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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... colonists , headed by Sir Henry Sidney , threatened Sean from below in Dundalk , no patriotic feelings would prevent Dungannon from being delighted . And when Sidney , instead of attacking Sean , made friends with him , even came up to ...
... colonists , headed by Sir Henry Sidney , threatened Sean from below in Dundalk , no patriotic feelings would prevent Dungannon from being delighted . And when Sidney , instead of attacking Sean , made friends with him , even came up to ...
Page 120
... colonists . Only along the coast had they any footing , and even there the country was what the English called " fast " —that is , secure against them by its natural wildness and its nearness to Strathclyde and Galloway and the Scottish ...
... colonists . Only along the coast had they any footing , and even there the country was what the English called " fast " —that is , secure against them by its natural wildness and its nearness to Strathclyde and Galloway and the Scottish ...
Page 160
... colonists , had already created the situation . But Red Hugh accelerated matters so much that the year 1592 threatened to become crucial to Tyrone's career . Neither did Red Hugh " influence " Tyrone , since intellectually and ...
... colonists , had already created the situation . But Red Hugh accelerated matters so much that the year 1592 threatened to become crucial to Tyrone's career . Neither did Red Hugh " influence " Tyrone , since intellectually and ...
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