Ireland under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Vol. 2 (of 3), 1642-1660
CHAPTER XXXIV
CLANRICARDE AND IRETON, 1651
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 253 Extent of Lorraine succours 254 Terms of agreement with the Duke 256 Condemned by Ormonde and Clanricarde 257 No help after Worcester 258 Ireton passes the Shannon 261 Coote and Reynolds elude Clanricarde 262 Desperate defence of Gort--Ludlow 263 Siege of Limerick 263 Ludlow in Clare 266 Broghill's victory at Knockbrack 268 Capitulation of Limerick 271 Treatment of the besieged 273 Death and character of Ireton 277