
supplies,  which  were  much  wanted  in  the  county,2  for  the  effects 
of  the  internecine  strife  were  visible  over  the  entire  district ; 
fields  lay  uncultivated  and  waste,  a  great  number  of  horses  had 
died,  cattle  were  scarce,  and  the  houses  of  the  gentry  and  the 
cottages  of  the  poor  were  alike  roofless  and  in  ruins.  The  town 
of  Sligo  had  suffered  terribly.  "  Most  of  the  houses  were 
beaten  down  and  not  habitable ;  the  custom-house,3  excise 
offices,  and  all  public  buildings  were  destroyed.  Food  was  ex- 
cessively dear,"  whilst  in  the  county  "  the  people  were  rude  and 
barbarous,  the  rapparees  being  numerous."4 

The  estates  forfeited  by  the  adherents  of  James  in  the  County 
Sligo  were  found,  by  a  return  of  the  Commissioners  in  the  year 
1699  to  the  English  House  of  Parliament,  to  be  but  5562  acres, 
of  the  yearly  value  of  £993  17s.  6d.,  the  fee-simple  of  which 
was  valued  at  £12,985  7s.  6d. 

1  Story's  Impartial  History,  p.  268.     2  Ibid.,  p.  286. 

3  In  the  year  1449,  the  name  "  Cocket  "  or  "  Cokket  "  was  applied  to 
the  duties  levied  at  the  port  of  Sligo,   &c.,  &c.     (See  ante,  Book  V., 
pp.  263-4.)     Later  on  the  term  came  to  mean  an  office  in  a  custom-house, 
where  goods  intended  for  export  were  entered,  and  it  also  denoted  a 
certificate  granted  to  merchants  that  goods  had  been  duly  entered  and 
duty  paid. 

4  Petition  of  James  Russel,  Sept.,  1693. — Treasury  Papers. 


APPENDIX  A. 


RENTALS  OF  THE  ESTATES  OF  LANDED  PROPRIETORS  OF  THE 
COUNTY  SLIGO  IN  THE  TEARS  1633-6. 

(Extracted  from  Earl.  MS.  201$.  British  Museum.} 


[THE  names  of  the  Proprietors  appear  in  the  same  order  as  enumerated  in  Chap.  XI., 
pp.  18-25.  Localities  not  yet  identified  with  any  degree  of  certainty  are  placed  in 
italics  :  it  is  possible  that  some  of  them  may  prove  to  he  merely  the  names  of  sub- 
denominations  of  land  which  were  not  retained  in  Surveys  of  later  date.] 

O'CONNOR,   SLIGO. 

BAEONY  OF  CAEBUEY,  PAEISH  OF  AHAMLISH. — Aghagode,1  £  qr.  (mort- 
gaged to  John  French) ;  worth  £6  per  annum.  Ardnaglasse,  1  qr. ; 
mortgaged  also  to  John  French;  worth  £7  per  annum.  Gortnoleck 
and  Coltecere,  1  qr.  ;  mortgaged  to  Andrew  O'Crean,  Esq. ;  worth 
£12  4s.  per  annum.  Dorelean,  1  qr. ;  in  possession  of  the  Countys 
as  parte  of  her  Dowrey  from  Sr.  Donogh  O'Connor;  worth  £12  per 
annum.  Clunorkooe,  £  qr.  ;  mortgaged  to  Andrew  O'Crean,  Esq. ; 
it  hath  bogges  and  wood ;  worth  £5  7*.  per  annum.  Killcade,  %  qr.  ; 
mortgaged  to  Patrick  French ;  worth  £6  per  annum.  Carowloile,  £  qr. ; 
mortgaged  to  the  same;  it  hath  goodwood;  worth  £6  per  annum. 
Carownamaddow,  £  qr.  ;  mortgaged  to  John  French,  merchant ;  worth 
£6  per  annum.  Lecarowmoneygalta,2  £  qr. ;  ...  it  is  the  Lady 

1  There  is  now  no  townland  of  the  name  in  Ahamlish,  but  there  is  an  Aghagad 
in  the  adjoining  parish  of  Drumcliff. 

2  This  townland  is  written  Monygold  in  an  Inquisition  of  the  reign  of  Queen 
Elizabeth.     P.  "W.  Joyce  thus  remarks  on  the  derivation  of  this  name  :  Dhubhal- 
taigh  means  a  dark-complexioned  lofty  person,  though  alt  would  bear  other  inter- 
pretations besides  lofty.     This  name  is  generally  anglicised  Duald  or  Dudley,  but 
it  is  now  seldom  met  with  in  any  form.     This  personal  name  is  strangely  perverted 
in  Moneygold;  the  last  syllable,  gold,  has  been  extracted  from  the  long  name 
Dhubhaltaigh,  reduced  to  Dhuald  by  throwing  off  the  last  syllable  ;  representing  this 
phonetically,  and  substituting  g  for  dh  :  after  this  it  required  small  pressure  to  force 
Moneyguald  to  Moneygold,  for  money  naturally  suggested  gold,  according  to  the 
ordinary  process  of  popular  etymology.      Muine-Dhubhaltaigh  therefore  means 
Duald' s  shrubbery. 

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Cressey's  Dowrey  from  O'Connor.  She  sets  it  for  2  fatt  muttons,  4 
medders  of  butter,  8  medders  of  meale,  10  workmen,  10  horses  a  night ; 
it  is  good  arrable  lande ;  it  will  grase  30  cowes ;  and  it  is  worth  £7 
per  annum.  LecarowlagJita,  Cashellmor,  £;  Lecarowcarnamona,  £; 
Dromfada,  ^  qr. ;  my  Lady  Cressey  keeps  them  as  parte  of  her  Dowrey 
from  her  late  husband  Sr.  Donnoch  O'Connor.  She  setts  these  f  qrs. 
for  £18  per  annum  (&  duties)  .  .  .  worth  £22  per  annum.  Brentle- 
traugh *  and  Edenreagh,  1  qr. ;  Carrowclevone,  1  qr. ;  These  2  qrs. 
.  .  .  are  mortgaged  to  my  Lady  Blondon,  who  setts  them  for  £24  per 
annum ;  they  are  good  arrable  land,  and  hath  good  turffe,  6  dayes 
mowinge ;  they  will  grase  88  cowes  and  are  worth  £24  per  annum. 
Drombalre,  1  qr. ;  Killcoroge,  1  qr. ;  they  are  some  parte  of  my  Lady 
Cressey's  joynter  from  O'Connor  .  .  .  worth  £27  per  annum.  Carrow- 
criar,  1  qr ;  in  owne  hands ;  it  is  a  parte  good  arrable  land,  it  hath  a 
great  scope  of  mounteyne  and  wood,  it  hath  good  meddowes,  it  will 
grase  61  cowes  and  it  is  worth  £12  per  annum.  Lecarowdarinerin* 
and  Carowlondur ;  These  f  qrs.  .  .  .  mortgadged  to  John  French 
merchant,  who  setts  it  to  undertenants  for  £18  per  annum,  it  is 
good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  good  turffe,  shelter  and  bogges,  6  dayes 
mowinge,  it  will  grase  80  cowes  and  it  is  worth  £20  per  annum. 
PARISH  OF  DETJMCLIFF. — Raghlew,  1  qr. ;  Ardtarmin,  1  qr. ;  some 
parte  of  the  Countises  joynture  .  .  .  worth  £14  8s.  per  annum. 
Kilvickannon,  1  ;  one  half  of  this  townland  belonged  to  Conn  mac 
Phelim  Eeagh  (O'Conor)  and  Mr.  Crow  ;  worth  £12  per  annum. 
Ardtrasna,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  mortgadged  to  Patt  French,  whoe  setts  it  to 
undertenants  for  £13  per  annum  ;  it  is  good  arrable  land  and  good  for 
sheep,  it  hath  4  days  mowing,  it  will  grase  61  cowes,  and  it  is  worth 
£13  per  annum.  Donfore,  £  qr.;  .  .  .  mortagadged  to  Patrick  French 
who  setts  it  to  undertenants  for  £7  per  annum,  it  is  good  arrable  land, 
it  hath  good  meddowes,  and  a  kind  ould  buildings  uppon  it,3  it  hath 
good  turffe,  it  will  grase  40  cowes  and  it  is  worth  £10  per  annum. 
Lissadole,  f  qrs ;  .  .  .  the  Countiss  keeps  it  as  parte  of  her  jointer, 

1  Brentletraugh  is  now  the  townland  of  Breaghny,  t.  e.  the  plain  of  the  wolves  ; 
Edenreagh  signifies  the  red  hill  brow.     There  is  now  no  townland  of  Clevone,  but 
there  still  exists  the  well-known  village  of  Cliffoney,  called  in  Irish  Cliatkmhuine, 
meaning  hurdle  shrubbery,  so  called  probably  because  the  shrubbery  or  copse 
supplied  hurdle  makers  with  twigs. 

2  In  the  adjoining  parish  of  Drumcliff  there  is  a  townland  called  Doonerin. 

3  "  In  the  townland  of  Doonfore,  about  4  miles  to  the  north  of  the  village  of 
Drunicliff,  there  is  an  old  edifice  in  ruins,  situated  in  a  marsh ;  it  is  surrounded  by 
a  wall  which  is  environed  by  a  rampart  of  earth." — MSS.  Ordnance  Survey. 


OF   THE    COUNTY    SLIGO   IN   THE   YEARS    1633-6.  143 

who  setts  it  for  £30  per  annum,  20  medders  of  butter,  20  medders  of 
wheat,  10  fatt  muttons,  50  horses,  with  30  horse  boys  a  night:  it  is 
good  arrable  land,  it  hath  good  turffe,  50  workmen,1 10  dayes  mowinge 
and  will  grase  200  cowes,  and  is  worth  £40  (forty)  per  annum. 
Lecarowlisnonorw,  %  qr. ;  ...  mortgaged  to  Patrick  French  .  .  .  worth 
£6  per  annum.  Monenonean,  1  qr. ; 2  it  is  part  of  my  ladey  Cressey's 
joynter  .  .  .  worth  £13  per  annum.  Lecarowcashelnogaren,  Jqr. ; 
.  .  .  my  lady  Cressey  keepes  it  as  parte  of  her  joynter  .  .  .  worth 
£7  per  annum.  Rahelley,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  mortgadged  to  Patrick 
French  .  .  .  worth  £12  per  annum.  Sranona,  %  qr. ;  Culaghbeg  and 
Culaghmore,  £;  Urlar  and  Lisdu/e,  %;  Gortrowey,  Kinosalagh,  £; 
Lecarowincarig,  %  •  Lecarownoglegh,  % ;  Barnrobin,  £  ;  Cartunlaghtalean- 
oge  and  Cartunnoculmor,  %  ;  All  these  4  qrs.  . . .  the  Countiss  houlds 
...  for  her  joynter  from  Sir  Donogh  O'Connor,  whoe  setts  it  for  £12 
a  peece  per  annum,  9  medders  of  wheat,  8  medders  of  butter,  20 
medders  of  meale,  20  horses  a  night  with  their  horseboys,  20  work- 
men alsoe  in  every  year ;  it  is  all  good  arrable  land,  it  hath  good  turffe, 
and  abondance  of  good  meddowes  with  3  or  4  lowe  mills,  and  a  good 
castle  in  the  meringe  of  these  4  qrs.  With  duties  and  rent  they 
are  worth  £70  per  annum.  Lecarowreagh,  %  qr. ;  worth  £7  16s.  per 
annum.  Clonmulle,3  %  qr. ;  .  .  .  some  of  my  ladey  Cressey's  joynter 
...  there  is  a  good  English  mille  uppon  the  river  that  runnes  from 
the  Glann  ;  it  will  grase  30  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  with  the  profits  of 
the  mill  £10  per  annum.  Tissan,  £  qr. ;  .  .  .  mortgadged  to  Eoebucke 
O'Crean,  who  sets  it  to  undertenants  for  £6  per  annum ;  it  is  good 
arrable  land,  it  hath  good  turffe,  3  days  mowinge,  it  will  grase  ... 
cows,  and  it  is  worth  £7  per  annum.  Magheracarncass,4  1  qr. ;  . .  . 


1  Even  in  the  present  day,  if  a  peasant  in  the  locality  were  asked  how  much  it 
would  cost — say  to  repair  fences,  &c.,  &c. — the  prohable  form  of  his  reply  would 
be:  "It  would  take  20  men  (sic)  to  do  it,"  without  any  intention  of  thereby  im- 
plying that  20  men  should  be  employed,  but  merely  that  a  man's  labour,  during  20 
days,  would  be  requisite  for  the  purpose.     In  like  manner  it  should  be  understood 
that  the  large  number  of  horses  and  horse  boys,  named  in  so  many  instances  through- 
out this  survey,  amongst  the  "duties "  to  be  rendered  to  the  landlord,  really  meant 
the  use  of  a  horse  for  the  number  of  times  so  stated,  the  tenant  being  bound  on  such 
occasions  to  provide  food  and  attendance  for  the  animal. 

2  The  question  here  arises,  was  not  this  townland  name  wrongly  written  at  the 
time  of  the  Ordnance  Survey ;  should  it  not  be  Moneynaneane,  i.  e.  the  moor  of  the 
birds,  not  Mullaghnaneane,  i.  e.  the  hill  of  the  birds  ? 

3  This  townland  borders  the  Drumcliff  river,  and  runs  in  a  narrow  strip  for  a 
considerable  distance  up  the  mountain. 

4  There  is  a  townland  of  Carncash  in  the  neighbouring  parish  of  Calry. 

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144        RENTALS   OF   THE   ESTATES   OF    LANDED   PROPRIETORS 

mortgadged  to  John  French,  who  setts  it  to  undertenants  ...  it  is 
worth  £12  per  annum.  Kahaberny,  1  qr. ;  ...  mortgadged  to  Eobuck 
O'Crean  ...  it  is  worth  £10  per  annum.  Lecarownotullogha,  %  qr. ; 
.  .  .  mortgaged  to  John  French  ...  it  is  worth  £30  per  annum. 
Ballincara  and  Cricke,  4  qrs. ;  .  .  .  the  Countis  houlds  it  as  her 
joynter,  she  keepes  it  in  her  owne  hands,  it  is  good  arrable  land  and 
good  for  sheep,  it  hath  some  small  shelter  and  boggy  ground,  it  hath 
some  turffe,  an  Irish  mill  in  y*  qr  Ballincarra,  12  days  mowinge,  and  it 
will  grase  200  cowes  and  it  is  worth  £80  per  annum. 

TAMPUXLOIN  PA.RISH  (Si.  JOHN'S). — Gortvicarrin,1  $  qr. ;  mortgadged 
to  Sir  Roger  Jones  Kn1.  who  setts  it  to  undertenants  ...  it  is  worth 
£10  per  annum.  Radawritoge,  1  qr. ;  Ballyhuinan,  1  qr. ;  Knockatowell, 
1  qr.  ;  ...  the  Countis  keeps  it  as  part  of  her  joynter,  and  shee  setts 
Radowritoge  for  no  lesse  than  £20,  Ballyhuinan  for  £16  per  annum. 
It  is  good  arrable  lande.  Knockatowell  is  sett  alsoe  for  £16.  In 
these  3  qrs.  shee  getts  16  horses  meate  a  night,  and  22  medders  of 
wheate  and  36  medders  of  meale,  80  workmen,  12  fatt  muttons,  it  is 
all  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  good  turffe,  12  dayes  mowinge. 
Finisklin,2  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  the  Countis  houlds  it  as  parte  of  her  joynter, 
it  is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  no  shelter.  Shee  setts  it  for  £16  per 
annum,  30  workmen,  20  horses  a  night,  4  fatt  muttons,  8  medders  of 
good  wheat,  8  medders  of  butter,  24  medders  of  meal.  It  hath  6 
dayes  mowinge  of  good  meddowe,  it  will  grase  68  cowes,  and  it  is 
worth  £20  per  annum. 

Cnapaghbeg  and  Cnapaghmore,3  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  one  £  qr.  of  it  Sir 
Roger  Jones  Knt.  houlds,  the  other  £  qr.  is  good  arrable  land,  it  hath 
good  turffe  and  8  days  mowinge. 

Lecarowlaghta,  Connor-I-Kelley,  %  qr. ;  Rahemon,  i ;  Cartuncarow- 
neir,  i ;  .  .  •  The  Countis  keepes  it  as  parte  of  her  joynter. 

1  The  Vicar's  field. 

-  Finisklin,  according  to  P.  W.  Joyce,  signifies  "  a  swift  or  strong  stream."  In 
Connac's  Glossary  the  word  inesclund  is  explained  as  "  a  swift  or  strong  stream." 
This  name  has  long  been  obsolete  in  the  language,  but  it  still  remains  in  the  names 
of  a  great  many  places,  of  which  the  correct  rendering  would  be  inisclin,  but  in 
accordance  with  a  well-known  custom  this  word  is  often  found  beginning  with  /. 
It  is  well  to  observe  that  in  this  instance,  as  well  as  in  many  of  the  places  bearing 
the  designation  Finisklin,  there  are  now  either  very  trifling  streams  or  no  streams 
at  all,  from  which  we  may  infer  either  that  there  has  been  considerable  physical 
change  in  those  places,  or  that  Cormac's  explanation  does  not  apply  to  the  whole  of 
Ireland. 

3  The  names  are  derived  from  Cnapach,  a  place  full  of  maps  or  round  hillocks, 
a  feature  characteristic  of  these  two  townlands. 


OF   THE    COUNTY   SLIGO    IN    THE   YEARS    1633-6.  145 

PARISH  OF  EJLLASPUGBRONE. — Lecarowincarig^iqr.; . . .  mortgadged 
to  Patricke  French;  the  said  Patricke  setts  it  to  undertenants  for  £8 
per  annum,  noe  duties,  it  is  good  arrable  lande,  and  it  hath  good  turffe 
and  4  dayes  mowinge  ;  it  will  graze  40  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £8  per 
annum. 

PAEISH  OP  CALET. — Carownoraha,2  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  the  Countis  houlds 
it  as  parte  of  her  joynter,  whoe  setts  it  to  undertenants  .  .  .  worth 
£36  per  annum.  Balleyihunan,  1  qr.,  the  same,  worth  £22  12s.  per 
annum.  Bellainnorly,  £.  It  is  mortgadged  to  Patrick  French  and 
(he)  setts  it  hy  lease  to  Nealle  O'Hart  and  Hugh  Merrigagh  O'Hart 
for  £4;  it  is  good  arrable  land,  it  hath  good  turffe  and  4  dayes 
mowinge  of  good  lowe  meddowe,  it  will  grase  £20  cowes,  and  it  is 
worth  £5  per  annum. 

BARONY  OF  LEYNY,  PARISH  OP  ACHONEY. — Muckalta,  1  qr. ;  Carrow- 
kill,  1  qr. ;  Carninaura,  1  qr. ;  mortgadged  to  Patrick  French ;  the  said 
Patrick  setts  them  to  Henry  O'Hart  for  £40  per  annum,  and  \  a  barrel 
of  butter  and  20  horses  provender  a  night.  It  is  good  arrable  land,  in 
some  part  heathey  grounde,  it  hath  good  shelter  and  turffe,  10  dayes 
mowing,  and  is  worth  with  the  rent  and  duties  £21  10s.  per  annum. 
It  will  grase  eight  score  cowes.  Carrowtresk,  Aghresk,  1  qr.  .  .  . 
mortgadged  to  Patrick  French  as  aforesaid,  the  said  Patrick  setts  to 
Henry  O'Hart  for  £10  per  annum.  It  is  in  parte  good  arrable  lande 
and  some  heathey  ground,  it  hath  2  dayes  mowinge  and  will  grase  40 
cowes,  and  is  worth  £10  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  BALLYSADARE. — Kinogrelley,  £  qr. 

PARISH  OF  KILLORAN. — Moymleagh,3  1  qr. 

BARONY  OF  TIRERAGH,  PARISH  OF  DEOMARD. — Carrowmacgille- 
patrick,  1  qr. ;  ...  the  Countis  houlds  it  as  of  her  joynter,  and  setts  it  to 
undertenants  for  £7.  It  is  goode  arrable  lande,  it  hath  some  turffe  ; 
it  will  grase  35  cowes  and  is  worth  £7  per  annum.  Barnnomrack,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  the  Countis  houlds  it  as  parte  of  her  Dowrey  and  setts  it  to 
Thomas  Crofton  by  a  lease  for  £8  yearely,  the  said  Thomas  setts  it  to 
undertennants  for  £9  per  annum  and  some  small  dutyes.  It  is  good 
arrable  lande  and  good  for  sheepe,  it  hath  some  turffe,  it  will  grase  40 
cowes  and  is  worth  £10  per  annum.  Carrownonowge,  1  qr. ;  Carrowin- 
castlan,  1  qr. ;  Carrowlattle,  Iqr.  ;  .  .  .  the  Countis  houlds  them  as  parte 

1  Probably  the  present  Eathcarrick. 

2  Probably  Bathquarter. 

3  Vide  ante,  vol.  i.,  pp.  251-2,  for  description  of  an  eruption'in  the  year  1490  of 
the  lake  which  formerly  covered  the  greater  part  of  this  townland. 


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of  her  joynter  and  setts  them  to  undertenants  for  £7  per  annum.  It  is 
good  but  small.  There  is  a  castle  uppon  the  quarter  Castlan.  It  hath 
a  parke  for  a  meddow.  These  3  qrs.  will  grase  90  cowes  and  is  worth 
£21  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  SKREEN-. — Levallintean,  2  qrs. ;  .  .  .  the  Countys  houlds 
it  as  parte  of  her  joynter  .  .  .  worth  £14  per  annum.  Laragh,  1  qr. ; 
Carrowmacmurtoghreagh,  1  'qr.  Carowinnorlar,  1  qr. ;  . . .  mortgadged 
to  Patrick  French  who  setts  ech  qr.  of  them  for  £10  per  annum.  It  is 
all  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  an  oulde  castle  upon  it  ...  and  is  worth 
£30  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  TEMPLEBOT. — Carowaghrish,  1  qr. ; . .  .  mortgadged  to  Mr. 
Ridge  .  .  .  this  is  a  peninsula  in  the  sea  .  .  .  worth  £30  per  annum. 
Carownonoltan,  1  qr.  Carowcore,  1  qr. ;  is  mortgaged  ...  to  Patrick 
French  .  .  .  worth  £14  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  KILMACSHALGAN. — Dunneall,  1  qr. ;  ...  mortgadged  to 
Patrick  French,  whoe  setts  it  to  undertenants  ...  it  is  good  arrable 
lande,  it  hath  a  good  quarry  for  slate  ...  it  hath  a  castle  and  a  mill 
. . .  and  it  is  worth  £43  per  annum.  Raglasse,  1  qr. ;  Farinmacfarill,  i  ; 
Enochraver,  1  qr. ;  Lecarow,  £  qr.  ;  .  .  .  mortgaged  to  Patrick  French 
.  .  .  worth  £30  per  annum. 

BAROITT  OF  TIRERRILL,  PARISH  OF  DRmcoLrMB. — Knockbrengher,  % 
of  4  qrs.  (this  is  held  as  a  parcell  of  the  baroy.  of  Corren)  ...  it  is  verey 
good  pasture  and  hath  some  fir- wood  and  shelter  .  .  .  worth  £16  per 
annum.  Knockrawer,  1  qr.  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  annum.  Curra,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  sett  ...  to  Edmund  O'Halloran,  merchant  of  Ballisadar  .  .  .  worth 
£10  per  annum. 

BARONY  OF  COBRAS,  PARISH  OF  KILTIJRRA. — Knockraver,  1  qr.  .  .  . 
parte  of  my  Lady  O'Connor's  Dowrey  from  O'Connor,  late  O'Connor's 
father  .  .  .  worth  £6  per  annum.  Knockaglore,  %  .  .  .  some  of  my 
Ladeye  Cressey's  Dowrey  .  .  .  whoe  setts  it  Mr-  Nugent  .  .  .  worth  £7 
per  annum.  Knocknahua,  %  qr. ;  Tererrill  land  .  .  .  some  of  my  Ladey 
Cressey's  joyneture  .  .  .  worth  £7  per  annum.  Knockatober,1  £  qr. ; 
Terrerill  land  .  .  .  alsoe  with  my  Ladey  Cresseye  .  .  .  worth  £7  per 
ann.  Toin-a-caputt,  $  qr. ;  Terrerill  land  .  .  .  alike  the  aforesaid 
|,  and  sett  for  £7  per  ann.  Knocknogie,  1  qr.  ;  ...  some  of  my  Lady 
Cressey's  dowrey  .  .  .  worth  £7  per  ann.  Dromfarnaght  ...  2  qrs. 
...  in  the  hands  of  my  Lady  Cressey  as  parte  of  her  dowrey  .  .  . 
worth  £12  per  ann.  Carrowloghlin  .  .  .  worth  £7  per  ann.  Carow- 
nalehcarowin  .  .  .  worth  £8  per  ann.  Coller,  2  qrs.  .  .  .  worth 

1  There  is  a  townland  of  the  name  in  the  parish  of  Kilross. 


OF   THE    COUNTY   SLIGO   IN   THE   YEARS    1633-6.  147 

£19  per  ann.  Levalleinvalle,  2  qrs.  ;  .  .  .  worth  £20  lls.  per  ann. 
Knocktober  and  KnocUover,  2  qrs.  .  .  .  worth  £8  per  ann.  Balleyvalle- 
naraha,  1  qr.  .  .  .  worth  £8  per  ann. 

PARISH  OF  TOOMOUR. —  Clongannagh,  1  qr. ;  ...  worth  £8  per  ann. 
Cross,  -J-.  Knocknafossage,1  i  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  is  but  a  small  patch  of  lande 
. . .  worth  £4  per  ann.  Mulloghcarow,  |  qr. ;  . .  .  worth  £4  4s.  per  ann 

The  following  lands  are  specifically  mentioned  as  ^eing  in  the 
possession  of  other  members  of  the 

O'CONNOR  FAMILY.2 

BARONY  or  TIRERRILL,  THE  HALFE  PARISH  OP  ENNAGH  (Ballysa- 
dare). — Raghraney.,  1  qr.  .  .  . ;  the  half  is  the  inheritance  of  Donnagh 
O'Connor,  Esq.  Rahimgrain,  1  qr. ;  worth  £8  per  annum.  Leaclce,  %  qr. ; 
Fahey,  %  qr.  Shihan,  %  qr.  .  .  . ;  mortgadged  ...  to  Patrick  French, 
merchant . .  . ;  worth  £10  per  annum.  Knockbegge,  1  qr. . . . ;  worth 
£8  per  annum.  Cloonamachin,  i  of  4  qrs. ;  the  inheritance  of  Donnogh 
O'Connor,  Esq.,  whoe  setts  it  for  £6  per  annum  unto  Mullroney 
mac  Donnogh.  It  is  good  arrable  lande  and  good  pasture  for  sheepe, 
it  hath  good  turffe  and  8  dayes  moweinge,  it  will  grase  50  cowes,  and 
is  worth  £10  per  annum.  Marginal  note  in  MS. — This  third  is  in 
the  Bar.  of  Corren. 

PARISH  OF  KILROSS. — Downnomoray,  1  qr.  . . . ;  out  of  which  the 
Ladey  Ellinor,  wife  of  Sr  Rob*  Cressey,  Knt.,  hath  her  thirds; 
O'Connor's  parte  mortgadged  to  Patrick  French,  merchant  .  .  . ;  worth 
£6  per  annum.  Cloonin,  1  qr.  .  .  . ;  mortgadged  longe  since  by  Sr 
Donnagh  O'Connor  to  Eichard  Holland,  merchant  of  Athlone.  ...  It 
hath  a  pretty  weare  for  Eelles  and  troutes  uppon  the  River  Unsinagh, 
which  meares  it  on  the  on(e)  side. 

PARISH  OF  DRONYAN  (now  Bally sumaghan). — Carrowcrine,  1  qr. ; 
mortgadged  to  Patrick  French,  gent.,  soe  that  it  is  in  the  present  posses- 
sion of  the  said  Patrick  and  Dame  Ellinor,  wife  of  Sir  Robert  Cressey, 
Knt.,  in  right  of  her  thirds  from  her  former  husband,  Sir  Donnell 

1  Now  Knocknawhishoge,  i.e.  Lark-hill. 

2  Donnogh.  O'Connor;   Phelim ;    Owen  mac  Shane;  Teige  hoy  mac  Shane; 
Conn  mac  Phelim  Reagh  ;  Phelim  mac  Shane ;   Edmond  hoy  ;  Rory  mac  Manus ; 
Brian  of  Glann ;  Chaell  mac  Shane  ;   Owen  mac  o' Galloway ;  Murtagh  mac  Shane 
mac  Brian  Duffe  ;  Murtagh  More ;  Turlogh  mac  Teige ;  Daragh  Daniel ;  Conn  mac 
Phelim  Reagh  ;    Fardinando  ;    John  Glasse  ;    Donnagh  mac  Phelim ;    Rorey ; 
Torlogh. 


148        KENTALS    OF    THE    ESTATES   OF   LANDED   PROPRIETORS 

O'Connor  .  .  . ;  worth  £8  per  annum.  Carrignagatt,  £  qr.  .  .  . ;  it  is 
a  peninsula  all  inlaid  with  turffe-bogge,  it  is  verey  good  plowinge 
land,  and  hath  store  of  marketable  meddowe  .  .  . ;  worth  £5  per 
annum.  Knocknagee,  1  qr.  .  .  . ;  mortgadged  to  Andrew  Creane,  Esq. ; 
hee  leaves  it  to  his  sonn  John,  whoe  setts  it  to  Thomas  O'Summaghan,1 
and  John  Dorragha  O'Laghna,  fosterers  .  .  . ;  it  is  good  ruffe  grassing 
ground,  sheltered  with  shrubes  .  .  . ;  worth  £12  per  annum.  Down- 
alley,  1  qr.  .  .  . ;  (mortgaged  as  above) .  .  . ;  this  quarter  though  it  be 
in  the  Parish  of  Dromdoonie,  yet  it  is  in  the  Barroney  of  Corran  in  all 
taxes. 

PAEISH  OF  KII.LMACALLAN. — Clywragh,2  £  qr.  (This  is  held  as 
parcell  of  the  Baronie  of  Corren)  .  .  . ;  worth  £8  per  annum.  Clogh- 
finn,  1  qr.  .  .  . ;  worth  £10  per  annum. 

PAEISH  OF  BALLYNAKILL. — Swoy 3  and  Lishinny4  2  qrs. . . . ;  sett  .  .  . 
to  Thomas  Eeynolds  . .  . ;  worth  £20  per  annum.  Tunnagh,  or 
Dregan,  1  qr.  .  .  . ;  no  woode  that  is  great  .  .  . ;  worth  £10  per 
annum. 

BAEONY  OF  CAEBURY,  PAEISH  OF  DEUMCLIFF. — Clonnagh,  £  qr. ;  .  .  . 
may  be  worth  £12  per  annum;  it  is  good  arrable  land;  it  hath  6 
dayes  mowing;  it  will  grase  50  cowes.  Raoinan,  £;  worth  £5 
per  annum.  Cartunhaumgarahan,  Cartunmagheremore,  Cartanhoburur, 
worth  £10  per  annum.  Killvickannon,  1  qr. ;  (part  of)  Lishtydonnell, 
alias  Carowmore  (alias  Clunagh),  £  qr. ;  worth  £8  12s.  per  annum. 
Carigin  and  Lecarownoclunagh,  alias  Carowmore,  3  cartrons,  worth 
£11  9s.  per  annum.  Colladrommanoghta,  %  qr. ;  worth  £8  7s.  per 
annum.  Duonaima,  f  qr. ;  worth  £7  6s.  per  annum.  Lisslael,  1  qr. ; 
Glann,  1  qr.  ;  Lisslael .  .  .  sett  to  undertenants  .  .  . ;  it  hath  good  fir- 
wood,  8  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  100  cowes,  and  are  worth  £50 
per  annum. 

PAEISH  OF  CALEY. — Farinacarda,  Lismarore,5  1  qr. ;  sett  to  under- 
tenants for  the  usual  duties,  and  a  chosher  at  Christmas  uppon  every 

1From  the  name  of  O'Summaghan  the  parish  appears  to  have  derived  its 
modern  designation. 

2  Now  Cleavry,  and  according  to  P.  W.  Joyce  "  this  name  indicates,  either  that 
basket  makers  lived  and  grew  osiers  for  their  trade  there  at  some  former  time,  or 
that  people  used  hurdles  or  rude  wickerwork  bridges  to  cross  the  river  or  the  marshy 
spots  near  it:  cliabh  (cleeve)  a  basket  or  hurdle,"  and  the  postfix  agh  signifies 
"  abounding  in." 

3  Now  Sooey — means  (according  to  P.  W.  Joyce)  sorrel-bearing  land. 

4  Now  Lissaneeny,  i.  e.  the  Fort  of  the  Fair. 
8  Probably  Lisgorey. 


OF    THE    COUNTY   SLIGO    IN   THE   YEARS    1633-6.  149 

tenant;  worth  £20  per  annum.  Lecarowingoulan,  £qr.;  worth  £10  7*. 
per  annum.  Lecarownolassduffe,  £  qr. ;  it  hath  a  great  scope  of  moun- 
taine ;  worth  £10  per  annum.  Lecarowcrin,  %  qr. ;  worth  £10  per 
annum. 

PAEISH  OF  ST.  JOHN'S. — Lecarowincarowna,  .  .  .  ;  worth  £7  per 
annum. 

PAEISH  OF  KILLASPTTGBEONE. — Carowbonan,  1  qr. ;  sett  to  under- 
tenants for  £16  per  annum,  4  barrells  of  malt,  4  fatt  muttons,  8 
medders  of  butter,  20  medders  of  meale,  20  workmen;  it  is  good 
arrable  land,  it  is  good  sandey  ground  close  to  the  sea,  it  hath  good 
meddowe  and  it  will  grase  80  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £17  per  annum. 
Drenaghan,  1  qr. ;  one  £  qr.  of  it  ...  sett  to  undertenants  for  £8 
per  annum,  6  medders  of  butter,  12  medders  of  meale,  3  barrells  of 
malte,  14  workmen,  3  fatt  muttons;  it  is  good  arrable  lande  and  some 
heathey  ground,  it  hath  good  turffe,  3  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  30 
cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £7  12s.  per  annum.  Skardan,  2  qrs. ;  .  .  . 
mortgadged  to  Sr.  Roger  Jones  Knt.,  but  I  ame  not  sure  for  howe 
much.  Nowe  .  .  .  sett  to  undertenants  for  £32  per  annum,  8 
medders  of  butter  in  ech  quarter,  and  20  medders  of  meale,  4  barrells 
of  malte,  20  workmen,  4  fatt  muttons.  It  is  all  good  arrable  lande, 
and  some  parte  heathy  ground,  it  hath  good  turffe,  8  dayes  mowinge, 
it  will  grase  200  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £37  per  annum.  Cartuna- 
tavir,  £  qr. ;  it  hath  good  turffe  at  Knocknore,  and  2  dayes  mowinge, 
it  will  grase  30  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £7  per  ann.  Cartunbunatruan, 
£  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  good  turffe  at  Knocknore, 
and  2  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  30  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £6  per 
annum.  Collinomore,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  to  undertenants  for  £16  per 
annum  ;  it  is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  good  turffe  in  the  toppe 
Knocknore,  and  more  he  getts  4  barrels  of  malt,  6  medders  of  butter, 
12  medders  of  meale,  20  workmen,  and  it  will  grase  80  cowes,  and  it 
is  worth  £18  per  annum. 

BABONY  OF  TIEEEAGH,  PAEISH  OF  TEMPLEBOY. — Dunnicohy,  5  qrs. ; 
Rorey  (MacSwyne's)  f  qrs.  is  mortgadged  to  Andrew  O'Cerevan, 
merchant;  the  said  Eorey  payes  him  £10  out  of  £100  per  annum. 
.  .  .  Torlogh  (O'Connor)  setts  every  i  qr.  of  them  for  £3  per.  ann.  .  .  . 
(and  duties)  .  .  .  worth  £8  16s.  per  annum. 


150        RENTALS    OF    THE    ESTATES   OF    LANDED   PROPRIETORS 

The  following  lands  were  held  by  the 

O'CREAN  FAMILY. 

BAEONT  OF  CAEBTJEY,  PARISH  OF  AHAMLISH.  —  Carownogransy ; 
The  inheritance  of  Andrew  O'Crean,  who  tooke  it  in  mortdgage  from 
my  Lo.  of  Corke,  hee  lets  it  to  undertenants  for  £10  per  annum ;  it  is 
good  arrable  lande,  there  is  an  old  castle  built  uppon  it,  it  hath  good 
turffe,  4  dayes  mowing,  it  will  grase  50  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £12 
per  annum. 

PAEISH  OF  ST.  JOHN'S.  —  Aghamore,  1  qr.  ;  set  for  £15  per 
annum ;  it  is  good  arrable  land  a  part,  it  hath  a  great  scope  of  moun- 
teyne  and  fir- wood,  and  good  turffe,  3  days  mowing ;  it  now  grases 
100  cowes  and  it  is  worth  £16  per  annum.  Ballenogarn,  4  qrs. 
The  inheritance  of  Andrew  O'Crean  and  Henry  Oge  O'Crean,  who 
setts  them  to  undertenants  for  £18  a  quar.  Of  these  4  qrs.  they  have 
good  shelter  and  good  turffe,  it  will  grase  400  cowes  and  it  is  worth 
£72  per  annum.  Lecarownocalry,  £  qr. 

PABISH  OF  CALEY. —  Cartronnogrogagh,1  •£•;  sett  to  undertenants 
for  £5  per  annum,  and  all  countrey  chardges  .  .  .  and  is  worth 
£7  lls.  per  annum.  Lecarownotullagha,  |-qr. ;  worth  £9  per  annum. 
Clogherbeg,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  It  is  some  rockey  grounde,  it  hath  good 
shelter,  and  good  turffe,  6  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  100  cowes, 
and  is  worth  £20  per  annum.  Cloghermore,  1  qr. ;  ...  set  to  under- 
tenants for  £17  per  annum  and  country  chardges,  with  4  barrells  of 
malt,  8  fatt  muttons,  12  medders  of  butter,  24  medders  of  meale,  the 
third  parte  to  be  wheat,  a  chosher  at  Christmas.  It  is  some  parte 
rockey  ground,  it  hath  good  shelter,  and  good  turffe,  5  dayes  mowinge, 
it  will  grase  100  cowes,  and  is  worth  £20  per  annum.  Colgoder? 
i  qr. ;  worth  £10  4s.  per  annum.  Kineltin,  1  qr. ;  it  is  worth  £20 
per  annum.  Carignogroagh,  iqr.;  worth  £6  10s.  per  annum.  Lecarow- 
clunestallan,  %  qr. ;  Annagh  (now  Hazlewood),  1  qr. ;  Killbride,  1  qr. ; 
These  3  qrs.  and  £  (?)  is  the  inheritance  of  Andrew  O'Crean,  Esqr.,  whoe 
setts  them  to  undertenants  for  £40  per  annum  and  10  barrells  of  malt, 
10  muttons,  100  workmen,  20  medders  of  butter,  40  medders  of  meale ; 
it  is  some  part  good  arrable  land,  hath  good  turffe  and  shelter  and 
heathy  grounde,  it  will  grase  200  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £49  13s. 

1  In  the  parish  of  Ahamlish  there  is  a  townland  named  Grogagh. 

2  Probably  Colgagh. 


OF   THE    COUNTY   SLIGO   IN   THE  YEARS  1633-6.  151 

per  ann.  Lissacopan  and  Carrownoughter,  5  cartrons;  ...  set  to 
undertenants  for  £21  per  annum  ...  it  is  good  arrable  land,  it  hath 
good  turffe,  5  days  mowinge,  it  will  grase  120  cowes  and  it  is  worth 
£25  per  annum.  Srabraghan,1  1  qr. ;  Saununighteragh,  1  qr. ;  sett  to 
undertenants  for  £32  per  annum.  It  is  all  good  arrable  land, 
uppon  the  qr.  of  Shrabraghan  ther  is  a  good  English  mill,  one  of  the 
best  in  the  country :  for  duties  he  getts  in  these  2  qrs.  8  barrells  of 
malt,  16  medders  of  butter,  32  medders  of  meale,  8  fatt  muttons,  40 
workmen.  It  hath  good  turffe,  12  days  mowing  of  good  lowmeddow, 
it  will  grase  120  cowes  and  is  worth  £38  per  annum. 

PAEISH  OF  KILLASPTJGBEONE. — Gransagh,  4  qrs. ;  John  O'Crean  .  .  . 
bought  it  from  Sr.  Robert  Kinge,  Knt. ;  it  is  all  good  arrable  land, 
and  some  heathy  ground,  it  hath  good  turffe  and  meddowes ;  the  said 
John  getts  in  these  4  qrs.  the  som  of  16  barrells  of  malt,  16  fatt 
muttons,  1 6  medders  of  butter,  64  medders  of  meale,  8  workmen ;  it 
will  grase  400  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £100  per  annum. 

BARONY  OF  TIEEEEILL,  PAEISH  OF  KILMACALLAN. — Ardneskin,  1  qr. ; 
...  it  is  a  spongey  ground  and  great  store  of  heath  ...  it  hath  a  weare 
of  Eeles  uppon  Unshinagh. 

PAEISH  OF  KILLADOON. — Moore,  £  qr.  (now  Ballindoon)  ;  .  .  .  it 
hath  good  turffe  and  (a)  good  spring  with  a  mill  uppon  it  ...  and  is 
worth  £7  per  ann.  by  reason  of  the  burialls  in  the  Abbey  and  the 
benefitt  of  the  mill. 


P.  PLTJNKETT,  ESQ. 

BAEONY  OF  TIEEEEILL,  THE  HALFE  PAEISH  OF  ENNAGH  (Ballysadare). — 
Kenaghan,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  is  good  arrable  lande  ...  it  hath  a  good  fish- 
ing weare  for  Eeles  and  trouts  uppon  the  river  called  Owinmore  .  .  . 
worth  £4  per  ann.  Mulebryne  (Mullaghnabreena),  i  of  4  quarters 
.  .  .  lately  in  mortgadge  for  Patrick  Crafford,  Esq.,  .  .  .  worth  £10 
per  ann.  Raghraney,  1  qr. 

PAEISH  OF  DEUMCOLUHB. — Agalelucke,  i  of  4  qrs. ;  .  .  .  worth  £20 
per  ann.  Tooerneloddan,  1  qr.  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  annum.  Lishconey, 
1  qr.  ;  .  .  .  a  springe  with  a  good  corn  mill  and  tucke  mill  .  .  .  and  is 
worth  £13  per  annum  by  reason  of  the  profitt  of  the  mill. 

PAEISH  OF  KILMACALLAN.— Knockroe,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  lately  purchased 
from  Patrick  Crafford,  Esq.,  ...  and  is  worth  £10  per  ami.  Marginal 

1  Now  written  Rathbraghan. 


152        RENTALS   OF   THE    ESTATES    OF    LANDED   PROPRIETORS 

note  in  MS. — '  This  Mr.  Plunkett  came  but  lately  into  this  cuntry, 
and  therefore  what  lands  pass  in  his  name  are  lately  purchased, 
Knocknarowe,  £  qr.  .  .  .  worth  £5  per  ann. 

PATRICK  FRENCH. 

BAEONY  OP  TIRERAGH,  PAEISH  OF  TEMPLEBOY. — Carowcrive,  1  qr.; .  .  . 
in  mortgadge  from  Edmond  Mac  Swyne  . .  .  worth  £8  per  annum. 

The  following  lands  were  held  by  two  members  of  the 
O'HART   FAMILY. 

BARONY  OF  CARBURY,  PAEISH  OF  AHAMLISH. — Dorince,1  the  in- 
heritance of  O'Connor  oge  O'Hartt,  who  setts  it  to  undertennants  for 
£4  and  country  charges,  2  barrels  of  malte,  3  fat  muttons,  4  medders 
of  butter,  8  medders  of  meale,  20  workmen,  it  is  good  arrable  lande,  it 
hath  good  turffe,  2  days  mowinge,  it  will  grase  20  cowes,  and  it  is  worth 
£6  per  annum.  Ballinviola  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  undertennants  for  £6 
per  annum,  2  barrells  of  malt,  3  fatt  muttons,  4  medders  of  butter, 
8  medders  of  meale,  10  workmen,  it  is  good  arrable  land,  it  hath  2 
dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  30  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £7  17«.  per 
annum. 

PARISH  OF  CALEY. — Mahereconrosse,  1  qr. ;  ...  sett  to  undertennants 
for  £16  per  annum,  and  4  barrels  of  malt,  12  medders  of  butter,  24 
medders  of  meale,  the  third  parte  to  be  wheat,  a  fatt  mutton  uppon 
every  tennant,  and  a  cosher  at  Christmas,  and  40  workmen.  It  is 
some  parte  good  arrable  land  and  good  for  sheepe,  some  parte  rockey 
grounde,  it  hath  good  shelter  and  good  turffe,  it  will  grase  100  cowes, 
and  it  is  worth  £20  per  annum.  Formill,  1  qr. ;  ...  it  is  a  parte 
good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  a  great  scope  of  mountayne,  and  good 
shelter  with  an  oulde  castle  uppon  it,  and  it  hath  good  turffe,  6  or  7 
days  mowinge,  it  will  grase  100  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £20  per 
annum. 

O'GARA. 
O'Gara  (see  vol.  L,  Appendix,  pp.  402-5). 

1  The  island  of  Derinsh  is  situated  to  the  west  of  the  townland  of  Edenreagh : 
to  the  north  is  a  shoal  called  Carricknaspania ;  further  to  the  west  is  Connor's 
island :  on  its  eastern  shore  is  a  point  called  Eunnablonich,  and  to  the  westward  ar« 
the  two  reefs  called  Carricknaneane  and  Taghnashallog  or  Torgunnell. 


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O'HAKA. 

BAEONY  OF  LEYNY,  PARISH  OP  ACHONEY. — Clonbanow  (Cloonbaniff, 
1  car. ;  sett  by  lease  of  12  yeeres  to  Thomas  Ormsby  for  £3  per  annum  ; 
the  said  Thomas  setts  it  to  undertennants  for  £4,  4  medders  of  butter,  12 
medders  of  meale,  2  barrells  of  malte,  20  workmen.  It  is  good  arrable 
lande,  it  hath  good  turffe,  it  is  in  parte  somewhat  heathy.  It  will 
grase  30  cowes,  and  is  very  well  worth  £6  12s.  per  annum.  Carow- 
holurvichourlin  (?),  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  .  sett  .  .  .  for  £7  per  annum  without 
duties.  It  is  good  arrable  land,  it  hath  good  small  shelter  and  turffe, 
it  will  grase  35  cowes,  and  is  worth  £8  per  annum.  Carowirill 
(Carrowwilkin),  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  .  .  .  for  £10  per  ann.,  but  the  said 
O'Hara  pays  the  Bishop  hereout  the  sum  of  40s.  per  annum.  It  is  good 
arrable  lande,  it  hath  good  turffe  and  a  mill  stands  on  it.  It  will 
grase  50  cowes,  and  is  worth  £12  10s.  per  annum.  Carowemore, 
1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  by  lease  to  Thomas  Ormsby  for  12  yeares  for 
£9  rent  per  annum ;  the  said  Thomas  setts  it  to  undertennants 
for  £8  per  annum,  and  4  barrells  of  malte,  and  4  fatt  muttons,  8 
medders  of  butter,  24  medders  of  meale,  20  workmen.  In  some 
parte  it  is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  good  turffe,  8  dayes  mowinge,  it 
will  grase  60  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £16  per  annum.  Carownedin, 
1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  the  said  Ormsby  for  the  like  rent  as  aforesaid; 
the  said  Thomas  setts  it  for  the  rent  and  duties  as  ut  supra,  and  it  is 
like  the  aforesaid  lande,  and  is  worth  £15  per  annum.  Cashel,  f  qrs. ; 
. .  .  sett ...  to  Thomas  Ormsby,  but  the  said  Thomas  setts  it  for  soe  much 
rents  and  duties  per  annum  as  hee  did  sett  Carowmore  and  Carownedin. 
It  is  all  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  good  turffe  and  8  dayes  mowinge 
of  good  meddowe,  it  hath  noe  mountayne,  it  will  grase  60  cowes,  and 
is  worth  £15  per  annum.  Carownocring,  Lecarowreag,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett 
...  to  undertennants  for  £8  per  annum.  In  some  parte  it  is  verey  good 
arrable  lande,  it  hath  a  good  scope  of  mounteyne,  it  hath  good  turffe, 
4  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  8  cowes,  and  is  worth  £10  per  annum, 
besides  these  dutyes  followinge,  viz.:  4  barrells  of  malte,  4  fatt  muttons, 
8  medders  of  butter,  16  medders  of  meale,  20  workmen,  upon  this  qr. 
stands  an  oulde  castle  and  a  mill,  and  alltogether  the  benefit  thereof 
may  be  verey  well  worth  £20  per  annum.  Carownalacolla,  1  qr. ; 
sett  ...  to  Thomas  Ormsby  for  a  lease  of  21  years.  The  said  Thomas 
setts  it  to  undertennants  for  £8,  2  fatt  muttons,  4  medders  of  butter; 
it  is  in  some  parte  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  a  great  scope  of  moun- 


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teyne,  it  hath  good  fir- wood,  and  good  turffe,  2  dayes  mowinge,  it  will 
grase  60  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £15  per  annum.  Carownolech,  1  qr. ; 
sett  ...  to  Thomas  Ormsby  by  lease ;  the  said  Thomas  setts  it  to 
undertennants  for  £8  8s.  per  annum,  6  medders  of  butter,  18  medders 
of  meale,  4  barrells  of  malte,  24  workmen.  In  parte  it  is  good  arrable 
lande,  it  hath  some  wood  and  a  great  scope  of  mounteyne,  it  hath  good 
turffe,  and  it  will  grase  40  cowes,  and  is  worth  £10  10s.  per  annum 
PAEISH  OF  KILVARNET. — Kilvarnet,1  f  qr. ;  ...  sett  ...  by  lease  to 
Eobert  Ormsby  for  £18  per  annum,  the  said  Robert  setts  it  to  under- 
tenants by  a  lease  of  21  yeares  for  £21  per  annum.  It  is  good  arrable 
land,  it  hath  some  small  shelter,  and  good  turffe,  3  dayes  mowinge ; 
it  will  grase  105  cows  and  is  worth  £21  per  annum.  Ballynohauogh, 
4  qrs. ;  .  .  .  every  qr.  thereof  sett  to  undertenants  for  £9  9s.  per 
annum.  It  is  good  arrable  lande ;  it  hath  verey  good  turffe,  and  20 
Dayes  mowinge  of  good  lowe  meddowe.  These  4  qrs.  aforesaid  will 
grase  4  score  somes,2  are  worth  £35  per  annum,  alsoe  the  said  lands 
yield  Mr.  Win.  Crofton  2s.  6d.  per  annum.  Legadadun,  1  qr.  .  .  . 
sett  ...  to  Eobert  Ormsby  for  £9  per  annum.  It  is  good  arrable 
lande,  it  hath  some  shelter,  good  turffe,  it  will  grase  35  cowes  and  is 
worth  £10  per  annum.  Carowclaraghoghteragh,  1  qr.  .  .  .  sett  to  ... 
Robert  Ormsby  for  £9  per  annum.  It  is  good  arrable  land,  it  hath 
some  shelter,  good  turffe.  It  will  grase  35  cowes  and  is  worth  £10 
per  annum.  Carowclaraghoghteragh,  1  qr.  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  Robert 
Ormsby  for  £8  per  annum.  It  is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  some 
shelter  and  good  turffe,  3  Dayes  mowinge  of  good  lowe  meddowe,  it 
will  grase  40  cowes  and  is  worth  £10  per  annum.  Carowclaragh- 
oghteragh, 1  qr.  ;  ...  set  ...  to  Robert  Ormsby  for  £8  per  annum. 
It  is  good  arrable  lande,  and  hath  some  small  shelter,  with  good  turffe, 
3  dayes  mowinge  of  good  lowe  meddow.  It  will  grase  38  cowes  and 
is  worth  £10  per  annum.  Pinlogh  and  Carowlaghta,  2  qrs. ;  . . . 

1  In  the  margin  of  the  MS.  is  the  following  note : — "  Mr.  William  Browne,  he 
hath  set  it  to  Mr.  Fenton  a  Scotchman."     "William  Browne  of  Kilvarnet  was 
registrar  to  the  Bishop  of  Killala  and  Achonry. 

2  The  expression  "  somes"  is  by  no  means  yet  obsolete,  and  it  may  be  described 
as  denoting  a  mixed  stock.     The  value  of  pasture  land  was  computed  according  to 
the  number  of  full-grown  cows  or  oxen  that  could  be  fed  upon  it ;  and  if  occupied 
by  other  domestic  animals,  a  computation  was  made  as  to  how  many  of  each  species 
represented  the  amount  of  grass  that  would  he  consumed  by  a  full-grown  cow. 
The  classification  of  stock  for  grazing  purposes  would  be — to  an  acre  of  good  land — 
one  cow ;  or  three  year-old  calves  ;  or  a  two-year-old  and  a  young  calf ;  or  four 
sheep ;  or  twenty -four  geese,  &c.  whilst  a  horse  would  be  reckoned  equal  to  two 
"somes." 


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sett  ...  to  undertennants  for  £16  per  annum  without  duties.  They 
are  good  arrable  land,  they  have  good  shruhs  for  shelter,  and  good 
turffe,  it  is  in  parte  somewhat  heathey  grounde,  it  hath  no  meddowe, 
it  will  grase  4  score  cowes  and  are  well  worth  £14  per  annum. 
Ardcreegeghteragh  and  Ardcregoghteragh,  2  qrs. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to 
undertennants  for  £16  per  annum,  they  are  good  arrable  lande  that 
hath  good  turffe,  10  Dayes  mowinge,  they  will  grase  4  score  cowes 
and  are  worth  £18  per  annum.  Rahgranh,  f  qrs.  .  .  .  sett  ...  to 
undertennants  for  £12  per  annum  without  duties.  It  hath  good  turffe 
and  noe  shelter,  it  will  yeald  six  Dayes  mowinge  of  good  lowe  med- 
dowe and  will  grase  60  cowes,  and  are  verey  well  worth  £13  per 
annum.  Carowinmullin  and  Rahnarrowe,  2  qrs. ;  .  .  .  sett  to  under- 
tennants for  £16  per  annum.  They  are  good  arrable  lande,  without 
shelter,  it  hath  good  turffe,  and  8  Dayes  mowinge  of  good  lowe 
meddowe,  they  will  grase  60  cowes  and  are  worth  £14  per  annum. 
Carowirill,  1  qr. ;  out  of  which  he  (O'Hara)  payes  my  Lord  Bpp.  £2 
per  annum  . .  .  sett  ...  to  undertennants  for  £10  per  annum,  it  is  good 
arrable  lande,  it  hath  good  turffe,  6  dayes  mowinge  of  good  lowe 
meddowe,  there  is  a  good  Irish  mill  upon  the  same.  It  will  grase 
46  cowes.  "With  the  mill  and  all  it  is  worth  £11  10s.  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  KZLLORAN. — Crivaine,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  lett  .  .  .  free  unto  one 
Rorey  O'Malley  during  the  liffe  of  the  said  Rorey  his  wiffe.  It  is 
very  good  arrable  lande,  and  hath  good  turffe  and  3  dayes  mowinge  of 
good  lowe  meddowe,  it  is  good  for  sheepe,1  it  will  grase  40  cowes  and 
is  worth  £8  per  annum.  Reevaris,  1  qr. ;  sett  to  Rorey  O'Malley 
for  £8  per  annum,  without  any  duties,  it  is  good  arrable  lande,  both 
for  corn  and  sheepe,  it  is  some  parte  heathey  grounde  and  hath  good 
turffe,  it  hath  no  shrubs  for  shelter,  it  will  grase  40  cowes  and  is 
worth  £10  per  annum.  Rahgramhe  and  Durosh,  f-  qrs. ;  sett  ...  to 
undertennants  for  £12  per  annum,  4  medders  of  butter,  8  medders  of 
meale,  3  fatt  muttons.  It  is  good  arrable  lande  and  good  for  sheepe, 
it  hath  good  turffe  and  7  dayes  mowinge  of  good  meddowe,  it  will 
grase  60  cowes  and  is  worth  £14  per  annum.  Carrowmaccarige, 
1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  to  undertennants  for  £8  8*.  (per  annum),  no  duties. 
It  is  good  arrable  lande  and  good  for  sheepe  ;  it  hath  good  turffe  and  4 
dayes  mowinge  of  good  lowe  meddowe,  it  will  grase  30  cowes,  and 
hath  neither  wood  shelter  nor  mountain,  and  is  worth  £6  per  annum. 
Curraghinerin,  %  (now  Half  quarter);  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  undertenants 
for  £4  4s.  without  duties  per  annum.  It  is  some  parte  arrable,  some- 
what boggey  lande,  it  is  bleacke,  without  shelter,  and  mounteyne. 


156        RENTALS   OF   THE    ESTATES   OF   LANDED    PROPRIETORS 

It  hath  2  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  30  cowes  and  it  is  worth  £5  5s. 
per  annum.  Caroweghteraghculany,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  under- 
tennants  for  £5  5*.  and  the  4th  sheafe,  without  duties,  per  annum — 
Uppon  this  qr.  stands  the  (castle)  of  Collaney,  O'Hara  his  house,  and 
alsoe  a  mill  uppon  the  river  hard-hy  the  said  castle.  Within  the  town 
of  Coollaney  the  said  O'Hara  hath  a  fayre.  It  is  very  good  arrable 
lande  and  good  for  sheepe,  it  hath  good  turffe,  noe  mowinge,  it  will 
grase  30  cowes,  soe  with  the  profitt  of  the  fayre  and  mill,  it  may  he 
worth  £10  per  annum.  Carowoghteragh  and  Carownacliohe,  2  qrs. ; 
.  .  .  sett  ...  to  undertennants  for  £4  4s.  out  of  each  qr.,  without 
duties,  per  annum.  They  are  verey  good  arrable  lande,  and  good  for 
sheepe,  and  hath  neither  wood,  mounteyne,  nor  shelter.  It  hath  good 
turffe,  noe  meddowe ;  they  will  grase  65  cowes,  and  are  worth  veirey 
well  £16  Ws.  per  annum.  Carrowinleane  and  Shancogh,  2  qrs. ; 
sett  ...  to  undertennants  for  £15  15«  per  annum  without  duties; 
they  are  very  good  arrable  lande,  both  for  corne  and  sheepe,  it  hath 
neither  woode,  mounteyne  nor  shelter,  they  have  good  turffe,  3  days 
mowinge  of  good  meddowe,  they  will  grase  4  score  cowes  and  are  verey 
well  worth  £19  per  annum.  Eahossey,  1  qr. ;  Seavnes,  1  qr. ; 
Carrowganoy,  1  qr. ;  ...  the  inheritance  of  O'Hara,  but  in  the 
present  possession  of  O'Gallohere's  daughter  for  a  dowry  from  Ould 
Cormac  O'Hara,  and  are  good  arrable  lande,  and  hath  a  great  scope 
of  mounteine.  The  said  widdow  setts  the  said  3  qrs.  for  £30  per 
annum.  She  receives  out  of  2  qrs.  of  them  4  fatt  muttons,  8  medders 
of  butter,  16  medders  of  meale,  4  barrells  of  malte,  40  workmen.  It 
hath  good  turffe  ;  they  will  grase  100  cowes  and  are  very  well  worth 
£77  4*.  4d.  per  annum.  Gortkiran  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  under- 
tennants for  £10  10*.  per  annum,  without  dutyes.  In  some  parte  it  is 
good  arrable  lande,  and  hath  a  great  scope  of  mounteyne,  it  hath  good 
shelter  and  good  turffe,  and  hath  no  meddowe,  it  will  grase  50  cowes 
and  is  worth  £12  per  annum.  Knockadua  and  Ballinvally  (Koads- 
town),  2  qrs. ;  the  inheritance  of  Manus  mac  Sharrey,  out  of  which 
hee  payes  £4  per  annum  unto  O'Hara.  These  2  qrs.  are  good  arrable 
lande,  and  hath  a  great  scope  of  mounteine  and  hath  good  turffe,  a 
lowe  mill  uppon  a  river  that  runes  down  from  the  mounteine,  they 
will  grase  100  cowes,  and  are  worth  £20  per  annum  with  the  profit 
of  the  mill  and  all. 

PAKISH  OF  BALLYSADAEE. — Balleyanlon  and  Corkawnagh,  1  qr.  > 
.  .  .  Sir  Charles  Coot,  Knt.,  hath  it  in  mortgadge  for  £100,  the  said 
Sir  Charles  appoints  Malby  Ormsby,  for  the  settinge  of  the  said  lande, 


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whoe  setts  it  to  undertennants  for  £16  per  annum  without  any  duties. 
It  is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  a  great  scope  of  mounteine,  good  turffe, 
and  hath  2  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  70  cowes,  and  is  very  well 
worth  £16  per  ann.  Drumdirk,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  alsoe  mortgaclged  to  Sir 
Charles  Coote,  Knt.,  who  hath  appointed  Malbey  Ormsbey  to  dispose 
thereof,  whoe  setts  it  to  undertennants  for  £9  9s.  per  annum.  It  is 
good  arrable  land,  it  has  neither  wood,  shelter,  nor  meddowe,  it  hath 
good  turffe  and  a  great  scope  of  mounteine,  it  will  grase  35  cowes,  and 
is  worth  £10  per  annum.  Drumdeck,  1  qr. ;  mortgadged  to  Sir  Charles 
Coote,  Knt.,  whoe  hath  appointed  Malby  Ormsbey  to  dispose  thereof, 
whoe  setts  it  to  undertennants  for  £9  9s.  per  annum.  It  is  good  arrable 
land,  it  has  neither  wood,  shelter,  nor  meddowe,  it  hath  good  turffe 
and  a  great  scope  of  mounteine,  it  will  grase  35  cowes,  and  is  worth 
£10  per  annum.  Carownekeragh  and  Lecarownecoellur,  2  qrs. ;  .  .  . 
alsoe  mordtgadged  to  Sir  Charles  Coote,  whoe  doth  alsoe  appoint  the 
said  Malby  to  dispose  of  the  same,  whoe  setts  it  to  undertennants  for 
£10  10s.  per  annum,  without  duties.  It  is  good  arrable  land,  it  hath 
fir- wood  and  good  shelter,  it  hath  noe  meddowe,  it  will  grase  80  cowes, 
and  is  worth  £20  10s.  per  annum.  The  said  Sir  Charles  Coote  houlds 
these  six  quars :  in  mortgadge  for  £500.  Knockiara  and  Tullaghan, 
1  qr. ;  .  .  .alsoe  mortgaged  to  Sir  Charles  Coote  aforesaid?  whoe  setts 
it  for  £8  8s.  per  ann.,  without  duties.  In  some  parte  it  is  good  arrable 
lande  and  hath  good  fir-wood  and  shelter,  it  will  grase  40  cowes,  and 
hath  no  meddowe,  and  it  is  worth  £9  per  ann.  Lishduffe,  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
alsoe  mortgadged  to.  Sr.  Charles  Coote.  The  said  Sr.  Charles  setts  it 
to  undertennants  for  £10  10s.  per  ann.  without  duties.  It  hath  some 
shelter  and  fir-wood,  and  hath  noe  meddowe.  It  will  grase  45  cowes, 
and  is  worth  £11  per  annum.  Levallecoiltelinye,1  2  qrs. ;  sett ...  to 
undertennants  for  £12  per  annum  without  duties.  It  is  all  woode  and 
mounteine,  and  it  lyes  close  by  the  strand  of  Trayoell.  It  will  grase 
50  cowes,  and  is  worth  £13  per  annum.  Large,  i  qr. ;  ...  sett  to  under- 
tennants for  £9  per  annum,  and  the  said  undertennants  sett  it  for  £11 
per  annum,  3  barrells  of  malt,  4  fatt  muttons,  4  medders  of  butter,  8 
medders  of  meale.  It  is  good  arrable  land,  it  hath  good  shelter, 

1  Although  the  name  Coillte  Luighne  is  frequently  mentioned  in  the  Irish 
Annals,  it  is  not  commemorated  in  the  name  of  any  townland  in  the  County  Sligo. 
It  would  seem  to  have  been  an  extensive  district,  and  probably  comprised,  amongst 
other  denominations  of  land,  those  of  Mullanashee,  Crockacullion,  and  Lugnadeifa, 
as  these  names  do  not  occur  in  the  MS.  Survey.  The  ancient  district  is  said  to 
have  stretched  from  the  rivulet  of  Ballinamuck  to  the  parish  boundary,  and  com- 
prising all  the  country  to  the  summit  of  Slieve-na-Gamph. 

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and  turffe,  and  3  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  48  cowes,  and  is  worth 
£13  8s.  per  annum.  Glann,  £  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  to  Christopher  Yardon  for 
£13  per  annum.  It  hath  some  arrable  lande,  some  shelter  and  good 
turffe,  with  a  great  scope  of  mounteine.  It  will  grase  50  cowes,  and 
is  worth  £13  per  annum. 

The  following  lands  are  specifically  mentioned  as  heing  in  the 
possession  of  other  memhers  of  the 

O'HARA  FAMILY.1 

BABONY  OF  LEYNY,  PARISH  OF  ACHONBY. — Carrowintuorin,  Carrow- 
innill,  2  qrs. ;  sett  for  £16  16s.  per  annum,  6  barrells  of  malte,  10 
medders  of  hutter,  20  medders  of  meale,  8  fatt  muttons,  40  workmen. 
It  is  good  arrable  lande,  and  some  parte  heathey  grounde.  A  good 
Castle  stands  uppon  it  called  Balliarareagh,  and  a  lowe  Irish  mill.  It 
hath  good  turffe,  8  dayes  mowinge,  and  it  is  worth  £26  per  annum  ;  it 
will  grase  165  cowes.  Fallduffe,  £  qr. ;  sett  to  undertennants  for 
£5  per  annum,  2  barrels  of  malt,  2  fatt  muttons,  3  medders  of  butter, 
6  medders  of  meale,  15  workmen.  It  is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  3 
dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  20  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £6  13s.  per 
annum.  Cloningragh,  Clooneragh,  1  qr. ;  sett  ...  to  undertennants 
for  £7  7s.  per  annum,  3  barrells  of  malte,  4  fatt  muttons,  4  medders 
of  butter,  8  medders  of  meale,  20  workingmen.  In  some  parte  it  is 
good  arrable  lande,  somewhat  heathey  ground,  good  turffe,  it  will  grase 
fortey  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £9  9s.  per  annum.  Cloonelawcoill,  1 
qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  to  undertennants  for  £8  per  annum,  3  barrells  of 
malte,  4  medders  of  butter,  8  medders  of  meale,  4  fatt  muttons,  20 
workmen.  It  is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  good  turffe,  5  dayes 
mowinge,  it  will  grase  40  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £10  10s.  per  annum. 
Carowletrim  and  Carownamollagh,  2  qrs. ;  the  property  of  Teige  oge 
O'Higgin,  Esqr.,  paid  Teige  Xeogh  O'Hara  the  some  of  14s.  sterling 
Ocham,  Cashelleoy,  2  qrs.  ;  sett  after  the  rate  of  £20  per  annum, 
and  it  is  good  arrable  land  and  some  heathey  ground,  it  hath  good 
turffe  :  mor  he  getts,  viz  :  6  barrells  of  malt,  8  medders  of  butter,  16 
medders  of  meale,  8  fatt  muttons,  40  workmen;  it  will  grase  80  cowes, 
and  it  is  worth  £24  per  annum.  Carrowreagh,  1  qr. ;  Lecarrowno- 

1  Teige  Keogh  O'Hara ;  Hugh ;  Cormack  oge  ;  Korey  Keogh  :  Cahill ;  Donnogh 
backagh  ;  Errill ;  Dennott  reagh  ;  John  mac  Manus  ;  Dermott  Keogh  mac  Shane 
oge  ;  Murthogh  ;  Edmond  boy ;  Tumultogh  oge ;  Rorey  mac  Fardorragh ;  John  ; 
Rorey ;  Donnell  econe. 


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corsally,  i  qr. ;  Tullacossinmore,  1  qr. ;  Tullacossinbeg,  %  qr.  ;  These  3 
quarters  are  the  inheritance  of  Hugh  O'Hara,  but  yett  Henry  O'Hartt's 
daughter,  called  Hartt,  keeps  them  for  a  Dowry  from  John  oge  O'Hara, 
her  former  husband ;  the  said  Catter(ine)  had  no  issue  by  the  said 
John,  and  the  said  Hugh  O'Hara  is  a  brother  to  the  said  Catter(ine) 
Hartt  unto  whome  the  said  lande  shall  come  after  her  death.  She 
setts  them  3  qrs.  for  £24  per  annum,  10  barrells  of  malt,  10  fatt 
muttons,  10  medders  of  butter,  20  medders  of  meale,  50  workmen- 
In  some  parte  it  is  good  arrable  lande,  and  hath  great  bogges,  and 
heathy  ground,  it  will  grase  160  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £32  per  ann. 
with  six  shillinges  (and)  fower  pence.  Curraghvonnan.  1  qr.  The 
inheritance  of  Hugh  O'Hara,  whoe  setts  it  to  undertennants  for 
£7  7s.  per  ann.  and  some  duties  after  the  countrey  fashion,  viz.  a 
fatt  mutton  uppon  every  tenement,  a  medder  of  butter,  3  medders  of 
meale,  12  workmen  uppon  every  one  as  abovesaid.  It  is  in  some  parte 
good  arrable  lande,  and  some  part  boggy  and  heathey  ground,  it  has 
good  turffe,  3  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  40  cowes,  and  it  is  worth 
£9  9s.  per  annum.  Carowmore,  1  qr. ;  mortgaged  ...  to  Patrick 
French,  the  said  Patrick  setts  it  to  undertennants  for  £8  per  annum. 
It  is  good  arrable  land,  it  hath  good  turffe,  5  dayes  mowinge,  it  will 
grase  35  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £9  per  annum.  Clunvickcula, 
1  qr. ;  .  .  .  the  £  of  it  is  mortgadged  to  Patrick  French,  the  said 
Patrick  and  Cormac  setts  it  together  to  undertennants  for  £18 
per  ann.  40  workmen,  4  barrels  of  malte,  8  medders  of  butter,  20 
medders  of  meale,  4  fatt  muttons.  It  is  some  parte  good  arrable 
lande,  it  hath  great  scope  of  mounteyne  and  bogges  adjoininge  to.it, 
and  good  fire-wood.  It  will  grase  100  cowes,  and  is  worth  £21  4s.  per 
ann.  Mollan,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  keepes  it  in  his  own  hands ;  it  is  in  some 
parte  good  arrable  lande,  and  it  hath  good  fir-woode,  a  great  scope  of 
mounteyne.  It  hath  a  lowe  mill  uppon  a  river  that  runnes  neere  the 
house  (i.  e.  his  residence).  It  will  grase  100  cowes,  and  is  worth  £25 
per  annum.  Sessowicoman,  1  qr. ;  mortagadged  ...  to  Patrick 
French,  whoe  setts  it  to  undertennants  for  £24  per  ann.  eight  muttons, 
12  medders  of  butter,  24  medders  of  meale,  40  workmen  together  with 
his  owne  cattle  theruppon.  It  is  good  arrable  lande  in  some  parte,  it 
hath  good  fir-wood,  4  dayes  mowinge,  and  2  good  stone  houses,  and 
a  mill  uppon  it,  great  scope  of  mounteine,  it  will  grase  100  cowes,  and 
is  worth  £28  per  annum.  Leitrim,  f  qrs.  sett  ...  to  undertennants 
for  £16  per  annum,  4  barrells  of  malt,  8  fatt  muttons,  12  medders  of 
butter,  24  medders  of  meale,  40  workmen.  It  is  in  some  parte  good 

N  2 


160        RENTALS   OF    THE    ESTATES    OF    LANDED    PROPRIETORS 

arrable  lande,  it  hath  good  fir- wood,  and  a  great  scope  of  mounteyne, 
it  will  grase  100  cowes,  and  is  worth  £24  per  annum.  Dunmore,  1 
qr. ;  ...  sett  ...  to  undertenants  for  £21  per  ann.,  20  medders  of 
butter,  60  medders  of  meale,  60  workmen.  It  is  in  some  parte  good 
arrable  lande  and  heathy  grounde,  full  of  bogges  in  divers  parts.  It 
will  grase  45  cowes,  and  is  verey  well  worth  £27  per  annum.  Clonin- 
garer,  or  Clounarahr,  1  car. ;  .  .  .  mortgadged  ...  to  Patrick  French, 
the  said  Patrick  setts  it  to  undertennants  for  £3  per  annum,  noe  duties. 
It  is  good  arrable  lande,  and  hath  good  turffe,  and  some  bogges  uppon 
it.  It  hath  2  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  15  cowes,  and  is  worth  £3 
per  ann.  Carrowkell,  1  qr. ;  morgadged  ...  to  Patrick  French, 
the  said  Patrick  setts  it  for  £8  per  annum.  It  is  good  arrable  land,  it 
hath  good  turffe,  three  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  35  cowes,  and  it 
is  worth  £9  per  annum.  Carowvinoran  or  Carownavoran,  1  qr. 
mortgadged  ...  to  Patrick  French,  marchant,  the  said  Patrick  setts 
it  to  undertennants  for  £13  per  ann.  without  duties.  It  is  verey  good 
arrable  land,  it  hath  some  good  turffe,  it  will  grase  55  cowes,  and  is 
worth  £13  per  annum.  Lavalleincungell,  2  qrs. ;  .  .  .  mortgadged 
...  to  Patrick  French  aforesaid ;  the  said  Patrick  setts  it  to  under- 
tennants for  £7  per  annum.  It  is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  good 
turffe.  It  will  grase  50  cowes,  and  is  worth  £12  per  annum.  Rah- 
scanlan,  1  qr. ;  sett  to  undertennants  for  £8  per  annum ;  it  some 
parte  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  good  turffe,  4  Dayes  mowinge,  it  will 
grase  35  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £11  11s.  per  annum.  Sassowgarrih, 
1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  undertennants  for  £12  per  ann.,  8  barrells  of 
malt,  12  medders  of  butter,  40  medders  of  meale,  50  workmen.  It 
is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  good  fir-wood,  and  a  great  scope  of 
mounteyne,  it  hath  good  turffe,  5  dayes  mowing,  it  will  grase  100 
cowes,  and  is  worth  £28  per  annum. 

PAEISH  OF  KILLOEAN. — Carowincruir  and  Carowinloghan,  2  qrs  ; 
.  .  .  mortgadged  ...  of  Patrick  French  for  £200.  It  is  in  parte 
arrable  lande,  and  in  the  other  somewhat  heathey  grounde,  and  the 
said  Patrick  settes  the  said  2  qrs.  to  undertennants  for  £16  per 
annum.  Moymleagh,  1  qr.  ;  which  Erril  O'Hara  hath  to  his  inheri- 
tance of  O'Connor,  which  halfe  the  Countis  hath  as  a  Dowrey  and 
setts  it  for  £7  per  ann.,  and  the  said  Errill  O'Hara  keepes  his  owne 
part  in  his  owne  hands,  it  is  verey  good  arrable  lande,  uppon  it  is  an 
ould  ruinous  Castle,  it  hath  good  turffe,  8  dayes  mowing,  it  will  grase 
60  cowes,  and  is  worth  £16  per  annum. 

PAEISH  OF  BALLYSADAEE. — Kinogrelley,  i  qr. ;  one  half  of  this  is 


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the  inheritance  of  Errill  O'Hara,  whoe  setts  it  to  undertennants  for 
£8  per  ann.  Some  part  of  it  is  good  arrable  lande  and  hath  a  great 
scope  of  mounteyne,  it  will  grase  40  cowes,  and  is  worth  £10  per 
annum ;  and  the  other  Cartron  is  the  inheritance  of  O'Connor  of 
Sligoe,  hut  it  is  in  the  present  tenancy  of  the  Countis  of  Sligoe,  and 
she  setts  it  to  Christopher  Yerdon,  as  parte  of  her  Dowrey  for  £4  per 
annum.  Some  parte  of  it  is  good  arrahle  lande,  and  hath  a  great 
scope  of  mounteyn,  it  will  grase  40  cowes,  and  is  worth  £10  per 
annum,  in  regard  it  is  as  good  as  the  other  cartron. 

