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IRELAND UNDER THE STUARTS

VOL. II.




_By the same Author_


  IRELAND UNDER THE TUDORS

  Vols. I. and II.--From the First Invasion of the
  Northmen to the year 1578.

  8vo. 32_s._

  Vol. III.--1578-1603. 8vo. 18_s._

  LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO.
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IRELAND

UNDER THE STUARTS

AND

DURING THE INTERREGNUM

BY
RICHARD BAGWELL, M.A.
AUTHOR OF 'IRELAND UNDER THE TUDORS'

VOL. II. 1642-1660

_WITH MAP_

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
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NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA
1909

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CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME


  CHAPTER XXI

  MUNSTER AND CONNAUGHT, 1641-1642

                                                             PAGE

  The rebellion spreads to Munster                              1
  The King's proclamation                                       3
  St. Leger, Cork, and Inchiquin                                3
  State of Connaught                                            5
  Massacre at Shrule                                            6
  Clanricarde at Galway                                         7
  Weakness of the English party                                 8
  State of Clare--Ballyallia                                   10
  Cork and St. Leger                                           12


  CHAPTER XXII

  THE WAR TO THE BATTLE OF ROSS, 1642-1643

  Scots army in Ulster--Monro                                  14
  Strongholds preserved in Ulster                              16
  Ormonde in the Pale                                          17
  Battle of Kilrush                                            18
  The Catholic Confederation                                   19
  Owen Roe O'Neill                                             20
  Thomas Preston                                               21
  Loss of Limerick, St. Leger dies                             22
  Battle of Liscarrol                                          23
  Fighting in Ulster                                           23
  General Assembly at Kilkenny                                 25
  The Supreme Council--foreign support                         27
  Fighting in Leinster--Timahoe                                29
  Parliamentary agents in Dublin                               29
  Siege of New Ross                                            31
  Battle of Ross                                               32
  A papal nuncio talked of                                     34


  CHAPTER XXIII

  THE WAR TO THE FIRST CESSATION, 1642-1643

  The Adventurers for land--Lord Forbes                        36
  Forbes at Galway and elsewhere                               38
  A pragmatic chaplain, Hugh Peters                            40
  Forbes repulsed from Galway                                  41
  A useless expedition                                         42
  Siege and capture of Galway fort                             43
  O'Neill, Leven, and Monro                                    44
  The King will negotiate                                      46
  Dismissal of Parsons                                         47
  Vavasour and Castlehaven                                     48
  The King presses for a truce                                 48
  Scarampi and Bellings                                        49
  A cessation of arms, but no peace                            50
  Ormonde made Lord Lieutenant                                 51


  CHAPTER XXIV

  AFTER THE CESSATION, 1643-1644

  The cessation condemned by Parliament                        53
  The rout at Nantwich                                         54
  Monck advises the King                                       55
  The Solemn League and Covenant                               55
  The Covenant taken in Ulster                                 57
  Monro seizes Belfast                                         59
  Dissensions between Leinster and Ulster                      60
  Failure of Castlehaven's expedition                          60
  Antrim and Montrose                                          61
  The Irish under Montrose--Alaster MacDonnell                 62
  Rival diplomatists at Oxford                                 64
  Violence of both parties                                     66
  Failure of the Oxford negotiations                           68
  Inchiquin supports the Parliament                            69


  CHAPTER XXV

  INCHIQUIN, ORMONDE, AND GLAMORGAN, 1644-1645

  The no quarter ordinance                                     72
  Roman Catholics expelled from Cork, Youghal, and Kinsale     73
  The Covenant in Munster                                      74
  Negotiations for peace                                       75
  Bellings at Paris and Rome                                   76
  Recruits for France and Spain                                77
  Irish appeals for foreign help                               78
  Siege of Duncannon Fort                                      80
  Mission of Glamorgan with extraordinary powers               84
  Glamorgan in Ireland                                         87
  The Glamorgan treaty                                         88


  CHAPTER XXVI

  FIGHTING NORTH AND SOUTH--RINUCCINI, 1645

  Castlehaven in Munster                                       90
  Fall of