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Page 122
... side of the town , perpendicular to the strand and within the range of naval guns . The Corporation , however , was unwilling to pay the support of Gilbert's sail- ors or Ormond's soldiers and , declining the offer , made no preparation ...
... side of the town , perpendicular to the strand and within the range of naval guns . The Corporation , however , was unwilling to pay the support of Gilbert's sail- ors or Ormond's soldiers and , declining the offer , made no preparation ...
Page 137
... side he threw up outworks : glacis , barricades , casements , with a walled landing encircling all and capable of accom- modating a 100 - ton ship . Carrigafoyle was to be Gerald's only concession to the new technology of war . He ...
... side he threw up outworks : glacis , barricades , casements , with a walled landing encircling all and capable of accom- modating a 100 - ton ship . Carrigafoyle was to be Gerald's only concession to the new technology of war . He ...
Page 186
... side recalls Gerald ; the Desmond Caves at Mitchelstown , the Glen of the Awbeg at Castletownroche were his hiding places . From there he sent his renegades against the loyalist families of the neighborhood in what became increasingly a ...
... side recalls Gerald ; the Desmond Caves at Mitchelstown , the Glen of the Awbeg at Castletownroche were his hiding places . From there he sent his renegades against the loyalist families of the neighborhood in what became increasingly a ...
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