faid county, to take the people out of their beds at night, and fell them for flaves to the Indies; and by computation he fold out of faid county above 1000 fouls.

Murders committed in the faid county of GALWAY on

proteftants.

1642. It is confeffed, that two proteftants were murdered in that county, whereof one was a minifter, as the libel fays; but it is moft certain the Lord Marquis of Clanrickard caufed the three men, who murdered one of them, to be hanged in gibbets in three several places; and by his lordship's orders, Sir Roger O'Shaghnefy hanged the two cow-herds who murdered the other. Lord Clanmorris having declared against the said fort for hanging his ferjeant, as above expreffed, took ferjeant Rowlright, and two or three more of the foldiers of faid fort, pillaging a village near Galway, and hanged Rowlright, and the other three.

A barbarous murder was committed by one Edward Alta, an irreligious prophane fellow of the county of Mayo, and his accomplices, on fome protestants at Shruel, a place meeting Galway, on about 30 perfons; and the pamphleteer might well remember, that the neighbouring gentry came with all expedition to rescue the faid proteftants; and that they did rescue the bifhop of Killala (who by the pamphlet seems to have been murdered) and his wife and children, with moft part of the said proteftants, and Bryan Kilkenny, a fryar, then guardian of the abby of Ross, near Shruel, was of the firft that made hafte to that rescue, and brought the faid bifhop's wife and children, with feveral others of the faid diftreffed proteftants, to his monaftery, where they found as much civility as was in the faid fryar's power to give them for feveral nights; until Mr. Burke of CastleHacket brought the faid bishop, his wife and family, to his own house, where they wanted nothing he could afford them for fome weeks: the like being done by several other neighbouring gentlemen to the rest of the faid proteftants, until they were fent to places of fecurity by the Lord Marquis of Clanrickard's order; yet the faid fryar hath been these eight years past kept a prisoner for his function or calling, without any other crime laid to his charge, now being above 80 years old. And it is observable, that in this county of Galway all the war time, several protestant minifters, viz. Dean York, Mr. Corroyn, Mr. Kelly, and other minifters, had their proteftant flocks and meetings without interruption, living among the Irish.

County of RoSCOMMON.

No murders were committed by any party in this county, only five perfons at Balanafada by one Roger O'Connor; and no murders

murders were committed at Ballaleague during the war, although in the pamphlet the contrary is expreffed; nor was any fuch man as William Stewart known in that county, nor to have been murdered there; though the abstract sets forth his being murdered in a most barbarous manner as is pretended.

County of LEITRIM.

1641. It was commonly known to all fides how cruel the 1 governour of Mannor-Hamilton (Sir Fred. Hamilton) was in that county, how he ufually invited gentlemen to dine with him, and hanged them after dinner, and caufed their thighs to be broke with hatchets before execution. Alfo the faid governour, being in Ulfter when the rebellion broke forth, defired one Mr. Iraght (a gentleman who profeffed much friendship to him) to do him the favour to guide him in safety to Mannor-Hamilton aforefaid, which the gentleman did, and came near one hundred miles with him; but after being friendly treated for fome days by the faid governour, he was hanged without the leaft occafion, neither was the gentleman in the rebellion, but was hanged left he fhould. The libel fays three proteftants were murdered in this county; but on due examination it will be found, there was

none.

County of SLIGO.

Here is none at this time who can give any exact account of the murders committed in this county, but one remarkable murder in Creane's-caftle in the town of Sligo. The Irish had a party commanded by major Richard Burke, (who after obtaining quarter to march away) to the number of about 200 were murdered, rendering the caftle. This Sir Audley Mervyne

knoweth to be true.

County of DUBLIN.

