The Life and Times of Aodh O'Neill, Prince of Ulster: Called by the English, Hugh, Earl of Tyrone, with Some Account of His Predecessors, Con, Shane, and Tirlough |
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... foot by the writer himself , and by which he was enabled to break up the confederacy of the Munster lords . The work of Fynes Moryson must not be omitted , as his narrative covers almost the whole of O'Neill's wars : but he , though a ...
... foot by the writer himself , and by which he was enabled to break up the confederacy of the Munster lords . The work of Fynes Moryson must not be omitted , as his narrative covers almost the whole of O'Neill's wars : but he , though a ...
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... foot . " An " order of council " was issued , enjoining the use of a new Liturgy . And shortly after one Bale was appointed by the king to the bishopric of Ossory , a bold and uncompromising reformer , who was not content , like the ...
... foot . " An " order of council " was issued , enjoining the use of a new Liturgy . And shortly after one Bale was appointed by the king to the bishopric of Ossory , a bold and uncompromising reformer , who was not content , like the ...
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... foot upon the necks of all his enemies ; enrich him with the spoil of nu- merous abbeys ; -let him only consent to kneel at the footstool of a foreign throne , and place his country under the iron heel of English power . But Shane the ...
... foot upon the necks of all his enemies ; enrich him with the spoil of nu- merous abbeys ; -let him only consent to kneel at the footstool of a foreign throne , and place his country under the iron heel of English power . But Shane the ...
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... foot soldier who should accompany Smith , was to take for his own share , one hundred and twenty acres of land , every horseman two hundred and forty acres , and all other persons ac- cording to their rank , paying Smith , as Lord of ...
... foot soldier who should accompany Smith , was to take for his own share , one hundred and twenty acres of land , every horseman two hundred and forty acres , and all other persons ac- cording to their rank , paying Smith , as Lord of ...
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... foot of Mole , that mountainhoar , " dwelling contentedly in another man's house - sitting in quietness under another man's vine and fig - tree , within view of the smok- ing ruins of tower and town and the unburied skeletons of a ...
... foot of Mole , that mountainhoar , " dwelling contentedly in another man's house - sitting in quietness under another man's vine and fig - tree , within view of the smok- ing ruins of tower and town and the unburied skeletons of a ...
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allies amongst ancient Armagh arms army Bagnal Baron battle bishops Blackwater Camden Carew castle Catholic cavalry chief chieftain chieftaincy church clans command Connaught Derry Desmond Docwra Dublin Dundalk Dungannon Earl Earl of Desmond Elizabeth enemy English Essex Fermanagh force foreign galloglasses garrison Geraldine hath historians honour horse Hugh O'Neill hundred foot Inishowen Ireland Irish Irish army King Kinsale land Leinster letters patent lish Lord Deputy lordships Lough Erne Lough Foyle Lough Neagh Mac Geoghegan Mac Guire Mac Gwire Mac Mahon majesty marched Monaghan Mountjoy Munster Newry noble Norreys North northern northward O'Donnell's O'More O'Neill and O'Donnell O'Neill's O'Sullivan Ormond Pale pass plundered Portmore Prince of Ulster Queen of England Red Hugh Reformation religion ruin Saxon says Moryson Scots sent Shane Shane O'Neill sheriffs ships Sir Henry Spain Spaniards Spenser sword Thomond thousand tion Tirlough troops Tyr-owen Tyrconnell Tyrone Ulster unto
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Page 65 - The generall end therefore of all the booke is to fashion a gentleman or noble person in vertuous and gentle discipline...
Page 239 - Woe to the heart that meditated, woe to the mind that conceived, woe to the council that recommended the project of this expedition, without knowing whether they should, to the end of their lives, be able to return to their native principalities or patrimonies.
Page 224 - And no spectacle was more frequent in the ditches of towns, and especially in wasted countries, than to see multitudes of these poor people dead with their mouths all coloured green by eating nettles, docks, and all things they could rend up above ground.
Page 182 - ... to the destruction of Jerusalem, and that nation, for their idolatry: and then making direct application to his own country, in relation to its connivance at Popery, in these impressive words* " From this year will I reckon the sin of Ireland, that those, whom you now embrace, shall be your ruin, and you shall bear their iniquity.
Page 239 - O'Donnell, and many others of his intimate friends. They embarked on the Festival of the Holy Cross, in autumn. This was a distinguished company ; and it is certain that the sea has not borne and the wind has not wafted in modern times a number of persons in one ship more eminent, illustrious, or noble, in point of genealogy, heroic deeds, valour, feats of arms, and brave achievements, than they. Would that God had but permitted them...
Page 230 - This bred such comfort and security in the hearts of all men as thereupon ensued the calmest and most universal peace that ever was seen in Ireland.
Page 79 - ... inviolable, and to deliver up the succession peaceably to his Tanist, and then hath a wand delivered unto him by some whose proper office that is; after which, descending from the stone, he turneth himself round, thrice forwards and thrice backwards. Eudox. But how is the Tanist chosen? Iren. They say he setteth but one foot upon the stone, and receiveth the like oath that the captaine did.
Page 52 - Realm (as in troth it is), easy it is for your Majesty to conjecture in what case, the rest is, where little or no Reformation, either of Religion or Manners, hath yet been planted and continued among them. Yea ; so profane and heathenish are some parts of this your country become, as it hath been preached publicly before me that the sacrament of Baptism is not used among them, and truly I believe it.
Page xii - When Irishmen consent to let the past become indeed History, not party politics, and begin to learn from it the lessons of mutual respect and tolerance, instead of endless bitterness and enmity ; then, at last, this distracted land shall see the dawn of hope and peace, and begin to renew her youth and rear her head amongst the proudest of the nations.
Page 182 - And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days : I have appointed thee each day for a year.