CHAPTER XXI |
MUNSTER AND CONNAUGHT, 1641-1642 |
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The rebellion spreads to Munster |
The Kings proclamation |
St. Leger, Cork, and Inchiquin |
State of Connaught |
Massacre at Shrule |
Clanricarde at Galway |
Weakness of the English party |
State of ClareBallyallia |
Cork and St. Leger |
CHAPTER XXII |
THE WAR TO THE BATTLE OF ROSS, 1642-1643 |
Scots army in UlsterMonro |
Strongholds preserved in Ulster |
Ormonde in the Pale |
Battle of Kilrush |
The Catholic Confederation |
Owen Roe ONeill |
Thomas Preston |
Loss of Limerick, St. Leger dies |
Battle of Liscarrol |
Fighting in Ulster |
General Assembly at Kilkenny |
The Supreme Councilforeign support |
Fighting in LeinsterTimahoe |
Parliamentary agents in Dublin |
Siege of New Ross |
Battle of Ross |
A papal nuncio talked of |
CHAPTER XXIII |
THE WAR TO THE FIRST CESSATION, 1642-1643 |
The Adventurers for landLord Forbes |
Forbes at Galway and elsewhere |
A pragmatic chaplain, Hugh Peters |
Forbes repulsed from Galway |
A useless expedition |
Siege and capture of Galway fort |
ONeill, Leven, and Monro |
The King will negotiate |
Dismissal of Parsons |
Vavasour and Castlehaven |
The King presses for a truce |
Scarampi and Bellings |
A cessation of arms, but no peace |
Ormonde made Lord Lieutenant |
CHAPTER XXIV |
AFTER THE CESSATION, 1643-1644 |
The cessation condemned by Parliament |
The rout at Nantwich |
Monck advises the King |
The Solemn League and Covenant |
The Covenant taken in Ulster |
Monro seizes Belfast |
Dissensions between Leinster and Ulster |
Failure of Castlehavens expedition |
Antrim and Montrose |
The Irish under MontroseAlaster MacDonnell |
Rival diplomatists at Oxford |
Violence of both parties |
Failure of the Oxford negotiations |
Inchiquin supports the Parliament |
CHAPTER XXV |
INCHIQUIN, ORMONDE, AND GLAMORGAN, 1644-1645 |
The no quarter ordinance |
Roman Catholics expelled from Cork, Youghal, and Kinsale |
The Covenant in Munster |
Negotiations for peace |
Bellings at Paris and Rome |
Recruits for France and Spain |
Irish appeals for foreign help |
Siege of Duncannon Fort |
Mission of Glamorgan with extraordinary powers |
Glamorgan in Ireland |
The Glamorgan treaty |
CHAPTER XXVI |
FIGHTING NORTH AND SOUTHRINUCCINI, 1645 |
Castlehaven in Munster |
Fall of Lismore, Youghal besieged |
Relief of Youghal |
Coote in Connaught |
Rinuccini appointed nuncio |
Scope of his mission |
King and Queen distrusted at Rome |
Rinuccini at Paris |
His voyage to Ireland |
Arrival in Kerry and welcome at Kilkenny |
CHAPTER XXVII |
THE ORMONDE PEACE, 1646 |
Glamorgan and Rinuccini |
Arrest of Glamorgan |
Charles repudiates him |
Mission of Sir Kenelm Digby |
Ireland must be sacrificed |
Sir Kenelm Digbys treaty |
Glamorgan swears fealty to the nuncio |
Ormondes peace with the Confederacy |
Lord Digbys adventures |
The peace proclaimed at Dublin |
Siege of Bunratty |
Battle of Benburb |
Scots power in Ulster broken |
Rejoicings in Ireland and at Rome |
Rinuccini opposes the peace |
Which the clergy reject |
Riot at Limerick |
Ormonde at Kilkenny |
Triumph of Rinuccini |
Quarrels of ONeill and Preston |
Lord Digbys intrigues |
Rinuccini loses his popularity |
Discords among the Confederates |
CHAPTER XXVIII |
SURRENDER OF DUBLIN AND AFTER, 1647 |
Dublin between two fires |
Mission of George Leyburn |
Ormondes reasons for surrendering to Parliament |
Digbys last plots in Ireland |
Glamorgan as general |
His army adheres to Muskerry |
Preston routed at Dungan Hill |
Parliamentary neglect |
Victories of Inchiquin |
Lord Lisles abortive viceroyalty |
Sack of Cashel |
Mahonys Disputatio Apologetica |
Rinuccini and ONeill |
Battle of Knocknanuss |
Declining fortunes of the Confederacy |
Fresh appeals for foreign aid |
Inchiquin distrusted by Parliament |
Ormonde goes to England and France |
CHAPTER XXIX |
INCHIQUIN, RINUCCINI, AND ORMONDE, 1648 |
Inchiquin deserts the Parliament |
His truce with the Confederacy |
Rinuccini dependent on ONeill |
Who threatens Kilkenny |
ONeill, Inchiquin, and Michael Jones |
ONeill proclaimed traitor at Kilkenny |
Ormonde returns to Ireland |
His reception at Kilkenny |
Monck master in Ulster |
The Prince of Wales expected |
The Confederacy dissolved |
Rinuccini driven from Ireland |
CHAPTER XXX |
RINUCCINI TO CROMWELL, 1649 |
Ormondes commanding position |
Charles II. proclaimed |
Milton and the Ulster Presbyterians |
Monck, ONeill, and Coote in Ulster |
Inchiquin takes Drogheda |
Ormonde defeated by Jones at Rathmines |
Charles II. has thoughts of Ireland |