PARISH  OP  EJLMA.CTEIGE. — Gortermoine,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  mortgadged  to 
Sir  Eoger  Jones,  Knt.,  whoe  setts  it  to  undertennants  for  £9  and 
countrey  chardges  per  ann.,  4  harrells  of  malt,  8  medders  of  hutter, 
16  medders  of  meale,  4  fatt  muttons,  20  workmen.  It  is  parte  good 
arrable  land,  and  in  parte  it  hath  bogges  and  moors,  it  hath  good  turffe, 
6  Dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  40  cowes,  and  is  worth  £13  11s.  per 
annum.  Carrowcaragh,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  undertennants  for 
£13  13s.  per  ann.,  a  harrell  of  malt,  8  fatt  muttons,  8  medders  of 
hutter,  20  medders  of  meale  and  wheate,  30  workmen.  It  is  in  some 
parte  good  arrable  land  with  an  old  ruinous  castle  uppon  it.  It  will 
grase  (sic)  .  .  .  £25  per  annum.  Carownacapull,  i  qr,  ;  ...  sett  .  .  . 
to  undertennants  for  £5  5s.  per  annum,  3  fatt  muttons,  4  medders 
of  butter,  16  medders  of  meale,  2  barrells  of  malt,  20  workmen. 
It  is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  good  turffe,  3  dayes  mowinge,  it 
will  grase  23  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £717  per  annum.  Carrowna- 
houale ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  undertennants  for  £7  7s.  and  countrey 
chardges  per  annum,  4  barrells  of  malte,  4  fatt  muttons,  8  medders 
of  butter,  16  medders  of  meale,  20  workmen.  It  is  good  arrable 
lande,  and  somewhat  heathey  ground,  it  hath  good  turffe,  and  3  dayes 
mowing,  it  will  grase  35  cowes,  and  is  well  worth  £11  per  annum. 
Lecarowiderell,  1  qr. ;  ...  sett  ...  to  undertennants  for  £5  5s.  sterl. 
and  countrey  chardges  with  .  .  .  (duties)  . .  .  and  is  worth  £7  10s.  per 
annum.  Killcollue,  1  qr. ;  ...  sett  ...  to  undertennants  for  £8  and 
countrey  chardges  per  ann.,  and  3  barrells  of  malt,  4  fatt  muttons,  8 
medders  of  butter,  16  medders  of  meale.  In  some  parte  it  is  good 
arrable  lande  and  heathey  ground,  it  yeeldes  more  as  20  workmen,  it 
hath  4  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  40  cowes,  and  is  worth  £12  12s. 
per  annum.  Carowcladey,  1  qr.  ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  undertennants  for 
£7  per  annum,  and  country  chardges,  2  barells  of  malt,  6  medders  of 
butter,  12  medders  of  meale,  2  fatt  muttons,  20  workmen  ;  it  is  good 
arrable  land  and  some  heathy  grounde,  it  hath  good  shelter  and  turffe, 


162        RENTALS   OF    THE    ESTATES   OF    LANDED   PROPRIETORS 

it  will  grase  35  cowes,  and  is  worth  £12  per  annum.  Enochbracke, 
1  qr.  ;  ...  sett  ...  to  undertennants  for  £10  and  country  chardges 
per  annum,  6  medders  of  butter,  12  medders  of  meale,  2  barrells 
of  malte,  20  workmen.  It  is  good  arrable  lande  in  some  parte,  and 
some  heathy  ground,  it  hath  a  greate  scope  of  mounteyne  and  good 
turffe,  3  dayes  mowinge :  it  will  grase  35  cowes,  and  is  worth  £12 
per  annum.  Lishlia  and  Curaghmore,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  under- 
tennants for  £7  Is.  per  annum,  4  barrells  of  malte,  4  fatt  muttons, 
8  medders  of  butter,  16  medders  of  meale,  and  20  workmen.  It  is 
good  arrable  lande,  sumewhat  heathey  and  bogges,  it  will  grase  40 
cowes,  and  it  is  worth  twelve  pounds  (£12)  per  annum.  Glannawor, 
1  qr. ;  sett  ...  to  undertennants  for  £9  per  ann.,  4  medders  of  malt, 
8  medders  of  butter,  16  medders  of  meale,  4  fatt  muttons.  It  is 
in  some  parte  good  arrable  lande,  and  hath  a  great  scope  of  moun- 
teine  and  goode  turffe,  noe  meddowe,  it  will  grase  40  cowes,  and  it 
is  worth  £12  per  ann.  Carowcaragh,  1  qr.  ;  sett  ...  to  ...  under- 
tennants for  £7  7s.  per  annum,  4  medders  of  butter,  8  medders  of 
meale,  2  barrells  of  malte,  20  workmen.  It  is  good  arrable  lande, 
it  hath  good  turffe,  3  dayes  mowing,  it  will  grase  40  cowes,  and  is 
worth  £9  10s.  per  annum.  Tuorlostran,  1  qr. ; .  . .  mortgadged ...  to 
Sir  Roger  Jones,  Ent.,  whoe  setts  it  to  undertennants  for  £8  per  annum, 
4  fatt  muttons,  4  barrells  of  malte,  6  medders  of  butter,  12  medders  of 
meale.  It  is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  good  turffe  and  heathey 
ground,  4  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  30  cowes,  and  is  worth 
£10  12s.  per  ann.  Carownir,  1  qr. ;  ...  sett  ...  to  undertennants 
for  £8  per  annum  and  countrey  chardges  .  .  .  (and  duties)  and  it  is 
worth  £11  15s.  per  annum. 

The  following  lands  were  possessed  by  six  members  of  the 
O'HIGGIN  FAMILY. 

BAEONY  OF  LEYNY,  PABISH  or  ACHONEY. — Carowletrim,  Carowna- 
mollagh,  2  qrs.  ;  sett  for  £24  per  annum ;  a  barrell  of  butter,  60 
workmen,  8  barrels  of  malt,  40  medders  of  meal  ech  att  Christmas* 
and  a  chosher  uppon  every  tennant.  Out  of  these  2  qrs.  of  lande, 
Teige  oge  O'Higgin  payes  Teige  Keogh  O'Hara,  the  some  of  14*. 
sterling.  Some  parte  of  it  is  good  arrable  lande,  and  some  other  heathey 
ground,  it  hath  good  turffe,  and  six  Dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  200 
cowes,  and  is  worth  £33  Ss.  per  annum.  Carowkarkfroy,  1  qr.  . 
Carowkille,  1  qr.  ;  sett  ...  as  Carowletrim  and  Carownamollagh,  in 


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both  rent  and  duties;  yett  the  said  2  qrs.  hath  some  shelter,  and  is 
worth  £33  8s.  per  annum.  Mulagha,  1  qr. ;  Carowneduering,  1  qr. 
sett  ...  to  undertenants  for  the  same  rent  and  duties  as  aforesaid 
per  annum,  and  these  2  qrs.  are  in  goodness  correspondent  to  the 
former-mentioned  premises,  savinge  only  that  these  2  hath  no  shelter, 
and  are  worth  £35  per  annum.  Carowrevaghmullogha,  1  qr. ;  Ballin- 
curry,  1  qr. ;  sett  ...  to  tennants  for  the  same  rent  and  duties 
as  aforesaid,  and  they  are  all  alike  in  goodnesse,  and  are  worth 
£38  and  8d.  Dromban,  1  qr. ;  Cariglea,  1  qr. ;  Garisnan,  1  qr. ; 
sett  ...  for  £8  8s.  per  annum,  a  barrell  of  butter,  20  workmen,  4 
barrells  of  beere  or  malt,  4  fatt  muttons,  8  medders  of  butter,  16 
medders  of  meale.  In  some  parts  they  are  good  arrable  land,  and 
heathey  ground  in  other  places,  with  fine  bogges.  It  hath  good 
turffe,  13  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  150  cowes,  and  it  is  worth 
£40  per  annum.  Carowintecloch,  %  qr. ;  Carownacarow,  1  qr. ;  Car- 
rownolkin,  1  qr.  These  2  qrs.  and  £  are  the  inheritance  of  Gillecollim 
O'Higgin,  and  Cormick  O'Higgin,  his  sonn ;  the  said  Gillacollum  hath 
mortgadged  his  owne  parte  of  the  lande  to  James  Linch  of  Ballanriagh, 
merchant,  together  with  2  goode  mills  for  grindinge  and  tuckinge.  The 
said  Cormuck's  sonn  keepes  his  owne  parte  of  the  lande  still ;  hee  and 
the  said  James  setts  the  premises  together  for  £20  per  ann.,  60  work- 
men, 10  barrells  of  malt,  12  medders  of  butter,  24  medders  of  meale. 
It  is  good  arrable  land  and  heathey  ground,  it  hath  turffe,  10  dayes 
mowinge,  it  will  grase  80  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  by  the  profit  of  the 
mills  and  rent  £30  per  annum.  Levallynagranagh,  2  qrs. ;  it  is  worth 
£21  per  annum.  Eathnagura,  |-  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  is  worth  six  pounds  per 
annum. 

PARISH  OP  EJLMACTEIGE. — Killdalluoy,  Leterbronan,  2  qrs.;  sett 
...  to  undertennants.  Kincollur  yealds  £8  8s.  per  annum,  4  barrells 
of  malte,  8  medders  of  butter,  16  medders  of  meale,  4  fatt  muttons, 
20  workmen ;  and  Clonneberey  £7  7«.  per  ann.  3  barrells  of  malte, 
8  medders  of  butter,  20  medders  of  meale.  They  are  good  arrable 
lande,  with  good  turffe,  6  dayes  mowinge,  they  will  grase  60  cowes, 
and  are  worth  £19  per  annum.  Kincollumunterclery  and  Clunbeary, 
2  qrs. ;  sett  ...  to  undertennants.  This  qr.  of  Kincollur  yealdes 
£8  8s.  per  ann.,  4  barrells  of  malte,  8  medders  of  butter,  16  medders  of 
meale,  4  fatt  muttons,  20  workmen:  and  also  Clonnebery  £7  7s. 
per  annum,  3  barrells  of  malt,  8  medders  of  butter,  16  medders  of 
meal,  20  workmen.  The  said  Teige  pays  out  of  Clonberey  5s.  sterlg. 
to  Brian  mac  Larray  every  yeare,  and  keepes  one  Dwaltogh  O'Clery  in 


164        RENTALS    OF   THE   ESTATES    OF    LANDED    PROPRIETORS 

Gaole  at  Sligoe  these  five  yeares  past,  who  sought  to  inherit  the  said 
Clunebery  of  right,  for  feare  to  sue  him  for  the  said  land.  These  2 
qrs.  as  aforesaid,  are  verey  good  arrable  lande,  and  in  some^  parte 
heathey  ground,  uppon  them  are  good  turffe,  and  sixe  dayes  mowinge  ; 
they  will  grase  80  cowes,  and  soe  hoth  the  said  quarters  are  verey  well 
worth  £20  per  annum.  Clungunagh,  Culrecoill,  2  qrs. ;  .  .  .  kept 
for  his  owne  use.  They  are  good  arrable  lande,  with  good  firewood 
and  turffe,  there  is  a  mill  uppon  the  said  quar.  of  Cullrecoille ;  both 
the  said  qrs.  will  grase  80  cowes,  and  hath  8  daycs  mowinge,  and 
soe  are  verey  well  worth  £20  per  annum.  Carowentrackey,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  sett  ...  to  undertennants  for  £7  7s.  per  ann.  .  .  .  (and  duties) 
it  is  very  well  worth  £10  17s.  per  annum. 

The  following  lands  were  possessed  by  various  members  of  the 
MAC  DONNOGH  FAMILY. 

BARONY  OF  TIRERRILI,  THE  HALFE  PARISH  OF  ENNAGH  (Ballysa- 
dare). —  Clooneihr,  %  qr. ;  Carrowmeer,  1  qr. ;  Lynamanta,  Cornakea- 
sagh,  1  qr. ;  Cloonvickduffe,  1  qr. ;  Eahrippen,  1  qr.  ...  possest  by 
the  said  Sily,  his  mother,  whoe  setts  it  to  undertennants  for  £18  per 
ann.  and  40  medders  of  butter,  80  medders  of  meale,  13  barrells  of 
malte,  120  workmen,  21  fatt  muttons,  together  with  60  egges  and  one 
hen  uppon  every  tennant.  These  2  quarters  are  good  arrable  lande  . . . 
worth  £42  per  ann.  Cashell,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  the  Lo.  Taaffe  hath  in 
mortgadge  from  Nicholas  Browne  of  Gallaway,  merchant,  whoe  had 
it  in  mortgadge  from  .  .  .  Brian  oge  (Mac  Donnogh)  his  father, 
together  with  8  qrs.  more  in  mortgadge  of  £800.  The  said  Lo. 
Taaffe  letts  the  one  half  of  it  unto  the  said  Brian  oge,  his  mother, 
for  £4  per  ann.,  and  letts  the  other  halfe  to  Thomas  the  Miller, 
together  with  the  mills,  for  £16  per  ann.,  soe  that  the  whole  quarter 
may  be  worth  £20  per  ann.  Carrowmeer,  1  qr. ;  mortgadged  .  .  . 
about  10  years  past  for  £100  unto  Andrew  (O)Creane,  Esq.,  who  gave 
it  to  his  sonne  John  O'Creane  ...  it  is  in  parte  good  arrable  lande,  the 
other  parte  good  pasture,  with  a  great  scope  of  mounteine  and  woods 
.  .  .  worth  £10  per  ann. 

PARISH  OF  EJLROSS. —  Clonagh,  %  qr.  (probably  portion  of  Castle- 
dargan) ; ...  it  hath  parte  of  the  aforesaid  logh  (i.  e.  Castledargan  lake) 
worth  £7  per  ann.  Tourehowen,  £ ;  worth  £4  per  annum.  Tomerancy, 
£  ;  .  .  .  mortgadged  to  Andrew  Crean,  Esq.,  for  £26,  who  setts  it 
together  with  a  small  Irish  mill,  to  the  said  John  Grana  for  £4  per 


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annum  .  .  .  worth  £5  per  annum.  (All  the  foregoing  are  sub-denomi- 
nations of  Clonagh.)  Dromnekille,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £4  per  annum. 
Carrowduffey,  1  qr. ;  ...  worth  £5  per  annum.  Tullaghmore,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  worth  £14  per  aim.  Bellagraney,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .it  hath  a 
weare  for  Eeles  and  troutes.  It  is  meared  by  the  riyer  Unshnagh  at 
the  on(e)  end,  and  is  worth  £9  per  ann.  Lishboy,  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
worth  £10  per  annum.  Knocknahua  and  Killfirlin,  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
this  lande  runnes  high  up  in  the  mountaine  of  Slyewdaen,  it  hath  good 
store  errable  lande,  mountaine,  woodes,  turffe  and  meddowe,  it  meetes 
(or  meeres)  a  small  logh  (?  Ballydawley)  and  TJnshenagh  the  river,  it 
will  grasse  80  cowes,  and  is  worth  £16  per  ann. 

PARISH  or  DRONYAN  (now  BallysumaghanV — Gaddan,  £•  qr. ;  .  .  . 
worth  fower  pounds  per  annum.  Falnasheamar,  J  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett 
...  (to  undertenants,  and  amongst  other  duties  they  had  to  give)  1 
barrell  of  exceeding  good  beere  ...  it  is  excellent  sheepe  ground  and 
good  errable  lande  .  .  .  worth  £35  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  BALLYN AKILL.  —  Dromederalene,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  is 
spongey  good  grassinge  ground.  Eosinrewagh,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth 
£8  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  DRTJMCOLTJMB. — Ardcumer,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £6  per 
annum.  Lishnahanala,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £8  per  ann.  Ardley, 
(i  of  Cooleboy)  .  .  .  worth  £5  10«.  per  ann.  Derredarragh  (%  of 
Dewlarga),  Failcine  (%  of  the  cartron  of  the  quar.  of  Cooleskiagh). 

PARISH  OF  KILMACALLAN. —  Coillmore,  1  qr. ;  Anno  1635;  ...  it 
hath  a  very  good  Irish  mille.  Shihrevagh  £  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  hath  a  hill  of 
tollerable  arrable  land,  it  hath  some  shelter,  is  somewhat  overrun 
with  fearne,  .  .  .  worth  £5  per  ann.  Lisligoane,  £  qr.  ;  .  .  .  it  lies 
uppon  the  river  TJnshennagh  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  annum.  Dromraine, 
1  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  is  compast  with  a  river  and  bogge,  it  is  good  bleake 
arrable  land  ...  it  hath  3  decayed  weares  for  Eeles  and  trouts ;  it 
is  worth  £16  per  annum.  Ballincarne  (now  Heapstown)  1  qr. ;  ... 
mortgadged  this  last  yeare  to  Mr.  Dodwell,  Clerke  for  £45,  who  setts 
it  to  this  same  John  Mac  Donnogh  for  £1 1  per  ann.  It  is  good  arrable 
land,  it  hath  goode  turffe,  and  2  weares  of  Eeles  and  troutes  uppon 
Unshannagh  ...  and  is  worth  £13  per  ann.  Uhshein,  %  qr. ;  it  is  com- 
passed with  a  bogge,  bleake  land.  Carowkile,  %  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £6 
per  annum.  Kenogh,  £  qr. ;  Lorgah,  i  qr. ;  worth  £6  per  ann. 
Eathmolpatricke,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  about  2  yeares  past  made  .  .  .  over 
to  Mulroney  Mac  Donnogh,  whoe  married  Teige  Keogh  O'Hara  his 
daughter  Sisslie,  to  whom,  as  a  Dowrey,  Cahill  mac  Manush  gave  this 


166        RENTALS   OF   THE    ESTATES   OF    LANDED    PROPRIETORS 

land  with  his  sonne  Mulroney  .  . .  worth  £12  per  ann.  Dromleagliin, 
1  qr. ;  ...  it  is  verey  ruffe  grassing  ground  full  of  great  Alder  wood, 
with  a  large  scope  of  rushey  mounteine.  Dromcoille,  1  qr.  The 
inheritance  of  John  Mac  Donnogh  of  Ballindoone,  mortgadged  to  Mr. 
John  Ridge  at  the  Hollontide  last  for  £70,  from  whome  hee  hath 
tenancie  of  it  for  £6  per  ann.  ...  is  worth  £10  per  ann.  Annagh- 
oghteragh,  £  qr. ;  verey  good  sheepe  ground  .  .  .  worth  £5  per  annum. 
Carrowsparnagh,  1  qr.  ;  containeth  Knockcren,  £,  and  Cluintalten, 
^  qr.,  1  and  £  (qrs.) ;  swalled  upp  in  the  commission  booke  for  1 
qr.  .  .  .  sould  ...  to  Mr.  Wm.  Dodwell  Clearke  .  .  .  worth  £20  per  ann. 

PAEISH  OF  TAWNAGH. —  Carrownahan,  1  qr. ;  worth  £10  per  ann. 
Carrownagaricke,  1  qr. ;  sett  ...  to  Kidagh  O'Bennachan  .  .  . 
worth  £12  per  ann.  Carrowkille,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £6  per  ann. 
(Marginal  note  in  MS. — This  is  held  as  parcell  of  the  Barr.  of  Corren.) 
Knockbane,  1  qr. ;  (Whitehill),  1;  worth  £11  per  annum.  Car- 
rownagam  (?  Cams)  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £8  per  ann.  Carrowan- 
tample,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  mortgadged  ...  7  yeares  agoe  to  Sr  Roger  Jones 
of  Sligoe,  Knt.,  for  £40  .  .  .  worth  £5  per  ann. 

PAEISH  OP  SHANCOUGH. — Cabragh,  f  qrs. ;  .  .  .  worth  £22  per 
ann.  Garroke  £  qr.  ;  .  .  .  worth  £8  6s.  per  ann.  Carrowna- 
dargin,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £20  per  ann.  Carrowcloightolly,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  worth  £14  10s.  per  annum.  Carrowmore,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  It 
hath  good  wood  for  shelter,  and  fire-wood  .  .  .  and  is  worth  £25  8s.  8d. 
per  ann. 

PABISH  OP  KTLLADOON. — Leahardan  %  quar. ;  .  .  .  hath  good  fire- 
wood. Carriglasse,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £13  per  annum.  Berrin 
(Barroe  South),  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  some  rockey  ground,  good  limestone,  and 
a  castle  uppon  it  ...  worth  £10  per  ann.  Coonagh,  1  qr.  ;  .  .  .  it 
is  good  arrable  land  for  sheep,  rockey  ground,  and  good  limestone  .  .  . 
worth  £10  per  ann.  Tullagh,  Annagh  (Kingsborough),  and  Innish- 
more,  1  qr. ;  ...  the  i  of  this  quarter,  called  Innishmore,  lies  uppon 
the  logh  called  Logharwagh  ;  it  is  good  arrable  lande,  good  for  sheepe ; 
the  other  third,  called  Annagh,  is  close  by  the  logh  on  the  one  side,  it 
hath  good  shelter,  good  turffe  .  .  .  the  third,  called  Tullagh,  is  good 
pasture,  it  hath  good  fire- wood,  and  it  lies  remote  from  the  other  f  .  .  . 
worth  £10  per  annum.  Knockancapal,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  is  woody, 
good  pasture  .  .  .  worth  £9  per  ann.  Rantrahan,  £  qr.  ;  .  . 
(Eorey  bane  Mac  Donnogh)  doth  pay  6s.  8d.  unto  Tirlogh  Mac  Donnogh 
of  Crivagh  yearly,  for  the  said  Tirlogh  laid  some  claim  uppon  the  said 
%  qr.,  I  cannot  find  uppon  what  termes  .  .  .  worth  £5  per  ann.  Knocke- 


OF   THE    COUNTY  SLIGO  IN  THE   YEARS   1633-6.  167 

dattin,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £12  per  ann.  .  .  .  they  are  to  pay  Tirlogh 
MacDonnogh  of  Cryvagh  20s.  per  ann.,  for  the  said  Tirlogh  laid  claim 
uppon  the  said  land  as  aforesaid.  Coilleagh,  %  qr. ;  Lishmorog,  |  qr. ; 
.  .  .  they  pay  Tirlogh  MacDonnogh,  &c.  (as  before).  Knocklagha, 
\  qr. ;  ...  it  hath  good  fire-wood  .  .  .  worth  £5  per  annum. 

PAKISH  or  KILMACTEANNY. — Kilmactranich,  4  qrs.,  that  is  to  say, 
1  qr.  Carrickard ;  1  Tawnycooissue ;  1  qr.  Clooninhugh,  and  Turlagh- 
igibellan  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  verey  good  arrable  land,  and  verey  good  for 
sheepe  ...  it  hath  both  fire-wood  and  shelter  .  .  .  worth  £60  per 
annum.  Moyterrooghteragh,  1  qr.  ;  .  .  .  mortgadged  to  Mr. 
Dodwell  .  .  .  worth  £11  per  ann.  Cloonekehan,  1  qr. ;  ...  worth 
£14  per  annum.  Ballinary,  £  qr. ;  worth  £5  per  ann.  Tawnagh- 
malten,  1  qr. ;  worth  £8  per  ann.  Tuorkegney,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth 
£9  per  annum.  Runnalaghan,  1  qr. ;  ...  £7  per  ann.  Carrickna- 
grip,  1  qr. ;  ...  is  good  pasture  for  sheep  .  .  .  worth  £10  10s.  per 
ann.  TerragJikeny ',  1  qr.  ;  .  .  .  worth  £9  per  ann.  Roynnelaghen 
(?  Eover)  1  qr. ;  ...  worth  £10  per  ann,  Drombeg,  1  qr. ;  ...  it  is 
verey  good  arrable  lande  and  grasing  ground,  the  woods  are  decayed 
.  .  .  worth  £10  per  annum.  Cullmurle,  Iqr. ;  ...  worth  £10  per 
ann.  Tullimactennan,  1  qr. ;  ...  worth  £10  per  ann.  Ballincullin, 
1  qr.  ;  worth  £10  per  ann.  Moaghtorroweghteragh,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .it 
is  in  parte  good  arrable  lande,  full  of  hard  rocke ;  it  is  verey  good  for 
sheep,  and  hath  a  little  shelter  ...  it  will  grase  500  sheepe,  and  is 
worth  £16  per  ann.  Ballinlegg,  £  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  Thomas 
Rutledge,  worth  £6  6s.  per  ann. 

PARISH  OF.AGHANAGH. — Ballinmullany,  2  qrs. ;  ...  it  hath  good 
wood  for  fire  ...  it  hath  a  litle  smalle  Irish  mille,  and  is  worth  £20 
per  ann.  Kollsherey  and  Killeagh  alias  Balliely  (now  Hollybrook)  > 
3  qrs. ;  ...  it  hath  good  fire-wood  and  shelter  ...  it  lies  close  by  a 
logh  as  you  goe  towards  Sligoe  from  Bellanafadda  .  .  .  worth  £24  per 
ann.  Mullaghnaferna,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £12  per  ann.  Annagh- 
dwna,  1  qr. ;  ...  it  hath  some  fire-wood  and  shelter  .  .  .  worth  £6 
per  ann.  Dorelea,  i  qr.  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  Thomas  Eutledge  .  .  . 
it  hath  good  firewood  and  shelter  .  .  .  worth  £15  per  annum. 
Annaghhioy,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  there  lies  the  £  parte  of  this  quarter 
called  Mucke  (Muck  Island)  within  a  logh  called  Logharnagh  .  .  - 
worth  £10  per  annum.  Enresina,  £  qr.  ;  ...  it  is  good  pasture 
land,  and  it  hath  greate  store  of  woods  .  .  .  worth  £4  per  ann. 
Mullaghnacromagh,  i  qr. ;  worth  £6  per  ann.  Derinclarey  .  .  . 
worth  £5  2s.  per  annum. 


168       RENTALS  OF    THE    ESTATES   OF    LANDED    PROPRIETORS 

BARONY  OF  CORRAN,  PARISH  OF  EMLAGHFAD. — Lisananeybege,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  worth  £12  per  annum.  Moinmore,  1  qr.  (part  of).  Legnananta, 
1  qr. ;  ...  worth  £10  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  EJLMORGAN. — Laghtrein,  \  qr.  ;  .  .  .  all  heathey 
grounde  but  a  little  patch,  there  is  a  good  Irish  mill  uppon  this  \ 
quarter  and  a  weare  to  catch  Eeles  and  troutes  uppon  Unshin  .  .  . 
worth  £5  per  ann.  Luggacaha,  one  cartron ;  .  .  .  worth  50  shillings 
per  ann.  Knockmunagh,  1  qr. ;  ...  worth  £10  per  ann.  Tawnagh- 
more,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  a  good  Irish  mill  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  ann.  Clone- 
gashill,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  a  chosher  for  Christmas  uppon  every  tennant  .  .  . 
worth  £6  per  ann.  Ardre,  Iqr.  ;  .  .  .  mortgadged  to  Murtogh  Reagh 
O'Harroghhey  for  £26,  .  .  .  worth  £8  per  annum.  Carrowmore,  1 
qr. ;  Terrerill  land  .  .  .  mortgadged  ...  to  my  Lo.  Taaffe  last  May, 
from  Nicholas  Brown,  merchant  of  Galloway  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  ann. 
Carigvacan,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  ann.  Carowinny,  1  qr. ; 
Lecarowndhua  and  Lecarownacarigban,  1  qr.  .  .  .  worth  £18  10s. 
per  ann. 

PARISH  OF  CLOONOGHILL. — Cloneclois,  1  qr.  ;  .  .  .  worth  £10  per 
annum.  Farrinmorish,  £  qr.  .  .  .  (part  of)  ...  worth  32/s.  6d.  ster. 
Carowreagh,  1  qr.  .  .  .  (part  of)  ...  worth  £4  4s.  per  ann. 

PARISH  OF  EJCLTTTRRA. — Ochum,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £11  per  ann. 
Triananenghboy,  %  qr. ;  it  is  but  a  little  parcel  of  lande  amonge  bogges  . .  . 
worth  £3  per  ann.  Jurrlan,  %  (part  of).  Rabane,  1  qr.  (one  half)  .  .  . 
worth  £9  per  ann. 

PARISH  OF  KILSHALVY. — Coltecrine,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £9  per  ann. 
Clonbannagh  and  Drumrolla  .  .  .  Dromrolla  hath  good  fire-wood, 
Clunbanagh  hath  good  arrable  lande  .  .  .  worth  £20  per  ann- 
Tawnaghmore,  -f- ;  .  .  .  it  hath  good  fire-wood  .  .  .  worth  £6  per  ann. 
Coldorgan,  i  a  cartron  .  .  .  worth  £6  per  ann.  Cairo wnogooah,  Iqr.  ; 
.  .  .  one  halfe  of  it  soulde  to  Mr.  Dodwell  .  .  .  worth  £9  per 
ann. 

PARISH  OF  DRUMRAT. — Knockbrack,  1  qr.  .  .  .  worth  £11  4s.  per 
annum.  Dawclonagh,  1  qr.  ;  ...  pays  to  the  Lo.  Bpp.  of  Killala  .  .  . 
40/s.  per  ann.  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  ann.  Lisoconooy,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  payes 
Sir  Robert  Kingc,  Knt.,  the  sum  of  40/s.  ster.  per  ann.  ...  in  right  of 
the  Abbey  of  Boyle  .  .  .  worth  £11  lls.  per  ann.  Dromonoile,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  payes  Sir  Charles  Coote  40  shillings  .  .  .  per  ann.  .  .  .  worth 
£9  8s.  per  ann.  Lecarownaborges,  Lecarownacarge,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth 
£13  per  ann.  Knockacollin,  1  qr. ;  ...  worth  £8  16s.  per  ann. 
Tullogh,  (1  of)  Knockanaer,  1  qr. ;  (£  of).  KnocTcanerle^  1  qr. ;  Bunno- 


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mucke,  i  qr.  ;  ...  worth  £5  per  ann.  Belragh,  -\  qr. ;  .  .  .  there  is 
a  little  mill  uppon  this  ...  £6  per  ann. 

PAEISH  OF  TOOMOTTE. — Laghlavan,  1  qr.  ;  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  ann. 
Lorga,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  £8  per  annum.  Finnaghmore,  Cloinnin,  1  qr.  ; 
.  .  .  worth  £8  per  ann.  Carownavinagh,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £10  per 
ann.  Lecarowreagh,  £  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £5  per  ann. 

BAEONY  OP  CAEBUEY,  PAEISH  OF  DETJMCLIFF. — f  qrs. ;  a  cartron 
of  these  f  qrs.  is  Sowe  ny  Hart's  jointure  ;  ...  it  is  all  good  arrable 
land  and  good  for  sheepe,  it  hath  good  turffe,  6  days  mowing,  it 
will  grase  80  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £20  per  annum. 

The  following  lands  were  held  by  the 

O'DOWDA  FAMILY. 

BAEONT  OF  TIEEBAGH,  PAEISH  OF  DBOMAED. — Ballylemlage,  2  qrs. ; 
...  all  poor  arrable  land  .  .  .  worth  £14  per  annum.  Carowno- 
gnockan,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  Toberavonan,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  mortgadged  to  "Wm. 
Linch,  of  Galloway,  merchant,  whoe  keepes  the  quarter  Carowgnockan  for 
his  sheepe,  and  the  other  quarter  he  setts  ;  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  annum. 
Lisbane,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  to  undertennants  .  .  .  worth  £8  per  ann. 
Carownogownow,  1  qr. ;  Carowcongher,  1  qr. ;  Carownecarige,  1  qr. ; 
Carowmovish,  1  qr. ;  Carrowlisvicbrian,  1  qr. ;  Carowkill,  1  qr. ;  Bon- 
nefede,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  the  rents  .  .  .  are  divided  betwixt  him  (O'Dowda) 
and  George  Crofton  by  some  interest  the  said  George  hath  in  them. 
They  sette  ech  qr.  of  them  for  £8  per  annum,  a  barrell  of  malte,  6 
medders  of  meale,  one  fatt  mutton,  and  a  medder  of  wheate.  It  is  parte 
good  arrable  lande  and  heathey  grounde,  some  good  turffe,  some  med- 
dowe,  and  a  tuckinge  mill  in  the  quarter  of  Bonnefedde  that  Thomas 
Crofton  built.  Ech  qr.  of  these  will  grase  40  cowes,  and  is  worth 
£10  per  annum.  Carowloghannocranoge,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  to  under- 
tennants .  .  .  worth  £9  per  annum. 

PAEISH  OF  SKEEEN. — Carowloghan,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £10  per 
annum.  Hullegussan,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £9  per  annum.  Carow- 
reagh,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £8  per  annum.  Dunluin,  1  qr. ;  there  is  a 
castle  uppon  it  ...  worth  £19  per  annum. 

PAEISH  OF  TEMPLEBOY. — Lecarownocrosse,  1  qr. ;  Lecarownocrosse, 
1  qr. ; l  .  .  .  worth  £26  per  ann.  Rathurlis,  £  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth 
£5  per  annum.  Balliaris,  li  qr. ;  .  .  .  Ed.  M'Swine  hath  the 

1  Subdivision  of  Corkagh. 


170        RENTALS   OF   THE    ESTATES   OF    LANDED    PROPRIETORS 

other  J ;  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  annum.  Carrowmoran,  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
worth  £10  per  annum.  Ardogally,  1  qr.  (half  of);  .  .  .  worth 
£3  Us.  per  ann.  Doncontrain,  2  qrs. ;  ...  is  worth  £20  per 
annum ;  there  is  a  castle  uppon  it. 

PAKISH  OF  KILMACSHALGAN. — Glaneskow,1  4  qrs. ;  ...  it  is  all 
mounteyns  and  wood,  it  will  grase  80  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £40  per 
annum.  Carowballegellicase,  1  qr.  .  .  .  (one-third  of) ;  ...  worth 
£10  per  annum.  Ballinohown,  2  qrs. ;  ...  it  is  part  good  arrable 
lande;  it  hath  a  great  scope  of  mounteyne,  it  will  grase  40  cowes,  and 
it  is  worth  £10  per  annum.  There  is  an  ould  castle  uppon  this  qr. 
Carowincluin,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  to  undertennants  .  .  .  worth  £10  per 
annum.  Dromore,  £  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  undertennants  .  .  . 
worth  £7  per  annum.  Carowcaconally,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to 
undertennants  .  .  .  it  is  all  mounteyne  lande  hut  a  little  .  .  . 
worth  £12  9s.  per  annum.  Carowinrase,  1  qr. ;  Carowmabelin,  1 
qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  to  undertennants  .  .  .  worth  £23  per  ann.  Carow- 
knockacollin,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  undertennants  .  .  .  worth 
£3  11s.  per  annum. 

PAKISH  OF  EASKY. — Carownobinne,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £13  5s.  per 
ann.  Carownocloy,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £13  4s.  per  ann.  Bonowin, 
1  qr. ;  .  .  .  (one-fourth)  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  annum.  Carow- 
clonnoghgleragh  .  .  .  (part  of).  Cairo wkill  .  .  .  (part  of). 
Carowlissinogarke,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £10  15s.  per  annum.  Car- 
rowreagh,  1  qr. ;  (part  of)  worth  £16  per  annum.  Carowrunadulishe, 
1  qr. ;  Cugowleaggan,  1  qr. ;  Cugnacarne,  Carrowballewralew,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  it  is  all  good  arrable  land ;  it  hath  the  best  turffe  in  Ireland  as 
tis  reported.  The  castle  stands  on  the  quar.  of  Ralew  .  .  .  worth 
£40  per  annum.  Carrowinvadden,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  (half  of).  Carow- 
vallin  Castlan,  1  qr. ;  Carowmore,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  under- 
tennants .  .  .  there  is  a  castle  and  a  church  uppon  the  qr.  of 
Castlan,  and  a  piece  of  Gleabe-lande,  which  belongs  to  the  Viccar, 
which  is  worth  some  20s.  It  is  all  good  arrable  land  .  .  .  and  is 
worth  £4  per  annum.  Finnid,  1  qr.  .  .  .  £10  per  annum  ;  Carow- 
cugelaghlinkeagh,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  undertennants  .  .  . 
worth  £8  per  annum. 

PAHISH  OF  KILGIASS. — Carowdrenaghan,  1  qr. ;  Carowndroma,  1  qr. ; 
Carowlissolongford,2  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  whoe  setts  ech  qr.  of  them  for  £10 

1  Probably  Crowagh,  or  Dunneill  mountain,  a  townland  comprising  upwards  of 
3150  acres. 

2  Query,  Longford,  Parish  of  Dromard. 


OF   THE    COUNTY    SLIGO    IN    THE    YEARS    1633-6.  171 

per  annum  .  .  .  (and  duties)  .  .  .  and  is  worth  £17  per  annum 
ech  a  qr.  Belliogan,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  annum.  Balli- 
Ironagh,  2  qrs. ;  .  .  .  worth  £14  per  ann.  Carowballegillcase,  1  qr. ; 
(one-third  of)  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  annum.  Killviccorkan,  Jqr.;  .  .  . 
sett  ...  to  undertennants  .  .  .  it  is  all  wood  and  mounteyne 
.  .  .  worth  £5  per  annum.  Carowlevone,  1  qr. ;  ...  it  is  parte 
good  arrable  land,  with  a  castle  and  a  mill  uppon  it.  It  hath  a  great 
scope  of  mounteyne  .  .  .  and  is  worth  £12  15s.  per  ann.  Carowna- 
gownolaty,  1  qr. ;  Cugeowbeg,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  is  all  bogges  and  rockey 
grounde  .  .  .  worth  £15  per  ann.  Lakan,  4  qrs. ;  .  .  .  part  sett 
to  undertennants  for  £7  a  yr.,  and  the  rest  in  own  handes.  It  is  all 
good  arrable  lande ;  it  hath  some  turfFe  and  a  kind  of  an  ould  castle 
uppon  it ;  they  have  some  few  meddowes,  ech  quarter  of  them  will 
grase  30  cowes,  and  may  be  worth  £7  a  quar.  Cugeowboy,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  sett  to  undertennants  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  CASTLECONOR. — Carownobartrey,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  .  .  . 
to  undertennants  ...  it  is  good  arrable  lande  and  sandy  grounde,  it 
will  grase  40  cowes,  and  it  is  well  worth  £12  per  annum.  Carow- 
vilred,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  undertennants  ...  it  is  worth 
£13  per  ann.  Clunlanga,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  undertennants 
.  .  .  and  is  worth  £13  15s.  per  annum.  CarownosJcrey,  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
sett  to  undertennants  .  .  .  worth  £14  per  annum.  Carownaruneroy, 
1  qr. ;  Carrowincarne,  1  qr. ;  Carownoveag,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  thes  3  qrs. 
are  worth  £42  per  annum.  Carowreagh,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to 
undertennants  .  .  .  worth  £39  per  annum.  Dromavore,  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
worth  £12  per  annum. 

The  following  lands  were  held  by  the  family  of 
MAC  SWTNE. 

BARONT  OF  TIRERAGH,  PARISH  OF  DROMARD. — Carrowmore  (Tonrego), 
1  qr. ;  Carownocrive,  1  qr. ;  Carowgarey,  1  qr. ;  Carowbeg,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  mortgadged  ...  to  Mr.  Dodwell  for  £10  out  of  a  £100  in  the 
year.  Ech  qr.  of  them  sett  for  £6  per  ann.  and  contrey  chardges,  and 
the  ould  custome  of  dutyes,  viz.  :  a  barrell  of  beere  uppon  every 
tennant,  a  fatt  mutton,  12  workmen.  It  is  all  good  arrable  lande  ; 
there  is  a  good  castle  uppon  Carrowmore,  neere  the  sea  coste.  They 
have  little  meddowe  except  it  be  made  of  drye  ground  ;  every  quarter 


172        RENTALS    OF    THE    ESTATES   OF    LANDED    PROPRIETORS 

of  them  will  grase  30  cowes,  and  is  worth  £8  10s.  per  ann.  Carow- 
noglogh,  1  qr. ;  sett  ...  to  undertennants ;  .  .  .  worth  £6  per  annum. 
Lisnoraver,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  waste  this  yeare. 

PARISH  OF  SKREEN. — Dromnogoule,  1  qr.  ;  .  .  .  a  plot  of  this 
quarter  mortgadged  to  Mr.  John  Lange,  clearke  ;  .  .  .  this  quarter 
may  be  worth  £20  per  ann.  Carowincullin,  1  qr.  ;  .  .  .  mortgadged 
to  Mr.  Dodwell ;  it  is  ...  mounteyne  and  woodes,  it  hath  good  turff e 
.  .  .  worth  £7  per  annum.  Carowwinrie,  1  qr.  ;  Carownogerb,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  worth  £16  per  annum.  Carownobole,  1  qr.  (two-thirds  of) 
.  .  .  worth  £8  per  annum.  Carrownosuderey,  1  qr. ;  Carownosinagh, 
1  qr. ;  Carowardbrone,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  is  all  good  arrable  lande,  and 
hath  good  meddow  uppon  Carrownosinagh,  and  a  mill,  and  the  castle 
is  betwixt  them  both  .  .  .  these  three  years  .  .  .  are  worth  £48 
per  annum.  Carownomaddow,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  mortgadged  ...  to  Sir 
Roger  Jones,  Knt.,  the  said  Sir  Roger  setts  it  to  James  French, 
merchant ;  .  .  .  it  is  all  mounteyne.  Carownocalrey,  1  qr. ;  ... 
mortgadged  ...  to  Mr.  Dodwell  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  annum. 
Criaghan,  1  qr.  ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  undertenants.  Carrowgary  (or 
Carrowgarg),  1  qr. ;  Carowintian,  1  qr. ;  Carrowbeg,  1  qr. ;  Carrowin- 
comin,  1  qr. ;  ...  mortgadged  to  Mr.  Dodwell.  Owen  Mac  Swyne 
payes  him  £10  out  of  £100,  and  setts  each  quarter  of  them  for  £8 
and  dutyes  after  the  oulde  custome.  It  is  all  good  arrable  lande,  it 
hath  an  oulde  castle  uppon  it ;  ...  worth  £32  per  ann. 

PARISH  OP  TEMPIEBOY. — Skirre,  1  qr. ;  ...  it  is  worth  £11  11s.  per 
annum.  Ardogally,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  (part  of)  ...  worth  £13  11s.  per 
annum. 

PARISH  OF  KILMACSHALGAN. — Dunoulla,  1  qr. ;  ...  mortgadged  to 
Peeter  Linch,  whoe  setts  it  to  undertennants;  ...  it  is  worth  £10  per 
annum.  Rossbeg,  1  qr. ;  Dunmekin,  f;  Carow  Kill,  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
mortgadged  to  Andrew  O'Cirovan,  marchant  of  Galloway,  whoe  setts 
them  to  Peeter  Roe  Linch,  the  said  Peeter  setts  them  to  undertennants 
for  £10  a-year. 

PARISH  OF  CASTLECONOR. — Carowmuckeduffe,  1  qr. ;  sett  ...  to 
undertennants  .  .  .  worth  £12  per  annum. 

BARONY  OF  CORRAN,  PARISH  OF  TOOMOUR. — Lishbanin,  £  qr. ; 
Triannurbull,  \  qr. ;  ...  it  is  worth  £9  2s.  per  ann.,  and  gesse  you 
yorselfe  howe  these  f  comes  to  be  3  cartrons. 

BARONT  OF  LEYNY,  PARISH  OF  KILMACTEIGE. — Melcanagh,  or  Bel- 
clare,  1  qr. ;  sett  ...  to  undertennants  for  £8  per  ann.,  8  medders  of 
butter,  16  medders  of  meale,  3  barrells  of  malte,  20  workmen.  Parte 


OF   THE    COUNTY   SLIGO   IN   THE   YEARS    1C33-6.  173 

of  it  is  good  arrable  lande,  and  hath  a  great  scope  of  mounteyne  and 
somewhat  Eockey  ground,  it  hath  a  castle  uppon  it.  It  will  grase  80 
cowes,  and  is  worth  £20  per  annum.  Carowencarne,  1  qr.  (I  find 
some  land  of  Mr.  Owen  O'Rorke  wantinge  here)  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  under- 
tennants  for  £6  6s.  per  annum,  4  barrells  of  malt,  4  fatt  muttons,  8 
medders  of  butter,  16  medders  of  meale,  20  workmen.  It  is  goode 
arrable  lande,  it  hath  good  turffe,  3  days  mowinge,  it  will  grase  30 
cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £8  10s.  per  annum.  Half  of  this  land  is  the 
joynter  of  Mary  ny  Connor,  the  relict  of  Rory  Mac  Swine,  now  the 
wife  of  Mr.  Owen  O'Rorke. 

BARONY  OF  CARBURY,  PARISH  OF  ST.  JOHN'S. — Carowinrossin,  1  qr. ; 
Dromskibol,  1  qr. :  mortgadged  ...  to  "W.  Crofton,  Esq.,  the  said  "W. 
Crofton  setts  them  to  undertenants  for  £34  per  ann. ;  it  is  good 
arrable  lande  in  part,  it  hath  a  great  scope  mounteyne  and  good  turffe, 
and  six  days  mowinge,  it  will  grase  120  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £34 
per  annum. 

RICHARD  ALBONAGH. 

BARONY  OF  TIRERAGH,  PARISH  OF  EASKY. — Carowvikbrian,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  mortgadged  to  Peeter  Linch,  whoe  setts  it  to  undertennants 
.  .  .  worth  £8  per  annum.  Carowightera ;  .  .  .  Grane  ny  Grelly 
houlds  it  as  her  joynter  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  ann. 


ERRIVAN  MACDONtfELL. 

Bonowin,  1  qr. ;  (part  of).  Carowclonnoghgleragh,  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
a  patch  that  is  close  to  the  riverside  where  a  mill  standes  the  Errevans 
ancestors  gave  to  a  carpenter  or  masson  aboute  their  works  .  .  . 
worth  £10  per  annum.  The  castle  is  upon  this  quarter.  Carowkill, 
1  qr. ;  (part  of)  ...  worth  £10  per  annum.  Carowreagh,  1  qr. ; 
(part  of)  ...  worth  £16  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  KILGLASS. — Clunatarmin,  1  qr. ;  ...  worth  £6  per 
annum. 

O'BENAGHAN  FAMILY. 

BARONY  OF  TIRERRILL,  THE  HALFE  PARISH  OF  ENNAGH  (Ballysadare). 
— Cashelfenur ;  viz.  Carrownacarrigglas,  1  qr. ;  Carricknacapul,  1  qr. ; 
Coiltimbeg,  £  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £25  per  ann. 

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174        RENTALS   OF   THE    ESTATES   OF   LANDED    PROPRIETORS 

PARISH  OF  TAWNAGH. — Ougham,  1  qr.  The  inheritance  of  Dual- 
thogh  O'Bennaghan  .  .  .  worth  £8  per  ann.  (Marginal  note  in  MS. 
— This  is  held  as  parte  of  the  Bar  of  Corren.)  Knockedowe,  1  qr.  The 
inheritance  of  Dowaltogh  and  Farrell  O'Bennaghan  .  .  .  worth  £8 
per  ann. 

BARONY  OF  CORKAN,  PARISH  OF  KILMORGAN. — Clonlorge,  1  qr.  .  .  . 
worth  £12  per  ann.  Dromfin,  1  qr.  .  .  .  worth  £8  per  ann. 

PARISH  OF  KELTTTRRA. — Balliodrinare,  1  qr.  (half  of)  ...  worth 
£5  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  TOOMOUR. — Ardsallagh,  £  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £6  per 
annum. 

OWEN  DUFFE  MAC  BREHANE. 

BARONY  OF  LEYNY,  PARISH  OF  BALLYSADARE. — Tawmallankillglass, 
1  qr. ;  .  .  .  mortgadged  ...  to  undertennants  for  the  some  of 
£40.  CONG,  £  qr. ;  .  .  .  pastured  in  common  with  undertennants 
whoe  payes  for  their  share  of  the  lande  the  sum  of  £7  per  annum,  4 
barrells  of  malt,  4  fatt  muttons,  16  medders  of  meal,  20  workmen. 
In  parte  it  is  good  arrahle  lande  and  somewhat  heathy  rockey  ground, 
in  another  part  it  hath  good  turffe,  noe  meddowe,  it  will  grase  40 
cowes,  and  is  worth  £10  per  annum.  Killnomanagh,  f  qrs. ;  .  .  . 
Bishop's  land. 

MANTIS  MACLARRAY. 

PARISH  OF  ACHONRT. — Lessmaclaray,  1  qr.  .  .  .  sett  ...  to 
undertennants  for  £12  per  annum  (and  duties) ;  ...  it  is  in  some 
part  good  arrahle  land,  it  hath  good  fir-wood,  and  a  great  scope  of 
mounteyne.  It  will  grass  100  cowes,  it  hath  good  turffe,  and  is  worth 
£24  per  annum. 

MAC  KILLERAY  FAMILY. 

BARONY  OF  CORRAN,  PARISH  OF  KILMORGAN — Durle,  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
worth  £10  per  ann. 

BARONY  OF  TIRERRTLL,  THE  HALFE  PARISH  OF  ENNAGH. — Lishron- 
tagh,  1  qr.  ;  Coiltimmore,  £  qr.  .  .  .  the  other  f  qrs.  of  Cashell- 
fennure  .  .  .  worth  £14  10s.  per  ann.  (Marginal  note  in  MS. — These 
4  qrs.  are  in  the  Barronie  of  Corren). 


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OWEN  MAC  CEANHEY  AND  MAC  NOGLEY. 

PAEISH  OF  KILMACALLAN. — Lishbretlan,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £10 
per  arm.  Ourlar,  1  qr.  .  .  .  a  smalle  weare  for  Eeles  and  troutes 
uppon  Unshenagh.  Clooninreagk,  %  qr.  ;  .  .  .  compassed  with 
Unshenagh  and  a  bogge  .  .  .  worth  £6  per  ann.  Ardkerin,  £  qr.  ; 
worth  £6  per  annum. 


OWEN  MACEANIGH. 
PAEISH  OF  DEUMCOLTTMB. — Kollogha,  1  qr. ;    ...    worth  £8  per 


ann. 


EOBEET  MAC  CONNY. 

BAEONY  OF  COEEAN,  PAEISH  OF  KILSHALVY. — Levalleinspur,  2  qrs.  ; 
,  .  .  there  is  a  lowe  mill  uppon  the  little  river  that  runes  in  his  lande  ; 
.  .  .  worth,  with  the  mill,  £22  per  ann. 


FINN  FAMILY. 

PAEISH  OF  EMLAGHF AD. — Lisananeymore,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £12 
per  ann.  Imlenaghten,  \  of  a  towne  .  .  .  (amongst  the  duties  is  a 
cosher  at  Christmas)  .  .  .  £17  Os.  4d. 

PAEISH  OF  KJLMOKGAN. — Laghagh,  %  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  is  good  arrable 
lande  and  good  for  sheepe,  it  hath  a  good  weare  for  fishinge  uppon  the 
river  Unshin ;  .  .  .  worth  £5  per  ann. 

PAEISH  OF  EJLSHALVT. — Colrinde,  £  qr.  ;  .  .  .  worth  £10  per 
ann.  Lecarownagh,  £  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £6  per  ann.  Clonconey, 
%  qr.  .  .  .  they  give  my  Lo.  Taaffe  some  rent  to  uphould  it  to  them 
.  .  .  worth  £7  per  ann.  Eonlaghta,  i  qr.  .  .  .  worth  £10  per 
ann.  Balinitroan,  £  qr. ;  .  .  .  some  interest  to  Mr.  Dodwell,  hut 
they  are  not  fully  agreed  as  yett  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  ann.  Finisk- 
lin,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  Mr.  Dodwell  hath  the  8th  part  of  this  quarter  to- 
himself. 

PAEISH  OF  TOOMOUE. — Levalleymorey,  2  qrs.  ...  it  is  some  parte 
good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  good  fir-wood,  and  a  greate  scope  of  the  hill 
of  Kesscorren  .  .  .  worth  £20  per  ann.  Carowreagh,  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
worth  £9  per  annum. 

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DALLEY  FAMILY. 

PARISH  OF  CLOONOGHIL. — Shancarigan  (Oldrock),  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
worth  £10  per  annum.  Lishlea,  £  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £5  per  annum. 
Carowreagh,  1  qr.  .  .  .  (part  of).  Lecarowdromrain,  £  qr.  .  .  . 
worth  £5  per  ann.  Carowkill,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  annum. 


ANDREW   0' GIRO  VAN,   MEECHANT. 

BAEONY  OF  TIEEEAGH,  PABiSH  OF  KiLGLASs. — Polloconey,1  2  qrs. ; 
.  .  .  it  is  goode  arrable  lande  neere  the  sea-coste,  it  hath  an  ould 
castle  and  a  good  stone  house  uppon  it,  ...  and  is  worth  £10  per 
annum. 

PAEISH  OF  CASTLECONOE. — Lagbane,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to 
undertennants ;  .  .  .  worth  £12  per  annum. 

VISCOUNT  TAAFFE. 

BAEONY  OF  CAEBTTEY,  PAEISH  OF  ST.  JOHN'S. — Lecarowcornogioge, 
£  qr. ;  Lecarowknocknoganey,  £  qr. ;  Carownomonestragh,  1  qr. 
(Abbey  quarter);  Balleydugan,  1  qr.  ;  in  mortgadge  from  Gareld 
Baxter,  some  4  years  agoe,  and  sett  to  undertenants  for  £16.  It  is 
good  arrable  land,  it  hath  good  turffe,  and  8  dayes  mowing,  it  will 
grase  70  cowes,  and  is  worth  £16  per  annum. 

BAEONY  OF  TIEEEEILL,  PAEISH  OF  DEONYAN  (now  Bally sumaghan). — 
Ardlymore,  Srananeagh ;  one  quarter  ;  ...  in  the  present  tenancy  of 
Mulmora  Mac  Swyne ;  .  .  .  worth  £9  per  annum. 

PAEISH  OF  BALLYNAKILL. — Carownagoillta,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .it  hath 
wood  on  ech  haulfe  qr. ;  the  whole  quarter  promiseth  good  conveniency 
and  yett  hath  very  little  good  arrable  lande  .  .  .  and  is  worth  £10 
per  ann.  Mulloghmore,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  to  Thomas  Rinolds  .  .  .  there 
are  some  small  groves  for  shelter  .  .  .  worth  £13  per  ann.  Crooskeart, 
1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £12  per  ann.  Carricke,  1  qr. ;  ...  sett  ...  to 
Thomas  Rinolds  .  .  .  worth  £12  per  ann.  Doontagh,  \  qr. ;  ...  it  is 
compassed  round  with  a  bogge;  .  .  .  worth  £5  per  ann.  Ardnagh, 

1  This  is  now  known  as  the  townland  of  Cabraghkeel,  for  along  the  sea-shore 
are  two  localities — Pollboy,  or  the  yellow  hole,  and  Pollacheeny  fort,  and  the  re- 
mains of  the  ancient  castle  and  harbour  of  the  name,  situate  at  the  debouchure  of 
the  river  Leaffoney.  Northwards,  the  swell  of  the  Atlantic,  before  it  reaches  the 
little  harbour,  is  broken  by  a  reef  of  rocks  called  Carrickfadda. 


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1  qr. ;  ...  these  3  quarters  and  a  halfe  are  occupied  by  Thomas 
Reynolds,  whoe  houlds  them  all  of  my  Lo.  Taaffe.  Kincolly,  1  qr. 

PARISH  OF  DRUAICOLUMB. — Cooleboy,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  £  is  the  inheri- 
tance of  the  Lo.  Taaffe,  whoe  setts  it  to  Jesber  Britte,  Esqr. ;  .  .  .  worth 
£5  per  ann.  Dewlarge  ...  -i-  of  the  said  quarter  .  .  .  sett ...  to  Jesber 
Britte,  esqr. ;  .  .  .  and  is  worth  £6  per  annum  by  reason  this  halfe 
quarter  hath  a  castle  uppon  it.  FaJiie  alias  Killfarney ',  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
worth  £10  per  ann.  Coolskeagh,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £8  per  ann. 

PARISH  or  EJLMACALLAN. — Carrowclines,  1  qr. ;  ...  it  is  a 
sponegey  ground  neere  to  Logh-Arvagh  (Lough  Arrow);  .  .  .  worth 
£9  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  TAWNAGH. —  Culfeagh,  I  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  Jesber 
Britte,  Esqr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  annum.  KnocJcmill,  1  qr.  ;  .  .  . 
sett  ...  to  Jasper  Britte,  Esqr.  I  knowe  not  for  what  rent  .  .  .  worth 
£10  10s.  per  annum. 

BARONT  OF  CORRAN,  PARISH  OF  EMLAGHFAD. — Imlaghfada,  2  qrs.  ; 
.  .  .  (amongst  the  duties  are  10  horses  for  cariadge)  .  .  .  worth 
£25  5s.  4d.  Hesshan,  1  qr. ;  . . .  (amongst  the  duties  are)  20  henns  with 
a  number  of  eggs,  20  horses  for  carriadge.  It  hath  noe  shelter,  it  is 
good  for  sheepe,  heathy  grounde  amonge  bogges  and  rivers  .  .  .  worth 
with  the  rent  and  duties  £18  per  ann.  Cariginmore,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  (same 
duties  as  above)  .  .  .  worth  £18  14s.  per  ann.  Ardconell,  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
close  to  the  river  called  the  Owenmore  .  .  .  worth  £9  per  annum. 
Ballrunaraivan,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  (amongst  the  duties  are)  ...  20  henns 
with  a  number  of  eggs  ...  10  horses  for  carriadge  ...  a  fat  beefe 
which  is  worth  20s.,  soe  with  the  rent  and  duties  it  is  worth  £19  Is. 
per  ann.  Carownanta,  1  qr. ;  ...  on  which  the  Court  (Ballymote 
Castle)  is  uppon.  It  is  verey  good  sheepe  ground  and  good  for  corne. 
It  hath  good  turffe,  and  it  is  worth  £24  per  ann.  with  the  profitt  of 
the  Towne.  It  will  grass  100  cowes,  and  a  (?)  halfe  of  sheep. 
Camrus,  1  qr. ;  ...  sett  ...  to  James  Smith,  merchant  of  Balley- 
motte  for  £8  (no  duties)  per  annum  .  .  .  the  said  James  Smith  setts  it 
unto  Andrew  Fergison  of  the  said  towne  for  £7  per  ann.  and  no 
dutyes  .  .  .  worth  £9  per  ann.  Duron,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to 
Andrew  Fargey,  merchant,  of  Balleymotte  ...  £8  per  annum.  Car- 
rowikally  (now  Earlsfield),  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £11  per  ann.  Carrow- 
nasagairt  (now  Stoneparks),  1  qr. ;  ...  set  ...  to  Wm.  Wilson,  taylor, 
of  Ballimotte  .  .  .  the  abbey  lies  uppon  it  ...  it  is  worth  £9  per  ann. 
Ranecelige,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  by  lease  unto  Murtoghe  Eeagh  O'Har- 
roghue,  but  the  said  Murtoghe  setts  one  halfe  quarter  of  it  with 


178         RENTALS   OF   THE   ESTATES   OF    LANDED    PROPRIETORS 

Caldramkilloge  unto  James  Smith  of  Ballemott  for  7  yeares.  It  is 
uppon  this  quarter  the  mill  of  Ballemotte  lies  .  .  .  soe  with  the  profitt 
of  the  mill  and  the  Towne,  it  is  worth  £35  per  ann.  Kenaghan, 

1  qr. ;  .  .  .  no  duties,  hut  10  horses  for  carriadge  .  .  .  worth  £10  per 
ann.     Corhober,    1  qr. ;  .  .    .   sett  ...  to  Mr.  Fargey  (clearke)  of 
Ballimott,    and  Arkey  Trumhle,  merchant,    for  £11   per  ann.;   no 
duties  but  some  few  horses  for  carriadge  .  .  .  worth  £12  per  annum. 
Raduneybeg,  1  qr.    Radunemore,  1  qr.    Caroweclude,  1  qr.    Knocka- 
galtin,   1  qr.     Carrowcoscley,    1  qr.     Dunnbroe,   1  qr.  (each  of  the 
above  qrs.  were  valued  at  £20  per  ann.,    and  on  each  the  tenants 
were  obliged  to  supply  40  horses  f  Dr  carriadge).    Gobodagh,  £  qr. ;  .  .  . 
worth  £5  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  EJXMORGAN. — Lisdugan,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  ann. 
Granemore,  1  qr.;  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  ann.  Uinggin,  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
worth  £12  per  ann.  Laggacaka,  one  cartron;  .  .  .  50«.  per  ann. 
Dromcormache,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £9  per  ann. 

PAEISH  OP  KILTURRA. — Killtorow,  1  qr.  Rabane,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  one 
half  .  .  .  worth  £4  per  ann.  JBalliodrinan,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  (one  half)  .  .  . 
worth  £5  per  ann. 

PARISH  ov  CLOONOGHIH. — Ballenaglogh,  1  qr. ;  £7.  Cloncosey, 
%  qr. ;  .  .  .  in  variance  betwixt  my  Lo.  Taaffe  and  my  Lo.  Bpp. ;  .  .  . 
worth  £6  per  ann.  Farrinmorish,  %  qr.  ;  ...  (part  of)  ...  32«.  6d. 
ster. 

PARISH  OF  KILSHALVEY. — Dromdivin,  %  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £5  per  ann. 

PARISH  OF  TOOMOUR. — Knocknacroy,  £  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £4  per  ann. 
Ranorey,  1  qr.  ;  .  .  .  worth  £9  per  ann.  Rosscrib,  i  qr. ;  .  .  .  soulde 
...  to  Frances  Bertt — this  last  May — and  George  Dowdall  for  £20 
yearley,  it  is  good  arrable  lande.  The  said  George  payes  20  horses  for 
carriadge.  Knockmulkin,  Knockrahosa,  2  qrs. ;  .  .  .  worth  £20  per 
ann.  Carowlegardemor  and  Carowknockilenoghan,  2  qrs.  ;  .  .  .  worth 
£11  7s.  per  ann.  Granemore,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £20  per  ann. 
Carownacrive,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £9  per  ann.  Colteleg,  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
3  cartrons  are  in  pawne  with  my  Lo.  Taaffe.  Carnavillin,  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
worth  £10  per  ann. 

LORD  WESTMEATH  (NUGENT). 

BARONY  OF  LEYNY,  PARISH  OF  ACHONRY. — Carrowcaragh,  Carowclare, 

2  qrs ;  set  to  "Walter  Terrill  for  £7  per  annum,  out  of  each  quarter ; 
the  said  "Walter  setts  them  to  Brian  O'Hart  for  £9  9«.  a  qr.     It  is 


OF   THE   COUNTY   SLIGO    IN    THE    YEARS    1633-6.  179 

good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  some  shelter  and  good  turffe,  8  dayes 
mowinge,  it  will  grase  70  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £18  18s.  per  annum. 
Tobertellie,  Toberscardan,  2  qrs.  Set  to  Walter  Terrill  for  £14  per 
annum.  In  some  parts  it  is  good  arrable  lande  and  heathy  grounde, 
in  the  other  parte  it  hath  good  turffe,  it  will  grase  86  cowes,  and  it  is 
worth  £20  per  annum.  Lecarowcarginnagannah,  %  qr. ;  set  to  Wa(l)ter 
Terrill  for  £3  10s.  per  annum,  the  said  Wa(l)ter  letts  it  to  under- 
tennants  for  £4  per  annum.  It  is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  good 
turffe  and  heathey  grounde,  it  hath  6  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  25 
cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £6  per  annum.  Tullamoy,  •£  qr.  ;  sett  ...  to 
the  said  "Wa(l)ter  Terrill  for  £14  per  annum,  the  said  "Walter  setts 
them  to  undertennants  for  £20  per  annum,  8  barrells  of  beer  or  malte, 
8  medders  of  butter,  16  medders  of  meale,  50  workmen.  It  is  good 
arrable  land,  it  hath  a  castle  upon  the  qr.  of  land  called  Tullanagloge, 
and  a  mill ;  it  hath  good  turffe,  12  Dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  80 
cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £25  6s.  4d.  per  annum.  Lecarownacoilehil,  1 
qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  "Walter  Terrill  for  £7  per  annum,  the  said 
"Walter  setts  it  to  undertennants  for  £8  per  annum  ;  2  barrels  of 
malte,  2  fatt  muttons,  4  medders  of  butter,  8  medders  of  meale,  20 
workmen.  It  is  in  some  parts  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  good  turffe, 
3  days  mowinge,  it  will  grase  40  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £10  19s.  per 
annum.  Tullavelle,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  "Wa(l)ter  Terrill  by  lease 
for  £7  per  ann.  The  said  "Walter  setts  it  to  undertennants  for  £14 
per  ann.  and  country  Duties,  as  a  barrell  of  beere,  5  fatt  muttons, 
2  medders  of  butter,  4  medders  of  meale,  and  40  workmen  uppon 
every  tennant.  In  some  parte  it  is  goode  arrable  land.  It  hath  good 
fir- wood,  a  great  scope  of  mounteyne,  it  will  grase  100  cowes,  and  is 
worth  £25  per  ann.  Clonmichkorish,  1  qr. ;  set  ...  to  "Walter  Terril 
for  £7  per  annum,  the  said  "Walter  setts  it  to  undertennants  for  £8 
per  ann.  (and  duties)  .  .  .  and  it  is  worth  £11  per  annum. 

PAEISH  OF  KILMACTEIGE. — Curraghboy,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  to  Walter 
Terrill  for  £7  per  annum,  the  said  Walter  setts  it  to  undertennants 
for  £8  8s.  per  annum  .  .  .  (and  duties)  .  .  .  and  is  worth  £11  4s.  8d. 
per  annum.  Levallenaneskaragh,  2  qrs. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  the  said 
Walter  Terrill  for  £14  per  annum.  It  is  waste  this  present  yeare.  In 
some  parts  it  is  good  arrable  lande  and  heathey  grounde,  it  will  grase 
fower  score  cowes,  and  hath  8  Dayes  mowinge,  and  is  worth  £20  per 
ann.  Cluneduvfin,  1  qr.  ;  Cnockacony,  1  qr. ;  Eannagallagh,  1  qr. ; 
Drommartin,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  .  .  .  for  £28  per  annum  to  Walter 
Tirrell,  and  the  said  Walter  setts  every  quarter  of  them  to  under- 


180        RENTALS    OF   THE   ESTATES    OF   LANDED    PROPRIETORS 

tennants  for  £8  8s.  per  annum,  3  barrells  of  malte,  4  fatt  muttons, 
8  medders  of  butter,  16  medders  of  meale.  It  is  good  arrable  land 
and  boggy,  and  hath  good  turffe,  6  Dayes  mowinge,  on  every  quarter, 
and  ech  of  them  will  grase  40  cowes,  and  so  every  qr.  is  worth  £12 
6s.  per  annum.  Tullaghlog,  1  qr. ;  Tullanamuoy,  1  qr. ;  ...  both 
sett  ...  to  Walter  Tirrell  for  £14  per  annum,  the  said  Walter  setts 
them  for  £16  16«.  per  annum;  8  fatt  muttons,  8  medders  of  butter, 
20  medders  of  meale,  40  workmen ;  they  are  good  arrable  lande  and 
hath  good  turffe,  ech  qr.  of  them  hath  3  Dayes  mowinge,  and  it  will 
grase  45  cowes,  and  is  worth  £25  per  annum.  Lavallenahuahle 
(Oughaval),  2  qrs. ;  Carowdrumine,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  Walter 
Tirrell  by  a  lease,  and  the  said  Walter  setts  them  to  undertennants 
for  £26  per  annum  .  .  .  (and  duties)  .  .  .  and  soe  are  worth  £32  per 
annum. 

LOED  CORK. 

PABISH  OP  ACHONRY. — Clonarayer,  1  qr. ;  sett  ...  by  lease  to 
Thomas  Ormsby  for  £7  per  annum,  and  the  said  Thomas  setts  it  to 
undertennants  for  £8  and  Duties.  It  is  good  arrable  lande,  and  hath 
good  turffe,  it  hath  noe  shelter  nor  mounteine,  it  hath  5  dayes 
mowinge,  it  will  grase  35  cowes,  and  is  worth  £8  per  annum.  Kill- 
comyn,  1  qr. ;  sett  ...  to  Annably  Spring  during  hir  life,  the  said 
Annably  setts  it  to  Robert  Ormsbey  by  a  lease  of  21  years;  the  said 
Robert  setts  it  to  undertennants  for  £12  per  annum,  4  fatt  muttons,  4 
medders  of  butter,  20  workmen.  It  is  good  arrable  lande  in  some 
parte,  it  hath  a  great  scope  of  mounteine  and  some  wood  for  fire,  it 
hath  good  turffe,  3  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  80  cowes,  and  is  very 
well  worth  £20  per  annum.  Lissonneagh,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  .  .  . 
to  undertennants  for  £5  per  annum,  noe  duties.  It  is  good  arrable 
land,  sumewhat  heathey-grounde,  it  hath  good  turffe,  and  3  .Dayes 
mowinge,  it  will  grase  20  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £5.  Carowen- 
taury,  Ardower,  2  qrs. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  Annabley  Springe,  wiffe 
to  Mr.  Nicholas  Verlinge,  the  said  Annabley  setts  them  during 
her  life  to  Robert  Ormsby,  for  and  in  consideration  of  a  certain  some 
of  money  she  received  from  the  said  Robert,  who  setts  them  for  £20 
per  annum  without  duties.  It  is  verey  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath 
good  turffe,  12  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  80  cowes,  and  is  worth 
£22  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  KILLORAN. — Carowneskehe  and  Carownebany,  2  qrs. ; 
.  .  .  mortgadged  ...  to  Mr.  Dodwell,  whoe  setts  them  to  under- 


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tennants  for  £16  16s.  per  ann.,  4  fatt  muttons,  8  medders  of  butter, 
16  medders  of  meale,  40  workmen,  4  barrells  of  malt ;  they  are  good 
arrable  lande,  and  hath  a  great  scope  of  mounteyne,  and  hath  good 
turffe  and  fir  wood,  they  will  grase  80  cowes,  and  are  well  worth  £24 
per  annum  in  duties  and  all.  Carowmiccarn,  Cappagh,  2  qrs. ; .  .  . 
sett  ...  to  Thomas  Ormsby  by  a  lease  of  12  years  whereof  3  years  are 
expired,  and  the  said  Thomas  setts  it  to  undertennants  for  £16  16$. 
per  ann.  Cappagh  is  all  woode  and  mounteyne.  Carrowmickcarn  is- 
good  arrable  lande,  and  it  hath  a  great  scope  of  mounteyne  ;  it  hath  4 
dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  80  cowes,  and  is  worth  £16  16s.  per  ann. 
BARONY  OP  TIRERAGH,  PARISH  OF  CASTIECONOR. — Lecarowinskur- 
more,  -5-  qr. ;  ...  it  is  mortgadged  to  John  Linch,  or  French,  the 
which  John  keepes  it  for  his  owen  cattle,  it  is  good  arrable  land,  and 
by  the  seaside,  it  hath  two  stone  houses,  it  will  grase  15  cowes,  and: 
it  is  worth  £5  per  annum. 

LORD  CLOKRICKARD. 

BARONY  OF  CARBTTRY,  PARISH  OF  DRTJMCLIFF. — Ballenogalagh,  1  qr.  j 
.  .  .  sett  ...  to  a  merchant  of  Galloway,  the  said  merchant  setts  it  to 
Brian  O'Connor  of  Glan,  son  of  Phelim  O'Connor,  the  said  Brian  setts- 
it  to  undertenants  for  £12  per  annum  and  1  barrell  of  malte  uppon 
one  tenant  and  a  fatt  mutton,  2  medders  of  butter,  8  medders  of  meale, 
12  days  work,  and  a  cosher  at  Christmas,  it  is  good  arrable  lande,  it 
hath  a  greate  scope  of  mounteyne  and  fir-wood,  it  will  grase  110 
(cowes),  and  is  worth  £21  per  annum. 

SIR  ROGER  JOKES,  KNT. 

PARISH  OF  DRTTMCLIFF. — Culladrammaneghter,  ^  qr. ;  worth  £8  per 
annum.  Gortnogrellig,  %  qr. ;  in  mortgadge  from  Owen  O'Connor  .  .  . 
it  is  worth  £6  per  annum.  Killsolagh,  £qr. ;  Dromkill  Coltna,  £  qr.  ; 
worth  £21  per  annum.  Knockannohorna,  £  qr. ;  Knockannocally  in 
mortgadge  from  Owen  Mac  Rorey  (O'Conor)  .  .  .  worth  £7  per  ann. 
Lecarrowhaunanaghoghter,  %  qr. ;  in  mortgadge  from  the  same ;  .  .  . 
worth  £8  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  CALRY. — Calgagh  and  Coltecahel,  -f-  qrs. ;  .  .  .  sett  to 
undertennants  for  £24  per  annum,  it  is  some  parte  good  arrable  lande 
and  Rockey  Grounde,  it  hath  good  shelter,  and  good  turffe,  and  for 
duties  8  barrells  of  malt,  8  fatt  muttons,  12  medders  of  butter,  24 


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medders  of  meale,  8  medders  of  wheat,  20  horses  a  night,  40  work- 
men ;  it  hath  6  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  6  score  cowes,  and  it  is 
worth  £31  5s.  per  annum.  Lecarowsrainaran,  £  qr.  One  cartron  of 
it  is  the  inheritance  of  Sr  Roger  Jones,  Knt.,  who  tooke  it  in  mort- 
gadge  from  Owen  O'Connor,  who  setts  it  to  Hugh  Merrigagh  O'Hart 
for  £5  ;  the  other  cartron  of  his  £  qr.  is  sett  to  Nealle  O'Hart  by  the 
aforesaid  Owen  O'Connor,  by  lease  of  80  years  ;  it  is  all  good  arrable 
land,  it  hath  an  Irish  Mill  uppon  it,  it  is  as  good  as  the  other 
cartron,  and  is  worth  £5  per  annum.  This  £  quarter  hath  12 
Dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  30  cowes,  and  is  worth  £10  per 
annum. 

PARISH  OP  Si.  JOHN'S. — Carownomadow,  1  qr. ;  in  mortgadge  from 
the  sonnes  of  Brian  Mac  James  Mac  Swyne,  .  .  .  worth  £15  per  ann., 
with  Tulloghnagragin,  1  qr. ;  which  hath  a  great  scope  of  mounteyne 
and  good  shelter.  Lecarownotullagha,  ^  qr. ;  in  mortgage  from 
Ferdinando  and  Cormac  Phelim  O'Connor ;  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  KiLLASPUGBSoifE. — Carownokille,  1  qr. ;  it  is  good  arrable 
lande,  close  to  the  seaside,  it  hath  good  sande,  and  it  (is)  all  alike,  the 
2  qrs.  aforesaid  (i.  e.  Carownaduagh),  and  it  is  worth  £17  per  annum. 
Tullagh,  %  qr. ;  worth  £8  per  annum,  Lecarowivanell,  1  qr. ;  worth 
£8  per  annum. 

BARONY  OF  LEYNT,  PARISH  OF  EJDLLORAN. — Rahmore,  1  qr. ;  in 
mortgadge  from  John  O'Hara  in  tymes  past,  and  soe  Sr  Roger  setts  it 
to  undertennants  for  £13  per  ann.,  4  barrells  of  malt,  3  fatt  muttons, 
4  medders  of  butter,  8  medders  of  meale,  it  (is)  verey  good  arrable  lande 
and  good  for  sheepe,  it  hath  good  turffe,  5  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase 
50  cowes,  and  is  worth  £15  8s.  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  ACHONRY. — Toberecorra,  1  qr. ;  he  took  it  in  mortgadge 
from  Hugh  O'Hara,  or  Teig  Keogh  O'Hara,  and  setts  it  to  under- 
tennants for  £8  per  annum.  It  is  some  part  good  arrable  lande, 
and  hath  much  heath  uppon  it,  some  good  turffe,  4  Dayes  mowing, 
it  will  grase  40  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £10. 

PARISH  OF  KILMACTEIGE. — Bannada,  f  qr.  ;  ...  taken  in  mortgadge 
from  my  Lord  of  Corke  ;  .  .  .  sett  to  undertennants  for  £16  per  ann., 
whereuppon  is  a  good  Abbey  or  monestarey  which  is  called  the  Abbey 
of  Bennada,  together  with  a  good  English  Mill.  It  is  very  good 
arrable  land,  and  good  for  sheep,  it  hath  good  turffe,  8  Dayes  mowinge 
of  good  lowe  meddowe,  it  will  grase  65  cowes,  and  is  worth  £17  per  ann. 

BARONY  OF  TIRERAGH,  PARISH  OF  DROMARD. — Altnolueck,  3  qrs. ;  .  . . 
taken  in  mortgadge  from  Owen  Mac  Swyne  in  tymes  past.  Sr  Roger 


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setts  it  to  Mr.  Eidge  for  his  sheepe.  It  is  parte  good  arrable  lande,  it 
hath  good  scope  of  mounteyne  and  good  turffe,  it  will  grase  60  cowes  ; 
it  is  worth  £30  per  annum. 

SIR  THOMAS  WENMAN,  KNI. 

BARONY  OF  TIEEEEILL,  PAKISH  OF  KILLERB.Y. — Gortlaunan,  1  qr.  . .  . 
lately  purchast  from  the  Lo.  Viscount  Taaffe,  whose  father  obtained 
letters  patent  from  Kinge  James  for  the  whole  Lordship  of  Ballintoher 
containing  this  quarter  and  the  18  following,  all  which  Sir  Thomas 
Wenman  had  bought  2  years  past.  It  payes  the  Kinge  £15  sterling 
per  annum  and  10  groats  homadge.  This  quarter  of  Gortlawnan  is 
verey  pleasant,  and  full  of  groves  and  shrubes.  It  payes  to  Sir 
Thomas  Wenman  £9  3s.  9d.  per  annum.  It's  singullar  good  arrable 
lande,  hath  small  store  of  meadowe  and  loose  turffe,  it  will  grase  50 
cowes,  and  may  be  well  worth  £11  per  annum.  Tobernany,  1  qr. 
.  .  .  the  woods  that  were  thereon  were  all  decaied,  it  hath  some 
few  shrubes  for  shelter  .  .  .  being  one  of  the  six  quarters  that  Sir 
Wm.  Taaffe  was,  by  a  decree  in  Chancery,  bound  to  sett  to  him  and 
his  kinsmen.  Crosbeoy,  1  qr.  ...  it  is  verey  good  arrable  lande, 
hath  noe  woods  unless  a  verie  fewe  shrubes  not  sufficient  for  shelter ; 
it  ...  lies  adjacent  to  the  mounteins,  but  of  itself  hath  no  turffe  ; 
.  .  .  worth  £11  lls.  per  ann.  Drommore,  1  qr.  .  .  .  it  is  good 
arrable  land,  hath  much  mounteine  and  hath  store  of  woode,  but  it  is 
decaied;  .  .  .  worth  £14  per  ann.  Casheloer,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  is 
verey  good  arrable  lande,  hath  a  greate  scope  of  mounteine l  and  some 
woods,  but  hath  had  much  more  ;  it  is  dayley  wasted  by  sale  (by  the 
tenants)  to  Sligoe  ;  it  hath  6  dayes  moweinge  of  lowe  meaddowe,  store 
of  excellent  turffe,  good  shelter,  will  grase  80  cowes,  and  is  worth 
£16  per  ann.  Tirlovicke,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  this  is  a  small  qr.,  good  arrable 
lande  and  very  fertill  pasture,  hath  more  than  20  dayes  moweinge, 
hath  good  turffe,  some  few  shrubes  ;  .  .  .  worth  £19  per  annum. 
Altvillada,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .is  pretty  lande,  hath  good  arrable  and  pas- 
ture ground,  some  lowe  meaddowes  and  groves  for  shelter ;  .  .  . 

1  This  mountain  (called  Slish),  rising  over  the  south  shore  of  Lough  Gill,  may, 
according  to  P.  W.  Joyce,  possibly  derive  its  name  from  its  shape.  Those  who 
have  had  opportunities  of  observing  the  customs  of  the  peasantry  must  have  often 
seen  village  girls  engaged  in  beetling  clothes  at  a  stream  ;  that  is  to  say,  while 
saturated  with  water,  beating  them  on  a  large  smooth  stone  with  a  heavy  wooden 
beetle  or  mallett — as  part  of  the  process  of  cleansing — this  beetle  being  called  in 
Irish  slis  (slish) . 


