The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-09-24

Tirconnell was borne on bier at the
head or his army and he lay motion
less during the contest, which in the
end resulted in his favor. When his
soldiers came to him to acquaint him
with the victory they found him dead.
The Battles of kenlis and knockdoe.
Art MacMurrough kavanaugh, the
renowned Prince of Leinster, was one
of the most obstinate enemies Of Eng
land and resisted her to the utmost Of
his ability. In 1898 he defeated the
English at Kenls County Kilkenny.
in which Roger Mortimer. heir to the
English throne. was slain: and on the
slopes of lnchicOre Art again defeated
the Duke Of Lancaster, who was Sc
verely wounded. This battle is known
in history as the Battle of Kilmain-
ham. In 1904 near Galway was fought
one Of the most sanguinary battles in
Irish history. This was the battle Of
Knockdoc, in which Garrett, the great
Earl Of Kildare. defeated William
Burke of Clanricarde and the Southern
men, with loss of 1000 men. The
great Earl was utterly defeated at
Thomond. 1909. by O'Bricn and Burke
of Clanricardc.
IN 1862 O'Donnells of Trconnell de-
feated the O'Ncills Of Tyrone at
knockavo, near Strabanc. In 1865, at
Glensheak. in Antrim, Shane O'Nclll
700 of them, but soon after he was
slain by the Scots. to whom he had
fled for safety. In 1917 occurred the
terrible massacre Of Mullaghmast,
County Kildare, where most of the
principal families of Queens County
were slain at a banquet The Gerald
inc rebellion broke out in 1865 and
cost many hundreds of lives. At Glen
mature, in Wicklow, a battle was
fought between the deputy, Lord Grey
de Wilton. on the English side and
Viscount Baltinglass, with the
O'Byrnes and the O'Tooles, on the
Irish side, in 1880, and the Irish were
victorious. In this battle the famous
"tirebrand of the Mountains" Feach
MacHugh O'Byrne. with his brave
kernes and gallow- glasses. by thei,
fierce onslaught. brought confusion on
the proud army Of the vindictive dep
uty. ....
Hugh o'NeiII's Brilliant Victory at tho
Yellow Ford.
Hugh O'Neill fought vaiantlv
against the English. and at CIontibret,
in Monaghan, in 1895, he won a great
victory over them, and again at tho
Yellow Ford. in 1898. in which the
English leader, Marshal Bagcnal. was
slain. But O'Neill suffered a defeat a.
klnsalc in 1901 in which battle 1000
Irish were slain The defense Of Dun
boy Castle is ono of the most glorious;
, episodes in the military history of Ire
land. This took place in 1902 when
Carew. with large army, determined
to capture the castle or leave it II,
ruins. For 81 days O'Sullivan, tho
last chicftain OF Bcare. with a rcsolutc
l army, deferred the enemy, but they
, were at last forced to give in whcr
the castle was in ruins and it's heroic
/ defenders slain.
, The rebellion of 1871 was the caus,
of much bloodshcd in ireland. Al
Bcnburb, County Tyrone. Owen Roe
t. O'NelI defeated the Scotch unde,
] Monroe in 1916; this victory was ouitc
, as brilliant as his unclc's at the Ycl-
I low Ford a century before. In 16Jc
Cromwell landed in Ireland with q
. large force and marched on Droghcda
t and the people were massacrcd indis.
9 criminatcly. Wexford, New Ross
Dundalk, Carlingford and Ncwrv soor
\ fell into his hands and the inhabitant,
. suffered the same as at Droghcda. lr
1850 Clonlncl, Kilkenny. Limerick, Gal.
!; way and the other Irish stronghold.
] were given up after a great deal d
n resistance to Cromwell.
= Treaty Of Limerick and Founding o.
I the Irish Brigade.
James II bcsicged Derry in 1889, bu
ne had to abandon it owing to Tho
. town receiving assistance. In the fol.
( lowing year the battle of the Boynt
: took place, in which James was de.
r feated by William of Orange Tht
: siege OF Limerick occurred in 1890
r and was bravely defended by Sars6eld
After four days siege William wa.
II forced to depart. In 1891 the Englisl
:. under Ginkle burned the town of Ath
g lone and defeated the Irish at Augh
]. rim, after which he marched OH Lin
q erick and forced it, to surrender. A
=. this period numbers of the Irish sol
: diers entered the French service wher
they constituted the Irish Brigade. l.
I. 1893 the great insllrrectiOn in Tralop