Ireland under the Tudors, with a Succinct Account of the Earlier History. Vol. 3 (of 3)
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
THE DESMOND WAR--SECOND STAGE, 1580-1581.
Arrival of Lord-Deputy Grey 59 The disaster in Glenmalure 60 Consequences 63 Spanish descent in Kerry 65 Siege and surrender of the Smerwick fort 72 The massacre 74 State of Connaught 79 An empty treasury and storehouses 79 The Earl of Kildare's troubles 80 Confusion in Munster 83 Raleigh 85 Ormonde superseded 87 Death of Sanders 89