The Great O'Neill, a Biography of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, 1550-1616 |
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... called petty kings but which could now only be called in reason local captains , or nobles or chiefs - the poets con- tinued to flatter them with the words ri and flaith , king and prince such as O'Neill , O'Donnell , MacCarthy , O ...
... called petty kings but which could now only be called in reason local captains , or nobles or chiefs - the poets con- tinued to flatter them with the words ri and flaith , king and prince such as O'Neill , O'Donnell , MacCarthy , O ...
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... called a war . " " Sean O'Neill was nothing but a beggar and an outlaw . ” Outside , meanwhile , in the November cold , stood Hugh and the Gaelic captains , staring and stared at , their eyes on magnificence and their thoughts on their ...
... called a war . " " Sean O'Neill was nothing but a beggar and an outlaw . ” Outside , meanwhile , in the November cold , stood Hugh and the Gaelic captains , staring and stared at , their eyes on magnificence and their thoughts on their ...
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... called Brown's mills . It means that English supplies , especially the artillery which could not easily be brought overland , could be sailed right up behind the town on the northeast . From the old mill a hilly road climbs southward ...
... called Brown's mills . It means that English supplies , especially the artillery which could not easily be brought overland , could be sailed right up behind the town on the northeast . From the old mill a hilly road climbs southward ...
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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