184        RENTALS   OF   THE    ESTATES    OF    LANDED    PROPRIETORS 

worth  £9  per  annum.  Eaghian,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  hath  small  store  of 
arrable  lande,  and  is  all  most  ranke  fertill  grasseing  grounde  ;  .  .  . 
some  small  shrubes  decayed ;  .  .  .  worth  £14  per  ann.  Levalley, 
2  qrs. ;  ...  it  is  good  arrable  lande  and  hath  a  greate  scope  of 
mounteine;  .  .  .  worth  £23  per  annum.  Rathnaree  (Kingsfort), 
1  qr.  ;  .  .  .  on  this  quarter  stands  the  castle  (a  ruin)  of  Eallintoher  ; 
.  .  .  worth  £9  per  ann.  Dromconre,  1  qr.  j1  .  .  .  is  good  arrable 
lande,  and  hath  a  parcell  of  good  sheepe  grounde,  conteines  some  few 
shrubbes  for  shelter,  it  hath  a  small  Irish  mill ;  .  .  .  and  is  worth 
£10  per  ann.  Correy,  1  qr.  ;  .  .  .  it  is  very  good  arrable  land,  and 
good  for  sheepe,  hath  a  great  scope  of  woode,  but  it  is  lately  wasted 
beinge  (by  the  tenants)  soulde  to  Sligoe  ;  ...  it  hath  a  smalle  Irish 
mill  upon  it,  ...  and  is  worth  £11  per  annum.  Kiltecranan,  1  qr. 
(?~Woodfield) ;  it  is  good  arrable  lande,  hath  some  shrubbe  woods  for 
shelter ;  .  .  .  and  is  worth  £9  per  annum.  Eavelvoine,  1  qr.  ; 
.  .  .  worth  £12  per  ann.  Lishcrosan,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  verey  fertile, 
ruffe,  grasinge  lande,  and  part  of  it  good  for  oates ;  .  .  .  worth  £8 
per  ann.  Carrownadallan,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  in  the  present  occupation  of 
James  Moore  ;  ...  it  is  a  very  pretty  small  quarter,  allmost  good 
arrable  lande  all.  It  hath  good  turffe  and  some  few  shrubbs  for 
shelter.  It  hath  ten  dayes  moeinge  of  good  meddowe  if  it  were 
trencht ;  .  .  .  worth  £9  per  ann.  Aghrish,  %  qr.,  in  the  present 
tenancy  of  Cormac  Duffe  O'Hart ;  ...  it  is  a  small  hill  enclosed 
with  a  bogge,  conteininge  verey  good  arrable  lande,  and  good  med- 
dowe, great  store.  Hee  keepes  it  waste  everey  yeare  untill  the  end  of 
the  year  to  vex  his  neighbors.  It  will  grase  25  cowes,  and  is  worth 
£4  per  ann.  Drumcahey,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  this  qr.  is  well  furnisht  with 
smalle  woode  for  fyringe  and  shelter ;  ...  it  hath  a  small  Irish  mill 
uppon  it,  and  is  worth  £12  per  ann.  Carrownagh,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  is 
a  coorese  land,  yett  parts  of  it  will  yield  oates ;  it  hath  a  great  scope 
of  mounteine,  some  lowe  woods  for  fyringe  and  for  shelter,  greate 
store  of  good  turffe,  .  .  .  and  is  worth  £10  per  annum. 

PAEISH  OF  KELROSS. — Ardmackbrack,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  lately  purchased 
from  the  Lo.  Viscount  Taaffe,  who  purchast  the  same  from  Sr.  William 
Parsons,  Knt.  and  Barronett;  .  .  .  sett  unto  George  Moor  for 
£12  12s.  per  annum.  It  is  verey  good  arrable  lande,  a  fyne  soile  for 
sheepe,  hath  great  store  of  meddowe,  a  goodly  scoppe  of  mounteyne 
and  some  good  turffe,  hath  parte  of  a  pretty  logh,  wherein  are  excellent 

1  On  the  western  extremity  of  this  townland  there  is  marked  on  the  Ordnance 
Map  the  site  of  a  castle  of  that  name. 


OF   THE    COUNTY    SLIGO    IN    THE   YEARS    1633-6.  185 

troutes ;  it  claims  the  oulde  castle  called  Castleloughdargan  ;  it  will 
grasse  70  cowes,  and  is  well  worth  £13  per  annum. 

SIR  EGBERT  KINGE,  KNT. 

PARISH  OF  AGHANAGH. — Corduhy  ;  Kilemuine  ;  Castleallin  ; 1  Car- 
rownanalte,  3  qrs. ;  ...  in  part  it  is  good  arrable  lande  and  good 
for  sheep ;  it  hath  a  great  scope  of  mounteine  and  rockey  ground ;  it 
hath  good  fire- wood  and  shelter ;  .  .  .  worth  £35  per  ann.  Carrow- 
kille,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £10  10s.  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  KILMACTRANNY. — Killerigh,  1  qr. ;  Drommore,  1  qr. ; 
Cloghcarrogh,  1  qr. ;  Tullagh,  £  qr. ;  Corgagh,  ^  qr. ;  Cloghinmagh, 
•J  qr.  These  4  qrs.  .  .  .  hath  some  good  arrable  ground,  and  some 
rockey  and  heathey  land ;  it  is  good  for  sheepe  ;  it  hath  good  wood, 
both  fir- wood  and  shelter  \  worth  £37  per  ann.  Killkerey,2  1  qr. ; 
...  it  hath  good  fire-wood  and  turffe  ;  it  will  grase  40  cowes,  and 
is  worth  £9  per  annum.  Drommore,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £9  per 
ann.  Cloghcoragh,  %  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £4  per  ann.  Tullagh,  %  qr. ; 
-  .  .  worth  £4  per  ann.  Corcagh,  %  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  is  rockey  ground ; 
.  .  .  worth  £4  per  ann.  Cloghameenagh,  tr  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £5 
per  ann. 

BARONY  OF  TIRERAGH,  PARISH  OF  SKREEN. — Portovad,  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
lately  purchast  .  .  .  and  sett  to  Owen  MacDermott  by  lease.  It  is 
good  arrable  lande ;  it  hath  some  turffe  and  a  haven  wherein  shippes 
come  in  from  sea;  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  annum. 

BARONY  OF  CORRAN,  PARISH  OF  EMLAGHFAD. —  Carowmore,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  sett  ...  to  my  Lo.  Taaffe,  whoe  setts  it  to  Garrod  Messett,  of 
Ballimott,  for  £15  per  ann.  and  20  horses  for  carriadge  ;  .  .  .  worth 
£20  per  annum.  Gargah,  Lagnascarey  and  Lagnagapule,  2  qrs. ; 
<.  .  .  it  is  worth  £36  per  annum.  Lagviny,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  .  .  . 
to  my  Lo.  Taaffe  ;  .  .  .  these  4  quarters  ...  is  right  to  the 
Abbey  of  Boyle. 

THE  CROFTON  FAMILY. 

BARONY  OF  LEYNY,  PARISH  OF  KILVARNET. — Ballivore,  2  qrs. ;  .  .  . 
sett  ...  to  undertennants  for  £21  per  annum,  without  duties.  It  is 

1  Now  Carricknahorna. 

2  Regni  A.  1.  James  I.  to  Martin  Lisle,  gent.,  was  demised  amongst  other 
grants,  "the  town  or  village  of  Kilkerre,  conteininge  4  quars.,  and  the  tithes  of  the 
same  in  the  Barony  of  Tirirrill." 


186        RENTALS   OF   THE    ESTATES    OF    LANDED   PROPRIETORS 

good  arrable  land,  it  hath  good  turffe,  3  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase 
105  cowes,  and  is  -worth  £21  per  annum.  Carrowfalloghra  and 
Lecarowrosta  (this  ajoyneth  to  Portnecart),  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  the  i  of  it 
sett  to  undertennants  for  £7  per  annum,  and  the  other  £  qr.  in  . . .  owen 
hands.  It  is  good  arrable  land,  it  hath  good  turffe,  4  days  mowinge, 
it  will  grase  40  cowes,  and  is  worth  £14  per  ann.  Pur tney cart, 
-J-  qr. ;  .  .  .  in  owne  hands  for  sheepe,  for  which  it  is  verey  good,  and 
hath  a  new  warren  of  Cunneyes  (rabbits) ;  it  is  somewhat  rocky,  hath 
neyther  woode  nor  meddowe,  and  may  grase  20  cowes,  and  is  worth 
£5.  Carowentawney,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  by  lease  to  Mr.  Welsh  of 
Sligoe  for  21  years  for  £11  per  annum.  The  said  Mr.  "Welsh  setts  it 
to  undertennants  for  £13  per  annum,  whoe  letts  a  parte  and  house  to 
Mr.  Wyls's  bucher  for  £5,  and  another  little  parcel!  of  the  said 
quarter  hee  setts  for  20s.  per  annum,  over  and  above  the  said  £13 
sterl.  It  is  good  arrable  lande  and  somewhat  heathey  grounde,  it 
hath  6  dayes  mowinge  and  good  turffe,  it  will  grase  80  cowes,  and  is 
worth  £20  per  annum.  Carownaglogh,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  kept  for  owen  use. 
It  is  good  arrable  land,  it  hath  noe  turffe,  it  hath  4  days  mowinge  of 
good  lowe  meddowe,  and  is  worth  £10  per  annum.  It  will  grase  40 
cowes.  Rabeam,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  undertennants  for  £14  14s. 
per  annum,  30  workmen.  It  is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  good 
turffe,  6  days  mowinge,  it  will  grase  35  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £15 
per  annum.  Monenassan,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  by  lease  to  William 
Ellish  Mazon  for  £9  9s.  per  annum.  It  is  good  arrable  land,  it  hath 
good  shelter  and  good  turffe,  it  is  part  somewhat  heathey  ground,  it 
hath  4  Dayes  mowinge  of  good  lowe  meddowe,  it  will  grase  35  cowes, 
and  is  worth  £10  per  annum.  Ballenacarow,  4  quars.  ;  .  .  .  every  qr. 
of  them  sett  to  undertennants  for  £11  per  ann.  Uppon  them  are 
two  several  mills,  one  for  grinding  and  another  for  tuckinge.  And 
are  verey  good  arrable  lande ;  it  hath  good  turffe,  20  dayes  mowinge 
of  good  lowe  meddowe.  The  aforesaid  mills  are  erected  uppon  the 
river  called  Owenmore.  The  said  4  qrs.  will  grase  9  score  cowes, 
and  are  very  well  worth  £44  per  annum.  JZderin,  $  quarter ;  .  .  . 
sett  ...  to  undertennants  for  £4  per  annum.  It  is  verey  good 
arrable  land,  it  hath  good  turffe  and  noe  shelter,  it  hath  2  Dayes 
mowinge  of  good  lowe  meddowe,  it  will  grase  20  cowes,  and  is  worth 
£5  per  ann.  Ballynahanagh,  4  qrs.  (the  property  of  O'Hara,  but 
liable  to  a  yearly  rent  of  2s.  6d.,  payable  to  William  Crofton). 

PAEISH  OF  ACHONRY. — Tullahiugh,  £  ...  set  to  Connor  mac  Kynine 
for  £9  per  annum,  3  fatt  muttons,  it  is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath 


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goode  turffe,  8  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  70  cowes,  and  it  is  worth 
£18  18s.  per  annum. 

PAEISH  OF  KILLOEAN. — Killorin,  1  qr. ;  Dinod,  1  qr. ;  Ucerig, 
1  qr. ;  Carownogleragh,  1  qr.  ;  Ramickternan,  1  qr.  ;  Clunin,  1  qr.  ; 
Lislogha,  1  qr.  ;  Carowinlorgan,  1  qr.  All  these  8  qrs.  of  land  are 
the  inheritance  of  John  Crofton,  Esq.,  saving  only  one  cartron  in 
Carowlorgan  .  .  .  every  quarter  of  them  sett  to  undertennants  for 
£9  per  ann.;  they  are  all  good  arrable  lande  and  hath  good  turffe  in 
the  meringe. 

PARISH  OF  BALLYSADAEE. — Garvally,  1  qr. ;  sett  ...  to  under- 
tennants for  £8  8s.  per  annum,  it  is  good  arrable  (land),  it  hath 
neyther  woode  nor  turffe  nor  meddowe,  hut  all  hleake  lande,  it  will 
grase  35  cowes,  and  is  worth  £10  per  annum.  Boile,  1  qr. ;  sett  .  .  . 
for  £8  8s.,  without  duties,  per  ann.  It  is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath 
neyther  wood,  turffe,  shelter,  nor  meddowe,  but  all  bleake  lande,  it 
will  grase  35  cowes,  and  is  worth  £9  10s.  per  annum.  Runatallin, 
1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  undertennants  for  £8  8s.  per  annnum ;  it  is 
goode  arrable  lande,  it  hath  neither  turffe,  shelter  nor  meddowe,  but 
all  bleake  lande,  it  will  grase  35  cowes,  and  is  worth  £9  per  ann.  as 
aforesaid.  Knockvildoney,  %  qr. ;  ...  sett  ...  to  undertennants  for 
£7  per  ann.  without  duties.  It  is  good  arrable  land  and  hath  some 
little  shelter,  it  hath  neyther  turff,  wood  nor  meddowe,  it  will  grase 
25  cowes,  and  is  worth  £8  per  annum.  Bille,  i  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  .  .  . 
by  lease  to  ...  Christopher  Vardon  for  £9  per  ann.  It  is  good 
arrable  lande  and  good  for  sheepe,  it  hath  good  turffe,  6  days  mowinge 
of  good  meddowe,  it  yealds  alsoe  to  the  said  Christopher  4  barrells  of 
malte,  6  fatt  muttons,  8  medders  of  butter,  16  medders  of  meale.  It 
will  grase  50  cowes,  and  is  worth  £13  10s.  per  ann. 

BAEOUT  OF  TTRTVR-RTT.T.,  THE  HALF  PARISH  OF  EITNAGH. —  Clooneihr, 
i  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  is  very  good  arrable  land,  it  hath  good  shelter,  good 
turffe  .  .  .  and  may  be  worth  £20  per  annum  by  reason  of  the  profitt 
of  the  town  (?  Collooney  or  Ballysadare). 

PAEISH  OF  KILEOSS. — Killsallagh  and  Knocktobber,  2  qrs. ;  ...  in 
right  of  Trynitie  Abbey  in  Loghkey,  sett  to  John  Johnson,  cleark, 
for  £18  per  annum.  It  containeth  good  arrable  lande  and  good 
pasture,  hath  little  shelter,  great  store  of  meadowe  and  good  turffe,  it 
may  grase  80  cowes,  and,  by  reason  it  is  tythe-free,  may  be  worth  £18 
per  annum.  Tullabeg,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  in  right  of  Trynitie  Abbey  in 
Loch  Key  ...  it  hath  a  small  Irish  mill  ...  it  is  tythe-free,  and 
therefore  is  worth  £12  per  annum. 


188        RENTALS   OF   THE    ESTATES    OF   LANDED    PROPRIETORS 

PARISH  OF  KILMACALLAN.  Trimnamada,  .j  qr.  ;  Trimnavoihog,  J  qr. ; 
Trimvohy,  £  qr. ;  .  .  .it  hath  good  timber  wood  and  turf,  there  is  a 
good  fall  of  English  mill  uppon  it,  and  another  Irish  mill  upp  the 
river  Owyn-na-parke  (the  field  river).  These  4  quarters  will  feed 
400  cowes,  it  hath  8  dayes  mowinge,  and  in  all  sortes  is  worth  £100 
per  ann. 

PARISH  OF  KELLADOON. — Killinedun,  J  qr. ;  .  .  .  £6  per  ann. 

PARISH  OF  SHANCOUGH. — Shancoagh,  £  qr. ;  .  .  .  all  the  parsonadge 
in  the  aforesaid  halfe  quar. ;  .  .  .  worth  £5  per  ann. 

PARISH  OF  KILMACTRANNY. — Killamoy,  4  qrs. ;  Trynamore,  £  qr.  ; 
Trynnaughay,  i  qr. ;  Tryvohy,  i  qr. ;  .  .  .  Trinvoy  is  verey  good 
arrable  land,  it  hath  good  limestone  and  a  good  fall  of  English  mill, 
it  hath  some  little  wood,  good  turffe  and  3  dayes  mowinge.  The  } 
which  is  called  Trinnamadoe,  is  verey  good  pasture  ground,  it  hath  a 
great  scope  of  mountaine  and  wood  and  verey  good  pasture  land  in 
some  part,  and  the  other  parte  verey  good  arrable  lande.  It  hath 
good  woods,  good  turffe  and  5  days  mowinge.  These  4  qrs.  will 
grase  400  cowes,  and  they  may  bee  very  well  worth  £80  per  ann. 

PARISH  OF  AGHANAGH. — Knoclcfosogil,  1  qr.  ;  .  .  .  it  is  arrable 
land  and  good  for  sheep,  it  hath  small  shelter,  a  good  springe,  good 
turffe  .  .  .  and  is  worth  £14  per  ann.  Clahog,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £10 
per  ann. 

BAROXY  OF  CORRAN,  PARISH  OF  EMLAGHFAD. — Carowantampull,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  (part  of ;  the  remainder  belonged  to  a  family  named  O'Scanlan) 
...  it  is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  a  great  scope  of  bogge  and 
Drowninge  places.1  Killbratin,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  for  £7 ;  no 
duties.  It  is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  some  shelter  close  by  the 
logh.  It  hath  good  turffe,  4  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  35  cowes, 
and  it  is  worth  £7  per  annum.  Moinmore,  1  qr.  ;  .  .  .  (part  of) 
worth  £5  per  ann.  Carrowkeel,  1  qr.  ;  .  .  .  (part  of)  £5  per  ann. 

BARONY  OF  TIRERAGH,  PARISH  OF  DROMARD. — Carowblooagh,  1  qr. ; 
Carrowincottena,  1  qr.  ;  Trianmore,  1  qr. ;  Drominicahir,  1  qr. ; 
Carowinlughen,  1  qr. ;  Carrownoclunaghbeg,  1  qr.  ;  .  .  .  all  kept  for 
owen  use  .  .  .  they  are  parte  good  arrable  lande,  and  hath  good  shelter 
and  a  great  scope  of  mounteyne  and  5  dayes  mowinge,  ech  qr.  of  them 
will  grase  36  cowes,  and  are  worth  £9  per  ann.  There  is  a  mill  and 
a  castle  uppon  the  qr.  of  Cottena.  Money  vanan,  1  qr. ;  Mulleroe,  1  qr.  ; 

1  This  is  probably  an  allusion  to  bog  boles  or  treacherous  quagmires,  for  several 
bodies  have  been  found,  in  the  County  Sligo,  in  situations  where  the  people  had 
evidently  met  their  death  by  falling  into  similar  "drowning  places." 


OF   THE   COUNTY   SLIGO   IN   THE   YEARS    1633-6.  189 

Carowinrasa,  1  qr.  ;  (divided  between  Thomas  and  George  Crofton) 
.  .  .  mortgadged  two  qrs.  of  these  to  Mr.  "Wm.  Dodwell,  the  other 
quarter,  Mullero,  is  in  owen  hands  ;  .  .  .  worth  £30  per  annum. 

PAJRISH  OF  TEMPLEBOY. — Corkaghbeg,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  for  £17  per 
annum.     Monnegea,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  for  £8  10s.  per  ann. 


WILLIAM  DODWELL,  CLK. 

BARONY  OP  CARBURY,  PARISH  OF  KILLASPUGBRONE. — Carownoduagh, 
£  qr. ;  it  is  good  arable  lande  and  sandey  ground,  it  hath  6  dayes 
mowinge  of  good  lowe  meddowe,  it  will  grase  80  cowes. 

BARONY  OF  TIRERRILL,  PARISH  OF  DRONYAN  (now  Ballysumaghan). 
— Lishnagie,  1  qr. ;  Gaddan,  £  qr. ;  Kelfialtee,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  lately 
purchast  from  the  Lo.  Viscount  Taffe,  and  alsoe  the  qr.  of  Dowrea, 
and  the  %  qr.  of  Gaddan  for  £120  ;  .  .  .  worth  £24  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  KELROSS. — Dawrey,  1  qr. ;  ...  it  is  bleake  and  spongey 
land,  yett  good  for  cowes  and  corne. 

PARISH  OF  BALLYNAKILL. — Carrowkille,  1  qr.  ;  ...  bought  the  last 
yeare  of  Mr.  Croe  in  Dublin,  and  sett  to  Thomas  Rinolds  .  .  .  worth 
£10  per  annum. 

BARONY  OF  CORRAN,  PARISH  OF  EJLMORGAN. — Laggacaka,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  (one  half) ;  .  .  .  worth  £5  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  KELTURRA. — Jarrlan,  i  (part  of) ...  worth  £7  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  KILSHALTY. — Tonnagh,  £  qr. ;  ...  worth  £7  per  ann. 
Dromdivin,  ^  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £5  per  ann.  Tuttogh,  1  qr.  (£  of) ; 
Krockanaer,  1  qr.  .  .  .  (£  of) ;  Knockgrane,  1  qr. ;  ...  worth  £8  per 
annum. 

PARISH  OF  TOOMOITR. — Knocklogha,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £5  per  ann. 
Colteleg,  1  qr. 

ROGER  BAGGER,  CLK. 
PARISH  OF  KILSHALTY. — Ardranie,  1  qr. ;  ...  worth  £8  per  ann. 

GEORGE   DOWDALL. 

PARISH  OF  TOOMOTJR. — Townaponra,  £  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £5  per 
annum. 

PARISH  OF  CLOONOGHILL. — Dicoved  and  KnocTcraher,  2  qrs. ;  Lecarow- 
nahua,  %  qr.  of  Lishlea ;  ...  £4  per  ann. 

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190        RENTALS   OF    THE    ESTATES    OF    LANDED    PROPRIETORS 

MR.  FAGGAN  (OP  DUBLIN). 

PARISH  OF  KTLSHALVY. — Knockacollin,  1  qr.  ;  Knockcraver,  1  qr.  ; 
Knockacorke,  1  qr. ;  Dawclunagh,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  they  are  but  small 
measure  ;  .  .  .  worth  £30  per  ann. 

BARONY  OF  TIEEEELLL,  PAEISH  OF  SHAN  COUGH. —  Carrowkissog,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  it  hath  good  fire- wood ;  .  .  .  worth  £  17  per  annum.  Carroiclooane, 
1  qr. ;  ...  worth  £20  per  annum.  Umerae,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  hath  a  very 
good  English  Mill,  with  a  tucke-mill,  a  verrey  good  quarrey  for 
building ;  .  .  .  worth  £30  per  annum. 

PARISH  OF  KILMACALLAN. — Carrownagoilta,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  purchast  .  .  . 
from  Brian  Mac  Donnogh  of  Coolooney,  deceased,  about  10  yearespast. 
...  It  is  good,  woody,  ruffe,  rushey,  land,  with  a  great  scope  of  moun- 
teine,  .  .  .  and  is  worth  £15  per  annum.  Ballinasihe,  1  qr. ;  ...  it 
hath  a  great  scope  of  mounteine,  and  hath  good  firewood ;  .  .  . 
worth  £16  per  annum.  Shraduffe,  1  qr. ;  ...  in  goodness  it  agrees 
with  the  former  quarter.  It  hath  an  Irish  mill  uppon  it.  It  will 
grasse  60  cowes,  and  is  worth  £16  per  annum.  Cashell,  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
£13  per  annum.  Tullirie,  1  qr. ;  ...  worth  £13  per  annum. 

MR.    CROE,   OK  MAC  CROW   (OF  DUBLIN). 

PAEISH  OF  KILMACALLAN. — Cliveragh  Oghteragh,  £  qr. ;  .  .  .  pur- 
chast .  .  .  from  Teige  Rewagh  O'Harra,  about  11  years  past,  for 
£80.  Teige  O'Hara  had  it  for  12  years  of  Captein  Baxter,  whoe 
obteined  it  amonge  other  lands  from  the  late  King  James,  &c.,  whoe  was 
entitled  thereto  by  the  execution  of  Teige  Rewagh  MacDonnogh,  put 
to  death  by  Sir  George  Bingham,  at  Ballymote,  about  35  years  past ; 
.  .  .  it  is  worth  £20  per  ann. 

BARON  r  OF  CAEBUBY,  PAEISH  OF  DBUMCLIFF. — Carownogarke,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  it  is  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  some  turffe,  and  4  dayes 
mowinge,  it  will  grase  50  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £12  per  annum. 
Killvickannon,  1  qr.  (part  of). 

JOHN  RIDGE,  ESQ. 

PAEISH  OF  AHAMLISH. — Lecarowlishgarg,  %  qr. ;  Lecarowdonsaskin, 
£  qr. ;  Carowhampullvanan,  1  qr. ;  Lecarowaghacarow,  £  qr. ;  Tum- 
pullmore,  &c.,  £  qr. ;  Falbollew,  1  qr. ;  Lecarowfriedy,  £  qr. ;  Ross- 
brenin,  £  qr.  These  .  .  .  are  the  inheritance  of  Mr.  Ridge,  whoe  setts 


OF   THE   COUNTY    SLIGO    IN   THE   YEARS    1633-6.  191 

them  to  undertenants  for  £76  per  annum  ;  it  hath,  some  good  arrable 
land,  it  hath  a  greate  scope  of  heathy  ground  and  goode  turffe ;  it  will 
grase  320  cowes,  and  it  is  worth  £76  per  annum. 

BARONY  OF  TIRERRILL,  PARISH  OF  DKOJSTAN  (now  Ballysumaghan). — 
Ardlybeg,  J  quar.,  and  Killcloghan,  %  quar.  The  inheritance  of  John 
Ridge,  Esq.,  lately  purchast  from  Sir  George  St.  George,  Knt.,  who 
obteined  letters  patente  for  the  same,  and  12  qrs.  more,  in  the  dayes 
of  the  Lord  Grandizon's  Government  from  the  late  Kinge  James,  &c., 
he  was  entitled  thereto  by  the  attainder  of  Anthony  Linch,  of  Gallo- 
way. This  land  is  in  the  present  tenancy  of  Murtogh  O'Cunnegan 
...  all  tolerable  arrable  lande  ;  .  .  .  the  whole  quarters  without 
duties  may  be  worth  £12  per  annum.  Drommie,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  is 
good  ruffe  grassing  ground,  .  .  .  and  is  worth  £12  per  annum. 
Sromiull,  alias  Mulloghbeg,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £16  per  annum. 
Caroweatera,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  it  is  good  ruffe  grassinge  lande,  full  of 
rushes,  well  stowed  with  fire-woode  and  turffe;  .  .  .  worth  £13 
per  annum.  Carowoghteragh,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  hath  good  fire-wood  and 
rushey -ruffe  grounde ;  .  .  .  worth  £20  per  annum.  Lurga,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  worth  £10  per  annum.  Coliloghan,  %  qr. ;  .  .  .  £6  per 
annum. 

PARISH  OF  BALLTNAKIXL. — Coiledangene,  1  qr. ;  ...  parcel  of  the 
13  qrs.  mentioned  in  Dromdoney  (Ballysumaghan)  Parish  ;  ...  it 
is  well  furnished  with  wood  and  turffe ;  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  annum. 
Coilmacmurtaghfin,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  well  furnished  with  fire-wood ;  .  .  . 
worth  £10  per  annum.  Knockenster,1  1  qr. ;  ...  it  hath  a  small 
Irish  mille;  .  .  .  worth  £11  per  annum. 

ROBERT  NUGENT. 

BARONY  OF  CORRAN,  PARISH  OF  EJLTURRA. — Rabane,  1  qr. ;  .  .  . 
bought  .  .  .  from  my  Lo.  Taaffe;  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  ann. 
Dubege,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  worth  £8  per  ann.  Knockaprehan,  1  qr. ; 
.  .  .  worth  £10  per  ann.  (both  bought  .  .  .  from  Lo.  Taaffe). 

CAPTEYNE  BINGLEY. 

PARISH  OF  KJXSHALVY. — Ardflartey,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .in  possession  of 
Capteyne  Bingley  of  late,  but  nowe  it  is  mortgadged  to  Owen  0' Scan- 
Ian  ;  .  .  .  worth  £8  per  ann. 

1  Probably  Kockbrook. 

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WILLIAM  HARRISON,  Esa. 

PAEISH  OF  DEUMEAT. — Clonesanvalle,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  had  from  Brian 
Oge  Mac  Donnogh's  Father  in  the  behalfe  of  Capteyne  John  Baxter  his 
bond,  which  quarter  he  soulde  to  "Win.  Harrison  ...  it  hath  good 
turffe  and  fire-wood;  .  .  .  worth  £10  per  ann. 

GAROD  BAXTER. 

BAEOUT  OF  CAEBUEY,  PAEISH  OF  KZLLASPUGBEOKE. — Laresse,  1  quar. ; 
one  half  of  it  the  inheritance  of  Garod  Baxter,  whoe  settes  it  to  under- 
tenants for  £  .  .  per  annum,  4  barrells  of  malte,  4  fatt  muttons,  8 
medders  of  butter,  12  medders  of  meale,  20  workmen.  The  other  £ 
qr.  the  inheritance  of  Hugh  Mac  Owen  Mac  Gilleduffe  ;  it  is  all  good 
arrable  lande,  it  hath  12  dayes  mowinge,  it  will  grase  80  cowes,  and 
it  is  worth  £20  per  annum.  Carownohince,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  to  under- 
tennants  for  £18  per  annum.  It  is  goode  arrable  lande  uppon  the  sea 
betwixt  the  Ross  and  Larisse.  It  will  grase  80  cowes,  and  it  is  worth 
£20  per  ann. 

EDWARD  ORMSBY. 

BAEONY  OF  TIEEEETLL,  PAEISH  OF  TAWNAGH. — Cloonegad  and 
Cloonemachin,  1  qr.  ;  ...  bought  from  Tirlogh  Roe  Mac  Donnogh  of 
Bricke,  about  12  years  agoe ;  .  .  .  worth  £15  15s.  per  annum. 

JOHN  NOLAN,  ESQ. 

BAEONT  OF  TIEEEAGH,  PAEISH  OF  EJLGLASS. — Carowedin,  1  qr. ; 
Carowincoller ;  Carowconny,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  ech  qr.  sett  for  £10  per 
annum.  It  is  all  good  arrable  lande,  it  hath  some  turffe,  it  will  grase 
120  cowes,  and  is  worth  £30  per  annum.  Iskerowne,1  4  qrs. ;  .  .  . 
ech  qr.  of  them  sett  for  £12  per  annum,  and  4  medders  of  butter, 
8  medders  of  meale,  4  barrells  of  malt,  48  workmen.  It  is  all  good 
arrable  lande,  it  hath  good  turffe  ;  ech  qr.  of  them  will  grase  50 
cowes,  and  is  worth  some  £15  per  annum. 

PAEISH  OF  CASTLECONOE. — Ballevoghene,  1  qr. ;  Carownorlar,  1  qr. ; 
Carowvallyman,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to  undertennants ;  .  .  .  worth  £43 
per  ann. 

1  There  is  now  no  townland  of  Iskerowne  ;  but  in  the  townland  of  Cairo  whub- 
bock  South,  is  the  well-known  village  of  Inishcroane. 


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PAEISH  op  KIXMACSHAI/JAN. — Carowballegillicose,  1  qr. ;  .  .  .  (one- 
third  of) ;  ...  worth  £10  per  annum. 

PABISH  OP  EASKY. — Carowniroda,  1  qr. ;  ...  sett  ...  to  underten- 
nants;  .  .  .  worth  £15  per  ann.  There  is  a  castle  uppon  it. 

MR.  BROONAGH,  MEECHANT. 

PARISH  OP  KILGLASS. — Cartunetampull,  %  qr.  ;  ...  it  is  good 
arrable  lande,  it  will  grase  15  cowes,  and  is  worth  £5  per  annum. 
There  is  a  good  stone  house  built  uppon  it. 

PABISH  OP  CASTLECONOB. — Carowincarden,  1  qr.  ;  .  .  .  sett  ...  to 
undertennants ;  .  .  .  worth  £13  per  ann. 

ME.  DORSET  (OP  GALLAWAY). 

PAEISH  OP  TEMPLEBOY. — Grangebeg,  4  qrs.  ;  .  .  .  purchast  .  .  .  from 
Sr  Robert  Kinge,  Knt.,  which  is  his  inheritance  in  right  of  the  Abbey 
of  Boyle,  the  said  Mr.  Dorsay  did  sett  it  by  lease  to  James  French  ;  . .  . 
worth  £44  per  ann.  These  4  qrs.  doe  pay  noe  dutyes  nor  tythes,  but 
the  book  money.  Grangemore,  4  qrs. ;  .  .  .  purchast  from  Sr  Robert 
Kinge,  Knt.,  .  .  .  sett ...  by  lease  of  21  years  to  Hugh  Jones ;  .  .  . 
well  worth  £44  per  annum.  These  4  qrs.  payes  no  duties  nor  tythe, 
but  the  book-money. 

PAEISH  OF  EASKY. — Carowvahivallin,  1  qr.  ;  ...  in  mortgadge 
from  Sir  Robert  Kinge,  Knt.,  the  said  Dorsey  setts  it  to  Patrick 
0'DorrogheyK  merchant ;  .  .  .  worth  £16  per  annum. 

PEETER  ROE  LINCH. 

PAEISH  or  TEMPLEBOY. — Dunaltou,  2  qrs.;  .  .  .  worth  £16  per 
annum. 

PEETER  SMITH. 
PAEISH  OF  EASKY. — Carrowinyaddin,  1  qr. ;  (half  of). 


APPENDIX   B. 


DEPOSITIONS  CONCERNING  MURDERS  AND  ROBBERIES  COMMITTED 

IN  THE  COUNTY  OF  SLIGO. 
(MS.  F.  3.  2,   Trinity  College,  Dublin.} 


Henry  Dodwell  (Minister)  diposid  the  day  of  ffebruary,  1641, 
that  at  Michaelmas  last  he  was  possessed  of  theise  undernamed  lands, 
goods,  and  chattells,  and  of  these  debts,  whereof  he  was  deprived  by 
the  Hebells  in  the  beginning  of  the  Rebellion,  viz. : — 

In  the  County  of  Sligo,  in  lands  in  the  Barony  of  Currin : 

Ronyrouge  one  quarter  of  lande,  Ardmenane  halfe  a 
quarter,  Enerland  halfe  a  quarter,  Ranylaghtah  (a  quar- 
ter) and  the  third  parte  of  a  quarter,  Tonrehowen  and 
Knocknagowre  halfe  a  quarter,  Ruskihmore  a  cartron  and 
halfe  a  cartron,  ffinisland  a  cartron,  Colltyteig  halfe  a 
cartron,  Ballintrohan  one  quarter,  and  the  third  parte  of  a 
quarter,  Carrowereoh  one  cartron  and  the  fourth  parte  of 
a  cartron,  Knocklough  halfe  a  quarter,  Tullibegg  and 
Rnocktully  halfe  a  quarter,  Coahlabane  a  cartron,  Car- 
rickdraintaine  one  cartron,  Coahes  one  quarter  .  £213  1  0 

In  the  Barrrony  of  Tirrerill  in  the  said  County  : 
Knockkerrine  halfe  a  quarter. 

In  the  Barrony  of  Tirrerah  in  the  County  aforesaid : 

Eosse,  Gerb,  and  Carowrye  two  quarters ;  Caldry 
one  quarter,  Lissnarowre  one  quarter,  in  Carrowcashell 
five  cartrons,  in  Tonrego  two  quarters,  called  Carrow- 
begg  and  Carrowharry,  of  the  said  lands  a  year's  rent 
did  amount  to 

In  Leasses  in  the  said  County  of  Sligo,  Knockmore, 


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Carrowbanine,  and  Carrowskeah  three  quarters,  worth 
yearly  above  the  chief  rent,  Twenty-eight  pounds; 
Clonybane  one  cartron,  worth  yearly  above  the  chief 
rent,  twoe  pounds ;  the  said  lands,  a  year's  rent  did 
amount  to  £30  (the  lease  was  worth  £120)  .  .  £120  0  0 

In  goods  and  cattell  in  the  said  County  : 

ffourscoare  cowes,  oxen,  and  younge  cattell ;  Three- 
scoare  and  Tenn  mares,  coults,  rideinge  horses,  and 
garrans  ;  in  Corne  Thirty  pounds'  worth,  in  Hay  Tenn 
pounds,  Turffe  six  pounds  ;  the  Burninge  of  his  house 
that  was  worth  Twenty  pounds,  Twenty  English 
weathers  worth  ffive  pounds,  in  all  worth  .  .  £371  0  0 

Totall  some  aforesaid  comes  to  £614     1     O.1 

Debts  in  the  said  County  due  to  him  Twoe  yeares 
since  £120. 

Soe  in  all  the  said  County  .  .  .     £734     1     0 

Lands  in  the  County  Roscommon  : 

In  Letrime  in  the  Barrony  of  Ballintobber  seven 
quarters,  one  cartron,  and  one  Third  parte  of  a  cartron, 
one  year's  rent  at  Allhollintyde  one  hundred  forty  and 
seven  pounds ;  in  the  quarter  of  Ahowheryny  (one 
cartron  and  a  halfe)  one  year's  rent  at  Allsaints  seven 
pounds  and  seven  shillings ;  Carrowgarrife  (one  quarter) 
one  year's  rent  Thirty-one  pounds,  and  Tenn  Shillings ; 
Carrowskeah  one  quarter,  one  year's  rent  at  Allsaints 
Sixteen  pounds  sixteen  shillings  ;  Mullinygihy  half  a 
quarter,  one  year's  rent  eight  pounds  eight  shillings ; 
Balenah  and  Lisparsone  Twoe  quarters,  one  years 
rent  at  Allsaints  fforty  and  twoe  pounds ;  Carrowkeel 
one  quarter,  one  year's  rent  at  Allsaints  Twelve  pounds 
Twelve  shillings ;  Lisnagearke  Twoe  Gueenes,  one  years 
rent  at  Allsaints,  Eight  pounds  eight  shillings ;  the 
rent  of  the  said  lands  as  aforesaid  comes  to  .  .  £274  1  0 

1  The  total  here  is  wrong,  owing  to  the  middle  figures  having  been  subsequently 
altered  from  £30  to  £120,  recte  £704  Is.  Qd. 


196         DEPOSITIONS   CONCERNING   MURDERS    AND    ROBBERIES 

More  lands  in  the  County  of  Roscommon  : 

Clonymeltoge  halfe  a  quarter,  one  year's  rent  eight 
pounds  eight  shillings ;  Corresline  twoe  gueenes,  one 
year's  rent  six  pounds  six  shillings;  Kearnes  one  quarter 
twenty  and  one  pounds;  Killnadoan  one  quarter, 
Thirteen  pounds  one  shilling  for  one  year's  rent.  The 
totall  some  for  the  said  lands  for  one  years  rent  ending 
at  Allsaints  last  .  .  .  .  .  £322  15  0 

The  Totall  some  for  the  year's  rent  of  the 

lands  in  the  said  Countys  of  Roscommon  and 

Sligo  as  afforsaid  comes  to  £596  16     0. 

Debts,  goods,  and  cattett  in  the  said  County  of  Roscommon : 
On  the  quarter  of  land  called  the  quarter  of  Clun- 
cullin,  Twoe  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  payeinge  fforty 
pounds  thereout  per  annum,  till  it  did  amount  to  the 
said  some ;  Twoe  thowsand  and  five  hundred  English 
sheep,  worth  at  least  foure  hundred  pounds ;  the  said 
somes  comes  to  .....  £650  0  0 

Chattels,  goods,  and  Cattells  in  the  County  of  Gallway ; 

The  Tythe  come  of  the  Parsonages  of  Ahaskerah  and 
Killasollan,  sould  this  said  for  one  hundred  and  twenty 
pounds,  to  be  paid  at  Allsaints  and  St.  Patrick's  Day ; 
eight  rydeinge  horses  and  garrens  worth  Thirty  pounds ; 
Beddinge,  Pewter,  Brasse,  Tables,  Stooles,  Beddsteeds, 
househould  stuffe,  plate,  and  corne  to  the  valew  of  Twoe 
hundred  pounds ;  certaine  Leasses  and  Mortgages  to  the 
valew  of  Twenty  pounds.  The  said  parcells  comes  to  .  £350  0  0 

Totall  some  of  the  said  debts,  goods,  and  cattells  in 
the  said  County  of  Gallway  is  .  .  .  (blank  in  MS.) 

The  full  some  of  all  the  said  rents,  debts,  goods,  and 
cattells  that  was  taken  by  Rebbells  from  the  said  Henry 
Dodwell,  in  the  County  of  Sligo,  Eoscommon,  and 
Gallway  about  (a  month  before  Christmas)  1641, 
comes  to  ......  £2420  17  0 

Jurat  Febr.  25th,  1641,  coramnobis.  H.  DODWELL. 

JOHN  WATSON. 
JOHN  STERNE. 


COMMITTED    IN    THE    COUNTY   OF    SLIGO.  197 

And  this  depon*  by  means  of  the  same  Rebellion  is  like  to  bee 
from  henceforth  deprived  of  the  rents  &  profitts  of  his  lands 
(&  farmes)  within  the  County  of  Roscommon  and  Sligoe,  and  of  his 
tythes  within  the  County  of  Gallway,  being  all  worth  (when  the 
rebellion  began)  seven  hundreth  and  sixteen  poundes  one  shilling 
sterling  per  annum,  untill  a  setlement  of  peace  be  had. 

H.  DODWELL. 

Edward  Braxton  of  Sligo  in  the  Countie  of  Sligo  gent:  Being 
duely  sworne  upon  the  holy  Evangelists  and  examined  saith :  that 
his  mother  Mary  Braxton,  and  this  depon*  were  in  the  monthes  of 
October,  November,  December,  January  and  ffebruary,  1641  (or  in 
some  of  those  monthes)  despoiled  and  robbed  of  the  rents  and  profitts 
of  their  farmes  and  landes  to  the  value  of  Three-score  poundes  per 
annum,  and  of  their  goods  and  chattells  to  the  value  of  six  hundred 
sixtie  five  poundes  or  thereabouts  by  the  Capts  of  the  Rebells  and 
their  confederates  of  the  counties  of  Sligo  and  Letrim.  And  saith 
that  these  undernamed  persons  were  at  the  seige  and  taking  of 
Sligo,  viz*:  Teige  O'Connor,  Sligo,  reputed  generall  of  the  Rebells 
in  those  parts,  Cap*  Bryan  O'Connor,  Cap*  Charles  O'Connor  and 
Cap*  Hugh  O'Connor,  brothers  to  the  said  O'Connor,  Sligo  ;  Cap* 
Bryan  M'Donnogh ;  Cap*  Patrick  Plunkett ;  Cap*  Donnell  M 'Bryan 
Darragh  O'Connor;  Cap*  Teige  boy  O'Connor;  Cap*  Roger  M'fferdi- 
nand  O'Connor;  Cap*  John  O'Crean;  Cap*  Bryan  M'Swine;  Cap*  Roger 
M'Owen  M'Swine  ;  Cap*  Phelim  O'Connor;  Cap*  Teige  O'Connor  of 
the  Glan  ;  Cap*  Con  O'Connor  of  the  same ;  Collonell  OwenO'Roirke  ; 
Cap*  Owen  Oge  O'Roirke  his  sonne ;  Cap*  Bryan  Ballagh  O'Roirke ; 
Cap*  Teige  M'Bryan  Ballagh  O'Roirke  his  sonne ;  Cap*  Hugh 
M'Donnogh;  Cap*  Robert  M'Conmee ;  Cap*  William  Oge  M'Phelim. 
M'Glonnagh  of  the  Dartry  in  the  Countie  of  Letrim  ;  Cap*  Teige 
M'Phelim  M'Glonnagh  of  the  same ;  Cap*  Wm.  M'Glonnagh  of  the 
same ;  Cap*  Owen  M'Roory  O'Connor ;  Mr.  Kedagh  O'Bannaghan  ; 
Mr.  James  ffrench ;  and  Jeffry  ffrench  his  sonne  ;  Edmond  M'Swine, 
guardian  of  the  Dominicans  in  the  Abbey  of  Sligo ;  and  Cormock 
M'Guire,  servant  to  the  said  Cap*  Hugh  O'Connor  and  sevcrall  others 
whom  this  depon*  cannot  remember  who  devided  the  goods  and  chattells 
of  this  depon*  his  mother  and  the  rest  of  Brittish  Protestants  in  the 
said  towne  of  Sligo.  And  this  depon*  further  saith  that  the  said 
towne  of  Sligo  was  in  the  month  of  December,  1641,  taken  by  the 
aforesd  Cap*8  of  the  Rebells  and  their  confederates,  and  quarter  was 


198         DEPOSITIONS    CONCERNING    MURDERS   AND    ROBBERIES 

thereupon  given  to  William  Braxton  this  depon18  brother,  William 
Walsh,  and  Elizabeth  Walsh  this  deponts  sister,  and  the  rest  of  the 
Brittish  Protestants  in  the  said  towne  of  Sligo  to  the  number  of  thirtie- 
eight  persons  or  thereabouts,  who  were  afterwards  (on  the  13th  of 
January,  1641)  put  into  the  goale  of  Sligo,  by  the  said  O'Connor 
Sligoes  directions,  and  were  about  midnight  inhumanely  murthered 
by  the  said  Charles  O'Connor  and  Hugh  O'Connor,  and  their  con- 
federates. And  this  depon1  was  crediblie  informed  of  the  sd  murther 
by  Mr.  Owny  O'Cullen,  who  heard  it  related  by  the  said  Collonell 
O'Roirke,  who  was  in  the  sd  toune  of  Sligo  that  night  when  the  said 
murther  was  comitted,  and  soe  fled  for  his  saftie  to  Newtowne  in  the 
Countie  of  Letrim  to  Mr.  Robert  Parkes'  house,  where  this  Ex1  staied 
for  a  while  as  a  souldier,  and  went  thence  to  Mannorhamilton.  And 
further  saith  that  there  were  in  the  month  of  December,  1641,  taken 
tinder  the  protection  of  the  said  Colonell  Owin  O'Rourk  one  John  Moore 
a  minister,  this  deponent's  brother-in-law,  and  one  Jn:  Dalne  Ware  a 
Brittish  protestant,  and  kept  in  saffty  (as  they  conceived),  within  a 
myle  of  the  said  Colonell  Owin  O'Rork's  house.  But  about  midnight 
some  of  the  said  Colonell's  souldgers  fell  upon  them,  and  most  bar- 
barously and  cruelly  murthered  them  both — The  deponent  being  then 
in  restraint  amongst  the  Irish  and  within  half  a  myle  of  the  place 
where  they  were  murthered. 

Jur  viii.°  Jan  :  1643.  EDWARD  BRAXTON. 

HEN:  JONES. 
HEN:  BRERETON. 

William  Browne  of  Kilvarnet  alias  Kilvardradagh  in  the  Countie 
of  Sligo  gent,  being  sworne  and  examined,  deposeth  and  saith : 
— That  since  the  beginning  of  this  rebellion  (viz.)  in  the  months 
of  October,  November,  December,  January,  and  ffebruary,  1641,  some  one 
of  the  said  months  (and  by  means  of  said  Rebellion),  he  was  and 
still  is  forciblie  by  the  Rebells  expelled  and  driven  from  the  possession 
of  severall  landes,  leases  of  landes,  ffarmes  of  Tithes  and  rente  offices  for 
life,  as  the  Registers  place  of  the  Bishopricks  of  Killallagh.  and  Ahconry, 
situate  in  the  Counties  of  Sligo  and  Mayo  within  the  Province  of  Con- 
naught,  and  offices  during  good  behaviour  as  Register  of  the  Vice- 
Admiraltie  of  the  whole  Province  of  Connaught  within  the  Kingdome 
of  Ireland,  and  of  his  goods  and  chattells  heerin  heerafter  mentioned 
(viz1)  of  the  Rents  of  landes  and  Tithes  in  lease  within  the  Counties  of 


COMMITTED    IN    THE    COUNTY    OF    SLIGO.  199 

Sligo,  Letrim  and  Maio,  over  and  above  the  said  rent,  worth  one 
hundred  poundes  per  annum  cleere  profit  or  thereabouts  (whereof  he 
accompteth  3  yeres  proffit  lost  already)  viz* :  the  Rents  of  three 
Cartrons  of  land  in  Dromlease  in  the  barony  of  Dromheare  in  the 
Countie  of  Letrim. 

A  lease  of  tenne  quarters  of  a  land  and  a  cartron  lying  in  the 
Barony  of  Leyney  in  the  said  Countie  of  Sligo  (viz*.)  six  quarters  of 
land  thereof  in  Killoran,  the  two  quarters  of  ffinlogh  and  Laghtagh,  a 
quarter  and  halfe  of  land  of  Kilvarnet,  a  castle  and  mill,  and  the 
halfe  quarter  of  land  of  Tullehugh  and  a  cartron  of  the  quarter  of 
land  of  Carrowmoore — Clonesharry  next  adjoining  unto  Tullehugh 
towards  Tubber,  and  the  parsonage  of  the  Barony  of  Corren  in  the 
said  Countie  of  Sligo,  And  the  quarter  of  land  called  Kilfry  lying  in 
the  halfe  barony  of  Coolavin  in  the  said  Countie  of  Sligo,  for 
which  he  paid  several  fines  and  incombes  of  money  to  the  value  of 
one  hundred  and  twentie  poundes  at  least,  and  the  halfe  quarter 
of  land  of  Croghan  neere  to  Killallagh  in  the  Countie  of  Mayo. 
And  of  a  messuage  and  garden  plot  scituate  and  being  in  the  Cittie  of 
Killallagh,  all  which  landes  and  Tithes  are  for  long  leases  yet  unex- 
pired,  and  of  divers  debts  due  by  several  persons  upon  spetialties 
within  those  counties  and  most  of  them  by  those  that  wore  in  rebellion 
amounting  to  one  hundred  poundes  at  least.  And  of  thirteen  stackes 
of  wheate,  Beare,  Barly  and  oates,  three  great  Eickes  of  hay  and 
three  stacks  of  Turfe,  all  standing  and  made  up  in  and  about  his 
haggard  scituate  in  Kilvarnet  aforesaid  before  the  beginning  of  this 
rebellion  with  some  wheate  Beare  and  Oates  in  the  Barne  ;  some  six  or 
seaven  acres  of  winter  Beare  newly  sowne  worth  two  hundred 
poundes  at  least.  And  of  his  dwellinghouse,  Barne,  Killhouse,  deary- 
house,  stablehouse  and  cowhouse,  all  built  by  the  dep*  in  Killvarnet 
aforesaid  within  fowre  yeares  before  the  beginning  of  this  rebellion, 
And  of  his  garden  and  orchard  and  good  store  of  timber  Boards 
and  plankes  for  other  uses  and  great  store  of  inclosures  there 
lately  made  by  him  quicksetted,  which  cost  this  dep*  at  least  two 
hundred  poundes,  whereof  he  is  ever  since  deprived,  And  of  five 
hundred  English  sheepe  that  were  kept  upon  the  landes  of  Killoran 
aforesaid  worth  one  hundred  and  twenty  poundes  or  thereabouts,  And 
of  Thirtie-six  English  milch  cowes  worth  one  hundred  poundes,  and  of 
six  score  and  sixteene  beasts  (viz1)  some  draught  oxen,  dry  cowes, 
steeres,  Bulls,  heifers  and  yearelings  of  English  breed  worth  Two 
hundred  poundes,  And  of  saddle  horses,  Geldings,  Mares  and  Studde 


200         DEPOSITIONS   CONCERNING    MURDERS   AND    ROBBERIES 

28  or  thereabouts  worth  seaventie  poundes,  and  of  Ten  plow  garrens 
and  implements  of  husbandrie  worth  Thirtie  poundes,  And  of  all 
manner  of  household  stuffe  as  Brass,  Pewter  Plate,  13  gold  ringes,  and 
of  divers  suites  of  good  linnen  of  diaper  damaske,  holland  and  fflaxen 
Bedding,  Tables,  Stooles,  Chaires,  Curtaines,  Carpets  and  Cushions 
worth  one  hundred  poundes,  And  of  wearing  apparell  wollen  and 
Linnen  of  this  depou,  his  wife  and  seaven  children,  of  good  store  of 
Butter,  Cheese  and  wool,  and  of  Thirty-six  yardes  of  yeardbroad 
yellow  Carsy,  and  of  twenty  yardes  of  redd  broad  cloath,  and  of 
fowerteen  yardes  of  frize  and  eight  yardes  of  red  Shagge  Baies 
worth  fowerscore  and  Ten  poundes,  and  of  Bootes  of  divinitie, 
historic  and  other  sorts  of  bookes  worth  xx?.  sterr — A  great  part 
of  which  houshold  stuffe  was  at  the  beginning  of  the  said  rebellion 
carried  to  Templehouse  in  the  Countie  of  Sligo,  where  this  depts  wife 
remained  for  her  safty  untill  the  place  was  beseiged  and  the  inhabi- 
tants expelled  thence  by  the  rebells,  whose  names  and  the  manner  of 
the  expulsion  will  appear  in  the  depu  wife's  examinacon — Besides  the 
future  Annuall  profit  of  his  Stock  whereof  he  givith  noe  estimate, 
onely  saith  that  he  hath  before  the  Eebellion  began,  raised  and  made 
out  of  and  by  the  same  one  hundred  poundes  communibus  Annis  at 
least,  besides  xxx?.  of  money  which  was  taken  from  this  depu  wife 
at  Templehouse  by  the  Rebells  as  she  enformeth  him.  And  of 
two  great  fowling  pieces  worth  fif tie  shillings — And  this  depon*  is  like 
to  be  deprived  of  and  to  loose  the  future  Rent1  and  profits  of  his  landes, 
farmes  and  Tithes,  besides  the  perquisites  of  his  offices  worth  one 
hundred  poundes  per  annum  (all  which  he  accompteth  to  have  lost 
for  3  yeres  already)  the  records  whereof  being  burnt  and  destroyed  by 
the  Rebells  at  Templehouse  (as  this  dep*  is  crediblie  informed)  after 
their  taking  the  castle  of  Templehouse  untill  a  settled  peace  in  this 
kingdome  bring  them  to  their  former  value.  And  further  saith  that 
these  persons  heereafter  mencioned  are  some  of  the  Rebells  that  forciblie 
tooke  away  part  cf  this  deponu  goods  and  chattells  (viz*)  ffardorragh, 
ffargananim,  Bryan  oge,  and  Laghlin  M'Donnogh,  the  sonnes  of 
Bryan  ne  Collowe  of  Coolae,  in  the  barony  of  Tyrerell  in  the  said 
Countie  of  Sligo.  And  that  Con  M'Teernan  bane  O'Roorke,  Bryan 
M'Donnogh  H'Hugh  boy  O'Roorke,  Cahir  roe  O'Gallogher,  Bryan 
M'Teige  M'Phelim  O'Roorke,  Cahir  M'Shane  M'Teernan,  Hugh 
Moregagh  M'Teernan,  Rory  M'hugh  Moregagh  M'Teernan,  Shane 
M'hugh  Moregagh  M'Teernane,  Bryan  duffe  M'hugh  Moregagh 
M'Teernane,  Cormuck  oge  M'Roory  M'Teernan,  Cahir  M'Mlaghlin 


COMMITTED   IN    THE    COUNTY    OF    SLIGO.  201 

grana  H'Laghlin,  Garrott  M'Mlaghlin,  grana  M'Laghlin,  Connuck 
M'Mlaghlin,  grana  M'Laghlin,  Phelim  M'Teige  M'Phelim  O'Roorke 
and  Turlagh  O'Gallogher  M'Phelim  Dartry  of  the  Barony  of  Drom- 
heare  in  the  Countie  of  Letrim. 

And  that  these  undernamed  persons  are  some  of  them  which  did 
likewise  forciblie  take  away  part  of  his  goods,  and  chattells  (viz1) 
Cap*  Turlagh  M'Caffry  M'Donell  and  some  of  his  soldiers  (whoe  was) 
one  of  the  Capt8  raised  under  the  comand  of  Collonell  Taaffe  (now  Lo  : 
Taaffe)  a  little  before  the  beginning  of  this  late  rebellion  for  that 
expedition  for  Spaine  (who  was  presently  after  the  beginning  of  the 
troubles  appointed  by  the  Irish  Gentry  of  the  Countie  of  Sligo  to 
preserve  the  Inhabitants  of  the  aforesaid  barony  of  Leyney  from 
robbing  and  spoiling),  did  forciblie  take  away,  kill  and  destroie 
one  hundred  of  the  said  English  sheepe  the  goods  of  this  depont* 
or  thereabouts.  And  that  Donnell  Moyle  O'Hara  of  Moynlogh  in 
the  said  Barony  of  Leyny,  Teige  O'Hara  of  the  same,  Shane 
M'Erriell  O'Hara  of  the  same,  Bryan  boy  M'Rory  Oge  O'Hara, 
and  Donnell  O'Timmon,  took  away  some  yonge  cattell  and  horses 
of  this  deponu  goods.  And  this  dep*  saith  that  he  is  crediblie 
informed  that  Cap1  Erriell  alsoe  Oliver  O'Hara,  the  eldest  sonne  of 
Cormuck  Oge  O'Hara,  late  of  Mullan  in  the  said  Barony  of  Leyney, 
Esqr,  forciblie  tooke  away  the  deponts  corne  hay  and  turfe,  and 
that  Christopher  Verdon  (one  of  the  Rebells)  doth  now  enjoy  the 
landes  and  houses  of  Kilvarnet  aforesaid  by  the  said  Erriell' s  appoint- 
ment. And  that  Capt*  Patrick  Plunkett,  now  one  of  the  Countie 
Councell  appointed  by  the  Confederate  Romish  Catholiques  did  like- 
wise forciblie  take  away  and  doth  detaine  from  this  depon*  244  of  his 
said  sheepe,  as  Patrick  Eoe  (this  deponts  shepheard)  enf  ormed  him.  And 
that  Cap*  Bryan  M'Donnogh  of  Colooney  in  the  said  Countie  of  Sligo 
(soe  raised  and  called  by  the  Irish)  did  forciblie  take  away  and  detaine 
forty -two  English  Cowes  and  some  horses  and  oxen  of  this  deponu 
goods.  And  that  some  of  the  scept  of  the  O'Haraes  and  Cleans  doe 
at  this  time  enjoy  the  landes  of  Tullehugh  and  Killoran,  as  this  depon* 
is  enformed.  And  as  for  the  names  of  those  Cap18  of  the  Rebells,  and 
Actors  of  the  outrage  and  murther  committed  at  Templehouse,  that 
tooke  part  of  this  deponts  goods  they  are  mencioned  and  declared  in 
Jane  Browne's  examinacion,  this  deponts  wife.  And  this  depon*  further 
saith  (he  fearing  these  outrages  and  Robberies  were  the  beginning  of  a 
rebellion)  and  hearing  that  Bryan  M'Kiggan,  Guardian  of  the  ffran- 
ciscan  ffryars  comorant  in  the  Abbey  of  Crivillea  in  the  Countie  of 


202         DEPOSITIONS    CONCERNING    MURDERS   AND    ROBBERIES 

Letrim,  was  in  few  dales  after  the  beginning  of  the  rebellion  preach- 
ing a  sermon  (upon  some  of  this  depont"  landes  of  Killoran)  sent  a 
letter  to  him,  desiring  to  conferre  with  him  about  the  comotion  then 
in  hand,  and  (a  meeting  being  had  on  or  about  the  second  of  Novem- 
ber, 1641)  amongst  many  discourses  passing  betweene  this  depon*  and 
the  said  ffryar.  The  said  ffryar  then  told  this  depon*  at  Kilvarnet 
aforesaid,  that  the  blood  that  the  Binghams  had  formerly  spilt  in  the 
Province  of  Connaught,  and  that  the  monies  and  fines  that  had  been 
leavied  and  taken  up  from  the  Recusants  in  those  Counties  for  their 
conscience  cause  would  be  now  remembered,  whereunto  this  depon' 
presently  told  the  said  ffryar  that  he  was  sorry  to  heare  him  say  soe, 
wishing  him  to  give  better  Advice  to  the  people  of  the  Countrie,  and 
bid  the  said  ffryar  call  to  mind  the  bad  success  the  Irish  had  in  that 
rebellion  of  '88,  and  in  those  rebellions  of  Tyrone,  O'Doghertie,  and 
M'Guire,  and  that  God  was  a  just  God,  and  would  revenge  the  cause 
of  the  innocent.  Whereunto  the  said  ffryar  answeared :  "  Ah,  Sir,  it 
will  not  be  soe  with  you  now,  as  it  was  in  those  daies,  for  then  the 
Irish  of  the  kingdome  were  devided  as  concerning  the  title  of  the 
Crowne,  and  Crowne  landes.  And  that  now  they  had  other  matters 
in  hand,  and  that  there  should  not  bee  scarce  an  Irishman  in  all  Ire- 
land that  was  a  Catholique,  that  should  take  part  with  the  Protestant," 
which  passages  of  the  said  ffryar' s  this  depon*  tooke  into  consideracion, 
and  acquainted  some  of  his  friends  with  his  said  words,  and  there- 
upon shortly  after  repaired  to  the  Lo  :  Eannelagh,  then  President  of 
Connaught,  and  acquainted  him  with  those  words  of  the  ffryar's,  and 
desired  his  Lordship  to  send  some  forces  into  the  Countie  of  Sligo  to 
quiet  the  Rebells  there,  assuring  his  Lordship  that  a  few  number  of 
horse  and  foote  would  then  doe  it,  for  that  the  Irish  of  that  country 
were  then  unarmed  and  had  very  few  considerable  strongholds. 

Jurviii0  Jan.  1643.  WM.  BROWNE. 

HEN :  JONES. 
HEN:  BRERETON. 

Jane  Browne,  the  wife  of  William  Browne  of  Kilvarnet  aforesaid 
(alsoe  sworne  and  examined)  deposeth  and  saith : — 

That  she  hath  heard  and  considered  of  the  examinacion  of  her  said 
husband  this  day  taken,  concerning  his  losses,  and  of  his  knowledge  of 
the  present  rebellion.  And  saith  that  she  verelie  beleiveth  and  partly 
knoweth  the  said  examinacion  to  be  in  all  thinges  true,  and  espetiallie 


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that  passadge  of  the  ffryar's,  for  at  his  retume  from  the  ffryar,  her  said 
husband  told  her  (this  depon*)  the  said  words  spoken  by  the  Pryar 
mencioned  in  his  examinacion  or  words  to  that  effect.  And  this  depon* 
further  saith,  that  shee  (this  depon*)  with  some  of  her  children  and 
many  of  the  Brittish  Protestants  of  the  Barony  of  Leiney  and  Countie 
of  Sligo  were  (in  November,  1641,  by  occasion  of  this  late  rebellion) 
constrained  (for  their  safetie  of  their  lives)  to  flie  unto  the  Castle  of 
Templehouse,  to  avoid  the  handes  of  the  bloodie  Rebells  of  the  said 
Countie.  And  saith  that  the  said  Castle  of  Templehouse  was  (about 
Ten  daies  before  Christmas,  1641)  beseiged  by  the  Eebells  (viz1)  by 
Cap1  Hugh  M'Donnogh,  Cap1  Bryan  O'Hara,  Cap*  John  O'Crean, 
Cap1  Robert  H'Comnee,  Cap*  Oliver  O'Hara,  with  a  Thousand  of  the 
Irishmen  by  them  then  commanded ;  and  many  other  of  the  Irish 
Rebellious  Cap13  whose  names  this  depon1  cannot  remember.  And 
saith  that  Cap*  Luke  Taaffe,  Cap1  ffrancis  Taaffe,  Teige  O'Connor 
Sligo,  Cormuck  Oge  O'Hara,  Esqr,  and  his  sonne  Cormock  O'Hara, 
James  ffrench  and  his  sonne,  Jeffry  ffrench,  Robert  O'Crean,  and 
many  others  of  the  Irish  gentrie  of  the  said  Countie  of  Sligo  were  at 
the  seige  of  Templehouse,  and  whilest  the  said  Castle  of  Templehouse 
was  soe  beseiged  by  the  beforemencioned  Cap*8  of  the  Rebells,  and 
their  confederates,  and  did  questionless  encourage  the  said  Rebells 
and  their  confederates  to  beseidge  and  take  the  said  Castle,  and  to 
robb,  kill,  and  despoile  the  Protestants  then  in  the  said  Castle  of  their 
lives,  goods,  and  chattells.  And  saith  that  this  depon*  did  (by  meanes 
of  that  Rebellion  and  by  the  said  Rebells  or  some  of  them)  then  and 
there  loose  great  part  of  the  goods  and  household  stuffes  mencioned  in 
her  husband's  examinacion.  And  saith  that  about  the  tyme  before- 
mencioned, the  said  Castle  was  (for  want  of  Ammunition)  yeelded  by 
William  Crofton,  Esqr,  to  the  said  Irish  Cap*8  (or  some  of  them)  upon 
Quarter  as  followeth  (viz1),  that  this  depon1  and  the  rest  of  the  Brittish 
Protestants  then  and  there  in  the  said  Castle  should  be  by  them  (or 
some  of  them  the  Rebells)  safely  convoyed  to  the  Boyle,  and  to  have 
their  several  wearing  apparrell,  some  horses  and  furniture  to  carry 
them  thither,  and  some  money  in  their  purses.  But  in  conclusion, 
this  depon1  saith  that  after  the  said  Castle  was  soe  yeelded  upon 
Quarter,  the  said  Rebellious  Cap*3  and  their  confederates  did  (in 
January,  1641,  or  thereabouts,  contrarie  to  all  honestie)  traiterously 
breake  their  vowes  and  fidelitie,  and  instead  of  giving  quarter  did 
(in  the  month  of  February,  1641,  or  thereabouts)  inhumanely  stripp 
"William  Oliphant,  Clerke,  preacher  of  God's  Word,  and  having  him 


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soe  stripped  naked  did  (at  Templehouse  aforesaid)  the  said  Oliphant 
hang  untill  he  was  dead,  and  after  cutting  him  downe  did  tye  the 
wyth  about  his  neck  to  a  horse  taile,  and  most  inhumanely  dragged 
him  at  the  horse  heeles  upp  and  downe  the  streets,  and  did  (at  that 
same  time  after  that)  hang  Margret  Careless,  a  midwife,  and  Henry 
Norman,  and  did  then  and  there  at  that  same  time  most  inhumanely, 
barberously  and  bloodily  wound,  cutt,  and  stabb  George  "Wray,  Clerke, 
preacher  of  God's  Word,  whereof  he  languished  two  or  three  daies, 
and  thereof  died.  And  this  depon*  saith,  that  some  of  the  said  Cap*8 
and  their  confederates  did  allsoe  at  the  same  tyme  bring  this  depon* 
out  of  the  said  Castle  of  Templehouse,  being  then  greate  with  child, 
and  three  of  her  children  being  likewise  stript  did  carry  to  the 
gallowes  (where  the  beforemencioncd  parties  were  hanged)  to  be  by 
them  allsoe  hanged  and  executed ;  but  it  pleased  God  to  preserve  this 
depon1  and  her  said  children  from  their  bloody  intentions.  Soe  as  this 
depon*  and  her  said  children  (being  left  destitute  of  all  livelyhood) 
did  begg  up  and  downe  the  Countie  of  Sligo  a  quarter  of  a  yeare  at 
least,  and  had  been  starved  and  killed  for  not  going  to  Mass  had  not 
ffarrell  O'Gara,  Esqr,  charitablie  preserved  and  releived  this  depon1 
and  her  said  children  for  a  long  tyme,  and  afterwards  was  releived 
by  Sir  Charles  Coote,  Knt.  and  Baronett.  And  this  depon*  saith  that 
whilest  she  was  in  the  said  Castle  of  Templehouse,  she  was  crediblie 
enformed  that  some  of  the  said  Capts  or  some  of  the  Eebells  of  that 
Countie  of  Sligo  did  (at  Rebane,  neere  unto  Templehouse  aforesaid  in 
the  months  of  December,  January  and  ffebruary,  1641,  or  in  some  one 
of  the  said  monthes)  most  bloodilie  and  barberously  wound,  cutt,  and 
stabb  six  or  seaven  women,  Brittish  Protestants  either  of  the  Scottish 
or  English  nations,  and  having  them  then  soe  wounded  and  cutt,  did 
then  and  there  (with  one  yonge  child)  throwe  alive  into  a  ditch  or 
pitt  and  covered  them  soe  alive  in  the  said  ditch  or  pitt  with  earth 
and  stones,  by  means  whereof  the  said  woman  and  child  died.  And  this 
depon*  saith  that  whilest  she  was  tormented  (as  aforesaid)  amongst 
the  said  Eebells  some  of  the  Roirkes  of  the  barony  of  Dromohere  did 
(in  harvest  last  was  twelve  month)  drowne  her  eldest  sonne  ffrederick 
Browne  in  the  river  of  Dromohere  called  the  river  of  Bennett,  and 
saith  that  by  occasion  of  the  said  Rebellion  two  of  her  said  husband's 
children  (viz*)  Sarah  Browne  and  Roger  Browne  were  starved  to  death 
for  want  of  food.  All  which  misdemeanours,  Robberies,  and  murders 
were  comitted  and  perpetrated  by  the  beforemencioned  Rebells  and 
their  confederates  of  the  Counties  of  Sligo  and  Letrim,  and  after 


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euch  a  develish  manner  as  is  before  related  and  set  forth,  and  that 
without  cause  or  provocation  made  or  offered  to  be  done  by  this  depon* 
or  her  said  husband  to  any  of  the  said  Rebells  or  their  confederates, 
they  being  at  the  time  of  the  beginning  of  this  late  rebellion  in  God 
and  his  Majesty's  peace  (and  all)  living  at  that  tyme  (as  was  con- 
ceaved)  in  neighbourly  love  and  friendship  together. 

Jur  viii°  Jan.  1643.  IANE   BROWNE. 

HEN:  JONES. 
HEN:  BRERETON. 

Thomas  Crofton  of  Longford  in  the  Countie  of  Sligoe,  Esqr., 
eworne  and  examined,  saith :  That  about  the  tenth  of  December  1641, 
hee  was  (by  means  of  the  rebellion)  forciblie  deprived,  robbed,  or 
otherwise  despoyled  of  his  meanes,  goods,  and  chattels,  consisting  of 
cattle,  horses,  sheepe,  come,  haye  :  howshold  stuff,  profitts  of  his  landes 
(&  other  things),  all  worth  3600£.  And  that  he  is  like  to  be  deprived 
of  and  loose  the  future  possession,  Rents,  and  profitts  of  his  Lands 
worth  CCC£  per  annum  untill  a  peace  be  established,  By  (or  by  the 
meanes  of)  some  of  the  Rebells  of  the  name  and  sept  of  the  M'Donoghes 
and  H'Swynes  in  the  County  of  Sligoe,  aforesaid,  whose  Christian 
names  he  knows  not  and  their  Rebellious  crew. 

Deposed  Maij  18°.  1643.  THO  :  CROFTON. 

HEN :  BRERETON. 
JOHN  STERNE. 

William  "Walsh,  sonne  to  "William  "Walsh,  late  of  Sligo,  in  the 
Countie  of  Sligo,  gent :  deceased,  who  with  his  wife  and  thirtie 
eight  Protestants  more,  of  the  Brittish,  were  at  midnight  in  the  month 
of  January,  1641,  inhumanely  murthered  in  the  goale  of  Sligo,  after  they 
were  taken  into  the  protection  of  Teige  O'Connor  Sligo,  sworn  and 
examined  before  his  majesty's  comm"  deposeth  and  saith : 

That  his  (said)  father  in  his  lifetime  was  deprived  and  robbed  (by 
the  rebells)  of  his  meanes  and  goods  heerein  heereafter  mentioned 
(viz*.). 

Of  coyne  in  silver  and  gold  the  summe  of  one  hundred  and  forty 
poundes  sterling,  or  thereabouts,  of  seaventeen  gold  ringesand  Braceletts 
worth  thirtie  poundes,  belonging  to  his  mother,  Elizabeth  "Walsh,  then 
likewise  murthered.  Of  three  silver  Bowles,  one  dozen  and  halfe  of 
silver  spoones,  and  a  silver  Salt  worth  eighteen  poundes.  Of  three 

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206        DEPOSITIONS    CONCERNING   MURDERS    AND    ROBBERIES 

firelocks,  five  musquettes,  one  Sword  and  Pistoll  worth  Tenne  poundes, 
of  six  score  cowes,  fiftie  horses,  and  two  hundred  sheepe,  worth  three 
hundred  poundes,  or  thereabouts.  Of  the  moyetie  of  the  profitts  of  the 
customes  of  the  faires  and  marketts  of  Sligo,  and  the  moyetie  of  the 
halfe  quarter  of  land  of  Rnockneganny  held  by  a  long  lease,  for  which 
he  paid  a  greate  fine  worth  yearely  (over  and  above  the  Lo :  rent)  fiftie 
poundes  sterling,  whereof  he  accompteth  3  yeres  profitt  losst,  & 
the  future  is  like  to  be  lost  until  a  peace  gr  (o\v).  Of  the  profitts  of  a 
f arme  of  a  quarter  of  land,  and  the  profits  of  the  faires  and  marketts  in 
Templehouse,  which  he  held  by  lease  from  "William  Crofton,  Esqr., 
worth  yearely  (over  and  above  the  Lo  :  rent)  two  and  twentie  poundes 
sterling  (whereof  hee  accompteth  three  yeres  profitt  lost  beside  the 
future  wil  be  lost  until  a  peace  gr(ow).  Of  wheate,  malt,  oates,  Bie,  Early, 
and  all  other  manner  of  corne  worth  two  hundred  and  fiftie  poundes 
sterling,  or  thereabouts ;  of  Bedds,  Bolsters,  Pillowes,  Rugges, 
Caddowes,  and  Curtaines,  worth  fiftie  poundes,  or  thereaboute.  Of 
Holland,  Scotch  cloath,  Camrick,  Diaper,  Damask,  flaxen,  and  other 
sorts  of  wearing  linnen,  worth  forty  poundes.  Of  woollen  cloathes  of  his 
fathers,  mothers,  and  five  children,  worth  thirtie  poundes.  Of  all  sorts 
of  Pewter  and  Brass  worth  thirtie  foure  poundes.  Of  provision,  worth 
twentie  poundes.  Of  Beddsteads,  Cubbords,  Chaires,  Stooles,  Trunkes, 
Tables,  and  all  manner  of  Brewing  vessels,  worth  tenne  poundes.  Of 
houses  built  by  the  deponu  father  in  Sligo,  which  cost  him  one 
hundred  poundes  at  least.  And  saith  that : 

Those  undernamed  persons  (being  rebells),  were  at  the  seige  and 
Taking  of  Sligo,  and  devided  the  before  mentioned  goods  and  chattells 
(amongst)  them,  and  the  goods  and  chattells  of  the  rest  of  the 
Protestants  of  Sligo,  which  Rebells  are  thus  named,  viz*. : 

Teige  O'Connor  Sligo,  reputed  Generall  of  the  Rebells  in  those 
partes;  M'Bryan  O'Connor,  Capt  Charles  O'Connor,  a  fryar;  Capt 
Hugh  O'Connor,  all  brothers  unto  the  said  O'Connor  Sligo;  Capt 
Bryan  M'Donnogh,  Capt  Luke  Taaffe,  Capt  ffrancis  Taaffe,  Capt 
Patrick  Plunkett,  Capt  Donell  M'Bryan,  Dorrogh  O'Connor,  Capt 
John  O'Crean,  Capt  Bryan  M'Swine,  Capt  Roger  M'Owen  M'Swine, 
Capt  Phelim  O'Connor,  Capt  Teige  boy  O'Connor,  Capt  Teige 
O'Connor  of  the  Glan,  Capt  Con  O'Connor  of  the  same,  Collonell 
Owen  O'Royrke,  Capt  M'Owen  oge  O'Royrke,  Capt  Bryan  ballagh 
O'Royrke,  Capt  Teige  M'Bryan  ballagh  O'Royrke,  Capt  Hugh 
M'Donnogh,  Capt  Robert  M'Nemey,  Capt  William  oge  M'Phelim 
M'Glonnagh  of  the  Dartry,  in  the  County  of  Leitrim;  Capt  Teige 


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M'Phelim  M'Glonnagh  of  the  same ;  Capt  "William  M'Glonnagh,  of 
the  same;  Mr  Kedagh  O'Bannaghan,  Mr.  James  firench,  and  Jeffrey 
ffrench  his  sonne,  and  Edmond  M'Bryan  M'Swine,  guardian  of  the 
Dominicans  of  the  Abbey  of  Sligo.  But  for  the  rest  of  their  confede- 
rates this  depon1  cannot  for  the  present  remember  their  names.  His 
cause  of  knowledge  is  that  he  this  depon1  was  present  when  the 
before  mencioned  Eebells  and  their  confederates  forciblie  tooke  the 
town  of  Sligo,  and  deprived  his  this  depon18  father  and  the  rest  of  the 
Protestants  their  of  all  their  goods  and  chattells. 

And  this  depon*  further  saith  that  when  the  said  Capt.  Luke 
Taaffe  and  Cap*.  Bryan  M'Donnogh  were  raised  to  greater  com- 
mandes  by  the  Irish  in  their  Army,  they,  the  said  Luke  Taaffe  and 
Bryan  M'Donnogh,  and  divers  the  before  mentioned  Capt"  (ac- 
companied with  greate  numbers  of  Armed  men  then  under  their 
comands)  did  (upon  Easter  Eve  last,  1643),  march  towards  Mannor 
Hamilton  in  the  Countie  of  Leitrim  of  purpose  to  kill  and  destroy  the 
Brittish  Protestants  there,  and  to  despoile  them  of  their  goods  and 
chattells.  At  which  time  it  pleased  God  that  in  the  fight  between  the 
Brittish  then  engarrisoned  at  Mannor  Hamilton,  and  the  said  Eebells 
the  said  Bryan  M'Donnogh  was  then  by  the  Brittish  killed,  and  the 
rest  of  his  confederates  routed  and  put  to  flight,  his  cause  of  know- 
ledge is  for  that  he  this  depon1  was  sometimes  a  Trooper  and  some- 
times a  foote  soldier  engarrisoned  at  Manor  Hamilton  aforesaid,  and 
was  present  at  that  flight  when  the  said  Bryan  M'Donnogh  was 
slaine. 

