captain Charles Townsly, and lieutenant Faithful Townsly, with ✔ part of the English army, and garrison of Dundalk, slaughtered at Dunmogham 220 inhabitants of several villages, commanded by the officers of the said army to live in that place for their greater security. A party of the said garrison of Tredath and Dundalk killed above 200 persons in the castle of Reighstown after quarter given. One Anthony Townsly hanged Mr. Dromgole of Dromgolestown at his own gate. The said Townsly hanged upwards of 30 poor men and women, going to the markets of Dundalk and Tredath, on a tree, commonly called Eight Mile Bush, midway between the said towns. 1642. A party of horse and foot of the garrison of Tredah, killed and burned in the firs about 160 men, women and children, of the inhabitants of Termorfeighlin, within three miles of Tredah: no less than 1000 of the poor inhabitants of that county, though they were not taxed with any murders committed on the protestants, according to their own abstract, were massacred. County of Wicklow. October, 1641. Three women, whereof one gentlewoman big with child, and a boy, were hanged on the bridge of Neuragh by command of sir Charles Coote in his first march to that county; and he caused his guide to blow into his pistol, and so shot him dead. He also hanged a poor butcher on the same march called Thomas Mac William. Mr. Dan. Conyam of Glanely, aged, and unable to bear arms, was roasted to death by captain Gee of colonel Crafford's regiment: and in the marches in 1641, 42, and 43, the English army killed all they met in this country, though no murders are charged in the said county to be committed on protestants by the abstract. In the Usurper's time captain Barrington, garrisoned at Arklow, murdered Donagh O'Dayle of Killearrow, and above 500 more protected by himself; and it is well known that most of the commonalty were murdered. County of Kilkenny. 1641. The English soldiers of the garrison of Ballennakil burned an old woman of 90 years old in her own house in Idough. 1642. The said soldiers massacred 180 men, women and children, who were cutting their corn, near the said garrison. They dragged Mr. Thomas Shee, an innocent person out of his own house, with five of his servants, and hanged them all at Ballenakil. County of Tipperary. 1641. On the 24th of October one Browne and captain Peasely murdered eleven men, women and children in their own houses at Golden Bridge, before any of the catholics took up arms in that county. About the same time the said captain Peasely going through Cloneulty, Philip Ryan, a peaceable gentleman, and owner of the said town, came out of his house to salute the captain; who pulled out his pistol and shot the poor harmless gentleman dead at his own door. Note, That these two murders occasioned the rising of the gentry and inhabitants of that county. One John Wise of Ballyowen, an English soldier, came several times in woman's attire upon the road, and committed divers murders upon simple country people coming from the market. County of Clare. 1644. Forty families in protection were murdered by the garrison of Inchicronan. 1646. Several residing near Bunratty were murdered by the soldiers of that garrison under command of lieutenant Adams. County of Cork. 1641. In Condon's county about 300 labourers, women and children, were murdered by some of the now earl of Orrery's soldiers. In the said county, among others, they gelded one Denis Downy, and pulled out one of his eyes, and sent him in that posture to his wife. Fifty-six persons, or thereabouts, were brought prisoners to Castle Lyon, (most of them labourers, who did never bear arms) were put into a stable, and the women in that garrison at night fired their beards, and the hair of their heads, which so disfigured them, that their nearest friends could not know them next day, when they were hanging. 1642. In the same county 355 persons, men, women and children, were murdered with clubs and stones, being in protection. Mr. Henly, an English gentleman, dwelling in Roche's country, but a Roman catholic, had his wife and children barbarously stripped, and most of his tenants inhumanly murdered by adjacent English garrisons, he, the said Henly, or his tenants, being never in arms: and such cruelty was used, that they stabbed young infants, and left them so half dead on their mother's dead carcasses. In the said Henly's town, and the adjacent villages, at that time, there were murdered about 900 labourers, women and children. 1643. Cloglegh being garrisoned by the Irish, and surrendered upon quarter of life to Sir Charles Vavasor, they were all inhumanly murdered, and the hearts of some of them pulled out, and put into their mouths; and many other massacres were committed the same time there on women and children. At Lislee 24 men in protection were murdered by colonel Mynn's soldiers. At Bellauere the same year Teig O'Mungan, and David Broge, blowing by command into pistols, were shot to death by some of captain Bridge's men, and eight poor labourers more killed by them. being in protection, and then employed in saving some harvest of the English. 