Identifier: historyofireland1884have (find matches)
Title: The history of Ireland : from the earliest period to the present time; derived from native annals, and from the researches of Dr. O'Donovan, Eugene Curry, C. P. Meehan, R. R. Madden, and other eminent scholars, and from all the resources of Irish history now available
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Haverty, Martin, 1809-1887
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Publisher: New York : Thomas Kelly
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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story of the betrayalof Maynooth into the hands of Skeffing-ton by its constable, Christopher Parese;but it appears from the deputys des-patches that the castle was taken byassault, the remnant of the garrison,when reduced from over a hundred to■thirty-seven effective men, surrenderingat discretion, and twenty-five of thesebeing executed as traitors the followingday before the castle. Lord Thomas, who had collected asmall army by the help of the chief ofOftaly, was approaching to relieve May-nooth, when he received the news of itsfall. His followers, struck with dismay,then deserted him, and with a companyof only sixteen friends he took refugein Thomond, whose chief was prepai-edlonof before to come to his aid, had henot been kept at home by the rebellionof his son, Donough OBrien, who hadbeen stirred up and assisted against himby the earl of Ossory. In the sameway, the other adheients of the Gerald-ine had been paralyzed by domesticdissensions. Skeffington being laid up by illness
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J^C.lirB.ae LORD LEONARD GRAY IN IRELAND. 329 at Maynootli, while the Pale was threat-ened with invasion by OBrien, OCouorFaly, and OKelly, Allen, master of therolls, and chief justice Aylmer weredespatched to England to represent thecritical state of affairs, and lord LeonardGray, son of the marquis of Dorset, wasthereupon sent over to take the com-mand of the army, as marshal of Ireland.He landed on the 28th of July, andadopting vigorous means to completethe suppression of the revolt, found thetask an easy one. Lord Thomas lost hisallies one by one. OMore abandonedhim, and OConor was compelled tosubmit, and about the end of Augustbe sought a parley, confessed his offence,casting the blame on his advisers, andpraying that his life might be spared;he surrendered himself to lord Gray.The Irish annalists expressly state thathe received a promise that his life wouldnot be forfeited, and the State Papersfurnish undeniable proof that such wasthe case. Lord Leonard himself con-ducted him to

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