An Authentic History Of Ireland From The Earliest Times Down Vol 2 Classic Reprint

Author : E. A. D'Alton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267902460
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book History of Ireland, Vol. 4 written by E. A. D'Alton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Ireland, Vol. 4: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day; 1649 to 1782 In the earlier stages of the war the Ulster Catholics had refrained from interfering with the Scotch planters in their midst; they were strong in numbers, and it was best not to provoke them. Yet, it is not unlikely that some were con founded with the English and suffered with them; and perhaps it was for this reason that the garrison of Carrickfergus, mostly Scotch, issued from the town, in January, swept like a hurricane through Island Magee, and put every Catholic there, man, woman and child, to the sword. There is some disputeas to the number thus murdered, and also as to the time; but there is none as to the massacre having taken place, and none as to its being bloody and unprovoked.2 Henceforth the Scotch were even more dreaded than the English; and when General Monroe with Scots landed in April at Carrickfergus, the position of the Irish, already driven from Drogheda and Dundalk, became desperate, for there was then in Ulster an army, English and Scotch, of men.3 With part of their forces Monroe and Lord Conway captured Newry and overran Down;4 while Sir William Stewart, who commanded in the north-west the army of the Lagan, fell upon Sir Phelim o'neil] near Raphoe and defeated him with great loss; and Lord Montgomery captured Armagh, Charlemont and Dungannon. And if Monroe had been sufficiently active, the Catholic army would have been speedily destroyed.5 But, even as matters stood, they felt themselves beaten; they lost all hope of being able to continue the struggle, and resolved to abandon the war. Each one was to make the best terms he could. In this condition were the Catholics, dispirited, cowed, hopeless, when Owen Roe o'neill arrived in Ulster in July, and by the unanimous vote of the whole army was placed in chief command. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.