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... Kilkenny , and with their dying breath declared the innocence of the Byrnes . The ingenuity of Parsons and his accomplices was not yet ex- hausted . The Byrnes presented themselves before the court of King's Bench in Dublin to answer ...
... Kilkenny , and with their dying breath declared the innocence of the Byrnes . The ingenuity of Parsons and his accomplices was not yet ex- hausted . The Byrnes presented themselves before the court of King's Bench in Dublin to answer ...
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... Kilkenny , as if they had conquered all England . ” The mode of attack , which the man of peace shud- our teeth ; but for your people the killed of women and children and old people about 3 score.- -My Lo . and Lady are gone to Slain ...
... Kilkenny , as if they had conquered all England . ” The mode of attack , which the man of peace shud- our teeth ; but for your people the killed of women and children and old people about 3 score.- -My Lo . and Lady are gone to Slain ...
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... Kilkenny Confederates , and ordered Owen O'Neill to march to Kilkenny to support him . Instead of being sent back to his Archbishopric of Fermo at an hour's notice , he was zealously supported by the Celtic Irish , and obeyed by Owen O ...
... Kilkenny Confederates , and ordered Owen O'Neill to march to Kilkenny to support him . Instead of being sent back to his Archbishopric of Fermo at an hour's notice , he was zealously supported by the Celtic Irish , and obeyed by Owen O ...
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... Kilkenny , which conducted its affairs , the circumstances con- sidered , with surprising wisdom and moderation . A meeting of the Roman Catholic clergy at Kells was soon followed by a General Synod held at Kilkenny , which was joined ...
... Kilkenny , which conducted its affairs , the circumstances con- sidered , with surprising wisdom and moderation . A meeting of the Roman Catholic clergy at Kells was soon followed by a General Synod held at Kilkenny , which was joined ...
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... Kilkenny to aid in the formation of a government for the country . One of their first acts was the framing of a deed of association , afterwards adopted by " The General Assembly of the Confederate Catholics of Ireland , " of which the ...
... Kilkenny to aid in the formation of a government for the country . One of their first acts was the framing of a deed of association , afterwards adopted by " The General Assembly of the Confederate Catholics of Ireland , " of which the ...
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Alaster MacColl Alaster McDonnell Argyle arms army attack Badenoch Baillie Ballintoy Ballymoney battle Bishop brave Byrnes Campbells Cantyre Carrickfergus Castle Cavaliers charge Charles chief clan clan Gordon Clan Macdonald Clogy Coleraine confiscation County Antrim Covenanters death defeated Drogheda Dublin Earl Elizabeth enemy England and Scotland English estates famine fled force Froude fugitives Glen Highlanders History of Ireland horse infantry insurgents Inverlochy Irish Island-Magee James McDonnell justice Keppock Kilkenny King land Loch Lochaber Long Parliament Lord Antrim Lord Gordon Lowlands Macdonalds Marquis massacre miles Monroe Montrose Montrose's mountains Mountjoy murder Napier Newry night O'Cahan O'Neill Ormond Owen Roe O'Neill perpetrated persons pibroch plunder Presbyterians Protestants Puritan rebellion rebels regiment reign religion retreat Roman Catholic Royalists says Scotland Scots Scottish sent Sir James Sir John Sir Phelim slain slaughter soldiers Stewart Strafford Strath Spey surrender sword Temple tion troops truth Tyrone Ulster Urrie victory
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Page 159 - But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled...
Page 153 - And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood ; which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk : 21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Page 151 - The noble sister of Poplicola, The moon of Rome ; chaste as the icicle That's curdled by the frost from purest snow, And hangs on Dian's temple This is no more than illustrating a quality of the mind, by comparing it with a sensible object.
Page 122 - Parliaments, imprisonments and prosecution of members, ship-money, an arbitrary administration; these were loudly complained of: but the grievances which tended chiefly to inflame the Parliament and nation, especially the latter, were the surplice, the rails placed about the altar, the bows exacted on approaching it, the liturgy, the breach of the sabbath, embroidered copes, lawn sleeves, the use of the ring in marriage, and of the cross in baptism. On account of these...
Page 86 - Come every hill-plaid, and True heart that wears one, Come every steel blade, and Strong hand that bears one.
Page 4 - Trevor, and many honest gentlemen lying in the Newry, can witness that some old women of those parts used to make a fire in the fields, and divers little children driving out the cattle in the cold mornings, and coming thither to warm them, were by them surprised, killed, and eaten...
Page 110 - Leslie; whereupon they delivered up their arms and came forth to a plain field as they were directed. But then did the churchmen quarrel [complain] that quarter should be given to such wretches as they, and declared it to be an act of most sinful impiety to spare them, wherein divers of the noblemen complied with the clergy; and...