The History of the Late Grand Insurrection: Or the Struggle for Liberty in Ireland |
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... yeomanry , to arrest Kilty , I exhorted M'Daniel to surrender himself to a magistrate , and make his confession ; but this he positively refused , saying that he should , in that case , be lashed to make him produce a pike , which he ...
... yeomanry , to arrest Kilty , I exhorted M'Daniel to surrender himself to a magistrate , and make his confession ; but this he positively refused , saying that he should , in that case , be lashed to make him produce a pike , which he ...
Page 66
... yeomanry . On a public day in the week pre- ceding the insurrection , the town of Gorey beheld the triumphal entry of Mr. Gowan at the head of his corps , with his sword drawn , and a human finger stuck on the point of it . WITH this ...
... yeomanry . On a public day in the week pre- ceding the insurrection , the town of Gorey beheld the triumphal entry of Mr. Gowan at the head of his corps , with his sword drawn , and a human finger stuck on the point of it . WITH this ...
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... yeomanry of the north of the coun- ty proceeded on the 27th against a quiet and defence- less populace sallied forth in their neighbourhoods , burned number of houses and put to death hundreds of persons who were unarmed , unoffending ...
... yeomanry of the north of the coun- ty proceeded on the 27th against a quiet and defence- less populace sallied forth in their neighbourhoods , burned number of houses and put to death hundreds of persons who were unarmed , unoffending ...
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... yeomanry . AFTER the battle of Oulard the insurgents encamp- ed for the night at Carrigrew , from whence they set out at seven o'clock on Monday morning , the 28th , to Camolin , from thence to Ferns , where meeting with no interruption ...
... yeomanry . AFTER the battle of Oulard the insurgents encamp- ed for the night at Carrigrew , from whence they set out at seven o'clock on Monday morning , the 28th , to Camolin , from thence to Ferns , where meeting with no interruption ...
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... the houses were shut up . Late in the evening as two of the Taghmon yeomanry were going home , and had proceeded as far as Areaudrish , about four miles from Wexford , they descried the advanced guard of the insurgents ; with which [ 84 ]
... the houses were shut up . Late in the evening as two of the Taghmon yeomanry were going home , and had proceeded as far as Areaudrish , about four miles from Wexford , they descried the advanced guard of the insurgents ; with which [ 84 ]
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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.