1641. About the beginning of November* 5 poor men (whereof two were proteftants) coming from the market of Dublin, and lying that night at Santry, three miles from thence, were murdered in their beds by one Captain Smith, and a party of the garrifon of Dublin, and their heads brought next day in triumph into the city; which occafioned Luke Netterville and George King, and others of the neighbours, to write to the lords juftices to know the cause of the faid murder; whereupon their lordships iffued forth a proclamation, that within five days the gentry fhould come to Dublin to receive fatisfaction, and in the mean while (before the five days were expired) old Sir Charles

*See Sir John Temple's Apology for this maflaere in his hiftory of the Irish Rebellion.

Charles Coote came out with a party, plundered and burned the town of Clontarffe, distant two miles from Dublin, belonging to the said George King, nominated in the proclamation, and killed 16 of the townsmen and women, and three fucking infants. Which unexpected breach of the proclamation (having deterred the gentlemen from waiting of the lords justices) forced many of them to betake themselves to their defence, and others to abandon their houses.da L

In the fame week 56 men, women and children, of the village of Bulloge (being frighted at what was done at Clontarffe) took boats and went to fea, to fhun the fury of a party of foldiers come out of Dublin, under the command of Colonel Crafford; but being purfued by the foldiers in other boats, were overtaken, and thrown over-board. One Ruffel, a baker in Dublin, coming out of the country in company with Mr. Archbold of Clogram, (who went to take hold of the proclamation of the lords juftices) were both hanged and quartered. In March, a party of horse, of the garrison of Donfaghlin, murdered seven or eight poor people in protection, tenants of Mr. Dillon of Hunftowne, having quartered in their houses the night before, and receiving fuch entertainment, as the poor people could afford. About the fame time a party of the English, quartered at Mallahyde, hanged a fervant of Mr. Robert Boyne's at the plough, and forced a poor labourer to hang his own brother; and foon after they hanged 15 of the inhabitants of Swords, who never bore arms, in the orchard of Mallahyde; they likewise hanged a woman bemoaning her husband hanged among them.

In the fame year, after quarter given by Lieutenant Colonel Gibfon to thofe of the caftle of Carrigmain, they were all put to the fword, being about 350, most of them women and children; and Colonel Washington, endeavouring to fave a pretty child of feven years old, carried him, under his cloak, but the child against his will was killed in his arms, which was a principal motive of his quitting that fervice.

1642. In April one Nicholas Hart, and 14 labourers, going with corn to the market of Dublin, and having a pass, were all murdered on the road by a party commanded abroad by Lord Lambert. The fame day Mr. Sarsfield of Lucan fent his groom to guide the Lord of Gefil's troop, which the fellow having performed, was knocked on the head for his labour.. The fame day 18 villages in protection, the fartheft within fix miles to Dublin, were plundered and burned, and to the number of 400 men, women and children, were cruelly maffacred. About the fame time a party of the garrifon of Swords, having brought in 30 póor labourers, forced them to dig their own graves, and then killed them. Much about that time one, Bennet, fheriff of the county, killed 16 men and womens VOL. II. coming

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coming from the market of Dublin. A party under the command of Colonel Crafford murdered 140 women and children in Newcastle and Coolmain, being under protection. Many thousands more of the poor innocent people of that country, fhunning the fury of the foldiers, fled into thickets of firs, which the foldiers would ufually fet on fire, killing as many as endeavoured to efcape; or forced them back again to be burned, and the rest of the inhabitants, for the most part, died of famine:

Note, That no less than 12000 of the poor inhabitants of that county were cruelly maffacred the first year of the

war.

County of KILDARE.

1641. Captain Thomas Hues, having fummoned thirty-three contributors to meet him at Hedgeftowne, caufed them all to be murdered. The faid Hues murdered Mrs. Euftace, aunt to Sir Robert Talbot, 90 years old, with two gentlewomen that waited on her, after the had entertained him friendly in her houfe. The foldiers of Clongow's wood, and Rathcoffy, yielding upon quarter, were conveyed to Dublin, and hanged there, and upwards of 150 women and children were found in the faid places murdered. It is well known, that the commons of that country were, for the most part, deftroyed and flaughtered by the English, in fo much, that there were not fo many left living as could gather the twentieth part of the harvest.

