The Great O'Neill, a Biography of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, 1550-1616 |
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Page 43
... captains , fought to maintain what maintained them . Hatred of the foreigner with his new ways , hatred of their own people who yielded to the foreigner , the exasperation of those captains who felt obliged to yield , the contempt in ...
... captains , fought to maintain what maintained them . Hatred of the foreigner with his new ways , hatred of their own people who yielded to the foreigner , the exasperation of those captains who felt obliged to yield , the contempt in ...
Page 181
... captains watch- ing and trotting in a sullen bunch fore and aft . But into Dundalk Tyrone would not go . He cried that he dared not , that he was afraid of his life , and the horsemen raised their voices and shouted that they would not ...
... captains watch- ing and trotting in a sullen bunch fore and aft . But into Dundalk Tyrone would not go . He cried that he dared not , that he was afraid of his life , and the horsemen raised their voices and shouted that they would not ...
Page 204
... captains for their back pay , looting their friends , and annoying everybody but the enemy . There is one vivid picture of a wretched paymaster arriv- ing in The Newry where these toughs have been for months waiting their money . It is ...
... captains for their back pay , looting their friends , and annoying everybody but the enemy . There is one vivid picture of a wretched paymaster arriv- ing in The Newry where these toughs have been for months waiting their money . It is ...
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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