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XXIV.

CHAP. applaud, and purchase. It is true a violent party work published here, especially if fraught with religious animosi. ty, may acquire a temporary sale, which is a melancholy exception. But lest a native historian may seem to be influenced by disappointed expectations, it may be more candid to conclude with the observations of a liberal Englishman on the same subject.

"The University, the Royal Irish Academy, and the "Dublin Society, which is an excellent national establish"ment for the general encouragement of science, being in "this metropolis, it might be expected, that it is here we "should find a considerable number of literary men; but "this is not the case. In England, Scotland and France "science and literature elevate men of the humblest birth "to respect and attention. In Ireland the custom is dif"ferent; there a man of talent, however exalted his genius, "or extensive his learning, is neither sought after nor es"teemed. As a candidate for public favour he will never "succeed against the trifler of upper life, whose productions "are puffed into notice by the partial breath of titled friend"ship. Fashion bears sovereign sway, to which the whole "Irish nation bow-A desire to produce a reformation of "the obstacles to national improvement obliges me to state, "that the Irish are illiberally jealous of rising merit among "themselves. They encourage not the youth of genius, "whose talents, if fostered and protected, might be the "source of improvement to their country. A young Irish"man of ability must seek his reward in England, the "chilling breath of neglect will blast his buds at home."*

Wakefield's Statistical and Political Account of Ireland. Vol. ii.

page 786.

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INDEX.

A

Act, British, to bind Ireland, 382.
Acts, constitutional, 424.

Aghrim, battle of, 365, 366.

Agistment, tithe of, prohibited, 387.

Antrim, marquis of, defeated by the confederates, 268.

Arklow, battle of, 518.

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Borlace, sir John, lord-justice, 200.

Boyne, battle of, 350, 351.

Brehons, Irish judges, 3.

Brian Beroiny, 15.

Browne, his mission to convert the Irish, 112. ›

Bruce, Edward, his invasion, 68; defeat and death, 72.

C

Carew, sir George, his exertions, 161, 162.

Celta, the original inhabitants, 1.

Chesterfield, his administration, 389.

Clanricard chief-governor, 288.

Cogan, Milo de, his spirited conduct, 31; his attempt on Con-

naught, 44; his death, 46.

Coinage, base, of James II, 341.

Convention of Kilkenny, 233, 234; national, 431.

Coote, sir Charles, his severities, 221; his death, 229. Second sir

Charles, his operations, 285, 293; his conversion, 300.

Cornwallis, chief-governor, 543; his regulations, 544.

Corporations new modelled, 324.

Courcey, John de, his exploits in Ulster, 43; appointed chief-

governor, 48; his disgrace, 53.

Cromwell, Oliver, his acts, 277,284,

Cromwell, Henry, 297, 298.

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Danes invade Ireland, 13.

D

Debt, national, established, 396.
Defenders, 457.

Dermod MacMurchad, his conduct, 20; joined by adventurers,
23; his acts, 26.

Derry, description of, 327; defence of, 328, 332, 335; relief of,
336.

Desmond, earl of, affects independence, 87; defeated by the
Irish, 90; executed, 91.

Desmond, earl of, his unhappy end, 136.

Dowdal, George, his zeal for popery, 119, 122.

Druids, 2.

Dungannon, resolutions at, 420.

Dwellings of ancient Irish, 4.

Edmond, doctor, 492, 494.

English, degenerate, 72.

E

Enniskilleners, operations of, 337, 338, 348.

Essex, earl of, lord-lieutenant, 152; his misconduct, 153, 154;
reception by the queen, 155.

F

Fedlim, prince of Connaught, 60, 61; treachery and death, 69, 70.
Fitzandelm's vicious government, 43.

Fitzgerald, Maurice, lands, 25; rescues De Lacy, 38.

Fitzgerald, lord Thomas, his rebellion, 106, 108.

Fitzgerald, lord Edward, 482, 487..

Fitzgibbon, John, 447.

Fitzhenry, Meyler, chief-governor, 51; reduces De Burgo, 52;
his successful administration, 53.

Fitzstephen, Robert, lands in Ireland, 23, takes Wexford, 24;
his misfortunes, 46.

Fitzwilliam, sir William, his administration, 141, 142.

Fitzwilliam, earl, 460.

Flood, Henry, his parliamentary transactions, 425, 432.
Food of ancient Irish, 5.

Foster, John, 436.