This  said  depon1  further  saith  that  in  December,  1641,  the  said 
towne  of  Sligo  was  taken  by  the  before  mentioned  Cap18  of  the  Eebells 
and  their  confederates,  and  quarter  was  thereupon  given  (or  promissed) 
to  this  depon19  father,  "William  "Walsh,  and  his  mother,  Elizabeth 
"Walsh,  and  to  the  rest  of  the  Brittish  then  there  remaining 
unkilled,  being  then  in  number  thirtie  eight  persons  or  there- 
abouts (viz1)  William  Braxton  (this  depon18  unckle)  Thomas 
Steward,  James  Scott,  and  a  man  child  of  his  of  the  age  of 
fowre  or  five  yeares,  Sampson  Port  and  his  wife  Mary  Port,  and  her 
father  (whose  name  he  cannot  remember),  of  the  age  of  seventie 
yeares  or  thereabouts ;  JohnLittell,  Arthure  Martin,  "William  Doolittle, 
his  wife  and  three  children ;  William  Carter,  John  Lewis  sergant  of 
the  foote  companie  under  the  command  of  the  right  honorable  the 
Lo  :  President  of  Connaght,  then  engarrisoned  there,  and  Elizabeth 
his  wife,  Eobert  Lyens,  Elizabeth  Harla,  William  Blatt,  and  other 

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208         DEPOSITIONS   CONCERNING   MURDERS    AND    ROBBERIES 

severall  Brittish  Protestants,  whose  names  this  depon4  cannot  for  the 
present  remember,  who  were  three  weekes  in  the  protection  of  Teige 
O'Connor  Sligo,  then  reputed  Generall  for  the  Irish  in  the  said  Countie 
of  Sligo,  who  had  good  store  of  their  goods  and  monies.  But  the 
same  Brittish  were  afterwards,  by  consent  of  the  said  O'Connor 
Sligo,  put  into  the  goale  of  Sligo  by  Charles  O'Connor  and  Hugh 
O'Connor  (brothers  unto  the  said  O'Connor  Sligo).  And  the  said 
Brittish  Protestants  were  about  midnight  off  the  13th  of  January, 
1641,  most  inhumanely  and  barbourously  murthered  in  the  said  goale  by 
the  said  Charles  O'Connor  and  Hugh  O'Connor,  and  (by)  one  Hugh 
O'Connor  of  Haghere  M'Gillernen  in  the  said  Countie  of  Sligo,  Teige 
O'Sheele,  Eoger  M'Hurry,  Kedagh  O'Hart,  Edmond  Offlin,  Charles 
Gilgin,  Richard  "Walsh,  Nicholas  "Walsh,  Thomas  "Walsh,  and  other 
Rebells  whose  names  this  depon*  cannot  for  the  present  remember. 
And  this  depon4  knoweth  that  Collonell  Owen  O'Eoirke,  Bryan 
ballagh  O'Eoyrke,  his  brother;  Charles  0  Connor  and  Hugh  O'Connor, 
brethren  unto  O'Connor  Sligo  :  Teige  boy  O'Connor  of  Cloonderrereer, 
Phelim  O'Connor,  and  divers  others  of  the  before  mentioned  Eebells 
were  (some  fowre  or  five  houres  before  the  said  Brittish  were  soe 
murthered)  consulting  in  the  Lady  Jones'  late  house  in  Sligo  about 
the  said  murther,  and  how  it  should  be  done.  This  depon1*  cause  of 
knowledge  is,  for  that  he  wasjbrought  into  the  said  house  by  Owen 
M'Eory  O'Connor,  and  stood  behind  the  dore  in  the  next  roome  in  the 
said  house,  and  heard  their  discourse  of  what  he  hath  therein  deposed, 
and  afterwards  was  sent  privately  away  to  the  said  Owen  O'Connor's 
lodging  by  his  man. 

And  this  depon1  further  saith  that  "William  Sheeles  and  his  sonne, 
and  two  other  Scotchmen  (whose  names  he  cannot  remembir)  were 
(on  the  said  13th  of  January)  likewise  bloodily  butchered  and  killed 
in  the  streets  of  the  said  towne  of  Sligo  by  Hugh  M'Toole  O'Gollogher 
and  others  of  the  before  recited  Eebells,  And  saith  that  Elizabeth 
Scott,  wife  unto  James  Scott  (that  was  soe  murthered  in  the  said 
goale,  making  an  escape  out  of  the  said  towne  the  next  morning), 
being  greate  with  child,  and  neere  the  tyme  of  her  delivery,  was 
apprehended  by  some  of  the  before  mencioned  Eebells  as  she  was 
going  over  the  river  of  Sligo,  and  by  some  of  them  then  stabbed  with 
skeanes  to  death,  her  belly  being  then  by  some  of  the  said  Eebells 
ript  up,  and  one  of  the  handes  of  the  childe  within  her  wombe 
let  out.  His  this  depon1*  cause  of  knowledge  is,  both  concerning 
the  before  mentioned  murther  in  the  goale,  and  the  said  murther  in 


COMMITTED    IN    THE    COUNTY    OF   SLIGO.  209 

the  (said)  streete  and  river,  for  that  he  went  into  the  goale  to  see 
his  father  and  mother  some  fowre  or  five  houres  before  they  -were 
murthered,  and  was  there  the  next  morning  before  day  after  they 
were  murthered,  and  saw  them  and  the  rest  lying  their  murthered, 
and  was  privately  carried  thither  by  the  said  Owen  O'Connor,  who 
protected  this  depon*  for  the  love  he  bore  to  his  father,  and  continued 
in  the  said  towne  part  of  the  next  day,  until!  the  (other)  before 
related  murthers  were  likewise  comitted,  and  was  afterwards  for  his 
safety  convaied  to  Mr  Eobert  Parke's  house  to  Newtowne,  where  he 
served  as  a  soldier  while  he  staidd  there. 

Jur.  ult.  Febr.  1643.  WILL  :  WELSHE. 

HEN" :  JONES. 
HEN :  BRERETON. 

Ricd  Jones,  late  of  the  towne  corporation  and  County  of  Sligoe, 
gent.,  sworne  and  examined,  saith :  That  in  the  beginning  of  the 
present  Rebellion  viz*  on  or  about  the  tenth  day  of  December, 
1641,  hee  this  depon*  at  Sligoe  aforesaid  was  forcibly  deprived, 
robbed,  or  otherwise  dispoyled  of  his  goodes,  chattells,  and  estate, 
consisting  of  cattle,  horses,  mares,  colts,  howshold  stuffe,  Plate,  pro- 
vision, corne,  hay,  apparell,  ready -moneys  and  other  thinges,  of  the 
value  and  to  his  present  losse  of  one  thousand  pounds  sterling  at  the 
least.  By  and  by  the  meanes  of  Owin  O'Rourke  of  Drummahare,  in  the 
County  of  Leitrim  a  Colonell  and  cheefe  Ringleader  of  Rebells  there, 
Teige  O'Connor  Sligoe,  another  of  their  Colonells  and  a  grand  Rebell, 
MurtoghM'Donnoghe,  one  of  the  chief  e  of  that  name  and  divers  others 
(of)  the  septs  or  names  of  the  M'Donnoghes,  O'Conners  (and  the 
Creanes)  and  their  complicees,  partakers  and  souldjers  whose  names  he 
cannot  expresse  for  that  this  depon*  for  safftie  of  his  liffe  fled  erely 
away  to  the  guarrison  at  Manner  Hamilton  in  the  County  of  Leitrim, 
where  he  contymied  untill  the  late  cessatione  of  armes  proclaimed,  But 
for  murthers  and  cruelties  can  say  nothing  of  his  owne  knowledge, 
But  hath  credibly  heard  and  as  verely  beleeveth  there  were  murthered 
and  massacred  in  the  gaole  of  Sligoe  by  the  Rebells  in  one  nyght  about 
36  or  37  protestants  after  they  were  persuaded  to  goe  in  thither  to  save 
their  lives  from  forreine  Rebells,  But  yet  were  soe  murthered  by  the 
Rebells  of  that  towne  or  of  the  places  nere  thereabouts. 

Jur.  ix°  Die  December,  1643.  RICD  JONES. 

HEN  :  JONES. 
HEN :  BRERETON. 


210        DEPOSITIONS    CONCERNING   MURDERS   AND    ROBBERIES 

The  examinacion  of  John  Harrisson,  Esqr  one  of  the  justices  of  the 
peace  for  the  Countys  of  Sligoe  and  Roscommon  taken  before  us  his 
Majestie's  Com"  to  that  end  authorised,  whoe  being  duely  sworne 
eaith  that  from  the  24th  of  October,  1641,  unto  the  14th  of  January, 
1642,  hee  remained  at  the  garrison  of  Boyle  in  the  County  of  Roscom- 
mon,  in  Connaght,  where  hee  heard  of  the  several  passages  heere 
underwritten : 

That  (about  Christmas  an0  1641)  after  the  takeing  of  Taghtample 
Mr  Wm  Crof ton's  house  in  the  County  of  Sligoe,  there  came  to  the 
garrison  of  Boyle  one  Mrs  Oliphant,  wife  to  Wm  Oliphant  minister  and 
preacher  of  God's  word  when  this  examinat  faleing  into  discourse 
with  her  of  the  passages,  and  shee  being  at  Titample  and  askeing  of 
her  what  became  of  her  husband,  shee  then  in  a  very  pittifull  maner 
related  unto  this  examinat  that  after  the  takeing  of  the  said  house 
her  said  husband  was  surprised  by  the  direccon  of  one  John  O'Crean, 
who  as  shee  thought  was  the  cheife  man  in  takeing  the  said  house, 
and  often  prest  by  them  to  become  a  papist  and  that  if  hee  would  doe 
soe  then  they  would  spare  his  life,  which  if  hee  did  not  then,  not  to 
expect  any  mercy  at  there  hands,  but  hee  continueing  steadfast  in  his 
religion  at  lentgh  was  by  the  direccion  of  the  said  Crean  dragged  (at 
&)  after  a  horse  taile  for  the  space  of  a  mile  and  a  half e  and  then  they 
perceiving  that  hee  was  not  quite  dead  stobbed  him  with  skaines  and 
cut  off  his  head. 

John  Eodes  (Clothier)  and  his  wife  great  with  child  stealing  over 
the  Curlews  to  us  from  Ballinafad,  were  both  hanged,  the  one  at  one 
tree  the  other  at  another :  this  was  told  this  examinat  by  them  that 
saw  them  hang  there. 

John  Stanaway,  of  Sligoe,  butcher,  with  his  wife  and  children, 
were  to  be  convoyed  to  the  Boyle  (by  some  of  the  Irish  that 
undertooke  to  doe  it)  over  the  mountaine  of  Curlews,  the  wife 
and  children  (were  directed)  to  goe  before,  who  did  soe  and  made 
good  hast  to  us  to  the  Boyle,  but  Stanaway  never  came,  but 
was  afterwards  found  murthered  (by)  the  Curlews,  this  was  told  unto 
this  examinat  as  well  by  Stanawaie's  wife  as  by  them  that  sawe  him 
lye  kild  in  that  manner. 

After  Sligoe  was  taken  uppon  quarter  (before  Christmas,  an0  1641) 
some  of  the  English  came  to  us  to  the  Boyle,  others  staid  at  Sligoe  to 
the  number  of  seaven  or  eight  score  persons,  being  loth  to  leave  there 
little  goods  (and)  being  promised  to  enioy  them  quietly,  who  were  in 
a  seemeing  manner  made  much  of  by  Teige  O'Connor  Sligoe,  in  soe 


COMMITTED    IN    THE    COUNTY    OF    SLIGO.  211 

much  that  they  were  his  day  guard  waiteing  uppon  him  in  the  day 
tyme  with  Armes,  who  at  lenghth  being  fearfull  and  to  curry  favour 
with  the  said  O'Connor,  went  all  to  Masse  and  soe  continued  for 
a  matter  of  six  or  seven  weekes,  untill  some  disaster  hapening  to 
the  Irish  party  in  the  North,  one  of  the  Gallochgers  came  to  Sligoe, 
where  within  a  short  space  all  these  English  that  were  there  were 
somoned  to  be  at  the  goale  house,  being  then  a  Court  of  guard,  where 
meeting  all  together  that  night  were  murthered  save  2  or  3,  that  in 
that  hurley-burley  (gott)  out  from  among  them  and  gott  away,  and 
afterwards  related  this  passage  to  some  that  related  the  same  to  this 
examinat. 

The  dep*  further  saith  that  faleing  into  discourse  with  Anny  Phips, 
wife  unto  Edward  Nason,  Clothier,  soone  after  the  takeing  of  the 
towne  of  Sligoe  by  the  Irish,  shee  related  unto  this  dep*  to  his  best 
remembrance  that  her  husband  received  severall  wounds  in  the  mas- 
sacre of  Sligoe,  comitted  by  the  Irish  against  the  English,  and  that  the 
said  Edward  Nason  was  hanged  in  his  wounds  hard  by  Ballinafad, 
which  was  confirmed  unto  this  dep*  as  well  by  the  relacion  of  his  said 
wife  as  by  some  of  the  protected  Irish  with  us  that  saw  him  there  hang. 

This  dep*  further  saith  that  after  the  battle  of  Ballintobber,  which 
was  in  August  1642,  some  of  the  troope  of  the  Boyle,  namely — 
William  Stewart  and  Richard  Constable,  came  from  thence  to  us  to 
the  Boyle,  where  relating  the  joyfull  victory  had  against  the  Irish, 
the  said  Wm  Stewart  would  neede  goe  to  his  wife,  being  the  daughter 
of  Josias  Lambert,  Esqr,  to  a  cabin  without  the  walls  and  joyfully 
relateing  the  sgid  newes  to  his  wife,  a  party  of  the  Irish  stood  leereing 
him  at  the  door,  who  were  related  to  be  Teige  M'Dermot,  in  cheife, 
Robert  M'Nemee  late  of  Rollnespurr,  and  severall  others  of  the  County 
of  Sligoe,  who  at  lentgh  broke  in  and  said,  are  you  relateing  of  your 
Newes,  and  soe  fell  uppon  the  said  Wm  Stewart  and  hee  defending 
himselfe  dragged  him  into  the  street,  and  there  cruelly  murthered 
him  &  his  wife  alsoe  &  left  them  both  uppon  their  faces  in  the 
streets  &  soe  they  were  found  next  morning,  &  they  likewise  killed 
severall  men,  women,  and  children  to  the  number  of  seventeen  persons; 
some  of  the  children  lived,  some  two  daies  after  their  wounds  given, 
whose  gutts  this  deponent  severall  times  sawe  hang  out  of  their  sides 
before  their  deaths. 

Jur.  23"  Aprilis,  1644.  JO:  HARRISSON. 

HEN :  JONES. 
HEN :  BRERETON. 


212        DEPOSITIONS    CONCERNING    MURDERS    AND    ROBBERIES 

Jane,  the  wiffe  of  Thomas  Stewart,  late  of  the  towne  and  county 
of  Sligoe,  merchant,  sworne  and  examined  before  his  Hajestie's  Comm™ 
in  that  behalf  authoryzcd,  deposeth  and  sayth  :  That  after  the  present 
Rebellion  was  begun  viz*  about  the  begining  of  December,  1641,  Her 
said  husband  liveing  as  a  merchant  in  the  towne  aforesaid  with  her 
this  deponent  as  for  26  yeres  he  had  done  in  very  good  estate  and 
condicion.  And  haveing  contynually  furnished  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
part  thereabouts  with  all  sorts  of  wares  and  marchandize ;  and  by 
that  course  haveing  acquired  and  gained  to  himself  an  estate  of  good 
value  :  Hee  the  said  Tho  :  Stewart  and  she  this  deponent,  then  pos- 
sessing that  estate,  were  then  at  Sligoe  aforesaid  by  Andrew  Crane  of 
Sligoe,  Esq*  then  high  SherrifE  of  that  county :  Neile  O'Hart  of 
Donnely  in  the  same  county,  gent.,  Eoger  O'Connor  of  Skarden,  in 
the  same  county,  gent.,  Donnell  O'Connor  of  gent., 

brother  in  law  to  Teige  O'Connor,  Sligoe,  Richard  O'Creane  of 
Tirreraghe,  gent.,  John  O'Crane,  Esqre  and  a  justice  of  the  peace, 
sonn  to  the  said  Andrew  Crane,  Anthony  Crane  of  nere 

Bally shanny,  gent.,  forceably  deprived,  robbed,  and  dispoyled  of  their 
howshold  goods,  wares,  merchandize,  specialties,  cattle,  horses,  plate, 
mony,  and  other  goodes  and  chattells  of  the  value  of  one  thowsand 
twoe  hundred  poundes  ster.  or  thereabouts ;  which  robbery  and 
outrage  was  committed  in  or  about  the  begining  of  December  afore- 
said, att  the  very  tyme  of  the  Rebbells  surprising,  robbing,  and 
pilladging  of  all  the  English  and  Scotts  of  the  towne  of  Sligoe  :  In 
the  doing  whereof  not  only  the  persons,  rebells  beforenamed,  But  alsoe 
Teige  O'Connor,  Sligoe,  now  of  the  Castle  of  Sligoe,  generall  of  the 
rebells  in  those  parts  ;  James  ffrench  of  Sligoe  aforesaid,  Esqr,  a  justice 
of  the  peace  (a  notorious  and  cruelle  rebel!) ;  Brian  0' Conner,  a  frier, 
and  Captn  Hugh  0' Conner,  all  three  captns  and  brothers  to  the  said 
Teige  0' Conner,  Sligoe,  Captn  Patrick  Plunckett,  nere  Killoony,  in  the 
same  county  (a  justice  of  the  peace)  Captn  Phelim  O'Conner,  Captn 
Teige  O'Conner  of  the  Glann,  Capta  Conn  O'Connor  of  the  same,  and 
divers  others  whose  names  she  cannot  for  the  present  remember,  were 
most  forward  and  cruell  actors ;  and  those  rebells  haveing  altogether 
deprived  and  stripped  all  the  british  of  all  the  estats  they  had  :  shee, 
this  depon*  and  her  husband  &  many  other  Brittish  were  left  in  that 
towne,  and  amongst  the  rest  there  were  left  there  which  she  can  well 
remember,  viz*  William  Braxton,  the  depont  &  her  husband,  & 
six  children  ;  James  Scott  and  his  sonn,  of  the  age  of  foure  or  five  yeres  ; 
Sampson  Port  and  his  wifEe  Mary  Port,  and  her  father  (of  the  age  of 


COMMITTED    IN   THE    COUNTY   OF    SLIGO.  213 

70  yeres,  or  thereabouts);  John  Littell,  Arthur  Martine,  William 
Dowlittle  &  his  wiff  &  children,  ~Wm  Carter  &  John  Lewis  and  Eliz : 
his  wiffe,  Robert  Lyons,  Elizabeth  Harlow,  and  one  woman  that  was 
then  great  with  child  and  within  a  month  of  her  tyme  ;  Isabell  Beard 
whoe  was  great  with  child  &  very  nere  her  tyme,  and  others  whom  she 
cannott  name  ;  Which  Brittish  people  although  they  were  promised 
faire  quarter  &  taken  into  the  protection  of  the  said  Teige  O'Connor 
Sligoe  whoe  promised  them  a  colleccion,  Yet  they  were  daily  threat- 
ened to  be  murthered  if  they  would  not  turne  papists  within  one 
month  then  next  after,  which  (for  saveing  of  their  lives)  they  were 
inforced  to  doe,  notwithstanding  which,  about  the  6th  of  January  then 
next  following  (the  said  O'Connor  Sligoe  haveing  before  called  a 
meeting  of  his  followers  &  kinred  in  the  Counties  of  Sligoe  and 
Leitrim  :  and  consulted  with  them  and  with  a  Convent  of  ffriers  of  the 
Abbey  of  Sligoe  for  3  dayes  together  where  they  sate  in  Counsell) 
All  the  men,  women,  &  children  of  the  brittish  that  then  could  bee 
found  within  the  same  towne  were  sumoned  to  goe  into  the  gaole : 
And  as  many  as  could  be  mett  with,  all  (saveing  this  depon*  whoe  was 
soe  sick  that  she  could  not  sturr)  were  carryed  and  putt  into  the  gaole 
of  Sligoe,  where  about  12  o'clock  in  the  night  they  were  stript  naked 
&  after  most  of  them  were  most  cruelly  and  barbarously  murthered 
with  swords,  axes,  &  skeanes ;  &  particulerly  by  twoe  butchers, 
namely,  James  Butts  and  Robert  Butts  of  Sligoe,  whoe  murthered  many 
of  them,  wherein  alsoe  were  acters  Charles  0' Conner  the  frier  &  Hugh 
0' Conner  aforenamed,  brothers  to  the  said  Teige  0' Conner  Sligoe  & 
Teige  O'Sheile ;  Kedagh  O'Hart,  laborer ;  Rich:  Walsh  and  Tho : 
Walsh,  th'  one  the  gaylor  the  other  a  butcher,  &  divers  others  whom 
she  cannot  name  :  And  saith  that  above  thirty  of  the  Brittish  which 
were  soe  putt  into  the  gaole  were  then  and  there  murthered,  Besides 
Robert  Gamble,  then  provost  of  the  said  towne  of  Sligoe  ;  Edward 
Newsham  and  Edward  Mercer,  whoe  were  wounded  &  left  for  dead 
amongst  the  rest,  &  John  Stewart  this  deponts  sonn,  which  foure  being 
the  next  day  found  alive,  yet  all  besmeared  with  bloud  were  spared  to 
live.  All  which  particulars  the  depon*  was  credibly  told  by  those  that 
soe  escaped,  and  by  her  Irish  servants  &  others  of  the  towne :  And  saith 
that  some  of  the  women  soe  murthered  being  bigg  with  child  (by  their 
wounds  received)  the  very  arms  &  leggs  of  their  children  in  their 
wombes,  appeared  &  were  thrust  out — And  one  woman,  viz*  the  said 
Isabell  Beard,  being  in  the  house  of  the  friers  and  hearing  the  lament- 
able cry  that  was  made,  ran  into  the  streete  and  was  pursued  by  one  of 


214        DEPOSITIONS    CONCERNING    MURDERS    AND    ROBBERIES 

the  friers  men  into  the  river,  where  she  was  barbarously  murthered  & 
found  the  next  day  with  the  child's  foote  appearing  &  thrust  out  of 
her  wounds  in  her  sides.  And  further  saith  that  on  the  said  6th  day  of 
January  there  were  murthered  in  the  streets  of  the  towne  of  Sligoe 
theis  brittish  protestants  following,  viz1  "William  Sheiles  &  John 
Sheiles  his  sonn,  William  Maxwell  &  Robert  Akin.  And  the  depon1 
further  saith  (as  she  was  credibly  informed  by  the  persons  before  in  that 
behalf  named) :  That  the  Inhumane  Rebells  after  their  murthers 
comitted  in  the  said  gaole  layd  &  placed  some  of  the  dead  bodyes  of  the 
naked  murthered  men  upon  the  naked  bodyes  of  the  women  in  a  most 
immodest  posture  not  fitt  for  chast  eares  to  heare.  In  which  posture 
they  contynued  to  be  seen  the  next  morning  by  those  Irish  of  the  towne 
that  came  into  the  said  gaole,  whoe  were  delighted  &  reioyced  in  those 
bloudy  murthers  &  uncivill  actions.  And  that  they  of  the  Irish  that 
came  to  bury  them  stood  upp  to  the  mid  legg  in  the  bloud  &  braines  of 
those  that  were  soe  murthered  :  whoe  were  carried  out  &  cast  into  a  pitt 
digged  for  that  purpose  in  the  garden  of  Mr  Rycrofts  (minister  of 
Sligoe).  And  she  further  saith,  That  whereas  the  River  of  Sligoe  was 
before  very  plentifull  of  fish  :  Itt  did  not  for  a  long  tyme  after  those 
murthers  afford  any  fish  at  all.  And  this  depont  saw  the  frieres  in 
their  white  habits  in  great  companies  in  procession  goeing  to  sanctify 
the  water  casting  thereinto  holy  water.  Shee  saith  alsoe  that  the 
prior  of  the  Convent  of  Sligoe,  after  the  murther  of  the  said  woman  in 
the  River,  fell  frantick  &  ran  soe  about  the  streets  &  contynued  in 
that  frenzie  for  3  or  4  weekes.  And  saith  that  of  her  6  children  3 
were  starved  &  died  after  her  release  of  imprisonm1  which  had  bin  for 
1 8  months  amongst  the  Rebells. 

Jur.  23°  Aprilis,  1644.  X 

HEN :  JONES.  Signu  :  prd :  Jane 

HEN:  BRERETON.  STEWART  alias  MENIZES. 


John  Shrawley,  vicar  of  Eskagh,  in  the  county  of  Sligoe,  sworn 
and  examined  before  his  majestie's  commissioners  in  that  behalfe 
authorized,  deposeth  and  saith,  That 

In  the  beginning  of  the  rebellion  present  in  the  county  of  Sligo, 
one  Hugh  Crosby,  a  protestant,  and  his  tenant  upon  the  glebe-land, 
came  and  told  him  of  some  strange  speeches  which  Richard  Albonagh, 
the  popish  Priest  of  that  parish  of  Easkagh  had  used  lately  unto  his 
wife,  who  was  a  papist,  (viz1.)  That  she  should  see  shortly  their 


COMMITTED   IN    THE    COUNTY   OF    SLIGO.  215 

religion  flourish  againe :  But  that  it  would  never  be  soe  well  with 
them,  untill  the  Protestant  Bpps  and  ministers  were  all  cutt  off.  This 
he  privately  told  him  this  depon*  coniuring  him  to  keep  it  secret,  and 
to  make  the  best  use  of  it  he  could  for  his  owne  safety  :  Therupon  for 
feare  I  suddenly  forsooke  my  own  house,  and  went  out  of  that 
Barrony  into  Tirrawly  in  the  county  of  Mayo.  And  att  last,  for 
safety  of  my  life  gott  into  the  steeple  of  Rosserk,1  which  steeple  eight 
of  us  kept  almost  a  yeare  in  despight  of  the  Rebells.  Thither 
repaired  Mr.  Thomas  "Walker,  a  minister  borne  in  Yorkshire,  with  his 
man  Darcy  "Wood,  after  he  was  robbed  and  stripped  starke  naked  of 
his  apparell,  saving  only  a  linnen  paire  of  Drawers  that  he  had  left 
him.  They  refused  to  leave  him  in  that  cold  season,  soone  after 
Christmas  either,  shooe,  stocking,  or  shirt.  This  fact  being  done  nere 
the  steeple,  and  he  being  in  that  pittifull  plight  in  Ballyseechery 
within  a  mile  of  us,  we  sent  for  him  into  the  steeple,  where  he  lived 
untill  the  later  end  of  September,  1642.  Then  after  the  Barretts  of 
Ballyseehery  had  turned  the  watercourse  from  us,  and  layed  a  strict 
siege  unto  us  for  8  weekes  we  were  forced  to  deliver  upp  the  steeple. 
And  because  we  thought  that  they  would  never  make  good  their  word 
upon  Quarter :  we  did  surrender  the  steeple  with  all  the  goods  therein 
unto  Edmond  Bourk  of  Ropagh,  Esqr,  who  promised  and  swore  upon 
those  conditions  to  convoy  us  all  safe  away  to  any  of  the  next 
English  garrisons.  Mr.  "Walker  with  his  man,  and  two  gentlewomen 
who  had  lived  all  that  time  in  the  steeple,  desired  to  be  sent  to  the 
Abbey -boyle.  Thither  the  said  Edmond  Bourke  faithfully  promised 
to  convoy  them :  And  send  a  Frier,  his  owne  brother,  Richard  Bourke, 
with  4  souldiers  to  convoy  them  the  next  way  over  the  mountains. 
This  frier  in  the  deponts  hearing  swore  to  convoy  them  all  safe  within 
a  mile  of  the  Boile,  and  then  to  turne  home  and  not  to  leave  them  till 
they  were  past  all  danger  of  the  Irish  in  those  parts.  But  before  they 
went  5  miles  the  frier,  being  on  horse-back  leaves  them  and  goes  to  a 
village  nere  adioyning,  promising  to  overtake  them  presently,  being  on 
foote,  which  he  never  did,  for  within  halfe  a  mile  of  the  place  where 
he  parted  from  them  there  lay  an  ambush  of  some  1 6  kernes,  which  as 
soone  as  they  espied,  Mr.  "Walker  fell  downe  on  his  knees  to  praier, 
and  the  4  souldiers  that  were  the  convoy  fell  a  stripping  of  the 
women  for  that  their  clothes  were  worth  something,  whereas  Mr. 
Walker's  clothes  and  his  man's  were  but  old  raggs.  And  as  he  was  on 

1  Rosserk,    a  townland  in  the  barony  of  Tirawley,  parish  of  Ballysakeery, 
County  Mayo. 


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his  knees  praying,  one  stroke  him  a  blow  with  a  sword  and  clove  his 
skull  downe  to  the  mouth,  as  one  of  the  women  who  saw  it  told  me 
afterwards,  and  there  he  and  his  man  were  both  barbarously  slayne. 
And  some  of  the  Irish  told  me  sithence  that  they  saw  their  bones 
there  upon  the  mountaine  unburied.  The  two  women  were  stripped 
as  naked  as  they  were  borne,  the  mother  and  the  daughter,  and  left 
there,  being  not  suffered  to  return  with  the  convoys.  The  mother 
was  slaine  shortly  after  that  neer  Ballymote ;  she  was  the  wife  of  Mr. 
John  Gardner  of  Kosserke  in  the  county  of  Mayo,  and  her  daughter 
is  as  yet  living  with  her  husband  Eichard  Gardner  in  Ballycottle  in 
the  county  of  Sligoe.  One  of  their  4  convoys  sold  a  gold  ring  which 
was  worth  24s.  that  he  tooke  from  Mrs  Gardner  that  time  for  six 
shillings  unto  a  marchant  of  Ardurcer,  James  Lynch,  as  I  was  credibly 
informed. 

About  the  beginning  of  Summer  1642  there  was  (as  we  in  the 
steeple  were  told  by  some  fosterers  of  Mr.  Gardner's  children)  a  solemne 
meeting  of  the  inhabitants  about  the  Moyne,  in  the  county  of  Mayo, 
to  consult  what  were  best  to  be  done  with  those  Scotts  which  were 
still  remayning  in  that  country.  And  as  it  seemes  they  concluded  to 
kill  them  all,  both  man,  woman,  and  child.  For  presently  after  that 
said  meeting,  they  did  gather  them  together  from  all  parts  round 
about  the  Moyne,  and  within  a  mile  &  halfe  of  Eosserke  steeple 
nere  unto  Bellyseechery,  they  killed  35  men,  women,  &  children. 
Two  of  the  men  I  knew,  William  Oge  Buchanen  of  Killalla  &  James 
a  weaver  that  lived  in  the  town  of  Moyne,  lusty  able  men. 
The  father  of  the  said  "William  (who  was  then  and  there  killed  with 
his  wife  and  children)  with  his  owne  sister,  the  wife  of  "William 
Cambell  of  Killalla,  with  her  children,  is  now  living  with  the  fryers 
att  the  Moyne.  They  spared  his  life,  to  be  their  slave,  to  helpe  them 
to  build  upp  the  abbey,  he  having  good  skill  in  Architecture. 
There  was  likewise  about  that  time  one  "William  Gibb,  a  very 
old  man,  who  had  lived  in  Killalla  (because  he  would  not  confess 
where  he  had  buried  his  money),  killed  in  the  towne  of  Moyne,  with 
his  wife,  an  old  woman,  by  two  rogues,  who  with  their  skeines 
murthered  them  and  were  chief e  in  the  murther  of  the  35  aforesayd. 

There  were  seaven  men,  women,  and  children  forced  into  the  sea 
to  drown  themselves  nere  Killalla  about  that  time  : 

And  further  saith  that  James  French  of  Sligo,  Esq.,  owed 
him  the  depon*  12  pounds  per  bond  for  tythes  that  he  sett  him  to 
f  arme,  and  he  was  possessed  of :  And  the  depon1  meeting  with  him  in 


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his  extreame  want  and  poverty,  desired  him  to  give  me  12s.  and  he 
would  willingly  release  him  for  the  12£.  He  replies  unto  him,  That 
he  did  admire  how  he  durst  be  soe  bold  as  mention  that  debt  att  all, 
and  vowed  he  would  not  give  him  I2d.  You  are  kindley  used  he 
sayd,  that  you  have  your  life.  And  att  his  departing  in  way  of 
charity,  here  sayed  he,  there  is  a  whole  faced  groat  to  buy  you 
tobacco,  which  scornf ull  offer  the  depon1  durst  not  butt  accept  of. 

Jurat  23  April  1644.  JO  :  SHRAWLEY. 

HEN:  JONES. 
HEN:  BRERETON. 

The  deposition  of  Mris  Christian  Olliphant,  relict  of  William 
Olliphant,  Clarke,  taken  before  mee  at  Sligo  concerninge  the  severall 
murthers  comitted  on  the  Brittish  at  Templehouse  the  3rd  of  Feb- 
ruary 1645.  Imp"9  the  said  M"8  Olliphant  being  sworne  upon  the 
holy  Evangelist  doth  affinne  that  John  Crean  being  one  cheife  in 
comand  at  the  takeinge  of  Templehouse,  her  husband  and  herselfe 
being  in  the  lower  parlour  in  presence  of  the  said  Crean,  was  brought 
forth  by  the  Souldiers  of  the  said  Crean,  and  the  Haraes,  unto  the 
place  of  execution,  notwithstanding  this  deponent's  earnest  pressinge 
the  said  Crean  for  the  delaying  of  herselfe  and  husband's  goinge  out 
with  the  souldiers  untill  shee  had  spoken  with  Mr.  Crofton  and  his 
wife  yet  would  hee  afford  her  no  answere,  but  suffered  the  souldiers 
to  bringe  them  forth,  to  witt  her  selfe,  her  husband,  Henry  Norwell 
an  elderly  man,  and  an  auntient  woman,  at  which  tyme  her  husband 
and  the  other  two  were  executed.  After  they  had  executed  this 
deponent's  husband,  they  tyed  him  to  a  horse  tayle  and  draged  him 
about  the  streets  in  a  most  inhumane  and  barbarous  manner,  notwith- 
standing that  this  deponent's  husband  and  the  other  two  which  were 
executed  had  quarter  given  them  by  the  said  Crean,  and  the  Haraes 
under  their  hands  for  the  safety  of  their  lives,  at  the  tyme  of  the 
surrenderinge  up  of  the  said  house  by  Mr.  "William  Crofton  to  them, 
and  the  deponent  haveing  at  that  tyme  three  small  children,  they  were 
all  stript  naked,  beinge  a  week  before  Candlemas,  in  the  extremity  of 
the  winter,  which  so  penetrated  the  infants  that  since  they  have  all 
dyed.  And  further  this  deponent  saith  that  she  was  credibly  informed 
that  Thomas  Morton  (a  tenant  of  her  brother  John  Buchanan  who  was 
murthered  in  the  county  of  Mayo)  with  five  or  six  more  of  his  familye 
coming  out  of  the  county  of  Mayo  and  repayring  towards  the  North, 


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fell  into  the  said  John  Crean's  campe  (as  they  called  it)  neere  Temple- 
house,  where  the  said  Morton  and  his  familye  were  murthered  in  a 
most  barbarous  manner ;  after  the  father  being  murdred,  the  children 
were  throwne  alive  into  the  grave  with  the  father  and  there  buryed 
alive,  and  further  this  deponent  saith  not. 

CHA:  COOTE. 

(Witnessed  ;  but  the  Deposition  is  not  signed  ly  the  Deponent.} 

The  examinacion  of  Rob*  Hussey  concerning  the  Murder  of  Mr 
Wm  Massam,  and  Rob*  Pinion  of  Knockvickar,  wherewith  he  is 
charged  by  Capn  Dr  Renzi  Massam ;  taken  the  6th  (sic)  of  Febr., 
1652.  The  said  Rob*  Hussey  being  duely  examined  saith  that  the 
year  before  the  Rebellion  he  was  a  soldier  in  the  guarrison  of  Sligoe, 
in  the  Lord  Ranelagh's  companie,  and  that  about  January  or  February 
after  the  said  guarrison  of  Sligoe  was  taken  by  the  rebells,  and  that 
the  soldiers  ther  in  guarrison  had  upon  the  surrender,  quarter  for  life 
promised  them  and  liberty  to  march  to  Boyle  in  the  County  of  Ros- 
common  (then  a  guarrison  for  the  English),  and  were  to  have  a 
convoy  with  them  of  the  Irish  for  their  more  secure  passage  thither. 
He  further  saieth  that  one  Capn  Patrick  Plunkett  commanded  the 
convoy,  and  that  he  did  not  (according  to  engagement)  convey  them 
to  Boyle,  but  treacherously  kild  some  of  them  in  the  way  and  tooke 
him  (this  examinat)  &  another  (one  James  Fullard)  prisoners.  He 
further  saieth  that  hee  remained  a  prisoner  for  about  a  weeke  with 
the  said  Plunkett,  and  then  tooke  up  Armes  and  served  him,  being 
threatned  (as  he  alleages)  that  if  he  refused  to  doe  it,  he  should  be 
hanged.  He  further  declareth  that  about  May  after,  being  in  the 
Irish  camp  near  Knockvicar  upon  intelligence  given  that  some  Eng- 
lish were  travailinge  (on  foote)  on  the  way  from  Boyle  to  Knockvicar, 
(these  two  guarrisons  being  but  three  or  fower  miles  distant  one  from 
another)  he  was  commanded  out  against  them  (by  his  L*  one  Hugh 
M'Dermot)  with  some  others  of  the  Irish  soldiers,  and  that  they  were 
led  by  Ferdinand  M'Dermot-Roe  (then  a  titular  Captn)  to  a  bogge  syde 
by  which  those  English  that  they  had  intelligence  of  were  to  passe, 
the  said  Ferdinande  commandinge  them  to  fall  upon  the  English,  and 
assureing  them  that  if  they  were  overpowered  or  worsted  by  them 
they  should  have  releif e  and  assestance.  The  Examinant  further  con- 
fesseth  that  he  with  the  rest  of  the  soldiers  that  were  so  sent  out,  and 
one  Connor  M'Manus,  a  gentleman  of  the  country,  advanced  up 
towards  those  English,  and  saith  that  they  fyred  one  upon  another, 


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and  that  there  was  quarter  offered  to  the  English,  but  they  refused 
to  take  it,  whereupon  the  Irish  fell  upon  them  and  killed  two  of 
them,  who  as  hee  afterwards  understood  were  Mr  Wm  Massam 
and  one  Eob*  Pinion  of  Knockvickar  aforesaid,  and  tooke  the  rest 
prisoners. 

The  Examinant  denieth  that  he  killed  either  of  the  said  persons, 
but  he  confesseth  that  he  was  present,  and  of  the  party  that  did  that 
execucion,  and  that  he  carried  a  muskett  with  them,  Mr  Massam  being 
(as  he  saieth)  killed  by  one  Eob*  Noland,  and  Eob*  Pinion  by  one 
Laghlyn  O'Horoghoe ;  Being  demanded  the  names  of  those  other 
persons  that  were  of  the  party  that  killed  the  above-named  Mr  Mas- 
sam and  Eobert  Pinion,  he  saieth  there  were  present  of  the  said  party, 
John  Cooke  &  Bryan  O'Horven  (tenants  to  the  aforesaid  Captn  Plun- 
kett),  John  M'Cahele  M'Dermott-Eoe,  and  John  M'Gihin,  whether 
there  were  any  more  or  noe,  he  saieth  he  remembers  not,  and  further 
he  confesseth  not. 

Taken  the  day  and  yeare  aforesaid  EOBEET   HUSSEY. 
before  us:  X 

H.  WAEEINGTOK  [his  marke]. 

JA:  SHAEK 

The  Examincion  of  Patrick  Dowd  of  Ballicottle  in  the  Barrony 
of  Tirreragh  in  the  County  of  Sligoe,  taken  on  25th  November,  1652, 
before  the  Comm"  of  Eevenue. 

The  examinate  doth  acknowledg  that  he  was  at  the  Moyne  in  the 
beginning  of  this  rebellion  with  some  men  armed  with  musquetts  & 
pikes,  his  busines  thither  being  to  seeke  for  meate  and  drinke  for  him- 
self and  the  said  men,  whereuppon  he  sent  to  Sr  Eob*  Hannay,  desir- 
ing entertainment  from  him,  uppon  which  the  said  Sr  Eob*  returned 
him  an  answeare  that  he  could  not  entertaine  so  many,  whereuppon 
the  said  company  quartered  in  the  said  houses  but  paid  nothing  for 
their  entertainen*.  On  the  next  day  this  examinate  went  into  the 
house  of  the  said  Sr  Eob*  Hannay,  And  as  the  examinat  doth  remember 
Edmond  Burke  of  Eoppagh  was  eyther  in  the  towne  or  in  the  said  Sr 
Eob*'8  house,  and  being  at  the  same  tyme  in  the  said  house  Sr  Eob* 
Hannay  gave  this  examinate  a  carbine.  This  examinate  did  acknow- 
ledg that  he  was  then  under  no  command  nor  commissioned  by  any. 
And  this  examinate  further  saith  that  he  was  desired  by  Sr  Eob*  Han- 
nay to  draw  his  said  men  out  of  the  towne,  which  he  accordingly 


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promised  him  to  doe  if  lie  should  have  any  power  over  them,  where- 
uppon  he  on  the  next  morning  marcht  away  from  thence. 

And  the  examinate  further  saith  that  after  this  he  went  with  his 
father  Charles  Dowd,  Mr  David  Dowd  and  about  40  men  with  some 
Armes  to  the  house  of  Mr  John  Nowlan  at  Eneskerone,  and  pushed 
open  the  said  Nowlan's  doores  and  entered  into  his  said  house  (he 
being  then  in  England)  and  his  wife  then  in  bedd  it  being  about  9  or 
10  of  the  clock,  put  the  said  Mr  Nowlan's  wife  out  of  doores  and  his 
said  father  kept  possession  of  the  goods,  And  Master  David  Dowd  of 
the  house. 

Saith  moreover  that  one  Anthony  Marah  came  to  Castle  Conner, 
where  the  English  and  Scotch  passed  at  theire  goeing  from  Beleeck 
to  Sligoe,  who  threatened  to  gett  sattisfaction  from  Andrew  Dare,  for 
some  cattle  that  were  taken  from  the  said  Anthony  upon  title. 

And  the  said  examinate  saith  that  his  father  mett  with  the 
English  and  Scotch  at  theire  march  to  Sligoe,  purposeing  to  protect 
Sr  Eobert  Hannay. 

This  examinate  further  saith  that  he  had  a  Company  of  a  hundred 
men  the  harvest  before  the  com[mo]tion,  by  virtue  of  a  commission,  as 
he  pretendeth,  from  the  Ld  Taaff  to  goe  to  Spain,  who  were  all 
disperst  soone  after  to  the  number  of  twelve  men,  who  were  with  him 
at  his  goeing  to  the  Moyne. 

The  examinate  lastly  saith  that  for  that  parte  of  his  examinacion 
wherein  he  said  that  he  was  under  no  command  he  mistooke,  for  he 
was  then  under  the  command  of  the  Lord  Taaffe. 

PATT:  DOWDA. 

The  deposition  of  Oliver  Albanagh,  now  dwelling  at  Polethonny 
in  the  barony  of  Tireragh  and  County  of  Sligo,  taken  the  18th  of  May, 
1653. 

Oliver  Albanagh  being  of  the  age  of  58  years  or  thairabouts,  being 
duely  sworne  upon  the  holy  Evangelists  and  examined,  saith  that  he 
lived  at  a  place  called  Cabragh  at  the  begineing  of  this  rebellion, 
within  the  barony  of  Tireragh,  and  being  demanded  who  wer  the  first 
actors  in  the  said  barony,  saith  that  att  the  first  begineing  thaireof 
thair  was  a  generall  meetting  of  the  chief  gentillmen  of  the  county 
held  at  Bellishadare  who  wer  their  called  togedder  by  authoritie  from 
Andrew  Crean,  high  Sheriff  of  the  county  at  that  tyme,  wherein 
O'Connor  Sligo  himself  appeared,  The  end  of  which  meetting  was  (as 
this  deponent  saith)  to  repress  the  incursions  of  forrainers  and  to 


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suppress  the  violent  courses  of  Idle  persons  within  the  county ;  which 
all  of  the  foresaid  gentlemen  promised  to  doe  to  the  uttermost  of  thair 
powers,  but  so  soone  as  the  meetting  was  ended,  many  of  the  inhabi- 
tants of  that  country  fell  a  plundering  and  robbing  of  all  the  protestants, 
and  especially  one  Brian  M'Swyn  who  was  authorised  by  commission 
from  Theobald  Taaff  now  Lo  :  Viscount  Taaif,  to  levey  a  company  to 
be  transported  into  Spaine  at  that  tyme,  they  wer  the  first  actors  in 
that  barony  and  afterwards  this  Deponent  sayth  that  by  vertue  of  a 
proclamation  from  the  Lord  Justices  from  Dublin,  thair  was  a  kynd  of 
cessation  which  endured  for  a  fortnight  or  thairabouts,  and  att  the  end 
of  that  tyme,  thair  was  another  generall  meetting  held  at  Bellishadara 
by  the  authoritie  aforsaid,  from  the  which  meetting  the  most  of 
the  gentillmen  of  the  contrey  went  toward  Sligo  and  their  remained 
till  the  said  Sligo  was  taken.  And  this  deponent  being  further 
examined  who  wer  the  cheif  robbers  of  the  English  in  that  barony, 
sayth  that  the  east  part  of  that  barony  was  altogedder  plundered  by 
Brian  M'Swyn  and  his  company,  but  becaus  this  deponent  lived  in  the 
other  part  of  the  barony  he  knoweth  not  particulary,  but  he  sayth 
that  theire  was  no  great  robbery  committed  their  in  these  parts  till 
about  the  moneth  of  Januar,  in  the  year  1641,  when  Mr  John  Nolan 
his  hous  was  plundered  by  Charles  O'Dowd,  Patrick  Dowd,  David 
fitzdonogh  O'Dowd,  with  all  thair  souldiers  and  followers,  and  Owen 
M'Shan  Glas  O'Dowd,  with  many  others  who  wer  sein  by  this 
Deponent  the  next  morneing  eftir  the  robbery  committed  in  the  forsaid 
hous.  And  this  deponent  further  saith  that  thair  wer  seeverall  murders 
committed  in  that  barony  aftir  that  tyme,  bot  he  knoweth  non  of  the 
murderers  bot  Brian  M'Swyn  and  his  souldiers,  M'Connor  roeM'Conmy, 
as  he  was  credibly  informed ;  and  being  further  demanded  who  wer 
the  stoppers  of  Sr  Eobert  Hannay  and  thes  others  who  cam  alongs 
with  him,  with  his  comvoy,  sayth  that  hee  knoweth  not,  for  hee  this 
deponent  was  in  Sligo  with  severall  others  at  that  tyme,  and  upon 
thair  goeing  towards  the  barony  of  Tireragh  from  Sligo  they,  this 
depon1  with  Lieu*  Collonell  Teag  O'Dowd,  mett  Sr  Robert  Hannay  and 
the  rest  of  that  people,  comeing  from  Ardneglas  to  Sligo,  who  wer 
Eyhly  (sic)  to  be  crossed  and  held  by  the  multitud,  who  than  sur- 
rounded tham,  and  with  great  threatnings  terrified  tham ;  and  being 
demanded  who  wer  the  chief  men  and  mos  active  in  that  sarvice, 
saith  that  Brian  M'Swyn  and  Roger  M'Owen  M'Swyn  wer  the 
mos  active,  and  this  Deponent  further  sayth  that  he  this  Deponent 
with  Lieu1  Colonell  Teag  O'Dowd  stayed  with  the  Convoy  which 

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conducted  Sr  Robert  Hannay  till  such  tyme  as  they  mos  of  the  contrey 
people  returned,  and  when  they  wer  clear  hee  left  tham  ;  bot  he  further 
sayth  that  that  wery  night  all  of  tham  followed  Sr  Kobert  Hannay  and 
his  convoy  to  Sligo.  And  this  Dep*  being  further  examined  whidder 
or  not  thair  was  any  murder  committed  in  or  about  Rathly  att  that 
tyme,  sayth  that  thair  came  some  Scottish  people  from  Tirawly  in  the 
County  of  Mayo,  to  Rathly,  who  stayed  thair  all  night  with  this  dep* 
his  wyff,  and  the  next  morneing  shee  the  said  Depu  wyfE  sent  them 
away  safe  with  Teag  M'Conmy,  whom  shee  appoynted  to  be  a  convoy 
unto  tham,  and  upon  the  way  one  Dermott  O'Dowd  cam  to  the  said 
Teag  M'Conmy  upon  the  way,  and  told  him  that  Richard  Albanagh 
(who  is  now  dead)  had  sent  him  to  kill  thes  people,  wherupon  severall 
other  persons  cam  about  tham  who  led  the  said  people  to  the  sea  syd 
thinkeing  to  have  drowned  tham,  which  the  said  Richard  Albanagh 
heareing  sent  immediatly  on(e)  Richard  Albanagh  a  priest  with  severall 
others  who  brought  tham  back  safe,  wher  they  continued  three  or  four 
dayes,  bot  this  Deponent  sayth  that  they  wer  terrified,  and  altered  thair 
resolution,  for  some  of  tham  went  back  againe  to  Tirawly  and  some 
of  tham  cam  towards  Sligo,  and  further  this  Deponent  sayth  not. 

Signed  and  acknowledged  before 
mee,  as  witness  my  hand  OL  :  ALLBONAGH. 

RICH:  COOTE. 

The  deposition  of  Robert  Nisbitt,  now  liveing  at  Cornegillagh 
within  the  barony  of  Rapho  and  County  of  Downegall,  taken  at  Sligo 
the  16°  of  Jan*,  1653. 

Robert  Nisbitt  being  of  the  age  of  twentie  years  or  thaireabouts 
being  duely  sworne  upon  the  holy  Evangelists  and  examined,  sayth 
that  he  lived  with  his  father  Robert  Nisbitt  in  Ardneglas  within  the 
barony  of  Tireragh  and  County  of  Sligo,  att  the  begineing  of  the 
rebellion,  and  that  the  said  Robert  with  his  wyff  and  fyeve  small 
children  wer  constrained  to  continue  in  the  said  place  for  a  year  and  a 
half  or  thaireabouts  eftir  the  said  rebellion  began,  till  about  the 
moneth  of  May,  in  the  year  1643  :  Att  which  tyme  this  deponent  sayth 
that  thair  cam  a  company  of  Ulster  men  to  the  said  towne  of  Ardneglas 
commanded  by  on  Captan  M'Swyne,  who  dureing  the  tyme  of  thair 
abod  this  deponent  sayth  they  wer  hyred  by  the  M'Swyns  of  Ardneglas 
to  murder  his  father,  his  mother,  and  thair  children,  whereupon  upon  a 
Saturday  at  night  thes  murderers  cam  to  this  Deponent's  father's  hous, 


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and  quartered  thair  all  night,  and  did  dress  a  beeff  for  their  supper, 
which  Roger  M'Swyn  of  Ardneglas  had  given  tham  as  a  part  of  thair 
hyre,  and  on  the  Sonday  morneing  the  forsaid  murderers  bound  the 
deponent's  father  Eobert  Nisbitt  elder,  and  in  the  meantyme  this 
Deponent's  mother  Emelin  Nisbitt  went  to  the  said  Eoger  M'Swyn  his 
hous,  and  told  him  that  they  had  bound  her  husband,  and  that  they 
intended  to  murder  tham  all,  and  prayed  him  for  God  his  sake  to  save 
tham,  wherunto  this  said  Eoger  replyed  that  what  was  to  be  done  was 
by  his  command  for  hee  had  given  orders  unto  tham,  and  with  all 
commanded  her  to  depart,  adding  withall  that  if  they  did  not  kill  thes 
theeves  (as  he  named  thame)  that  he  wold  doe  it  himselff,  notwith- 
standing of  which  answer,  as  this  deponent  sayth,  this  deponent's 
mother  cam  back  againe  to  the  hous  wher  her  husband  was  bound 
and  imediatly  they  tyed  the  said  deponent's  mother  Emelin  with  ropes 
of  hair,  and  Drew  tham  all,  to  witt  the  father,  the  mother,  and  the 
fyve  children  to  the  place  wher  they  intended  to  act  the  murder,  and 
befor  they  cam  to  the  place  this  deponent  with  his  two  sisters  Helein 
and  Marie  shrunk  back  out  of  the  way  and  hid  thamselves,  the  rest 
wer  led  on  to  the  slaughter,  wher  they  murdered  the  father,  and  the 
mother  by  cutting  up  of  her  belly,  being  than  great  with  chyld,  and 
throaeing  a  young  chyld  newly  weaned  into  the  river,  wherupon  thair 
eldest  sone,  whoes  name  was  John,  being  than  of  sixteen  yeares  or 
thaireabouts,  fled  away  and  run  away  a  great  way  till  he  mett  with  on 
Owen  O'Dowd,  now  liveing  in  Ardneglas,  unto  whom  hee  addressed 
himself  and  told  him  that  the  Ulster  men  had  kild  his  father  and 
mother  and  prayed  him  to  save  his  lyff,  unto  whom  this  Owen  re- 
plyed that  he  wold,  and  yett  he  brought  him  back  to  the  murderers 
and  delyvered  him  into  thair  hands  who  kild  him,  And  this  deponent 
being  further  examined  deposeth  that  Eoger  M'Swyn,  Edmund 
M'Swyn,  Alexr  M'Swyn,  Eoger  M'Swyn  fitz  Alexr  Hugh  M'Swyn, 
and  divers  others  wer  all  of  tham  contryvers  and  asisters  of  the 
murderers  in  the  fact,  and  further,  he,  this  deponent  sayth,  that  they 
the  said  M'Swyns  wer  alwayes  jelous  that  the  said  persons  should 
escap  into  the  English  quarters  and  Discovre  thair  actions,  which  was 
the  caus  they  murdered  thamme  aftir  so  long  a  tyme.  And  further 
this  deponent  sayth  not,  hee  further  sayeth  that  one  George  Evon  (sic) 
now  liveing  neare  Dunnagale  cane  testify  what  the  Deponent  sayeth 

being  present. 

EOBEET  MSBITT, 

CHA:  GOEE.  X 

[his  marke.] 


224        DEPOSITIONS   CONCERNING    MURDERS   AND    ROBBERIES 

The  Deposition  of  John  Layng,  minister,  now  liveing  att  Bella- 
dreheid  in  the  County  of  Sligo,  taken  24°  Jun  :  1653. 

This  examinant  being  duely  swome  and  examined  sayth  that 
Major  David  O'Dowd  of  Lechan  in  the  County  of  Sligo,  out  of  a 
murderous  Disposition,  with  a  long  skein  attempted  to  murder 
this  deponent  in  the  Castle  of  Roslie,  which  undoubtedly  hee  had 
done,  if  hee  had  not  bein  prevented.  And  this  examinant  further 
sayth  that  Roger  Oge  M'Swyne  of  Ardneglas  was  the  cheiff  of  thes 
persones  who  brok  the  quarter  whereby  Sr  Eobert  Hannay,  Captan 
Andrew  Adair,  with  many  persones  wer  to  pass  saffe  from  Beleek 
in  the  County  of  Mayo  to  Bellishanan  in  the  County  of  Downegall, 
wherby  great  and  severall  murders  wer  committed :  And  that  the 
said  Sr  Robert  Hannay  and  the  rest  wer  sent  prisoners  to  Dromahair, 
commanded  by  Owen  O'Rork,  thinkeing  to  release  Con  O'Rork  and 
Brian  O'Rork,  who  wer  than  prisoners  at  Manurhammilton  :  And 
further  this  Deponent  sayth  that  Sr  Robert  Hannay  sent  a  letter  to 
Manurhammilton  to  desyre  Con  O'Rorik  and  Brian  O'Rorik  to  be 
exchanged  with  him  and  the  rest  of  thes  men  who  wer  prisoners  at 
Dromahair,  which  was  denyed,  whereupon  Mr  Thomas  ffullerton,  Mr 
William  Listin,  ministers,  and  Patrick  Dromond,  gent,  being  of  Sr 
Robert  Hannay  his  partie  wer  brought  from  Dromahair  to  the  Irish 
camp,  than  lyeing  against  Manurhammilton,  wher  they  wer  murdered, 
bot  by  whom  the  murder  was  committed  this  deponent  knoweth  not. 

And  this  deponent  further  sayth  that  Moreis  M'Conmy  was  present 
at  Ardneglas  when  some  of  thes  persons  belongeing  to  Sr  Robert 
Hannay  and  Captain  Adair  were  murdered  in  that  place,  and  further 
sayth  not. 

JO  :  LAYNG. 

This  deposition  was  given  in  upon  oath  to  me, 

S.  NICHOLS. 

The  Examination  of  "William  O'Dowd,  gent,  now  liveing  in  Dow- 
neall,  taken  befor  me  the  24°  day  of  May,  1653. 

"William  O'Dowd  being  of  the  agde  of  twentie-fyve  years  or 
thaireabout,  being  examined,  sayth  that  hee  lived  with  his  father 
att  Bellinahown  in  the  begineing  of  the  rebellion,  within  the  barony 
of  Tireragh  and  County  of  Sligo  :  and  that  in  regard  of  his  yong  years 
att  the  begineing  of  the  rebellion  hee  did  not  tak  that  notice  of  the 
seeverall  murders  committed  thair,  as  others  did,  bott  hee  this  ex- 
aminant sayth  that  hee  hard  that  thair  was  a  murder  committed  att 


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Skrcin,  and  that  Connor  Roe  M'Conmy,  who  is  now  in  action,  and 
Colla  M'Swyn,  who  is  now  dead,  wer  the  speciall  actors,  as  also 
this  examinant  sayth  that  thair  was  seeverall  persons  murdered  at 
Ardnegias,  and  that  Capto  Brian  M'Swyn  his  souldiers  wer  the  cheif 
actors.  And  further  this  examinant  sayth  that  he  hard  that  on 
William  M'Jonyn  was  hanged  at  Rakorleis  by  the  command  of  on 
Roger  M'Owen  M'Swyn,  bot  by  what  authoritie  the  said  Roger 
M'Swyn  did  hang  the  said  William  M'Jonyn,  this  examinant 
knoweth  not,  as  also  this  examinant  sayth  that  he  hard  that  thair 
was  a  man  and  a  chyld  murdered  at  Donoghalrahan  by  command 
of  Moreis  Herbert,  priest,  or  by  on  Walter  his  servant,  and  another 
servant,  whoes  name  he  knoweth  not,  and  this  examinant  sayth  that 
it  is  within  this  half  year  that  this  examinant  heard  of  the 
committing  of  this  said  murder;  and  this  examinant  sayth  that  he 
hard  of  a  murder  committed  in  Tonrego  by  Charles  O'Connor  &  Hugh 
O'Connor,  or  on  of  tham  and  thair  souldiers,  bot  what  particular 
persons  assisted  tham  in  the  fact  this  examinant  knoweth  not  and 
further  sayth  not. 

Signed  and  acknowledged  before  "WILLIAM  DOWDE. 

mee,  as  wittness  my  hand, 
RICH:  COOTE. 

The  Examinacion  of  Garett  Desse  of  Iskerown,  in  the  County 
of  Sligoe,  gentleman,  taken  before  Samuell  Mchols,  Esqr,  one  of  the 
Justice  of  Peace  for  the  Province  of  Conaght,  touching  the  murthering 
and  hanging  of  som  Scotts,  the  beginning  of  the  Rebellion. 

The  said  examinant  being  duely  sworne  and  examined,  sayth  that 
about  Christmas,  in  the  yeare  1641,  a  certaine  Scotchman,  whose  name 
he  knoweth  not,  being  a  tenant  to  Sr  Robert  Hany,  whoe  was  then  goeing 
out  of  the  Contry  with  a  Convoy,  with  whom  the  said  Scotchman  was 
in  company,  and  being  a  little  beheynd,  was  asalted  by  some  souldiers, 
belonging  either  to  Capt.  Charles  Dowd,  Patrick  Dowd,  or  Bryen 
M'Swiny,  whoe  then  comanded  the  party  at  Iskerowen  in  the  Barony 
of  Tirreragh,  and  was  Imediatly  killed  in  the  place  by  the  foresaid 
souldiers,  whose  names  he  knoweth  not,  his  cause  of  knowledge  is  that 
he  sawe  the  Scotchman  after  he  was  killed,  and  saw  Mr  John  Nowlan's 
tenants  hurrying  him,  and  this  deponent  further  sayth,  that  the 
said  Scotchman's  wife  was  at  the  same  tyme  soe  sorely  wounded 
by  the  foresaid  souldiers,  of  which  wounds  shee  dyed  within  a 


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weeck  after.  He  further  sayth  that  -within  five  or  six  weeckes  after 
the  killing  of  the  said  Scotchman  som  of  the  souldiers  under  the 
command  of  the  said  Cap*  Charles  Dowd,  or  Patrick  Dowd,  went  to 
Ballyvoghany,  and  finding  one  Robertt  Galbrett  a  Scottchman  there 
tressing  corne  in  a  house,  brought  the  said  Robertt  from  thence  to 
Ballycotle,  and  there  hanged  him,  and  whether  it  was  by  order  of  the 
foresaid  Cap1'  or  not  this  deponent  cannot  tell.  Neither  did  this 
deponent  see  the  man  hanged,  but  was  soe  enformed  by  those  that 
did  and  further  sayth  that  all  the  said  company  belonging  to  the 
said  Robertt  Hany  were  hanged  and  otherwise  slaine  at  the  same 
tyme  within  the  said  Barony  of  Tireragh,  as  they  were  goeing  on  their 
travell. 

GARRETT   DEASSE. 

Diermott  Neilan  of  Ballenrobe  in  the  county  of  Gallway,  gentl., 
being  duely  sworne  and  examined, 'sayth  and  agreeth  in  all  points  with 
the  Examinacion  of  the  former  deponent. 

DERMOTT  NELAN.. 

Diermott  O'Planagan  of  Iskerown,  aforesaid,  gentl.,  concurrs 
with  the  Examinacion  of  the  former  deponent  in  all  points,  with  this 
adition  that  he  was  one  of  those  that  hurried  the  said  Scotchman  that 
was  killed  at  Iskerowen  as  aforesaid. 

DIERMOTT  O'FLANAGAN. 
X 

[his  marke.] 

Moyler  Bourk  of  Iskerowen,  gentl.  agrees  in  all  points  with 
the  examinacion  of  the  first  deponent. 

MEYLER  BOURK. 
SAMUEL  NICHOLS. 

Examinations  taken  at  the  towne  of  Sligoe  the  14th  day  of  May, 
1653. 

Robert  Litforde  of  the  Abbey  of  Boyle,  a  trooper  in  Maior 
John  Kinge's  troope,  beinge  duely  sworne,  and  examined  sayeth 
that  at  the  breakinge  out  of  the  rebellion  (in  1641)  hee  lived  at 
Skreine  in  the  County  of  Sligoe  and  soone  after  Candlemas  that 
yeare,  Sr  Rob*  Hannay  with  his  lady  and  children,  and  many 
of  the  Brittish  nation  whoe  had  lost  their  substance  by  the  rebells, 


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enioying  little  butt  their  lives,  were  by  a  convoy  of  the  county  of 
Mayoe,  from  whence  they  came,  brought  towards  Ardnaglass,  but  the 
said  convoy  beinge  surprised  by  the  meanes  of  Roger  Oge  M'Swyne 
of  Ardnaglasse,  and  his  brother  Brian  M'Swyne,  the  most  of 
those  distressed  people  fell  into  the  enemie's  hands  and  were 
murdered,  butt  this  examinant  particularly  sawe  one  Connor  Roe 
M'Namee  pullinge  a  pretty  youeth  of  those  prisoners  and  him  brought 
within  twenty  yeards  of  the  place  where  this  examinant  was  hideinge 
himselfe  nere  the  church  of  Skreine,  and  tooke  him  by  the  haire  of 
his  heacle  with  one  hand,  &  with  the  other  hand  cutt  his  the  said 
youeth' s  throate,  by  stabbinge  him  through  the  same  fower  or  five 
tymes  with  an  Irish  skeine,  and  then  seinge  a  poore  churle  come 
accidentally  by  caused  him  to  dragg  the  said  deade  corpse  to  a  greave 
that  was  open  in  the  said  churchyarde :  and  there  to  burry  itt.  And 
when  hee  had  soe  donne  hee  sawe  the  said  Connor  Roe  M'Namee 
hallinge  of  an  ould  Brittish  man  whoe  carryed  a  younge  childe  in  his 
armes,  and  driveinge  that  oulde  man  before  him  out  of  this  examinant's 
sight  to  murder  him  as  this  exam*,  verylie  beleeveth  but  what  was 
donn  with  them  this  examinaut  knoweth  nott,  hee  further  sayeth  that 
there  was  three  of  those  number  of  Brittish  at  the  same  tyme  hanged 
by  the  country  inhabitantts  then  aboute  Ardnaglasse  which  one  Owen 
M'Edwany  liveing  there  perceaveinge,  and  that  the  said  Connor  Roe 
M'Namee  with  other  wicked  persons  were  sayinge  they  woulde  passe 
from  Ardnaglasse  to  the  Skreine  where  this  exam1  lived  there  to  kill 
all  the  Brittish  inhabitantts,  did  hastily  runn  to  this  exam*  to  adver- 
tise him  what  hee  hearde  spoaken,  and  to  putt  this  exam1  uppon  his 
guarde  against  the  said  rebells  approach  thither,  which  hee  did  the 
best  hee  might  by  hideinge  himselfe  upp  and  downe  that  country. 
This  exam1  further  sayeth  that  one  Thomas  Coote  and  his  wife,  and 
one  Thomas  Crowne,  two  Englishmen,  were  soone  after  that  tyme 
murdered  at  Toneregoe  by  Hugh  O'Connor,  sonn  of  Teige  O'Connor  of 
Sligoe,  Esqr,  deceased,  his  brother  Cahell  O'Connor,  and  that  Teige 
O'Connor  of  Sligoe,  Esqr,  and  the  said  Hugh  &  Cahill  O'Connor,  all 
brethren,  wentt  together  into  the  barrony  of  Tereragh  with  many  idle 
persons  callinge  themselves  souldiers  followinge  them,  a  litle  while 
after  the  murder  of  Sligoe  was  comitted,  and  the  first  night  they  all 
lay  at  Ardnaglasse  towne,  and  from  thence  forwarde  into  that  barrony, 
and  within  fower  or  five  daies  returned  backe  &  lay  at  Toneregoe 
aforesaid  when  and  where  the  said  murder  was  comitted,  butt  whether 
the  said  Teige  O'Connor  of  Sligoe  the  eldest  brother  of  the  three  were 


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there  at  that  instant  of  the  doeninge  of  the  same  this  exam1  cannott 
tell.  This  examinant  further  sayeth  that  Robert  Neisbitt  and  his 
wife  a  Brittish  couple  &  of  the  inhabitantts  of  Ardnaglasse  were  soone 
after  that  tyme  stabbed  &  murdered,  but  by  whome  this  exam*  doth 
not  knowe,  the  said  woman  being  greate  with  child  at  that  tyme  & 
this  exam'  hearde  when  shee  was  killed  her  belly  was  riptt  upp 
by  the  murderers  of  her,  itt  being  soe  commonly  reported  in  the 
country.  And  further  hereunto  this  exam*  cannot  depose. 

Examined  before  mee  EGBERT  LYDFORD. 

ROBT  PARKE. 


Owen  M'Edwane  of  Sligoe  yeoman  adged  forty  years,  sayeth  that 
hee  was  at  the  beginninge  of  the  rebellion  in  the  yeare  1641  dwell- 
inge  at  Ardnaglasse  &  that  hee  knowes  that  Connor  Roe  M'Namee 
was  a  common  murderer  of  such  Brittish  people  as  lived  in  those  parts 
and  otherwise  travelled  that  way,  especially  of  such  persons  as  were 
murdered  at  the  Skreine  as  is  declared  in  the  former  deposition — And 
that  Hugh  O'Connor  &  Charles  O'Connor,  bretheren  to  O'Connor  Sligoe, 
murdered  Thomas  Coote  and  his  wife  at  Toneregoe  but  whoe  was  then 
in  their  company  hee  knoweth  nott.  He  alsoe  deposeth  that  itt  was  the 
company  of  Capt*  Bryan  M'Swyne  that  hanged  the  three  Brittish  men, 
but  cannot  say  that  the  said  Cap"  M'Swyne  was  present  or  actor 
therein — He  lastly  sayeth  that  itt  was  a  greate  number  of  Ulster 
Rebells  then  in  armes  at  Ardnaglasse  whoe  murdered  Robert  Neisbett 
&  his  sonn,  &  his  wife  beinge  greate  with  child  and  riptt  upp  her 
belly — Beinge  asked  what  persons  or  inhabitants  of  the  Country  which 
are  nowe  alive  and  that  were  actors  in  the  said  murders,  deposeth  that 
hee  knowes  not  any  particular  bodie  then  as  he  hath  related — And 
that  hee  beinge  a  dweller  for  a  longe  tyme  before  the  warr  in  Ardna- 
glasse (as  soone  as  it  begann)  was  soe  oppressed  with  the  Irish 
Souldiers  that  hee  was  still  keepeinge  his  owne  dwellinge  quietly,  & 
went  nott  comonly  abroade  amonge  that  wicked  crowde  of  people  untill 
hee  gott  the  opportunity  to  remove  from  theme  to  Sligoe  to  dwell,  & 
dureinge  that  tyme  hee  hath  hearde  what  hee  hath  herein  deposed. 

Deposed  &  examined  before  OWEN  M'EDWANE. 

ROBT:  PARKE. 
RICH:  COOTE. 


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The  Deposition  of  Brian  M'fferrell  now  in  Belladriheid  taken  before 
me  the  24°  May,  1653. 

Brian  M'fferrell  heing  of  the  age  of  ffortie  years  or  thaireabouts 
being  duely  sworne  upon  the  holy  Evangelists  and  examined  saith  that 
hee  lived  in  Roslie  att  the  beginning  of  the  rebellion,  and  that  hee 
knew  severall  of  the  English  that  lieved  about  thes  parts  at  that  tyme 
amongst  others  on  Lawra  London  and  her  children,  who  wer  all  of  tham 
plundered  and  robd  by  Roger  M'Owen  M'Swyn  and  eftirwards 
sterwed  for  want  of  maintenance.  And  this  deponent  being  further 
examined  sayth  that  hee  saw  sewerall  strangers  comeing  from  the 
barony  of  Tirawly  towards  the  province  of  Ulster,  and  amongst  others 
he  sayth  thair  was  on  murdered  at  Donoghatrahan  by  directions  from 
Moreis  Herbert,  priest,  who  sent  of  on  Walter  Barrett,  who  now  liveth 
in  Tirawly,  and  on  John  Cloan  who  now  liveth  about  Dromahair,  as 
this  deponent  beleeweth,  to  murder  the  said  person,  whom  they  hanged 
att  that  tyme  :  as  also  this  deponent  sayth  that  hee  heard  that  thair 
was  on  of  on  Mr  John  Hamilton's  children  thrown  over  the  rocks  in 
the  sea,  and  that  way  murdered.  This  deponent  being  further 
examined  concerneing  a  murder  committed  in  Skrein,  saith  that 
Connor  ro  M'Conmy,  Colla  M'Swyn  the  sone  of  Roger  M'Swyn  and 
John  Cloan  wer  the  cheif  actors ;  and  being  examined  concerneing  the 
murder  committed  in  Ardneglas  saith  that  the  speciall  murderers  wer 
the  souldiers  of  Brian  M'Swyn,  and  that  Moreis  M'Conmy  was  in 
Ardneglas  at  that  time,  and  that  the  said  Moreis  heareing  that  thair 
was  on  of  the  M'Donnells  a  Scottchman  to  be  murdered,  whom  he 
alledged  to  be  his  kinsman,  cam  in  place  and  took  him  away  from  the 
others  that  wer  to  be  murdered,  and  left  him  to  be  kept  safe  in  some 
hous  in  towne  till  such  tyme  as  hee  the  said  Moreis  should  be  ready  in 
the  smith's  forge  wher  hee  was  imployed,  and  from  thence  he  intended 
to  carie  him  the  said  M'Donell  with  him  to  be  secured,  bot  such  was 
the  furie  of  the  murderers  that  thay  fell  upon  the  house  and  murdered 
the  said  M'Donnell  among  the  rest,  and  this  deponent  further  sayth 
that  thair  was  on  Robert  Nisbit  and  his  wyff  and  sone  murdered  in 
Ardneglas  the  next  year  eftir  the  begineing  of  the  rebellion,  by  some 
Ulster  men,  bot  who  they  wer  he  knoweth  not,  and  who  was  thair 
officer  he  doeth  not  remember ;  and  being  examined  concerneing  the 
murder  committed  in  Tonrego  upon  the  persons  of  Thomas  Coote  and 
his  wyff,  Thomas  Crowne  and  others,  hee  sayth  that  he  knoweth  that 
Charles  O'Connor  and  Hugh  O'Connor  cam  with  a  great  squadron  of 
men  thair  and  murdered  the  said  persons  openly  in  the  sight  of  Mul- 


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mory  M'Swyn  and  his  wyff  Gilian  Lynch,  who  opposed  tham  to  the 
uttermost  of  thair  power,  bot  could  not  prevail,  and  this  Deponent 
being  further  examined  if  thair  wer  any  mor  murders  committed  in 
Tireragh  sayth  thair  was  one  of  Sr  Robert  Hanny  his  men  murdered 
at  Eniskerowne  by  on  John  M'Manus,  who  is  now  dead  ;  and  further 

this  Deponent  sayth  not. 

BRIAN  OGE  M'FFERELL. 

Signed  and  acknowledged  before  me, 
as  witness  my  hand, 

RICH:  COOTE. 

The  Deposition  of  Hugh  Benson,  feltmaker,  now  liveing  in  Sligo, 
taken  befor  me  the  24°  May,  1653. 

Hugh  Benson  of  Sligo,  being  of  the  agde  of  twentie-fyve  years  or 
thaireabouts,  being  Duely  sworne  upon  the  holy  Evangelist  and 
examined,  sayth  that  hee  lived  in  Gransgmore  with  (in)  the  barony 
of  Tireragh  and  County  of  Sligo,  att  the  begineing  of  the  rebellion, 
and  that  he  this  Deponent  knoweth  that  thair  was  a  man  and  a  chyld 
murdered  at  Donoghatrahan  by  command  of  Moreis  Herbert,  priest, 
who  imployed  his  serwant  "Walter  Barrett  and  another  John  O'Clowan 
to  murder  the  said  persons,  and  that  the  said  John  O'Clowan  took  the 
chyld  by  the  feet  and  dashed  the  brains  thaireof  out  upon  a  stone,  and 
afterwards  hangd  the  man  betwix  two  cars;  as  also  this  deponent 
sayth  that  one  of  the  M'Swyns  of  Donaghatrahan,  whoes  name  he 
knoweth  not,  took  a  chyld  of  on  Mr  John  Hammilton's,  whoes  name 
was  John,  and  pretending  that  the  chyld  had  stoln  a  sheep,  took  him 
the  said  chyld,  and  putt  a  with  about  his  neck,  and  threw  him  over 
the  rock,  threatening  to  cast  him  into  the  river,  bot  lett  him  hang  so 
long  that  the  chyld  died  within  a  few  Dayes,  and  this  Deponent  sayth 
that  he  went  to  visitt  the  said  chylde  within  two  dayes  after ;  and  that 
hee  could  hardly  speake  unto  him,  and  nevir  eftir  rose,  and  this  De- 
ponent further  sayth  not. 

HUGH  BENSON, 

Signed  and  acknowledged  before  mee,  X 

as  witness  my  hand,  [his  mark.] 

RICH:  COOTE. 

The  Examinacion  of  Roger  M'Swiny  before  two  of  the  Commis- 
sioners of  Revennue,  viz1.  Captain  Charles  Holcroft,  and  Mr  John  Eyre 
taken  on  26°  November,  1652  ;  Saith  that  in  the  begining  of  this 


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rebellion  he  lived  at  Arnaglass,  And  further  saith  that  being  in  com- 
pany with  the  English  and  Scotch  that  were  in  the  Barrony  of  Tirrauly 
at  theire  passage  to  Sligoe  he  saw  Bryne  M'Swinie  and  Patrick  Dowd 
in  the  company  of  those  that  made  opposicion  to  the  passage  of  the 
said  English  and  Scotch  beyond  Castleconnor. 

And  further  saith  that  he  came  in  the  company  of  the  said  English 
and  Scotch  to  Duneale  &  there  left  them,  And  that  he  doth  not 
remember  any  house  he  went  into  in  the  said  Duneale,  but  imediately 
departed  therehence  as  soone  as  the  said  English  did  light,  and 
whether  they  went  in  this  examinate  knoweth  not. 

And  on  that  night  he  supped  at  Donoghtrane,  and  there  he  lay 
untill  the  next  morning,  at  which  tyme  he  came  back  to  Duneale, 
where  he  found  Mr  And.  0' Adare  and  Sr  Eobt.  Hannay  in  the  Castle,  and 
two  Ministers,  namely,  Mr  Mongomery  and  another,  whose  name  this 
examinate  remembereth  not,  striped  naked  in  the  streete,  And  he 
saith  that  Gullne  duff  O'Hart,  now  in  Carbery,  was  then  Commander 
of  the  said  Castle,  and  when  the  said  English  &  Scotch  came  to 
Arnaglas,  where  opposicion  was  made  by  Bryan  M'Swynie,  Alex- 
ander oge  M'Swyny,  now  in  County  of  Sligoe,  Therlogh  O'Boland, 
Morris  oge  M'Kum-Mie  about  Castlelackin,  Dualtagh  M'Swynie  in 
Tundergoe  in  the  Barrony  of  Tirreragh,  with  many  others,  to  the 
passage  of  the  said  British,  alleadgeing  that  it  was  to  good  a  booty  for 
them  to  loose,  this  examinate  by  much  perswation  prevailed  with  the 
aforesaid  to  give  way  to  the  passage  of  the  English  &  Scotch  afore- 
said. 

