Ireland under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Vol. 2 (of 3), 1642-1660

While at Rochelle waiting for his ship, Rinuccini had seen Geoffrey Baron, treasurer of the Confederation, who told him that no peace had yet been made in Ireland, and who broug...

When Ludlow landed in Ireland a few weeks after Ormonde left, one of his first acts was to sign a proclamation prohibiting the slaughter of calves and lambs. The waste of the wa...

The Commissioners appointed by Parliament carried on the civil government for about six months after Henry Cromwell's resignation, but the really important thing was the attitud...

At the beginning of 1652 the Commissioners in Ireland could see that the war was near its end, but there were still about 30,000 men in arms against them. Their first object was...

Rinuccini's attempt on Dublin had completely failed, but Ormonde's position there was nevertheless made worse. The two armies had descended like locusts upon the districts from...

When Charles received the news of the Irish insurrection, he at once called upon the Scottish Parliament to aid him in suppressing it. They replied that Ireland was dependent on...

Jones had pretty well cleared Dublin of all but Protestants, and it is, therefore, not surprising that the new Lord Lieutenant was received with much rejoicing. He made a speech...

Ireton wished to press on to Galway, and Ludlow thought it could easily be brought to surrender while the garrison were 'under a great consternation by the loss of Limerick.' Bu...

The Anglo-Irish Catholics had been drawn into the war against their will in many cases, and in many others only in the hopes of obtaining religious toleration. They were genuine...

Though the Protector had not adopted his son's advice by at once recalling Fleetwood, it soon became evident that he wished for a stronger man. Before the end of 1654 the Lord D...

After the cessation had been concluded, but before its actual terms were known in London, the two Houses published a declaration against it, as destructive of the Protestant int...

Protestants in Ireland complained with reason that they got little help from England during the truce, while communication with the Continent was quite free to the Confederates....

The historian Cox says that he could find nothing that looked like war during the year 1653, though the rebellion was not officially declared at an end until September 26. The e...

To gain possession of the land in English hands was at least one main object of the Irish rebellion. Much property had been acquired by various confiscations and plantations, bu...

In their published utterances the bishops were careful to say nothing alarming to Protestants, and to lay stress upon the royalism or loyalty of those for whom they spoke. In wr...

Inchiquin's espousal of the Parliamentary cause had been generally attributed to his disgust at the King's foolish appointment of Portland to be President of Munster over his he...

There was no outbreak in Munster during November, but Lord President St. Leger knew that he had no real means of resisting one. The Lords Justices had drawn off most of the sold...

Military operations in Munster, though contributing towards the general result of the war, did not at the moment interrupt the negotiations between Dublin and Kilkenny. As Lord...

Having pacified the Confederates and driven away Rinuccini, Ormonde was now for the moment almost master of Ireland. If he could only regain Dublin before Cromwell was ready, th...

[66] _Aphorismical Discovery_, i. 32, 49; _Bellings_, iii. 8, and the receipt to Talbot for the Spanish money in the same vol., p. 273. For Bourke's mission, _ib._ 126 and iv. 9...

[42] Commission dated Oxford, April 23, in _Confederation and War_, i. 267; Propositions of the Confederates, June 24, with Ormonde's answer, June 29; Bellings' reasons in favou...

Glamorgan and Rinuccini 103 Arrest of Glamorgan 104 Charles repudiates him 106 Mission of Sir Kenelm Digby 107 Ireland must be sacrificed 108 Sir Kenelm Digby's treaty 109 Glamo...

Magnitude of the problem 315 Effect of the 1641 evidence 317 The Act of Settlement 317 Lambert's abortive appointment as Deputy 319 Expulsion of the Long Parliament 320 Barebone...

Plague and famine 245 A regicide government 246 Hugh O'Neill at Limerick 247 Charles IV., Duke of Lorraine 249 Taaffe's mission to Charles II. 251 A Lorraine envoy in Ireland 25...

Dublin between two fires 140 Mission of George Leyburn 141 Ormonde's reasons for surrendering to Parliament 143 Digby's last plots in Ireland 144 Glamorgan as general 145 His ar...

Dissensions among Irish Royalists 226 O'Neill succeeded by Bishop Macmahon 227 Englishmen turned out of the army 228 Battle of Scariffhollis 230 Assembly summoned to meet at Lou...

Scots army in Ulster--Monro 14 Strongholds preserved in Ulster 16 Ormonde in the Pale 17 Battle of Kilrush 18 The Catholic Confederation 19 Owen Roe O'Neill 20 Thomas Preston 21...

The Adventurers for land--Lord Forbes 36 Forbes at Galway and elsewhere 38 A pragmatic chaplain, Hugh Peters 40 Forbes repulsed from Galway 41 A useless expedition 42 Siege and...

Galway holds out 278 The Irish in Scilly 279 Meeting of officers at Kilkenny 280 Horrors of guerrilla warfare 280 Capitulation of Galway 283 "Tame Tories" 284 Clanricarde's last...

Cromwell restores discipline in Dublin 191 Storm of Drogheda 193 Ormonde's treaty with O'Neill 196 Death and character of Owen Roe O'Neill 197 Cromwell at Wexford 198 Storm of W...

The cessation condemned by Parliament 53 The rout at Nantwich 54 Monck advises the King 55 The Solemn League and Covenant 55 The Covenant taken in Ulster 57 Monro seizes Belfast...

Henry Cromwell supersedes Fleetwood 343 Deportation to the West Indies 344 Henry and the sectaries 346 Reduction of the army 347 Oliver and his son 348 Cromwell's second Parliam...

Provisional government, John Jones and Ludlow 362 Monck interferes 363 End of the revolutionary government 364 The Irish army proves Royalist 365 Monck gains Coote and Broghill...

Last stand at Innisbofin 298 Last stand in Ulster 299 Exhaustion of the country 300 Treatment of priests 301 Swordsmen sent abroad 303 Fleetwood commander-in-chief 304 Sir Pheli...

Inchiquin deserts the Parliament 164 His truce with the Confederacy 165 Rinuccini dependent on O'Neill 166 Who threatens Kilkenny 168 O'Neill, Inchiquin, and Michael Jones 170 O...

The no quarter ordinance 72 Roman Catholics expelled from Cork, Youghal, and Kinsale 73 The Covenant in Munster 74 Negotiations for peace 75 Bellings at Paris and Rome 76 Recrui...

Ormonde's commanding position 179 Charles II. proclaimed 180 Milton and the Ulster Presbyterians 180 Monck, O'Neill, and Coote in Ulster 182 Inchiquin takes Drogheda 183 Ormonde...

Castlehaven in Munster 90 Fall of Lismore, Youghal besieged 93 Relief of Youghal 94 Coote in Connaught 95 Rinuccini appointed nuncio 96 Scope of his mission 97 King and Queen di...

The rebellion spreads to Munster 1 The King's proclamation 3 St. Leger, Cork, and Inchiquin 3 State of Connaught 5 Massacre at Shrule 6 Clanricarde at Galway 7 Weakness of the E...

Cromwell's declaration 212 A lady's experience at Cork 213 Cromwell's southern campaign 214 Operations in Leinster--Castlehaven 216 Cromwell takes Kilkenny 218 Siege of Clonmel,...