A NARRATIVE OF THE IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF IRELAND, FROM THE INVASION OF THE MILEASIANS TO THE PRESENT TIME.1858 |
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... James I. - The Flight of the heroic Daughter of Roderic O'Donnell - Roger Moore's Rebellion in 1641 ; its Origin and Progress - The Critical Discovery of the intended Outbreak in Dublin - The Inefficiency and Corrupt Views of the Lords ...
... James I. - The Flight of the heroic Daughter of Roderic O'Donnell - Roger Moore's Rebellion in 1641 ; its Origin and Progress - The Critical Discovery of the intended Outbreak in Dublin - The Inefficiency and Corrupt Views of the Lords ...
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... James I. lands at Kinsale with Twelve Hundred Men , under Rosen , an inefficient Officer - Tirconnell created a Duke - James's Reception in Dublin - Cause of his Popularity in Ireland , the expected Restora- tion of Forfeited Estates ...
... James I. lands at Kinsale with Twelve Hundred Men , under Rosen , an inefficient Officer - Tirconnell created a Duke - James's Reception in Dublin - Cause of his Popularity in Ireland , the expected Restora- tion of Forfeited Estates ...
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... James marches with his French Troops to the Boyne - Is advised not to encounter William's Army , but is persuaded by Tirconnell to give him Battle - The Battle and Defeat of the Boyne - James's cowardly Conduct and Flight- Cowardice and ...
... James marches with his French Troops to the Boyne - Is advised not to encounter William's Army , but is persuaded by Tirconnell to give him Battle - The Battle and Defeat of the Boyne - James's cowardly Conduct and Flight- Cowardice and ...
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... James Fitzmaurice fought numerous battles with Sir John Perrott , then president of Munster , with uninterrupted success ; and the Queen , alarmed at the frequent defeats of the president , directed him to make peace with Fitzmaurice on ...
... James Fitzmaurice fought numerous battles with Sir John Perrott , then president of Munster , with uninterrupted success ; and the Queen , alarmed at the frequent defeats of the president , directed him to make peace with Fitzmaurice on ...
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... James Fitzmaurice , who , upon the return of the Desmonds , went to Rome in search of assistance , now returned with a large reinforce- ment , and landed at Smerwick on the coast of Kerry , which he fortified and garrisoned with six ...
... James Fitzmaurice , who , upon the return of the Desmonds , went to Rome in search of assistance , now returned with a large reinforce- ment , and landed at Smerwick on the coast of Kerry , which he fortified and garrisoned with six ...
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Page 203 - ... rights of your country. Go on. The almost unanimous voice of the people is with you ; and in a free country the voice of the people must prevail. We know our duty to our Sovereign, and are loyal. We know our duty to ourselves, and are resolved to be free. We seek for our rights, and no more than our rights ; and, in so just a pursuit, we should doubt the being of a Providence if we doubted of success.
Page 201 - That a claim of any body of men, other than the king, lords, and commons of Ireland to make laws to bind this kingdom, is unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance.
Page 218 - In the moment of triumph, my countrymen, let not your victories be tarnished with any wanton act of cruelty ; many of those unfortunate men now in prison were not your enemies -from principle ; most of them, compelled by necessity, were obliged to oppose you ; neither let a difference in religious sentiments cause a difference among the people.
Page 194 - To sum up his character in a few words — William was a fatalist in religion, indefatigable in war, enterprising in politics, dead to all the warm and generous emotions of the human heart, a cold relation, an indifferent husband, a disagreeable man, an ungracious prince, and an imperious sovereign.
Page 217 - ... thanks to the Almighty Ruler of the Universe, that a total stop has been put to those sanguinary measures, which of late were but too often resorted to by the creatures of government, to keep the people in slavery.
Page 199 - Majesty that it is not by temporary expedients, but by a free trade alone, that this nation is now to be saved from impending ruin.
Page 218 - To promote a union of brotherhood and affection among our countrymen of all religious persuasions, has been .our principal object : we have sworn in the most solemn manner — have associated for this laudable purpose, and no power on earth shall shake our resolution.
Page 201 - WHEREAS it has been asserted, "That Volunteers, as such, cannot with propriety, debate or publish their opinions on political subjects, or on the conduct of parliament, or public men," Resolved unanimously, That a citizen, by learning the use of arms, does not abandon any of his civil rights.
Page 202 - That as men and as Irishmen, as Christians and as protestants, we rejoice in the relaxation of the penal laws against our Roman catholic fellow-subjects...
Page 202 - That they held the right of private judgment in matters of religion, to be equally sacred in others, as in themselves. And therefore, as men, and as Irishmen, as Christians, and as Protestants, they rejoiced in the relaxation of the penal laws against their Roman Catholic...