Extract of a Collection of fome of the Maffacres and Murders committed on the Irish in Ireland, fince the 23d of October 1641. [See Review, vol. i. p. 210, &c.] * This collection was first published in London in the year 1662. The author's frequent, candid, and public appeals to things openly tranfacted, and to enemies themselves, then living, and well known, is a strong proof, that what he relates is real matter of fact; and there is yet a stronger inducement to think it fo, because it has never yet been proved to be otherwise: nor, as far as I have learned, even attempted to be proved. County of ANTRIM. 1641. ABOUT the beginning of November, the English and Scotch forces in Knockfergus murdered in one night all the inhabitants of the territory of the Ifland Magee, to the number of about 3000 men, women, and children, all innocent perfons, at a time when none of the catholics of that country were in arms or rebellion. Note, that this was the first massacre committed in Ireland of either fide. Mr. Mac Naghten having built a fmall fortrefs in the faid county, to preserve himself and his followers from outrages, untill he understood what the cause of the then rebellion was; as foon as Colonel Campbell came near with part of the army, he fent to let him know, that he would come to him with his party, which he did; and they were next day murdered to the number of 80, by Sir John Clotworthy, now Lord Maffareen's, foldiers. About the fame time, 100 poor women and children were murdered in one night, at a place called Balliaghiun, by direction of the English and Scotch officers commanding in that county. County of DERRY. 1641. Some 300 men, women, and children of the Irish, having freely come under the protection of the garrifon of London-Derry, were ftripped, plundered, and killed by the faid garrifon. 1644. * Sir Audley Mervyn, Sir Robert Hannah, (lady Mountrath's father) feveral general and other officers, then, and many years after, alive. 1644. Mr. Morris Mac Daniel, natural son of the late Earl of Antrim, was hanged at Coleraine, by the governour's orders, notwithstanding he had Colonel Michael Jones's pass. County of Down. 1641. The burgeffes and inhabitants of the town of Newry, meeting the English army on their march to besiege the castle of the faid town, were received into protection; and, after quarter given to the garrifon of the faid caftle, the faid inhabitants, and the foldiers of the faid garrifon, to the number of 500 and upwards, men, women, and children, were brought on the bridge of Newry, and thrown into the river, and fuch of them as endeavoured to escape by fwimming, were mur dered. County of DONEGALL. 1641. About the 20th of November, Sir William Steward commanded the gentry and inhabitants of that county to join with his forces in oppofition to the rebels, and accordingly they came to the place appointed, where Captain Cunningham, with a party of the faid Sir William's regiment, under pretence of incorporating with them, fell upon the inhabitants with his armed foldiers, and killed very many of them; among whom were Owen Mac Sweeny, Morris O'Farey, and Donagh O'Callan, gentlemen of quality and eftates. About the fame time, Captain Fleming, and other officers of the faid regiment, commanding a party, fmothered to death 220 women and children, in two caves. And about the fame time alfo the faid Captain Cunningham murdered about 63 women and children, in the ifles of Rofs. 1641. The governour of Letterkenny gathered together on a Sunday morning 53 poor people, most of them women and children, and caused them to be thrown off the bridge into the river, and drowned them all. 1641. In November, one Reading murdered the wife and three children of Shane O'Morghy in a place called Ballykenny of Ramaltan, and after her death cut off her breasts with his fword. 1641. 1642. The garrisons of Rapho, Drombo, Lifford, and Castle Raghaen, flaughtered no lefs than 1500 of the poor neighbouring inhabitants never in arms; and three perfons were chiefly noted among them for their barbarous cruelty, by name James Graham, Henry Dungan, and Robert Cunningham, commonly called the killer of old women. 1641. 1642. About 2000 poor labourers, women and children, of the barony of Tirbu, were maffacred by the garrisons of Ballashany and Donegal; and Lieutenant Thomas Poe, an officer among them, coming under colour of friendship to vifit a neigh a neighbour that lay fick in his bed, and to whom he owed money, carried a dagger under his cloak, which, whilst he feemed to bow towards the fick man in a friendly manner, asking how he did, he thrust it into his body, and told his wife her husband fhould be no longer fick. 1650. In the month of June, about 3000 horfe and foot of his majefty's army being defeated near Letterkenny by the English rebels, adhering to Cromwell, moft of the principal officers of the faid party taken prifoners in the battle, were killed in cold blood, by order of Sir Charles Coote, late Lord of Mountrath, notwithstanding they had quarter from the officers who took them prifoners. County of MONAGHAN. 1641. Captain Townley, governour of Magherneckle, killed four labourers, and a woman, being under protection. Captain Bromwell, governour of Clunes, meeting upon the road with Marc Charles O'Conolly, a gentleman living under his protection, caufed him to be fhot to death. The foldiers of the garrisons of Dundalk and Trim, killed no less than 500 innocent perfons, women and children, in that county. 1641. 1642. The armies of Monroe and the Lagan, in their feveral marches through that county, flaughtered about 2000 poor old men, women and children. 1652. Colonel Barrow of Cromwell's army, having taken an ifland defended by Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Mac Mahon for his majesty, after killing the faid lieutenant colonel and his foldiers, put all the women and children to the fword, to the number of 80, among whom a child of fix years old, being spared by the foldiers, was killed by order of the faid Colonel Bar row. County of CAVAN. 