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... Ross ; a second under captains Doyle and Redmond , was to proceed from Vinegar - hill , and seize on Newtown - barry , situ- ate in a defile surrounded by high and steep moun- tains , which would not only give them the command of the ...
... Ross ; a second under captains Doyle and Redmond , was to proceed from Vinegar - hill , and seize on Newtown - barry , situ- ate in a defile surrounded by high and steep moun- tains , which would not only give them the command of the ...
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... Ross , determined on the capture of that place , which , by its commanding situation , was calculated to increase their power and influence . They accord- ingly approached it , and as an opportunity had not yet occurred to divide them ...
... Ross , determined on the capture of that place , which , by its commanding situation , was calculated to increase their power and influence . They accord- ingly approached it , and as an opportunity had not yet occurred to divide them ...
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... Ross put a peri- od to the short - lived power of the general in chief , who was immediately deposed from his military com- mand , and appointed to a civil employment , having been nominated president of the council of Wexford : but ...
... Ross put a peri- od to the short - lived power of the general in chief , who was immediately deposed from his military com- mand , and appointed to a civil employment , having been nominated president of the council of Wexford : but ...
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... Ross , he deter mined on marching against Arklow , although at this . time defended by a strong garrison ; after the capture . of which he is said to have intended to advance . against the capital itself , wisely judging that the pos ...
... Ross , he deter mined on marching against Arklow , although at this . time defended by a strong garrison ; after the capture . of which he is said to have intended to advance . against the capital itself , wisely judging that the pos ...
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... Ross , by that of father Murphy , the priest , and who had seized the first opportunity of abandoning men inflamed into habitual cruelty by those who ought to have preached the language of Christian charity , was surprised in a cave on ...
... Ross , by that of father Murphy , the priest , and who had seized the first opportunity of abandoning men inflamed into habitual cruelty by those who ought to have preached the language of Christian charity , was surprised in a cave on ...
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appear Arklow arms army arrived attack Ballina battle battle of Ballinamuck BATTLE OF CASTLEBAR body brought camp cannon Capt Captain Carnew Castlebar cavalry colonel commander in chief conduct corps coun county of Wexford death detachment dragoons Dublin Dunshaughlin encamped endeavoured enemy English Enniscorthy fencibles fire force Foxford French gentlemen Gorey Granard Grogan guard Harvey hill horse hundred immediately infantry inhabitants instantly insurgents insurrection Ireland Irish John John Grogan justice Killala killed liberty Lieut Lieutenant Lord loyal loyalists magistrates marched ment miles military militia morning Murphy nation night North Cork North Cork militia o'clock occasion officers parliament party persons pikes plunder priest prisoners protestant rebellion rebels regiment retreat Roche Roman Catholics Ross sent serjeant shot soldiers spirit suffered Taghmon taken Three-rocks Tinehaly tion took town trial troops United Irishmen Vinegar-hill whole wounded yeomen yeomenry
Popular passages
Page 324 - My lords, you are impatient for the sacrifice : the blood which you seek is not congealed by the artificial terrors which surround your victim; it circulates warmly and unruffled through the channels which God created for noble purposes, but which you are bent to destroy for purposes BO grievous that they cry to heaven. Be yet patient ! I have but a few words more to say.
Page 317 - I only to suffer death, after being adjudged guilty by your tribunal, I should bow in silence, and meet the fate that awaits me without a murmur; but the sentence of the law which delivers my body to the executioner, will, through the ministry of that law, labour in its own vindication to consign my character to obloquy...
Page 173 - ... a proscription that certainly exceeds, in the comparative number of those it consigns to ruin and misery, every example that ancient and modern history can supply : for, where have we heard...
Page 12 - Wexford forces, now innumerable and irresistible, will not be controlled, if they meet with resistance. To prevent, therefore, the total ruin of all property in the town, I urge you to a speedy surrender, which you will be forced to in a few hours, with loss and bloodshed, as you are surrounded on all sides.
Page 317 - I wish that my memory and name may animate those who survive me, while I look down with complacency on the destruction of that perfidious government which upholds its domination by blasphemy of the Most High; which displays its power over man as over the beasts of the forest; which sets man upon his brother and lifts his hand in the name of God against the throat of his fellow...
Page 316 - What have I to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced on me according to law?
Page 299 - Sir ; — I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of his excellency the commander...
Page 324 - I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world — it is the charity of its silence. Let no man write my epitaph, for as no man who knows my motives dares NOW vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them.
Page 323 - Let no man dare, when I am dead, to charge me with dishonor; let no man attaint my memory by believing that I could have engaged in any cause but that of my country's liberty and independence...
Page 316 - I have nothing to say that can alter your predetermination, nor that it will become me to say, with any view to the mitigation of that sentence which you are here to pronounce, and I must abide by.