And  hee  saith  further  that  parte  of  the  said  English  &  Scotch 
goeing  a  by  way  to  Skreane  were  slayne  by  some  souldiers  of  what 
compoeny  he  knoweth  not. 

ROGER,  M'SWYNNE. 


June  23rd,  1653. — The  Examinacion  of  Cap*  Andrew  O'Adare, 
taken  before  Samuell  Nicholas  Esqr,  &  Cap*  Arthur  Gore,  Esqr,  two  of 
the  Justices  of  Peace  for  the  Province  of  Connaght. 

The  said  Examinnat  being  duely  sworn  and  examined,  sayth  that 
uppon  the  quarter  of  Beleck  in  the  Barony  of  Tirawly  in  the  county 
of  Mayo,  the  10th  of  Jan :  1641,  or  thereabouts,  he  this  Examinnat, 
together  with  Sr  Rob*  Hany,  &  about  six  score  persons,  man,  woman, 
&  children,  going  over  the  river  of  Moyn  towards  Castle  Conor, 
and  from  thence  to  Inisscrohin,  wher  they  mett  with  Charless 


232        DEPOSITIONS    CONCERNING    MURDERS    AND    ROBBERIES 

O'Dowd  of  Balicotle  and  his  son  Patrick,  with  three  score  or  fowre 
score  men,  whoe  treathened  to  kill  this  examinant,  and  all  his  Com- 
pany, whoe  with  Sir  Robert  Hana  and  some  of  the  rest  of  his  company, 
did  with  difficulty  escape,  hut  the  remaynder  of  the  persons  who  came 
with  this  examinat  from  Beleck  were  at  that  tyme  slaine  in  the  said 
Barony;  hut  by  whom  he  this  deponent  canot  tell,  but  verylie 
beleeveth  that  they  were  killed  by  the  said  Charles  or  Patrick,  or 
some  of  their  companyes,  And  further  sayth  that  comeing  along  to 
Ardneglass,  from  whence  this  deponent  and  Sr  Rob*  Hanna  were 
brought  prissoners  to  Drumahere  in  the  county  of  Leitrim  by  Bryan 
&  Eory  M'Shewny,  both  sons  in  law  to  Owen  O'Rourk  to  be  ex- 
changed for  two  of  the  Rowerkes  prissoners  at  Manerhamelton,  which 
was  denyed  them  ;  at  which  Drumeheare  ther  wer  two  ministers,  by 
name  Mr  Wm.  Listun,  Mr  Thomas  Fulerton  &  Patrick  Drumont,  gentl., 
who  wer  sent  tyed  from  Drumheare  aforesaid  to  the  campe  at  Maner- 
hamelton by  some  of  the  souldiers  of  the  garrisson  of  Drumheare, 
then  under  the  command  of  Owen  O'Rourk ;  where  the  said  three 
persons  were  executed,  but  by  whom  or  by  whose  order  they  were 
executed  he  knoweth  not. 

AN:  O'ADARE. 

S.  NICHOLS. 

ARTS:  GORE. 

The  Examinacion  of  Jane  Boswell,  wife  to  Mr  Thomas  Boswell, 
liwing  in  Winetawerne  Street,  Dublin,  taken  before  Sir  William 
Gilbert  Knight,  and  Thomas  Richardson  Esq.,  two  of  the  members 
of  the  high  Court  of  Justice,  the  Sixteenth  day  of  Aprill,  1653. 

The  said  Examinat  being  duely  sworne  and  examined  sayth  that 
shee  was  in  the  house  of  William  Crofton,  Esqr  at  Teetemple  in  the 
County  of  Sligoe,  in  the  first  yeare  of  rebellion,  and  about  a  fort- 
night or  three  weeks  before  Christmas,  in  the  said  yeare  there  came 
before  the  said  house  one  Captaine  John  Crean,  Captaine  Hugh 
M'Donogh  and  one  Iriell  O'Hara,  and  about  seawen  or  eight  hundred 
Rebells  in  their  company  and  beseiged  the  same,  which  seige  con- 
tinued about  seaven  or  eight  weeks  to  her  best  remembrance,  and  then 
the  said  Irish  Captaines  and  Mr  William  Crofton  came  to  a  parlye,  at 
which  tyme  it  was  agreed  that  the  said  Mr  Crofton  and  his  familye 
with  all  the  rest  of  the  familyes  then  in  the  house  shold  have 
libertye  there  to  remaine  for  nyne  dayes  longer,  and  then  such  of  them 
as  wold  departe  shall  have  libertye  to  departe  with  bagg  and  baggadge 


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and  to  have  safe  convoy  to  the  Abby  of  Boyle  in  the  County  of  Eos- 
common,  and  the  said  Mr  Crofton  was  to  sweare  that  hee  shold  not  harbor 
or  conceale  any  goods  belonging  to  any  other  person  then  not  in  the 
house  or  comprehended  within  the  saide  Agreement,  which  Agreement 
was  put  in  writing  and  signed  and  sealed  by  the  said  Mr  Crofton,  Mr 
Oliphant,  minister,  Mr  "Wray,  a  minister,  Mr  Eoger  King,  this 
Examinat  her  selfe  and  others  then  present  on  the  one  parte,  and  the 
said  John  Crean,  Hugh  M'Donogh,  Iriell  alias  Oliver  O'Hara,  Bryan 
O'Hara  and  others  on  the  said  Rebels'  parte,  all  which  Rebells  before 
named  swore  uppon  a  booke  (they  called  a  Portoos)  to  perforate  the 
said  quarter,  and  they  the  said  William  Crofton,  Mr  Oliphant,  Mr  Wray, 
and  this  Examinat  did  sweare  uppon  a  bible  that  they  wold  not  con- 
ceale or  coloure  any  goods  of  their  owne  or  any  others  more  then  they 
cold  carry  away  according  to  their  quarter,  but  as  soone  as  the  said 
quarter  was  soe  fully  agreed  uppon  and  confirmed  the  said  Rebels 
refused  to  goe  out  of  the  said  house,  and  the  said  Captaine  John  Crean, 
Captaine  Iriell  O'Hara  and  Bryan  O'Hara  laid  violent  hands  on  the 
said  Mr  Crofton  and  his  wife  and  threw  him  on  the  ground ;  and  tooke 
off  her  hatt,  ruffe,  and  apron  &  grew  very  violent,  and  the  next 
day  serched  all  the  house  and  tooke  the  view  of  all  goods,  and 
the  next  day  after  being  Saturday  the  said  Irish  divided  all  the  said 
goods  amongst  them,  and  the  next  day  being  the  Lord's  day,  all  the 
English,  Scottish,  and  others  in  the  house  were  summoned  by  the  said 
Irish  to  heare  Masse,  which  was  said  in  the  hall,  and  all  the  said 
English,  Scottish,  and  Irish  did  heare  Masse  accordingly  except  onely 
the  said  Mr  Crofton  and  M"  Crofton,  Mr  Oliphant,  Mr  Wray,  this 
examinat,  M"  Anne  Loftus  and  some  other  children.  And  the  next 
day  the  said  Irish  tooke  out  the  said  Mr  Oliphant  and  another  Scottish 
man  called  Henry  Begge,  and  their  wyves,  and  one  Margarett  Branagh 
a  Welch  woman  and  her  husband  one  Duffe  an  Irish  man  and  their 
fyve  children,  and  this  Examinat  and  her  three  children,  shee  being 
then  great  of  the  fourth  child,  all  which  persons  the  said  Irish  led  to 
the  middle  of  the  towne  where  was  about  foure  ash  trees,  the  said 
John  Crean,  Bryan  O'Haran,  and  Hugh  M'Donogh  being  principall 
actors,  and  on  some  of  the  said  trees  they  hanged  the  said  Mr  Oliphant, 
having  first  stripped  him  starke  naked,  and  after  hee  was  dead  they 
dragged  his  dead  body  by  the  with  they  hanged  him  in,  at  a  garran's 
tayle  through  a  mire  to  a  ditch  where  they  buryed  him,  and  further 
sayth  that  at  the  same  tyme  thy  hanged  the  said  Henry  Begge  and 
Margarett  Branagh  in  this  Examinat' s  presence  who  expected  nothing 


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but  death  all  the  while,  and  stript  M™  Oliphant  and  her  children  most 
barbarously  to  the  skin,  this  Examinat  being  first  stripped  herselfe  to 
her  skin  by  the  said  Crean.  And  the  Examinat  further  saith  that  one 
Mulmore  M'Swinieone  of  the  said  Rebels  led  this  Examinat  backe  from 
the  said  trees  to  be  reprived  for  thirteene  dayes  and  then  to  goe  to 
Masse  or  be  hanged  :  and  the  rest  were  all  brought  backe  to  the  towne 
of  Tee  Tample  where  they  remained  some  about  a  fortnight  after 
and  some  not  soe  long,  and  then  were  conveayed  away  to  Ballymote 
where  by  the  way  the  said  Mr  Wray  was  killed  by  the  Eebels 
in  the  street  of  Tee  Temple  in  this  Examinat's  view.  And  further 
sayth  that  about  the  same  tyme  shee  heard  some  of  the  same  Irish 
Rebells  boost  that  they  had  Cooked  six  women  and  two  men  and  some 
children,  and  that  they  wold  serve  this  examinat  and  the  rest  of  the 
English  soe,  bidding  them  sweepe  the  house  cleane  for  they  shold  have 
blood  enough,  and  that  English  folk  loved  puddings,  or  words  to  that 
effect.  And  further  shee  heard  by  some  that  were  present  and  saw  it, 
that  the  said  Irish  had  halfe  killed  and  throwne  into  a  sawpitt  about 
a  mile  from  Tee  Temple  six  women  and  two  men  and  three  children 
and  cast  earth  and  stones  uppon  them,  buryeing  them  alyve.  And 
further  sayth  not. 

Taken  before  us,  the  mark  of 

WILLIAM  GILBERT.  X 

THO  :  RICHARDSON.  JANE  BOSWELL. 

The  Deposition  of  Thomas  Jans,  now  resident  in  Sligo,  taken 
before  mee  the  16th  of  May,  1653,  as  followeth  : 

The  Examinant  being  sworne  on  the  holy  Evangelists  sayth  that  hee 
was  in  Mr  William  Crofton's  house  from  the  first  of  the  rebellion  untill 
the  tyme  of  the  surrendry  of  the  town,  which  was  about  some  tenn 
weekes  time  :  beeng  demanded  who  it  was  that  besiedged  them,  sayth, 
that  itt  was  Captain  John  Crean  of  Sligo,  Cap*  Bryan  M'Donogh  of 
Coloony,  Captn  Hugh  M'Shane  Glass  M'Donogh  of  Kese  Corren,  Capta 
Patrick  Plunckett  of  Ragrane,  and  Captn  Bryan  O'Hara,  sonne  to  Cor- 
mocke  O'Hara  of  Leyny,  that  (together  with  theire  severall  companies) 
besiedged  Temple  house,  being  further  examined  whether  they  had  any 
quarter  given  them  or  no,  hee  the  said  examinant  sayth  that  they  had 
capitulated,  and  artickled  for  theire  marching  away  with  theire  lives, 
bagg  and  baggadge  unto  the  Abbey  of  Boyle,  which  artickles  were  sub- 
scribed by  the  forementioned  officers,  which  notwithstanding  they 


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immediately  broke  in  every  particular  by  stripping  the  whole  persons 
that  had  capitulated  and  mnrtheringMr  Oliphant,  whome  they  dragged 
after  a  horse  tayle,  and  likewise  of  an  old  woman  whose  name  he 
knoweth  not  and  a  child  which  they  buried  alive  where  Mr  Oliphant 
was  buried,  and  beeing  demanded  whose  child  itt  was  the  said  exami- 
nant  sayth  hee  knoweth  not.  And  the  said  Examinant  being  further 
demanded  whither  hee  knew  any  there,  to  bee  more  vigorous  or  active 
than  others  in  committing  of  those  murthers  or  plunderings,  sayth, 
that  hee  tooke  notice  of  Hugh  M'Shane  Glass  M'Donogh,  as  one  of 
the  most  forwardest  in  the  committall  of  all  those  villanyes,  as  for  the 
rest  and  theire  companies  they  were  likewise  very  busie,  but  the  said 
Deponent  being  a  stranger  to  them  and  haveing  come  into  the  Contry 
but  about  three  weekes  before  the  rebellion  nor  never  beene  in  the 
Contry  before,  hee  could  not  distinguish  between  them  more  than  that 
hee  particularly  noted  the  aforesaid  Captn  Hugh  M'Donogh,  and  this 
deponent  further  sayth  not. 

Signed  and  acknowledged  before  me,  THO :  JANS. 

as  witness  my  hand, 

RICH:  COOTE. 


The  Examination  of  Maurice  M'Conmy  now  in  Polythowny, 
within  the  barony  of  Tireragh  and  County  of  Sligo,  taken  in  Sligo 
the  26°  of  May,  1653. 

Maurice  M'Conmy  being  of  the  agde  of  thrittie  six  years  or  thaire- 
abouts,  being  examined  sayth  that  he  lieved  in  Dunlyn  in  .the  barony 
of  Tireragh  about  the  begineing  of  the  rebellion,  and  that  Capn  Brian 
M'Swyn,  who  was  than  goeing  to  Spaine  with  his  Company,  wer  the 
first  breakers  of  the  peace  of  that  barony  and  that  they  murdered 
three  men  att  Ardneglas  ;  and  this  examinant  further  sayth  that  hee 
this  examinat  haveing  occation  to  come  to  Ardneglas  to  the  smith's 
forge  that  day,  hee  this  examinatt  with  a  Scottishman  whom  he 
had  entertained  was  there  by  chance,  and  a  little  boy  in  thair 
company  by  whom  this  examinatt  was  informed  that  thair  was 
murder  committing  in  the  towne,  whereupon  this  examinatt  cam 
to  the  place  of  execution  and  found  on  (who  was  of  the  name 
of  Macdonnell)  hanging  up,  and  that  hee  this  examinant  drew  oute 
his  sword  and  cutt  him  downe,  and  eftirwards  he  this  examite  waited 
upon  him  till  he  recovered  a  little  and  from  thence  he  caried  him 
into  a  place  of  saftie,  as  this  examinte  conceaved,  and  so  returned 


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unto  the  smith's  forge  to  finish  his  business,  bot  before  that  this 
examte  could  be  ready  the  foresaid  H'Donnell  was  murdered  by  the 
said  souldiers  of  Captn  Brian  H'Swyn,  and  this  examte  further  sayth 
that  when  he  challendged  tham  for  thair  wicked  part,  that  he  this 
examite  was  threatned  in  his  owne  person  and  that  they  wold  hang 
that  Scottishman  who  was  in  his  company,  and  further  sayth  that  he 
caried  with  him  a  boy  and  wench  alonge  with  him  secretly  to  his  owne 
hons,  whom  he  preserwed  from  thair  f urie,  and  efterwards  sent  tham 
away  safe. 

Signed  and  acknowledged  before  MATJR :  CONMY. 

mee,  as  witness  my  hand, 
RICH:  COOTE. 

The  informacion  of  Liuetn*  ISTewborgh  concerning  the  mur[ther]  at 
Temple  howse. 

Being  duly  sworne  and  examined,  saith  that  about  a  month  since, 
this  deponent  with  others  tooke  prisoner  one  Nele  Morogh  O'Skanlen, 
and  at  that  time  inquired  of  him  what  murthers  hee  knew  of  which 
if  hee  would  discover  hee  promised  hee  should  fare  the  better, 
whereupon  the  said  prisoner  informed  him  that  a  little  before  the 
murther  at  Temple  howse  he  tooke  prisoners  the  parties  which  were 
there  afterwards  murthered,  and  having  so  taken  them  hee  led  them 
to  three  Captains  which  commanded  there  in  cheife  (viz1)  Cap1  John 
O'Crean,  Cap1  Brian  O'Harra,  and  Cormocke  M'Donnagh,  at  which 
time  hee  heard  Cap*  John  O'Crean  say  that  hee  was  the  third  Captain 
in  that  place,  and  therefore  hee  desired  that  each  Captain  might  have 
a  third  part  of  the  prisoners  and  hee  would  execute  his  part,  whete- 
upon  hee  had  his  third  part  of  the  prisoners  delivered  to  him,  who 
immediately  delivered  them  over  to  Jefry  French  his  wife's  sister's 
sonne  and  soon  after  they  were  executed. 

Sworne  and  examined  before  me,  AR  :  NEWBURGH. 

WALT:  CARWARDINE. 

Edward  Blany  being  duly  sworne  and  examined,  deposeth  that  hee 
was  present  and  heard  the  saied  Nele  Morogh  O'Skanlen  make  the  saied 
confession  as  is  before  set  down  in  the  deposition  of  L4  Newburgh. 

Sworne  and  examined  before  me,  EDW :  BLANY. 

WALT:  CARWARDINE. 


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Examinations  taken  at  Sligoe  the  14th  day  of  May,  1653. 

Garrett  Baxter  of  Laras  in  the  Countie  [Sligo]  gentl.,  being 
eworne  and  examened  uppon  the  holy  Evangelists  sayeth  he  came 
from  the  Countie  of  Gallway  to  Templehouse  to  where  there  was  then 
a  seidge  laid  against  the  said  towne,  hee  being  the  Alhalontide  before 
banished  out  of  his  estate  in  Larras  in  the  said  countie  of  Sligo,  and  came 
to  Templehouse,  desiringe  saftie  and  helpe  for  preserving  of  his  life, 
till  he  should  get  his  wiffe  and  children  out  of  the  contrie,  where  then 
the  Capu  that  were  there  as  Cap*  Brine  O'Harra,  Cap*  Hugh  M'Donogh, 
and  Cap*  John  Crean  promised  soe  to  doe,  &  that  this  deponent  saith, 
that  he  hard  that  Mr  "William  Crofton  would  not  yeald  to  give  up  that 
place,  to  any  but  to  Oliver  Harra,  but  whether  he  did  capitulate  with 
him  accordingly  he  doth  not  know,  but  onely  by  a  Comon  relation  of 
the  soylders,  and  sayeth  that  he  sawe  the  said  Oliver  O'Harra  thee  day 
affter  the  said  castle  was  yeelded,  in  the  said  towne  of  Templehouse, 
but  sawe  him  acting  nothing,  And  further  saith  not. 

Sligoe,  14th  of  May,  1653.  GEE :  BAXTEE. 

Sworne  and  deposed  before 
EOBT:  PAEKE. 

Oliver  O'Hara  of  Tullihugh  gent,  adged  30*ie  yeares  or  thereabouts 
sayeth  that  Mr  William  Crofton  when  hee  was  uppon  the  surrender  of 
Templehouse  to  Cap*  Brian  O'Hara,  Cap*  Hugh  McDonogh,  and  Cap* 
John  Crean  writt  unto  this  examinat  to  come  to  him  to  Templehouse 
&  receave  both  the  house  and  his  goodes  promised  to  be  secured  by  the 
said  capn* ;  this  exam*  thereuppon  repaired  thether,  but  when  hee  was 
come  hee  f ownde  that  notwithstandeing  that  Capitulation  his  the  said 
"Wm  Crofton' s  goodes  were  devided  amongst  the  said  Capns  &  carryinge 
away,  &  the  house  despoilinge,  soe  this  deponent  departed,  &  neither 
received  the  houlde  or  any  of  the  goodes  therein,  And  further  sayeth 
nott. 

Examined  before  OL:    O'HAEA. 

EOBT:  PAEKE. 
EICH:  COOTE. 

John  Boye's  examination,  taken  ffebruary  3rd,  1645,  before  me. 
This  Examin*  being  sworne  on  the  holy  Evangelists  saith,  that 
Templehouse  being  ten  weekes  beseiged  by  John  O'Crean  and  the 
Harayes  with  their  Confederates,  Mr  Wm  Crofton  the  master  thereof 

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was  at  last  inforced  to  surrender  the  same  to  them  on  Quarter,  given 
him  under  the  hands  of  the  said  Crean  and  Harayes  that  they  should 
march  safely  away  with  their  lyves,  and  carry  away  all  their  hagge 
and  baggage  whether  they  pleased,  notwithstanding  the  said  quarter 
subscribed  by  them,  and  that  they  had  sworne  punctually  to  performe 
the  same  before  A  masse  preist  on  one  of  their  Bookes,  Wm  Ollyphant 
Clarke  was  by  the  souldiers  of  the  said  Crean  and  Harayes  first  hanged 
and  afterwards  dragged  at  a  horse  tayle,  and  one  Henry  Newell  and 
an  old  Woman  was  at  the  same  time  murthered  by  the  said  souldiers. 
This  Depon1  being  examined  whether  John  0' Crean  knew  of  the  said 
murther  saith  that  before  the  Execution  of  the  said  persons  he  this 
depon*  went  into  A  Chamber  where  John  0' Crean  lay  on  A  bed 
and  told  him  that  the  souldiers  were  Carrying  the  aforesaid  persons  to 
the  Gallowes  to  Execute  them,  and  further  told  him  that  it  was  A 
Shame  that  their  quarter  should  be  soe  broken,  to  which  John  Crean 
made  noe  other  reply  then  bad  hime  not  to  trouble  him  with  it,  and 
further  this  Examin1  sayth  that  he  never  saw  John  Crean  restraine  or 
endeaver  to  restraine  his  souldiers  from  the  murther  aforesaid,  & 
notwithstanding  the  Quarter  given  to  those  in  the  House  to  Convey 
away  all  their  goods,  they  were  stript  many  of  them  naked,  and 
their  whole  goods  taken  from  them,  and  soe  exposed  to  the  extremity 
of  the  Dead  of  winter  (it  being  about  A  weeke  before  Candlemas  in  the 
first  yeare  of  the  Eebellion),  And  further  the  Examin*  sayth  not. 

CHA:   COOTE. 


The  Deposition  of  Helein,  the  wyff  of  Hector  Trimble  of  Bellimoatt, 
taken  at  Sligo,  16°  May,  1653. 

This  Deponentt  being  sworne  on  the  holy  Evangelist,  saith  that 
shee  was  in  Templehous  att  the  begineing  of  the  rebellion,  and  con- 
tinued thair  Dureing  ten  weekes'  siege,  when  at  last  Mr  William 
Crofton,  Esqr  master  of  the  hous,  was  constrained  to  yeeld  the 
samyn  unto  Hugh  M'Donogh,  Capto;  Brian  O'Hara,  Capto;  John 
0' Crean,  Captn ;  and  Eobert  M'Conmy,  gent,  and  others  whom  this 
Deponent  knoweth  nott,  upon  which  surrender  this  Deponent 
saith  that  the  said  Mr  "William  Crofton  upon  Capitulation  was  with 
his  wyff,  familie  and  others  who  wer  within  the  said  hous  att 
thatt  tyme,  with  a  convoy  to  passe  to  the  Boyll,  with  bagg  and  baggage. 
Whereupon  the  said  Mr  William  Crofton  comeing  out  of  the  hous  with 
the  forsaid  people,  they  wer  imediatly  striqt  and  plundered  of  all  that 


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they  had  by  the  souldiers  of  the  forsaid  Captans,  who  gave  them  way 
to  Doe  the  samyn,  and  further  this  Depon"  saith  that  the  said  Captni 
especially  John  O'Crean,  brought  a  great  deal  of  the  plunder  of  the 
said  hous  with  him  to  the  towne  of  Sligo,  which  he  converted  to  his 
own  use.  And  further  this  Deponent  being  examined  concerneing  the 
murders  committed  att  that  tyme,  saith  that  Mr  "William  Oliphant  was 
hanged  publickly  upon  a  Maypole  befor  the  gate  of  the  said  hous,  and 
(as  shee  hard)  was  efterwards  dragged  att  a  horse  tayle,  as  also  on 
Margarett  Brennaghe  was  hangd  at  that  tyme,  and  another  man  who 
liwed  formerly  in  Aghonry,  whoes  name  this  Deponent  knoweth  not, 
neither  did  shee  see  any  of  the  officers  opposeing  of  itt,  which  if  they 
had  pleased  they  might  hawe  resisted  itt.  This  Deponent  being  further 
examined  who  wer  the  most  active  persons  in  the  Irish  camp  att  that 
tyme  against  the  said  Mr  Crofton  and  his  people,  shee  saith  that  on 
Robert  M'Conmy  was  the  most  active,  and  that  he  rushed  in  upon  Mr 
Crofton  in  his  Chamber,  and  with  a  drawn  Skyn  threatened  him  for 
his  lyff.  And  further  this  Deponte  saith  not,  bott  that  shee  this 
Deponent  saith  that  shee  hard  that  sewerall  persons  comeing  from 
Strad,  in  the  County  of  Mayo,  with  a  resolution  to  go  towards  the 
province  of  Ulster,  were  murdered  by  the  said  Campe,  att  a  place  called 
Eathbane.  And  that  on  Neal  Murrey  O'Skanlan  was  acheife  actor  in 
the  committing  of  the  said  murder,  neither  was  any  opposition  mad  by 
any  souldier  or  officer  in  the  campe. 

Signed  and  Acknowledged  ELINOR  CARNEE.1 

before  me,  as  witnesse  my  hand, 

RICH :  COOTE. 

Examinations  taken  before  Sr  William  Gilberte,  Knight,  and  Thomas 
Richardsone,  two  of  the  members  of  the  high  Court  of  Justice  sitting 
at  Dublin  for  and  on  the  behalfe  of  the  Commonwealth,  by  order  of  the 
same  Court,  the  Sixteenth  day  of  Aprill,  1653. 

Anne  Loftus  of  Dublin,  Spinster,  aged  twenty  one  yeares  or  there- 
abouts, being  duely  sworne  and  examined  sayth  that  shee  was  present 
at  Tee  Temple  in  the  house  of  William  Crofton,  Esq.,  about  a  fort- 
night before  Christmas  in  the  first  yeare  of  the  Rebellion,  when  one 
Captaine  Oliver  or  Iriell  O'Hara  and  Captaine  John  Crean  and  Captaine 
Hugh  M'Donogh,  accompanied  with  one  Cormacke  oge  O'Hara  and 
Brian  O'Hara,  and  about  two  or  three  hundred  more  Irish  Rebells 

1  Probably  deponent's  maiden  name,  or  she  may  have  married  again. 

S  2 


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came  and  beseiged  the  said  house  and  continued  the  said  seige  till  about 
Candlemas  following,  and  then  the  said  Mr  William  Crofton  agreed  to 
accept  of  quarter  for  himselfe  and  all  that  were  in  his  house  for  their 
lyves  and  goods,  which  was  faithfully  promised  by  the  said  Iriell 
O'Hara,  John  Crean,  and  Hugh  M'Donogh,  whernppon  they  entred  the 
said  house,  and  the  next  morneing  contrary  to  their  said  quarter  given, 
they  carried  out  one  Mr  Oliphant,  a  Scottish  minister  and  another 
Scottish  man,  and  one  Margarett,  an  Englishwoman,  and  hanged 
them  all  at  an  Ash-tree  neere  the  said  house,  as  this  exam1  then 
heard.  And  further  sayth  that  soone  after  shee  this  Exam* 
being  in  Mr  Crof  ton's  Chamber  in  the  said  house  heard 
some  of  the  said  Irish  knocke  rudely  at  the  Chamber  dore,  and  com- 
anding  to  bring  out  Mr  Wray,  another  minister  who  was  then 
in  the  Chamber,  for  that  they  had  dispatched  the  other,  whereuppon 
the  said  Mr  "Wray  went  cherefullye  out  to  them,  and  soone  after  came 
in  againe  Stript  Starke  naked,  and  the  next  day  after  they  killed  him 
in  this  Examinat's  sight  as  hee  with  the  rest  that  were  in  the  house 
were  marching  towards  Ballymote,  whether  Mr  Crofton  had  desired  to 
goe  for  protection,  and  where  they  continued  for  about  a  quarter  of  a 
yeare  untill  they  were  convayed  afterwards  to  other  places  of  safety  by 
the  good  prowidence  of  God.  And  further  shee  sayth  not. 

ANN  LOFTUS. 

Rose  Ennis,  widdow,  living  at  Sr  William  Lesliei's  house  at  the 
bridge  foot  in  Dublin,  aged  thirty  six  years,  or  thereabouts,  being 
duely  sworne  and  examined,  sayth  that  shee  was  present  in  the  house 
of  William  Crofton  at  Tee  Temple  in  the  County  of  Sligoe,  Esqr,  in  the 
first  yeare  of  the  Rebellion,  and  sawe  about  a  fortnight  before  Christ- 
mas in  the  said  yeare  (being  the  yeare  1641)  a  great  number  of  Irish 
Rebells  come  to  the  said  house  under  the  command  of  Captaine  Iriell 
O'Hara,  Captaine  John  Crean,  Captaine  Hugh  M'Donogh,  and  one 
Cormacke  oge  O'Hara  and  Bryan  O'Hara,  who  beseiged  the  said  house 
(the  said  beseigers  being  seawen  or  eight  hundred  as  shee  thinks), 
which  house  the  said  Mr  Crofton  defended  till  about  Candlemas 
following,  and  then  agreed  to  surrender  it  to  the  said  beseigers  uppon 
quarter  for  life  and  goods  of  all  that  were  in  the  house,  and  all  their 
goods  without  dore,  Corne  and  Cattle,  which  quarter  the  said  Captaines 
Iriell  O'Hara,  John  Crean,  and  Hugh  M'Donogh  did  sweare  uppon  a 
booke  to  performe,  and  the  said  Mr  Crofton  did  sweare  uppon  the  bible 


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to  conceale  noe  goods  of  other  persons  that  were  not  then  in  the  house, 
which  oathes  were  taken  in  this  Examinat's  presence,  and  the  said 
Captaines  did  sweare  to  give  safe  Convoy  to  the  said  Mr  Crofton  and 
all  in  his  house  to  whatsoever  place  hee  wold  appoint,  and  within 
nyne  days  after  the  said  house  was  to  be  surrendered,  but  after  the 
said  Condicions  made  as  aforesaid  the  said  Captaines  having  gotten 
in  many  of  their  rude  company  kept  there  and  wold  not  departe  the 
said  house,  and  the  very  next  day  after  they  carried  out  one  Mr 
Oliphant  a  Scottish  minister  and  another  Scottish  man  and  a  woman 
and  stripped  the  said  Mr  Oliphant  starke  naked,  and  hanged  them  all 
three  at  an  Ash-tree  neere  the  said  house  in  this  Examinat's  owne 
view,  and  drew  the  said  Mr  Oliphant' s  dead  body  at  a  horse  taile  and 
buried  him  in  a  ditch,  and  soone  after  the  said  Irish  rebels  some  of 
them  came  into  the  house  againe  and  called  for  Mr  Wray,  another 
minister,  an  Englishman,  then  in  Mr  Crofton's  owne  chamber  (vaunting 
they  had  hanged  the  other)  whereuppon  the  said  Mr  Wray  spoke  to 
Mr  Crofton  desiring  his  prayers  and  soe  went  out  to  them,  but  within 
short  tyme  after  came  in  againe  stripped  starke  naked,  Captaine  John 
Crean  being  in  the  said  Chamber  all  the  while,  and  the  next  day  after 
the  said  Mr  Crofton,  this  examinat  (and)  all  the  rest  were  marching  away 
towards  Ballimote  (though  by  their  quarter  they  were  to  have  remained 
for  nyne  days  at  Tee  Temple)  and  by  the  way  some  of  the  said  Irish 
Rebells  murthered  the  said  Mr  "Wray,  notwithstanding  that  Captaine 
Hugh  M'Donogh  had  taken  twenty  shillings  of  Mr*  Crofton  safely  to 
convey  the  said  Mr  "Wray  to  Ballimote,  And  further  sayth  that  (she) 
credibly  heard  that  the  said  Irish  Eebells  about  the  same  tyme  had 
halfe  killed  many  English  people,  and  buryed  them  alive,  eight  in  one 
grave  at  Rabane,  within  halfe  a  mile  of  Templehouse,  which  grave 
this  Examinat  sawe  and  sayth  that  shee  was  told  by  some  that  were 
present  and  some  of  the  Rebells  themselves  that  six  of  the  said  eight 
cold  speake  and  did  speake  when  they  were  putt  into  the  grave  and 
Covered  with  earth.  And  further  sayth  not. 

Sixteenth  day  of  Aprill,  1653.  The  marke  of 

Sworne  before  us :  X 

WILLIAM  GILBERT.  ROSE  ENNIS. 

THO:  RICHARDSON. 

The  Deposition  of  Peeter  0' Crean,  merchant  in  Sligo,  taken  the 
18th  of  May,  1653. 

Peeter  O'Crean  of  the  age  of  thrittie  three  years  or  thairabouts, 


242        DEPOSITIONS   CONCERNING   MURDERS   AND   ROBBERIES 

being  duely  sworne  upon  the  holy  Evangelists,  and  examined  saith, 
that  he  lived  in  Sligo  att  the  begineing  of  the  rebellion,  and  thair 
continued  till  thair  was  a  siege  layd  unto  the  towne,  And  that  the  in- 
habitants of  the  barony  of  Carbery  wer  the  first  that  came  to  the 
siegde,  in  two  great  bodies,  one  part  of  tham  cam  from  the  lower 
parts  of  the  barony  under  the  command  of  Teag  Boy  O'Connor, 
Charles  O'Connor,  Hugh  O'Connor,  brothers  to  O'Connor  Sligo, 
Phelim  M'Shan  O'Connor,  Teag  O'Connor  of  Glen.  And  the  other 
part  who  lived  within  the  bridges,  wer  headed  by  Donell  M'Brian 
Dorrogh  O'Connor,  Hugh  M'Con  O'Connor  and  others,  who  quartered 
thamselves  in  the  houses  adjoyneing  to  the  church.  The  next 
partie  of  men  that  cam  to  the  siedge  was  Owen  O'Rork  and  the 
inhabitants  of  the  lower  part  of  the  County  of  Lettrim,  headed  by  the 
said  Owen  O'Rork,  Laughlin  M'Glanaghie  and  others,  and  the  dayes 
followeing  the  inhabitants  of  the  other  baronies  within  the  County  of 
Sligo  cam  also  headed  by  Cap*  Brian  M'Donogh,  who  was  afterwards 
mad  Lieu"  Colonell;  Cap*  Patrick  Plunket,  Cap1  Moreis  Keogh 
M'Donnogh,  Cap*  Brian  M'Swyn,  Cap1  David  O'Dowd,  and  Cap1  Thibe 
reagh  Bourk  and  others,  who  all  lay  in  siege  against  the  towne,  till 
the  Castles  wer  surrendered,  and  this  Deponent  being  further  exa- 
mined who  wer  the  most  active  at  that  tyme  in  all  thair  under- 
takeings,  sayth  that  he  observed  Teag  M'Conmy  most  active  in  robbing 
and  plundering  eftir  the  surrendering  of  the  Castles,  and  this  Deponent 
being  further  examined  saith  that  the  English  had  gott  quarter  and 
that  they  wer  to  have  thair  lyves  and  so  much  of  thair  goods  as  they 
wer  able  to  cary  upon  thair  backs,  with  a  convoy  to  pass  whither  they 
pleased,  which  was  immediately  broken  ;  And  the  deponent  further 
saith  that  eftir  the  takeing  of  the  Castles,  hee  this  Deponent  went  to 
O'Connor  Sligoe  and  procured  a  protection  for  on  Sampson  Porter, 
whereby  he  migh[t]  have  libertie  to  live  in  the  towne,  with  his  wyff 
and  familie,  upon  which  protection  the  said  Sampson  Porter  re- 
mained with  [t]his  Dep1  in  his  hous,  and  that  on  Owen  M'Rori 
O'Connor  finding  his  opportunitie  when  this  Deponent  was  abroad 
upon  his  privat  occations,  fell  upon  the  said  Sampson  Porter,  and  did 
continually  tortur  him  having  a  rope  about  his  neck  and  halfe  hange- 
ing  of  him,  and  tyeing  his  hand  behind  his  back  till  hee  the  said 
Sampson  was  forced  to  confess  that  he  had  the  matter  of  seaven- 
teen  pound  of  gold  hid  in  the  ground,  which  att  length  hee  gott, 
notwithstanding  all  that  the  Deponent  was  able  to  do  for  the  pre- 
servation of  the  said  Sampson,  his  person  or  goods,  and  this  Deponent 


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further  saith  that  he  went  to  O'Connor  Sligo  and  complained  of  the 
breach  of  the  protection  given  to  the  said  Sampson,  whereunto  the 
said  O'Connor  replyed,  that  he  was  not  able  to  remeidie  it  for  hee  had 
no  command  of  the  said  Osven  M'Eori  O'Connor;  And  this  Deponent 
further  saith  that  the  said  Sampson  remained  thair  with  him  eftir  this 
first  plundering  of  him,  which  incoragded  others  to  come  and  search  for 
goods  belonging  to  the  said  Sampson  Porter  sewerall  tymes,  by  which 
means  this  Deponent  (as  he  alledgeth)  was  lyk  to  be  undone,  so 
that  he  this  Deponent  perswaded  the  said  Sampson  Porter  to  remove 
into  another  house,  whereupon  the  said  Sampson  removed  with  a  friar 
called  Hugh  M'Martin  to  the  Abbey,  and  from  thence  to  on  Dermott 
O'Dawan  Smith  his  hous,  out  of  the  which  hous  the  said  Sampson  was 
carried  to  the  gaole  and  thair  murthered,  and  further  this  dep1  sayth 
that  that  very  night  wherein  the  murder  was  committed  Capta 
Charles  O'Connor,  Captn  Hugh  O'Connor,  with  some  of  thair  fol- 
lowers to  the  number  of  twelf  or  thaireabouts,  cam  in  upon  this 
Depon*  rushing  into  his  hous  about  twelf  a  clock  at  night,  and 
eftir  some  threatenings  of  the  Depon*  the  said  Charles  O'Connor 
Demanded  of  the  Depon*  which  of  all  the  English  in  prison  hee  wuld 
rather  have  inlargded  and  sent  away  safe,  whereunto  this  Depon* 
ansered  that  he  wold  wish  that  they  wer  all  safe,  and  especially  hee 
did  wish  that  on  Eichard  Swash,  shoemaker,  Sampson  Porter,  Mr 
"Wm  Welsh,  and  Henri  Knapp,  might  be  sent  away  safe,  whereunto 
Charles  O'Connor  replyed,  striking  his  hand  upon  his  knee,  that  he 
should  newir  see  Sampson  Porter  trott  again,  whereupon  the  souldiers 
of  the  said  Captans  rushed  in  into  the  Chamber  wher  this  Dep4  was 
with  thes  Captns  with  six  drawn  swords  and  twelfe  drawin  skeins, 
and  bragged  that  these  were  the  swords  and  skiens  that  had  committed 
the  murder,  and  gloried  in  the  fact ;  And  this  Deponent  further  sayth 
that  he  knew  besyd  these  Captans,  thes  persons  following,  who 
wer  present  att  the  committing  of  the  murder,  to  witt,  Teag  O'Sheal, 
dead,  Eori  Ballagh  O'Hart,  Owen  O'Hart,  Brother  to  Rori  Ballagh 
O'Hart,  Gerrard  Herbert,  and  Edward  Herbert,  Thomas  "Welsh  and 
Nicholas  "Welsh,  which  said  Thomas  "Welsh  was  then  drummer  to 
Captn  Charles  O'Connor,  and  this  Dep*  further  sayeth  not. 

Signed,  and  acknowledged  PEETEE  O'CEEAN. 

before  me,  as  witness  my  hand, 

EICH:  COOTE. 


244        DEPOSITIONS   CONCERNING    MURDERS    AND    ROBBERIES 

The  Deposition  of  Mr  John  Braxton,  provost  of  Sligo,  taken  at  Sligo 
the  17°  of  May,  1653. 

John  Braxton  of  the  agde  of  fortie  yeares  or  thairabouts,  being 
duely  sworne  upon  the  holy  Evangelists,  and  Examined,  sayth,  that  hee 
lived  in  Sligo  att  the  begineing  of  the  rebellion,  and  that  hee  this 
Deponent  remained  with  O'Connor  Sligo  att  his  house  During  the  tyme 
that  the  siedge  lay  about  the  Castles  in  Sligo,  and  ef  tir  the  surrenderin  g  of 
the  Castles,  hee  this  Deponent  saith  that  the  next  morneing  eftir  the  tak- 
ing of  the  Castles,  he  was  thrust  out  of  O'Connor  his  hous,  and  remained 
obscurely  in  towne  till  about  the  Tuysday,  being  (as  this  Deponent 
conceaveth)  the  eleventh  of  Januar,  1641,  att  which  tyme  this  Deponent 
was  informed  by  on  John  O'Marhan  (now  a  horseman  in  Capta  Jones 
his  troop  as  the  Deponent  beleeveth),  that  thair  was  a  murder 
intended  as  the  said  Marhan  aprehended,  and  that  hee  earnestly 
desyred  this  Deponent  to  leave  the  towne  for  the  saftie  of  his  lyff,  where- 
upon hee  this  Dep1  mad  an  escap  into  the  countrey :  and  upon  the 
Thursday  following  the  murder  was  committed  by  Hugh.  O'Connor, 
Charles  O'Connor,  Hugh  O'Galogher,  and  others,  and  further  saith 
not. 

Signed  and  acknowledged  JO:  BRAXTON. 

before  mee,  as  witness  my  hand, 

RICH:  COOTE. 

Examinations  taken  at  Sligoe,  the  14th  day  of  May,  1653. 

John  Crean  of  Sligoe  sayeth  that  hee  was  made  Captn  of  a  foote 
company  by  Teige  O'Connor  Sligoe,  then  called  Collonell  of  the 
County  of  Sligoe,  a  litle  after  Christmas,  1641.  And  at  a  meetingeof 
the  officers  of  the  Irish  army  itt  was  ordered  that  five  Capn"  with  theire 
companies  shoulde  goe  out  of  the  barronyof  Garb ry  to  beseidge  Temple- 
house,  the  residence  of  William  Crofton,  Eso/,  the  names  of  the  said 
five  cap"8  were  these,  viz1,  Tiege  boy  M'Shane  O'Connor,  Phelym 
M'Shane  O'Connor,  Roger  O'Connor,  M'Fardinando  Donnell  O'Connor, 
Mr  Bryan  Dorah,  and  this  examinant,  and  that  they  should  ioyne  with 
the  captains  of  the  other  barronies  of  the  said  County  of  Sligoe  to 
accomplish  that  service,  and  that  they  shoulde  yealde  obedience  unto 
the  comand  of  Lieut.  Collonell  Brian  M'Donnoge,  then  liu1  to  the  said 
Collonell  O'Connor  Sligoe,  whereuppon  they  all  wentt  to  Templehouse, 
and  there  it  was  agreed  uppon  by  the  cheife  officers  that  mett  for  the 
settinge  forwarde  of  that  seidge  that  there  should  remaine  there  only 


COMMITTED    IN   THE    COUNTY   OF   SLIGO. 

a  partie  out  of  each  barrony  of  the  said  County,  for  the  barrony  of 
Carbry,  this  exam*  with  his  company  was  left  there.  Out  of  the 
barrony  of  Leignie  Cap"  Brian  O'Hara ;  out  of  the  barrony  of  Corren, 
Cap"  Hugh  M'Donnogh,  with  authority  unto  Cap"  Brian  O'Hara  to 
comaund  in  cheife  oer  those  forces  in  regarde  the  said  garrison  of 
Templehouse  is  seituate  in  O'Hara's  country.  And  that  after  some 
continewance  of  tyme  in  that  seidge,  the  said  Mr  Crofton  yealded  to 
deliver  upp  that  house  uppon  Capitulation  articled  betweene  the  said 
three  capn8  &  him,  wherein  was  a  clause  of  safety  to  the  said  Mr  Crofton, 
&  all  in  that  houlde  with  him  for  their  lives  and  some  reservation 
of  Mr  Crof ton's  goodes  and  others,  the  certainety  whereof  hee  leaves  to 
the  said  writinge.  But  as  for  the  murther  of  Mr  Oliphant  layed  to 
his  chardge  he  knewe  not  of  itt,  nor  did  heare  hee  was  executed  untill 
after  the  same  was  done  by  some  of  Cap0  Brian  O'Hara  &  Capn  Hugh 
M'Donnoghe's  souldiers  over  whome  hee  had  noe  power,  neither  was  in 
place  (sic)  but  at  that  tyme  ymployed  him  self  e  aboute  the  preservation 
of  Mr  Crofton  &  his  wife  with  all  the  English  of  that  house  which 
were  in  alone  roome  with  them,  from  the  fury  of  the  enraged  souldiers, 
&  countrymen  whoe  were  furiously  actinge  their  pleasures  aboute  that 
house  in  the  instance  of  that  destration.  And  for  the  murther  of 
Henry  Norwell  &  and  the  oulde  woeman  hee  sayeth  that  hee  is  not 
knoweinge  of  itt,  nor  was  in  Templehouse  at  the  tyme  of  their  killinge, 
neither  did  hee  see  or  knowe  of  the  killinge  of  any  of  the  Brittish 
which  came  out  of  the  County  of  Mayoe  ;  hee  at  that  instant  of  tyme 
beinge  at  Ballymoate  uppon  a  visite  to  the  lorde  Taafe  that  then  lay 
sicke,  but  hee 'was  afterwards  enformed  that  those  persons  were  seised 
uppon  by  Cap1  Brian  O'Hara  whoe  carryed  bouletts  with  him  out  of 
Templehouse  leager  to  putt  uppon  them  in  a  place  called  Eathbane 
neere  thereunto,  where  this  exam1  heares  they  were  murthered  by 
Neile  Murry  O'Scanlan  and  others  of  the  Company  of  Capn  Hugh 
M'Shane  Glasse  M'Donnoghe.  And  as  to  the  killinge  of  Mr  "Wray  this 
examinant  sayeth  that  hee  procured  a  horse  for  him,  and  his  wife  (being 
his  tenantts)  to  Carry  them  to  Sligoe,  and  soe  to  Convoy  them  into  the 
North  for  their  safety,  And  had  them  both  sett  on  horse  backe  to  goe 
alonge  in  company  with  Mr  "Wm  Crofton  and  his  wife,  when  on  a  sudden 
Shane  M'Eickard  M'Manus  and  Hurtagh  M'Manus  of  the  Company  of 
Captain  Brian  O'Hara,  tooke  the  opportunity  as  they  were  rideinge 
before  the  rest  of  the  Company  to  fall  uppon  the  said  Mr  "Wray,  & 
some  of  them  to  give  him  a  slash  or  two  with  a  skeine  on  his  heade 
uppon  sight  whereof  this  exam*  advanced  forwarde  endeavouringe  to 


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stave  them  of  from  doeinge  more  mischeife,  And  gott  Mr  "Wray  to 
Ballymoate,  &  there  had  Chirurgions  to  dresse  his  woundes,  but  for  all 
they  coulde  doe  within  two  daies  after  hee  died.  This  examin*  lastly 
sayeth  that  his  said  Collonell  Teige  O'Conne  Sligoe  came  to  Temple- 
house  soone  after  the  surrender  of  the  same,  before  either  the  officers 
or  souldiers  were  dispersed,  and  that  they  the  CapM  whoe  tooke  in 
the  said  houlde  bought  a  barrell  of  sacke  to  bestowe  uppon  him 
for  his  welcome  thether,  where  after  the  same  was  drunke  each  man 
departed  without  the  said  Collonell  0' Connor' s  further  takeinge  noetice 
of  any  act  or  thinge  that  had  bin  there  donn. 

This  examination  taken  before  JOHN  CREAN. 

ROBT:  PARKE. 
RICH:  COOTE. 

The  Deposition  of  Jane  Stewart  the  widow  and  relict  of  Thomas 
Stewart,  Merchant,  in  Sligo,  taken  the  16°  of  May,  1653. 

This  Deponent  being  sworne  upon  the  holy  Evangelist  and  examined 
saith  that  shee  lived  with  her  said  husband  Thomas  Stewart  at  Sligo 
in  the  begineing  of  the  rebellion,  and  so  soone  as  they  hard  of  the 
samyn,  this  Deponent  sayth  that  they  took  in  all  thair  goods  into 
Andrew  Crean  his  castle,  wher  they  remained  with  thair  goods,  till 
the  Irish  camp  cam  about  the  towne  to  besiege  itt,  which  siegd 
continued  for  the  space  of  eight  or  ten  dayes,  att  the  end  whereof 
Ensigne  Cotton,  than  commander  of  the  castle  permitted  Andrew 
0' Crean  to  go  outt  into  the  campe,  wher  he  remained  for  the  space 
of  three  dayes,  and  eftirwards  returned,  wherupon  hee  the  said 
Andrew  0' Crean  told  the  Ensigne  and  the  souldiers  that  they 
should  submitt  and  tak  quarter,  which  they  att  last  was  constrained 
to  accept  of,  and  this  Deponent  saith  that  shee  knoweth  not  the 
substance  of  the  quarter  bot  as  shee  was  informed,  they  wer  to 
hawe  thair  cloathes  and  everie  man  to  have  fortie  shillings,  with  a 
safe  convoy  towards  the  Boyll;  And  this  Deponent  further  sayth 
upon  examination  that  when  Mr.  Roycroft  with  so  many  as  re- 
solved to  go  towards  the  Boyll  wer  ready  to  go,  shee  this  Deponent 
desyred  her  husband  to  tak  the  benefitt  thaireof,  whereunto  her  said 
Husband  answered  that  they  both  wold  go  to  O'Connor  Sligo,  and  know 
what  incoradgement  hee  wold  give  tham  to  stay ;  wherupon  they  went, 
and  when  they  cam  unto  him  hee  not  only  promised  to  save  thair  lyves 
bot  also  promised  to  mak  him  up  a  stock  wherupon  he  might  use  his 


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trade  of  merchandizeing  againe  and  for  his  present  incoragdement,  he 
the  said  O'Connor  Sligo  sent  his  brother  Hugh  O'Connor  with  this 
Deponent  and  her  husband  who  repossessed  tham  of  thair  hous,  being 
wast  and  plundered  of  all  thair  goods ;  and  further  this  Deponent  saith 
that  they  continued  for  a  week  peaceablie  in  the  hous,  till  heareing  of 
threatning  of  tham  for  thair  lyves  they  went  into  on  Ellein  Trimble 
her  hous,  from  whence  the  said  Thomas  Stewart  was  caried  into  the 
common  gaole  with  the  rest  of  the  protestant  inhabitants,  wher  they 
wer  all  murdered;  This  Deponent  being  demanded  who  caried  her  husband 
out  of  Helein  Trimble  her  house  into  the  gaole  saith  that  on  Hugh 
M'Gennis  than  footeman  to   O'Connor  Sligo,  and  Donald  O'Beolan 
cook  to  the  said  O'Connor  Sligo,  and  on  Phelim  O'Connor  now  liveing  in 
the  County  of  Galloway  are  all  the  persons  this  Deponent  knoweth  to 
be  liveing  besyd  Hugh  O'Connor  himselff,  of  all  the  number  who  cam  into 
the  said  house,  and  further  saith  that  when  the  said  Thomas  Stewart  this 
Deponent's  husband  saw  the  said  Hugh  O'Connor  com  into  the  house, 
haveing  prayed  to  spare  his  lyff,  for  God's  sak,  whereunto  the  said 
Hugh  O'Connor  replyed  that  thair  should  be  no  mercie  shewed  to  any 
whelp   of  tham   all.      And  this  Deponent  being  further    examined 
concerneing  the  instruments  of  that  murder  which  was  than  com- 
mitted, sayth  that  shee  herselff  att  that  tyme  fell  extreme  sick,  and 
in  the  tyme  of  her  sicknes,  some  of  her  nyebors  and  servants  cam  to 
yisitt  and  attend  her,  who  told  her  that  the  Irish  kept  a  jurie  in  the 
Abbey  three   dayes,    Tuesday,  "Wednesday,    and   Thursday  till  two 
o'clock  when  they  dissolved,  and  upon  thair  ryseing  they  fell  a  mur- 
dereing  of  on  ."William  Sheils  and  his  sone  under  the  window  wher 
this  Deponent  lay,    without    in    the    backsyd   in   a  reik   of    turff 
wher  they  had  hid  thamselves  ;    "Which  when  this  Deponent  heard 
notwithstanding  of  her  sicknes  she  ryseth  and  went  into  the  lower 
roome  of  the  said  house  then  Belonging  to  Ellein  Trimble  widow, 
wher  this  Deponent  findeth  Hugh  O'Connor,  Charles  O'Connor,  Teag 
boy  O'Connor,   Donald  O'Connor  with  the  matter  of  Twelf  more 
Captans,  all  Drinking  in  the  roome,  wher  this  Deponent  stayed  while 
they  drunk  fyve   quarts  of    aquavytie,   and  a  beeff    and  half   putt 
into  a  brewing  pan  for  thair  suppers:  And  att  last  this  Deponent 
prayed  Brian  Ballagh  O'Eork  (who  was  then  in  the  house,  but  not  in 
thair  company)  to  interceid  for  her  husband's  lyff  atte  the  hands  of  thes 
captans,  which  was  denyed  notwithstanding  that  Brian  Ballagh  O'Eork 
pleaded  very  earnestly  with  tham,  and  really  as  this  Deponent  Con- 
ceaveth ;  This  Deponent  further  deposeth  that  shee  is  confident  that 


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the  murder  was  committed  by  vertue  of  that  councell  held  in  the 
Abbey  of  Sligo,  for  at  the  begineing  of  the  night  befor  the  murder  was 
committed,  O'Connor  Sligo  sentt  on  Thurlogh  O'Connor  of  Crevie  unto 
that  hous  of  Helein  Trimbles  wher  those  men  (who  wer  appoynted 
to  be  the  murderers)  wer  drinking,  desyreing  tham  no*  to  do  any- 
thing with  the  prisoners  till  the  next  mornening  that  hee  should  sie 
tham,  whereunto  they  gave  no  answer,  hot  smyled,  and  that  night 
the  murder  was  committed,  and  further  this  deponent  saith  not. 

Signed  and  acknowledged  JANE  STWABT, 

before  mee,  as  witness  my  hand,  X 

EICH:  COOTE.  her  marke. 


The  examination  of  Brian  Ballagh  O'Rorik,  Esqr,  now  liveinge 
at  Cornelaght,  in  the  County  of  Leitrim,  taken  the  17°  of  May,  1653. 

Brian  Ballagh  O'Rork  being  examined,  saith  that  he  lieved  at  the 
forsaid  place  in  the  begineing  of  the  rebellion,  and  did  now  and  than 
come  to  Sligo  eftir  the  surrendring  thaireof ,  And  that  hee  had  no  hand 
in  anything  either  in  councelling  or  asisting  any  of  these  persons  who 
*  wer  att  the  taking  of  the  towne.  That  he  newir  bore  armes  from  the 
begineing  of  the  rebellion  unto  this  day :  and  this  exam"  further 
saith,  that  about  the  moneth  of  Januar  in  the  year  1641,  hee  this 
examinant  being  afrayd  of  the  excursions  of  the  Garrison  of  Manur- 
hamilton  did  remove  with  his  familie  and  cattle,  and  travelling  towards 
the  County  of  Mayo,  on  Thomas  Stewart,  merchant  in  Sligo,  sent  unto 
this  examinant  and  desyred  him  to  come  to  the  towne  of  Sligo,  and 
to  interceid  with  Hugh  O'Connor  and  Charles  O'Connor  brothers  to 
O'Connor  Sligo,  who  had  committed  the  said  Thomas  Stewart  and  the 
rest  of  the  English  that  wer  than  in  the  towne  upon  suspition  of  sur* 
pryseing  the  Castles  :  Whereupon  hee,  this  examinant  out  of  his  reall 
respects  to  the  said  Thomas  Stewart  cam  to  Sligo,  and  found  the  said 
Charles  O'Connor  and  the  wyff  of  the  said  Thomas  Stewart  alltogedder 
in  the  house  of  on  Helein  Trimble,  widow :  and  eftir  this  examinant 
had  interceided  a  long  tyme  with  the  forsaid  Charles  O'Connor,  and 
had  spent  some  moneyes  for  wyn  and  other  liquor  att  that  tyme  upon 
him  and  his  company,  yett  was  not  able  to  prevaile  for  the  enlargdment 
of  the  prisoner :  and  being  further  examined  swore  that  hee  had  not  so 
much  as  any  conception  that  ever  they  wold  have  presumed  to  have 
murdered  him  or  any  of  the  rest  of  the  prisoners ;  so  that  this  exami- 


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nant,  saith  hee  came  out  of  the  towne  that  night,  and  from  that  tyme 
he  left  the  County  Leittrim  &  Sligo  and  went  towards  the  County  of 
Mayo,  wher  this  examinant  setled  himself,  neither  ever  returned  hee 
to  the  contrey  till  ahout  the  year  1652,  in  the  moneth  of  May,  and 
further  saith  not. 

Signed  and  acknowledged  BRIA:  O'RORIK. 

before  mee,  as  wittness  my  hand, 

RICH:  COOTE. 


The  deposition  of  Mr  Owen  O'Roircke  of  Belagallwine  in  the 
Barrony  of  Dromaheir  and  County  of  Leatrim,  taken  before  mee  the 
17th  of  May,  1653. 

This  deponent  being  examined  and  sworne  on  the  holy  Evangelist, 
sayth  that  hee  came  not  to  the  siedge  of  Sligo  untill  about  three  or 
fowre  dayes  after  that  Bryan  M'Donnogh  Lef  Coll.;  Charles  and  Hugh 
O'Connor  brothers  to  O'Connor  Sligo,  Captaines;  Cap*  Teige  Boy  O'Con- 
nor, Chahell  Duff  M'Glannaghy,  Meleaghlin  M'Glanaghy  (with  severall 
others  whose  names  the  Deponent  rememberethnot),  had  besiedgeed  the 
towne.  The  deponent  being  demanded  what  made  him  then  come  sayth 
that  hee  received  two  severall  threatening  letters  from  Bryan  M'Donogh, 
and  Teige  Boy  O'Connor,  that  if  hee  did  not  immediatly  and  forthwith 
advance  unto  Sligo  with  his  company,  that  they  would  burne  and 
destroy  him,  and  give  him  the  like  measure  with  other  enemyes.  This 
deponent  beeing  further  examined  and  questioned,  what  hee  saw  acted 
after  his  marching  into  the  Towne,  sayth  that  that  night  that  hee 
came  itt  was  so  late  that  hee  ioyned  not  himselfe  unto  them  until  next 
Morneing,  and  then  hee  came  to  the  small  parish  church  ioyning  to  the 
Towne,  where  they  had  a  meeteing,  and  some  debate  about  who  should 
command  in  cheife.  Att  length  they  resolved  itt  should  be  tendered 
to  O'Connor,  which  accordingly  was  done,  but  O'Connor  Refuseing  of 
itt,  Bryan  M'Donnogh  tooke  itt  on  himselfe  without  any  further 
questioning  of  itt.  This  Deponent  further  sayth,  that  by  the  breake 
of  the  next  day  those  Castles  which  were  possest  by  the  English,  had 
made  theire  capitulation,  and  hee  the  said  examinant  being  sent  for  to 
James  Frenche's  house  (as  he  remembereth)  by  Bryan  M'Donnogh  was 
spoken  unto  by  him  or  some  of  the  officers  then  present  to  signe  the 
artickles  which  they  had  agreed  uppon,  which  hee  flattly  denied  to 
doe,  because  that  (as  hee  sayth)  they  had  not  made  him  acquainted 
with  theire  former  consultations  about  itt.  The  said  exam*  beeing 


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further  questioned  whither  Teige  O'Connor  Sligo  were  then  present 
or  no,  att  the  time  that  they  sent  for  him  to  the  signeing  of  the  said 
articles  affinneth  that  hee  was,  but  whither  hee  the  said  Teige  O'Connor 
signed  the  said  Articles  or  no  hee  knoweth  not,  for  hee  the  said  exam* 
left  the  place  immediately  being  somewhat  displeased  that  they  tooke 
no  greater  notice  of  him.  The  said  examinant  further  sayth  that  a 
commanded  party  out  of  the  severall  Companies  then  present  were  sent 
into  the  severall  Castles  for  the  maning  of  them,  and  receiving  the 
armes  which  were  delivered  up  unto  them  imediatly  after  the  articles 
were  signed,  in  which  quiett  posture  they  continued  all  that  night  and 
next  day,  and  the  night  following  untill  about  after  noone  the  next  day, 
about  which  time  there  was  a  false  alarme  given  (as  he  conceiveth)  by 
Bryan  M'Donnoghs  meanes  that  the  English  forces  from  the  County  of 
Roscomanward  were  neare  hand  uppon  theire  advance  unto  the  towne 
for  the  rescueing  of  the  besiedged,  whereuppon  the  soldiery  fell  a 
plundering  of  all  such  Brittish  as  were  in  the  Castles  or  towne.  The 
said  examnt  being  further  questioned  where  hee  was  at  the  time  of  the 
said  plundering  sayth,  that  hee  was  then  in  the  Lady  Jons  her  castle 
and  in  the  Lady  Jones  her  owne  roome,  together  with  many  other 
officers  where  likewise  Mr  William  Ry  croft,  Mr  William  Welsh,  and 
Mr  Browne  the  minister  were,  who  perceieveing  the  outrage  the 
soldiers  were  in,  within  and  abroad,  called  to  the  officers  then  present 
to  assist  them  in  the  preserveing  theire  lives,  and  makeing  good  theire 
quarter  unto  them,  and  that  none  tooke  notice  of  them  but  were  as 
busie  in  plundering  as  the  rest.  Att  lenghtt  Mr  Welsh  and  Mr  Bycrof t 
being  intimatly  acquainted  with  the  examinant  called  unto  him  and 
desired  him  to  secure  theire  lives  whereuppon  the  said  examinant 
immediatly  drew  out  his  sword,  and  made  way  through  the  press  for 
those  three,  which  together  with  the  assistance  of  his  sonne  hee  con- 
vayed  in  safety  unto  a  house  neare  Robbuck  O'Creans,  and  from  thence 
sent  his  sonne  with  Mr  Welsh  to  O'Connor  Sligo's  house,  as  here  hee 
desired  to  bee  secured  himselfe,  and  hee  conveyed  Mr  Rycroft  (according 
to  his  owne  desire)  to  Mr  Andrew  Crean's  Castle  for  Mr  Browne,  hee 
left  him  in  that  said  house  neare  Eobbuck  O'Creans,  which  was  his 
owne  desire.  The  said  examinant  likewise  sayth  that  Mr  Welsh,  as 
they  were  commeing  out  of  the  Lady  Jones  her  house  gave  him  the 
said  exam1  a  small  bundle  of  cloathes,  belongeing  to  his  children, 
which  hee  desired  him  to  secure  for  him,  and  which  hee  tooke  with 
him  out  under  his  arme  and  restored  unto  him,  and  likewise  that 
Mr  Browne  intrusted  him  with  a  little  purse  of  money,  which 


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hee  likewise  delivered  unto  him  when  hee  saw  him  in  more  safety,  all 
which  hee  referreth  to  the  testimony  of  Mr  Browne  heeing  now  liveing 
in  the  North,  Mr  Eycroft  and  Mr  "Welsh  being  dead.  The  Exam* 
beeing  further  demanded  if  hee  knew  any  thinge  relateing  to  the  mur- 
ther  committed  on  the  English  and  Scotch  afterwards  in  the  towne  of 
Sligo,  sayes  that  hee  knoweth  nothinge  of  itt,  and  further  sayth  not. 

Signed  and  acknowledged  OWEN  O'KTJAIRK. 

before  mee,  as  wittness  my  hand, 
RICH:  COOTE. 


The  Deposition  of  James  Martine,  now  resident  in  Bellimag- 
roertie,  in  the  County  of  Downegall,  taken  the  16°  of  May,  1653. 

James  Martine  being  of  the  age  of  thrittie  years  or  thaireabouts, 
being  duely  sworne  upon  the  holy  Evangelist,  sayeth  that  he  lived 
with  his  father,  Arthur  Martine,  in  Sligo,  att  the  begineing  of  this 
rebellion.  And  further  deposeth  that  eftir  the  Castles  wer  surrendered 
unto  the  Irish,  hee  this  Deponent  cam  with  his  father  back  againe  to 
thair  Dwellinghouse  in  towne,  wher  eftir  they  had  remained  a  tyme, 
this  Deponent  upon  a  certain  day  being  att  the  ston  cross,  upon  his 
way  goeing  towards  the  common  goale  whither  hee  was  commanded  to 
goe  and  watch  that  night,  was  forwarned  by  Thomas  Dillon,  sone  to 
Walter  Dillon,  of  the  murther  which  was  to  be  committed  that  night 
in  the  gaole,  and  disswaded  to  go  thither  att  all  upon  any  terms, 
wherupon  this  Dep1  saith  that  he  returned  back  againe  to  his  father's 
hous  and  told  his  said  father,  who  not  listening  to  his  speech  was 
conveyed  unto  the  goale,  wher  he  was  murdered  with  the  rest.  And 
this  Deponent  being  further  examined  who  wer  the  principall  actors 
in  that  murder,  saith  that  Hugh  O'Connor,  Charles  O'Connor,  brothers 
to  O'Connor  Sligo,  and  Hugh  O'Galogher  wer  the  cheif  actors,  and 
being  further  examined  whidder  they  presumed  of  thamselves  to 
committ  such  a  villany,  or  wer  they  provocked  and  incoragded  by 
others,  sayeth  that  he  cannot  certanlie  speak,  hot  that  hee  was  in- 
formed by  his  mother  att  that  tyme  that  thair  was  a  publick  meetting 
of  many  of  the  officers  and  commanders  in  the  Abbey  of  Sligo,  consult- 
ing what  course  they  should  tak  with  the  English  and  Protestants  in 
the  towne  of  Sligo,  and  that  shee  the  said  Deponent's  mother  was  given 
to  understand  by  a  poore  beggar,  who  sieing  a  great  concourse  of 
people  in  the  Abbey,  pressed  in  and  listened  to  thair  Discourse,  and 


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heard  tham  upon  that  resolution  to  putt  all  to  the  slaughter  whom 
they  should  find  in  the  towne,  which  the  said  Deponent's  mother 
told  him  hefor  any  of  tham  wer  putt  in  the  gaole,  hy  which  means 
this  Deponent  with  his  mother  and  the  rest  of  the  familie  wer  pre- 
served. Bott  this  Depon"  knoweth  nott  who  thes  officers  and  com- 
manders wer  who  wer  than  in  Councell  within  the  Abbey  upon  the 
plott.  And  further  this  Dep*  sayth  not. 

Signed  and  acknowledged  JAMES  MAETYNE. 

before  mee,  as  witness  my  hand, 
EICH:  COOTE. 


The  Examination  of  Richard  O'Crean  of  Carowcashell,  gen*,  taken 
befor  me  the  24°  of  May,  1653. 

Eichard  O'Crean  of  Carowcashell,  being  of  the  age  of  fortie  years 
or  thairabouts,  being  examined,  sayth  that  he  lived  in  Carowcashell, 
within  the  barony  of  Tireragh,  and  County  of  Sligo,  at  the  begineing 
of  the  rebellion,  And  that  the  next  day  after  the  committing  of  the 
murder  in  Sligo,  hee  this  Examinant  cam  to  the  towne  of  Sligo,  and 
heard  of  the  said  murder,  and  that  hee  heard  that  the  said  murder  was 
committed  by  Charles  O'Connor,  Hugh  O'Connor,  brothers  to  O'Connor 
Sligo,  and  another  Hugh  O'Connor,  and  that  thair  was  on  of  the  name 
of  Butts  at  that  fact  whoes  names  this  Examinant  doeth  not  remember, 
and  that  on  Eichard  Welsh  being  gaoler  at  that  tyme  was  constrained 
to  the  murder,  as  this  Examinant  was  informed.  "Wherupon  this 
Examinant  mad  no  longer  stay  in  towne,  hot  being  greived  att  the 
said  fact  returned  back.  And  this  Examinant  further  sayth  that  the 
said  Cahill  O'Connor  and  Hugh  O'Connor  committed  murder  in  Ton- 
rego  upon  the  persons  of  on  Thomas  Coote,  Thomas  Crowne,  and  others 
within  the  barony  of  Tireragh,  in  the  hous  of  Mulmore  M'Swyn,  and 
that  the  fact  was  committed  violently  against  the  wills  of  the  said 
Mulmore  M'Swyn  and  Gilian  Lynch  his  wyff,  who  is  now  liveing ; 
As  also  this  deponent  being  further  examined  heard  that  thair  was 
a  murder  committed  in  Ardneglas  upon  sewerall  persons  by  the 
souldiers  of  Brian  M'Swyn.  And  this  Examinant  further  sayth  that 
eftirwards  in  the  next  year  on  Eobert  Nisbitt  and  his  wyff  and  his 
sone  was  murdered  in  the  said  towne  of  Ardneglas  by  some  Ulster- 
men,  being  of  the  company  of  on  Neal  Merigagh  M'Swyn,  who  is 
now  Dead,  and  that  very  day  this  examinant  sayth  that  hee  had 
entertained  two  Scottish  men  as  servants  in  his  hous  for  a  year,  and 


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being  abroad  and  hearing  of  the  murdering  of  Robert  Nisbit,  his  wyff, 
and  sone,  hee  this  examinant  mad  hast  home,  wher  he  found  his  two 
servants  readi  to  be  execut  by  on  Eori  O'fflannell,  who  is  now  dead, 
and  some  others,  being  in  all  four  in  number,  of  the  company  of  Brian 
M'Swyn,  whom,  with  much  adoe  evin  with  the  hazard  of  his  lyve, 
this  examinant  rescewed  out  of  thair  hands,  And  this  examinant 
heard  of  the  murder  of  Skryn  committed  by  Connor  Roe  M'Conmy, 
Colla  M'Swyn,  and  two  women,  which  woomen  was  observed  to  Dy  a 
miserable  death  ;  And  further  this  examinant  sayth  that  on  Calvagh 
O'Connor,  sone  to  Donald  O'Connor  of  Donoghatrahan,  with  a  brother 
of  his  owen,  whoes  name  this  examin*  knoweth  not,  some  six  years 
ago  (the  said  Calvagh  and  his  brother  being  then  in  protection)  finding 
some  strangers  passeing  thoroe  the  countrey  (as  this  examinant  be- 
leeveth)  they  fell  upon  tham,  nigh  Donecohy,  and  murdered  tham,  and 
further  this  examinant  sayth  not. 

Signed  and  acknowledged  RICHARD  O'CREAN. 

before  mee,  as  witness  my  hand, 
RICH:  COOTE. 

The  Deposition  of  Hugh  Gaskein  of  Bundoran,  Butcher,  taken 
at  Sligo,  the  16°  of  May,  1653. 

This  Deponent  being  sworne  upon  the  holy  Evangelist,  saith  that 
att  the  begineing  of  the  rebellion  in  the  year  1641,  he  was  then  a 
prentiseunto  one  John  Stanoway,  who  was  than  butcher  in  Sligo,  and  att 
the  begineing  of  the  commotion,  this  Deponent  with  his  master  went 
into  Andrew  O'Crean,  his  Castle  of  Sligo,  for  the  saftie  of  thair  lyves 
and  goods,  wher  this  deponent  saith  they  continued  a  moneth,  some- 
tymes  goeing  out  into  thair  houses  and  at  last  about  the  end  of  the 
moneth,  being  on  a  Tuesday,  the  Irish  camp  cam  about  the  towne, 
under  the  command  of  Teag  O'Connor  Sligo,  Colonell;  Brian 
M'Donogb,  Lieu"  Colonell;  Cap*  Patrick  Plunkett,  Captn  Owen 
O'Rork,  Cap1  Brian  M'Swyn,  Cap*  Richard  O'Crean,  Capts  Roger  and 
Phelim  O'Connor,  Cap1  John  O'Crean,  Hugh  and  Charles  O'Connor, 
with  many  others,  att  thair  comeing  this  Depon*  saith  they  layd  siegde 
to  the  Castles  and  possessed  themselves  of  the  houses  and  places  of 
advantage  for  their  siegde,  and  particularly,  this  deponent  saith 
that  Cap1  John  O'Crean  possessed  himself e  and  his  Company  in  the 
gaole  hous,  into  the  which  house  he  violently  entered,  and  mad  spyh 
holes  in  the  said  hous  to  play  upon  the  Castles  with  thair  musquets 

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by  which  means  the  Castles  wer  constrained  to  entir  into  a  parley  with 
the  Irish  camp,  and  for  lack  of  Amunition  they  wer  dryven  to  Capitu- 
late; and  further  this  Deponent  saith  that  eftir  they  had  parleyed  att 
first  Ensigne  Cotton  who  than  commanded  Andrew  Crean,  his  Castle, 
brok  off  the  parley,  resolveing  to  stand  outt  and  so  did  till  they  sawe 
the  enemy  possessed  of  the  Lady  Jones  her  Castle,  which  was  nigh 
adjoyneing  to  Andrew  O'Crean  his  Castle,  which  Ensigne  Cotton  per- 
ceiveing  parleyed  the  second  tyme,  and  obtained  quarter.  The  summe 
of  which  quarter  was  that  the  English  within  the  Castles  were  to  be 
convoyed  safe  to  the  Abbey  of  Boyle,  with  so  much  of  thair  goods  as 
they  wer  able  to  carie  under  thair  annes,  and  for  thes  who  thought 
itt  fitt  to  stay  in  the  towne  of  Sligo,  they  were  to  enjoy  the  on 
moytie  of  all  thair  goods,  and  to  stay  in  the  towne,  and  for  thair 
better  securitie  they  wer  to  stay  a  moneth  in  the  towne  while  they 
resolved  what  course  to  tak,  either  to  go  to  the  Boyll  or  to  remaine  in 
Sligo.  This  quarter  was  written  and  signed  by  O'Connor  o  Sligo  and 
the  rest  of  the  commanders,  and  Delyweret  itt  unto  Ensigne  Cotton 
who  red  itt  publickly  in  the  Castle  befor  the  surrendering  thaireof, 
att  the  which  tyme  the  said  Ensigne  Cotton  mad  a  speech  unto 
the  besiegded,  and  told  tham  what  they  might  expect  was  hard, 
if  they  did  not  lyk  thair  quarter  hee  should  stand  outt  with  tham, 
and  lyve  and  dy  with  tham,  and  did  particularly  question  every 
particular  man  in  the  Castle  whidder  they  wold  stand  out  or  tak 
that  quarter  that  was  offered,  promiseing  friely  to  dismisse  those  tha^ 
wer  willing  to  lay  downe  thair  armes,  and  to  give  every  one  of  tham 
two  shillings  with  his  passe  and  to  maintain  the  hold  with  so  many  as 
wer  resolved  to  stick  unto  him,  whereupon  on  Mahown  Connoghan, 
on  of  the  garison  souldiers  replyed  that  he  was  afrayd  of  his  lyff,  if  he 
should  stand  outt  to  the  uttermost,  and  thairfor  was  willing  to  recover 
his  pass  and  to  go  outt  unto  them,  whereupon  Ensigne  Cotton  gave 
him  a  pass  and  two  shillings,  bott  when  he  saw  that  non  else  in  the 
Castle  followed  his  course,  he  stayed  in  the  Castle,  bott  was  disarmed, 
and  spok  unto  by  the  said  Ensigne  Cotton,  who  told  him  that  hee  was 
unworthy  to  be  trusted  in  the  Castle,  for  he  was  a  coward.  Bott  at 
lentgh  this  Deponent  sayth  they  wer  constrained  to  tak  this  quarter, 
which  this  Deponent  sayth  was  brok  imediatly,  for  so  soone  as  they 
entered  into  the  Castle,  they  stript  and  plundered  all  the  British  that 
wer  in  the  Castle,  and  sent  tham  with  a  guard  to  prison,  in  to  on  Mr 
Braxton  his  house  and  on  Mr  Woodworth  his  house,  wher  they  con- 
tinued till  they  wer  lyk  to  sterve ;  Whereupon  Mr  William  Eoycroft, 


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preacher,  sentt  out  this  deponent  from  Mr  Braxton's  house  unto  Lieu" 
Colonell  Brian  M'Donogh,  to  desyre  him  to  provyd  him  and  those  that 
wer  willing  to  go  with  him,  a  guard  or  Convoy  to  the  Boyll  according 
to  thair  quarter;  which  message  the  said  Lieu1  Colonell  Brian 
M'Donogh,  imparted  unto  Captain  Patrick  Plunkett,  Desyreing  him  to 
joyne  in  the  sending  of  the  convoy,  according  to  thair  capitulation,  press- 
ing, that  itt  was  thair  Duetie  according  to  thair  covenant,  and  that  if  it 
wer  not  performed,  that  God  wold  revenge  itt,  adding  further  that  itt 
was  the  least  they  could  doe  :  they  had  mad  tham  poore  enough  ;  and 
had  plundered  tham  of  all  thair  goods,  wherunto  the  said  Cap*  Plunkett 
replyed  that  he  had  got  nothing  of  tham  but  on  tenth,  and  on 
aquavyte  pott,  and  that  he  wold  go  no  further  with  them,  except 
they  should  cary  them  to  the  gallowes,  whitther  he  wold  go  to  sie  tham 
hanged,  the  said  Lieu1  Collonell  Brian  M'Donogh  replyed  that  he  wold 
endevor  to  doe  his  duetie ;  which  he  did,  for  he  conveyed  so  many  as  went 
with  the  said  Mr  Roycroft  safe  to  the  Boyll,  which  harsh  anser  given 
by  the  said  Captn  Plunkett  strook  a  fear  in  the  harts  of  many  who 
apprehended  that  they  should  be  kild  upon  the  way,  and  thairfor  chose 
rayther  to  stay  and  to  entir  thamseleves  in  O'Connors  Sligo  his  com- 
pany, as  souldiers ;  to  witt  Mr  William  Welsh  and  so  many  as  followed 
him ;  And  this  Deponent  further  sayth  that  these  who  stayed  with  the 
said  Mr  Welsh  and  himself  wer  permitted  to  live  peaceable  amongst  the 
rest  of  O'Connor's  souldiers  for  the  space  of  about  a  moneth,  Dureing 
which  tyme  thair  was  no  murders  committed  in  the  county,  Till  about 
the  end  of  that  moneth,  being  about  the  6°  Day  of  Januar  in  the  year 
1641,  att  which  tyme  this  Deponent  saith  on  Hugh  O'Galogher,  and 
on  James  Buy  O'Galogher  came  out  of  the  County  of  Downegall  unto 
Sligo,  wher  many  of  the  gentlemen  of  this  County  of  Sligo  wer 
com  into  the  towne,  and  some  of  the  gentlemen  of  the  County 
of  Leitrim  to  witt :  Captn  Plunkett,  Capt"  Phelim  M' Shane  O'Connor, 
Brian  Ballagh  O'Rork,  gent:,  Lieu'  Colonell  Brian  M'Donogh,  Hugh 
O'Connor,  Charles  O'Connor,  Donald  fitzfferdinando  O'Connor,  and 
others  whom  this  Deponent  cannott  remember,  who  all  with  the  said 
O'Connor  o  Sligo  wentt  into  the  Abbey  of  Sligo,  haveing  thes  English 
who  wer  entered  as  souldiers  unto  O'Connor  Sligo,  Collonell,  as  a  gard 
att  the  gatte  while  they  had  finished  thair  consultation,  which  was  (as 
this  Deponent  conceaveth)  for  murdering  of  the  said  English  and 
protestants  who  wer  att  that  tyme  in  the  towne,  ffor  immediatly  upon 
thair  comeing  out  of  the  Abbey  the  forsaid  Hugh  O'Galogher  and  James 
O'Galogher  mett  with  on  William  Sheils  and  his  sone,  with  two  others 


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that  wer  Tinkers,  on  a  Scottishman,  and  the  other  an  Irishman  bott  a 
protestant,  who  fell  upon  tham  and  murdered  tham  in  the  streete. 
This  first  murder  was  committed  about  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon, 
and  presently  eftir  Hugh  O'Connor  and  Charles  O'Connor  with  thair 
souldiers  brethren  to  O'Connor  Sligo,  perswaded  the  rest  of  the  pro- 
testants  to  come  under  thair  protection,  and  promised  that  they  wold 
save  them,  and  to  that  end  putt  tham  all  in  the  common  gaole,  and 
putt  a  gard  unto  tham  for  thair  saftie  as  they  pretended,  and  eftir 
supper  the  said  O'Connors  to  witt  Hugh  and  Charles  was  (as  it  seemed) 
appoynted  to  be  the  murderers  ;  for  the  forsaid  Brian  Ballagh  O'Rork 
cam  unto  tham  and  besought  tham  to  spare  the  lyff  of  on  man  to  witt, 
Thomas  Stewart,  a  merchant,  which  they  refused,  sayeing  that  they 
wold  not  spare  any  of  the  breid  whatsoewer,  wherupon  the  said  Hugh 
and  Charles  with  thair  souldiers  fell  upon  all  and  murdered 
them  in  the  goale :  And  this  Deponent  being  further  examined 
whitther  or  no  he  knoweth  any  of  the  murderers  to  be  now  alyve  who 
wer  than  actors  ;  he  saith  that  thair  is  on  Edward  Herbert,  sone  to  John 
Herbert,  Cap*  Hugh  O'Connor,  brother  to  O'Connor  o  Sligo,  Rory 
M'Murrey,  son  to  Cormick  og  M'Murrey,  and  Connor  M'Key  who 
was  than  a  souldier  to  Charles  O'Connor  now  liveing  in  the  County 
of  Mayo.  This  Deponent  being  further  examined  concerneing  his  caus 
of  knowledge  whidder  this  murder  was  Done  by  a  common  consent  of 
all  the  officers  att  the  forsaid  Councell  or  nott,  saith  that  "William 
O'Crean,  sone  to  Andrew  O'Crean  befor  any  of  thair  bloody  intentions 
wer  Discovered  went  to  Hugh  O'Connor  and  desyred  that  he  wold  be 
pleased  to  spare  on  Henri  Knott,  a  merchant's  sone  in  England, 
alledgeing  that  the  said  Henri  Knott,  his  father  did  owe  unto 
him  the  said  William  a  considerable  sume  of  money,  and  that  if  the 
said  Henri  Knott  should  be  kiled  that  he  should  lose  his  money,  which 
perswasion  took  place,  for  by  this  means  the  said  Henri  Knott  his  lyff 
was  spared.  And  further  this  Deponent  sayth  not. 

