The Great O'Neill, a Biography of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, 1550-1616 |
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Page 60
... began in earnest . The hot young man felt the first pangs of deferred hopes . Slowly the skin of the heart hardened , and the eyes began to peer their first suspicions . If others were calculating he must calculate too . Then he would ...
... began in earnest . The hot young man felt the first pangs of deferred hopes . Slowly the skin of the heart hardened , and the eyes began to peer their first suspicions . If others were calculating he must calculate too . Then he would ...
Page 96
... began to hang people by the hundred , including many whom the populace considered not only innocent but admirable , such as the friar whose only crime was that he was the friar of a brehon ( or lawgiver ) , and he " was much esteemed ...
... began to hang people by the hundred , including many whom the populace considered not only innocent but admirable , such as the friar whose only crime was that he was the friar of a brehon ( or lawgiver ) , and he " was much esteemed ...
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... began where this story began in Tyrone's childhood , one of the most savage Gaelic vendettas of the century , there turned another corner . All that summer and autumn , while he dodged and twisted among the hills of Coleraine and the ...
... began where this story began in Tyrone's childhood , one of the most savage Gaelic vendettas of the century , there turned another corner . All that summer and autumn , while he dodged and twisted among the hills of Coleraine and the ...
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1817 LIBRARIES adventure Armagh army attack Bagenal battle became began Bingham Bishop Blackwater bogs brother brought Burghley Burke Carew Catholic century CHIGAN coast colonists Connaught Cork Council Desmond Dowcra Dublin Castle Dundalk Dungannon Earl of Desmond Earl of Tyrone Elizabeth enemy England English Erne Essex fight Fitzmaurice force friends Gaelic Gaelic captains garrison guerillas horse Hugh O'Neill Ireland Irish John Norreys King Kinsale knew land later letter lived London Lord Deputy Lough Lough Foyle MacCarthy Maguire Majesty MICHIGAN miles mind Monaghan Mountjoy Munster never Newry Niall Garv Niall Garv O'Donnell night Norreys North O'Dogherty O'Neill's O'Rourke once Ormond peace Philip poet Queen raid rebel Red Hugh O'Donnell river Scots sent ships Sidney soldiers sons of Sean Spain Spaniards Spanish story thing tion took town traitor Turlough Tyrconnell Tyrone's Ulster whole winter woods