Ireland under the Tudors, with a Succinct Account of the Earlier History. Vol. 3 (of 3)
CHAPTER XXXIX.
THE DESMOND WAR--FINAL STAGE, 1581-1582.
Partial amnesty--William Nugent 91 Maltby in Connaught 92 John of Desmond slain 93 Savage warfare 96 Recall of Grey 97 William Nugent's rebellion 99 Ormonde is restored 101 How ill-paid soldiers behaved 102 Desmond's cruelty 103 General famine 104 Abortive negotiations 105 The rebels repulsed from Youghal 107 Ormonde shuts up Desmond in Kerry 107 Last struggles of Desmond 108 Ormonde and his detractors 110 Death of Desmond 113 The Geraldine legend 114