Franchise, elective; obtained by catholics, 455.

G

Ginckle, his operations, 360, 368.

Glamorgan, earl of, his negotiation, 249.

Government, the ancient form of, 2, 3.

Graces of Charles I, 186.

Grattan, Henry, his motions, 418, 422.

Grey, Lord Leonard, his acts, 106; defeats O'Nial, 114; his

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Hamilton, Richard, his treachery, 329.
Henry II, 18; lands in Ireland, 34.

Henry VIII, his religious innovations abhorred by the Irish, 112.
Humbert, French general, 547.

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James II, his arrival, 331; operations, &c. 332, 334; acts,
339, 343; his flight, 353.

Inchiquin, lord, his revolt, 246; his exertions, 263, 264 ; his se◄
cond revolt, 266.

John, prince, his adherents insult the Irish, 47.

-, king, his expedition, 54.

Jones, colonel Michael, defeats Preston, 262.

Irish, refused the benefit of the English laws, 65. Insurrection.
on that account, and barbarity, 75,

Ireton's operations, 284, 292; his death, 293.

K

Kildare, Gerald, earl of, lord-deputy, 92; attached to the house
of York, 93; supports the imposture of Lambert Simnel, ib.;
removed, 94; restored, 100; defeats Clanricard, 101; revival
of English power, ib.

Kildare, young Gerald, his vanity, 105.

Kilkenny, statute of, 80.

Killala, invasion at, 545; transactions at, 553, 556,

L

Lacey, Hugh de, his administration, 45; assassination, 48.

Laws, ancient Irish, 8, 4.

Limerick, articles of, 369.

Linen manufacture, 195.

Literature, 566.

Liturgy, new, 119.

Lorraine, duke of, his negociation with the Irish, 289, 290, 291.
Lucas, Charles, 391.

MacArthy, 61, 62,

M

MacMurchad opposes Richard II with success, 84, 85.
Marlborough, earl of, his expedition, 355.

Marshall, Richard earl, his resistance to Henry III, 58; his mura
der, 59.

Massacres of '1641, 216, 217; of Scullabogue, 516; Vinegar
Hill, 520; Wexford, 523.

Militia bill, 456..

Militia, protestant, disarmed, 321.

Molyneux, William, his book, 373,

Moore, Roger, chef instigator of the rebellion, 208.

Mountjoy, earl of, his successful operations, 158, 159; his vic-
tory at Kinsale, 165.

Mountmorris, treatment of, 194.

Munroe, Robert, with a Scottish army, 230; his defeat, 256.
Murphy, father John, commencement of his operations, 504;

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O'Connolly, his discovery of the conspiracy, 211.

O'Connor, Roderic, monarch of Ireland, 21; invests Dublin, 30;
his defeat 31; his submission, 41; his death, 49.

O'Connor, Arthur, 182.

Octennial bill, 406.

O'Donnel, his acts, 145, 146; joins the Spaniards, 164; escapes
to Spain, 165; bill of attainder against him, 179.

O'Neal, John, invades Tyrconnel, 124; defeated, 125; his
violences continued, 128; assassination, 129.

O'Neal, Hugh, 292.

O'Neal, Owen, 231, 255.

O'Neal, sir Phelim, 209, 214, 295.

Orangemen, 466, 467.

Ormond, earl of, executed, 90.

Ormond, his operations, 225, 229; created marquis, 235; his
negociations, 241, 269; disputes with the clergy, 285, &c. his
resignation, 320.

O'Tool, Lawrence, his patriotic acts, 28, 30,

Palatinates, 75.

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Pale, catholics of, their defection, 200..

Parliament, first Irish, 65; first national, 177; instance of its
corruption, 446, 447.

Parsons, sir William, lord-justice, 200, 239.

Patrick, saint, 10.

Penal code, relaxation of, 412.

Perrot, sir John, his vigorous proceedings as president of
Munster, 130; his new government, 136, 137; opposition to
him, 138.

Plantations in Ulster by James I, 174, 175, 176; in other parts,

181.

Portland, duke of, his message, 442.

Poynings, sir Edward, lord-deputy, 98.
Protestants, persecution of, 340, 343.


Raymond, his exploits, 39, 40, 42.

Rebellion, designs of leaders, 209, 210; commencement of, 212,
214; in 1798, commencement of, 491; effects of, 559, 560.
Reformation, 110.

Remonstrance of loyal catholics, 312.

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