1642. At Clogheiulty about 238 men, women and children were murdered, of which number 17 children were taken by the legs by soldiers, who knocked out their brains against the walls. This was done by Phorbis's men, and the garrison of Bandon Bridge. At Garanne, near Ross, Connor Kennedy, who had protection for himself and his tenants to save their harvest, were murdered by the garrison of Ross, as they were ditching about their corn. 1641. At Bandon Bridge, the garrison there tied 88 Irishmen of the said town back to back, and threw them off the bridge into the river, where they were all drowned. Patrick Hatchett, master of a ship in Waterford, the duchess of Ormond being desirous to be conveyed by him to Dublin, after leaving her safe with her family and goods there, the lords justices and duke of Ormond gave him a pass for his safe return, who being driven by a storm into Dongarvan, the said master and his men were hanged by direction of the commander in chief there, notwithstanding he produced his said pass. The English party of this county burned O'Sullivan Beare's house in Bantry, and all the rest of that county, killing man, woman and child, turning many into their houses then on fire, to be burned therein and among others Thomas De Bucke, a cooper, about 80 years old, and his wife, being little less; and all this was done without provocation, the said O'Sullivan being a known reliever of the English in that country. Observe that this county is not charged in the late Abstract with any murders. County of Waterford. 1641. In Decy's country, the neighbouring English garrisons of the county of Cork, after burning and pillaging all that county, murdered above 3000 persons, men, women and children, before any rebellion began in Munster, and led 100 labourers prisoners to Caperquine, where, being tied by couples, they were cast into the river, and made sport of, to see them drowned. Observe that this county is not charged with any murders to be committed on protestants. NUMBER VII. [Frora Borl. Hist. of the Irish Rebellion, f. 122. Extract of the Acts of the General Congregation of Roman Catholick Bishops and other Clergy, held at Kilkenny on the 10th, 11th, and 18th Days of May, 1642. [See Review, p. 189.] Act I. In which war, if some of the catholicks be found to proceed, out of some particular and unjust title, covetousness, cruelty, revenge, or hatred, or any such unlawful private intention. We declare them grievously to sin, and therefore worthy to be punished, and refrained with ecclesiastical censures, if advised thereof they do not amend. -Act IX. Let a faithful inventory be made in every province, of the murthers, burnings, and other crueltys, which are committed by the puritan enemies, with a quotation of the place, day, cause, manner, and persons, and other circumstances, subscribed by one of public authority. Act X.-In every parish let a faithful and sworn messenger be appointed, whereby such crueltys, and other affairs may be written, and sent to the neighbouring places; and likewise from one province to another let such things be written for comfort, instruction, and carefulness of the people. -Act XVIII. We ordain and decree, that all and every such, as from the beginning of this present war, have invaded the possessions of goods, as well moveable, as unmoveable, spiritual or temporal, of any catholick, whether Irish or English, as also of any Irish protestant, being not an adversary of this cause, and do detain any such goods, shall be excommmunicated; and by this present decree, We do excommunicate them, if, admonished, they do not amend. And with the like censure, We do bind such, as henceforward shall invade or detain such goods.—— Act XIX. We command all and every the churchmen, as well secular as regular, not to hear the confessions of the aforesaid excommunicated persons, nor to administer unto them the holy sacrament, under pain of excommunication ipso facto. Act XX. We will and declare, all those that murther, dismember, or grievously strike, all thieves, unlawful spoilers, robbers of any goods, extorters, together with all such as favour, receive, or any ways assist them, to be excommunicated; and so to remain until they compleatly amend and satisfy, no less than if they were namely proclaimed excommunicated; and for satisfaction of such crimes, hitherto committed, to be injoined, We leave to the discretion of the ordinarys and confessors how to absolve them, -Act XXVI.--We command all, and every the general, colonels, captains, and other officers of our catholick army, to whom it appertaineth, that they severally punish all transgressors of our aforesaid command, touching murtherers, maimers, strikers, thieves, robbers; and if they fail therein, We command the parish-priests, curates, and chaplains respectively, to declare them interdicted, and that they shall be excom municated, if they cause not due satisfaction to be made to the commonwealth, and the party offended. And this the parish-priests, or chaplains, shall observe, under pain of sentence of excommunication given ipso facte. -Act XXIX Moreover, We pray and require all noblemen, magis. trates, and other martial commanders, that with their helps and secular forces, they assist and set forward in execution the aforesaid statutes in their several precincts respectively as often as it shall be needful. NUMBER VIII. Intelligence from his majesty's army in Scotland, to be presented to the most honorable the lord lieutenant-general of Ireland; written at Inverlochy in Lochabar, the 7th of February, 1644; by an Irish officer of Alexander Macdonnel's forces. From Cartes collection of original letters and papers, concerning the affairs of England, and Ireland, found among the duke of Ormond's papers, vol. i. p. 79. [See Review, p. 258.] WHEN the Irish forces arrived in Argyle's bounds in Scotland, our general-major, Alexander Macdonnel, sent such of his majesty's commissions and letters to those to whom they were directed, although for the present none was accepted of; which caused our general-major and those forces to march into Badenoch, where they raised the country with them; and from thence to Castle-Blaire in Athol, where the lord marquess of Montrose came unto, and joined them with some other small forces. From thence they marched to St. Johnston, where the enemy had gathered together 8000 foot, and 800 horse, with nine pieces of cannon, his majesty's army not having so much as one horse; for that day, the marquess of Montrose went on foot himself with his target and pike; the lord Kilpunt commanding the bow-men, and our general major