The History of the Late Grand Insurrection: Or the Struggle for Liberty in Ireland |
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... arms but Pikes , they encountered , with various success , regular troops , in great force , ably command- ed , and completely organized , possessing all the means ( from cannon , arms , and ammuni- tion ) of military annoyance . odto ...
... arms but Pikes , they encountered , with various success , regular troops , in great force , ably command- ed , and completely organized , possessing all the means ( from cannon , arms , and ammuni- tion ) of military annoyance . odto ...
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... arms . " The superiori- ty of the French infantry was conspicuous at the battle of Castlebar , when about 900 French defeated between 5 and 6000 English troops . IF Granard had fallen at that period , if we can credit the statement of ...
... arms . " The superiori- ty of the French infantry was conspicuous at the battle of Castlebar , when about 900 French defeated between 5 and 6000 English troops . IF Granard had fallen at that period , if we can credit the statement of ...
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... the counties of Wicklow and Wexford , being taught to expect immediate assist- * The Armagh militia , 4th dragoon guards , and Ancient British Fencibles . † Ledwick and Keough . ance from France , ran to arms , and experienced [ 10 ]
... the counties of Wicklow and Wexford , being taught to expect immediate assist- * The Armagh militia , 4th dragoon guards , and Ancient British Fencibles . † Ledwick and Keough . ance from France , ran to arms , and experienced [ 10 ]
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... arms in this quarter . He collected his forces by lighting a fire on a hill , called Corrigrua , which was answered by a similar signal on an eminence conti- guous to his own house at Boolavogue . After dis- arming the Protestants and ...
... arms in this quarter . He collected his forces by lighting a fire on a hill , called Corrigrua , which was answered by a similar signal on an eminence conti- guous to his own house at Boolavogue . After dis- arming the Protestants and ...
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... arms , a serjeant , and three privates , excepted . On the succeeding day , Dr. Murphy issued circu- lar notices written in red ink * , commanding all per- sons capable of bearing arms to join him immediate- ly , for the purpose of ...
... arms , a serjeant , and three privates , excepted . On the succeeding day , Dr. Murphy issued circu- lar notices written in red ink * , commanding all per- sons capable of bearing arms to join him immediate- ly , for the purpose of ...
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appear Arklow arms army arrived attack Ballina battle battle of Ballinamuck BATTLE OF CASTLEBAR body brought camp cannon Capt Captain Carnew Castlebar cavalry colonel commander in chief conduct corps coun county of Wexford death detachment dragoons Dublin Dunshaughlin encamped endeavoured enemy English Enniscorthy fencibles fire force Foxford French gentlemen Gorey Granard Grogan guard Harvey hill horse hundred immediately infantry inhabitants instantly insurgents insurrection Ireland Irish John John Grogan justice Killala killed liberty Lieut Lieutenant Lord loyal loyalists magistrates marched ment miles military militia morning Murphy nation night North Cork North Cork militia o'clock occasion officers parliament party persons pikes plunder priest prisoners protestant rebellion rebels regiment retreat Roche Roman Catholics Ross sent serjeant shot soldiers spirit suffered Taghmon taken Three-rocks Tinehaly tion took town trial troops United Irishmen Vinegar-hill whole wounded yeomen yeomenry
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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.