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... Majesty's permission to go to Ireland to aid the King of Leinster , and offering to place whatever he had acquired in that country at His Majesty's disposal . Although this acknowledgment was all that Henry could well desire , yet he ...
... Majesty's permission to go to Ireland to aid the King of Leinster , and offering to place whatever he had acquired in that country at His Majesty's disposal . Although this acknowledgment was all that Henry could well desire , yet he ...
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... Majesty , do not put faith in messages from them until I come ; as although against the wish of divers Irishmen of my lordship , I shall certainly come to see your Royal Majesty , if your Majesty shall wish therefor , in the company of ...
... Majesty , do not put faith in messages from them until I come ; as although against the wish of divers Irishmen of my lordship , I shall certainly come to see your Royal Majesty , if your Majesty shall wish therefor , in the company of ...
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... Majesty as to forsake the charge , if I be main- tained with victuals , as other forts are ; for this four years come Michaelmas , I have not charged Her Majesty with any kind of victuals , but have victualled it from mine own house ...
... Majesty as to forsake the charge , if I be main- tained with victuals , as other forts are ; for this four years come Michaelmas , I have not charged Her Majesty with any kind of victuals , but have victualled it from mine own house ...
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... Majesty's service , so I must continue . receiving both direction and relief from you , I can 1 Annals of the Four Masters , A.D. 1569 , 3 Annals of Loch Cè , A.D. 1571 . trouble you , specially in cases appertaining For , but by ...
... Majesty's service , so I must continue . receiving both direction and relief from you , I can 1 Annals of the Four Masters , A.D. 1569 , 3 Annals of Loch Cè , A.D. 1571 . trouble you , specially in cases appertaining For , but by ...
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... Majesty , her heirs and successors , a grant of ten shillings English , or a mark Irish , upon every quarter of land containing 120 acres manured , or to be manured ; as the phrase went , that bears either hoof or corn , that is with ...
... Majesty , her heirs and successors , a grant of ten shillings English , or a mark Irish , upon every quarter of land containing 120 acres manured , or to be manured ; as the phrase went , that bears either hoof or corn , that is with ...
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The O'Conors of Connaught: An Historical Memoir. John O'Donovan,Charles O'Conor No preview available - 2017 |
The O'conors of Connaught: An Historical Memoir John O'Donovan,Charles Owen O'Conor O'Conor Don No preview available - 2022 |
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aforesaid amongst ancient Annals of Loch army Athlone Ballintober barony battle Belanagare Bingham Brian brother Burgh Burke castle of Roscommon Castlerea Cathal Crovedearg Catholic Charles O'Conor chief Clanricarde command commissioners Connor county of Roscommon daughter death defeated Denis O'Conor Dermot died Dillon Donnell Dublin Earl English estates father Felim forces Four Masters Galway gent granted heirs Henry honour hostages Hugh O'Conor Don Hugh Oge Irish chieftains justiciary King of Connaught King of England King of Leinster king's kingdom kingdom of Ireland Knight Leinster letter Lord Deputy Lordship M'Dermot Majesty Majesty's Major Owen marched married Meath Moylurg Munster O'Brien O'Conor Sligo O'Donnell O'Donovan O'Kelly O'Neill O'Rourke Oge O'Conor Owen O'Conor parliament peace possession province quarter of land queen rebellion reign Richard Bingham Roderic O'Conor Rory royal Sir Hugh O'Conor Sir John sovereignty subsequently taken Teige territory thence thereof took town Tulsk Turlough Ulster unto whilst
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Page 214 - ... after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves ; and if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue therewithal; that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast...
Page 214 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 352 - May, in the sixteenth year of our Reign, of England, France and Ireland; and of Scotland the one and fiftieth.
Page 352 - GEORGE the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c.
Page 214 - And no spectacle was more frequent in the ditches of towns, and especially in wasted countries, than to see multitudes of these poor people dead with their mouths all coloured green by eating nettles, docks, and all things they could rend up above ground.
Page 2 - The chronicles of Ireland, written in the Irish language, from the second century to the landing of Henry Plantagenet, have been recently published, with the fullest evidence of their genuineness and exactness. The Irish nation, though they are robbed of...
Page 358 - ... contained, from time to time and at all times hereafter, be and shall be firm, valid, good, sufficient, and effectual in law towards and against us, our heirs, and successors, according to the true...
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Page 72 - He was likewise to have under his dominion and jurisdiction all the rest of the island, and the inhabitants thereof, kings and princes included, and was bound to oblige them to pay tribute, through his hands, to the king of England, preserving to that monarch his other rights.