monly called Poyning's Act, and all acts explayning, or enlarging the same, be by a particular act suspended during that parliament, as it hath beene allready done in the eleventh yeare of queen Elizabeth, upon occations of far less moment than now doe offer themselves; and that your majestie, with the advice of the said parliament, will be pleased to take a course for the further repealing, or further continuance of the said statutes, as may best conduce to the advancement of your service here, and peace of this your realme; and that no matter whereof, complaint is made in this remonstrance, may debarr catholiques, or give interruption to their free votes, or sitting in the said parliament, and as in duty bound they will ever pray for your majestie's long and prosperous raigne over them. Wee the undernamed being thereunto authorised, doe present and signe this remonstrance in the behalfe of the catholiques of Ireland, dated this 17th day of March, 1642. According to your majestie's commission to us directed, we have received this remonstrance, subscribed by the lord viscount Gormanston, sir Lucas Dillon, knight, sir Robert Talbott, bart. and John Walsh, esq. authorised by, and in the behalfe of the recusants of Ireland, to present the same unto us to be transmitted to your sacred majestie, dated the 17th day of March, 1642. CLANRICKARD and ST. ALBANS. RoscoMMON. NUMBER VI. Extract of a Collection of some of the Massacres and Murders committed on the Irish in Ireland, since the 23d of October 1641. [See Review, p. 178, &c.] This collection was first published in London in the year 1662. The author's frequent, candid and public appeals to things openly transacted, and to enemies themselves, then living, and well known, is a strong proof that what he relates is real master of fact; and there is yet a stronger inducement to think it so, because it has never yet been proved to be otherwise: nor, as far as I have learned, even attempted to be proved. County of Antrim. 1641. ABOUT the beginning of November, the English and Scotch forces in Knockfergus murdered in one might all the inhabitants of the territory of the Island Magee, to the number of about 3000 men, women and children, all innocent persons, at a time when none of the catholics of that country were in arms or rebellion.-Note, that this was the first massacre committed in Ireland of either side. Mr. Mac Naghten having built a small fortress in the aid county, to preserve himself and his followers from outrages until he understood what the cause of the then rebellion was; as soon as colonel Campbell came near with part of the army, he sent to let him know, that he would come to him with his party, which he did; and 'hey were nezt day murdered to the number of 80, by sir John Clotworthy, now lord Massarcen's, soldiers. Sir Audley Mervyn, sir Robert Hannah, (lady Mountrath's father) several general and other officers, then, and many years after, alive. About the same time, 100 poor women and children were murdered in one night, at a place called Balliaghiun, by direction of the English and Scotch officers commanding in that county. County of Derry. 1641. Some 300 men, women and children of the Irish, having freely come under the protection of the garrison of London-Derry, were stripped, plundered, and killed by the said garrison. 1644. Mr. Morris Mac Daniel, natural son of the late Earl of Antrim, was hanged at Coleraine, by the governour's orders, notwithstanding he had colonel Michael Jones's pass. County of Down. 1641. The burgessés and inhabitants of the town of Newry, meeting the English army on their march to besiege the castle of the said town, were received into protection; and, after quarter given to the garrison of the said castle, the said inhabitants, and the soldiers of the said garrison, to the number of 500 and upwards, men, women and children, were brought on the bridge of Newry, and thrown into the river, and such of them as endeavoured to escape by swimming, were murdered. County of Donegall. 1641. About the 20th of November, sir William Steward commanded the gentry and inhabitants of that county to join with his forces in opposition to the rebels, and accordingly they came to the place appointed, where captain Cunningham, with a party of the said sir William's regiment under pretence of incorporating with them, fell upon the inhabitants with his armed soldiers, and killed very many of them; among whom were Owen Mac Sweeny, Morris O'Farey, and Donagh O'Callan, gen tlemen of quality and estates. About the same time, captain Fleming, and other officers of the said regiment commanding a party, smothered to death 220 women and children, in two caves. And about the said time also the said captain Cunningham murdered about 63 women and children, in the isles of Ross. 1641. The governor of Letterkenny gathered together on a Sunday morning 53 poor people, most of them women and children, and caused them to be thrown off the bridge into the river, and drowned them all. 1641. In November, one Reading murdered the wife and three children of Shane O'Morghy in a place called Ballykenny of Ramaltan, and after her death cut off her breasts with his sword. 1641. 1642. The garrisons of Rapho, Drombo, Lifford, and Castle Raghaen, slaughtered no less than 1500 of the poor neighbouring inhabitants never in arms; and three persons were chiefly noted among them for their barbarous cruelty, by name James Graham, Henry Dungan, and Robert Cunningham, commonly called the killer of old women. 1641. 