Signed  and  acknowledged  HUGH  GASGEIN. 

before  mee,  as  wittness  my  hand,  X 

RICH:  COOTE:  his  mark. 

The  Deposition  of  James  Butts,  Butcher  in  Sligo,  taken  the  17°  of 
May,  1653. 

James  Butts  of  the  agde  of  thrittie  one  and  upwards  being  Duely 
sworne  upon  the  holy  Evangelists,  and  examined,  sayth  that  hee  lieved 


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in  the  towne  of  Sligo  att  the  begineing  of  the  rebellion,  and  that  hee 
this  Deponent  entered  in  to  the  Lady  Jones  her  hous  when  the  siegd 
cam  to  ly  about  the  towne,  and  thair  remained  dureing  the  siegde, 
and  that  on  Robert  M'Conmy  with  a  company  assaulted  the  back  syd 
of  the  forsaid  castle,  and  Captn  Patrick  Plunkett  the  other  syd,  where- 
upon thair  was  a  parley,  and  a  quarter  obtained  from  the  Irish,  and 
being  further  examined  sayth  that  the  quarter  was  that  they  should 
have  bagg  and  baggage  with  libertie  to  stay  in  the  towne  or  to  be 
convoyed  to  the  Boyll,  as  they  pleased  ;  which  quarter  was  immediatly 
upon  the  surrendering  of  the  castles  violated ;  and  within  a  certan  space 
eftir,  so  many  of  the  English  as  remained  in  the  towne  wer  thrust 
into  the  Common  Gaole  and  murdered  by  Charles  O'Connor,  Hugh 
O'Cojmor,  Patrick  O'Hart,  Owen  O'Hart,  of  Braidcullan;  Edward 
Herbert,  now  lieveing ;  Hugh  O'Mey,  now  in  action  with  the  said  Hugh 
O'Connor ;  Thurlogh  Bullagh  O'Hart,  now  liveing  ;  Donald  Fitz  Brian 
Dorrogh  O'Connor,  now  liveing  in  Cooalir ;  and  Richard  Welsh,  who 
murdered  his  master,  Mr  William  Welsh :  and  this  Deponentt  being 
further  examined  sayth  that  the  said  Richard  Welsh  had  two  brothers 
in  the  gaole  that  night,  bot  knoweth  not  whidder  they  had  a  hand  in 
the  murder  or  not,  the  names  of  the  brothers,  on  of  tham  called  Nicholas 
Welsh  and  the  other  Thomas  Welsh  who  are  now  liveing  in  the  towne 
of  Galloway,  and  that  Nicholas  Welsh  serveth  in  a  troup  as  (th)is  Dep1 
is  informed ;  his  caus  of  knowledge  is  that  hee  was  that  night  in  the 
upper  roome  of  the  prison  with  on  Henri  Knott  who  escaped  eftir 
the  murder  was  committed,  with  this  Depon",  and  this  Dep*  further 
sayth  not. 

Signed  and  acknowledged  The  mark  of 

before  mee,  as  wittness  my  hand,  X 

RICH:  COOTE.  JAMES  BUTTS. 


The  Deposition  of  Ann  :  Gasgein,  the  widow  of  John  Stanoway, 
now  liveing  in  Bondoran,  taken  befor  me  the  24°  of  May,  1653. 

Ann  Gasgein  being  of  the  age  of  fiftie  years  or  thaireabouts  being 
Duely  sworne  upon  the  holy  Evangelists,  and  examined  sayth  that 
shee  lived  in  Sligo  att  the  begineing  of  the  rebellion,  and  eftir  that  the 
English  in  the  town  had  gott  quarter  for  thair  lyves,  this  Deponent's 
husband,  John  Stauoway,  being  Desyrous  to  leave  the  towne,  was 
caried  from  Sligo  by  Owen  M'Dermott  towards  his  owen  hous  att 
Drumbo  wher  eftir  that  the  said  Deponent's  husband,  John  Stanoway, 


258        DEPOSITIONS  CONCERNING   MURDERS    AND   ROBBERIES 

had  remained  for  the  space  of  three  weeks ;  out  of  a  longeing  Desyre 
to  bring  alonge  this  Deponent  being  his  wyff  and  thair  children  ;  cam 
back  again  to  Sligo  or  Anagh  nigh  to  Sligo  wher  they  remained  till 
such  tyrne  as  the  murder  was  committed,  Whereupon  this  Deponent 
sayth,  Andrew  Crean  sent  away  this  Deponent  with  her  husband  and 
children  towards  Drumbo  to  be  kept  by  the  said  Owen  M'Dermott ; 
and  upon  thair  comeing  to  Drumbo  (the  said  Owen  M'Dermott  being 
than  from  home  att  Bellimoatt)  this  Deponent  with  her  husband  and 
children  wer  commanded  to  be  caried  out  of  the  hous  by  the  wyff 
of  the  said  Owen  M'Dermott  to  be  murdered,  which  this  Deponent 
heareing  prayed  that  they  might  be  kept  aly  ve  till  such  tym  as  the  said 
Owen  M'Dermott  should  come  home,  so  that  with  much  adoe  they 
gott  thair  lyves  preserved  for  two  or  three  nights,  Dureing  which 
tyme  shee,  this  Deponent,  saw  burdens  of  bloody  cloathes  come  into 
the  hous,  which  did  belong  to  severall  protestants  who  wer  all  of 
tham  murdered  upon  the  Curlewes  by  the  servants  and  souldiers  of 
Owen  M'Dermott  which  strook  a  great  fear  upon  the  Deponent  and 
her  husband  who  wer  informed  by  the  serwants  of  Owen  M'Dermott 
that  mischeif  was  intended,  for  as  this  Deponent  sayth,  not  only  wer 
thes  bloodie  cloathes  receaved  into  the  hous,  bot  also  the  said  Owen 
M'Dermott  his  souldiers  when  they  wold  be  cleansing  thair  skeins 
eftir  the  committing  of  thes  bloodie  facts,  they  wold  bragg  and  say 
that  within  few  dayes  they  hopped  to  hawe  the  harts  of  a  hundreth 
English  and  Scottish  leaping  upon  thair  hands.  And  this  Deponent 
further  sayth  that  eftir  the  said  Owen  M'Dermott  cam  from  Bellimoat 
to  his  hous  he  began  to  examin  this  Depon"  and  her  husband  con- 
cerneing  thair  moneyes  and  goods,  and  eftir  that  he  had  gott  from 
this  Deponent's  husband,  a  silk  girdle  with  twelf  pounds  into  itt  hee 
the  said  Owen  M'Dermott  apprehending  that  thair  was  no  more  to  be 
gott  from  the  said  Depon"  and  her  husband,  hee  thrust  out  this  De- 
pon" and  her  husband  with  thair  children  out  of  Doores,  and  com- 
manded tham  to  go  shift  for  thamselwes.  The  Dep*  and  her  husband 
apprehending  Death,  with  great  earnestnes  prayed  him  to  secure  thair 
lyves,  and  nott  to  expose  tham  to  be  murdered,  as  undoubtedly  they 
wold,  wherunto  the  said  Owen  M'Dermott  answered  that  they  neided 
not  fear,  that  thair  was  no  danger,  and  by  oathes  thought  to  frie  him- 
selff  of  the  importunitie  of  the  Depo"  and  her  husband,  and  further  he 
said  that  he  wold  send  alonge  his  waiting  man  and  some  four  of  his 
souldiers  to  guard  tham,  and  that  they  should  sie  tham  safe  within  the 
bounds  of  the  garison  of  Boyll ;  wherupon  this  Dep*  with  her 


COMMITTED   IN    THE    COUNTY   OF   SLIGO.  259 

husband  cam  away,  and  upon  the  way  on  of  the  four  souldiers  brok 
off  from,  the  rest,  which  this  Dep*  sieing  shee  asked  Owen  M'Der- 
mott  Eoe  (being  the  foresaid  waiting  man  of  Owen  M'Dermott) 
whitther  that  man  was  goeing,  who  ansered  that  he  was  goeing 
towards  the  Irish  camp  which  than  lay  about  Bellinafad,  and  when 
this  deponent  with  her  husband  and  children  wer  goeing  forward 
towards  the  Boyll,  upon  the  bogg  shee,  this  Deponent,  sieth  this  man 
who  had  caried  the  lettir  comeing  back  towards  tham,  and  att  his 
comeing  he  spoke  priwatly  to  his  comerades,  and,  so  soone  as  they 
had  ended  thair  discourse,  one  of  thes  souldiers  who  caried  a  chyld, 
of  this  Deponent's,  threw  away  the  child,  and  sayd  that  hee  wold  no 
longer  cary  any  English  whelp,  yet  notwithstanding  this  Dep4  with  her 
husband  and  children  went  forward  till  they  cam  within  the  stone  wall 
of  the  Deir  park  nigh  the  Boyll  att  which  tyme  the  forsaid  guard  left 
tham,  and  upon  leaveing  of  tham,  they  whistled  with  a  loud  sound, 
which  this  Deponent  knew  really  to  be  a  signe  of  treacherie,  and 
thairupon  prayed  her  husband  to  escape  for  his  lyff,  which  hee  was  not 
able  to  doe,  yett  one  of  her  boyes  being  light  and  swift  escaped  into 
the  Boyll,  and  this  Deponent  and  her  husband  wer  apprehended  by  an 
ambush  of  seavin  men,  whereof  fywe  of  tham  fell  upon  the  Depott§ 
husband  and  stobbed  him  to  death  with  skeins,  and  the  other  two 
stripped  this  Dep*  to  the  skin. 

Signed  and  acknowledged  ANN:  GASGEDT, 

before  mee,  as  witness  my  hand,  X 

RICH:  COOTE.  her  mark. 


Gallway,  23th  May,  1653. 

The  Examinacion  of  Coll.  ffrancis  Taafe.  "Who  being  duely 
sworne  and  examined  saith  that  hee  knew  Charles  Connor  &  Hugh 
Connor,  the  brothers  of  O'Connor  Sligo:  and  hee  heard  of  a  horrid 
murder  committed  in  Sligo  uppon  one  Steward,  Wm  Walsh  &  divers 
others,  wherein  the  said  Charles  &  Hugh  wer  principle  actors.  Hee 
further  saith  that  Maior  gen11  Lucas  Taafe  and  this  Ex*  with  500  men 
did  by  force  apprehend  the  said  persons  for  the  said  murder  and  brought 
them  prisoners  to  Ballynefad  in  order  to  their  tryall  for  that  murder, 
where  they  wer  kept  prisoners  a  long  tyme  (but  the  certaine  tyme,  hee 
doth  not  remember)  dureing  which  tyme  hee  beeleives  the  said  Maior 
gen11  Taafe  sent  to  such  as  had  the  cheife  authority  in  this  pro- 


260       MURDERS   AND    ROBBERIES    COMMITTED   IN    COUNTY   SLIGO. 

vince  desireing  that  the  said  parties  might  bee  brought  to  a  tryall : 
and  at  length  finding  it  very  inconvenient  to  continue  them,  any 
longer  in  that  place,  the  said  Maior  gen11  caused  them  to  bee 
convoyed  to  Castle  Coote  to  the  intent  they  might  bee  there  brought 
to  justice  as  hee  beeleives,  where  Lieut,  gen11  Burke  then  was 
with  an  army,  who  then  commanded  in  cheife  both  in  that  army  bee- 
seigeing  that  place  &  in  the  whole  province,  wher  the  said  Charles  & 
Hugh  wer  leftt  prisoners,  &  wer  within  a  week  sett  at  liberty,  but 
by  what  meanes  or  whose  orders  hee  knoweth  not. 

Hee  further  saith  that  about  a  twelve  month  agoe  hee  saw  the  said 
Hugh  O'Connor  come  into  the  Lord  Clanrickard's  army  neer  Bally- 
shannon,  &  discovered  him  to  the  said  Lord  Clanrickard  and  desired 
hee  might  bee  questioned  for  the  aforesaid  murder,  who  promised  & 
engaged  that  soe  soone  as  hee  gott  into  Ballyshannon  hee  would  have 
him  hanged;  which  was  prevented  by  the  sudden  approach  of  the 
English  Army,  and  the  said  Hugh  is  now  in  actuall  rebellion  not  daring 
to  come  in  beecause  of  that  murder,  as  hee  is  informed. 

Taken  before  FBAN:  TAAFFE. 

CHA:  COOTE. 

WALT:  CARWAEDINE. 


APPENDIX  C. 


DOWN       SURVEY. 


EXTRACT  FROM  THE  BOOK   OF    SURVEY  AND  DISTRIBUTION, 
COUNTY  SLIGO, 

AND 

EXAMPLES  OF  PETITIONS  AND  SCHEDULES 

PRESENTED  TO  THE  COMMISSIONERS  FOR  PUTTING  INTO 

EXECUTION    THE  ACT    OF    SETTLEMENT,    &c. ; 

ALSO 

SPECIMENS  OF  THE  CERTIFICATES  GRANTED  TO  ADVENTURERS 
AND  SOLDIERS. 


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CERTIFICATES;  267 

SPECIMENS   OF  CERTIFICATES   GRANTED   TO 
ADVENTURERS   AND   SOLDIERS. 

ADVENTURERS'  CERTIFICATE,  ROLL  5.     EXCHEQUER. 

By  his  Majesties  Comissioners  for  putting  in  execucon  an  act  intituled 
an  act  for  the  explaineing  some  doubtes  ariseing  upon  an  act  intituled  an 
act  for  the  better  execution  of  his  Maj""  gratious  declaracon  for  the 
settlm'  of  his  kingdome  of  Ireland  and  satisfaccon  of  the  several  interests 
of  Adventurers,  Souldiers  and  other  his  subjects  there>  and  for  makeing 
some  alteracons  of  and  additions  unto  the  said  act  for  the  more  speedy 
and  effectuall  settlem'  of  the  said  kingdome  and  of  soe  much  as  is  still  in 
force  and  remaines  to  bee  executed  of  one  other  act  intituled  an  act  for 
the  better  execution  of  his  Maj""  gratious  declaration  for  the  settlem1  of 
his  kingdome  of  Ireland  and  satisfaction  of  the  severall  Interests  of  Adven- 
turers, Souldiers  and  other  his  subjects  there. 


Present 


SB.  EDWARD  SMTTHE,  Knight/ 
Lord  Cheife  Justice  of  his 
Maj""  Cort  of  Comon  Pleas. 

S*.  EDWARD  DERING,  Barr*. 

CORN"  THOMAS  WOOD. 


S*.  ALEN  BRODRICK,  Kn*. 
SB.  WINSTON  CHURCHILL,  Kn1. 
EDWARD  COOKE,  ESQUIRE. 


Whereas  in  pursuance  of  the  said  acts  Cornett  Thomas  Wood  did  ex- 
hibitt  his  Peticon  and  Schedule  before  us  his  Maj""  said  Comissionriupon 
the  tenth  day  of  March  in  the  eighteenth  yeare  of  the  raigne  of  our 
Soveraigne  Lord  Charles  the  Second  by  the  grace  of  God  King  of  Eng- 
land Scotland  ffrance  and  Ireland  defendo*  of  the  ffaithe  &c.  Thereby 
setting  forth  that  hee  the  said  Thomas  Wood  is  by  the  said  Acts  of  Par- 
liam'  lawfully  and  rightfullye  entituled  unto  severall  lands  tenemt1  and 
hereditamt'  in  this  kingdome  of  Ireland  in  the  said  Peticon  and  Schedule 
thereunto  annexed  perticulerly  mentioned  and  therfore  prayed  our  ad- 
judication of  his  said  right  and  tytle  thereunto  and  our  Certificate  of  the 
same  in  order  to  his  passing  letters  pattents  under  his  Maj""  great  seale  of 
this  his  kingdome  of  Ireland  for  the  same  as  by  the  said  acts  is  directed 
and  appointed  which  said  Peticon  came  to  a  finall  heareing,  and  was 
heard  before  us  his  Maj""  said  Comission™  this  day  being  Tuesday  the 
one  and  thirtyeth  day  of  July  in  the  said  Eighteenth  yeare  of  his  Maj"" 
raigne  that  now  is  in  open  Court  att  the  place  comonly  called  the  King's 
Inns  Dublin  upon  heareing  of  which  peticon  and  upon  the  proofes 
testimonyes  and  evidences  therein  produced  before  us  his  Maj""  said 
Comission™  It  appeared  unto  this  Court  that  the  lands  tenem"  and  here- 
ditam"  hereinafter  mentioned  were  lands  tenem"  and  hereditam"  seized 
sequestred  disposed  distributed  sett  out  or  sett  apart  by  reason  of 
or  upon  accompt  of  the  late  horrid  rebellion  or  warr  which  began  or 
broke  out  in  this  kingdome  of  Ireland  on  the  three  and  twentyeth 


268  SPECIMENS   OF   CEETIFICATES   GRANTED   TO 

day  of  October  one  thousand  six  hundred  fforty  one  and  thereby  for- 
feited to  and  vested  in  his  Maj"*  according  to  the  intent  and  true  meane- 
ing  of  the  said  acts  to  the  intents  and  uses  in  and  by  the  said  acts 
lymitted  mentioned  and  appointed  and  it  further  appeared  unto  the 
said  Court  that  the  said  lands  Tenem"  and  hereditam"  hereinafter  perti- 
culerly  mentioned  were  allotted  assigned  given  graunted  ordered  dis- 
tributed disposed  demised  sett  out  or  sett  apart  unto  the  said  Thomas 
Wood  or  unto  those  under  whom  hee  claymeth  for  their  service  as  soul- 
diers  in  the  late  warr  of  Ireland  and  were  upon  the  seaventh  day  of  May 
one  thousand  six  hundred  fifty  nine  in  the  actuall  seizin  possession  and 
oocupacon  of  the  said  Thomas  Wood  or  those  under  whome  hee  claymeth 
their  lessees  or  undertenn"  It  is  thereupon  this  day  adjudged  and  de- 
creed by  this  Court  that  the  said  Thomas  Wood  is  by  the  acte  of  Parliam* 
lawfully  and  rightfully  entituled  unto  the  severall  lands  tenem"  and 
hereditam"  ffollowinge  (that  is  to  say)  in  the  quarter  of  Lacken  Cahill 
twenty  four  acres  three  roods  profitable  Lecken  Mcfferbissy  one 
hundred  ffifty  six  acres  profitable,  In  the  halfe  quarters  of  Clunedera- 
vally  sixty  two  acres  twoe  roodes  profitable,  Quigibarrow  one  quarter 
one  hundred  ninety  seaven  acres  one  rood  profitable,  Parke  half  a  quarter 
seaventy  six  acres  profitable  Carron  Duffe  one  quarter  one  hundred 
fforty  seaven  acres  one  rood  profitable,  In  Ballifinane  quarter  thirty 
two  perches  profitable  and  seaven  hundred  twenty  seaven  acres  un- 
profitable, In  the  quarter  of  Carrownorlare  als  Urlare  one  hundred  seaventy 
two  acres  three  roods  profitable,  In  Castle  Carragh  quarter  sixty  acres 
profitable  and  fforty  four  acres  unprofitable,  Kininegallogh  one  quarter 
sixty  five  acres  three  roods  six  perches  profitable  and  ffourteen  acres  three 
roods  unprofitable  Drom  Martine  ffifty  eight  acres  Sixteene  perches 
profitable  and  ffoure  acres  unprofitable  in  the  Barony  of  Tyreragh  and 
County  of  Sleigoe  and  that  the  'said  lands  tenem"  and  hereditam"  and 
every  part  and  parcell  thereof  may  and  by  the  teno'  and  intent  of  the 
said  acts  of  Parliam'  of  right  ought  to  bee  held  and  in  joyed  by  the  said 
Thomas  Wood  his  heires  and  assignes  for  ever  in  ffree  and  comon  soccage 
as  of  his  Maj"*"  Castle  of  Dublin  under  the  Quitt^rent  and  yearely  paym* 
to  his  Maj416  his  heires  and  successo"  herein  mentioned  and  no  other 
(that  is  to  say)  Rendring  and  paying  for  all  the  foresaid  lande  lying  and 
being  in  the  said  county  of  Sleigoe  and  province  of  Connaught  and  con- 
teyne  in  the  whole  one  thousand  and  twenty  acres  two  roods  ffourteen 
perches  plantation  measure  makeing  one  thousand  six  hundred  ffifty  three 
acres  three  roods  twenty  nine  perches  English  statute  measure  out  of 
which  the  quitt  rent  payable  yearely  to  his  Maj"'  is  ten  pounds  six  shil- 
lings seaven  pence  three  farthinges  The  which  said  yearely  rent  or  pay- 
ment is  to  bee  made  and  paid  att  the  Receipt  of  his  Maj""  Exchequer  in 
Dublin  att  the  two  most  usuall  ffeasts  or  dayes  of  payment  in  the  yeare 
(that  is  to  say)  att  the  ffeasts  of  S'  Michaell  the  Archangell  and  the 
Anuntiation  of  the  blessed  Virgin  S'  Mary  by  even  and  equall  portions. 
And  this  our  judgement  and  decree  wee  doe  hereby  certify  unto  his  Grace 
James  Duke  of  Ormond  Lord  Lievten'  Generall  and  Generall  Governo'  of 
Ireland  and  unto  his  Grace  Michaell  Lord  Archbishop  of  Dublin  Lord 


ADVENTURERS   AND    SOLDIERS.  269 

Chauncello*  of  Ireland  and  unto  his  Majtlei  Court  of  Exchequer  there  to 
the  end  that  effectual!  Letters  Pattents  under  his  Maj""  great  scale  of 
Ireland  may  bee  forthwith  graunted  unto  the  said  Thomas  Wood  for  the 
finall  settlement  and  confirmation  of  the  p'misses  and  every  part  and 
parcell  thereof  with  their  and  every  of  their  rights  members  and  appur- 
tences  unto  the  said  Thomas  Wood  his  heires  and  assignes  for  ever  pursuant 
to  this  our  Judgement  decree  and  Certificate  according  to  the  true  intent 
and  meaneing  of  the  said  act  of  Explanation  and  of  the  said  Act  of  Set- 
tlem*.  Given  under  our  hands  and  Scales  this  tenth  day  of  August  in  the 
said  eighteenth  yeare  of  the  raigne  of  our  Soveraigne  Lord  King  Charles 
the  second  annoq'  dni  one  thousand  six  hundred  sixty  six. 

EDWD.  SMYTHE.      (EDWD.  DERING.)     A.  BRODKICK.     W.  CHUKCHILL. 

EDWD.  COOKE. 


ADVENTURER'S  CERTIFICATE,  ROLL  xxx.,  53RD  FOL. — (Preamble,  &c., 
same  as  in  tlie  certificate  to  Cornet  Thomas  Wood.) 

Richard,  Lord  Baron  Col-\  WHEREAS  it  appears  that  Rich* 
looney,  in  trust  for  severall  I  Lord  Collooney,  and  the  severall  per- 
deficient  sould™  in  ye  County  [  sons  hereafter  mentioned  were  deficient 
Sligo,  et  alii.  J  the  number  and  quantity  of  acres  herein- 

after expressed  to  make  up  (according  to  the  said  acts)  two  full  3rd  parts 
of  the  lands,  tenements,  and  hereditaments  whereof  hee  or  they  (or  those 
under  whome  they  severally  Claymed  or  Derived  them)  were  seized  or- 
possessed  upon  the  seaventh  day  of  May,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thou- 
sand six  hundred  and  fifty  nine,  for  his  or  their  severall  and  respective 
services  as  souldiers  in  the  late  Warrs  of  Ireland  ;  and  it  further  appears 
to  the  sa  Court  that  Lord  Collooney  was  deficient  388  acres  Ir.  I7p.  j 
and  James  Birne,  1214a.  2r.  17p. ;  and  John  Wilkinson,  613a.  3r.  9p.  ; 
and  Cap*,  ffraricis  King,  1340<z.  3r.  8p. ;  and  Roger  Nicholson,  6a.  3r.  IQp.; 
and  Doctor  Henry  Nicholson,  308a.  9p. ;  and  Thomas  Ormsby,  34a. ;  and 
Phillip  Ormsby,  22 la.  Ir.  24p. ;  and  Xtopher  Ormsby,  327a.  2r.  ~L4p. ;  and 
Capt".  Henry  Hughes,  104a.  3bp.  ;  and  Thomas  Harlow,  504a.,  and  that 
Richards  ffibbs  was  deficient,  nifty  four  acres  3r.  13p.  ;  Henry  Griffiths, 
73a.  16p. ;  Francis  Jackson,  73a.  ~\Gp. ;  Capt.  Henry  Nichollson,  2a.  2r.  27p. 
=A11  6281a.  2r.  I8p.  And  it  further  appears  to  the  Court  the  lands,  &c., 
hereafter  menconed  were  seized,  sequestered,  &c. ,  by  reason  of  or  upon 
accompt  of  the  late  horrid  Rebellion  or  Warr  which  began  or  broke  out 
in  this  Kingdome  of  Ireland,  23rd  Oct.,  1641.  It  was  therefore  on 
Wed.,  4th  of  Dec*'  19th  year  (1667)  of  his  Majs.  Reign  that  now  is,  by  us  - 
his  Maj"  Jd  Com"  ordered,  adjudged,  and  Decreed  that  ye  Richard  Lord 
Collooney  shall  have  and  enjoy,  &c.,  viz.,  in  the  Town  and  lands  of  Moy-  , 
lerrow  half  quarter  besides  46  acres  confirmed  to  John  Yeadon,  &c., 
Thos.  Harlow  and  ye  Lord  Collooney  shall  also  stand  seized  of  fifty -four 
acres  3r.  13p.  p1  meas"  of  the  aforesaid  Lands  in  trust  for  and  to  the  only 
use  and  behoofe  of  the  said  Rich4  ffibbs  his  heires  and  assigns  for  ever, 
&c.,  &c.  .  .  .  of  the  sa  Henry  Griffiths  Bar  of  Tireragh. 


APPENDIX  D. 


The  following  (from  the  Patent  Rolls  of  Charles  II.) 
is  a  precis  of  the  various  re-grants  to  the  proprietors  of  the 
County  Sligo  during  his  reign,  and  in  the  order  in  which  they 
appear  on  the  Eolls,  as  given  in  the  "  Public  Records  of 
Ireland,  1821-25"  :— 

WILLIAM  EARL  OF  STRAFFORD  and  THOMAS  RAD- 
CLIFFE,  esq. — The  manor,  castle,  town  and  lands  of  Sligoe,  with  a 
fishing  weare  and  mill  thereunto  belonging,  Raughumin  alias  Rathed- 
mond,  1  cart",  and  Carrowmeere^  1  d°,  89A.  IR.  8p. — Feniskillen  alias 
Finisklin,  alias  Finasklin,  1  qr.  119A.  &  16p. — Kapamore  alias  Knapp- 
aghmore,  \  qr.  69A.  3n.  24p. — Connor  6  Kelly  alias  Clanconnor  6  Kelly, 
•J  qr.  32A.  2B. — Farrenmackadowen  alias  FarrenmMowanie,  £  qr.  and 
Rushine  alias  Russine,  \  qr.  183A.  3n.  24p. — Carricke,  1  qr.  153A.  2R. 
32p. — in  Gortnecarvie  alias  Gortmackarvin,  1  cart",  25A.  prof.  10A.  un- 
prof. — Carrowkeele,  1  qr.  132A.  IR.  8p. — Gobbidagh  alias  Belladrehid, 
1  qr.  102A.  3R.  8p. — Raghm'koole  alias  Raghm°chuile,  1  qr.  162A.  &  16p. 
— Coilenamuim  alias  Coylenanama  alias  Coyllanamna,  Iqr.  176A.  &  32p. 
— Bryoge  alias  Bruyoge,  \  qr.  75A.  2R.  prof.  2A  2R.  32p.  unprof .  — Farren- 
m'laughlin  alias  Ferrenmcloghlin,  d°,  HA.  &  32p.  prof.  7  A.  2R.  32p.  unprof. 
— Cairo wkeelenelree  alias  Carrowkeelenebruy,  1  qr.  81  A.  SR.  8p. — inRath- 
mackarricke  alias  Raghm"  Carricke,  |  qr.  83A.  &  32p. — Ferren-Imaly  alias 
Farren-Imaly,  alias  Imaly,  £qr.  177A.  prof.  34A.  &  32p.  unprof. — Agha- 
good  alias  Aghalagood,  alias  Aghaguid,  £  qr.  230 A.  prof.  92A.  unprof. — 
Lissanorus,  £  qr.  229A.  prof.  31  A.  unprof. — Moynenagh  alias  Moynenean, 
alias  Moynanean,  1  qr.  340A.  2R.  prof.  126A.  2R. — in  Cashellgarrane, 
£  qr.  197 A.  &  7?.  prof.  52A.  2R.  unprof. — Cloondara  alias  Cloon- 
daraher,  £  qr.  18lA.  2R.  16p. — Rathaberny  alias  Rahabernagh,  1  qr.  135A. 
SB.  24p.  prof.  7A.  IR.  32p.  unprof. — Tewsan  alias  Tyssane,  £  qr.  101  A. 
prof.  2A.  2R.  unprof. — Lissnelurge  alias  Lisnelorge,  ^  qr.  57 A.  2R.  24p. — 
Maherygillernew,  d°,  256A. — Tullagh  alias  Tullaghm0  Bryenboy,  d°,  64A. 
&  32p. — Ballinecarry  alias  Ballencarry,  1  qr.,  Lecarrowcaslane,  ^  qr. 
Bally- William  alias  Bally weelin  and  Knockane,  1  qr.,  Creggihart,  ^  qr., 


REIGN   OP   CHARLES  II.  271 

Garryowen,  ^  qr.  649A.  &  SP.  prof.  IA.  2R.  unprof. — Mahurinconrosse 
alias  Maherycournish  alias  Maheryconrois,  1  qr.  225A.  2R.  16p.  prof.  114A. 
2K.  32p.  unprof.— Formoil,  1  qr.  191  A.  SB.  8p.  prof.  29A.  IB.  8p.  unprof. 
— Lostie,  £  qr.  151  A.  &  24p.  prof.  374A.  SB.  24p.  unprof. — Annagh,  1  qr. 
165 A.  2B.  prof.  10A.  2fi.  unprof. — Clonmackstallion  alias  Clonm°stallane, 
£  qr.  146A.  IB.  8p.— Kilbride,  1  qr.  84A.  prof.  38A.  SB.  32p.  unprof.— 
Faights  alias  Faughts,  alias  Faghta,  1  qr.  25U.  3a.  16p.  prof.  94A.  &  32p. 
unprof. — Bealanurle  alias  Belanorly,  1  cart",  89A.  prof.  19A.  &  32p.  un- 
prof.— Mahurycarnecash  alias  Maherycarnecash,  1  qr.  100 A.  prof.  19A. 
2B.  32p.  unprof. — Shannoneighter  alias  Shannonweighter,  £  qr.  156A. 
— Ballyhinon  alias  Ballytynean,  alias  Ballytyvuan,  1  qr.  179A.  2R.  prof. 
9A.  &  16p.  unprof. — Reagh  alias  Raghbabritoke,  alias  Rathavritoke,  alias 
Rath,  1  qr.  110A.  2n.  32p.  Bunduffe,  1  qr.  435A.  IB.  32p.  prof.  187 A.  3fi. 
8p.  unprof.  Derryern  alias  Derrynerim,  alias  Derryan-Irin,  \  qr.  180A. 
2a.  16p.  prof.  26 A.  2B.  unprof. — Kilcroeg  alias  Killchoroigie  in  Mulla- 
more,  alias  Mullaghmore,  being  1  qr.  Downeballry  alias  Dunbalrie — ibidem 
1  qr.  531A.  2B. — Creeve  alias  Crivagh,  1  qr.  214A.  SB.  prof.  18A.  SB.  8p. 
unprof. — the  island  Clonerkoe  alias  Clonorkoe,  ^  cart",  and  Cashellne- 
gowen  in  Clonerkoe,  £  cart",  31  A.  &  16p.  prof.  lllA.  &  32p.  unprof. — 
Edenreagh  alias  Carrowreagh,  1  qr.,  and  Cliffony  alias  Cleefony,  £  qr., 
and  Brentlettor-ibidem,  ^  qr.,  and  Rosskeera,  ib,  £  qr.  903A.  2B.  12p. — 
Monegoole  alias  Monedoolt,  alias  Monedowalt,  1  qr.  312A.  &  32p. — Carne, 
£  qr.  227 A. — 2s.  16p.  prof.  3 A.  unprof. — Dromfadda,  £  qr.  125A.  prof. 
172A.  2B.  16p.  unprof. — Lyle  alias  Lyell,  £  qr.,  and  Lecarrowmaddow, 
%  qr.,  and  Derreleaghan  alias  Derrylihane,  1  qr.,  728A.  prof.  870A.  SB.  8p. 
unprof. — Ardneglasse,  1  qr.  305A.  IB.  24p. — Gortelecky  alias  Gortnelecky, 
$  qr.  212A.  2B.  32p.— Kilkady  alias  Kilchaddy,  £  qr.  193A.  &  32p.  prof. 
8A.  2B.  16p.  unprof. — Killtekeer  alias  Killkeer,  alias  Koyletekere,  alias 
Cooltekerrie,  £  qr.  161  A.  2s.  32p. — Inishmurey  alias  Inishmorey,  ^  qr, 
83A.  2B. — Derrige-Island  alias  Derrynish-Island,  49 A.  IB.  ;  bar.  Carbury, 
co.  SLiao. — Knocknehie  alias  Knocknegeehie,  £  qr.  146A.  2B.  prof.  54A. 
2s.  unprof. — Carrowcrin  alias  Carrowcruin,  1  qr.  86A. — Carrownegat  alias 
Carrignegate,  £qr.  38A.  prof.  5A.  unprof. — Donamorey  alias  Do wnamorey, 
I  qr.  62A.  IB. — Downally  alias  Downalla,  8  gneeves  or  1  tryne,  99A. — 
Cloneen  alias  Cloneeneroe,  alias  Cloniniroe,  1  qr.  82A. — Ragrana  alias 
Rathgrany,  ^  qr.  78A. — Ballinesihane  and  Lecke,  1J  qr.  137A.  SB. — 
Knockbegg,  1  qr.  88A.  2s. — Ramigram  alias  Ramigran,  1  qr.  58A.  2B. — 
Clonemaghanbegg  and  Clonemaghanmore,  alias  Clonemaghin,  8  gneeves 
or  1  tryne,  154A.  prof.  22A.  unprof. — inKnockbrine  alias  Knockbrinagher, 
being  1  tryne,  103A.  SB. — Clonefen  alias  Cloghfen,  alias  Cloghfin,  1  qr. 
83A.  2B.  prof.  78A.  SB.  unprof. — Knookroyer  alias  Knockrawer,  1  qr.  84A. 
— Correagh  alias  Corragh,  alias  Corray  d°,  87A.  2a. — Dromderig  alias 
Dromgery,  £  qr.  88A.  2B.  32p.  prof.  4A.  unprof. — Tunnagh  alias  Sunnagh, 
1  qr.  117 A.  prof.  60A.  unprof. — Mullaghcorra,  ^  qr.  54A. — Knockfishoge 
alias  Knocknafissoge,  %  qr.  63A.  SB. — Crosse  and  Cloneganway,  alias 
Cloneganvegh,  1|  qr.  168A.  SB. — Caldroone  alias  Droulharnaght,  2  qrs. 
55A.  IB. — Knocklower  alias  Knockilowir,  1  qr.  92A.  2B. — Knocktubber 
alias  Knocktobber,  1  qr.  87 A.  2B. — Ballineray  alias  Ballineraha,  alias 


272  RE-GRANTS    OF   LANDS, 

Ballyrath,  1  qr.  138.4 Lecharrow  alias  Charrowdale  Charrow,  1  qr.  85 A. 

SR. — Cooler  alias  Coollere,  2  qrs.,  and  Bally  vally  alias  Ballinvally,  2  qrs. 
454A.  IR.  prof.  155 A.  IR.  unprof. — Carrowloghlin  alias  Carrowloughlin, 
1  qr.  58 A. — Knocktobber  in  Ballyfay  1  tryne,  Capleclawph  alias  Caple- 
cawtrean,  ib.  1  tryne,  Knocknehow,  ib.  1  tryne,  Knocknegehy,  1  qr. 
136A.  prof.  38A.  unprof. — Knockneglore,  1  tryne,  89A.  IR.  prof.  1?A. 
unprof. — Knockrawer,  1  qr.  65A.  2R.  ;  bar.  Tirerill  and  Corren,  same  co. 
— Carrowvernoge  alias  Carrownevrnoge  alias  in  Boniny,  1  qr.  68A. — 
Garrowkislane  alias  Carrowcaslane,  ib.  1  qr.  66A.  3R. — Carrowlatelly  alias 
Oarrowlatilie,  ib.  1  qr.  66A.  IR. — Carrowgitla-Patrick  alias  Carrowmcgill- 
Patrick,  ib.  d°,  82A. — Carrowneglogh,  ib.  1  qr.  59A.  2R. — Barnabrack 
alias  Barnanemreake,  ib.  1  qr.  61  A.  2R. — Carrowintehan  alias  Carrowan- 
tihan,  ib.  1  qr.  55 A.  3R. — Carrowbrocky,  ib.  1  qr.  64R.  IR. — Larah  alias 
Laragh,  alias  Carrowcaslane,  d°,  76A.  IR. — Carrowmcmurtahreagh,  d°,  50A. 
IR. — Carrownurlare  alias  Carroworlare,  1  qr.  52A.  2R. — Agheris  alias 
Aghrns,  d°,  237A.  3R. — Downeale,  4  qrs.  455A.  SR. — Carrownemcfarreogh 
alias  Tarrenm'farrille,  1  qr.  388 A.  2R.  prof.  75 A.  3R.  unprof. — Gleab-land 
Kilm'shallgan,  OA.  286A.  stat.  prof.  1,363A.  unprof.  belonging  to  said 
4  qrs.  of  Downeale  ;  bar.  Tirreragh,  same  co. — part  of  Kingrillin  alias 
Kinagrelly,  1  cart",  137A.  3R.  16p. — Memlagh  alias  Moymlagh,  J  qr.  84A. 
prof.  32A.  2R.  unprof.  ;  bar.  Leyny,  same  co. — Knockneskeagh,  1  qr. 
138A.  prof.  GA.  unprof.  ;  £  bar.  Cooleavin,  same  co. — half  the  castle  of 
Downally,  and  the  £  qr.  of  Lecarrowcruin,  153A.  IR.  prof.  3A.  &  32p.  un- 
prof. mearing  upon  Carrownebre,  and  situate  in  Cullary. — Lismacrea,  £  qr. 
5lA.  &  32p.  ;  bar.  Carbury,  same  co. — Carrowanloghane,  \  qr.  60A. ;  bar. 
Tirreragh,  same  co. — in  Muhiny,  \  of  the  \  qr.  20A. — the  castle  of  Behy- 
Edenmore,  being  1  cart",  30A. —  Caslane,  1  cart"  30A. ;  bar.  Corren,  same 
co. — Carrowfeare  in  Vickesery,  1  qr.  120A. ;  bar.  Tirreragh,  same  co. — 
the  rectory  of  Aghamlisch  ;  bar.  Carbury,  same  co. — rectories  of  Agheris, 
Dromad,  Templeboy  and  Kilmacshallgan ;  bar.  Tirreragh,  same  co. — 
the  castle  of  Castleoughdargan ;  bar.  Tirerill,  same  co. — Straighbrahan 
alias  Sratraghane,  alias  Shratraghane,  1  qr.  154A. — Caltrogh  alias  Card- 
ragh,  \  qr.  12lA.  3s..  8p. — Carrowmore,  Killnefadda  and  Lishelegle,  9 
cart",  320A.  &  16p.  prof.  39A.  &  32p.  unprof. — the  Games  alias  Bahus, 
1  qr.  and  Loghnenanty,  ^  qr.  140A.  IR.  24p. — Chief reyes. — out  of  Scardan 
alias  Scardon,  2  qrs.  U.  6s.  8d. — out  of  Caldragh,  ^  qr.  6s.  8d. — Aghamore, 
1  qr.  13s.  4d — Farran-Ichard,  ^  qr.  6s.  8d. — Cargin,  ^qr.  6s.  Sd. — Knock- 
ankelly  and  Knockanehorna,  ^  qr.  6s.  Sd. — Shanonoughter,  i  qr.  6s.  8d. 
— Srahinerane,  £  qr.  6s.  8d. — Gortnegrelly,  £  qr.  6s.  8d. — Cooledro- 
maneighter,  £  qr.  6s.  8d.  and  6d.  more  out  of  the  last  recited  6J  qrs. ; 
bar.  Carbury,  same  co. —  out  of  the  £  bar.  of  Cooleavin,  4Z.  — 
Ballyderaowen,  11.  —  Clonlurge,  1  qr.  11.  —  Dromfin,  1  qr.  1Z. — Porti 
nishy,  a  pair  of  spurs  ;  bar.  Corren,  same  co. — out  of  Ballymullany, 

13s.  4d.  bar.  Tirerill,  same  co. Date  2d  July  18th  year — (Cert,  llth 

May, ) and  Inr oiled  18th  July,  1666. — Note:  The  castle,  town  and  lands 
of  Sligo,  (excepting  and  exempting  thereout  the  Abby  qr.  alias  Carrow- 
nemonaster,  and  the  £  qr.  of  Knocknegane,  with  so  much  of  the  town  of 
Sligo  as  stood  thereupon),  with  all  the  premises  granted  by  this  patent ; 


EEIQN    OF    CHAKLES    II.  273 

and  also  the  qr.  of  Knockmullin  alias  Clonegissane,  the  qr.  of  Lissinena 
alias  Tullyratband,  the  qr.  of  Ballyanliggan  and  the  qr.  of  Clonecarra  in 
bar.  Tirrerill,  which  were  settled  on  and  confirmed  to  them  and  their  heirs 
by  order  or  decree  of  the  LL.  and  Council,  dated  15  April,  1663  ;  the  qr. 
of  Ballydowgan,  the  qr.  of  Derrydarra,  the  J  qr.  of  Cornegehy,  and 
3  cart"'  of  the  qr.  of  Levally  in  the  bar.  of  Carbery,  which  were  settled  on 
them  by  another  decree,  dated  12  August  1663  ;  the  qrs.  of  Larras  and 
Kilsallagh,  the  cart"1  of  Bunatrohane  and  Torvey,  3  cart"'  in  Duagh,  and 
the  2  islands  of  Inishimulcloghy  alias  the  Coney  Island,  and  Inishroraa 
alias  the  Oyster  Island  in  the  bar.  of  Carbery,  which  were  settled  on  them 
by  another  decree,  dated  17  August  1663,  were  created  into  the  manor  of 
Sligoe,  with  500A.  in  demesne  ;  a  power  to  create  tenures,  to  hold  courts 
leet  and  baron,  a  law-day  or  a  court  of  record ;  to  appoint  seneschalla, 
bailiffs  and  other  officers ;  to  build  a  prison  and  appoint  a  gaoler  ;  to 
enjoy  all  waifs,  strays,  &c.  ;  to  impark  2, 000 A.  with  free  warren,  chase , 
and  park ;  to  hold  4  fairs  at  the  town  of  Sligoe,  on  17  March,  24  June, 
1  August,  and  29  September,  and  for  two  days  following  each,  and  two 
markets  on  every  Tuesday  and  Saturday,  at  the  rent  of  7s.  6d.  (being  the 

old  rent  due  for  the  same)  and  10s.  by  way  of  increase. Dated  12 

March  1674,  and  Inrolled  9  April  1675.— (Anna  27°  Car.  2di  3a  pars,  dorso 
JR.  9  and  13.) — The  letter  directing  the  said  patent  to  pass  is  dated  at 
Whitehall,  9  January  1674,  R.  9.  Provided  that  the  qr.  of  Knockbegg, 
the  qr.  and  J  of  Ballynesihane  and  Leek,  the  £  qr.  of  Carrownegatt  alias 
Carrignegat,  and  the  qr.  of  Carrowerim  alias  Carrowerain,  be  not  com- 
prized in  this  grant,  the  same  having  been  lately  sold  by  the  said  William 
Earl  of  Strafford  and  Thomas  Radcliffe  to  Richard  Lord  Baron  of  Co- 
loony,  and  his  heirs. — The  whole  premisses  to  be  held  under  such  rents, 
tenures,  reservations  and  services  as  were  due  and  payable  thereout  to 
the  crown  in  the  year  1641. 

SIR  FRANCIS  GORE,  knt.— In  Gallowstowne,  208A.  or  288A. 
(453A.  2R.  9p.  stat.)  51.  13s.  4^d.— Clonaghbane,  3  cart",  126A.  (204A.  & 
16p.  stat.)  prof.  62A.  3n.  unprof.  II.  5s.  6Jd. — Carrownokirke  alias 
Carrownegarricke,  £  qr.  38A.  (6lA.  2R.  9p.  stat.)  prof.  5lA.  unprof. 
7s.  8jd. — Carrowmore  alias  Cargin,  1  qr.  239A.  3n.  (388A.  IR.  17 P.  stat.) 
prof.  124A.  unprof.  21.  8s.  6|d.  —  Ballymullory ,  J  qr.  108A.  (174A.  3R, 
31p.  stat.)  prof.  2A.  unprof.  II.  Is.  10|d.— in  LevaUy,  115A.  IR.  (186A. 
2R.  30p.  stat.)  II.  3s.  3£d—  Rathvinan,  £  qr.  107A.  2».  (173A.  SR.  22p. 
stat.)  prof.  13A.  unprof.  II.  Is.  8jd. — Ardtrassan  or  Ardtrassnon,  1  qr. 
187 A.  (302A.  3R.  25p.  stat.)  prof.  30A.  IR.  unprof.  11.  17s.  10^.—  Rathely, 
\  qr.  97A.  (157A.  &  20p.  stat.)  19s.  7$d.—  Raghla,  1  qr.  96A.  (155A.  2R. 
IP.  stat.)  19s.  5Jd.- Ardtarmon,  1  qr.  105A.  2R.  (170A.  3R.  23p.  stat.) 
prof.  4A.  2R.  unprof.  11  Is.  4£d—  Kilmacanon,  1  qr.  87A.  2R.  (141  A.  2R. 
38p.  stat.)  17s.  9fd.— Dunfore,  £  qr.  133A.  215A.  IR.  30p.  atat.)  prof, 
165A.  unprof.  11  6s.  11^.— Lissadile,  2^  qrs.  391  A.  (633A.  IR.  17r.  stat.) 
31.  19s.  1\d. — in  Castlegarran,  \  qr.  being  the  south-west  and  next  the 
sea,  69A.  3R.  33p.  (113A.  IR.  12p.  stat.  (prof.  10A.  unprof.  14s.  2$d.— 
the  fourth  part  of  the  turf  bogg  of  the  half  qr.  of  Teysan,  10A.  un- 


274  KE-GKANTS   OF   LANDS, 

prof.;  bar.  Carbery,  co.  SLIGO.—  Gortaslin,  1  qr.  205  A.  2n.  16p.  (333A.  & 
SP.  stat.)  21.  Is.  7%d.—  Clonaduffin,  1  qr.  68A.  2fi.  32p.  (11  IA.  &  38p.  stat.) 
prof.  15A.  2B.  unprof.  13s.  10|d.—  Carrowreagh,  1  qr.  151  A.  &  32p.  (245A. 
SB.  18p.  stat.)  prof.  16A.  2n.  unprof.  11.  10s.  7£d.  —  Mucelta,  4  qrs.  dis- 
tinguished by  other  names,  365A.  SB.  24p.  (592A.  2a.  33p.  stat.)  31.  13*. 
.  ;  bar.  Leny,  same  co. 


RICHARD  BARON  OF  COLOONY.  —  Cloonemacduffe,  1  qr. 
128A.  IB.  prof.  38A.  SB.  7r.  unprof.  II.  6s.  0|d.—  Rathrippin,  1  qr.  65A. 
IB.  20p.  prof.  DA.  unprof.  13s.  2|d.—  Cashell,  1  qr.  134A.  3s..  prof.  ISA. 
unprof.  11.  17s.  l\d.  —  Laghnenata  and  Cornecassagh,  308  A.  IB.  prof.  3GOA. 
unprof.  31.  2s.  5d.  —  the  cartron  of  Corvofadd,  part  of  Carrowmeere  alias 
Ballindright,  29A.  prof.  67A.  unprof.  5s.  10  £d.  —  Killelin  alias  Ballydaly, 
125A.  prof.  548A.  unprof.  11  5s.  3|d.  —  Kinaghan,  J  qr.  66A.  13s.  4|d.— 
Tullaghmore,  1  qr.  93A.  2B.  prof.  63A.  IB.  20p.  unprof.  18s.  ll£d.—  Car- 
rowfderry,  or  Carrow-Idony  alias  Carrowduffy,  f  of  a  qr.  36A.  3B.  7s.  5jd. 
—  Killingduffe,  1  cart",  33A.  6s.  8jd.  —  Carrickniboy  or  Carrigniboy,  1 
cart",  14A.  3B.  16p.  3s.—  in  Knocknegeihy,  73A.  &  35p.  14s.  9fd.—  Clon- 
ealy,  1  cart",  32A.  2B.  20p.  prof.  37A.  unprof.  6s.  7  id.  —  one  cart0  of  the 
qr.  of  Drumneskelle,  3lA.  6s.  3^d.  —  half  the  tryne  of  Mullaghbrine,  56A. 
lls.  4d.  ;  bar.  Tirrerill,  co.  SLIGO.  —  Carrowreagh-Moylagh,  233  A.  prof. 
201A.  unprof.  21.  7s.  2d.  —  two  parts  of  the  two  qrs.  of  Carrowkeele  and 
Cashelwilly,  408A.  prof.  144A.  3B.  8p.  unprof.  41.  2s.  7$d.  —  Lorga,  1  cart", 
and  Lisnafally  or  Lisnasally,  £  cart",  45A.  9s.  l$d.  ;  bar.  Leyney,  same  co. 
Clonyragher  or  Cloneragher,  J  qr.  75A.  IB.  15s.  2§d.  —  in  Moynilagh  and 
Kinagrely,  or  Kenagrelly,  22lA.  &  24p.  21.  4s.  9$d.  ;  bar.  Corran,  same 
co.  —  Knockadow  and  Carrymore,  318A.  SB.  prof.  25A.  2B.  unprof.  31.  4s. 
6\d.  ;  bar.  Leyney,  co.  SLIGO.  —  part  of  2  qrs.  of  Moylagh,  4,244A.  &  16p. 
4i.  5s.  10|d.  —  part  of  Moylagh,  being  one  of  the  4  qrs.  of  Dughorne 
416A.  &  20p.  prof.  272A.  unprof.  41.  4s.  3d.—  Drumfrine,  1  qr.  193A.  IB. 
prof.  135A.  unprof.  11.  19s.  IJd.  —  Lackagh,  1  qr.  55A.  2B.  prof.  87±.  2s. 
unprof.  lls.  2|d.  —  3  cart"  of  Druy  or  Dryn,  or  Bryn,  qr.  60A.  &  16p. 
12s.  Ifd.  —  Sesnecoman,  1  qr.  169A.  IB.  24p.  11.  14s.  0%d.  —  the  moun- 
tains belonging  to  the  adjacent  towns,  7,123A.  2E.  unprof.  ;  bar.  Leyney, 
co.  SLIGO.  —  in  Cooleninamore,  6A.  Is.  2%d.  ;  bar.  Carbury,  col  SLIGO.  — 
Cloonachara  als  Cloonalghtconin,  108A.  SB.  —  Lisboy,  1  qr.  80  A.  2B.  —  Lis- 
rontagh,  3|  qrs.  97  A.  IB.  3p.  —  Coltimore,  67  A.  2B.  prof.  28A.  unprof.  ; 
bar.  Tirrerell,  co.  SLIGO.  —  Dowrly,  1  qr.  221A.  ;  bar.  Corrin,  same  co.  — 
Total  quantity,  575A.  &  3p.  plant.  (931A.  IB.  30p.  stat.)  —  Rent,  51.  16s. 
6d.  -  Date  13th  Feb.  20th  year.—  Inr  oiled  14th  February,  1667.—  in  Moy- 
terrew,  ^  qr.  24A.  2B.  4s.  ll^d.  —  in  the  S.  W.  end  of  Ballyhely,  2  qra. 
being  Duneveragh,  107  A.  SB.  11.  Is.  9fd.  —  in  a  parcel  of  Ballymullany, 
SA.  Is.  Ojd.  —  in  the  N.  end  of  Askinnon  alias  Ardskinnon,  32  A.  2B.  26p. 
6s.  7id—  Drumleaghchin,  132A.  IB.  24p.  11.  6s.  9%d.  ;  bar.  Tirrerill,  co. 
SLIGO.  —  Rusky,  45A.  2B.  6s.  O^d.  —  in  the  S.  end  of  Clonelorge,  6lA.  IB. 
13p.  12s.  3|d.  —  in  Dromdrelhy  alias  Dromrowlagh,  called  Coole-o-Kearing 
alias  Cooleockerna,  60A.  12s.  l^d.  —  bar.  Corran,  same  co.  —  in  Cunghall, 
2  qrs.  152A.  2B.  16p.  U.  10s.  9|rf.  —  in  Corkefree  qr.  being  one  of  the  qrs. 


KEIGN    OF    CHARLES   II.  275 

of  Dougherne  als  Dughorne,  234A.  21.  7s.  3|d. — in  the  2  qrs.  of  Dough- 
erne  als  Dughorne  and  Magherimore,  100 A.  11.  &  2^d. — in  theN.E.  part 
of  the  4  qrs.  of  Dougherne  als  Dughorne,  by  name  Carrokeele  als  Cashell- 
willy  and  Carrowkeele,  Magherimore  and  Carrowkarkfree,  80A.  16s.  3%d. 
• — more  in  the  same,  22A.  2n.  4s.  6^d. — in  the  N.W.  end  of  Carrow- 
naleck,  30A.  2R.  2p.  6s.  Id.— in  TuUaweUy,  9lA.  3n.  24p.  18s.  Id.— 
in  the  N.W.  part  of  Cashell,  9A.  IR.  13p.  Is.  lO^d. — more  in  the  same, 
102A.  &  16r.  11.  &  7fd.— in  Tullanaghlog  als  Tullaghnaghlog,  168A. 
11.  14s. — more  in  the  same,  OA.  prof.  22A.  &  16p.  unprof.  Is.  9fd. — Car- 
ricknagaw  als  Carricknagawna  7lA.  14s.  4£dL — in  Dunrus  als  Daurus,  69 A. 
13s.  ll^d. — more  in  the  same,  44A.  prof.  55A.  unprof.  8s.  lid. — of  the 
same  parcell,  SA.  IR.  Is.  7^d. — in  the  qr.  of  Rooe,  32A.  6s.  4fd. — in  the 
same,  104A.  11.  Is.  0%d.—  Lismorgan,  180A.  IR.  24p.  11.  16s.  6|d— Car^ 
rowloghan,  170A.  11.  7s.  4|d — Knockacreeny,  154A.  2R.  prof.  232A.  un- 
prof. 11.  11s.  l\d. — in  Dromine,  2A.  3R.  24p.  Id.  ;  bar.  Leyny,  same  co. 
— in  Kilmackorera  als  Killm'Corea,  als.  Killmack-Corchey,  96A.  SR.  6p. 
prof.  52A.  unprof.  19s.  7d.— in  Alternan  alias  Ballymony,  171A.  IR.  13p. 
11.  14s.  S^d. — more  in  the  same,  26A.  prof.  265 A.  2R.  unprof.  5s.  3%d. — in 
Bunowen,  6A.  2R.  26p.  Is.  4d. — more  in  the  same,  43A.  8s.  8%d. — in  the  east 
part  of  CogymcLoughlin  Keagh,  151  A.  3R.  27p.with  a  proportionable  part  of 
unprof.  11.  10s.  9%d.— in  Lasaghan,  19A.  3*.  lO^d. — in  leaghtera  alias 
leaghteragh,  1  qr.  42A.  IR.  8s.  6^d. — in  Clooneterman  alias  Cloonetarmon, 
contiguous  to  Lissinglonford,  432A.  prof.  202A.  2R.  unprof.  41.  7s.  5%d. — in 
the  E.  end  of  Sleanaskry  als  Sleaghnenaskry,  171  A.  &  lip.  11.  14s.  7|d. — 
in  Ballyfynan,  510A.  IR.  SP.  prof.  720A.  unprof.  51.  3s.  4d. — Carrow- 
Caslane,  Ballynahowne,  220A.  2R.  prof.  100A.  unprof.  21.  4s.  7|d — in 
Cornulyoghter,  26A.  3R.  32p.  5s.  6%d, — more  in  the  same,  160A.  prof.  100 A. 
unprof.  11.  12s.  4fcL — in  Cornulyeighter,  159 A.  11,  12s.  2jd. — more  in  the 
same,  8lA.  &  24p.  16s.  5d.—  in  Beaghye,  126A.  &  4p.  11.5s.  6d.—  Cham- 
coyle  alias  Camchoill,  116A.  prof.  58A.  unprof.  11.  3s.  5fc£. — in  Glean- 
Iska  and  Littirmissin,  304A.  2R. ,  with  a  proportionable  part  of  ye  unprof. 
31.  Is.  7|d.—  in  the  fths  of  a  qr.  in  Bally ogan,  373A.  &  20p.  prof.  189A. 
2R.  unprof.  31.  5s.  6%d. — in  Oarrowrod,  1  qr.  95A.  IR.  3p.,  with  a  pro- 
portionable part  of  the  unprof.  19s.  3%d. — in  the  same,  19lA.  2R.  14p. 
11.  18s.  9d. — more  in  the  same,  343A.  3fi.  20p.  31.  9s.  7%d. — more  in  the 
same.  25A.  5s.  0$d.—  Total,  6,28lA.  2R.  18p.  plant.  (10,174A.  &  27?. 
stat.)  Total,  631.  7s.  9d.;  bar.  Tirreragh,  same  co. — to  stand  seised  to 
the  use  of  him  and  his  heirs  of  381A.  IR.  17p. — In  trust  for  and  to 
the  use  of  James  Byrne  and  his  heirs,  1,214A.  2R.  17r. — for  John  Wil- 
kinson, 613A.  3R.  9p.— for  Cap*  Fra"  King,  1,340A.  3R.  16p.— for  Roger 
Nicholson,  6A.  3R.  8p. — for  Henry  Nicholson,  308A.  &  9p. — for  Thomas 
Ormsby,  34A. — for  Phillip  Ormsby,  221  A.  IR.  24p.— 4or  Christopher 
Ormsby,  327A.  2R.  14p.— for  Capt.  Henry  Hughes,  1,044A.  &  35p.— for 
Thomas  Harlow,  564 A. — for  Richard  Fibbs,  54A.  3R.  13p. — for  Henry 
.Griffith,  87 A.  IR.  13p.— for  Francis  Jackson,  73A.  &  16p.— for  Capt.  Henry 

Nicholson,  2A.  2R.  27r. In  Magherinore  qr.  being  part  of  the  4  qrs.  of 

Dougharne  als  Doghune,  113A.  11.  2s.  lOid.  ;  bar.  Leyny,  same  co.—  ia 


276  HE-GRANTS    OF   LANDS, 

Cooleninamore,  GA.    Is.  2|d.  —  to  hold  these  premisses  to  y*  use  of  John 
Wilkinson  for  ever  ;  bar.  Carbery,  same  co.  — 

HENRY  HUGHES,  esq.  —  Tulla-Cossinemore  qr.  138A.  &  16?.— 
Tulla-Cossinebegg,  |  qr.  37  A.  IR.  24p.  —  Corsalagh,  |  qr.  98A.  2R.  ;  bar. 
Lynah,  co.  Snoo.  —  Ballymullany,  7  cart"1,  177  A.  prof.  105A.  unprof.  — 
Total,  45lA.  &  8p.  plant.  (730A.  2n.  20p.  stat.)—  Total,  4L  11s.  3|d.  ;  bar. 
Tirrerill,  same  co. 

THOMAS  HARLE.—  In  Mollan  qr.  151A.  2R.  32p.  prof.  25A.  unprof. 
II  10s.  8d.  (245A.  2R.  37p.)  ;  bar.  Lynah. 

JOHN  CLIFFORD.—  Cloonelurgy,  1  qr.  122A.  2R.  27p.  prof.  (198A. 
2s..  32p.  stat.)  ;  67  A.  unprof.  bar.  Corren.  -  Date  27th  Nov.  21st  year.  — 
Inrolled  3rd  Dec.  1669. 

ROBT.  CHOPPYNE,  esq.,  MARY  his  wife,  widow  of  L.  Col. 
Henry  Gore,  and  Frances  Gore,  daughter  of  said  L.  C.  H.  Gore.  —  Dro- 
mine,  1  qr.  146A.  2R.  —  Derrycossane,  99A.  2R.  —  Annagnene,  58A.  2R.  — 
Annahmoyle,  100A.  IR.  24p.  —  Cloocagha,  76A.  &  16p.  —  in  Castle  Carragh, 
192A.;  bar.  Leyney,  co.  SLIGO.  —  Enagh,  157A.  3R.  —  Cahirmore,  146A.  IR.  — 
Hubbuck,  107A.  2R.—  Kinard,  77A.  3s..—  Rathglasse,  248A.  IR.—  Attinode, 
50A.  3R.  —  Leakancleane,  256A.  —  Culler,  239A.  2R.  —  in  Leuckancohill,  35A. 
—  Conninn  alias  Maghenburck,  224A.  3R.  —  Carrownedinne,  115A.  2R.  — 
Druim,  178A.  IR.  —  Drynaghan,  190A.  2R.  —  Inigneboy,  90A.  3R.  —  Carro- 
woran,  57A.  2R.  —  Cabraghmore  and  Inignebegg,  267A.  IR.  —  Lesfony, 
636A.  —  Inignenelagh,  127A.  —  in  Cloontermon,  30A.  ;  bar.  Tireragh.  — 
Total  quantity,  3,910  A.  plant.  (6,333A.  2R.  9p.  stat.)—  Total  rent,  39?. 
lls.  8$d.  —  to  hold  to  the  heirs  of  the  body  of  Frances,  remainder  to  the 
heirs  of  Mary.—  Date  3d  Nov.  18th  year.—  Inrolled  20th  Nov.  1666. 


SIR  ARTHUR  GORE,  bart.—  In  2  qrs.  of  Cromley,  36  A.  7». 
bar.  Tirreragh,  co.  SLIGO.  —  Atty-Donnagh  alias  Milkenagh  alias  Ballyclare 
(to  be  called  for  ever  Gore's-Dale),  262A.  IR.  8p.  21.  13s.  Id.—  Oughell, 
1  qr.  74A.  3R.  24p.  15s.  Ifc?  __  Cladagh,  1  qr.  47  A.  IE.  9s.  6|d.—  Knock- 
brack,  1  qr.  200A.  SR.  32p.  21.  Os.  8Jd.—  Carne,  1  qr.  155A.  2R.  24p.  11  lls. 
6d.  —  Cloonbarry,  1  qr.  92A.  &  32p.  18s.  8d.  —  Kenculloe  alias  Kinkelly, 
1  qr.  121A.  IR.  8p.—  11.  4s.  7^.—  Glanawagh,  1  qr.  163A.  IR.  8p.  11.  13*. 
0£d.  —  in  Lisleagh  qr.  ^qr.  42A.  &  8p.  8s.  Gd.  —  in  Kencullee  qr.  d°,  76  A. 
IR.  24p.  15s.  5$d.—  in  Cayldallee,  1  qr.  100A.  2R.  15s.  5^.—  in  Corragy- 
norrin  or  Corraghnorren  qr.  J  qr.  70A.  SR.  8p.  14s.  4d.  —  Litterbrone, 
i  qr.  265A.  2R.  24p.  21.  14s.  9|d.  ;  bar.  Lyney,  same  co. 

CAPT.  ROBT.  MORGAN.—  Carrowreagh,  910A.  prof.  904A.  IR. 
unprof.  91.  3s.  3d.—  Billridd,  265  A.  IR.  prof.  30A.  unprof.  21.  14s.  8^.— 
Carrowgarry,  1  qr.  209A.  2R.  21.  2s.  5d.  —  Carrowguna,  1  qr.  192A.  IR.  11. 
18s.  lljrf.  —  Cnockgower,  Iqr.  46A.  IR.  and  Carrowcloighy,  9A.  lls.  2%d.— 
in  Ballymelinagh,  314A.  31.  3s.  Id.  —  Slewnaskry  and  in  Ballynalinagh,  68A. 
SR.  —  more  of  the  same,  IA.  2fi.  —  Cogene-mauger,  1  qr.  135A.  &  16p.  — 
Cogewnashehy,  128A.  2R.  16p.—  more  of  the  same,  33A.  3R.  SP.  prof.  874. 


REIGN   OF    CHARLES   II.  277 

3u.  36p.  unprof. — in  Cogewlegane,  53A. — in  Cogewnalecka,  OA.  SR.  4L  7s. 
IJcL  ;  bar.  Tireragh,  co.  SLIGO. — Knockaheny,  alias  Knigaheny,  133A. 
IR.  24p.  prof.  24A.  3&.  24p.— Curraghboy,  60A.  IR.  8p.  prof.  27 A.  &  16p. 
unprof. — in  Carrowantracky,  10A.  21.  Is.  2frf.  ;  bar.  Lyna,  same  co. 

CORNET  EDWARD  NICHOLSON.— Ballinagargin  and  Bruckin, 
1  qr.  76A.  2R.  16p. — Corcline,  §  of  a  qr. — more  of  the  same,  J  qr.  115A.  IR. 
9p. — Sheereagh,  ^  qr.  44A.  IR.  16p. — in  Cooleboy,  1  cart". — more  in  the 
same,  ^  cart". — 24A.  SR. — Sharareagh,  1  cart"  of  the  qr.  of  Phay  in 
Cooleboy,  15 A. — Rathmulpatricke,  1  qr.  70A.  prof.  44A.  SR.  unprof. — 
Toneleana,  1  cartn,  27A.  prof.  40A.  unprof. — Carrowmore,  1  qr.  128A.  & 
33p.—  Annaghloy  and  Muck,  Iqr.  72A. — Derryleagh,  ^qr.  60A.  prof.  30A. 
unprof. — Letrim,  3  qrs.  321  A.  3R.  ICp.  prof. — 463A.  IR.  24p.  unprof. — 
Cloonemackooly,  1  qr.  215A.  prof.  404A.  unprof. — in  the  4  qrs.  of  Deu- 
charne,  by  name  Carrowkeele  and  Magherenorne,  160A. — Carrowna- 
korky  alias  Cairo  wnleckie,  1  qr.  54A.  2R.  14p.  prof.  75A.  unprof. — in  the 
parishes  of  Killm°callen,  Dromcollum,  Shanchough,  Killm'cranny  and 
Achonry  ;  bar.  Tirrerill,  and  Leynie,  co.  SLIGO. — Total  quantity, 
1,384A.  2R.  24p.  plant.  (2,242A.  3fi.  19p.  stat.)— Total  rent,  14L  &  2£d. 
—WILLIAM  HUNTER,  gent.— in  Ballahely,  2  qrs.  225A.  prof.  34A. 
unprof. — in  part  of  Carrowneleck,  1  qr.  81  A.  IR.  prof.  57A.  unprof. — in 
the  4  qrs.  of  Denghorne,  by  name  Carrowkeele,  Magharinore,  Carrow- 
karkfree,  80 A. — in  Carrowbegg  and  Skery,  123A. — in  Bally killcash, 
114A.  ;  bar.  Tirrerill,  Leyney  and  Terrereagh,  same  co. — Total  quan- 
tity, 623A.  2R.  plant.  (1,009A.  SR.  35p.  stat.)— Total  rent,  61.  6s.  2jd.— 
— Date  28th  Sep.  18th  year. 

JOHN  CROFTON,  gent.  —  Cromlyoughter,  1  qr.  174A.— in  Shan- 
aghy,  34A.  ;  bar.  Tyreragh,  co.  Sligo. 

CAPT.  ROBT.  PARKE.  —  Downana,  141A.  —  Cooledromenough- 
tragh,116A.  prof.  20  A.  unprof. — Bradcullen,  known  by  the  following  names, 
viz.,  Cloneseire,  72A.  IR.  24p.  prof.  91  A.  unprof. — Comyn  alias  Sylvany, 
82A.  &  4p.  prof.  24A.  unprof. — Coyly  alias  LisdufFe,  93A.  prof.  28A.  un- 
prof.— Urlare  and  Culloghmore,  294A.  prof.  17A.  unprof. — Carrowcurragh, 
249A.  prof.  28A.  unprof. — Carrowclogh,  148A.  prof.  79A.  unprof. — Bar- 
nerubin,  117A.  prof.  87A.  unprof. — Cartron-William-Oge,  68A.  2R.  16p. 
prof.  141  A.  &  32p.  unprof. — Clonemayle,  70A.  IR.  24p. — Lettarowreagh, 
65A.  IR.  8p.  prof.  21  A.  2R.  32p.  unprof.  ;  bar.  Carbury,  co.  SLIGO. — Car- 
rowclare,  86A.  IR.  8p. — Carrowcarragh,  107 A. — in  Congald,  39A.  IR.  14p. ; 
bar.  Leyny,  same  co. — Total  quantity,  1,749A.  IR.  18p.  plant.  (2,833A. 

2R.    13p.    stat.)— Total    rent,    111.   14s.    2fd Date   21th   July,   18th 

year. 

JOHN  THORNTON,  gent.— Carnecreny,  1  qr.  44A.  2R.— Grange- 
beg,  4  qrs.  527A.  3R. — more  of  the  same  called  Cooleinegray,  196A. — more 
of  the  same,  72A.  3R. — more  of  the  same,  72A.  2R. — in  Cortogh,  3  cartn', 
containing  5  parcells,  whereof  Garragh-Donogh  is^part,  67 A. — in  Rosbegg, 


278  RE-GRANTS   OF   LANDS, 

9A.  2n.  7P.  ;  bar.  Tyreragh,  co.  SLIGO. — Total  quantity,  990A.  &  TP.  plant. 

(1,603A.  2R.  33p.  stat.)— Total  rent,  W.  Os.  5§d. Date  Uth  March, 

19th  year.—Inrolled  13th  March,  1066. 

CAPTAIN  CHARLES  COLLIS.— Ratheberny  quarter,  73A.  2R. 
— one  other  parcell  of  ye  same,  62A.  IR.  24p. — Tullagh,  64A.  32p. — Clon- 
draw  alias  Clonderryhare,  181A.  2R.  16p. — Castle  Galla,  75A.  prof.  19A. 
unprof. — Magheremore,  173A.  IR.  24p.  prof.  19A.  32p.  unprof.  61.  7s.  Id. ; 
bar.  Carberry,  co.  SLIGO. — Breaghwaytagher  and  Breagh \vayreagh,  344A. 

2R.  14p.  prof.  13A.  SR.  unprof.  31.  9s.  9%d.  ;  bar.  Tireragh,  co.  SLIGO. 

JJate  25th  Feb.  19th  year.—Inrolled  30th  March,  1667. 

HENRY  JONES,  bishop  of  Meath;  JOHN  BYSSE,  esq.  Chief 
Baron  of  the  Exchequer  ;  HIEROME  SANKEY,  AND  EDWD.  RO- 
BERTS, esqrs.  ;  RD.  TEIGH,  DANL.  HUTCHINSON,  AND  JOHN 
PRESTON,  of  Dublin,  Aid",  trustees  for  the  charity  of  Erasmus  Smythe, 
of  London,  esq. — Clansery,  77A.  3R.  12p. — Farrencardy,  48A.  IR.  8p. — 
Farrenfubbell,  127A.  IR.  24p.  ;  bar.  Carbury,  co.  SLIGO. — In  Sligo,  253 A. 

2R.  4p.— plant.  (410A.  2R.  27P.  stat.)— Total  rent,  21.  11s.  4d. Date  3d 

Nov.  18th  year. — Inrolled  3d  April,  1667. 

QR.  MR.  ANTHONY  ORMSEBY.— Corlis  and  Cavan,  Iqr.  97A. 
IR.  8p.  prof.  16A.  IR.  24p.  unprof. — In  Aghmore  qr.  150A.  IR.  8p.  prof. 
296A.  &  16p.  unprof. — Common,  1  cartron,  4lA.  IR.  8p. — one  of  y*  two 
qrs.  of  Scardan  called  Lissanally,  and  Rathanury,  93A.  2R. — Drinaghane, 
1  qr.  415 A.  IR.  24p.  prof.  56A.  2R.  16p.  unprof. — Seaven  cart"*,  in  y*  two 
east  qrs.  of  ye  four  qrs.  of  Grange  21lA.  IR.  24p.  prof.  13A.  2R.  unprof. 
— in  Loghkineltine  qr.  most  contiguous  to  Coolsoder,  Grogagh,  and  Car- 
rignegnagh,  156A.  &  29p.  prof.  74A.  unprof. — Coolsoder,  Grogagh,  and 
Carricknagnagh,  1  qr.  204A.  2R.  32p.  prof.  15A.  2R.  unprof. — Tullagh  and 
CorbuUige,  d°,  137 A.  3R.  8p.— in  Clogherbeg,  1  qr.  122A.  SR.  24p.— in 
Cloghermore,  1  qr.  246A.  &  32p.  prof.  IA.  2R.  unprof.  ;  bar.  Carbery,  co. 
SLIGO.— Total  quantity,  1,876A.  3R.  37p.  plant.  (3.040A.  IR.  20p.  stat.)— 

Total  rent,  19L  &0%d. Date  27th  Feb.  19th  year.—Inrolled  1th  March, 

1666. 

JOHN  AND  THOS.  YEEDEN,  gents.— in  the  Trine  lands  of  Ever- 
lane  or  Cuerlane,  1  qr.  and  1  cart.  50A.  2R.  23p.  10s. 3d.;  bar.  Corran,  co. 

SLIGO. — Multerew,  |  qr.  46A.  9s.  3|d.  ;  bar.  Tirrerell,  same  co. Date 

12th  Feb.  19th  year.—Inrolled  15th  February,  1666. 

