OF THE IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF IRELAND, FROM THE INVASION OF THE MILESIANS TO THE WITH A CONCISE NOTICE OF THE ANCIENT O'COÑORS OF ROSCOMMON AND SLIGO. BY R. O'COÑOR, ESQ., BARRISTER AT LAW. DUBLIN: M'GLASHAN & GILL, 50, UPPER SACKVILLE.ST. LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & CO. 1858. 226.c.67. THE FOLLOWING PAGES Are Inscribed TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND REVEREND JOHN, LORD BARON DE FREYNE, OF FRENCHPARK, IN THE COUNTY OF ROSCOMMON, BY HIS LORDSHIP'S FRIEND, THE AUTHOR. PREFACE. THE important and interesting events detailed in the following succinct Narrative of the History of Ireland, from the invasion of the Milesians to the grant of Catholic Emancipation in the year 1829, have been collected with great care and impartiality from the most reliable sources, including the Annals of Ireland, Manuscripts preserved in the Library of the University, the Historical Works of O'Flaherty, Keatinge, Leland, Abbé M'Geoghegan, Charles O'Conor, D. D., Macaulay, D'Alton, Moore, and others of less importance. We do not deem it advisable to enter into the agitation and petty disturbances which have since occurred, or their unhappy consequences, which no longer attract public attention; and have designedly avoided the discussion of mere party questions. The present advancement and prosperity of Ireland has done much towards the removal of dissatisfaction and discontent. all now know and feel the advantages we derive from our union with England; and our ambition is, to form a substantial and real portion of the great and glorious Empire of our estimable Sovereign, and to enjoy the blessings of We |