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The History of Bandon, and the Principal Towns in the West Riding of County ... George Bennett No preview available - 2018 |
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acres amongst appointed arms arrived Ballineen Ballymodan Bandon militia Bandon-Bridge Bandonians Bantry Barry Beamish Beecher bishop borough Boyne burgesses Captain Carbery Carthy castle Castle-Mahon Charles church Clonakilty Colonel command corporation Cromwell Daniel daughter death died Drinagh Dublin Dunmanway Earl of Bandon Earl of Cork Edward England English Enniskeane erected estates father foot Francis Bernard Freke garrison George Gookin Henry horse hundred Hurly inhabitants Ireland Irish James John John Nash Kilbrogan Kinalmeaky King Kinsale lands letter Lieutenant lived Lord Cork Macroom marched married McCarthy Munster Muskerry neighbourhood officers Papists parish Parliament Phillip Roche poor portion possessed pounds prebendary present Protestant provost rapparees rebellion rebels rector regiment Richard Cox river river Bandon Robert Roman Catholic Rosscarbery says sent shillings side soldiers succeeded Teige Thomas thousand Timoleague told took town troops vicar walls whilst wife William Youghal
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Page 39 - I've seen enough of thee And now am careless what thou say'st of me Thy smiles I court not nor thy frowns I fear My cares are past my head lies quiet here What faults you saw in me take care to shun And look at home enough there's to be done...
Page 304 - When we the Boyne began to cross, The enemy they descended ; But few of our brave men were lost, So stoutly we defended ; The horse was the first that marched o'er, The foot soon followed after ; But brave Duke Schomberg was no more, By venturing over the water.
Page 519 - The glorious, pious and immortal memory of the great and good King William — not forgetting Oliver Cromwell, who assisted in redeeming us from Popery, slavery, arbitrary power, brass money and wooden shoes.
Page 2 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them: they looked like anatomies of death: they spoke like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 305 - that none of ye Seemed to be faint-hearted, So sheath your swords, and rest awhile, In time we'll follow a'ter " : These words he uttered with a smile, The day he crossed the water. Come, let us all, with heart and voice, Applaud our lives' defender, Who at the Boyne his valour showed, And made his foes surrender.
Page 151 - I meddle not with any man's conscience. But if by liberty of conscience, you mean a liberty to exercise the Mass, I judge it best to use plain dealing, and to let you know, Where the Parliament of England have power, that will not be allowed of.
Page 338 - For I set all my sails, and rowed with three boats ahead to get alongside with the admiral of the White and Blue; but he, outsailing me, shunned fighting, and lay alongside of the little ships. Notwithstanding, the engagement was very sharp, and I think the like between two fleets never has been in any time. There is hardly a ship that must not shift one mast, and some must shift all.
Page 304 - There was a grievous battle, Where many a man lay on the ground, By the cannons that did rattle. King James he pitched his tents between The lines for to retire; But King William threw his bomb-balls in, And set them all on fire.
Page 417 - We find and present Charles Wesley to be a person of ill fame, a vagabond, and a common disturber of his Majesty's peace, and we pray he may be transported.