CHAPTER XX

PROGRESS OF THE REBELLION

Savage character of the contest 333 Conjectural estimates 334 The rising in Tyrone 335 In Armagh and Down 336 In Fermanagh 337 In Cavan--the O'Reillys 338 In Monaghan 342 The Portadown massacre 342 Imprisonment and death of Bedell 344 Irish victory at Julianstown 347 Belfast and Carrickfergus 348 The Pale joins the Ulster rebels 349 Meeting at Tara 350 Defence of Drogheda 351 Fire and sword in the Pale 357

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Ireland in 1625, to illustrate colonization projects _to face p. 1_

IRELAND UNDER THE STUARTS