children, fhunning the fury of the faid troop, were overtaken and flaughtered. About 70 men, women and children, tenants to Mr. Francis Mc Ovoy, and under pretection, were killed by Greenvill's foldiers, and 160 more in the parish of Rathcoare, whereof there was one aged couple blind 15 years before. Captain Sandford, and his troop, murdered in and about Mulhuffey upwards of 100 men, women and children, under protection, and caused one Connor Breflan to be stuck with a knife into the throat, and fo bled to death. And one Eleanor Cufack, 100 years old, was tied about with lighted matches, and fo tortured to death in Clonmoghon. James Dowlan, about 100 years old, Donagh Comen, Darby Dennis, Roger Bolan, and several other labourers and women, to the number of 160, making their harvest, were flaughtered by the garrison of Trim.

Mr. Barnwell of Tobertinian, and Mr. John Huffey, innocent perfons, were hanged at Trim by old *Sir Charles Coote's party. Gerrald Lynch of Donower, aged 80 years, was killed by troopers of Trim, being in protection. Mr. Thomas Talbott of Crawly's-town, about 80 years old, being protected, and a known fervitor to the crown, was killed at his own door by fome of Captain Morroe's troop. About the month of April the foldiers under the faid Greenvil's command, killed in and about the Navan 80 men, women and children, who lived under protection. Captain Wentworth and his company, garrisoned at Dumo, killed no less than 200 protected perfons in the parish of Donamora, Slane, and barony of Margellion, and Ovemorein, the town of Ardmulchan, Kingstown and Harrifton, all protected perfons.

Sir Richard Greenvill's troop killed 42 men, women and children, and 18 infants at Doramftown. A woman under protection was, by Captain Morroe's foldiers, put into the ftock of a tuck-mill, and so tucked to death in the town of Steedalte. Lieutenant Ponsonby put two aged protected perfons to death at Downaftone, each of them about 80 years old. Captain Morroe caused about 100 protected perfons, men, women and children to be put to death in the barony of Dooleek; and Lieutenant John Tench killed a protected perfon 70 years old, near Dooleek. Mr. Patrick White, fon and heir of Mr. White of Clangill, in protection, was taken out of his bed, and knocked on the head by Lieutenant Luaton of the garrison of Trim. Many thousands of the poor inhabitants of this county were deftroyed in the firs, as thofe in the county of Dublin, and the reft for the most part perifhed with famine. County

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This Sir Charles Coote was killed at Trim in 1642. See Note vol. i. p. 238. His eldeft fon Sir Charles Coote, fo often mentioned in these civil wars, was, for his fignal fervices, created Earl of Montrath, by King Charles II. Sre vol. ii. p. 79.

County of WESTMEATH.

1642. About the latter end of March, Mr. Chriftopher MacGawly, notwithstanding the protection of the Duke of Ormond, was killed in his own houfe, with two of his fervants, by a party of the English army marching to Athlone, who laying the protection on the faid Mac-Gawly's breast, fhot him through his protection, to try whether it was proof against a bullet. Mrs. Ellis Dillon of Killenennin, having the lords justices protection for herself and tenants, their wives and children, they were all killed by foldiers under Sir Michael Earnley's command.

County of Low TH.

1641. In the month of February about 300 poor people, men, women and children, were cruelly flaughtered in the wood of Derruer, by a party of the garrifon of Dundalk and Tredath. About the beginning of March about 300 farmers and labourers, never in arms, with their wives and children, were maffacred by a party of the garrifons of Dundalk, and Tredath in the Redmoore of Braganftown. About the fame time Captain Charles Townfly, and Lieutenant Faithful Townfly, with a part of the English army, and garrifon of Dundalk, flaughtered at Dunmogham 220 inhabitants of feveral villages, commanded by the officers of the faid army to live in that place for their greater fecurity. A party of the faid garrison of Tredath and Dundalk killed above 200 perfons in the castle of Reighftown after quarter given. One Anthony Townfly hanged Mr. Dromgole of Dromgoleftown at his own gate. The faid Townfly hanged upwards of 30 poor men and women, going to the markets of Dundalk and Tredath, on a tree, commonly called Eight Mile Bufh, midway between the said

towns.

1642. A party of horse and foot of the garrison of Tredath, killed and burned in the firs above 160 men, women and children, of the inhabitants of Termorfeighlin, within three miles of Tredath: no lefs than 1000 of the poor inhabitants of that county, though they were not taxed with any murders committed on the proteftants, according to their own abstract, were maffacred.

County of WICKLOW.

October, 1641. Three women, whereof one gentlewoman big with child, and a boy, were hanged on the bridge of Neuragh by command of Sir Charles Coote in his firit march to that county; and he caufed his guide to blow into his pistol, and fo fhot him dead. He alfo hanged a poor butcher on the fame march called Thomas Mac William. Mr. Dan. Conyam

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of Glanely, aged, and unable to bear arms, was roasted to death by Captain Gee of Colonel Crafford's regiment: and in the marches in 1641, 42, and 43, the English army killed all they met in this country, though no murders are charged in the faid county to be committed on proteftants by the abstract. In the Ufurper's time Captain Barrington, garrifoned at Arklow, murdered Donagh O'Dayle of Killearrow, and above 500 more protected by himself; and it is well known that most of the commonalty were murdered.

County of KILKENNY.

1641. The English foldiers of the garrifon of Ballenakil burned an old woman of 90 years old in her own house in Idough. 1642. The faid foldiers maffacred 180 men, women and children, who were cutting their corn, near the faid garrifon. They dragged Mr. Thomas Shee, an innocent perfon out of his own house, with five of his fervants, and hanged them all at Ballenakil.

