The Great O'Neill, a Biography of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, 1550-1616 |
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Page 81
... turned loose on the country , and , as we have seen , very little had been done to replace them . O'Neill would not have seen a very much prettier picture if he turned to the Catholic church . To quote a modern Cath- olic historian ...
... turned loose on the country , and , as we have seen , very little had been done to replace them . O'Neill would not have seen a very much prettier picture if he turned to the Catholic church . To quote a modern Cath- olic historian ...
Page 330
... turned the screw on Mountjoy as Mountjoy had turned it on him for nearly two years . If he had held out for five years could he not have held out now for five weeks ? In deciding to attack he turned inside out his whole attitude , his ...
... turned the screw on Mountjoy as Mountjoy had turned it on him for nearly two years . If he had held out for five years could he not have held out now for five weeks ? In deciding to attack he turned inside out his whole attitude , his ...
Page 334
... turned it , and defeated it . Mountjoy , who was watching from a distance , saw the retreat , in haste called up all the remaining horse he had , and these , joined with all the horse already sent out , fell on the Irish center . It was ...
... turned it , and defeated it . Mountjoy , who was watching from a distance , saw the retreat , in haste called up all the remaining horse he had , and these , joined with all the horse already sent out , fell on the Irish center . It was ...
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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