A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics - Volume 2
Thomas D'Arcy McGee · English
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A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics - Volume 2
Thomas D'Arcy McGee · English
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CHAPTER IV. SIR HENRY SIDNEY'S DEPUTYSHIP—PARLIAMENT OF 1569—THE SECOND "GERALDINE LEAGUE"—SIR JAMES FITZ-MAURICE. Sir Henry Sidney, in writing to his court, had always reported John O'Neil as "the only strong man in Ireland." Before his rout at Lough Swilly, he could commonly call into the field 4,000 foot and 1,000 horse; and his two years' revolt cost Elizabeth, in money, about 150,000 pounds sterling "over and above the cess laid on the country"—besides "3,500 of her Majesty's soldi
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