CAPT.  WM.  ORMESBY.— In  Bunoune  qr.  TA.  2R.— Cluneglenagh, 
1  qr.  161A. — Carrowmore  and  Carrocuslane,  2  qrs.  444A. — Carrow-mc  Bryan, 
1  qr.  128A.  2R.— Gaghteragh,  1  qr.  9lA.  IR.— Rathlee,  1  qr.  9lA.  IR.— 
Rundulisky,  1  qr.  86A.  IR. — Cagucarrane,  and  Cugulegane,  2  qrs.  216A. 
— out  of  Caguloghlinkeigh,  34A.  &  13p. — in  Lissecane  qr.  14A.  SR.  24p. 
— Carrowpadin  ^  qr.  74A. — of  Cabraghmore  qr.  6A.  SR.  24p.  ;  bar.  Tirer- 
agh, co.  SLIGO.— Total  quantity,  1,355A.  2R.  21p.  plant.  (2,195A.  3R.  24p. 


BEIGN   OF   CHARLES   II.  279 

stat.)— Total  rent,  13Z.  14s.  6d.—  CORNET  GEO.  ORMESBY.— Car- 
rownabina,  1  qr.  152A.  2s,. — in  Ballymaony,  1  qr.  33A.  &  27p. — Carrow- 
ceele,  1  qr.  153A. — Carrowreagh,  1  qr.  212A.  ;  same  bar.  and  co. — Total 
quantity,  550A.  2n.  27p.  plant.  (891  A.  SB.  38p.  stat.)— Total  rent,  51. 
11s.  6d.—  NICHOLAS  RUTLEDGE  AND  JAMES  ORMESBY.— Grange- 
more,  called  by  y"  name  of  the  ^  qr.  of  Barnacoghell  middle  qr.  Castle- 
boy,  I  qr.  Fallavany,  1  cartron,  Fallaneclory,  ^  cartron,  436A.  SB.  19p. 
plant. — (707A.  2n.  26p.  stat.  41.  8s.  5^d. — these  to  Rutledge. — in  Bun- 
owenqr.  77A.  IB.  14p.  plant.  (125A.  lR.3p.  stat.)  15s.  7fd. — to  Ormesby  ; 
same  bar.  and  co.— HELLEN  LAYNG  AND  BENJAMIN  LAYNG, 
her  son. — in  Tullyvelly  qr.  53A.  ;  bar.  Leyny,  co.  SLIGO. — Total  quan- 
tity, 243A.  IB.  20p.  plant.  (394A.  &  36p.  stat.)— Total  rent,  21.  9s.  3%d. 
— Date  1th  Feb.  19th  year.— Inrolled  llth  February,  1666. 

CORNET  THOS.  WOOD.— In  Lacken-Cahill  qr.  24A.  SB.— Lecken- 
M°Ferbissy,  156A. — in  Clunederavally,  ^  qr.  62A.  2s. — Quigibarrow,  Iqr. 
197A.  IB. — Parke,  J  qr.  76A. — CarrondufFe,  1  qr.  147A.  IR. — in  Bally  - 
finane  qr.  32p.  prof.  727 A.  unprof. — in  Carrownorlare  als  Urlare  172A. 
3B. — in  Castlecarragh  qr.  60A.  prof.  44A.  unprof. — Kinniegalloyh,  ]  qr. 
65 A.  SB.  5p.  prof.  14A.  3B.  unprof. — Drommartine,  58A.  &  16p.  prof.  4A. 
unprof.  ;  bar.  Tireragh  and  Leyny,  co.  SLIGO. — Total  quantity,  1,020A. 

2B.  14p.  plant.  (1,653A.  3R.  29p.  stat.)— Total  rent,  101  6s.  7fd. Date 

6th  Feb.  19th  year.— Inr oiled  7th  Feb.  1666. 

ROBERT  BROWNE.  —  Lishaghan,  246A.— Carrowroddy,  7lA.  & 
34p. — Lismorgan,  (part)  IA.  &  26p.— of  Carrownagapull,  61  A.  &  34p. ; 
bar.  Tyreragh  and  Leyny,  co.  SLIGO. — Total  quantity,  379A.  2B.  I4p. 
plant.  (614A.  SB.  19p.  stat.)— Total  rent,  31  Us.  Sd.—  WILLIAM  BOS- 
WELL.— Carrownroddy,  265A.  3a.  HP.— Firude  als  Finniod,  72A.— Car- 
rowrosse,  62A. — Carrowlichan,  76A. — Carrewpadden,  172A. ;  bar.  Tireragh, 
same  co. — Carrownagapull  (part),  17A.  3B.  6p. — Tulloghmoy,  101  A.  ;  bar. 
Leyny,  same  co. — Total  quantity,  766A.  2R.  17?.  plant.  (1,241  A.  SB.  4p. 

stat.) — Total  rent,  71.  15s. Date  20th  March,  19th  year. — Inr  oiled  1st 

April,  1667. 

LIEUT.  JOHN  MARKEY.  —  Shanaghy    alias  Ardree   qr.  165A.— 
Rathgibb,  1  qr.  27lA. — of  Beaghy  qr.  49 A.  3B.  34p. — out  of  Cogewelei 
qr.  138A.  ;  bar.  Tirreragh,  co.   SLIGO. — Total  quantity,  623A.  3B.   24p. 
plant.  (1,010 A.  2R.  35p.  stat.)— Total  rent,  61.  6s.  4d.—Date  6th  Feb.  19th 
year.—Inrolled  7th  Feb.  1666. 

JOHN  LORD  KINGSTON.— Clonecunny,  1  qr.  5lA.— Lumcloune, 
1  qr.  118A.  prof.  220A.  unprof.— Tonemucklagh,  1  qr.  61  A.  prof.  29lA. 
unprof. — Carrowreagh,  1  qr.  112A.— Fallin,  1  qr.  113A.  prof.  203A.  unprof. 
Monesterdame,  29A.  prof.  181  A.  unprof. — Cappenagh,  1  qr.  164A.  prof. — 
355A.  unprof . — Annaghnarrow  or  Aghnanarrow,  22A.  prof.  19A.  unprof . — 
Carrowlassan,  Moygarrow,  and  Liscornagh  or  Killscornagh,  2  qrs.  276A. 
prof.  8lA.  unprof. — Cloonesallagh,  1  qr.  and  ^d,  176A.  prof.  70A.  unprof. 
— Coylestrackland  or  lane,  1  qr.  100A.  prof.  42A.  unprof. — Clonehalasse 


280  RE-GRANTS   OF   LANDS, 

alias  Gortnegory,  375A.  prof.  58A.  unprof. — Molloroe,  1  qr.  30A.  prof. 
16A.  unprof. — Clonetecarne,  1  qr.  104A.  prof.  57 A.  unprof. — Meaghana, 
1  qr.  8lA.  prof.  115A.  unprof. — the  woods  of  Cullaghbeg,  Cullaghmore, 
Carrowbrackane,  Skehane  Rey  or  Key,  and  Donenerance,  127 A.  ;  in  or 
near  y*  ^  bar.  of  Coolavin,  co.  SLIGO. — Total  rent,  171.  12s.  l%d. — Moy- 
dough,  1  qr.  55A. — Lisbalilee  and  Colternan,  2  qrs.  262A.  prof.  49A.  un- 
prof.— Gortmorra  alias  Gortegorra,  1  qr.  Lishin  als  Ruine,  1  qr.  142A.  prof. 
88A.  unprof. — Carrowcrine,  1  qr.  82A. — Kealmore,  2  qrs.  263A.  prof. 
361A.  unprof. — Clogher,  2  qrs.  161  A.  prof.  330A.  unprof. — Shiffin,  1  qr. 
64A.  prof.  199A.  unprof. — Cloneigh,  1  qr.  110 A.  prof.  62A.  unprof.;  in  or 

near  y"  £  bar.  and  co.  aforesaid. — Total  rent,  III.  8s.  7|d. Date  9th 

Jan.  19th  year. — Inrolled  18th  Jan.  1667. 

FRANCIS  KING,  gent. — Tawnaghmore,  ^  qr.  40A. — Knockmunogh, 
1  qr.  being  both  of  Clonagashell,  100A.  ;  bar.  Corren,  co.  SLIGO. — Clogh- 
tole,  16lA.  2R.— Carrowdargny,  106A.  &  32p.— Cabragh,  105A.  3R.— Gar- 
vorge,  27A.  &  16p. — in  Rossna  or  Rossua,  30A.  prof.  15A.  unprof. — 
Inishmore,  42A. — in  Ballinlegg,  15A. — Knockdaltine,  101  A.  IR.  8p. — Lis- 
ninroge,  94A.  prof.  94A.  unprof. — Runatroghan,  39A.  2R.  32p.  prof.  2A. 
2R.  16p.  unprof.— Knocka-Capill,  67 A.  3s,.  8p.— Coyleleagh,  126A.  SR. 
14p.  prof.  63A.  IR.  26p.  unprof. — Tullagh,  50A.  3R. — Cornemuckiltagh, 
30A.  prof.  40 A.  unprof. — Annagh-Ibenagher,  32A.  IR. — Moore,  19A.  prof. 
— Carrickglasse,  53A.  2R.  16p.  prof.  7lA.  unprof.  ;  bar.  Tirrerell,  same  co. 
— in  Rathscanlen  qr.  140A. — Falduffe,  57A.  3R.  24 p. — Carowturlin,  35A. 
&  16p.— Cloongraher,  68A.  2R,  32p.— Daughmore,  549A.  &  8p.  prof. 
291A.  unprof. — Carrowreagh,  26 IA.  2R.  32p. — in  Mullan  qr.  151  A. — in 
Tullavilly,  9A.  ;  bar.  Lyne,  same  co. — Total  quantity,  2,517A.  3R.  14p. 

plant.  (4,078A.  IR.   37p.  stat.)— Total  rent,  251.   9s.  9fd. Date  13th 

April,  20th  year.— Inrolled  22nd  April,  1668. 

ROGER  PARKE,  THOS.  SODEN,  DAVID  LINCHIAN,  ELIZ. 
MICHELBURNE,  als  JAVJkyiWprelict  of  Tho1  Jackson,  MARY, 
daughter  and  heir  of  said  Tho1  Jackson  and  William  Taylor. — In  Glan- 
carbery,  252A.  SR.  5p.  ;  in  Magherymore,  39 A.  2R.  32p.  21.  19s.  2$d.—to 
PARK.— Grange,  1  qr.  263A.  2R.  24p.  21.  13s.  4^.— to  SODEN.— Lis- 
lakely,  168A.  &  27?.  11  14s.  OJd.— to  LINCHIAN ;  ^ar.  (Jarbury,  co. 
Sligo Date  13th  April,  20th  year.— Inrolled  13th  October,  1668. 

ROBERT  PARKE,  esq.— Curraghowna,  1  qr.  135A.  11.  7s.  4d.— 
Falduffe,  |  qr.  50A.  10s.  l^d. — Carrowturrin,  £  qr.  50A.  10s.  l^d. — Gor- 
termon,  1  qr.  120A.  11.  4s.  3^d. — Tuorlustran,  1  qr.  96A.  19s.  5%d. — 

Idryell,  £  qr.  45A.   9s.  l$d.  ;  bar.  Leyney,  co.  SLIGO. Date  7th  Oct. 

19th  year.— Inrolled  14th  Feb.  1667. 

CORNET  PHILIP  ORMESBY.— Bunluna,  £  qr.  27A.  IR.  8p.— in 
Tunafobule  qr.  52A.  2R. — Leagh  Carrow  Crane,  |  qr.  153A.  prof.  SA.  & 
32r.  unprof. — the  island  of  Inishmore,  26A. — Lisduffe,  ^  qr.  62A. — Gow- 
lane,  |  qr.  139A.  ;  bar.  Carbury,  co.  SLIGO. — Carrownaworane,  87A.  IK. 


REIGN    OF   CHARLES   II.  281 

—in  Clongell  qr.  13A.— Tobber  Tillehy,  1  qr.  411A.  prof.  117A.  IR.  un- 
prof.— Tobber  Scardane,  147A.— Cashell  Loyne,  |  qr.  142A.  &  16?.— in 
Tulle velly  qr.  17A. — in  the  4  qrs.  of  Ducharne,  Carrowkeele  and  Carrow- 
nayarkefree,  346A.  ;  bar.  Lynah,  same  co.— Total  quantity,  1,623A.  & 

24p.  plant.  (2,629A.  &  36p.  stat.)— Total  rent,  61  8s.  7|d Date  18th 

Nov.  19th  year.— Inr oiled  22nd  Nov.  1667. 

LIEUT.  JOHN  BOURKE.— Doonaltane,  2  qrs.  264A.  2s.  —  Knock- 
Cullen,  1  qr.  100A.  prof.  17 A.  2n.  unprof.— Carrowan-Russe,  1  qr.  8lA. 
IR. — Drommore,  |  qr.  88A.  IR.  prof.  ISA.  2R.  red  bogg. — Leaghcarrow, 
Muntermoony,  1  qr.  203A.  2R.  prof.  73A.  2R.  red  bogg.— more  of  the 
same,  116A.  2R. — in  Ballymoony  alias  Alteranan,  1  qr.  17A.  2R.  16p. — 
Kancunally,  1  qr.  313A. — Seiskernagh,  Cargin,  and  Towerboy,  |  qr.  95A. 
— in  Fartenane  and  Bonamuck,  being  5  cartrons,  in  Glaneaske,  next  ad- 
joining to  Kancunally,  163A.  3s..  24p.  prof.  150A.  barren  mountain  and 
red  bogg  ;  bar.  Tireragh,  co.  SLIGO.— Total  quantity,  1,443A.  2R.  plant. 

(2,338A.  &  37r.  stat.)— Total  rent,  14Z.12s.  3%d. Date  2oth  Feb.  20th 

year. — Inrotted  2d  March,  1667. 

JOHN  NICHOLSON".  —  Slewmaneskerry  (part)  out  of  y"  west- 
erly part,  lllA.  2R.  5p.  —  Quigilegan,  1  qr.  (part)  193A. — in  Bally- 
lynagh  qr.  7oA.  2R.  16p.  and  7A.  &  16p.  unprof.  ;  bar.  Tireragh,  co. 

SLIGO.— Total  quantity,  (615 A.  3n.  stat.)— Total  rent,  31.  16s.  ll^d. 

Date  1th  June,  19th  year.— Inrotted  24th  Oct.  1667. 

THOMAS  LOVELACE.— Carrowmore-Dereing,  1  qr.  90A.— Island,  1 
qr.  52A.  ;  bar.  Tirreragh,  co.  SLIGO. — half  a  qr.in  Cashile,  101A.  prof.  9A. 
unprof. — in  Loghbane  qr.  123A.  3R.  SP.  ;  bar.  Leyny,  same  co. — Total 

quantity  in  Sligo  (595A.  &  20p.   stat.)— Total  rent,  31.   Us.    O^d. 

FRANCIS  WEAVER.— In  Cashle,  90A.  2R.  27p.  plant.  (146A.  3R.  19p. 
stat.)  18s.  4id.  ;  bar.  Leyny,  co.  SLIGO. — Date  27th  Nov.,  20th  year. — 
Inr  oiled  5th  bee.  1668. 

JAMES  KING,  esq.— In  Oghum  and  Knockadeo,  2  qrs.  206A.  IR. 
18p.  prof.  47 A.  unprof. — Carrownigarke,  1  qr.  49A.  prof.  12A.  unprof. — 
Knockbane,  1  qr.  141A.  prof.  28A.  3R.  SP.  unprof. — Carrownyha,  1  qr. 
C2A.  2R.  16p.  prof.  42A.  3fi.  24p.  unprof. — Ballynarry  and  Cloonkeghane, 
1  qr.  and  jth,  218A.  prof.  65A.  unprof. — Derrinclare,  £  qr.  49 A.  2R.  16p. 
— in  Armagh  qr.  and  Derryleagh,  J  qr.  86 A.  2R.  prof.  28 A.  3R.  20p.  un- 
prof.— Inishbeg-Island,  j  qr.  20A. — Mnllinaghcrinaght,  ^  qr.  29A.  3R. 
24p. — in  Ballynleg,  ^  cartron,  ISA.  &  32p. — Turlogh-Geran,  1  cartron, 
25A.  ;  bar.  Terrerell,  co.  SLIGO. — Total  quantity,  906A.  &  26? .  plant. 

(1,467A.  3R.  13p.  stat.)— Total  rent,  91.  3s.  6d. Date  2oth  Feb.  20th 

year. — Inr  oiled  14th  April,  1668. 

ROGER  PARKE,  THOS]  ^ODEN.  DAVID  LINCHIAN,  ELIZ. 
MICHELBOURNE  SIT  JACKSON,  relict  of  T.  Jackson,  MARY, 
daughter  and  heir  of  said  Thomas,  and  Wm  Taylor. — In  Glancarbery,  252.V 
3R.  5p.— in  Magherymore,  39A.  2R.  32p.  (473A.  3n.  3p.  stat.)  21.  19s.  2|rf. 


282  RE-GRANTS   OF   LANDS, 

—to  PARKE.— Grange,  1  qr.  263 A.  2n.  24p.  plant.  (427 A.  &  12p.  stat.) 
21.  13s.  4^.— to  SODEN.  —  Lislahely,  168A.  &  27 P.  (272A.  IR.  24p. 
stat.)  II.  14s.  0|d.— to  LINCHIAN.— bar.  Carbery,  co.  SLIGO.—  Date 
13th  April,  21st  year. 

Trustees  of  ERASMUS  SMITH,  esq.— In  y*  N.E.  side  of  Lissahelly, 
84A.  &  13p.  prof.  100A.  unprof.  17s.  Id — more  in  y"  same,  112A.  IR.  8p. 
li!.  2s.  9d. — in  y*  N.E.  part  of  Glancarberry,  towards  the  mountain,  210A. 
&  35p.  21.  2s.  8d.—  in  Loughkinelty,  325A.  IR.  HP.  31.  5s.  8^rf.  ;  bar. 
Carbury,  co.  SLIGO. — Total  quantity  (1,185A.  SR.  35p.  stat.) — rent,  7£.  8s. 
2%d. Date  28th  Dec.  21st  year.— Inr oiled  19th  Jan.  1669. 

JEREMIAH  JONES,  esq.— Loghanecronoge,  |  qr.  17 A.  3s.  5Jd.— 
Carrowmckillehully,  1  qr.  117A.  11.  3s.  8$d. — Ardnebrone,  1  qr.  109A.  2R. 
11.  2s.  Id. — Carrownebole,  1  qr.  100A.  IR.  prof.  32A.  unprof.  1L  &  3%d. — 
Carrowfree,  98A.  prof.  24A.  SR.  unprof.  19s.  9f  d— Gerbe,  42A.  2R.  8s.  8%d. 
— Idorneene,  99A.  11.  &  Q^d. — Drumnegowall,  1  qr.  155A.  2R.  11. 11s.  6fd. 
— in  part  of  the  same,  224A.  21.  5s.  5jd. — in  Carrowreagh,  210A.  21.  2s.  6d. 
— Mullaghgissan,  73A.  IR.  34s.  9|d. — Carrownekneckan,  44A.  8s.  lOfd. — 
Toberrownane,  49A.  2R.  10s. — Smagh  qr.  (part)  3lA.  2R.  6s.  4%d. — of  the 
same,  34A.  6s.  lO^d. — in  3  cart"'  of  Sudery,  56A.  2R.  7s.  5jrf. — Lismore,  1 
qr.  52A.  3R.  10s.  6^d. — Shianmore  and  Castle-caragh,  1  qr.  46A.  9s.  3fd. — 
Lislena  alias  Castledermott,  52A.  10s.  6$d. — of  Lislena,  ^  qr.  76A.  15s. 
tyd. — Carrowreagh  (part)  58A.  2R.  11s.  9f<£. — Carrowcashell  (part)  37  A. 
2R.  7s.  6fc£. — Brickeene,  3  cartrons,  48A.  2R.  9s.  9|d. — Cairo w-crinne  or 
cruine,  32A.  6s.  6fd. — Ballyfarice,  64A.  2R.  13s.  Id. — in  Grangemore,  4  qrs. 
212 A..  21.  2s.  lid. — in  Dunmeakin,  3  qrs.  and  in  Mallin  alias  Carrow- 
mablin,  302A.  31.  Is.  IJd.— Rahurlush  or  Rathurlush,  £  qr.  5lA.  10s.  4%d. 
— in  Carrowreagh,  |  qr.  65A.  13s.  Ifd. — one  third  part  of  Lismore,  27 A. 
6s.  Gd.  ;  bar.  Tirreragh,  co.  SLIGO. — Clonelachoyle,  205A.  IR.  24p.  21.  Is. 
7Jd.—  of  the  same,  74A.  &  16p.  prof.  253A.  &  16p.  unprof.  15s.— Rath- 
fagorry,  219A.  &  32p.  prof.  84A.  3R.  24p.  unprof.  21.  4s.  5%d.— Cloon- 
ingin,  HlA.  2R.  24p.  prof.  107A.  3R.  4p.  unprof.— 11.  10s.  Qd.— Carrow- 
reagh, 190A.  3R.  8p.  11.  18s.  6|d.— Bracklonagh,  299A.  2R.  prof.  98A.  IR. 
SP.  unprof.  31.  Is. — Bunnacrannagh,  242A.  3R.  21.  9s.  4jd. — Brogher,  1 
cartron.  59A.  &  32p.  prof.  86A.  2R.  unprof.  lls.  ll%d. — Derrynile,  1  cart. 
104A.  3R.  8p.  prof.  24A.  IR.  SP.  unprof.  11.  Is.  O^d. — Derrynosly,  1 
cart.  66A.  2R.  prof.  28A.  2s,.  unprof.  13s.  5jd. — Ballinchurry,  1  qr.  208A. 
2R.  prof.  283A.  2R.  32p.  unprof.  21.  2s.  l%d.— Quilbagh,  ]  qr.  182A.  IR. 
16p.  11.  16s.  11  fd. — a  great  bogg  in  comon,  704A.  unprof. — Teigleigh 
alias  Kilmaleoir,  28A.  5s.  7%d. — in  Kilrawer,  1  qr.  101  A.  IR.  13p.  11.  & 
3|d.— Taighcleyagane,  78A.  15s.  9%d.—  Total,  4,759A.  IR.  31p.  plant. 

(7,704A.  3R.  21p.  stat.)— Total,  48Z.  3s.  2%d. Date  10th  A\iq.  21s<  year. 

—Inrolled  9th  Nov.  1669. 

SIR  ARTHUR  FORBES,  bart.,  WM.  AND  JOHN  CUNNING- 
HAM, HUGH  MONTGOMERY,  AND  THOMAS  STEWARD,  esqrs.— 
half  a  qr.  in  Corey,  40A.  plant.  (04A.  3R.  7?.  stat.)  16s.  2%d. ;  bar.  Leyny, 
co.  SLIGO. Date  14dh  Sept.  21st  year. 


REIGN   OF   CHARLES  II.  283 

SIR  THEOPHS.  JONES,  knt.  —  Ballyspullane,  17A.  2R.  14p.— 
in  Bealagh-Comin  East,  1  plowland,  229A.  3n.  29p. — in  Shyanes,  135A. 
2R.— Dromdohigg,  116A.  &  24p.— Culleenie,224A.  2n.  4p.— in  Ballymalish, 
206A.  2R.  IP. — Boggy  pasture  comon  to  Killteene,  Killbonane,  and  Bally- 
malish, 152A.  2R.  2p. — Grortmemrish,  13A.  2R.  16p. — in  Lisstry,  12A.  & 
12p. — in  Drombrean,  Killeely,  and  Dimglassy,  3,01lA.  &  30p. — in  Do- 
neasleene,  175A.  2R.  26p.— Total,  4,290A.  SR.  38p.  plant.  (6,950A.  2R. 
23p.  stat.) — Total  rent,  14L  9s.  Id.  ;  same  bar.  and  co. — in  Knockglasse, 
2A. — in  Ballynanromagh  and  Lagherbegg,  10A. — in  Dromvally,  602A.  & 
3p. — more  in  the  same,  131  A.  3R.  33p. — in  Inche,  49A.  &  27r. — more  in 
the  same,  383A. — Downtis,  158A.  2R.  36p. — Kealogearin,  2A. — in  East 
Kinnare  and  Foherighlighmore,  191  A. — Ardrinan,  marked  in  the  plot 
(2),  35A. — more  of  the  same,  mountain  pasture  of  the  same,  marked 
(2  M),  113A.  2R.  34p.— Ballyristin,  507A.  3fi.  24p.  — Ballybooler,  365A. 
IR.  20p. — in  Garfimagh,  295 A.  &  24p. — Ballyniniligg,  55A.  SR.  32p. — 
Ballyrubbuck  alias  Ballinroback,  429A.  &  28p. — Ballintlay,  60A. — in 
Tinebrin,  43A.— Total,  3,593A.  &  21p.  plant.  (5,800A.  &  23p.  stat.)— Total 
rent,  121.  is.  8d.;  bar.  Gorkagiviiiny,  same  co. — in  Loughbame,  W.,  part, 
56A.  &  33p.  prof.  18A.  unprof. — in  Dromnagowall,  36 A. — in  the  same,  in 
the  south  part,  by  an  E.  and  W.  line,  167A. — in  Carrowreagh,  S.  part,  by 
an  E.  and  W.  line,  115A. — Ardogelly,  2  qrs.  94A.  2R. — Cleonine,  265A. 
3R. — five  cartrons  of  Fertanane  and  Dunamuck  (part)  119A. — in  Grange- 
more,  S.  E.  part,  180A.  3R.  19p. — more  in  the  same,  107 A.  &  32p. — Tawn- 
aghmore,  634A.  3R. — in  Carrowbeg  and  Skerrie,  2  qrs.  56A.  2R. — in 
Ballymacgilliash,  38A.  2R. — in  Dunekeene,  3  qrs.  viz.  Carrowcaslane, 
Carrowkeale,  and  Rossbegg,  40A.  IR.  33p. — in  the  same,  158A. — in  the 
same,  37A.  2R. — in  the  same,  58A. — more  in  the  same,  27A.  &  7p. — in 
Gleniska  and  Lettermiskin,  304A.  2R. — Ballyfarna,  1  qr.  303A.  2R.  prof. 
142A.  unprof. — in  the  fths  of  a  qr.  of  Bally ogan,  373A.  &  20p.  prof.  139 A. 
unprof. — in  Carrowrod,  1  qr.  95A.  IR.  3p. — in  the  same,  191A.  2R.  14p. — 
more  in  the  same,  368  A.  3R.  10p.  prof.  800A.  unprof.— a  parcell  of  Shanahy 
alias  Ardnaree,  5A.  2R. — more  of  the  same  in  controversie,  6A.  IR.  8p. — 
Total,  3,82lA.  IR.  16p.  plant.  (6,190A.  &  31p.  stat.)— Total  rent,  121.  Us. 
2^d.  ;  bar.  Tyreragh,  co.  SLIGO — Date  5lh  Feb.  21st  year. — Inrolled  2Qlh 
Feb.  1669. 

JOHN"  VAUGHAN,  gent. — Lisrower,  1  qr. — Carrowcaldry,  1  qr. — • 
The  castle,  town,  and  lands  of  Tonergoe,  viz.  Carrowgarry,  1  qr.  ; 
Carrowbeg,  1  qr.  and  Carrowcrevy,  1  qr.  ;  Rasse  als  Rosse,  1  qr. ; 
Carrowcaslane,  ^  qr.  ;  Cloggan,  Conim,  and  Tournecappoge,  3  cart.; 
Gerbe  als  Carrownegerby,  £  qr.  ;  Rye  als  Carrownefree,  |  qr. ;  Carrowne- 
greve  alias  Garrownecrevy,  1  qr.  ;  387A.  IR.  (627A.  IR.  4p.  stat.)  31.  18s. 
4jr(i  ;  bar.  Tirreragh,  co.  SLIOO. Date  20th  January,  22d  year. — In- 
rolled  4dh  Feb.  1670. 

PAUL  BRASIER  AXD  J.  VAUGHA1S",  esqrs— A  house  in  Corne- 
market  street,  11-  2s.  6d. — a  house  in  Keazer's-lane,  5s.  7|d. — Intrust  for 
y"  (49)  offices,  of  ye  13th  lot  of  credit  and  83d  of  debt, Date  2Qth  Jan- 
nary,  22d  year.  — Inrolled  4th  Feb.  1670. 


284  RE-GRANTS    OF   LANDS, 

FITZGERALD,  AYLMER,  a  minor.— Carrowrush,8lA.  IR — Drumore, 
88A.  IR. — Feartenan  and  Bunnemuck,  83A.  IP.  prof.  302A.  unprof. — 
Cloneene,  265 A.  2R. — Kilconnelly  or  Cancannally,  313A.  2  R. — Strebane 
and  Brandumurr,  49A.  2R. — Total,  1,016A.  plant.  (1,645A.  3R.  stat.) — 

rent,  101.  5s.  8±d.;  bar.  Tirreragh,  co.  SLIGO. Date  2Sth  March,  22d 

year. — Inrolled  6th  April,  1670. 

HENRY  WEBB,  esq.— In  Lisbrislane,  53A.  &  32p.  (86A.  &  26p.  stat.) 
lls.  3d.;  bar.  Tirrerill,  co.  SLIGO. Date  26th  March,  22d  year. 

CAPT.  LEWIS  WINGFIELD.— Muckduffe,  1  qr.  1 88A.— Carrowar- 
dine,  1  qr.  189A. — Drumavere,  1  qr.  123A.  2R. — Beartragh,  1  qr.  72A.  IR. 
prof.  146A.  unprof. — Skormore  alias  Surmore,  ^  qr.  65A.1R. — Carne,  1  qr. 
132A. — Renroe  alias  Rinroe,  1  qr.  125A.  2R. — Urlagh  alias  Viagha  als 
Vieagh,  ^  qr.  80A.  3n. — Bonavillree  alias  Bonavillrea,  ^  qr.  153A.  prof. 
33A.  unprof. — part  of  Clonelonge  alias  Cloonelunge,  1  qr.  184A.  IR.  35p. 
prof.  109A.  unprof. — Castleboy  alias  Cashellboy,  1  qr.  31  A.  3R. — Cabragh- 
keele,  Iqr.  66A.  3R. ;  bar.  Tirreragh,  co.  SLIGO. — in  Carrowrackie  als  Car- 
rowantraky,  1  qr.  58A. — Coylorechoyle  alias  Ceyerickeile,  1  qr.  77A.  2R. 
16p. — more  in  the  same,  49A.  2R. ;  bar.  Leyny,  same  co. — the  S.  E.  end  of 
Clonelonge,  1  qr.  295A.  3R.  5p. — Breaghitagher  als  Breaghwhyreagh,  114A. 
IR.  26p. — Carrowcloghy  (part)305A. — Carrownorlare  als  Urlare,  1  qr.  30 A. 
—part  of  Castleboy  als  Cashellboy,  49A.  IR.— Total,  2,39lA.  3R.  2p.  plant. 

(3,87 4A.  &3p.  stat.) — rent,  24Z.  4s.  3d.  ;  bar.  Tirreragh,  same  co. Date 

29th  June,  22d  year — Inrolled  4Ah  November,  1670. 

OLIVER  JONES,  esq.,  second  Justice  of  the  King's  Bench.—  in 
Carrowmore,  1  qr.  45 A.  (72A.  3R.  23p.  stat.)  9s.  Ijrf.  ;  bar.  Lyna,  co. 
SLIGO  — in  Carrowneiden,  1  qr.  36A.  7s.  3%d. — Carrownecreevy,  5  qr.  19A. 
3s.  10$d. — Carrowreagh,  £  qr.  ISA.  3s.  7fd. — Carrowcashell,  1  qr.  86A. 

17s.  od. in  Carrowmore,  1  qr.  4lA.  8s.  3^d. — Total,  380A.  plant.  (615A. 

2R.  7p.  stat.) — Total  rent,  31.  16s.  IQ^d.  ;  bar.  Lyna,  co.  SLIGO. Date 

10th  March,  29th  year  .—Inrolled  20th  March,  1677. 

NICHOLAS  BROWNE.— Killinalower  alias  Taghiloghy,  £  qr.  5lA. 

10s.  4jd.  ;  bar.  Lynna,  co.  SLIGO. Date  16th  Nov.  29th  year. — InroUed 

20th  Dec.  1677. 

JOHN  YEEDON,  gent.— Ballincollin,  4  qrs.  278A.  21.  16s.  3|d.— 
Creweagh,  or  Creawedy,  4  qrs.  34lA.  3fi.  8p.  31.  9s.  2\d.  ;  bar.  Tirerill,  co. 
SLIGO. — Doo,  1  cart.  35A.  7s.  Id.  ;  bar.  Corran,  same  co. — Total,  654A. 

3R.   8r.  plant.  (1,060A.  3R.  16p.  stat.)— Total,  61.  12s.  Id. Date  19th 

March,  30th  year.— Inrolled  17th  May,  1678. 

SIR  THOMAS  NEWCOMEN,  knt.— Cloneslane,  259A.  21.  12s.  5%d. 
— Sive  and  Linivinny,  200A.  2s.  6d.  ;  bar.  Tirrerill,  co.  SLIGO. — in  Fagh- 
oleghy  and  Carrowghwona,  50A.  10s.  l^d.  ;  bar.  Leny,  same  co. — Total, 

509A.  plant.  (824A.  IR.  28p.  stat. )— To'tal  rent,  51.  3s.  Ofd Date  Uth 

Nov.  30th  year.— Inrolled  3d  Dec.  1678. 


EEIGN   OF    CHARLES   II.  285 

BRYAN  MAGRATH,  gent,  son  of  Marcus.— Munesteradan,  1  qr. 
82A.  16s.  7%d. — in  Tuonemucklon,  1  qr.  CA.  Is.  2%d. — Rosmader  or  Ra- 
hinader,  1  qr.  62A.  12s.  6£d.— Clooneleaghim,  1  qr.  60A.  12s.  l|d. — 
Knockneshamer,  1  qr.  87  A.  17s.  7^d. — Knocknehow,  Iqr.  141A.  11.  8s.  6%d. 
Currowhill,  1  qr.  58A.  lls.  9%d. — Annaghmore,  1  qr.  49 A.  9s.  lid. — 
Downe,  1  qr.  35A.  7s.  Id. — Carrownetoler  and  Carrownea,  2  qrs.  54A.  10s. 
ll|d  —  two  small  islands,  2lA.  4s.  2f<i — in  Sheerohin  or  Sheephin,  1  qr. 
59A.  lls.  11  %d. — in  a  great  mountain  in  comon  to  all  said  lands,  109A.  11. 
2s.  Of  d.— Total,  823A.  plant.  (1,333A.  &  23p.  stat.)— Total  rent,  81.  6s. 

7Jd.  ;  |  bar.  Coolavin,  co.  SLIGO. Date  Ikbh  Feb.  30th  year.—Inrolled 

16th  Feb.  1678. 

HENRY  CROFTON,  esq.— In  Drumbane,  1  qr.  and  in  Scartleagh, 
1  qr.  253A.  21  lls.  2fd.—  Correy,  1  qr.  146A.  11.  9s.  6fd.— CarrowUkin, 
215A.  21.  3s.  6%d.—  Knockoylew  alias  Kinkelty,  |  qr.  76A.  15s.  4fd.;  bar. 
Leyney,  co.  SLIGO.— Total,  690A.  plant.  (1,117A.  2R.  20p.  stat.)— Total 
rent,  Ql.  19s.  8%d. Date  2±th  Aug.  30th  year—Inrolled  7th  Feb.  1679. 

EDMUND  BARRETT,  gent.— In  Rooe,  1  qr.  104A.  11.  Is.  Ofd.  ;  bar. 
Leyny,  co.  SLIGO. — Carrowkeele,  1  qr.  106A.  11.  Is.  5^d. — Total,  210A. 
plant.  (340A.  &  26p.  stat.)— Total  rent,  21.  2s.  6jd.  ;  bar.  Tirrerill,  same 
co.— Date  29th  Nov.  31st  year.—  Inrolled  18th  May,  1680. 

ROBERT  KING,  esq.— In  Curriglasse,  2£  cart.  30A.  6s.  Id.—  Lis- 
cowen,  ^  qr.,  Drumrane,  ^  qr.  Raraghtis,  J  qr.  215A.  21.  3s.  G%d. — Dun- 
seine,  \  qr.,  Annagli,  d°,  113A.  11.  2s.  lO^d. — Killoges  alias  Kiavoges,  1 
cart.  57A.  lls.  6%d. — Cartroneightra  alias  Cartronightragh,  1  cart.  16A.  3s. 

3d.;  bar.  Tirrarill,  co.  SLIGO . Date 29th  April,  33d  year. — Inrolled  8th 

Sept.  1681. 

WILLIAM  BRISCOE,  gent.— In  Tullyvilly,  22A.  4s.  5d—  in  the 
Glananogh,  29A.  5s.  lOJd.— a  controversy  between  Killvarnagh  and  the 
adjacent  towns,  ISA.  3s. — Total  66A.  plant.  (106A.  SB.  35p.  stat.) — Total 
rent,  13s.  3^d.  ;  bar.  Leyney,  co.  SLIGO. — Date  1st  Sept.  33d  year. — In- 
rolled  20th  Feb.  1682. 

NICHS.  EARL  OF.CARLINGFORD.— Cloonecashell,  1  qr.  224A. 
21.  5s.  4jd — Ardrea,  1  qr.  107A.  11.  Is.  8d. — Emlaghnaghten,  1  trine, 
247A.  21.  10s.  0%d.—  Portrench,  3  cart.  H7A.  11.  9s.  9%d.— Lisnanybegg, 
1  trine,  83A.  16s.  9^d. — Ardsallagh,  ^  qr.  9lA.  18s.  5jd. — Tonapoura, 
\  qr.  59A.  lls.  11  jd. — Lecarrowreagh,  \  qr.  43A.  8s.  8%d. — Finaghroe 
alias  Finaghgare,  ^  qr.  55A.  lls.  Ifd. — Roscribb,  1  trine,  132A.  11.  6s. 
8|d. — Lorga,  J  qr.  56A.  lls.  4d. — Carrowmactenany,  ^  qr.  75A.  15s. 
2|d. — in  Trinelisbane,  Trineanurball,  Drumegrany,  2  trines,  216A.  21. 
3s.  8|d. — Sniggin,  3d  of  a  qr.  27 A.  5s.  8d. — Burvoys,  |  qr.  84A.  17s. — 
Tullymore  and  Knocknagher,  1  qr.  91  A.  18s.  &d. — Knockrawer,  1  cart. 
15A.  3s.  Oltd. — Clooneana,  3d  of  a  trine,  102A.  11.  &  5^d. — in  Tawnagh- 
more  and  Coilfadda,  2-3ds  of  a  trine,  130A.  11.  6s.  3|d. — Ardraghen- 


286  RE-GRANTS    OF   LANDS,    REIGN   OF   CHARLES   II. 

begg,  73A.  14s.  9|d.— Emlogh,  part  of  Ardrahenmore,  67 A.  13s.  6fd.— 
Ballonspur,  2qrs.  244A.  21.  9s.  5d.  —  Coiltecrine,  45A.  9s.  l\d. — Dechowed,1 
1  qr.  138A.  II.  7s.  ll^d.—  Knockroghery,  1  qr.  73A.  14s.  9Jd.— Carrow- 
reagh,  1  qr.  106A.  U.  Is.  5^d.—  Shancargen,2  1  qr.  86A.  17s.  5d. — Drum- 
rane,  78A.  15s.  9%d. — Farrenmorrisse,  1  cart.  32A.  6s.  5|d. — Lisleagh, 
192A.  II.  18s.  l(%i— Brackloonagh,  1  qr.  88A.  17s.  9£d—  Cloonenacloghy, 
£  qr.  102A.  11.  &  8d. — Cloonemahane,  1  qr.  105 A.  11.  Is.  3d. — Clunehun- 
sun,  1  qr.  98A.  19s.  10£d—  Oghum,  1  trine,  117 A.  11.  3s.  8|d — in  Rath- 
bane,  1  qr.  57 A.  11s.  6%d.  ;  bar.  Corren,  co.  SLIGO. — in  Monnyhilly,  3d 
of  a  £  qr.  HA.  2s.  2fd. — Cargenfadda,  1  cart.  37 A.  7s.  6d. — Mullaghfarna, 
2-3ds  qr.  58A.  11s.  9d.—  Cooleboy  and  Ardlee,  |  qr.  37A.  7s.  6d.  ;  bar. 
Tirrerell,  same  co.— Total,  3,828A.  plant.  (6,200A.  2R.  26p.  stat.)— Total 
rent,  381.  15s.  Id. Date  25th  Jan.  3Uh  year.—Inrolled  3d  Jidy,  1683. 

1  Now  written  Deechomade  in  the  Ordnance  Survey.    Deagh-choimhead  (pro- 
nounced Deacovade)  remarks  P.  W.  Joyce,  in  The  Origin  and  History  of  Irish 
Names  of  Places,  signifies,  "a  good  reconnoitring  station"  (deagh,  good,  and 
coimhead,  pronounced  covade,   watching  or  guarding).     This  latter  word  is 
generally  applied  to  hills  from  which  there  is  an  extensive  prospect,  "  look-out 
points,  whether  on  the  coast,  to  command  the  sea,  or  on  the  borders  of  a  hostile 
territory,  to  guard  against  surprise,  or  in  the  midst  of  a  pastoral  country,  to 
watch  the  flocks." 

2  Shancargen,  now  Oldrock — a  literal  translation  of  the  Irish  designation. 


APPENDIX  E. 


THE  following  is  the  text  in  full  of  the  Articles  signed  on  the  6th  August, 
1691,  afterwards  broken  off,  but  finally  agreed  to  by  Sir  Teigue 
O'Regan  on  the  15th  September,  relative  to  the  surrender  of  the 
Green  Fort,  &c.  :  — 

Articles  of  War  agreed  on  by  the  Honourable  Sir  Teige  O'Regan, 
Knight,  and  the  rest  of  the  officers  of  the  garrison  of  Sligoe,  of  the  one 
part,  and  the  Honourable  Collonel  John  Michelburne,  in  the  behalf  of 
himself,  his  General,  and  the  rest  of  his  Army,  of  the  other  part. 

1st.  —  THAT  all  the  said  Garrison,  viz.,  Govenours,  Officers,  Souldiers, 
Ingineers,  Gunners,  Gunsmiths,  Bakers,  Chaplains,  and  all  others  that 
have  a  mind  to  go,  Craights  or  others,  shall  have  their  lives  secured  and 
march  out  with  their  arms,  Baggs  and  Baggage,  Drums  beating,  Colours 
flying,  match  lighted,  Bullets  in  their  mouths,  each  officer  and  souldier 
twelve  Charges  of  Powder,  with  Match  and  Ball  proportionable,  and  their 
horses  and  Cowes,  as  well  belonging  to  them  respectively,  as  the  garrison 
in  general,  without  any  molestation,  and  at  their  several  and  respective 
elections,  their  wifes,  friends  and  cattle,  to  be  protected  in  any  part  of 
the  country,  as  well  as  any  other  person  whatsoever. 

2iidly.  —  THAT  the  said  garrison  may  march  the  nearest  and  best  way 
at  their  own  elections  into  the  citty  or  town  of  Limerick,  and  from  thence 
to  what  place  they  please,  and  not  to  be  compelled  to  march  above  eight 
miles  a  day  or  nine,  or  to  march  from  hence  to  what  other  place  they 
please  at  their  own  elections. 

Srctty.  —  THAT  all  sick  and  wounded  Officers,  souldiers  and  other 
persons  that  are  not  able  to  march  at  present,  may  remain  in  the  town  of 
Sligoe,  till  able  to  march,  then  to  have  a  pass  for  to  go  where  they  have  a 
mind  to,  and  in  the  mean  time  to  be  subsisted  for  the  time  being. 


.  —  THAT  none  of  our  army  shall  enter  into  any  of  the  two  forts 
of  Sligoe,  except  such  as  shall  be  appointed  by  the  said  Collonel  John 
Michelburne  to  take  possession  of  the  same,  until  the  garrison  be  marched 
clear  out  of  the  gates. 


288  ARTICLES   OF   WAR. 

5tUy. — THAT  the  said  forts  shall  be  put  into  the  possession  of  such 
forces  as  the  said  Collonel  John  Michelburne  shall  think  fit  at  eight  of 
the  clock  the  fifteenth  day  of  this  instant  August,  at  which  hour  the  said 
garrison  shall  march  out :  the  hour  before  the  outward  gates  shall  be 
delivered  to  such  forces  as  the  said  Collonel  John  Michelburne  shall 
appoint,  in  case  relief  do  not  come  by  that  time  to  the  said  garrison  ;  and 
in  case  Gal  way  be  surrendered,  and  not  otherwise. 

GtJtly. — THAT  the  said  Govenour  and  his  said  garrison  shall  be 
allowed  to  carry  with  them  two  pieces  of  cannon,  with  horses  and  other 
conveniences  of  carrying  them,  together  with  two  luggage  (horses)  for 
each  company  and  three  for  the  Govenour,  with  one  truckle  car  for  each 
company,  all  this  to  be  supplied  by  the  said  Collonel  John  Michelburne. 

7 My. — THAT  all  such  persons,  parties,  or  companies  of  the  respec- 
tive regiments  of  the  said  garrison  not  now  here,  shall  be  allowed  to  come 
hither,  or  join  the  said  regiments,  in  their  said  march,  after  the  sur- 
rendering of  the  said  garrison. 

StJdy. — THAT  all  persons  taken  prisoners  by  any  of  our  army  or 
voluntiers  that  any  way  belonged  to  any  of  the  said  regiments  of  the  said 
garrison,  or  any  other  person  or  persons,  belonging  to  the  said  garrison, 
now  in  restraint  with  us,  shall  be  forthwith  set  at  liberty,  before  the  sur- 
render of  the  said  garrison  and  safely  conveyed  thereunto. 

9thly. — THAT  such  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  said  Town  of  Sligoe,  as 
have  a  mind  to  continue  there  shall  be  protected  in  their  bodies,  liberties 
and  goods,  and  shall  have  free  liberty  to  exercise  or  use  their  several 
trades  and  occupations,  as  formerly,  and  the  people  of  the  country  in  like 
manner. 

Wthly. — THAT  all  the  Clergy  of  the  said  Town,  that  have  a  mind  to 
stay,  shall  be  also  protected  in  their  bodies,  liberties  and  goods,  and  shall 
have  free  liberty  to  exercise  their  functions  ;  and  the  Clergy  of  the 
Country  accordingly. 

HMy. — THAT  there  shall  be  a  sufficient  escort  appointed  and  sent 
with  the  said  garrison,  to  convey  them  to  the  place  above  mentioned. 

12tMy — THAT  one  officer  from  the  said  Collonel  John  Mitchelburne 
and  another  from  the  said  garrison  shall  be  sent  to  General  Ginkel,  who 
in  the  presence  of  the  said  two  officers  shall  confirm  all  the  things  in 
these  presents  mentioned,  and  the  confirmation  before  the  said  surrender. 

~L3thly. — THAT  all  and  singular,  the  above-mentioned  Articles  shall 
be  inviolably  performed  on  both  sides  without  any  equivocations,  mental 
reservations  or  fraud  whatsoever,  according  to  the  true  intent  and 
meaning  thereof. 

lltldy. — THAT  all  acts  of  hostility  shall  cease  betwixt  the  said  gar- 
rison and  our  army  as  soon  as  notice  may  be  given  on  both  sides. 


AKTICLES   OF   WAR.  289 

Wthly. — THAT  the  said  Govenour  and  garrison,  shall  use  the  Town 
Posture  and  all  other  privileges  and  advantages,  in  the  same  or  there- 
abouts, in  as  ample  and  free  a  manner  as  hitherto,  and  that  until  the 
surrender  aforesaid. 

IGtJdy. — THAT  the  said  Govenour,  Officers  and  Souldiers,  Garrison, 
Town  and  County  of  Sligoe,  shall  have  the  benefit  of  all  and  singular 
other  advantageous  articles,  that  Gallway  or  any  other  got,  in  case  it  was 
surrendered.  In  true  performance  of  all  and  singular  the  premises,  forth- 
with they  do  respectively  pawn  their  honours,  both  parties  having  here- 
unto interchangeably  put  their  hands  and  seals,  at  the  Castle  near  Sligoe, 
this  Sixth  day  of  August  one  thousand  Six  hundred  and  ninety-one. 


TEIGE  O'REGAN. 
JOHN  MICHELBURNE. 


CAMP  AT  NENAGH,  Aug.  10,  1691. 


I  do  approve  of  the  foregoing  articles  agreed  upon  by  Colonel  Michel- 
burne  and  Sir  Teige  O'Regan,  for  the  Surrender  of  Sligoe,  except  the 
last,  which  I  confine  to  those  who  are  actually  now  in  the  said  Town  and 
Garrison,  it  not  being  my  intention  to  extend  their  Majesties  grace  and 
favour  to  such  who  have  done  them  no  service  nor  made  no  application 
to  me  for  it. 

BAR.  DE  GINKELL. 


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APPENDIX  G. 


EXTRACTS  TAKEN  FROM  "THE  TRIPARTITE  LIFE  OF  PATRICK"1 

RELATIVE    TO 

His   MISSIONARY   TOURS   THROUGH  THE    DISTRICT   NOW   COMPRISED   WITHIN 
THE  BOUNDS  OF  THE  PRESENT  COUNTY  SlJGO. 

Whitley  Stokes  is  of  opinion  that  the  Tripartite  Life  was  compiled  in 
the  eleventh  century,  when  the  old  Irish  language  was  becoming  what 
is  called  "Early  Middle  Irish."  Before  Stokes  made  his  translation 
(amongst  the  few  works  on  the  subject  that  were  open  to  reference  by 
ordinary  scholars)  there  was  a  Latin  paraphrase  of  the  above  which 
Colgan,  in  the  seventeenth  century,  gave  to  the  world  as  the  Septima 
Vita  in  his  Trias-  Thaumaturga. 

In  that  narration — as  might  be  expected — there  were  many  wondrous 
accounts  of  so-called  miracles,  which,  however,  obtained  full  credence  in 
the  seventeenth  century,  and  although  the  text  of  the  original  Irish  MS. 
was  already  in  the  eleventh  century,  to  some  extent,  superladen  with 
absurdities,  these  are  by  Colgan  made  to  appear  still  more  extravagant. 

The  Patrick  depicted  in  this  eleventh  century  MS.  is  not  in  all 
respects  to  be  admired,  for  his  mode  of  preaching  the  Gospel  of  Christ 
seems  (as  is  well  observed  by  the  Rev.  T.  Olden  in  his  work  on  The 
Epistle  and  Hymn  of  St.  Patrick)  to  be  misrepresented  "  from  pure 
ignorance  of  what  constitutes  the  character  of  a  Christian  missionary. 
Thus  he  curses  rivers,  territories,  families,  and  individuals  for  most 

trivial  causes,  &c The  authors  of  these  stories  knew  little  of 

the  spirit  of  our  Lord's  teaching  when  He  rebuked  James  and  John  for 
proposing  to  command  fire  to  come  down  from  heaven  and  consume  the 
villagers  who  refused  to  receive  Him." 

The  extracts  from  Whitley  Stokes'  translation  are  here  given  in  the 
sequence  in  which  they  occur  in  the  text,  merely  with  the  addition  of 
footnotes  elucidatory  of  the  various  localities  named,  so  that  the  reader 
may  be  enabled,  without  difficulty,  to  follow  the  supposed  peregrinations 
in  Sligo  of  Patrick,  who  is  by  some  authorities  stated  to  have  been  born 

1  The  Tripartite  Life  of  Patrick,  with  other  documents  relating  to  that  Saint. 
Edited  with  Translations  and  Indexes  by  Whitley  Stokes,  D.C.L.,  LL.D.,  1887, 
pp.  95  99,  109,  121,  137,  139,  141,  143,  147. 


TKIPARTITE    LIFE    OF    ST.    PATRICK.  295 

circa  A.D.  373.  His  missionary  expeditions  through  Connaught  therefore 
occurred,  probably,  between  the  years  432  and  the  supposed  date  of  his 
decease,  i.e.,  4G3. 

"  And  they  (i.e.  Patrick  and  his  companions)  went  over  the  Shannon 
(into  Connaught)  to  Duma  Graid.1  Therein  he  ordained  Ailbe  an  arch- 
presbyter,  and  he  is  in  Sen-chua2  with  the  descendants  of  Ailill ;  and 
Patrick  informed  him  of  a  stone  altar  in  Sliab-Hua-n-Ailella3  under  the 
ground,  with  four  glass  chalices  at  the  four  angles  of  the  altar,4  et  dixit, 
'  Beware  of  breaking  the  edges  of  the  excavation. '  For  he  was  among 
the  descendants  of  Ailill.  And  he  baptized  holy  Mane,  whom  Bishop 
Brdn  son  of  Icne  ordained,  (and)  who  is  in  Caisel  Irroe,5  a  servant  of 
God,  a  companion  of  Patrick.  While  Patrick  was  biding  at  Duma  Graid, 
ordaining  the  great  host,  he  smiled.  '  What  is  that  ?'  saith  Benen.  '  Not 
hard  to  say,'  saith  Patrick.  '  Brdn  and  Monk  Olcdn  are  coming  towards 
me  along  the  Strand  of  Eothaile,6  and  my  pupil  Mac  Erca  is  with  them. 
The  wave  of  the  flood  made  a  great  dash  (at  them),  and  the  boy  was  afraid 
of  being  carried  away. '  Then  he  went  through  the  bounds  of  Hui-Ailella,7 
and  founded  the  church  east  in  Tamnach,8  and  it  was  covered  by  God 
and  by  men.  And  she  (Mathona)  made  friendship  with  Saint  Rodan's 
relics,  and  their  successors  feasted  in  turns.  But  after  this  they  placed 
by  the  holy  Church  in  Tamnach  Bishop  Cairell,  whom  Patrick's  Bishops, 
Brdn  and  Bite,  ordained." 

On  this  passage  Whitley  Stokes  remarks  :— "  The  text  is  in  great 
confusion,  owing,  apparently,  to  the  interpolation  of  the  last  preceding 

paragraph It  appears  from  The  Book  of  Armagh,  12,  a  1,  that  it 

was  Mathona  that  founded  the  church  in  Tamnach,  and  made  friendship 
to  St.  Rodan's  relics,  whatever  this  may  mean." 

"  Patrick  went  into  Grecraide,9  of  Loch  Techet.10  He  founded  a 
church  there,  to  wit,  in  Drumne,11  and  by  it  he  dug  a  well,  and  it  hath  no 
stream  (flowing)  into  it,  or  out  of  it ;  but  it  is  full  for  ever ;  and  this  is 
its  name,  Bith-ldn  (Everfull). 

!  Duma  Graid.  Whitley  Stokes  observes  :  "  There  are  six  places  called 
Doogary  (Duma  Graid)  in  Co.  Mayo,  and  two  in  Koscommon,  and  one  in 
Tynan,  but  none  apropos." 

*  Now  Shancoe,  in  the  Barony  of  Tirerrill,  Co.  Sligo. 

3  Sliab  Hua-n-Aile.Ua,  or  Sliab  Mac-n-Ailella.     The  mountain  of  the  sons  of 
Ailill ;  and  hence  the  barony  of  Tirerrill  is  said  to  have  derived  its  name,  i.e. 
the  land  of  the  sons  of  Ailill. 

4  This  legend  seems  to  demonstrate  that  there  had  been  enthusiastic  mis- 
sionaries who  penetrated  into  the  wilds  of  Connaught  before  Patrick  had  set 
foot  on  its  soil. 

5  Now  Killaspugbrone  in  Barony  of  Carbury,  Co.  Sligo. 

6  The  celebrated  strand  of  Traholly. 

7  The  present  Barony  of  Tirerrill  represents  part  of  this  district. 

8  Now  Tawnagh  in  the  Barony  of  Tirerrill. 

9  A  district  in  the  south  of  the  County  Sligo ;  the  half  Barony  of  Coolavin 
formed  portion  of  it. 

10  Now  Lough  Gara. 

11  In  the  County  Sligo,  to  the  east  of  Lough  Gara. 

T2 


296  TRIPARTITE    LIFE    OF    ST.    PATRICK. 

"After  that  he  founded  Cell  Atrachta1  in  Gregraide,  and  (placed)  in  it 
Talan's  daughter,  who  took  the  veil  from  Patrick's  hand  ;  and  he  left  a 
paten  and  a  chalice  with  her,  Atracht,  daughter  of  Talan,  son  of  Cathbad 
of  the  Gregraide  of  Loch  Techet,  a  sister  of  Coeman  of  Airtne  Coemdin. 
Patrick  sained 2  the  veil  on  her  head.  Druminana  was  the  name  of  the 
place  in  which  they  were  biding.  It  is  (called)  Machare3  to-day.  A 
chasuble  was  sent  from  heaven  into  Patrick's  breast.  '  Let  the  chasuble 
be  thine,  O  nun,'  saith  Patrick.  '  Not  so,'  saith  she,  '  not  unto  me  hath 
it  been  given,  but  to  thy  goodness.'  " 

After  St.  Patrick's  departure  from  the  Rick,  it  is  stated  :  "  There  are, 
moreover,  keepers  (belonging)  to  Patrick's  household  alive  in  Ireland  still. 
....  They  hear  the  voice  of  his  bell,  and  he  is  not  found,  and  there  is  a 
man  from  him  in  Gulban  Guirt. 4  .  .  They  showed  hospitality  to  Patrick 
in  the  reign  of  Loegaire,  son  of  Niall.  They  are,  and  they  will  abide  till 
Doom  of  the  same  age. 

"And  he  (Patrick)  went  out  of  the  country  from  Bertlacha  in  the  west 
into  Bertlacha  in  the  east,5  in  the  estuary  of  the  Moy,  overagainst  (1) 
the  sea.  A  girl  is  drowned  before  him  there  ;  and  he  blessed  that  port,(?) 
and  said  that  no  one  should  be  drowned  there  in  sempiternum.  Patrick 
prophesied  that  the  eastern  Bertlacha  would  belong  to  him.  It  stands  in 
one  of  their  histories  that  in  the  day  of  war  the  king  of  the  land  shall  call 
on  Patrick  (to  protect)  that  country,  and  he  shall  be  victorious. 

"There  at  the  stream6  the  Grecraige  flung  stones  at  Patrick  and  his 
household.  '  My  God's  doom  !'  saith  Patrick,  '  in  every  contest  in  which 
ye  shall  be,  ye  shall  be  routed,  and  ye  shall  abide  under  spittles  and  wisps 
and  mockery.'7 

' '  'Arise,  O  Conall, '  saith  Patrick  ;  '  thou  must  take  the  crozier. '  Conall 
said,  '  If  it  is  pleasing  to  God  I  will  do  it  for  thee. '  '  That  shall  not 
be  so,'  saith  Patrick.  '  Thou  shalt  be  under  arms  for  sake  of  thy  tribe's 
heritage,  and  thou  shalt  be  Conall  Crozier-shield.  Dignity  of  layman  and 
clerics  shall  be  from  thee  ;  and  every  one  of  thy  descendants  in  whose 
shield  shall  be  the  sign  of  my  crozier,  the  warriors  with  him  shall  not  be 
turned  (to  flight).'  Which  thing  Patrick  did  for  him. 

"  Patrick  went  eastward  into  the  territory  of  the  Hui-Fiachrach  8  by 
the  sea.  A  water  opposed  him,  that  is  (there  was)  a  great  unnatural 
flood  therein,  and  he  cursed  it.  On  the  water  is  a  stead  ;'•>  Buale  Patraic 
('  Patrick's  Byre')  is  its  name,  to  wit,  a  small  mound  with  a  cross  thereon. 

1  Now  Killaraght,  in  the  Barony  of  Coolavin. 

*  Sained,  i.e.  blessed,  so  as  to  protect  from  evil  influences. 

3  In  the  County  Eoscommon. 

4  The  mountain  of  Ben  Bulben,  in  the  Barony  of  Carbury,  Co.  Sligo. 

5  Now  Bertrach,  a  sandy  island  in    the  Parish  of  Castleconor,  Barony  of 
Tireragh. 

6  (?)  The  river  Moy. 

7  They  should  be  subject  to  every  kind  of  insult,  in  every  public  assembly 
at  which  they  should  present  themselves. 

8  The  present  Barony  of  Tireragh. 
•'  I.e.,  a  place. 


TRIPARTITE    LIFE    OF    ST.    PATRICK.  297 

He  tarried  a  little  while  there.  Then  the  holy  bishop  Bron  of  Caissel 
Irre1  came  to  him,  and  the  holy  Mace-Rune  of  Cell  Corcu-Roide,2  and 
there  he  wrote  an  alphabet3  for  them.  And  I  have  heard  from  a  certain 
person  that  in  that  place  he  gave  a  tooth4  out  of  his  mouth  to  Bishop 
Br<5n,  because  he  was  dear  unto  Patrick. 

' '  Just  as  he  was  coming  from  the  west,  over  the  Moy  into  Grecraige, 
three  poison-giving  wizards  overtook  him  at  Raith-Rigbard.5  They 
could  do  nothing  to  him,  and  he  said  that  to  that  race  there  would  never 
be  wanting  a  man  of  that  magical  skill. 

"  (As  to)  Mace  Erce,  son  of  Draigen,  who  is  in  Cell  Roe  Mdre,  in  the 
territory  of  Amalgad ;  there  were  seven  sons  of  Draigen,  whom  Patrick 
baptized,  and  of  them  he  chose  Mace  Erce,  and  he  gave  him  to  bishop 
Brdn  to  be  fostered,  for  it  was  not  easy  to  take  him  away  to  a  distance 
because  of  his  father's  affection  (for  him). 

"  Patrick  marked  out  Caissel  Irre,6  and  in  the  middle  of  the  hall 
stands  the  flagstone  on  which  Patrick's  tooth  fell,7  Bishop  Bron  .  .  .  the 
place,  and  Patrick  prophesied  that  that  place  would  be  deserted  by  the 
heathen,  which  thing  came  to  pass. 

"  Then  Patrick  sang  the  stave  : — 

0  man 

And 

Since  we  have  been  alive 

1  have  not  seen  thee  till  to-day. 
While  we  have  been  together 

I  suffered  not  cold  nor  heat. 

A  blessing  on  the  King  of  all  the  (elements) 

Whatever  I  have  ....  of  thee  at  any  time 

In  my  name 

before  many 

1  Killaspugbrone. 

2  The  church  of  Conrie    in  Barony  of  Rathconrath,  in  the  County  West- 
meath. 

3  This  does  not  imply — it  is  thought — that  the  Irish  had  no  alphabet  before 
the  arrival  of  Patrick,  or  that  his  catechumens  were  ignorant  of  writing ;  but  that 
Patrick  wrote  out  the  Roman  alphabet,  then  in  use  throughout  the  Continent  of 
Europe. 

4  Among  the  worshippers  of  Buddha,  his  teeth  are  held  in  like  estimation 
by  them. 

5  In  the  Barony  of  Tireragh  (see  Annals  of  the  Four  Masters,  A.M.  3501.) 

6  Killaspugbrone,  the  church  of  Bishop  Bron.    "  It  is  not  in  the  least  degree 
probable,"  as  noticed  by  W.  F.  Wakeman,  "  that  any  portion  of  the  structure 
erected  at  Killaspugbrone.  ...  by  St.  Patrick  remains — at  least  above  ground. 
It  should  be  remarked,  however,  that  the  existing  remains,  in  place  and  style 
of  masonry,  present  indications  of  very  considerable  antiquity." 

7  To  preserve  this  holy  relic  of  the  great  Irish  saint,  a  handsomely  decorated 
shrine  of  wood,  11J  inches  high,  by  9  wide,  and  somewhat  wedge-shaped,  was 
constructed.     Sir  William  Wilde  gives  a  description  of  this  curiosity. 


298  TRIPARTITE    LIFE    OF    ST.    PATRICK. 

To  the  will  of  God,  of  white  heaven, 
The  white  God,  who  is  in  heaven, 
Dearly  loved  Christ,  worketh  with  me. 
He  created  me  under  pure  baptism  ; 
He  leaves  me  not  in  disgrace  with  anyone. 

"  Then  Patrick  told  the  fishermen  to  cast  the  nets  for  him  into  the 
river,  namely,  into  Slicech. '  They  said  to  him :  '  Salmon  are  not  caught 
in  it,  in  this  river,  in  winter  ;  (but)  since  thou  sayest  it,'  say  the  fisher- 
men, '  we  will  do  it.'  They  cast  their  nets  and  caught  great  salmon  and 
gave  them  to  Patrick.  And  he  blessed  the  river,  so  that  the  Slicech  is  the 
milch-cow  of  the  waters  of  Ireland,  for  in  it  fish  are  caught  in  every  quarter 
of  the  year." 

"  Once  Patrick  passed  by  Bernas  Ua-Oilella,*  to  go  into  the  district  of 
Mag  Luirg,  in  the  County  Roscommon. 

"  Patrick  went  past  Druim-Cliab3  from  Caissel  Irre,  by  the  Rosses 
eastward,  along  Mag  Ene.  He  built  (?)  Domnach  Mdr  Maige  Ene.4 

"Then  he  cursed  the  (river)  Dub,5  because  of  the  refusal  which  the 
fishermen  gave  him.  Howbeit  he  blessed  the  (river)  Drobess,6  owing  to 
the  kindness  which  the  little  boys  who  were  fishing  in  it  did  unto  him. 
And  (even)  little  boys  take  (fish)  there  still.  A  salmon  of  Drobe'ss  is  the 
finest  of  Ireland's  salmon.  Of  any  big  salmon  that  is  caught  in  Ess 
Ruaid7  this  is  what  the  fishermen  say  :  '  The  salmon  is  from  Drobess,' 
because  peculiar  to  Drobe'ss  is  the  beautiful  salmon  there  through 
Patrick's  blessing. 

"Thrice,  now,  did  Patrick  wend  across  the  Shannon  into  the  land  of 
Connaught.  Fifty  bells  and  fifty  chalices  and  fifty  altar-cloths  he  left  in 
the  land  of  Connaught,  each  of  them  in  his  church.  Seven  years  was 
he  a-preaching  to  the  men  of  Connaught.  He  left  a  blessing  with  them, 
and  bade  them  farewell." 

1  Slicech,  i.e.  Shelly.     The  river  of  Sligo. 

2  A  pass  in  the  Tirerrill  mountains,  supposed  to  be  situated  between  Col- 
looney  and  Killerry. 

3  Drumcliff . 

4  I.e.  the  great  church  of  Mag-Ene.     Mag-Ene  was  the  Irish  name  of  the 
"  moy  "  or  level  tract  of  country  to  the  north  of,  and  at  one  time  belonging  to, 
the  Barony  of  Carbury,  and  lying  between  the  rivers  Erne  and  Drowes. 

5  Now  the  river  Duff  or  Bunduff . 

6  Now  the  Drowes. 

7  Now  Assaroe,  a  cataract  on  the  Erne,  near  Bally  shannon,  County  Donegal. 


APPENDIX  H. 


THE  CROSSES  OF  DRUMCLIFF. 

AMONGST  the  various  classes  of  ecclesiastical  remains  in  Ireland,  of  which 
examples  have  been  preserved  to  the  present  day,  the  High  Cross — sometimes 
vaguely  called  "  Celtic  " — maybe  considered  as  eminently  "racy  of  the  soil." 
In  the  possession  of  an  unusual  number  of  these  works  of  art  Drumcliff l 

1  The  following  particulars  relative  to  Drumcliff  and  the  neighbouring  eccle- 
siastical establishment  of  Ballynagalliagh  or  Nunstown  will  doubtless  prove 
interesting : — 

In  an  Inquisition  taken  at  Sligo  on  the  26th  April,  1607,  before  Geffrey 
Osbaldson,  William  Maye,  and  Nicholas  Brady,  the  Jury,  amongst  other  things, 
found — "That  there  belongith  to  the  late  Nunery  of  Killcrenat,  in  the  county  of 
Galway,  one  quarter  and  a  half  called  Ballenegallagh  and  certain  other  small  plotts 
of  land  in  the  town  of  Dromclive  in  the  barony  of  Carbry.  Also  a  church  and  a 
house  belonginge  to  the  Parson  of  Dromclive,  joyning  to  the  west  end  of  the  said 
church.  They  also  say  that  the  said  parsonage  of  Dromclive  belongith  to  the  said 
late  nunery,  and  that  certain  parsons  dwell  in  and  possess  at  some  times  a  certain 
vaulted  stone  house  called  Tagh-I-O'Chonnell,  but  what  right  or  title  the  said 
parsons  had  they  know  not.  They  also  have  heard  that  the  six  quarters  of  land  of 
Dowchoine,  and  the  quarter  of  land  of  Dromeentemple  in  the  barony  of  Leyne  with 
their  appurtenances  did  anciently  belong  to  the  nunery  aforesaid.  They  also  say 
that  there  was  a  certain  writing  concerning  the  nunery  burned  by  one  Tomoltagh 
Oge  O'Higgin,  and  also  they  say  that  they  have  heard  that  the  half  quarter  of 
Bellanafennogy  whereon  the  castle  standeth,  the  four  quarters  of  Killmolovir,  the 
quarter  of  Killegallaghe  or  Kinnegallaghe,  the  quarter  of  Sessy  me  Ellerhy,  and 
the  two  quarters  of  Monycranghy  with  their  appurtenances  in  the  said  county  of 
Sligo  did  antiently  belong  to  the  said  Nunery  of  Killcrenat."  In  the  Survey  of 
1633-6  the  tythes  of  the  Parish  of  Drumcliff  are  stated  to  have  been  divided 
"  into  4  fourths,  whereof  the  Bishopp  hath  one  4th,  the  Lord  of  Clonricarde  hath 
2/4  fourths  in  right  of  the  nunes  of  Ballenaglogh,  Mr.  Roicroft,  clearke,  hath  the 
viccaradge  of  this  parish,  who  sets  it  to  John  Watkinness  for  £30  per  annum." 
The  following  denominations  of  land  are  stated  to  be  "the  inheritance  of  my  Lord 
Bishop  "  or  what  is  evidently  the  same  thing  "  the  inheritance  of  the  Bishoprick 
of  Elphin"  : — 

"  Ballyconnell  1  qr.  .  .  .  worth  £13  5s.  per  annum.  Lecarowhampulowlan  1/2; 
Lecarowmedin  1/2  ...  worth  £36  per  annum.  Balligillgan  7  cartrons  .  .  .  worth 
£24  per  annum.  Finide  and  Court  6  cartrons  .  .  .  worth  £25  per  annum.  Brad- 
cullen  4  qrs.,  whereof  the  Bpp.  hath  1/2  with  (h)is  Killig  (?  Colleague)  .  .  .  worth 


300  THE    CROSSES    OF    DRUMCLIFF. 

would  seem  of  old  to  have  been  remarkable,  for  the  name  by  which  this 
foundation  of  St.  Columbkill  was  anciently  known  was  Druim-cliabh-na- 
ff-cros,  i.e.  Drumcliff  of  the  crosses.  Only  three  examples  of  monuments  of 
that  class  can,  however,  at  the  place,  be  now  pointed  to,  but  a  fourth  has 
lately  been  added  to  the  collection  of  Irish  antiquities  in  the  Museum  of 
Science  and  Art,  Leinster  House,  Dublin.1 

A  description  of  the  relic,  emphatically  styled  THE  CROSS  OP  DRUMCLIFF, 
is  first  given.  It  measures  about  thirteen  feet  in  height,  by  three  feet  eight 
inches  in  breadth  at  the  arms.  The  shaft  is  slightly  less  than  one  foot  in 
thickness  at  the  base,  narrowing  to  about  ten  inches  at  the  summit.  The 
cross  at  present  consists  of  three  stones,  one  of  them  forming  a  massive  base 
quadrangular  in  plan  ;  another  the  major  portion  of  the  shaft ;  and  the  third 
the  ring,  the  arms,  and  a  minor  portion  of  the  stem.  A  mortise-hole  on  the 
upper  face  of  this  part  indicates  that  there  had  originally  been  a  fourth 
stone.  This  missing  top,  it  may  be  assumed,  was  in  the  form  of  a  high- 
pitched  roof,  such  as  may  be  seen  at  St.  Columb's  House,  Kells,  Co.  Meath, 
and  at  Cormac's  Chapel,  Cashel,  also  in  many  ante-Norman  ecclesiastical 
buildings  of  native  Irish  design. 

As  is  generally  remarked  in  relics  of  this  class,  the  cross  stands  facing 
the  cardinal  points,  itsgreater  surface  fronting  east  and  west  respectively.  The 
material  is  stated  to  be  an  extremely  hard,  close-grained  sandstone,  impreg- 
nated with  quartz  in  considerable  quantities.  The  base  does  not  exhibit  any 
decoration,  and  the  same  remark  applies  to  many  like  portions  of  crosses 
found  in  various  parts  of  Ireland,  as  at  Boho,  Co.  Fermanagh ;  Castle 
Kieran,  Co.  Meath  ;  and  at  Finglas,  Co.  Dublin.  It  may  be  observed  of  the 
three  remaining  bases  connected  with  Drumcliff  that  each  is  plain  and 
somewhat  rudely  fashioned. 

Western  face. — The  shaft  of  the  cross  on  its  western  side  (see  fig.  16)  is 
divided  into  five  compartments,  of  which  the  nethermost  contains  a  deeply-cut 
pattern,  in  the  so-called  "  Celtic  "  style.  Above  it  are  three  figures,  repre- 
sented apparently  in  ecclesiastical  costume ;  the  subject,  it  has  been  suggested, 
may,  perhaps,  be  intended  to  illustrate  the  seizing  of  our  Saviour  in  the  Garden. 
Above  this  rather  doubtful  group,  and  within  a  small  compartment,  appears, 
in  bold  relief,  the  figure  of  a  strange  creature,  or  mythical  monster,  which, 
from  the  contour  of  its  back,  has  usually  been  taken  for  a  camel.  This  is 
in  all  probability  no  stretch  of  fancy ;  for  it  should  be  remembered  that  many 
of  the  early  Christians  of  Erin  were  great  travellers,  and  must  have  possessed 
some  knowledge  of  the  forms  of  common  Eastern  animals :  of  this  the 
monumental  slab  in  Sligo  Abbey  (fig.  11,  p.  73)  is  a  good  though  a  much 
later  example.  Over  the  "  camel"  on  the  Drumcliff  cross  are  three  figures : 
those  at  the  sides  have  their  hands  upraised.  This  sculpturing  was  probably 

£6  per  annum.  Rakarrnick  1  qr.  .  .  .  worth  £20  per  annum.  Lecartun  of  Collin 
and  Castlan  1/2.  One  cartron  of  it  ...  worth  £8  2s.  per  annum.  Dromcleve  and 
Cinatoher  2  qrs.  .  .  .  worth  £26  per  annum.  Rossighterugh  and  Rossoteragb.  .  .  . 
Sir  Roger  Jones  houlds  it  by  lease,  and  setts  it  to  John  Watkins  for  £50  per  annum 
.  .  .  upon  the  land  ...  a  verie  good  lead  mine  bordering  upon  the  sea." 

1  It  was  at  once  secured  by  V.  Ball  for  the  Science  and  Art  Department,  when 
his  attention  was  directed  to  it  by  thu  writer. 


[To  face  page  300. 


Fig.  16.— GEBAT  CROSS,  DRUMCLIFF  (Western  face). 


THE    CROSSES    OF    DRUMCLIFF.  301 

intended  to  represent  the  mocking  of  Christ.  Immediately  above  are  two 
seated  figures  ;  one  of  them  appears  to  hold  a  book  resting  upon  his  knees, 
but  the  form  of  the  other  is  much  weathered. 

The  ring  or  head  of  the  cross  contains  a  representation  of  the  cruci- 
fixion. ;  on  each  side  of  the  Saviour  are  the  usual  figures — spear-  and 
sponge-bearers — but  they  are  of  very  small  proportions.  On  each  segment 
of  the  ring — usually  supposed  to  be  emblematic  of  eternity — are  carvings 
in  interlacing  patterns,  bordered  by  a  narrow  fillet :  all,  however,  are  so 
time-eroded  and  lichened  that  it  is  almost  impossible  to  decipher  the  various 
designs.  Within  the  apertures  between  the  ring  and  the  shaft  and  arms  of 
the  cross,  are  four  bosses  decorated  in  "  Celtic"  style,  but  much  weathered. 
Two  diminutive  human  heads,  together  with  quaint  and  beautiful  knots, 
may  be  noticed  on  the  face  of  the  cross-arms.  A  continuous  bead-moulding, 
within  a  semi-cylindrical  border,  encloses  all  the  work  upon  the  shaft  and 
arms. 

Eastern  face.1 — Upon  the  opposite  or  eastern  face  the  cross  is  equally  rich 
in  figure-subjects,  as  also  in  tracery  and  other  details.  In  execution  the 
sculpturings,  most  notably  those  supposed  to  represent  certain  animals,  or 
possibly,  in  some  cases,  mythical  monsters,  are  very  effective,  being  left  in 
high  relief.  A  panel  or  compartment  immediately  surmounting  the  base  is  of 
unusual  height,  and  is  enriched  near  its  centre  with  a  representation  of  the 
Temptation.  Our  first  parents  stand  beside  the  fatal  tree,  round  the  curiously- 
rendered  stem  of  which  the  serpent  is  coiling.  Eve  holds  the  apple  in  her 
right  hand  ;  Adam,  standing  to  the  right  of  the  tree  is  seen,  with  his  left 
arm  and  hand  raised.  The  tree,  which  appears  to  be  double- stemmed,  has 
for  foliage  a  profusion  of  well-arranged  interwoven  tracery,  the  bands  ter- 
minating in  minute  trefoils,  and  the  design  underneath  being  an  elabo- 
rate mass  of  interlacing  scroll-work,  still  in  a  fine  state  of  preservation. 
O'Neill  has  suggested  the  probability  of  the  interlaced  scroll-work  on  Irish 
crosses  having  been  originally  coloured,  thereby  causing  a  more  close 
resemblance  than  is  now  apparent  to  similar  decorations  represented  in 
early  Irish  MSS.  It  is  possible  that  the  figures,  animals,  and  other  devices 
on  the  crosses,  were  also  coloured ;  but  it  is  most  unlikely  that  on  them  any 
traces  of  pigment  will  ever  now  be  discovered  in  our  humid  isle,  where 
atmospheric  severities  have  in  many  cases  eroded  the  stone  itself,  reducing 
the  representation  of  various  groups  to  a  state  beyond  power  of  recognition. 
Very  slight  traces,  and  such  only  in  rare  instances,  have  been  found  on 
Greek  friezes  and  statues,  notwithstanding  the  exceptional  mildness  of  the 
climate.  It  is  well  known  that  in  medieval  times  sculptures  representing 
saints,  &c.,  were,  in  general,  coloured;  and  this  fact  goes  far  to  explain 
the  iconoclastic  zeal  of  some  of  the  early  dissidents  from  the  Church  of 
Home. 

