The Twilight Lords: Elizabeth I and the Plunder of IrelandBy the time the last and greatest of the "rebels" surrendered, Elizabeth was dead, two waves of English settlers had been exterminated, and southern Ireland had become a barren wilderness."--BOOK JACKET. |
Contents
Whitehall 1579 The English | 3 |
Munster 1565 The Irish | 35 |
Askeaton 1573 Lord of the South | 68 |
Youghal 1579 Resolution | 97 |
Kilmore 1550 Pursuit | 125 |
Smerwick 1580 Siege | 150 |
Slieve Mish 1583 Ruin | 177 |
Kilcolman 1588 The Broken Land | 207 |
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Aherlow Alençon army Askeaton Awbeg Bagenal battle Blackwater bogs Burghley Butler Captain Carew Carrigafoyle Cecil chieftains clans commanded Connaught Cork Countess Countess of Desmond countryside County Cork Crown Davells defeat Drury Dublin Castle Earl of Desmond Earl of Ormond Edmund Spenser Eleanor Elizabeth enemy England English Essex Faerie Queene fight force Gaelic gallowglass garrison Gerald Fitzgerald Geraldines Grey Grey's Hugh Ireland Irish James Fitzmaurice John of Desmond John Perrot Kerry Kilcolman Kildare Kilkenny Kilmallock Kilmore land Leger Leicester Limerick Loftus London Lord Deputy Lord Justice Majesty Mallow Mallow Castle Maltby marriage McSheehys Munster Plantation murder never North O'Donnell O'Neill O'Neill's Pelham Perrot Peter Carew Queen Raleigh rebellion rebels Roche San Joseppi Sanders settlers Shane Sir Henry Sidney Sir John Sir Peter Smerwick soldiers South Spain Spanish surrender sword tion tower town traitor Tralee troops Tyrone Tyrone's Ulster Wallop Walsingham Waterford Whitehall wrote Youghal