The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, Volume 4

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Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1905 - Kilkenny (Ireland : County)
The Catholic Diocese of Ossory includes most of County Kilkenny, a portion of Leix, and one parish in Offaly.
 

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Page 335 - Ibid., p. 237. with hail-stones, which were very hard and large ; a cutting north wind blew in our faces, and the snow and hail beat so dreadfully in our eyes, that to the present we have scarcely been able to see with them. Often we were in danger, in the valleys, of being lost and suffocated in the snow, till at length we arrived at the house of a reduced gentleman who had nothing to lose ; but, for our misfortune, he had a stranger in his house, by whom we did not wish to be recognized ; hence...
Page 136 - In the civil wars," writes Grose, " it was strongly garrisoned for the King, and commanded by Captain Butler. Colonel Axtel, the famous regicide, who was governor of Kilkenny, dispatched a party to reduce it, but they returned without accomplishing their orders : upon which, Axtel himself marched out with two cannon, and summoned the castle to surrender on pain of military execution. Without any hope of relief it is no wonder the garrison submitted.
Page 222 - Baile an Phoill was given to the Earl of Ormond and to Mac Richard by the Earl of Desmond (Thomas), when this book and the Book of Carrick were obtained in the redemption of Mac Richard ; and it was this Mac Richard that had these books transcribed for his own use, and they remained in his possession until Thomas, Earl of Desmond, wrested them from him.
Page 258 - Kilkenny, — seeming, though I believe they were double our number, to decline an engagement. Which they had the power to have necessitated us unto ; but
Page 363 - Tenths of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, which were in hand, but also of those which were to accrue in the same countries, during the six succeeding years. With a view to enhance the value of the prospective...
Page 335 - ... reduced gentleman who had nothing to lose ; but, for our misfortune, he had a stranger in his house, by whom we did not wish to be recognized ; hence we were placed in a large garret, without chimney and without fire, where we have been during the past eight days. May it redound to the glory of God, the salvation of our souls, and of the flocks entrusted to our charge. So dreadful was the hail and cold, that the running of the eyes, both of my companion and myself, has not ceased as yet, and...
Page 372 - to refresh,' as in the verse, " lœti bene gcstis corpora rebus Procúrate viri." — Tirg. JEn. ii. 158. As soon as the Bishops ceased to hold their itinerant visitations and their Clergy were convened to their Cathedrals, the word "procuratio...
Page 345 - His habits were frugal, his demeanour condescending ; humbly he made himself all to all that he might gain all to Christ. He died at Tullow, after enduring a long and painful illness, and is interred in the chapel of that town, which he himself had raised from the foundation.
Page 258 - Munster and myself came up to the Party. We summoned the Castle ; and, after two days, it was surrendered to us ; the Enemy leaving their arms, drums, colours and ammunition behind them, and engaging never to bear arms more against the Parliament of England.
Page 258 - But indeed there fell so much sudden wet as made the River unpassable by that time the Army was come up. Whereupon, hearing that the Enemy lay about two miles off upon the River...

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