1642 About 2000 poor labourers, women and children, of the barony of Tirbu, were massacred by the garrisons of Ballashany and Donegall; and lieutenant Thomas Poe, an officer among them, coming under colour of friendship to visit a neighbour that lay sick in his bed, and to whom he owed money, carried a dagger under his cloak, which, whilst he seemed to bow towards the sick man in a friendly manner, asking how he did, he thrust it into his body, and told his wife her husband should be no longer sick. 1650. In the month of June, about 3000 horse and foot of his majesty's army being defeated near Letterkenny by the English rebels, adhering to Cromwell, most of the principal officers of the said party taken prisoners in the battle, were killed in cold blood, by order of sir Charles Coote, late lord of Mountrath, notwithstanding they had quarter from the officers who took them prisoners. County of Monaghan. 1641. Captain Townsley, governor of Magherneekle, killed four labour. ers, and a woman, being under protection. Captain Bromwell, governor of Clunes, meeting upon the road with Marc Charles O'Conolly, a gentleman living under his protection, caused him to be shot to death. The soldiers of the garrisons of Dundalk and Trim, killed no less than 500 innocent persons, women and children, in that country. 1641. 1642. The armies of Monroe and the Lagan, in their several marches through that county, slaughtered about 2000 poor old men, women and children. 1652. Colonel Barrow of Cromwell's army, having taken an island defended by lieutenant colonel Patrick Mac Mahon for his majesty, after killing the said lieutenant colonel and his soldiers, put all the women and children to the sword, to the number of 80, among whom a child of six years old, being spared by the soldiers, was killed by order of the said colonel Barrow. County of Cavan. 1642. Mare de la Pool, an English gentleman, having taken lands in that county some years before the war, invited several of his friends to come out of England, and live with him, who were all murdered in their houses by the army, (only the said de la Pool, who was brought into the town of Cavan) and there hanged for no other reason, but their being Roman catholics, and living among the Irish. Sir Alexander Godren, and his lady, both Scotch, but Roman catholics, each of them above 70 years old, were plundered of their goods, and stripped naked; and all their tenants, servants, and all their sons murdered. In the same year the English forces in this county drowned 600 men, women and children, in and about Butler's-bridge, no murders have been committed on any protestants there, although in the pamphlet lately printed, several murders are said to have been committed in that place. County of Mayo. In this county few murders were committed by either side, though the libel saith, that about 250 protestants were murdered, whereof at Bellicke 220; whereas not one person was murdered there, which the now lady of Mountrath can witness; her ladyship, and sir Robert Hannah, her father, with many others, having retreated thither for security, were all conveyed safe to Mannor-Hamilton; and it is observable, that the said lady and the rest came to Mr. Owen O'Rorke's, who kept a garrison at Drumaheir for the Irish, before they came to Mannor-Hamilton, whose brother was prisoner with sir Frederick Hamilton; and the said Mr. O'Rorke, having so many persons of quality in his hands, sent to sir Frederick to enlarge his brother, and that he would convey them all safe to him; but sir Frederick, instead of enlarging his brother, hanged him the next day, which might have well provoked the gentleman to revenge, if he had not more humanity than could be well expected upon such an occasion, and in times of so great confusion; yet he sent them all safe where they desired. There was a murder committed near the Moyn on 27 protestants, which was all (and that too many) that was committed in that country. Buchannan, said to be buried alive, was killed in a private quarrel, and he cut off his adversary's hand before himself was killed. County of Galway, and Province of Connaught. 1642. Serjeant Redmund Bourke, of the lord of Clanmorris's foot-company, and two more, were hanged by the then governor of the fort of Galway, the said lord being then of his majesty's army; for which action no reparation being given to his lordship, he alledged it to be the occasion of his revolt from the lord marquis of Clanrickard. A party of the garri son of the said fort murdered six people in Rinveel, among whom one Geffery Fiz-Thibot, aged about 70 years, and in a burning fever, with his wife, who was old, were murdered in their beds; which action provoked many of the neighbours to stand on their guard against said fort. 1652. Richard Bourke, a colonel in his majesty's army, had quarter given him by some of colonel Coote's men, he being taken in a skirmishi between colonel Grace, and some of Cromwell's party, and being prisoner for some time, colonel Henry Ingoldsby caused his head to be cut off. 1652. 1659. It was a usual practice with colonel Stubbers, then governor of Galway, and others commanding in said county, to take the people out of their beds at night, and sell them for slaves to the Indies; and by computation he sold out of said county above 1000 souls. Murders committed in the said county of Galway on Protestants. 