County of MEATH.

1642. In April Mrs. Elinor Taaffe of Tullaghanoge, fixty years old, and fix women more, were murdered by the foldiers of the garrifon of Trim; and a blind woman, aged 80 years, was encompaffed with straw by them, to which they fet fire, and burned her. The fame day they hanged two women in Kilbride, and two old decrepit men that begged alms of them. In the fame year Mr. Walter Dulin, an old man, unable to ftir abroad many years before the war, was killed in his own houfe, by Lieutenant Colonel Broughton's troopers, notwithstanding the faid Broughton's protection, which the old man produced. Mr. Walter Evers, a juftice of the peace and quorum, an aged man, and bed-rid of the palfy long before the rebellion, was carried in a cart to Trim, and there hanged by the governour's orders.

Many plowmen were killed at Philbertstowne. Forty men, women and children in protection, reaping their harvest in Boneftown, were killed by a troop of the faid garrifon; who upon the fame day killed Mrs. Alfon Read at Donfaghlin, being 89 years old, and 40 perfous more, most of them women and

children,

children, fhunning the fury of the faid troop, were overtaken and flaughtered. About 70 men, women and children, tenants to Mr. Francis Mc.Ovoy, and under pretection, were killed by Greenvill's foldiers, and 160 more in the parish of Rathcoare, whereof there was one aged couple blind 15 years before. Captain Sandford, and his troop, murdered in and about! Mulhuffey upwards of 100 men, women and children, under protection, and caufed one Connor Breflan to be stuck with at knife into the throat, and fo bled to death. And one Eleanor Cufack, 100 years old, was tied: about with lighted matches, and fo tortured to death in Clonmoghon. James Dowlan, about 100 years old, Donagh Comen, Darby Dennis, Roger Bolan, and several other labourers and women, to the number of 160, making their harvest, were flaughtered by the garrison of Trim.

Mr. Barnwell of Tobertinian, and Mr. John Huffey, innocent perfons, were hanged at Trim by old *Sir Charles Coote's party. Gerrald Lynch of Donower, aged 80 years, was killed by troopers of Trim, being in protection. Mr Thomas Talbott of Crawly's-town, about 80 years old, being protected, and a known fervitor to the crown, was killed at his own door by fome of Captain Morroe's troop. About the month of April the foldiers under the faid Greenvill's command, killed in and about the Navan 80 men, women and children, who lived under protection. Captain Wentworth and his company, garrifoned at Dumo, killed no less than 200 protected persons in the parish of Donamora, Slane, and barony of Margellion, and Ovemorein, the town of Ardmulchan, Kingstown and Harri fton, all protected perfons.epronû 16

Sir Richard Greenvill's troop killed 42 men, women and children, and 18 infants at Doramftown. A woman under protection was, by Captain Morroe's foldiers, put into the ftock of a tuck-mill, and fo tucked to death in the town of Steedalte. Lieutenant Ponfonby put two aged protected perfons to death at Downastone, each of them about 80 years old. Captain Morroe caufed about too protected perfons, men, women and children to be put to death in the barony of Dooleek; and Lieutenant John Tench killed a protected perfon 70 years old, near Dooleek. Mr. Patrick White, son and heir of Mr. White of Clangill, in protection, was taken out of his bed, and knocked on the head by Lieutenant Luaton of the garrifon of Trim. Many thousands of the poor inhabitants of this county were deftroyed in the firs, as thofe in the county of Dublin, and the rest for the most part perifhed with famine.d A a 2 tomto CountyTM

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This Sir Charles Coote was killed at Trim in 1642. See Note vol. i. p. 238. His eldeft fon Sir Charles Coote, fo often mentioned in thefe civil wars, was, for his fignal fervices, created Earl of Montrath, by King Charles II Spe vol. ii. p. 79.