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Michael Quin.

James Ryan.

Michael Ryan.
John Ryan.
Joseph Ryan.
Patrick Ryan.
Michael Reilly.
Thomas Rowlands.
William Sheridan.
John Sinnott,
Eschil Scoville.
Bernard Swift.
Bernard Sarahan.
James Scollan.
Michael Smith.
John Smith.

John William Smith.
Dennis Sullivan.
James Sullivan.
Michael Sullivan.
Timothy Sullivan.
Rev. William Taylor.
Patrick Tighe.
Dennis Timony.
Patrick Trainor.
Patrick Tracey.
James Tobin.
Richard Walsh,
William Walsh.
Thomas Walsh.
James Walsh.

Benjamin Wheldon.
Thomas Williams.
Patrick Williams.

Michael Williams.
M. Williams.
John Ward.
Gregory White.
Martin Wall.
Charles Waugh.

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Joseph Lamb.
Henry Lynch.
Patrick Lynch.

Thomas M'Glead.
Denis M'Carthy.
James Joseph M'Donnell.
Patrick M'Donough,
Bryan M'Kenna.
James M'Mullery.

James Macneven, M. D.
William James Macneven.
Timothy Madden.
James Magher.
Rev. Mr. Malone.
John Martin.
James Mathews.
Charles Mooney.
Miles Moran.
Patrick Moran.

Peter Kearns Moran.
Andrew Morris.

M. Muldan.
John Murray.
William Nagle.
Samuel Neilson.

Hugh O'Hare.

George Pardow.

Right Rev. Dr. Connolly, bishop of Rev. John Power.

New York.

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William Phelan.
Lawrence Power.
James Rooney.
John Russel.
John Toomey.
M. Scanlon.
Michael Sullivan.
Robert Swanton.
John David Walsh.
Daniel Ward.
Mathew Ward.
Campbell White.
Louis Willcocks.
M. W. Wright.
T. W. Wright.
John W. Wright.
John J. Wymbs.

Washington.

C. H. Wharton.

J. Sweeney.

Lansingburg.

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KEY TO THE REFERENCES.

To enable any reader, who may feel so disposed, to verify the facts and quotations in this work, I annex a List of the Authors, with the dates of the several editions. Having, to avoid encumbering the bottoms of the pages with tedious repe. titions of the titles of works, generally referred to the authors names, this list furnishes a key to the references.

Baker. Chronicles of the Kings of England. Folio. Title wanting.
Borlace. History of the Execrable Irish Rebellion. Folio. London, 1680.
Burke. Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke. 6 vols. 8vo. Boston, 1807.
Burnet. Burnet's History of His Own Times. 2 vols. folio. London, 1724.
Burton. History of the Kingdom of Ireland. By R. Burton. Westminster, 1811.
Bernard. Whole Proceedings of the Siege of Drogheda. By Nicholas Bernard,
dean of Ardagh. Dublin, 1736.

Carleton. A Thankful Remembrance of God's Mercy. By George, Bishop of
Chichester. 8vo. London, 1630.

Cabala. Cabala: Sive Scrinia Sacra, Mysteries of State and Government. Folio. London, 1683.

Curry. An Historical and Critical Review of the Civil Wars in Ireland. By John Curry, M. D. 2 vols. 8vo. Dublin, 1786.

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Crawford. History of Ireland, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. By William Crawford. 2 vols. 8vo. Strabane, 1783.

Cox. Hibernia Anglicana: or the History of Ireland. By Richard Cox, Esqr. London, 1689.

Clarendon. History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. By the Earl of Clarendon, 3 vols. folio. Oxford, 1704.

Clarendon's S. P. State Papers. By the Earl of Clarendon. 2 vols. folio. Oxford, 1773.

Clarendon's I. History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars of Ireland. By the Earl of Clarendon. 8vo. London, 1720.

Clarendon's Life. The Life of Edward, earl of Clarendon. 3 vols. 8vo. Oxford 1761.

Carte. Life of James, Duke of Ormond. 3 vols. folio. London, 1736.

Davies. Historical Tracts. By Sir John Davies, Attorney-General of Ireland.

8vo. Dublin, 1787.

Daniel. The Collection of the History of England. By Samuel Daniel. Folio. London, 1650.

Essex. Letters written by His Excellency Arthur Capel, Earl of Essex, Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland. 4to. London, 1770.

Frankland. Annals of King James, and Charles I. Folio. London, 1681.
Gordon. History of Ireland, from the earliest Accounts to the Union. By the
Rev. James Gordon. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1806.

Granger. Biographical History of England, 4 vols. 8vo. London, 1759. Hibernica. Harris's Hibernica: or, Some Ancient Pieces respecting Ireland. folio. Dublin, 1747.

Harris History and Antiquities of the City of Dublin. By William Harris. 8vo. London, 1776.

Hollinshed. Chronicles of England, Ireland, and Scotland. 6 vols. 4to. London,

1807.

Hume. History of England. By David Hume. 6 vols. 8vo. Albany, 1816.
Journals. Journals of the House of Commons of England. Folio.

Kerry. Ancient and Present State of the County of Kerry. By C. Smith. Dublin, 1756.

King. State of the Protestants in Ireland, under the late King James's Government. By Archbishop King. 8vo. London, 1692.

Leland. History of Ireland. By T. Leland, 4 vols. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1774.
Ludlow. Memoirs of Edward Ludlow, Esqr. 3 vols. 8vo. Vevay, 1698.
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Thomas May. 4to. London, 1812.

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Macpherson. History of Great Britain. 2 vols. 8vo. Dublin, 1775.

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Ormond. Collection of Original Papers and Letters belonging to the Ormond Family. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1737.

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Warwick. Memoirs of the Reign of King Charles I. By Sir Philip Warwick. 8vo. London, 1703.

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PREFACE

TO THE FIRST EDITION.

TO most readers it will probably appear a work of supererogation, in a country and an age so remote from the scene and the era of the events which are discussed in this Vindication, to investigate the subjects it embraces. The reasons, however, are powerful, and fully justify the undertaking.

The history of Ireland is almost one solid mass of falsehood and imposture, erected, particularly during the seventeenth century, on the basis of fraud and perjury;-fraud and perjury so obvious, so stupid, and so flagitious, that, to the most superficial observer, it must be a subject of inexpressible astonishment how it ever gained currency.

Nevertheless, from such foul and polluted sources alone, the knowledge of that history is derived by nine-tenths of those who have condescended to study it: and, however extravagant it may appear, it is nevertheless a serious truth, that a large portion even of those who pride themselves on their literary acquirements, are almost as ignorant of the affairs of Ireland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century, as of those of Arabia or Japan. They are, in fact, in a worse state. With respect to the details of the history of the latter nations, they are barely ignorant: but, with respect to Ireland, almost all they know is wholly untrue. They give full faith and confidence to some of the most extravagant and spurious stories that ever were ushered on the world, to delude and deceive mankind, under the prostituted name of histories.

The terrific tales that are recorded of the events of the civil war of 1641, have sowed, and still continue to sow, a copious seed of the most vulgar and rancorous prejudices in the mind of man against his fellow man, which have sprouted forth with most pernicious luxuriance, and soured in the breasts of many the sweet milk of human kindness towards those with whom they are, in daily habits of association. These prejudices are too generally prevalent in the British dominions.

In Ireland, they have produced the most baleful consequences, and still afford some sort of countenance to the continuance of the remnant of the laws "to prevent the growth of popery"-an odious code, by which rapine, cruelty, and demoralization have been legally systematized, and every principle of honour, honesty, good faith, justice, and sound · policy, violated.

Many of these prejudices have been transplanted from their

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