1642. It is confessed, that two protestants were murdered in that county, whereof one was a minister, as the libel says; but it is most certain the lord marquis of Clanrickard caused the three men, who murdered one of them, to be hanged in gibbets in three several places; and by his lordship's orders, sir Roger O'Shaghnesy hanged the two cow-herds who murdered the other. Lord Clanmorris having declared against the said fort for hanging his serjeant, as above expressed, took serjeant Rowlright, and two or three more of the soldiers of said fort, pillaging a village near Galway, and hanged Rowlright and the other three. A barbarous murder was committed by one Edward Alta, an irreligious prophane fellow of the county of Mayo, and his accomplices, on some protestants at Shruel, a place meeting Galway, on about 50 persons; and the pamphleteer might well remember, that the neighbouring gentry came with all expedition to rescue the said protestants; and that they did rescue the bishop of Killala (who by the pamphlet seems to have been murdered) and his wife and children, with most part of the said protestants, and Bryan Kilkenny, a friar, then guardian of the abby of Ross, near Shruel, was of the first that made haste to that rescue, and brought the said bishop's wife and children, with several others of the said distressed protestants, to his monastery, where they found as much civility as was in the said friar's power to give them for several nights; until Mr. Burke of Castle-Hacket brought the said bishop, his wife and family, to his own house, where they wanted nothing he could afford them for several weeks: the like being done by several other neighbouring gentlemen to the rest of the said protestants, until they were sent to places of security by the lord marquis of Clanrickard's order; yet the said friar hath been these eight years past kept a prisoner for his function or calling, without any crime laid to his charge, now being above 80 years old. And it is observable, that in this county of Galway all the war time, several protestant ministers, viz. Dean York, Mr. Corroyn, Mr. Kelly, and other ministers, had their protestant flocks and meetings without interruption, living among the Irish. County of Roscommon. No murders were committed by any party in this county, only five persons at Balanafada by one Roger O'Connor; and no murders were committed at Ballaleague during the war, although in the pamphlet the contrary is expressed; nor was any such man as William Stewart known in that county, nor to have been murdered there; though the abstract sets forth his being murdered in a most barbarous manner as is pretended. County of Leitrim. 1641. It was commonly known to all sides how cruel the governor of Mannor-Hamilton (sir Fred. Hamilton) was in that county, how he usually invited gentlemen to dine with him, and hanged them after dinner, and caused their thighs to be broke with hatchets before execution. Also the said governor being in Ulster when the rebellion broke forth, desireth one Mr. Iraght (a gentleman who professed much friendship to him) to do him the favor to guide him in safety to Mannor-Hamilton aforesaid, which the gentleman did, and came near one hundred miles with him; but after being friendly treated for some days by the said governor, he was hanged without the least occasion, neither was the gentleman in the rebellion, but was hanged lest he should. The libel says three protestants were murdered in this county; but on due examination it will be found, there was none. County of Sligo. Here is none at this time who can give an exact account of the murders committed in this country, but one remarkable murder in Creane's-castle in the town of Sligo. The Irish had a party commanded by major Richard Burke, (who after obtaining quarter to march away) to the number of about 200 were murdered, rendering the castle. This sir Audley Mervyne knoweth to be true. County of Dublin. 1641. About the beginning of November* 5 poor men (whereof two were protestants) coming from the market of Dublin, and lying that night at Santry, three miles from thence, were murdered in their beds by one captain Smith, and a party of the garrison of Dublin, and their heads brought next day in triumph into the city; which occasioned Luke Netterville and George King, and others of the neighbours, to write to the lords justices to know the cause of the said murder; whereupon their lordships issued forth a proclamation, that within five days the gentry should come to Dublin to receive satisfaction, and in the mean while (before the five days were expired) old sir Charles Coote came out with a party, plundered and burned the town of Clontarffe, distant two miles from Dublin, belonging to the said George King, nominated in the proclamation, and killed 16 of the townsmen and women, and three sucking infants. Which unexpected breach of the proclamation (having deterred the gentlemen from waiting of the lords justices) forced many of them to betake themselves to their defence, and others to abandon their houses. In the same week 56 men, women and children, of the village of Bulloge (being frighted at what was done at Clontarffe) took boats and went to sea, to shun the fury of a party of soldiers come out of Dublin, under the command of colonel Crafford; but being pursued by the soldiers in other boats, were overtaken, and thrown over-board. One Russel, a baker in Dublin, coming out of the country in company with Mr. Archbold of Clogram, (who went to take hold of the proclamation of the lords justices) were both hanged and quartered. In March, a party of horse, of the gar rison of Donsaghlin, murdered seven or eight poor people in protection, tenants of Mr. Dillon of Huntstowne, having quartered in their houses the night before, and receiving such entertainment as the poor people could afford. About the same time a party of the English, quartered of Mallahyde, hanged a servant of Mr. Robert Boyne's at the plough, and forced a poor labourer to hang his own brother; and soon after they hanged 15 of the inhabitants of Swords, who never bore arms, in the orchard of Mallahyde; they likewise hanged a woman bemoaning her husband hanged among them. In the same year, after quarter given by lieutenant colonel Gibson to those of the castle of Carrigmain, they were all put to the sword, being See sir John Temple's Apology for this massacre in his history of the Irish Rebellion, |