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IN VINDICATION OF THE CALUMNIATED ULSTER IRISH IN THE WAR OF

1641

Es Dedicated to the Memory

OF

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ALEXANDER MCDONNELL

KNIGHT OF THE FIELD

AND

HIS HEROIC FELLOW-SOLDIERS OF THE MONTROSE IRISH BRIGADE.

CONTENTS.

I.

Introductory-Critique of Mr. Froude's transcendental principles

of international policy,

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II.

The causes of the Ulster Insurrection of 1641-The manufacture

of rebels and traitors in Dublin Castle, by penniless adven-

turers, with a view to possess themselves of the forfeited

estates of the rebels-Manifesto written by James I. in proof,

and absolutely devoid of proof, of a projected rebellion by

O'Neill of Tyrone and O'Donnell of Tyrconnell-Condition of

the contest between Charles I. and the Long Parliament at

the time when the Ulster Irish drew the sword-Character of

Parsons, one of the two Lords Justices at this time-Demon-

stration of the absolute falsehood of the statements of

atrocities perpetrated by the Ulster rebels, in a document

presented to the Long Parliament by the Irish Government,

and in a letter to King Charles from Sir John Temple-

Account of the first Massacres in the County of Antrim,

III.

Narrative of the campaign of the Montrose Irish Brigade-Their

six victories, in three of which, in the battles of Tippermuir,

Aberdeen, and Auldern, they constituted fully two-thirds of

Montrose's force-In the battles of Inverlochy and Alford

they formed about half of the Royalist force; and in the

battle of Kilsyth alone they were greatly out-numbered by

the Highlanders-Montrose's raid through Breadalbane,

Glenorchy, Cantyre, and Lorne, the territories of Argyle, in

mid-winter,

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IV.

The disastrous defeat of Montrose at Philiphaugh, and defeat in

Cantyre, and expulsion from Scotland of Sir Alexander

McDonnell-His death in 1647,

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V.

Continuation of the War in Ulster-Complete suppression of the rebels by the Protestants of the Plantation-Some account of the government established by the Confederate Catholics of Ireland,

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VI.

Events leading to the total ruin of the Irish-Siege of Clonmel by Cromwell,

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VII.

Further proof of extreme exaggeration in the received histories of the war,

VIII.

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Account of the proceedings of the rebels in the County Cavan during the first seven months of the war, by the Rev. Mr. Clogy,

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IX.

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Conclusion-Including some wholesome counsel to both Celt and

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