County of TIPPERARY.

1641. On the 24th of October one Browne and Captain Peafely murdered eleven men, women and children in their own houses at Golden Bridge, before any of the catholics took up arms in that county. About the fame time the faid Captain Peafely going through Cloneulty, Philip Ryan, a peaceable gentleman, and owner of the faid town, came out of his houfe to falute the captain; who pulled out his pistol and shot the poor harmless gentleman dead at his own door.

Note, That these two murders occafioned the rifing of the gentry and inhabitants of that county.

One John Wife of Ballyowen, an English foldier, came several times in woman's attire upon the road, and committed divers murders upon fimple country people coming from the market.

County of CLARE.

1644. Forty families in protection were murdered by the garrifon of Inchicronan. 1646. Several refiding near Bunratty were murdered by the foldiers of that garrifon under command of Lieutenant Adams.

County of CORK.

1641. In Condon's country about 300 labourers, women and children, were murdered by fome of the now Earl of Orrery's foldiers. In the faid county, among others, they gelded one Denis Downy, and pulled out one of his eyes, and fent him in that pofture to his wife. Fifty-fix perfons, or thereabouts,

thereabouts, were brought prifoners to Caftle Lyons, (most of

urs, whe did never bear arms) were put into a ftathe women in that garrifon at night fired their beards, ne hair of their heads, which fo disfigured them, that their nearest friends could not know them next day, when they were hanging.

1642. In the fame county 355 perfons, men, women and children, were murdered with clubs and ftones, being in protection. Mr. Henly, an English gentleman, dwelling in Roche's country, but a Roman catholic, had his wife and children barbaroudly ftripped, and most of his tenants inhumanly murdered by adjacent English garrifons, he the faid Henly, or his tenants, being never in arms: and fuch cruelty was used, that they stabbed young infants, and left them fo half dead on their mother's dead carcaffes. In the faid Henly's town, and the adjacent villages, at that time, there were murdered about 900 labourers, women and children.

1643. Cloglegh being garrifoned by the Irifh, and furrendered upon quarter of life to Sir Charles Vavafor, they were all inhumanly murdered, and the hearts of fome of them pulled out, and put into their mouths; and many other maffacres were committed the fame time there on women and children. At Liflee 24 men in protection were murdered by Colonel Mynn's foldiers. At Bellauere the fame year Teig O'Mungan, and David Broge, blowing by command into piftols, were fhot to death by fome of Captain Bridge's men, and eight poor labourers more killed by them, being in protection, and then employed in faving fome harveft of the English.

1642. At Clogheiulty about 238 men, women and children were murdered, of which number 17 children were taken by the legs by foldiers, who knocked out their brains against the walls. This was done by Phorbis's men, and the garrison of Bandon Bridge. At Garranne, near Rofs, Connor Kennedy, who had protection for himself and his tenants to fave their harvest, were murdered by the garrifon of Rofs, as they were ditching about their corn.

1641. At Bandon Bridge, the garrison there tied 88 Irishmen of the faid town back to back, and threw them off the bridge into the river, where they were all drowned. Patrick Hackett, mafter of a fhip in Waterford, the Duchefs of Ormond being defirous to be conveyed by him to Dublin, after leaving her fafe with her family and goods there, the lords juftices and Duke of Ormond gave him a pafs for his fafe return, who being driven by a ftorm into Dongarvan, the said mafter and his men were hanged by direction of the commander in chief there, notwithstanding he produced his faid país. The Englith party of this county burned O'Sullivan Beare's houfe in Bantry, and all the reft of that county, killing man,

woman

woman and child, turning many into their houses then on fire, to be burned therein and among others Thomas De Bucke, a cooper, about 80 years old, and his wife, being little lefs; and all this was done without provocation, the said O'Sullivan being a known reliever of the English in that country. Obferve that this county is not charged in the late Abstract with any mur

ders.

County of WATERFORD.

1641. In Decy's country, the neighbouring English garrisons of the county of Corke, after burning and pillaging all that country, murdered above 3000 perfons, men, women and children, before any rebellion began in Munster, and led 100 labourers prifoners to Caperquine, where being tied by couples, they were caft into the river, and made fport of, to fee them drowned. Obferve that this county is not charged with any murders to be committed on protestants.

NUM B. VII.

Extract of the Acts of the General Congregation of the Roman Catholick Bishops and other Clergy, held at Kilkenny on the 10th, 11th, and 13th Days of May, 1642.

[From Borl. Hift. of the Irish Rebellion, f. 122.]

[See Review, vol. i. p. 222.]

Act I. IN which war, if fome of the catholicks be found to

proceed, out of some particular and unjuft title, covetousness, cruelty, revenge, or hatred, or any fuch unlawful private intention, We declare them grievously to fin, and therefore worthy to be punished, and refrained with ecclefiaftical cenfures, if advised thereof they do not amend.

-Act IX. Let a faithful inventory be made in every province, of the murthers, burnings, and other crueltys, which are committed by the puritan enemies, with a quotation of the place, day, cause, manner, and perfons, and other circumftances, fubfcribed by one of public authority.

Act X.--In every parifh let a faithful and fworn meffenger be appointed, whereby fuch crueltys, and other affairs may be written, and fent to the neighbouring places; and likewife from one province to another: let fuch things be written for the comfort, inftruction, and carefulness of the people.

-Act XVIII. We ordain and decree, that all and every fuch, as from the beginning of this prefent war, have invaded

the