The Great O'Neill, a Biography of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, 1550-1616 |
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Page 113
... finally to the bounds of a public garden and in the disjunction of Church and State , Rome finally retired completely from all practical part in wars and politics . Only in small countries like Ireland , remote from the creaking ...
... finally to the bounds of a public garden and in the disjunction of Church and State , Rome finally retired completely from all practical part in wars and politics . Only in small countries like Ireland , remote from the creaking ...
Page 241
... finally took the sconce . Tyrone took no part in the skirmish , but held his forces in the woods hard by to await the graver outcome . The real test now remained - the entry into the fastnesses of Ulster . Here Brough drew back , for as ...
... finally took the sconce . Tyrone took no part in the skirmish , but held his forces in the woods hard by to await the graver outcome . The real test now remained - the entry into the fastnesses of Ulster . Here Brough drew back , for as ...
Page 317
... finally held before Kinsale - over 12,000 men at the end- and the task of feeding them is heartbreaking for the quar- termasters . Furthermore , the greater part of the action lies with the besiegers . The besieged live in comfortable ...
... finally held before Kinsale - over 12,000 men at the end- and the task of feeding them is heartbreaking for the quar- termasters . Furthermore , the greater part of the action lies with the besiegers . The besieged live in comfortable ...
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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