History of the Rebellion in Ireland, in the Year 1798, &c: Containing an Impartial Account of the Proceedings of the Irish Revolutionists, from the Year 1782, Till the Suppression of the Rebellion |
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... battle of White- Heaps , where there was no battle , or rather of Ballygullen , where there was a something of the kind , my account was received from several officers engaged in the affair , not indeed from General Needham . My account ...
... battle of White- Heaps , where there was no battle , or rather of Ballygullen , where there was a something of the kind , my account was received from several officers engaged in the affair , not indeed from General Needham . My account ...
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... the street under a guard . Did this hero afterwards fight the rebels ? If he were commander in a battle , he would kill vast numbers on paper . disengaged without a laceration of the hair and even skin 68 HISTORY OF THE.
... the street under a guard . Did this hero afterwards fight the rebels ? If he were commander in a battle , he would kill vast numbers on paper . disengaged without a laceration of the hair and even skin 68 HISTORY OF THE.
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... , was com- pletely routed , with the slaughter , we are told , of three hundred and fifty of their men , found dead on the field of battle , together with their H leader in his uniform ; with the loss of nine IRISH REBELLION . 97.
... , was com- pletely routed , with the slaughter , we are told , of three hundred and fifty of their men , found dead on the field of battle , together with their H leader in his uniform ; with the loss of nine IRISH REBELLION . 97.
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... battle , and to have actually fired on the troops but the truth ought to be related without respect of persons or party . The affair is well known to have been otherwise ; and the rebels were crowded in a place neither fit for defence ...
... battle , and to have actually fired on the troops but the truth ought to be related without respect of persons or party . The affair is well known to have been otherwise ; and the rebels were crowded in a place neither fit for defence ...
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... battle was very different , on the same day , on the hill of Oulart , where Father John commanded . A detachment of a hundred and ten chosen men of the North - Cork militia , under the command of lieutenant colonel Foote , marched from ...
... battle was very different , on the same day , on the hill of Oulart , where Father John commanded . A detachment of a hundred and ten chosen men of the North - Cork militia , under the command of lieutenant colonel Foote , marched from ...
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Andrew Farrel appear Arklow arms army arrival artillery attack Bagenal Harvey battle battle of Arklow bishop body British burned captain Carlow Carnew Castlebar cause chiefs clergy colonel command committed conduct conspiracy county of Wexford declared defence doubtless Dublin enemy Enniscorthy escape execution favour fensibles fire fled force French garrison gentleman Gorey Hacketstown hill honour hundred infantry inhabitants insurgents insurrection Ireland Irishmen John Kildare Killala killed king's troops latter lieutenant Lord Kingsborough loss loyalists magistrates massacre ment miles military militia morning multitude murder neighbourhood North-Cork obliged occasion officers Oliver Bond parish parliament party persons pikes plunder political prevented priest prisoner protestants put to death rebellion rebels regiment religion religious respect retreat Roman catholic Romanists Romish Scullabogue sent side slaughter soldiers supposed thousand tion took town trial United Irishmen Vinegar-hill Wexfordian Wicklow wounded yeoman cavalry yeomen
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Page xxiv - Trojanum orditur ab ovo ; Semper ad eventum festinat et in medias res Non secus ac notas auditorem rapit, et quae Desperat tractata nitescere posse relinquit; 150 Atque ita mentitur, sic veris falsa remiscet, Primo ne medium, medio ne discrepet imum. Tu quid ego et populus mecum desideret audi : Si plausoris eges aulaea manentis et usque Sessuri donec cantor ' Vos plaudite' dicat, Aetatis cujusque notandi sunt tibi mores, Mobilibusque decor naturis dandus et annis.
Page 16 - I, AB, in the presence of God, do pledge myself to my country that I will use all my abilities and influence in the attainment of an impartial and adequate representation of the Irish nation in parliament...
Page 17 - In the awful presence of God, I, AB, do voluntarily declare, that I will persevere in endeavouring to form a brotherhood of affection among Irishmen of every religious persuasion, and that I will also persevere in my endeavours to obtain an equal, full, and adequate representation of all the people of Ireland.
Page 4 - This society is constituted for the purpose of forwarding a brotherhood of affection, a communion of rights, and a union of power among Irishmen of every religious persuasion, and thereby to obtain a complete reform in the legislature, founded on the principles of civil, political, and religious liberty.
Page 345 - About the years 1652 and 1653," says Colonel Lawrence, in his Interests of Ireland, " the plague and famine had so swept away whole counties, that a man might travel twenty or thirty miles and not see a living creature, either man, or beast, or bird, — they being all dead, or had quitted those desolate places.
Page 302 - French officers on horseback, and running upon death, with as little appearance of reflection or concern, as if they were hastening to— a show. About four hundred of these misguided men fell in the battle, and immediately after it. Whence it may be conjectured, that their entire number scarcely exceed eight or nine hundred.
Page 19 - ... with uniform force in a direction too frequently opposite to the true line of our obvious interests, can be resisted with effect solely by unanimity, decision, and spirit in the people; qualities which may be exerted most legally, constitutionally, and efficaciously, by that great measure essential to the prosperity and freedom of Ireland, AN EQUAL REPRESENTATION OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN PARLIAMENT.
Page 344 - And no spectacle was more frequent in the ditches of towns, and especially in wasted countries, than to see multitudes of these poor people dead with their mouths all coloured green by eating nettles, docks, and all things they could rend up above ground.
Page xvi - It only remains to observe, whether such "sublime simplicity be consistent with popu" lar devotion; whether the vulgar, in the "absence of all visible objects, will not be " inflamed by enthusiasm, or insensibly subside " in languor and indifference. Secondly ; the " chain of authority was broken, which restrains " the bigot from thinking as he pleases, and the " slave from speaking as he thinks : the popes, " fathers, and councils, were no longer the "supreme and infallible judges of the world;...
Page 82 - Vengeance, Irishmen ! Vengeance on your oppressors ! Remember what thousands of your dearest " friends have perished by their merciless orders. Remember their burnings, " their rackings, their torturings, their military massacres, and their legal