of the Irish forces commanding his three regiments. The armies being drawn up on both sides, they both advanced together; and although the battle continued for some space, we lost not one man on our side, yet still advanced, the enemy being three or four to one: howsoever, God gave us the day; the enemy retreating with their backs towards us, that men might have walked upon the dead corps to the town, being two long miles from the place where the battle was pitched. The chace continued from 8 o'clock in the morning till 9 at night: all their cannon, arms, ammunition, colours, drums, tents, baggage, in a word, none of themselves nor baggage escaped our hands, but their horse and such of their foot as were taken prisoners within the city. This battle, to God's glory, and our prince's good, was fought the first day of September. From thence we marched straight to Aberdeen, only surprising such as withstood us, with little or no skirmishing, till the 13th of the same month: at Aberdeen, the covenanters of the North had gathered themselves together, to the number of 3000 foot and 500 horse, with three pieces of canWe had then about 80 horse: the battle being fairly pitched, it continued for a long space, and the enemy behaved themselves far better than they did at Johnston. Yet we lost not that day above 4, but the enemy were altogether cut off, unless some few that hid themselves in the city. The riches of that town, and the riches they got before, hath made all our soldiers cavaliers. This battle being ended, only our manner of going down to battle, and how each commanded, I omit till it be drawn, and set down in a more ample manner; now tending only a brevity of our proceedings; for if I should write the whole truth, all that hath been done by our army would be accounted most miraculous; which I protest I will but shew in the least manner I can, leaving the rest to the report of the enemy themselves. non. After this battle, we marched towards the highlands again, so far as to Castle-Blaire, where I was sent to Ardamuragh, with a party to relieve the castle of Migary and the castle of Laughaline; Migary castle having a leaguer about it, which was raised two or three days before I could some to them; at which time the captain of Clanronald, with all his men joined with Clencoe men, and others, who had an inclination to his majesty's service. In the mean time, while I was interested upon the services, the marquess of Montrose marched back to the lowlands, almost the same way that he marched before, till they came to a place called Fivy in the shire of Aberdeen, where Argyle was most shamefully beaten out of the field; and had it not been for his horse, they had suffered as deeply as the rest; so that there was not on our side any hurt done, but on their side, they lost many of their best horse, and most of all their commanders hurt, and the earl Mareschal's brother killed. After the armies separated, the lord marquess marched again to Castle-Blaire, in Athol, where I met again with him and such of the highlands as had joined with me; the day of Fivy was on October 28th, From Castle-Blaire, we marched to Glanurghyes, called M‘Callan, M'Conaghy, which lands we all burned and preyed from thence to Lares, alias Laufers; and burned and preyed all this country from thence to Achenbracke's, whose lands and country were burned and preyed; and so throughout all Argyle, we left neither house nor hold unburned, nor corn nor cattle that belonged to the whole name of Campbell. Such of his majesty's friends as lived near them joined with us. We then marched to Loughaber, where Mr. Alane came and joined us, but had but few of his men with him. From thence we marched to Glengarry, where the lord of Glengarry joined with us. At this place we got intelligence that Argyle, Aghenbracke, and the whole name of Campbell, with all their forces, and a great number of lowlandmen with them were come to Inverloughy in Loughaber, following us. This caused us to make a countermarch the nearest way over the mountains, till we came within musket shot of the castle of Inverloughy, it then being night, so that the enemy stood to their arms all night, the sentries skirmishing together. By this place of Inverloughy, the sea comes close, and that night Argyle embarked himself in his barge, and there lay till the next morning, sending his orders of discipline to Aghenbracke aud the rest of the officers there commanding the battle; which on all sides being pitched, fand their cannon planted, the fight began; the enemy giving fire on us on both sides, both with cannon and muskets to their little avail. For only two regiments of our army playing with musket-shot, advanced till they recovered Argyle's standard, and the standard-bearer, at which their whole army bicke; which were so hotly pursued both with foot and horse, that little or none of the whole army escaped us, the officers being the first that were cut off. There Aghenbracke was killed, with 16 or 17 of the chief lords of Campbell: their other low-land commanders (only two lieutenant-colonels) all cut off. Four others of the name of Cambell were taken prisoners, at Bearbrick, the young laird Carrindel, Inverleen captain, son of Enistefinth, and divers others that got quarter, being men of quality. We lost but two or three that day: this battle was fought the 2d of February. NUMBER IX. From Carte's Life of the Duke of Ormond, vol. i. fol. 390. THE lords of the pale having received no answer from the lords justices to their proposal for a cessation, sent by colonel Read, on March 9th, 1641-2, they renewed that proposal by the earl of Castlehaven, on the ced of the same month. About the same time, sir Lucas Dillon, Hughe Oge O'Connor, and other gentlemen of the Co. Roscommon, proposed a like cessation to the eari of Clanrickard, and the president of Conaught. In the fof |