, 1867-03-22

I combined
forces Of those two mercenaries, uader the pat,
ronage aud pay OF the traitor Dermont, marched
To Waterford. TIe citizens Of th tdoomed CITY
made noble defense, but n breaeb. h avinR been
nude by the ftll Of house, the S1siegpfs en-
tered the city anl made a dreadful Slaughter OF
the Inhabitants. The streets were covered Wttb
the dead and dying, men, womea aud children
piled in one confused maSs, with their ;Ife'.
I blood gushing from frighlfl wounds made by
the spears Of their merciless conquerors.
| OIe English writer, boasting Of the bravery
ef SIrongbow and Raymond, asserts that the
very gnfters Of the street knee deep with the
blood Of those slain. Night came and put an
end to the carnage, ent before the sable mantle
q dlrkness was thrown over the dreadful &C me
The tower palace was brilliantly illuminated and
that hend in human shape, Dt-m pai, led his
| daughter Eva forth, and delivered her to the
butcher S.rongbOw, as a reward for the day $
/ butchery, and next day, the wedding cortege
passed through the streets. the carriage wheels
| reeking with the 5lOli Of those slain the dtv
/ previous. RJderic had collected q Large army
at Cioudalkin, near Dublin, but the formidable
numbers Of DerEouts army and his allies ap-
peared TO overiwo that Monarch, and he sent
/ Arch Bishop ST. Lawrence OTJole to arrange
terms of peace. While the parlev continued
/ two Of Dermont's English leaders, Raymond aud
CAgan, regardless Of the usage OF civilized war,
fare, led their troops az tinSt the weaksst Fart
of the walls Of Dlblin, and O5tgiaed Al entrance.
! The Inhabitants, relying GU the negotiations
! pending, had m'de ne preparations for defence,
and they were unprepared TO resist, and, in at
I tempting to fly, were stricken down and butch
cred in the most StrOcious manner. st. Lawrence
htstened back to the city to fad its streets filled
with carnage. To add to the cousternation, a
dt dteadful fire hsaGe forth in the city. und mdteri-
! ally Increased The panic anl destruction. Der
/ mont had now tu.Ispucl sway Of large por-
I ticn eftbe Island. Leaving CAgon ia charge of
Dihlin, he aad hi, allies III trched into Meath,
which they rtvageI and laid waste with an.
limos perfectly diabolicIl. All the churches
in their route were plundCred aul barned.
Taeis incursi5n was continued AS f4r az the
county CaEan, R1icric Offering no formidable
. opposition tl thci- progress.
Eiriag S!uitri hs vengeance against the un-
Offending natives, D.rmont stopped to recruit
aud rest bis troops nj Ferns, where, on the 4th
day Of My, li7l, he did # SaiLe uGknown
but lsathsome I,seasc-h,lc! and lctcsiei by
his own counirymen, AMI uaresreued by his
Euglish allies.
S,roa :bow. o. the hath Of Dermont, had
himself Hrpclh.th'l krng of L.iastrr, although
still an Z s'i-a 81 -cs. 4 tHjs was the first
step in the c>;.b.au.uant rr l. glIsa power in
ireland, it w1u.I q I.,-rcstiug 10 ,rAc. she his
tory of stJsCqucUt GsGrpatIDn, en-. minatiTE in
the complete subj :cJIOI of tha EsIand to the
y,
tue leading spirit IN bringing about that result.
In iii he erep,dreI to gland and surrendered
Dublin aut ether seaport towns, 10 Henry H.,
who the same year, 30 prrso 4, and accompanied
by n large force, set sal toC i.eAni, and passed
thr1u "a large portion uf the Island, receiving
the uIin t.c OF ;hs people. ta'oriundtely, at
That pir.icu'ar Un-, D,it.f [,u Is were existing
U.tw.eI iIe various pst'y princes who ruled the
4 ti.r.lt prpNIE EC-S, IA ! tG I-c EhD were too
IA tst.,
cFsui ne3Eab ,rs. gladly welcomed power that
ta,y thyh srn :inci r5Fii protect them from
aggression. y nbag tt,ar Tss Dbnnri y Bicn,
KIug of Thom IA 4, SaJ wore fsIity tO Henry,
aad SURRENDERED tie ely -! !.'Ea"rick. They
bad, up to th hil uGr. b.ea 80 ~ srI;iyely iso
lated from the rest Uf lie trUr.d, ani were daZ>
zled by the sptenlur uf H.uty's cortege, and
we're awed by. the nrs,y OF steel ciIl knights
vino accomp med hm fney were s,iuced into
the beilef that It they TSlii .upnit 10 Henry
rule, all petty w.riar' wound cease, and those
war clad veterans wJald prOiect all tlcir rights.
They appear to have II al no IDEA that by II trans
fer Of allegiance. they were also transferring to
the rapAciIy OF the Anglo Norman race the alb
solute dominion aud ownership of their ances-
trail territories.
But the suhjec!ion Of Ireland was not
alone accomplished by conquest aud display.
Another formidable power was appealed to
by Henry, whose influence upon the Irish
nation was fully rs great as all the soldiers
of Henry c1s3.net. C}tsniporane'IS WIN
the coronation .! ii'hry IL, \ N'ch'!As Break
spere, an EuS'i,h'h'a' was elected rope Of
Rome. When Henry acquired fOothold in
Ireland, he Wrote the Pope Il letter, urging
upon him the fact that Constantine the
Great had dccreed all ChrIsiia': isles to the
successor OF st. Peter and that, therefore,
the Pope, who was tnat successor, had power
to place ireland under the British crown, and
that the proper diffusion of religion and
morality dcmanded that disposition to be
made OF il. The Pope Needed his request
and issncd his bull commanding and re-
quiring a complete surreader OF the sover>
eignity Of the Island to the British crown
reserving, as consideration therefor, the
collection, for himself aad successors, oil an
annual tribute Of one penny from every
house. 1t does not appear that this bull
was ever used for the purpose OF acquiring
of the soil but that 1t had