1642. Marc de la Pool, an English gentleman, having taken lands in that county fome years before the war, invited several of his friends to come out of England, and with him, who were all murdered in their houfes by the a (only the faid de la Pool, who was brought into the town of Cavan) and there hanged for no other reafon, but their being Roman ca-tholics, and living among the Irish. Sir Alexander Godren, and his lady, both Scotch, but Roman catholics, each of them above 70 years old, were plundered of their goods, and stripped naked; and all their tenants, fervants, and all their fons murdered. In the fame year the English forces in this county drowned 600 men, women and children, in and about Butler'sbridge, no murders having been committed on any proteftants there, there, although in the pamphlet lately printed, feveral murders are faid to have been committed in that place. County of MAYO. In this county few murders were committed by either fide, though the libel faith, that about 250 proteftants were murdered, whereof at Bellicke 220; whereas not one person was murdered there, which the now Lady of Mountrath can witnefs; her ladyship, and Sir Robert Hannah, her father, with many others, having retreated thither for fecurity, were all conveyed fafe to Mannor-Hamilton; and it is obfervable, that the said lady and the reft came to Mr. Owen O'Rorke's, who kept a garrison at Drumaheir for the Irish, before they came to Mannor-Hamilton, whofe brother was prifoner with Sir Frederick Hamilton; and the faid Mr. Rorke, having fo many perfons of quality in his hands, fent to Sir Frederick to enlarge his brother, and that he would convey them all safe to him but Sir Frederick, inftead of enlarging his brother, hanged him the next day, which might have well provoked the gentleman to revenge, if he had not more humanity than could be well expected upon fuch an occafion, and in times of so great confufion; yet he sent them all fafe where they desired. : There was a murder committed near the Moyn on 27 protestants, which was all (and that too many) that was committed in that county. Buchannan, faid to be buried alive, was killed in a private quarrel, and he cut off his adversary's hand before himself was killed. County of GALWAY, and Province of CONNAUGHT. 1642. Serjeant Redmund Bourke, of the Lord of Clanmorris's foot-company, and two more, were hanged by the then governour of the fort of Galway, the faid lord being then of his majesty's army; for which action no reparation being given to his lordship, he alleged it to be the occafion of his revolt from the Lord Marquis of Clanrickard. A party of the garrifon of the faid fort murdered fix people in Rinveel, among whom one GeFery Fiz-Thibot, aged about 70 years, and in a burning fev with his wife, who was old, were murdered in their beds; which action provoked many of the neighbours to stand on their guard against the said fort. 1652. Richard Bourke, a colonel in his majefty's army, had quarter given him by fome of Colonel's Coote's men, he being taken in a skirmish between Colonel Grace, and fome of Cromwell's party, and being prifoner for fome time, Colonel Henry Ingoldfby caufed his head to be cut off. 1652. 1653. It was a ufual practice with Colonel Stubbers, then governor of Galway, and others commanding in faid faid county, to take the people out of their beds at night, and fell them for flaves to the Indies; and by computation he fold out of faid county above 1000 fouls. Murders committed in the said county of GALWAY on proteftants. 1642. It is confeffed, that two proteftants were murdered in that county, whereof one was a minifter, as the libel fays; but it is most certain the Lord Marquis of Clanrickard caused the three men, who murdered one of them, to be hanged in gibbets in three feveral places; and by his lordship's orders, Sir Roger O'Shaghnefy hanged the two cow-herds who murdered the other. Lord Clanmorris having declared against the said fort for hanging his ferjeant, as above expreffed, took ferjeant Rowlright, and two or three more of the foldiers of faid fort, pillaging a village near Galway, and hanged Rowlright, and the other three. A barbarous murder was committed by one Edward Alta, an irreligious prophane fellow of the county of Mayo, and his accomplices, on fome proteftants at Shruel, a place meeting Galway, on about 30 perfons; and the pamphleteer might well remember, that the neighbouring gentry came with all expedition to rescue the said proteftants; and that they did refcue the bifhop of Killala (who by the pamphlet feems to have been murdered) and his wife and children, with moft part of the said proteftants, and Bryan Kilkenny, a fryar, then guardian of the abby of Rofs, near Shruel, was of the first that made hafte to that rescue, and brought the said bishop's wife and children, with feveral others of the faid diftreffed proteftants, to his monaftery, where they found as much civility as was in the said fryar's power to give them for feveral nights; until Mr. Burke of CastleHacket brought the faid bishop, his wife and family, to his own house, where they wanted nothing he could afford them for fome weeks: the like being done by feveral other neighbouring gentlemen to the rest of the faid proteftants, until they were fent to places of fecurity by the Lord Marquis of Clanrickard's order; yet the faid fryar hath been these eight years paft kept a prifoner for his function or calling, without any other crime laid to his charge, now being above 80 years old. And it is obfervable, that in this county of Galway all the war time, feveral protestant ministers, viz. Dean York, Mr. Corroyn, Mr. Kelly, and other minifters, had their proteftant flocks and meetings without interruption, living among the Irish. County of RosCOMMON. No murders were committed by any party in this county, only five perfons at Balanafada by one Roger O'Connor; and no murders |