The Great O'Neill: A Biography of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, 1550-1616A popular account of O'Neill's life & times. |
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... Munster , 1584 ; Governor in the Queen's forces , 1593-1597 . Sir Thomas Norreys , President of Munster ; Lord Justice of Ireland on death of Lord Brough . Fiach MacHugh O'Byrne ; " the great firebrand of the mountains between Wexford ...
... Munster , 1584 ; Governor in the Queen's forces , 1593-1597 . Sir Thomas Norreys , President of Munster ; Lord Justice of Ireland on death of Lord Brough . Fiach MacHugh O'Byrne ; " the great firebrand of the mountains between Wexford ...
Page 108
... Munster was , in effect , a waste . And we must remember that this could easily happen since there had been no regular harvest for several years , and three years after the suppression George Beverly , the Crown victualer , reported ...
... Munster was , in effect , a waste . And we must remember that this could easily happen since there had been no regular harvest for several years , and three years after the suppression George Beverly , the Crown victualer , reported ...
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... Munster . The great army was likewise suffering from the usual sickness and desertions , so that , as Essex put it , large though the army was , " the plaster barely covered the wound . " The Dublin Council strongly advised against an ...
... Munster . The great army was likewise suffering from the usual sickness and desertions , so that , as Essex put it , large though the army was , " the plaster barely covered the wound . " The Dublin Council strongly advised against an ...
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