Amongst  the  generally  quaint  and  conventional  decorations  of  earlier 
ecclesiastical  structures,  crosses,  manuscripts,  and  such  like  objects,  leonine 
subjects  are  not  unfrequently  found,  and  more  especially  in  connexion  with 
works  of  the  Hiberno-Romanesque  school.  The  design  is  almost  invariably 

1  For  a  representation  of  the  Eastern  face  of  cross,  see  Book  iii.,  p.  174,  M'here  is 
given  also  a  description  of  the  locality,  &c. 


302  THE    CROSSES   OF    DRUMCL1FF. 

treated  in  a  fanciful  manner,  unlike  anything  to  be  found  in  nature.  Imme- 
diately above  the  symmetrically  arranged  foliage  of  the  forbidden  tree  occurs 
the  boldly  executed  figure  of  a  beast  with  mane  and  claws,  somewhat  like 
those  of  a  lion,  and  a  very  similar  carving  appears  upon  a  monumental  stone 
preserved  at  Bressay  in  Shetland.  Next  to,  and  almost  touching  with  their 
feet  the  back  of  the  presumed  lion,  are  two  figures,  evidently  intended 
to  illustrate  the  story  of  David  and  Goliath — though,  strangely  enough, 
the  figure  of  the  latter  is  given  as  the  smaller  of  the  two.  The 
giant  has  just  met  his  fate  ;  David,  who  in  his  right  hand  grasps 
a  short  "  Celtic  "  sword,  is  with  his  left  lifting  the  severed  head 
by  its  hair.  Over  this  group  is  a  man  having  on  each  side  an  animal, 
which  seems  to  attack  him.  This  subject  frequently  occurs  on  Irish 
crosses;  and  in  an  interesting  communication  to  the  Journal  of  the  Scottish 
Society  of  Antiquaries  (January  16,  1876),  Mr.  Anderson  has  shown  that 
"  the  story  of  Daniel  and  his  miraculous  deliverance,  his  example  of  absti- 
nence, and  his  constancy  under  trial,  were  favourite  themes  with  the  early 
fathers.  His  preservation  in  the  den  of  lions  was  especially  suited  to  strike 
the  imagination  in  an  age  of  persecution.  Hence  it  is  one  of  the  earliest  of 
the  pictorial  groups  which  occur  in  the  Catacombs.  The  attitude  (continues 
Mr.  Anderson)  in  which  Daniel  is  invariably  represented  in  the  Catacombs 
became  a  symbol  of  the  crucifixion.  One  of  the  early  writers  says  that  God 
shut  the  mouths  of  the  lions  when  Daniel  spread  out  his  arms  in  the  den, 
and  thus  conformed  to  the  similitude  of  the  cross."  It  is  worthy  of  notice 
that  on  Celtic  crosses,  when  Daniel  is  portrayed  with  his  hands  and  arms 
elevated,  the  lions  are  represented  rampant,  as  if  about  to  make  an  attack ; 
whilst,  when  the  arms  are  extended  cross-fashion,  the  beasts  would  seem  to 
have  lost  their  ferocity,  and  in  some  instances  appear  to  be  making  an 
obeisance  to  Daniel,  or  to  be  even  reverently  kissing  his  feet.  On  the 
Drumcliff  cross  two  lions  are  represented  in  the  scene  ;  at  Moone  Abbey  the 
number  is  six,  three  on  each  side  of  the  prophet ;  at  Meigle,  in  Scotland, 
there  are  four ;  it  is  seldom,  however,  that  more  than  two  are  given. 

The  head  of  the  Drumcliff  cross  exhibits  in  its  centre  a  figure  generally 
supposed  to  represent  Christ  at  the  Last  Judgment.  Most  of  the  sculpturing 
is  extremely  weather-worn,  and  traces  of  the  emblems  of  Divine  Power,  the 
cross,  &c.,  are  but  faintly  discernible.  Indeed,  "it  is  only  by  the  aid  of 
other  crosses  that  we  are  enabled  to  say  that  the  subject  is  Christ  come  to 
judge  the  world  at  the  last  day."  At  either  side  of  the  Saviour  are  designs 
in  tracery,  beyond  which,  in  the  cross-arms,  are  boldly -executed  figures, 
much  decayed,  and  at  present  unintelligible. 

Edges  of  the  Cross. — The  northern  and  southern  edges  of  the  shaft  dis- 
play respectively  two  sculptured  compartments,  consisting  of  scroll-work,  one 
of  which  exhibits  a  pair  of  grotesque  interlacing  animals,  characteristic  of 
twelfth  century  ornamentation.  It  does  not,  however,  follow  that  a  monu- 
ment upon  which  like  designs  appear  must  be  of  so  comparatively  late  a  date, 
for  it  is  certain  that  this  particular  style  was  practised  at  a  much  earlier  age. 

1  V.  Ball,  of  the  Science  and  Art  Department,  Leinster  House,  directed 
attention  to  the  similarity  between  the  Irish  and  Scotch  crosses,  as  noted  by 
Mr.  Anderson  in  his  writings. 


\Tofacepage  303. 


FIG.  17. 

Figure  holding  a  Child,  on  the  edge  of 
the  Great  Cross  of  DrumclifF. 


FIG.  18. 

Representation  of  a  Frog-like  Creature, 
on  the"!  edge  of  the  Great  Cross  of 
Drumcliff. 


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Fig.  19.— "ANGKL  STONE,"  DRUMCLIFF. 


THE    CROSSES    OF    DRUMCLIFF.  303 

Upon  a  space  situated  about  the  centre  of  the  shaft,  on  either  edge,  there 
is  a  deeply-cut  quadrangular  depression,  not  unlike  a  mortise-hole ;  similar 
indentations  occur  in  the  great  cross  of  Devenish  and  elsewhere.  On  the 
ends  of  the  cross-arms  appear  some  sculptures  which  O'Neill  described  as 
being  too  much  injured  to  be  worth  representing.  The  sculpture  fronting 
the  south  is,  however,  suggestive  of  the  Madonna  and  Infant  Christ  (see 
fig.  17) ;  the  other,  which  is  manifestly  symbolical,  has  all  the  appearance 
of  a  toad  or  frog  (see  fig.  18),  and  was  evidently  intended  to  indicate  some- 
thing evil — an  allusion,  perhaps,  to  the  "three  unclean  spirits,  as  it  were 
frogs,"  which  are  stated  in  Revelation  xvi.  13  as  "  coming  out  of  the  mouth 
of  the  dragon,  and  out  of  the  mouth  of  the  beast,  and  out  of  the  mouth  of 
the  false  prophet."  On  either  side  of  the  shaft  of  the  cross,  and  upon  the 
rim  beneath,  are  similar  carvings  of  grotesque  creatures  in  prominent  relief, 
perhaps  symbolical  of  the  dragon,  the  beast,  and  the  false  prophet.  They 
remain  in  good  preservation,  and  no  doubt  will  yet  attract  the  notice  of 
antiquaries  skilled  in  the  symbolism  of  early  Christian  art  and  times.  Some- 
what similar  figures  of  monsters  are  carved  on  the  capitals  of  the  doorway 
of  Ballysadare  church,  and  have  been  described  and  drawn  by  W.  F.  Wake- 
man  for  the  Journal  R.H.A.A.I.  "Similar  designs  appear  among  the 
sculptures  of  Glendalough,"  remarks  the  above  writer:  "their  meaning- 
has  not  yet  been  explained." 

THE  PILLAR  STONE. 

A  remarkable  monument,  which  though  not  actually  a  cross,  must  be 
considered  in  some  measure  to  partake  of  the  character  of  its  fellow 
"sentinel,"  stands  close  by.  For  a  representation  of  this  monument,  see 
Book  iii.,  p.  173.  It  consists  of  a  quadrangular  base,  from  which  rises  a 
perfectly  plain,  somewhat  thin  shaft,  resembling  the  dallan  or  leagaun  of 
the  pagan  Irish.  Possibly  the  stone  may  have  been  intended  to  receive 
carvings,  including  the  symbol  of  Christianity,  and  thus  to  have  been  trans- 
formed into  a  kind  of  cross.  Many  such  pillars  are  found  inscribed  with  the 
sacred  emblem,  and  even  with  ornate  tracery. 


THE  ANGEL  STONE. 

A  third  relic  of  old  Drumcliff  well  worthy  of  attention  is  the  "  Angel 
Stone"  (see  fig.  19),  a  curious  example  of  the  cross-sculptor's  design.  The 
remains  consist  of  what  appear  to  be  a  portion  of  the  shaft  and  one  arm.  Upon 
the  former,  which  occupies  a  considerable  space,  is  presented — according  to 
popular  belief — a  seemingly  winged  figure ;  hence  the  name  by  which  the 
stone  is  known.  The  so-called  pinions  are  represented  as  of  great  length, 
extending  from  the  shoulder  to  the  feet  of  the  figure,  and  thus  producing 
very  much  the  effect  of  a  mantle,  such  as  portrayed  on  the  so-called 
Madonna ;  but  it  is  perhaps  worthy  of  remark  that  the  entire  design  is 
very  similar  to  that  of  angels  depicted  amongst  the  illuminations  of  the 
celebrated  Book  of  Kells — a  manuscript  by  some  authorities  stated  to  have 
belonged  to  St.  Columbkille.  No  other  carving — or  at  least  none  that  is 


304  THE    CROSSES    OF    DRUMCLIFF. 

noticeable — appears  on  the  uncovered  side  of  the  fragment.  It  is  to  he 
deplored  that  so  peculiar  and  interesting  a  relic,  as  this  one  must  certainly  he 
considered,  should  be  allowed  to  remain  neglected  and  uncared  for,  built 
into  a  fence  by  the  roadside. 

It  may  be  suggested  that  this  "Angel  Stone"  had  been  originally  por- 
tion of  a  cross  or  monument  erected  to  commemorate  the  exploits  of  the 
celestial  being  who  "in  the  guise  of  an  all-conquering  knight"  is  alleged 
to  have  appeared  in  aid  of  Columbkille  at  the  battle  of  Cooldrumman,  near 
Drumcliff,  A.D.  561,  where  King  Dermod,  who  seems  to  have  been  in  ill- 
repute  with  the  Church,  was  defeated.  (For  an  account  of  this  contest  see 
Book  ii.,  pp.  136-142.) 

Of  course  there  are  two  points  of  view  in  which  this  curious  relic  of  the 
past  may  be  regarded,  that  is  to  say,  as  being  really  portion  of  a  memorial 
cross  erected  in  after  ages  for  the  purpose  of  commemorating  the  reputed 
visible  answer  to  Columbkille 's  prayers,  whilst  on  the  other  hand  the  legend 
of  the  apparition  of  the  angel  being  known  to  the  peasantry,  they  on  ob- 
serving this  sculpture  may  have  dubbed  it  the  "Angel  Stone." 

The  story  of  Columbkille  and  Finian  praying  as  it  were  in  opposition  to 
each  other  is,  as  remarked  by  Dr.  Todd,  "  founded  upon  a  strange  idea  of 
God,  which  indeed  pervades  mffiyTFtEe  biographies  of  the  Irish  saints,  as 
if  the  intercession  of  different  individuals,  differing  in  degree  of  power  had 
each,  although  on  opposite  sides,  a  sort  of  necessary  influence  upon  the 
Almighty." 

It  might  be  difficult  to  discover  in  Ireland  another  monument  of  the 
class,  with  a  solitary  seemingly-winged  figure,  and  it  is  specially  curious 
that  such  a  monument  should  be  found  at  Drumcliff. 


THE  CROSS  NOW  IN  THE  SCIENCE  AND  AET  MUSEUM. 

The  remains  of  a  cross,  which  there  is  every  reason  to  believe  was  many 
years  ago  removed  from  Drumcliff  to  Rathcarrick,  and  thence,  very  recently, 
to  the  Museum  of  Science  and  Art,  Dublin,  consists  of  a  quadrangular  base 
and  two  stones  which  formed  a  portion  of  the  shaft.  A  third  stone,  now  unfor- 
tunately missing,  must  originally  have  been  placed  between  the  two  that  re- 
main. The  total  length  of  the  residue  of  the  shaft  is  at  present  four  feet  seven 
inches  and  a-half.  Its  breadth,  where  it  joins  the  base,  is  fourteen  inches 
— thickness,  nine  inches  and  three-quarters.  These  proportions  gradually 
lessen,  the  shaft  measuring  at  its  top — at  a  point  where  the  circle  of  the  head 
touched — ten  inches  in  breadth,  by  five  and  three-quarters  in  thickness  or 
depth.  The  base  on  its  upper  surface  is  two  feet  five  inches  by  one  foot 
six  ;  below,  it  measures  three  feet  two  inches  by  two  feet  five,  and  it  may 
still  be  seen  in  the  churchyard  of  Drumcliff.  The  shaft  is,  as  usual,  divided 
by  fillets  into  panels,  some  of  which  are  enriched  with  so-called  "  Celtic" 
scroll-work ;  others  have  sculpturings  illustrative  of  passages  in  sacred 
history ;  and  there  are  some  figure  and  animal  subjects,  the  meaning  of 
which  is  open  to  conjecture.  The  same  observation  applies  to  not  a  few 
designs  noticed  upon  other  Irish  crosses,  as  well  as  upon  monuments  of 


[To  face  page  305. 


FIG.  20. 

Conjectured  Front  of  Cross  (now  in  the 
Science  and  Art  Museum,  Dublin). 


FlG.  22. 

Edge  of  Cross,  to  the  right  of 
Fig.  20. 


THE    CROSSES    OF    DRUMCLIFF.  305 

similar  character,  situate  both  on  the  mainland  and  some  of  the  islands  of 
Scotland,  also  in  England  and  the  Isle  of  Man. 

Conjectured  Front  of  Cross. — There  is  difficulty,  in  the  absence  of  its  upper 
portion,  of  determining  which  face  of  this  cross  should  be  considered  the 
front.  The  sculpturings  upon  the  two  greater  surfaces  are  equal  in  richness. 
Perhaps  it  might  be  well  to  consider  the  face  represented  in  fig.  20  as  the 
front.  The  lowest  panel  here  is  of  special  value,  the  pattern,  though  differing 
somewhat  in  detail,  being  the  same  in  general  effect  as  that  which  occupies 
a  like  position  on  the  greater  cross.  Above  the  knot-work,  and  in  a  separate 
compartment,  is  a  quaint  carving,  which  may,  perhaps,  be  intended  to  repre- 
sent an  elephant.1  Representations  of  elephants,  although  extremely  rare  in 
Ireland,  are  common  on  sculptured  stones  in  Scotland,  in  which  country  there 
are  twenty-two  pronounced  examples.  With  the  present  amount  of  knowledge 
on  the  subject  of  Celtic  symbolism,  it  is  futile  to  speculate  on  the  import  of 
these  remarkable  carvings ;  but  that  they  were,  at  the  time  of  their  sculptur- 
ing, intended  to  have  a  meaning  few  antiquaries  will  deny.  Surmounting 
the  elephantine  creature  appears  a  wavy  interlacing  pattern  that  cannot, 
however,  have  any  reference  to  the  figure  below,  as  between  the  stones 
upon  which  they  are  graven  the  missing  portion — already  referred  to — 
of  the  shaft  must  have  intervened.  Immediately  above  the  fillet  is  a  group 
of  figures  of  which  the  action  is  impossible  to  explain.  The  highest  com- 
partment of  this  side  of  the  shaft  would  seem  to  suggest  the  mocking  of 
Christ.  A  central  figure — which  may  represent  the  Saviour — is  apparently 
assaulted  by  two  others,  who  are  depicted  with  elevated  hands,  as  if  pulling 
at  His  beard.  These  old  carvings  may  often  be  interpreted  in  more  ways 
than  one.  It  is  quite  possible  to  imagine  the  presumed  figure  of  Christ  in 
this  group  to  be  but  a  bishop-elect  or  some  dignitary  who  is  being  conse- 
crated, and  the  seeming  affront  may  be  simply  the  ceremony  of  the  "  laying 
on  of  hands." 

Next  above,  occur  within  spaces  formerly  enclosed  by  the  ring  of  the 
cross,  two  little  panels  filled  with  characteristic  scroll-work,  very  good  of 
its  kind,  though  much  time-worn. 

Reverse  Face  of  Cross. — The  lowest  compartment  of  this  cross  on  its 
opposite  face  (see  fig.  21)  is  filled  with  a  very  intricate  design,  of  which  the 
bands  are  of  rather  unusual  breadth.  Unfortunately  this  work  has  been  con- 
siderably injured,  more  perhaps  through  wanton  vandalism  than  by  the 
effects  of  time.  Surmounting  it,  and  within  a  separate  compartment,  were 
three  human  figures,  which  had  been  continued  on  the  missing  stone  of  the 
shaft ;  but  these  figures  are  cut  off  at  the  waist  and — with  the  upper  part — 
all  clue  to  the  signification  of  the  group  has  been  lost.  The  figures  very 
possibly  represented  ecclesiastics  holding  books  or  croziers. 

Over  this  group,  on  the  present  top-member  of  the  shaft,  in  a  lengthy 
panel  or  compartment,  which  seems  never  to  have  been  divided  by  a  fillet, 
there  are  two  subjects  from  Bible  History,  the  lower  intended  to  represent 
Abraham,  Isaac,  the  ram,  &c.,  at  the  proposed  sacrifice;  the  other,  doubt- 

1  Some  observers  conjecture  the  representation  to  be  merely  that  of  an  unknown 
animal  with  its  fore-legs  raised,  and  between  them  at  the  other  side  is,  seemingly, 
a  human  foot  and  leg. 


306  THE    CROSSES    OF    DRUMCLIFF. 

less,  Daniel  and  the  lions.  Above  all,  and  anciently  within  the  circle  of  the 
head  of  the  cross,  was  a  small  carving,  at  present,  through  decay,  unin- 
telligible. 

The  Edges  of  the  Cross. — There  is  little  to  be  said  concerning  the  edges  of 
this  cross,  beyond  the  fact  that  they  exhibited  or  exhibit  angle-mouldings 
and  panels  of  irregular  length  (see  figs.  22  and  23),  and  that  the  side  to  the 
right  of  fig.  20  (see  fig.  22)  is  carved  with  a  circle  dividing  two  panels :  the 
figure  there  so  strangely  introduced  would  seem  symbolical. 

The  crosses  of  Drumcliff,  as  now  known  to  exist,  have  here  for  the  first 
time  been  fully  described.  O'Neill,  indeed,  many  years  ago,  published  some 
drawings  and  details — but  of  the  principal  monument  only.  The  present 
illustrations  are  from  sketches  and  rubbings  made  upon  the  spot  by  W.  F. 
Wakeman,  who  also  availed  himself  of  the  assistance  and  correctness 
derived  from  private  and  unpublished  photographs. 


[To  face  page  306. 


FIG.  23. 


FIG.  21. 


Edge  of  Cross,  to  the  left  of 
Fig.  21. 


Conjectured  Reverse  Face  of  Cross  (now  in 
the  Science  and  Art  Museum,  Dublin). 


[To  face  page  307. 


PLAN  OF 
IK          SLIGO  ABBEY 

.  av 

C.D.JONES     COUNTY  SURVEYOR 


•i  PROBABLE  13™  CENTURY  WORK 
1^3  PROBABLE  15-  D2 
C3  DOUBTFUL  WORK 
:::  PROBABLE  RESTORATION 
~::::  DOUBTFUL  D? 
U    RECENT  RESTORATION 


Fig.  24. — PLAN  OF  SLIGO  ABBEY. 
(The  property  of  Hon.  A.  Evelyn  M.  Ashley.) 


APPENDIX  I. 


NOTES   ON   SLIGO   ABBEY,    ELUCIDATORY    OF    THE    GROUND 
PLAN  OF  THE  BUILDING. 

IT  has  been  said  that  architecture  is  "history  written  in  stone,"  and  this 
definition  may  be  considered  peculiarly  true  in  relation  to  Sligo  Abbey,  for 
the  gradual  expansion  of  what  still  remains  of  the  building,  from  its 
thirteenth  century  nucleus,  is  distinctly  traceable.  As  has  well  been  re- 
marked by  a  writer  on  this  subject,  "in  every  case  where  a  great  ecclesias- 
tical work  has  been  suspended,  and  renewed  after  intervals,  those  who  have 
carried  on  the  enterprise  have  invariably  done  so,  regardless  of  the  work 
already  executed.  The  practice  of  the  day  exclusively  decided  the  character 
of  the  work,  as  if  the  practical  education  of  the  handicraftsman  and  his 
accidental  skill  were  the  paramount  sources  of  the  whole  scheme  and  system 
of  ornamental  varieties,  each  mason  working  out  only  such  forms  as  had 
occupied  his  time  in  the  year  of  his  apprenticeship." 

With  regard  to  the  material  employed  in  the  construction  of  Sligo  Abbey, 
Wilkinson,  in  his  Ancient  Architecture  of  Ireland,  observes  that  the  local 
dark- coloured  and  flat-bedded  limestone  of  the  country  has  been  used  "with 
little  exception,  for  all  purposes,  and  the  ruins  contain  several  examples  of 
excellent  work  in  this  material,  which  is  generally  in  good  preservation,  and 
has  retained  its  colour."  The  exceptions  to  the  use  of  limestone  are  in  the 
dressed  stone-work  in  the  east  window,  in  the  lancet-headed  opes  of  the 
choir,  as  also  some  remains  of  the  same  material  in  the  lower  portion  of  the 
windows  in  the  north  wall  of  the  nave.  This  seems  to  point  to  such  portions 
of  the  edifice  having  been  the  nucleus  from  which  sprang  the  surrounding 
pile,  great  portion  of  which,  particularly  to  the  west,  has  now  disappeared ; 
but  even  a  very  superficial  examination  would  enable  a  restoration  to  be 
made.  The  Norman  builders,  and  those  trained  in  their  school,  were 
accustomed  to  work  in  sandstone  and  disliked  the  hard  limestone ;  hence  in 
early  edifices  of  this  class  in  Ireland  we  find  opes  of  chiselled  sandstone, 
whilst  the  walls  are  composed  of  the  materials  drawn  from  the  immediate 
vicinity.  The  sandstone  employed  is  light  in  colour,  of  good  quality,  judging 
by  the  time  it  has  been  exposed  to  atmospheric  influences,  and  such  as 
might  be  procured  from  some  distant  parts  of  the  county. 

Choir. — In  the  east  gable  of  the  choir  of  Sligo  Abbey  is  a  large  window 
(A)  (see  fig.  24)  having  four  lights,  with  traceried  head,  and  mullions,  and 
jambs  of  sandstone  a  good  deal  weathered — this  is,  doubtless,  an  after 


308  NOTES   ON    SLIGO   ABBEY. 

insertion — and  on  either  side  of  the  window  on  the  interior  of  the  wall  are 
two  brackets.  Under  the  jamb  of  the  window  two  rough  arch-heads  have 
been  built  in  the  wall ;  this  is  very  apparent  when  viewed  from  the  outside 
face  of  the  building.  The  south  wall  is  pierced  by  eight  long  narrow 
lancet-headed  windows,  without  mullions,  in  early  English  style,  and 
widely  splayed  on  the  inside  with  jambs  and  dressings,  also  of  sandstone. 
Of  these  opes,  one  (B)  is  blocked  by  the  arch  of  the  east  side  of  the  tower, 
and  another  (C)  by  the  O'Conor  monument.  In  the  interior  of  the  choir  the 
high  altar  (D)  stands  under  the  east  window .  Under  the  second  and  third 
windows  from  the  east  end,  two  arches  are  turned  in  the  wall — after  insertions 
— and  probably  intended  for  reception  of  canopied  or  other  monuments.  Under 
the  fifth  window  from  the  east  end  is  the  recently  uncovered  monumental 
slab  erected  to  Mac  Cathrue.  The  north  wall  of  the  choir  is  unbroken, 
with  the  exception  of  a  small  doorway  and  a  high-pointed  and  apparently 
more  modern  recess  (F),  which  may  have  been  intended  for,  or  may  have 
actually  held,  a  monument  similar  to  that  of  O'Crean. 

Tower. — The  tower  rises  from  four  buttresses  of  finely  dressed  lime- 
stone ashlar,  of  more  modern  erection  than  the  choir,  and  having  two 
pointed  arches  between  them ;  higher  up  are  two  smaller  arches,  which 
support  the  north  and  south  faces  of  the  tower.  The  roofing  under  the 
tower  is  covered  by  rib  and  panel  vaulting,  with  liernes.  The  large  arch  on 
the  west  side  has  well-carved  designs  at  its  springings,  consisting  of  two 
angel-brackets,  or  corbels,  in  English  ornamental  style  (see  figs.  25  and  26). 
The  tower  would  seem  to  have  been  entered  from  the  north  side  by  a  doorway, 
which  apparently  communicated  with  the  vaulted  floor  of  the  second  story, 
situated  over  the  site  of  the  supposed  chapter  and  other  rooms  on  the  north 
side  of  the  abbey.  Between  the  choir  and  nave  there  is  a  dividing  wall, 
having  in  it  a  doorway ;  between  this  wall  and  the  buttresses  of  the  tower 
there  are  (GG),  on  the  north  and  south  sides,  remains  of  vaulting  and 
groins,  with  ribs,  springers,  and  pillars  of  finely  cut  limestone.  Above 
the  vaulting  there  is,  in  this  space,  a  lancet  window,  the  two  lights  of  which 
have  been  partly  blocked  up  by  the  roof  of  the  cloisters. 

Nave. — In  the  north  wall  of  the  nave  is  the  O'Crean  tomb  (H),  a 
canopied  monument,  with  rich  tracery  ;  over  it  is  a  window  with  two 
lancet-headed  lights  (I,  I,  I),  and  to  the  west  of  this  in  the  same  wall  is 
another  ;  both  these  opes  being  partially  blocked  by  the  roof  of  the  cloister. 
The  existing  south-enclosure  of  the  nave  is  formed  by  three  large  pointed 
arches  springing  from  piers  and  abutments  of  finely-dressed  ashlar  masonry. 
The  south  wall  is  continued  for  a  few  feet  beyond  the  western  arch,  but  the 
west  wall  has  entirely  disappeared. 

Transept. — From  the  arch  next  to  the  tower  ran  a  transept  with  two 
large  arched  doorways,  and  a  window  in  its  east  wall :  evidently  these  had 
originally  dressings  and  jambs,  of  which  there  remains  one  fine  specimen  (K), 
carved  with  trefoils  and  knots  characteristic  of  the  period  of  its  execution, 
and  of  which  the  accompanying  design  (see  fig.  27),  copied  from  a  corbel  in 
the  Abbey  of  Ballysadare,  is  an  almost  exact  facsimile.  In  the  western 
wall  of  this  transept  there  is  an  elliptical- headed  arch  (L)  which  appears  to 
have  formed  part  of  an  aisle  (M)  that  ran  along  the  south  side  of  the  nave. 
The  dressed  stones  of  a  pointed  arch  are  to  be  seen  in  the  graveyard. 


[To  face  page  308. 


FIG.  25. 

Corbel  on  South  Wall  of  Tower, 
Sligo  Abbey. 


Corbel  on  North  Wall  of  Tower, 
Sligo  Abbey. 


FIG.  27. 

Corbel  on  South  Wall  of  Ballysadare 
Abbey. 


FIG.  28. 

Interlaced  Ornament,  North  Cloister, 
Sligo  Abbey. 


ORNAMENTAL   DETAILS  FROM   SLIGO  AND  BALLYSADARE  ABBEYS. 
(From  Photographs  by  R.  B.  M'Neilly ;  reproduced  by  Alfred  Oldham.) 


NOTES   ON    SLIGO    ABBEY.  309 

Cloisters. — The  cloisters  form  three  sides  of  what  appears  to  have  been 
a  quadrangular  enclosure,  and  present  some  good  examples  of  elaborately 
carved  pillars.  On  the  north  side,  over  the  remains  of  a  buttress  (N)  there 
is  a  stone  pulpit,  of  which  is  now  left  only  the  springing  of  the  corbel 
courses.  This  pulpit  was  entered  by  a  passage  which  ran  over  the  cloisters  ; 
behind  it  in  the  wall  are  three  semicircular-headed  opes,  with  dressed  arches 
and  octagon-shaped  pillars,  which  form  one  side  of  the  entrance. 

It  has  been  remarked  that  few  pulpits  in  the  interior  of  churches*  "  are 
to  be  met  with  of  an  earlier  date  than  the  fifteenth  century :  the  oldest 
which  remain  are  of  stone,  built  up  with  the  fabric,  from  which  circum- 
stance we  may  infer  that  they  are  coeval  with  the  entire  structure." 

On  the  north  side  the  cloisters  seem  to  have  been  enclosed  by  a  building, 
of  which  only  the  east  wall  is  left  (0) ;  in  this  is  a  high  ope,  reaching  from 
top  to  bottom  of  the  wall,  and  with  a  flat  stone  lintel  under  the  arch  ;  beside 
it,  over  the  cloisters,  is  a  pointed  recess  of  similar  character.  On  one  of  the 
pillars,  near  the  western  termination  of  the  northern  ambulatory,  is  a  finely 
chiselled  interlaced  ornament,  in  a  wonderful  state  of  preservation  (see  fig. 
28).  The  popular  belief  is  that  it  (being,  as  it  is  thought,  a  true  lover's 
knot)  never  will  be  affected  by  the  weather,  but  shall,  to  the  end  of  time, 
resist  all  atmospheric  assaults.  In  the  east  cloister  there  is  a  sculptured 
head  over  the  remains  of  a  buttress  (P).  In  a  vaulted  room  off  it  (Q,)  there  is 
a  pointed  arch  of  finely-dressed  limestone,  and  in  the  same  chamber  a  small 
window  with  two  cinquefoil-headed  lights  (R)  built  into  an  older  and  much 
larger  three-light  one,  with  sandstone  dressings,  some  of  which  still  appear 
on  the  outside  of  the  wall.  On  the  north  side  of  this  vault  there  is  a  small 
loophole,  apparently  for  shot.  The  stone  ridge-course  of  the  south  cloisters, 
as  already  stated,  partly  blocks  up  three  two-light  windows  (I,  I,  I)  in  the 
north  wall  of  the  nave  ;  some  of  the  lower  dressings  of  these  opes  are  of  sand- 
stone, the  remainder  being  of  limestone. 

The  western  side  of  the  cloisters  has  altogether  disappeared.  It  was  pro- 
bably, as  at  Moyne  Abbey,  enclosed  by  an  exterior  range  of  buildings.  In 
Sligo,  as  at  Moyne,  the  cloisters  are  situated  on  the  north  side  of  the  nave, 
the  more  usual  position  being  on  the  south. 

Other  Buildings. — The  entire  range  of  buildings  running  north  and  south 
(S,  S,  S,  S)  from  the  tower  and  choir  of  the  abbey  to  the  small  square  tower 
(T),  situated  at  the  northern  extremity,  would  seem  to  have  been  a  series 
of  barrel-arched  rooms  supporting  a  story,  of  which  the  windows  in  the  west 
wall  still  remain ;  those  over  the  eastern  cloisters  look  into  the  cloister- 
garth.  A  door  led  from  these  rooms  over  the  south  cloisters.  At  the 
northern  end  of  this  range  the  small  square  tower  already  mentioned  is  circular 
inside,  and  in  it  are  the  remains  of  a  spiral  stone  staircase.  It  would  seem 
to  have  flanked  the  exterior  of  the  entire  range  of  buildings  to  the  east. 

Fragments  of  decorated  stone  work,  gutters,  gargoyles,  and  portions  of 
pillars,  which  appear  to  have  formed  part  of  the  vanished  side  of  the  cloisters, 
may  be  seen  in  the  graveyard.  They  generally  now  do  duty— temporarily 
let  it  be  hoped — as  tombstones. 


APPENDIX  E. 


JUSTICES  OR  COMMISSIONERS  OF  THE  PEACE  FOR  THE  COUNTY 
SLIGO  DURING  THE  REIGN  OF  CHARLES  II. 

FEOM  "  LIBER  MUNERTJM  PUBLICORTJM  HIBERNLS;." 

1661.  April  22,  Mr.  Ormsby  ;  June  1,  A  commission.     August  15,  Robert 

Edgworth. 

1662.  February  5,  Thomas  Lovelace,  Henry  Hughes,  and  Thomas  Griffith. 

1665.  July  6,  George  Persevall ;  September  23,  Robert  King  and  Dominick 
French,  or  Trench. 

1673.  March  13,  William  Parke. 

1674.  February  19  or  29,  Charles  O'Hara. 

1675.  July  8,  Thomas  Radcliffe;  December  16,  Adam  O'Hara;  August  8, 

J.  Jones. 

1679.  March  13,  Isaac  Smith,  Archdeacon  of  Killala. 

1681.  February  24,  Roger  Smith. 

1682.  June  23,  Piercy  Gethin. 

1683.  August  3,  Richard,  Lord  Collooney. 

1684.  January  10,  Paul  Gore. 


INDEX. 


ABBEY  OF  SLIGO,  65-74,  307-309. 
Abbey-quarter,    ancient    name    of, 

176,  272. 

Achonry,  disused  prebends  of,  33  n, 
—  parish  of,  53  n,  145,  153, 154, 

158-160,  162,  163,  174,  178,  179, 

180,  182,  186,  187,  297. 
Action  on  the  Curlew  Hills,  123. 
Adair,  Andrew,  Captain,  58. 
Adventurers'  Certificates,  267-269. 
Aghanagh,  parish  of,  48  n,  167,  185, 

188,  272. 
Aghresh,  145. 
Ahamlish,  parish  of,  141,  142,  150, 

190,  191,  272. 

Akin,  Robert,  murder  of,  42. 
Albanagh,  or  Albonagh,  family  of, 

23,  55,  56,  173 
Allan,  96,  97. 
Alternan,  Church  of,  7  n. 
Amiable  neighbour,  184. 
Andrews,  Henry,  11. 
Angel-stone,  303,  304. 
Annals  of  the  Four   Masters,   ori- 
ginator of  the,  20. 
Apparitions,  46,  47,  304. 
Aquavitae,  29,  41. 
Archbishop  of  Tuam  slain,  80. 
Ardconnell,  6  n. 

Ardnaglass,  57,  58,  106,  141,  271. 
Ardnaree,    alias  Shanahy,    8,    279, 

283. 

Ardtarmon,  142,  273. 
Ardtrasna,  142. 
Armstronge,  96,  97. 


Arrow,  Lough,  166,  167,  177. 

Arthur,  97. 

Articles  of  surrender  of  Ballymote, 
84,  85. 

-  of  Sligo,  131,  287-289. 
—  Sarsfield's  punctual  observ- 
ance of,  126  n. 

Assault  on  Sligo,  135. 

Association,  Protestant,  102-104. 

Atkinson,  103. 

Attainted,    names    of    persons,    by 
James  II.,  118,  119. 

Atty-Donnagh :  see  Belckire. 

Audley,  97. 

Aylmer,  Fitzgerald,  90,  284. 

Aylmer,  Francis,  290,  291. 

Aylmer,  Thomas,  290,  291. 


Bagger,  Roger,  Clk.,  24,  41  M,  189. 
BaUinafad,  9,  10,  48,  49. 
Ballincar,  144. 

Ballindoon,  alias  Annagh,  105,  166. 
Ballintogher,  3,  105,  106,  109,  183, 

184. 
Ballydrihed,     alias    Grobbidagh    or 

Gobbedill,  4,  12,  46  n,  270. 
Ballymote,  or  Ballicle,  6,  49  n,  76, 

77,  81,  109,  134. 
Articles  of  surrender  of  Cas- 


tle of,  84,  85. 

Constable  of  Castle  of,  91  n. 

Coote  takes  Castle  of,  84. 

Lord  Granard   takes  Castle 


of,  134. 


312 


INDEX. 


Ballynagalliagh,  292,  299. 
Balfynakill,  parish  of,  148,  165, 176, 

177,  189,  191. 
Ballysadare,    30,    36-38,    47  n,   90, 

129,  137,  146. 
parish    of,    formerly    called 

Ennagh,  145,  147,  151,  156,  160, 

161,  164,  174,  187. 
Ballysumaghan,  parish  of,  formerly 

called   Dromdoney  and  Dronyan, 

29,  30,  147,  148,  165,  176,  189, 

191. 

Banada,  71,  182. 
Barn  well,  291. 
Barrett,  90,  97,  285. 
Bartragh,  271,  284,  296. 
Basil,  293. 
Bathe,  290,  291. 
Baxter,  G.,  25,  97,  176,  192. 

—  John,  Captain,  190,  192. 
Beard,  Isabella,  45. 

Beef,  price  of  a,  29,  177. 

Beer,  29,  165,  171,  179. 

Belaghy,  77,  102. 

Belclare,  alias  Melcanagh,  172,  173, 

276. 

Bellanurly,  145,  271. 
Benbulbin,  3,  4,  296. 

—  discovery  on,  26. 
Bingley,  Captain,  25,  191. 
Birne,  James,  269. 
Blondon,  or  Blundell,  90,  142. 
Bonet,  river,  33  n,  54  n,  55. 
Book :  see  Portoos. 

—  money,  193. 
Bophin,  Lord,  292. 
Boswell,  Jane,  52-54. 

William,  90,  279. 

Bourke,  56,  76,  80,  81,  90,  263,  281. 
Boyle,  capture  of,  121,  122. 

evacuation  of,  123. 

Braidcullen,  12,  277. 

Branagh,  52,  54. 

Brasier,  Paul,  283. 

Breaghney,  142  n. 

Brett,  29,  95,  177,  178,  292. 

Brickenshaw,  9. 

Briscoe,  William,  90,  285. 


Britte :  see  Brett. 

Brookes,  105,  112,  118. 

Broonagh,  25,  193. 

Brown,  33-35,  40,  51,  53,  90,  164, 

168,  279,  284,  290. 
Bundrowes,  2,  114,  129,  298. 
Bunduff,  298. 

Byrne,  James,  92,  269,  276. 
Bysse,  John,  278. 


Cabraghkeel,  176n. 

Calry,  parish  of,  89,  145,  148,  149, 

150-152,  181,  182. 
Camel,  representation  of  a,  72,  73, 

300. 

Campbell,  Patrick,  Clk.,  33 w,  41  n. 
Caponagh,  woods  of,  4,  12,  279. 
Carbury,  barony  of,  lands  in,  270, 

271,  273,  274,  277,  278,  280-282. 
Careless,  Margaret,  52,  54. 
Carenonalia,  9n. 
Carlingford,   Earl  of,  90,  266,  285, 

286,  291,  292. 
Carowtampull,  25. 
Carrickbanagher,  23. 
Carroll,  Sir  James,  Knt.,  50. 
Carrowkipp,  In. 
Carrowloil,  141. 

Carrownamaddow,  57,  141,  182. 
Carrownemonaster  :     see    Abbey- 
quarter. 

Carrowraha,  6n. 
Casheloer,  3,  183. 
Castle,  Lady  Jones's,  43. 
Castleconor,  parish  of,   In,   13,  23, 

56/j,  58,  171,  172,  176,  181,  192, 

193. 

Castlecormucke,  In. 
Castledargan,  185. 
Castles  in  the  Co.  Sligo,  8,  12,  143, 

146,  150,  152,  153,  156,  158,  160, 

161,  169-173,  176,  177,  179,  184, 

188,  193,  272. 
Cathrue,  Monument  of,  72. 
Cattle,  price  of,  29,  177. 
Certificates  of  Adventurers,  267-269. 
Chapman,  13,  23,  97. 


INDEX. 


313 


Charles  I.,  period  of,  16-30. 

-  TL,  re-grants  of,  270-286. 
Chichester,  Sir  Arthur,  8. 
Chiefs  always  at  war,  4. 
Choppyne,  276. 
Clanrickard,  Lord,  2,  24,  78,  90,  181, 

292. 

Cleavry,  or  Clywragh,  148,  190,  284. 
Cliffoney,  142,271. 
Clifford,  John,  90,  92,  276. 
Clonyne,  6n. 
Cloonbarry,  or  Clonneberry,  163, 164, 

276. 
Cloonlurge,  or  Clonlorge,  174,  272, 

274. 
Cloonoghill,  parish  of,  33n,  168,  176, 

178,  189. 

Cockets  of  Sligo,  140  n. 
Coghlan,  Gerald,  292. 
Coillte-Luighne,  30,  157. 
Cole,  Captain,  79. 
-  Sir  W.,  80. 

Collis,  Captain  Charles,  90,  92,  278. 
Collooney,  camp  at,  132,  133. 

Castle  of,  9. 

-Lord,    90,    262,    269,    270, 

274,  275,  310. 

Monument    in    Church    of, 


133  n. 

Coney  Island,  29,  89,  273. 
Cong,  30,  174,  274,  277. 
Coningham,  96. 
Connaught,  list  of  Presidents  of,  34  n. 

rival  Presidents  of,  78. 

—  threatened  resumption  of  the 

lands  of,  by  the  Crown,  14,  15. 
Conorobole,  9«. 
Coolaney,  fair  of,  22,  156. 
Coolavin,  half-barony  of,  4,  17,  19- 

21,  87,  272,  280,  285,  293. 
Cooldrumman,  battle  of,  304. 
Coolirra,  or  Coolary,  272. 
Cooper,  family  of,  90,  92,  97,  105, 

106,  109,  118,  121,  122. 
Coote,  Captain,  111,  112. 
Coote,  Sir  Charles,  61,  74,  78,  79,  83, 

84,  105,  118,  156,  157,  168. 
Coppayne,  293. 


Coradoo,  or  Corduhy,  185. 

Corhubbuer,  6n. 

Cork,  Lord,  24,  90,   150,   180-182, 

263. 

Cornmarket  street,  283. 
Corran,  barony  of,  lands  in,  18,  25, 

194,  266,  271,  272,  274,  278,  280, 

284,  286,  293. 
Corray,  3. 
Coshering,  custom  of,  28,  29,  148, 

150,  152,  162,  168,  175,  181. 
Costelloe,  292. 

Costume,  ancient,  found,  25,  26. 
Cottage  Island,  or  Inish-Killeghan, 

50  n,  51  n. 

Cottlestown,  105,  106. 
Cotton,  Ensign,  38,  39. 
Councils  of  war,  111,  112. 
Courte  (Ballymote  Castle),  177. 

Monastery  of,  7  n. 

Cowla,  In. 

Cowlkirrie,  9n. 

Cox,  Philip,  95,  118. 

Crafford,  Patrick,  97,  151. 

Craige,  Sir  James,  Knt.,  6. 

Crean,  48,  97,  290. 

Crean's  Castle,  76. 

Creevelea  Abbey,  33. 

Cregg,  144,  270. 

Cressey,  Lady,  142,  143,  146,  147. 

Croe,  Mr.,  24,  142,  189,  190. 

Crofton,  family  of,  8,  9,   13  n,   24, 

33 n,  37,  38*  49 n,  52,  53,  55,  90, 

95,  109,  110,  145,  154,  169,  173, 

185-189,  262,  277,  285,  292,  293. 
Crosby,  Hugh,  55. 
Cross,  Drumcliff,  299-306. 
[igo,  6. 


Crown  castles,  8. 
Cuilmore,  21. 
Cunningham,  40,  282. 

Sir  Albert,  121,  132,  133. 


Curlew  Mountains,  3,  4,  9,  83,  84, 
121,  123. 


Dalley,  family  of,  23,  176. 
Darcey,  92,  95,  293. 


314 


INDEX. 


Deane,  Henry,  7  n. 

Declaration  of  William  III.,  111. 

Deechomade,  286. 

Delap,  John,  95,  103. 

Depositions  concerning  murders  and 

robberies    committed  in  the  Co. 

Sligo,  194-260. 
Derinsh,  152,  271. 
Dermod,  King,  304. 

Terence,  292. 

Desmond,  Countess  of,  20. 
Dillon,  290,  292,  293. 

Sir  Theobald,  20,  76-78. 

Dodwell,  William,  Clk.,  21,  24,  41n, 

168,  171,  172,  175,  180,  181,  187, 
'    189. 

Dogharne,  33  n. 
Doonerin,  142. 
Doonfore,  142,  273. 
Dorelean,  141. 
Dorrawne,  6w. 
Dorsay,  Mr.,  25,  193. 
Dowdall,   family  of,    24,   90,   178, 

291,  292. 

Down  Survey,  4,  89,  90,  261-263. 
Dromard,  parish  of ,  145,  146,  169, 

171,    172,    182,   183,    188,    189, 

272. 

Dromdoney :  see  Ballysumaghan. 
Dromond,  Patrick,  59. 
Dronyan :  see  Ballysumaghan. 
Drowning  places,  25,  26,  188,  188  n. 
Drumahaire,  33,  58,  60,  106. 
Drumcliff,  cross  of,  299-306. 

-  parish  of,   40  n,   134,   142- 

144,    148,    169,    181,    190,    298- 

306. 
Drumcolumb,  parish  of,   146,   151, 

165,  175,  177,  277. 
Drumne,  295. 

Drumrat,  parish  of,  168,  169,  192. 
Drumruske,  9. 
Dublin,  as  of  the  Castle  of,  tenure 

of,  14. 

Dunneill,  58,  146. 
Duties,  tenants',  28,  142-145,  149- 

153,  156,  158-163,  169,  171-174, 

177-179,  181,  182,  192. 


Earlsfield,  177. 

Easky,  parish  of,  170,  173,  193. 

Edenreagh,  142,  271. 

Edgworth,  310. 

Ellice,  293. 

Ellis,  Ismay,  92. 

Emlaghfad,"  parish  of,  25,  28,  33  n, 

168,  175,  177,  178,  185,  188. 
Ennagh,  parish  of:  see  Ballysadare. 
Ennis,  Rose,  51,  52. 
Enniscroane :  see  Inishcroane. 
Estates  forfeited  in  1699,  140. 

-  rentals  of,  in  1633,  141-193. 

Fagan,  Mr.,  24,  90,  190,  290,  291. 

Falcons,  4. 

Fargie,    Fargey,    or   Fargus,   33  n, 

41  n,  177,  178. 
Fenton,  Mr.,  154w. 
Fergison,  Andrew,  177. 
Ferry,  51  n. 

Ffolliott,  family  of,  103,  118,  119. 
Fibbs,  Richard,  92,  266,  269,  275. 
Finisklin,  144,  175,  270. 
Finn,  family  of,  23,  175. 
Fish,  plentiful  in  river  of  Sligo,  46, 

99,  298. 

Fitzwilliam,  Brian,  7  n. 
Fleming,  96,  264. 
Fletcher,  Henry,  48  n. 
Flin,  Luke,  291. 
Forbes,  Sir  Arthur,  282. 
Forts  of  Sligo,  124,  127. 
French,  family  of,  20,  95-97,  141- 

147,  152,  159,  160,  172,  181,  193, 

261,  291,  310. 

Fuller,  or  Fullard,  James,  42. 
Fullerton,  Sir  James,  Knt.,  5,  6,  9. 

-  Thomas,  Clk.,  59. 

Gamble,  45,  97. 

Gaol  of  Sligo,  claimant  to  an  estate 

kept  in,  29,  164. 

—  Protestants  put  in,  42,  117. 
Gardner.  Mrs.  John,  murder  of,  and 

others,  56. 
Gascoyne,  Mr.,  slaying  of  son  of,  8. 


INDEX. 


315 


Geevagh :  see  Shancough. 

Gethin,  Piercy,  95,  105,  112,   118, 

310. 

Ghest,  7  n,  23. 
Glannawor,  162. 
Glencar,  valley  of,  3. 
Glibb,  27. 
Gneeve  (Irish  Gniomh),  a  measure 

of  land,  271,  273. 
Gobbedill :  see  Ballydrihed. 
Goodman,  George,  49. 
Gore,  family  of,  45  n,  90,  92,  95, 

105,  110,  117-119,  137,  262,  263, 

273-276,  310. 
Gore's  Dale :  see  Belclare. 
Gortnoleck,  141. 
Goulding,  88  w,  291. 
Grange,  9w,  106,  128,  150,  280. 

great,  9  n. 

—  little,  9  n. 
Grangenemanagh,  9n. 
Greame,  Sir  Richard,  9. 
Grecraide,  295,  296. 
Green  Fort,  98,  99,  127,  137,  139, 

287-289. 

Grelly,  Grane-ny,  173. 
Griffith,  family  of,  9,  105,  112,  118, 

269,  275,  310. 

Gunpowder,  scarcity  of,  108,  111. 
Gwest :  see  Ghest. 


Hacket,  Sir  T.,  291. 

Hall,  96,  292. 

Hamilton,  4.1  n,  45  n,  80,  137. 

Hamilton,    Sir  Frederick,    36,    58, 

60-66. 

Hannay,  Sir  Robert,  58. 
Harle,  or  Harlow,  Thomas,  269,  270, 

275. 

—  William,  118,  291. 
Harrison,  William,  24,  134,  192. 
Hart,  Thomas,  90,  92,  105, 112, 118. 
Haven  of  Portovad,  185. 
Head-rents,  strange,  273. 
Heapstown,  alias  Ballincarne,  165. 
Hearth-tax,  95. 
Henry,  96,  264. 


Holland,  Richard,  147. 
Hollybrook,    alias   Ballyhely,    167, 

274,  277. 
Hore,  96,  265. 
Horse  Island,  89  n. 
Householders  of  Sligo,  97. 
Hughes,  88  n,  96,  118,  292,  310. 

-  Henry  (Cornet  and  Captain), 

90,  92,  269,  275. 
Huguenots,  124. 

Hunter,  90,  92,  94,  96,  118,  277. 
Hussey,  Robert,  42. 
Hutchinson,  278. 

Imlaghfadda :  see  Emlaghfad. 
In  capite,  tenure  of,  14. 
Inishcroane,  57,  58,  192,  263. 
Innishmurray,  113,  271. 
Irish,  costume  of  the,  25-28. 
Iron  ore,  smelting  of,  3. 
Irwin,  88  n,  90,  96,  118. 


Jackson,  81,  105,  269,  276, 280-282. 
Jacob,  Sir  Robert,  9. 
James  I.,  period  of,  1-15. 
Jemmett,  132. 
Johnston,  41  n,  96,  187. 
Jones,  castle  of  Lady,  38,  43. 

-family  of,  8,   71,  88  n,  90, 

92,  95,  97,  118,  262,  278,  282- 

284,  291,  310. 

-  Sir  Roger,  9,  13,  24,  38,  144, 

149,  161,  162,  166,  177,  181,  182. 

Kearow  Ardawn,  7  n. 

Tawney,  7  n. 

Keazer's-lane,  283. 

Kerwan,  262-264. 

Kesh,  175. 

Kilcolman,  parish  of,  21. 

Kilfree,  parish  of,  21. 

Kilglasse,  parish  of,   66  n,  90,  170, 

171,  173,  176,  192,  193,  262,  263. 
Killkerey,  185. 
Killadoon,  parish  of,  151,  166,  167, 

188. 


316 


INDEX. 


Killanly,  prebend  of,  56  n. 
Killaraght,  21,  296. 
Killaspugbrone,  parish  of,  145,  149, 

151,  182,  189,  192,  295,  297,  298. 
Killcade,  141. 
Killedan,  33  n. 

Killery,  curious  discovery  in,  25. 
-  parish  of,    51  n,  183,  184. 
Killoran,    parish    of,    53,    90,   145, 

155,  156,  160,  180-182,  187. 
Killorowe,  33  n. 
Killoshalwey,  33  n. 
Killowen,  33  n. 
Killvegoone,  chapel  of,  51  n. 
Kilmacallan,  parish  of,  14,  151,  152, 

165,  175,  177,  188,  190,  277. 
Kilmacshalgan,  parish  of,   90,  146, 

170,  172,  193,  272. 
Kilmacteige,    parish    of,   33  n,   90, 

161-164,  172,  173,  179,  180,  182. 
Kilmactranny,  parish  of,  167,  185, 

188,  277. 
Kilmaree,  33  n. 
Kilmoremoy,  90. 

Kilmorgan,  parish  of,  168,  174,  175, 

178,  189. 
Kilmoroghe,  33  n. 
Kilneagh,  33  n. 
Kilross,  parish  of,  51  w,  90,  147,  164, 

165,  184,  185,  187,  189. 
Kilshalvy,  parish  of,  168,  175,  178, 

189,  190. 

Kilturra,  parish  of,    90,   146,   147, 

168,  174,  178,  189. 
Kilvarnet,    parish   of,  33,  90,  134, 

135,  185,  186,  285. 
Kine,  value  of,  29,  177. 
King,  family  of,  53,   90,  92,  105, 

118, 131,  132,  233,  266,  269,  275, 

276,  280,  281,  310. 

-  John,  Clk.,  41  n,  53. 
— .  Robert,  285,  293. 

-  Sir  Robert,  Knt.,  21,  24,  90, 
151,  168,  185. 

Kingsfort,  184. 

Kingston,  Lord,  90,  102-105,    279, 

280,  293. 
Knock,  apparitions  at,  47. 


Knockglasse,  6«. 
Knocklane,  island  of,  69  n. 
Knockmore,  7  n. 
Knocknafossage :  see  LarkhilL 
Knocknageeha,  30. 
Knocknaskeagh,  21. 
Knott,  Henry,  44,  45. 


Lackan,  106,  171,  263,  268,  279. 
Lagtanaspick :  see  Cross  and  Market 

Cross. 

Landlord,  novel  expedient  of  a,  29. 
Lands  held  in  common,  28. 
re-grants  of,  by  Charles  II., 

270-286. 

value  of,  in  1655,  87. 

various  temires  of,  14. 


Lange,  or  Layng,  90,  96,  279,  290. 

-  John,  Clk.,  41  w. 
Langrishe,  R.,  quoted,  66. 
Large,  John,  5. 
Larkhill,  147  n,  271. 
Lead-mine,  29,  300  ». 
Lee,  Jo.,  7  n. 

Le  Gouz,  a  French  writer,  quoted, 

27-29,  32,  38  w,  39  n. 
Leigh  Ballynenanty,  6  n. 
Leigh  Carrowknapp,  7  n. 
Leigh  Carrowtullagh,  7  «. 
Levies,  Irish,  for  Spain,  56. 
Leyny,  barony  of,  lands  in,  18,  272, 

274,  277,  279-85,  293. 

-  English  of,  51. 
Linch,  or  Lynch,  Andrew,  97. 

—  Anthony,  95,  96,  191. 

-  James,  81,  163. 

—  John,  181. 

—  Peter  Roe,  25,  172,  173, 193. 
Walter,  token  of,  95  n,  96  «. 

-  William,  169. 

Linehian,  David,  90,  92,  280-282. 
Lissadell,  12,  142,  143,  273. 
Lissaneeny,  148  w. 

Listen,   or  Listun,   William,   Clk., 

murder  of,  59. 
Lloyd,  Thomas,  92. 
Loch  Techet,  296. 


INDEX. 


317 


Loftus,  Anne,  51,  53. 
Loghervore,  6  n. 
Longdon,  John,  97. 
Longevity,  unexampled,  72. 
Longford  Castle,  37,  109,  110. 
Lords  of  the  Pale,  35. 
Lot,  lands  set  out  by,  88,  283. 
Lough  Gara,  20. 

Gill  frozen,  101  n. 

Lovelace,  Thomas,  90,  281,  310. 

Lue,  John,  97. 

Lundy,  treacherous  conduct  of,  111, 

114,  115. 
Luttrell,   Colonel  Henry,   98,    116, 

123. 
Lysly,  Martin,  7w. 


Mac  Brehon,  23,  174. 
Mac  Gallery,  23,  174. 
Mac  Cathrue,  Jordan,  monument  of, 

71,  72,  300. 

Mac  Conmy,  or  M'Cumee,  175,  291. 
Mac  Conry,  23. 
Mac  Cranhey,  23,  175. 
Mac  Crow  :  see  Croe. 
MacDermot,  13  n,  22,  48,  49,  185. 
MacDonnell,  Errivan,  173. 

family  of,  23. 

murder  of,  57. 

MacDonnogh,  2,  4,  In,  9,  13 n,  22, 

39-41,  52,  60,  92,  95,  97,  117,  136, 

164-169,  190,  192. 
MacDooan,  97. 
Mac  Doouls,  97. 
Mac  Gilleduffe,  192. 
MacGlannole,  23. 
Mac  Ilroy,  96. 
Mac  Ilwhole,  97. 
Mac  Keegan,  33,  34. 
Mac  Killeray,  174,  175. 
Mac  Kilroe,  97. 
Mac  Kim,  96. 
MacKynine,  186. 
MacLarray,  23,  97,  163,  174. 
MacMulry,  97. 
Mac  Nemarra,  97. 
MacNogley,  23,  175. 


Mac  Ranigh,  23,  175. 

MacSharrey,  156. 

Mac  Swine,  or  Mac  Swyne,  or  Mac 
Shewny,  23.  37,  56,  58,  59,  132, 
134,  149,  152,  169,  171-173,  182. 

Magene,  298. 

Magrath,  Bryan,  90,  285. 

Miler,  33  n. 

Malys,  97. 

Manifesto,  posted  in  Sligo,  35,  103, 

104. 

Manorhamilton,  36,  59. 
Maps,  curious,  of  the  county,  3. 

• —  Sir  William  Petty's,  89,  90. 
Marauder,  a  daring,  125. 
March,  97. 
Market-cross,  6. 
Markey,  Lieutenant  John,  279. 
Markree,  39,  41,  77,  105,  106. 
Massacre  at  Templehouse,  52-55. 

in  Tireragh,  55-59. 

-  of  1641,  1642,  31-59. 

May,  William,  13,  23. 

Mayo,  Protestants  of,  107. 

Mason,  William  Ellish,  186. 

Meadar,  origin  of  the  word,  21  n. 

Medal,  commemorative  of  the  sur- 
render of  Sligo,  139. 

Medder,  142-144,  149-154,  156. 

Melcanagh :  see  Selclare. 

Mercer,  Edward,  45. 

Merchants'  tokens,  95  n,  96  n. 

Messett,  Garrod,  185. 

Mihan,  97. 

Mile-line,  86-89. 

Militia,  most  efficient,  133. 

Miller,  Thomas,  the,  164. 

Mills,  143,  144,  146,  151,  153,  155, 
156,  158,  159,  163-165,  167-169, 
171-173,  175,  178,  179,  182,  184, 
186,  188,  190,  191,  270. 

Mills,  Richard,  97. 

Minterolis,  grange  of,  9  n. 

Miracles,  46  w,  47. 

Mitchelburne,  Colonel,  129,  130, 
131,  132,  134-138,  287-289. 

Eliz.,  280-282. 

Moneygold,  141,  271. 


318 


INDEX. 


Montgomery,  Hugh,  282. 

-  Mr.,  Clk.,  58. 
Moore  :  see  Ballindoon. 

-  James,  104,  184. 
Moran,  97. 

Morgan,  Captain  Hugh,  97,  105,  107, 
112. 

-  Captain  Robert,  90,  93,  264, 
276,  277. 

Morris,  97. 

Morrison,  96. 

Mortimer,  119. 

Moygara,  2,  20,  102,  132. 

Moymlaghy,  33  n,  145,  160,  272. 

Moytirra,  30,  167,  274. 

Muck  Island,  167. 

Mullaghnaneane,  143,  170. 

Mulloy,  Toby,  105. 

Munger,  97. 

Munster,  Protestants  of,  107. 

Murdered,  spirits  of  the,  alleged  to 
have  been  seen,  46,  47. 

Murderers  of  Protestants  released, 
49. 

Murders  and  robberies  committed  in 
the  County  Sligo,  depositions  con- 
cerning, 194-260. 

Murders  by  the  Irish,  34-59. 

-  register  of,  kept,  79. 
Myhan,  97. 


Naltes,  W.,  291. 

Names  in  the  Bill  of  Attainder  of 

James  II.,  1689,  118,  119. 
of  claimants  in  regard    to 

settlement    of    forfeited     lands, 

92,  93. 

of  householders,  from  a  Sur- 


vey of  Houses  in  the  town  of  Sligo, 
circa  1663,  97. 

of  Lord  Kingston's  officers, 


1688,  105. 

of  members  of  Sligo  Corpora- 


tion in  1687,  95. 

of  Sligo  proprietors  from  the 


Down  Survey,  90,  91. 


Names  of  the  clergy  of  the  Estab- 
lished Church  in  the  County  Sligo 
in  1632-1636,  40  n. 

of  the   Presidents  of    Con- 
naught  from  the  creation  of  the 
office  to  its  abolition,  34  n. 

of  the  vicars  and  rectors  of 


St.   John's,   Sligo,  from    1635  to 
the  present  date,  45  n. 

of  the  troopers  disbanded  in 


Sligo,  circa  1653,  96. 
Narca,  290. 
Neilan,  97. 
Nelson,  119. 

Nesbitt,  Nisbitt,  or  Neisbett,  mur- 
der of  family  of,  59. 
Newcomon,  Sir  Thomas,  90,  284. 
Newell,  or  Norman,  Henry,  murder 

of,  54. 

Newport,  William,  Clk.,  45  n. 
Newsham, Edward,  miraculous  escape 

of,  45. 
Newtown  Castle,  60,  61,  62  w,  63,  64, 

81,  101,  106,  138. 
Nicholson,  90,  93, 105, 110,  119,269, 

275,  277,  281,  290. 
Nipper,  119. 
Noble,  96. 
Nolan,  Noland,    or    Nowlan,  John, 

24,  57,  192,  263,  265. 
Nunstown :  see  Ballynagalliagh. 
Nugent,  24,  146. 


O'Bannaghan,  23,  166,  173,  174. 

O'Cirovan,  23,  149,  172,  176. 

O'Clery,  163. 

O'Conor,  2-4,  5n,  In,  10,  11,  13, 
20-22,  40,  42,  43,  45,  48,  49,  54, 
65,  69-71,  93,  95,  97,  134  n,  136, 
141-149,  160,  161,  173, 181,  182. 

O'Crean,  13  n,  20,  36,  39,  44,  45,  55, 
63,  67-70,  95,  97,  141,  143,  144, 
148,  151,  164. 

O'Cunnegan,  191. 

O'Dogherty,  97. 

O'Donnell,  2,  4,  7,  131-134,  262. 

O'Dorroghey,  193. 


INDEX. 


319 


O'Dowd,  or  O'Dowda,  2,  4,  6,  13,  23, 

39,  56-58,  92,  106,  169-171,  193, 

262-264. 

Officers,  list  of,  1 05. 
O'Flin,  or  O'Flyn,  97. 
O'Galogher,  42,  156. 
O'Gara,  4,  20,  21,  95,  152. 
O'Hagan,  13  n. 
O'Halloran,  146. 
O'Hara,  2, 4,  7 n,  21,  22,  50,  52,  53w, 

95,  153,  162,  165,  182,  186.  190, 

265,  293,  310. 
O'Harroghue,  168,  177. 
O'Hart,  13  n,  20,  29,  58,  61  n,  62  n, 

95,  145,  152,  159,  169,  178,  182, 

184. 

O'ffiggin,  22,  158,  162-164,  299  n. 
O'Kenny,  97. 
Old  Court,  fort  of,  9. 
Oldrock,  or  Shancarrigeen,  176,  286. 
Oliphant,  William,  Clk.,  40  w,  52- 

54. 

O'Maly,  97,  155. 
O'Mongan,  97. 

Ordnance  destroyed,  112, 113. 
O'Regan,  Sir  Teigue,  98,  117,  128- 

138. 
Ormsby,  25,  45  w,  61  n,  90,  93,  95, 

105,  110,  112,  119,  132,  153,  154, 

156,  157,  180,  181,  192,  262,  269, 

275,  278-281,  287-290,  310. 
O'Rorke,  33  w,  39,  43,  54,  60,   65, 

76,  132,  136,  173,  290. 
Osborne,  119. 
O'Scanlan,  28,  188,  191. 
O'Sumaghan,  30,  148. 
Outworks  of  Sligo,  capture  of  the, 

135. 
Oyster  Island,  or  Inishroras,  88,  89 n, 

273. 

Palmer,  John,  119. 

Panham,  C.,  Clk.,  45  n. 

Panic  of  the  Irish,  120. 

Parke,  60-64,  93,  96,  97,  280-282, 

310. 
Robert,   Captain,    60  n,   93, 

193,  277. 


Parsons,  97, 184. 

Peace,  justices  of  the,  13  n,  310. 

Peaceable  times,  1,  51. 

Peat,  preservative  qualities  of,  25- 

27. 
Perrot,  Sir  John,  composition  made 

with,  29. 
Petty,  Sir  William,  Survey  of  Sligo, 

89,  90. 
Peyton,  293. 

PhiUips,  Richard,  95,  119. 
Piepowder,  Courts  of,  5n,  6,  7,  22, 

51  n. 

Pious  uses,  90,  278. 
Plowland,  283. 
Plunkett,  90. 

—  Patrick,  Captain,  20,  39,  1 51, 

152. 

Political  economy,  ancient  ideas  of,  5. 
Pope's  Bull,  capture  of  the,  81. 
Porter,  44,  96,  265,  290. 
Portinishy,  head-rent  of,  272. 
Portoos,  or  Breviary,  53. 
Portovad,  185. 

Prebends  disused,  list  of,  33  n. 
Prelate,  a  fighting,  80. 
Preston,  John,  278. 
Priest,  humane  conduct  of  a,  57. 
Proprietors,  Elizabethan,  grant  to,  6. 

names  of,  in  1633,  19-25. 

—  rentals  of,  in  1633, 141-193. 

Protestant  clergymen  in  1633,  41  n. 
Protestants,      declaration     of    the, 
103,  104. 

ill  treatment    of,    in  1688, 

100,  101,  113,  117. 

massacre  of,  in  1641, 42-59. 

plans    of    the,     frustrated, 


114,  115. 

reluctance    of  the,   to  eva- 


cuate Sligo,  111,  112. 
Proven,  97. 
Provosts  of  Sligo,  13n,  45. 


Quarry,  190. 

Quit-rents,  88,  268,  274-286. 


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INDEX. 


Race,   Sir  Teige  0' Regan  wins  the,   i 

130  n. 

Radcliffe,  6,  90,  97,  2JO,  273,  310. 
Rahynekilgie,  6«. 
Raith-Rigbard,  297. 
Ramkin,  97. 

Ranelagh,  Lord,  17,  34-36,  38,  75. 
Rathbraghan,   134,    135,    151,   270, 

272. 

Rathcarrick,  145  n,  170. 
Rathdown,  6». 
Rathlee,  56,  170,  278. 
Rathmadder,  21  n,  285. 
Rathquarter,    or    Rathavritoke,    or 

Raghbabritohe,    or    Reagh,    144, 

271. 

Raven,  97. 
Rawson,  John,  7  n. 
Raymour,  293. 
Rea,  93,  97. 
Read,  290,  291. 

Record  Court  of  Sligo,  first  consti- 
tuted, 10. 

Rectory  between  the  two  bridges,  In. 
Re-grants  of  lands  by  Charles  II., 

270-286. 

Rent :  see  Duties. 
Rentals  of  landed  proprietors,   19, 

141-193. 

Revolution  of  1688,  94-140. 
Reynolds,    or  Rinolds,  Thomas,  96, 

148,  176,  177,  189. 
Ridge,   John,    24,    146,    166,    183, 

190,  191. 

Roadstown,  or  Ballinvally,  156,  272. 
Robberies   and  murders   committed 

in  the  County  Sligo,    depositions 

concerning,  194-260. 
Roberts,  Edward,  278. 
Rogers,  96. 
Romroge,  7  n. 
Ronan,  97. 
Rosselean,  6  n. 
Rosserk,  55,  56. 
Rosses,  the,  29,  298. 
Rosslee,  13,  23,  58. 
Rutledge,  or  Rutleidge,  90,  93,  167, 

279,  290. 


Rycroft,  Ricroft,  or  Roycroft,  Wil- 
liam, Clk.,  40,  41,  45,  299  n. 

Sack,  i.  e.  sherry,  55  n. 
Sankey,  Hierome,  278. 
Sarsfield,  12,  117,  119,  120,  122- 

127. 

Saunders,  97. 
Saunderson,  Colonel,  80. 
Scaling-ladder,  novel,  125. 
Scott,  Elizabeth,  murder  of,  45. 
Scroope,  97. 

Scudamore,  Viscount,  119. 
Sculptured  stones,  curious,  57  n,  73, 

300-306. 
Scurmore,  284. 
Settlement,  Act  of,  86-93. 
Shancough,  or  Geevagh,  parish  of, 

18,  51  w,  166,  187,  190,  277,  295. 
Sharpe,  Mr.,  Clk.,  21,41w. 
Sheaf,  the  fourth,  186. 
Sheeles,  Sheiles,  or  Sheile,  murder 

of,  97,  42  n,  43. 
Sherlock,  290,  291. 
Shrawley,  John,  Clk.,  41  w,  55,  56. 
Simpson,  96,  264. 
Skreen,  parish  of,  59,  146,  169,  172, 

185. 

Sleeve-da-en,  mountain  of,  165. 
Sligo,  articles  of  surrender  of,  131, 

287-9. 

attack  on,  by  Hamilton,  64,  65. 

attempted   capture  of,  by  the 

Confederates,  79. 

—  battle    of,    correspondence    of 

Charles  I.  captured  at,  81,  82. 

list  of  Irish  officers  cap- 
tured at,  81  n. 

blockade  of,  130. 


capture  of,  by  Clanrickard,  84. 

—  by  Coote,  75-78,  84. 
by  Gore,  119-121. 

-  by  Mitchelburne,  129. 

-  by  Sarsfield,  123. 

-  castles  of,  2,  38,  65,  270,  272. 

siege  of,  39-41. 

corporation  of,  remodelled   by 


James  II.,  95. 


INDEX. 


321 


Sligo  county,  ancient  map  of,  7,  8. 

—  boundaries  of,  in  1607,  7 
-    official    inquiry,    1633- 

1636,  16-30. 

—  population  of,  in  1655,  87. 

—  scenery  of,  in  the  seven 
teenth  century,  3. 

cross  of,  6. 

—  defence  of,  by  Lloyd  and  Wood, 
124-127. 

—  destruction  of    the   stores  in, 
113. 

erected  into  a  borough,  10. 

evacuation  of,  113. 

—  failure  of  surrender  of,  131. 

—  fairs  and  markets  of,  6,  7,  273. 

—  fishing-weir  of,  27,  270. 

—  foot-soldiers,  character  of  the, 
116. 

-fortified,  116,  117, 
forts,  repaired,  106. 

—  full  of  merchants'  houses,  2. 

—  gallows  in,  135. 

gaol  of,  29,  42-45,    113,  117, 

164,  273. 

—  governor  of,  78,  116. 

—  green  fort  of,  98. 

—  harbour  of,  113  n. 

—  "  hath  been  a  great  town,"  2. 

-  held  by  Coote,  83. 

—  houses  of,  destroyed,  2,  140. 

—  list  of  householders  of,  in  1663, 
97. 

persons     proscribed     by 

James  II.,  117. 

—  lock-up  of,  6. 

—  manor  of,  270,  273,  274. 

—  market-place  of,  124,  135. 

-  markets,  5,  7,  109,  273. 

—  medal  commemorative  of  sur- 
render of,  139. 

—  members  of,  first,  11. 

-  mile-line,  86,  87. 

MS.   survey  of  county,  17-30, 

141-193. 

—  O'Neil  marches  on,  83. 

—  panic  in,  130. 

—  planted  with  English,  99. 


Sligo,  port  of,  5,  113. 

-  portreeve  of,  10,  45. 

—  present  valuation  of,  97  n. 

-  Protestants   of,    their  bravery 
praised  by  O'Callaghan,  116. 

—  raids  into,  127-129. 

—  rivers  of,  blessed  by  St.  Patrick, 
46,  99,  298. 

-  stocks  of,  6. 

-  stone  fort  of,  98,  124,  125. 

—  strategic  importance  of,  97-99. 

-  town  of,    survey  of,  in  1663, 
97  n. 

-  valuation  of,  in  1663,  97  n. 
varying  estimates  of  Protestant 


population  of,  14. 
Slish  Mountain,  183. 
Smith,  or  Smythe,  25,  96,  97,  105, 
112,  119,  177,  178,  193,  278,  282, 
310. 

Soccage,  common  tenure  of,  14. 
Soden,  90,  106,  119,  280-282. 
Soldiery,  lands  set  out  to  the,  86- 

88. 

Somers,  Will,  77,  78. 
Sooey,  148  n. 
South  work,  Edward,  11. 
Sow,  a  military  engine,  125. 
Spring,  Annably,  180. 
Spurs,  paid  as  a  head-rent,  272. 
Stanoway,  John,  48. 
St.  Barbe,  John,  Captain,  9,  13  n, 

48  n. 

St.  Columbkille,  304. 
St.  Finian,  304. 

St.  George,  Sir  George,  Knt.,  191. 
St.  John's,  parish  of,  39,  45  n,  74, 

89,  144,  149,  150,  173,  176,  182. 
St.  Leger,  Lord,  13  «. 
St.  Patrick,  missionary  tour  of,  in 

Sligo,  46,  294-298. 
St.  Sauvent,  123-127. 
Steward,  43,  45,  97,  282. 
Stoneparks,  or  Carrownasagairt,  177. 
Stoope,  97. 

Story,  William,  97,  105,  119. 
Stratford,  Earl  of,  16,  37,  61,  90,  93, 
270-273. 


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INDEX. 


Sum,  or  "Some,"  definition  of  the 

term,  143,  154  n. 
Summers,  Michael,  Clk.,  41  n. 
Survey  of  Sligo,  17-30,  88-90. 

Down,   extract    from,    262, 


Tokens,  merchants,  95  n,  96  ». 
Toomour,  parish  of,  147,  169,  172, 

174,  175,  178,  189. 
Trayoill,  strand  of,  30,  157,  295. 
Trimble,  or  Trumble,  51  n,  96,  97, 
263.  178. 

Symons,  97.  Trockmorton,  292. 

Troope,  97. 

Taaffe,    Col.   Francis,    evidence  of,  |   Tryne,  a  measure  of  land,  271,  272, 
relating  to  the  murder  of  Protes-          274,  285. 


tants,  49,  49  n. 


Tuhbercurry,  182. 


family  of,  23,  28,  49,  76-78,  j   Tull,  Ensign,  76. 


80,  84,  85,  95,  292. 


Viscount,  37,  56,  164,  168, 

175-178,  183-185,  189. 
Tanrego,  171,  283. 
Tawnagh,  parish  of,  166,  174,  177, 

192,  295. 

Taylor,  280-282,  290,  291. 
Temple,  Sir  John,  31,  32. 
Templeboy,  parish  of,  146,  149,  169, 

170,  172,  189,  193,  272. 
Templehouse,  or  "  Commandrye  de 

Taghtemple,"  22,  49,  50-55,  77, 


293. 


capture    of,    by  the    Irish, 


51-55. 


estate  of,  circa  1620,  enu- 
meration of  townlands  of,  50  n, 
51  n. 

—  Lake,    or    Loghelly,    50  n, 
51  n. 

Templenemanagh,  9n. 

Tenant,  an  amiable,  29. 

Ten-ill,  Walter,  178-180. 

Thornton,  90,  93,  277,  278,  290. 

Tireragh,  barony  of,  lands  in,  271, 
272,  274,  277-280,  284-286. 
—  castles  in,  8,  77. 


—  change  of  proprietors  in,  13, 
264,  265,  268,  272,  274,  275,  277- 
286. 

murders  in,  55-59. 

mountains,  3. 

overrun  by  Coote,  82,  83. 

Tirerrill,  barony  of,  lands  in,  7,  18, 

271,  272,  274,  277,  278,  280,  281, 
284-286. 


Tullagh,  97. 

Tuskerrie,  grange  of,  9  n. 
Tyrconnell,   proclamation  by,    110, 
111. 


Unsinagh,    or   Unshin,   river,    147, 
151,  165,  168,  175. 


Vardon,    or    Verdon,    Christopher, 

158,  161,  187. 

Vaughan,  93,  105,  112,  134,  283. 
Verlinge,  Nicholas,  180. 
Visitation-book,  33  n. 


Waggett,  Stephen,  119. 

Walker,  Thomas,   Clk.,  murder  of, 

56. 
Walsh,  or  Welsh,  40,  42,  186,  290, 

291. 

Walton,  Roger,  119. 
Warren,  rabbit,  186. 
Warrington,  11. 
Wears,  105, 147,  151,  161, 165,  168, 

175,  270. 

Weaver,  Francis,  91,  93,  281. 
Webb,  91,  93,  284. 
Wenman,    Sir   Thomas,    Knt.,    24, 

183,  184. 

Wentworth,  Thomas,  Viscount,  con- 
duct of ;  holds  a  court  in  Sligo ; 

his  survey  of  Connaught,  16-30. 
Westmeath,  Earl  of,  24,  93,  178- 

180,  265. 


INDEX. 


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White,  33  n,  96. 

Whitehill,  or  Knockbane,  166. 

Whiteway,  103. 

Wilkinson,    45  n,   91,   269,   275, 

276. 

Williams,  96,  97. 
Willows,  97. 
Wills,  97. 
Wilson,  96,  177. 
Winged  figure,  303,  304. 
Wingfield,  Lewis,  91,  93,  262,  284. 
Wodlan,  97. 
Wood,  a  thousand  acres  of,  12. 

-  Edward,    Major,    105,    112, 
119,  121,  122,  124,  126,  134. 

-  defence  of  Sligo  by,    124- 


127. 


George,  91  n. 

Richard,  Captain,  105,  119. 


Wood,  Thomas,  91,  91  n,  93,  263- 
265,  267-269,  279. 

Woods,  3,  21,  132-134,  141,  142, 
146,  148,  150,  154,  157,  159,  160, 
164,  166-168,  170,  171,  174,  176, 
179-181,  183-185,  188,  190-192, 
280. 

-  wasted,  183,  184. 

Woodsgift,  townland  of,  126. 

Woolton,  91. 

Wray,  George,  Clk.,  murder  of, 
53,  55. 

Wyls,  186. 

Wynne,  Colonel,  129. 

Yeadon,   or  Yeeden,  91,  269,  278, 

284. 
Yeomen  of  Sligo,  names  of  principal 

Protestant,  96. 


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