The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-05-08

Ln6m, ana look possession OF tnelf
camp. At Glenshesk. in Antrim, in the
year 1865 Shane ONeill attacked the
Scots of Ulster, and 700 of them were
slain, but he and a number Of his fol
lowers were afterwards massacred by
the Scots. In 1877 occurred the mem
orable massacre of Mullaghmast Coun-
ty Kildare. where most of the principal
families of Queens County were slain
at banquet
While cup and song abound.
The triple lines surround
The closed and guarded mound.
In the nights dark noon.
Alas! too brave O'Moore
Ere the revelry was Ger,
gore.
6natched from love too soon!
The Geraldine rebellion. which broke
out in 1865. cost many hundreds of
lives. At Glenmalure. in Wicklow, a
great battle was fought between the
Deputy, Lord Grey de Wilton. on the
English side and Viscount Baltinglass
with the OByrnes and O'Tooles, of
Wicklow, on the side of the Irish. This
was in the year 1850, and the Irish
were victorious, the Deputy being
forced to retreat in haste to Duhlin:-
land tall amidst their formost bands
the broadsword flashing bright
The dreaded Fiach NacHugh is seen to
cheer them to the fight,
And from the fiery chieftain's lips
4 ~ those words of vengeance passed:
Behold the accused Sassanach! Re
member Mullaghmast!'
The rebellion in Munster ended in
the death of the Earl of Desmond, who
was surprised by a. party of soldiers
and beheaded in a glen a. few miles
from Tralee. Hugh ONeill, carl of
Tyrone who fought bravely against
the English, plundered many of their
settlements and at Clonibret, near
3 Monaghan, in the year 1895, he won a
great victory over the English, and
: again at the Yellow Ford in 1898, in
which the English leader. Marshal
+ Bagenal was slain. But ONeills glo-
K rious victories were soon marked by
many defeats. and at the battle Of
Kinsale, in 1901. the English won a
great victory, and 1000 Irish We're
a slain on the field. The following year
CArew besieged O'Sullivan Bearers
4 Castle of Dunboy, and as the defend
ers were unable to hold it. they were
all either slain, executed, or buried in
the ruins. The rebellion Of 1871 caused
"a great bloodshed throughout Ireland and
vast numbers were slain. Benburb in
County Tyrone, was the scene of a
y great battle in 1916, in which Owen
Fl Roe O'Neill defeated the Scotch under
Monroe, and over 5000 Scots were
slain in the field.
4 Cromwell landed in ireland in 1919
4 with an army of 10000 men, and first
marched OH Drogheda. The people
were forced to give up their arms:
but even this did not save them, for
Cronwe1l's soldiers holly pursued them
Il and all were killed except a. few After
4 this Wexford. Ross Dundal<, CARING
rs ford and Newry Were forced to sur
y render after severe suferings. Kill
VI Kenny and Clonmcl were also given
81 to him in 1850. and in. the following
year: Limerick. GALWAY and other
III strongholds of, the. irish surrendered
s;SSa one by one. Derry sustained memoir
N able siege in :16s9:hy James II. THE
&N siege was abandoned, the loss of the
M besiegers being 10000, that of the he
ateged 5000. In the following year a
treat battle was fought. in which
MI JAmes and. his army were defeated. by
k the Williamites. This is known as the
sSass tile of the Boyne. and the loss is
s asl IMPOSED to have been nearly equal on
III sides. ...*, =.
sfSsa5 aaMRHdt same year l1llHeflck was pe'
@sS5eged by King William, but was gall
unity defended by Sarsf1eld. and after
Es4Oiar days siege. Williams army
gsS 35aarclled off in haste to Waterford. In
an English army of $4,000 strong.
5slier Ginkle. arrived before Athlone,
ma after burning the town. followed
y Irish army. The two armies met